obituaries

Jerry Parks

Jerry Parks

Nov 4, 2011

Jerry Parks, 87, of Monroe, Michigan passed away unexpectedly at his home Friday, November 4, 2011. Born June 20, 1924 in Calvin, Oklahoma, he was the son of Charlie and Maude (Stephens) Parks. In 1957 he married the former Pauline Webb in Colorado. Sadly, she preceded him in death in 2008. Jerry proudly served in the United States Navy for...

Dena (Davis) 'Sis' Erwin

Dena (Davis) 'Sis' Erwin

Oct 18, 2011

Dena 'Sis' Erwin passed away in Midwest City, Oklahoma on Tuesday, October 18, 2011 at the age of 83 years. 'Sis' was the daughter of J. R. & Nora Mae (Newman) Davis, born on August 5, 1928, in Seminole County, Oklahoma. She was brought up in the Kemp and Spaulding communities, and attended Spaulding schools. She worked in the Oklahoma...

Pauline Jacobs

Pauline Jacobs

Oct 13, 2011

Pauline Jacobs passed away at Holdenville General Hospital on Thursday, October 13, 2011, at the age of 78 years. Pauline was the daughter of Jess & Daisy Smith, born on September 20, 1933, in Holdenville, Oklahoma, where she was brought up and attended schools. With the exception of a brief period of time spent in Texas, Pauline made Holdenville her...

Clemmie Walter Harjo, Jr.

Clemmie Walter Harjo, Jr.

Oct 12, 2011

Clemmie Walter Harjo, Jr. passed away at St. Anthony Hospital in Oklahoma City on Wednesday morning, October 12, 2011, at the age of fifty-five years. Clemmie was the son of Clemmie Harjo, Sr. & Stella (George) Harjo, born on November 20, 1955, in Holdenville, Oklahoma. He was brought up in Holdenville and attended Fairview Schools through the 8th grade, and...

George Paul Brown, Sr.

George Paul Brown, Sr.

Oct 10, 2011

George Paul Brown, Sr. passed away peacefully at his home on Lake Eufaula, with his family at his side, on Monday evening, October 10, 2011, at the age of 63 years. George was the son of Leslie & Gladys (Vass) Brown, born on October 27, 1947, in Ft. Worth, Texas, where he was brought up and attended schools. He married...

Patricia Ann 'Pat' Doyle

Patricia Ann 'Pat' Doyle

Oct 10, 2011

Patricia Ann 'Pat' (Dunn) Doyle passed away at her home in Allen, Oklahoma on Monday, October 10, 2011, at the age of 70 years. Pat was the daughter of Roy A. Dunn & Dorothy (Smith) Dunn, born on July 1, 1941 in Dinuba, California. She was brought up in the Calvin area and was a 1962 graduate of Calvin High...

Mildred 'Millie' Gentry

Mildred 'Millie' Gentry

Oct 4, 2011

Mildred 'Millie' Louise (Harper) Gentry was born January 21, 1937 in Cromwell, Oklahoma to Sam and Frankie Harper. She took her journey home October 4, 2011 after a long battle with cancer. Millie is preceded in death by her parents and one son, Kim Spencer. She is survived by one son, Mark Spencer of Shawnee, and one daughter, Sheryl Austin...

Loretta Jo Garretson

Loretta Jo Garretson

Oct 4, 2011

Loretta Jo Garretson arrived in this world on August 22, 1943, at Holdenville, Oklahoma. She was resting in McLoud, Oklahoma when the gates of Heaven opened for her at 6:15 in the evening on Tuesday, October 4, 2011, and GOD was calling her home. Loretta was the daughter of Herman Alfred Lock & Gladys (Calloway) Lock. The family moved from...

Lewis Steven Fisher

Lewis Steven Fisher

Sep 21, 2011

Lewis Steven 'Steve' Fisher passed away at his home in Holdenville on Wednesday, September 21, 2011 at the age of 66 years. Steve was the son of L. R. 'Bud' Fisher & Virginia (Dohrer) Fisher, born on September 20, 1945 in Pawhuska, Oklahoma. He graduated Henryetta High School in 1963, and attended Connor State College in Warner, Oklahoma for two...

Ruby Mae Ladd

Ruby Mae Ladd

Aug 28, 2011

Ruby Mae Ladd passed away on Sunday morning, August 28, 2011, at Rainbow Terrace Nursing Home in Weleetka, Oklahoma, at the age of 89 years. Ruby was the daughter of Vannie Vaxter Burns & Lillie Belle (McEwin) Burns, born on September 15, 1921, in Gerty, Oklahoma. She was brought up and attended Calvin Schools, and was a graduate of Calvin...

Florene Curtis

Florene Curtis

Aug 25, 2011

Florene Curtis passed away at Mercy Health Center in Oklahoma City on Thursday, August 25, 2011, at the age of 94 years. Florene was the daughter of Eldon & Donna (Maddox) Vines, born on August 15, 1917, in Mount Ida, Arkansas. She was reared in Mount Ida and in the neighboring community of Sims, where she attended schools and graduated...

Clinton 'Sonny' Arthur Seamon

Clinton 'Sonny' Arthur Seamon

Aug 24, 2011

Clinton Arthur 'Sonny' Seamon passed away at Mercy Health Center in Oklahoma City on Wednesday evening, August 24, 2011, at the age of 71 years. Sonny was the son of Richard Frank Seamon & Opal (Burden) Seamon, born on July 10, 1940, at Weleetka, Oklahoma. He was brought up and attended schools in the Weleetka/Dustin area. As a young man,...

Vernon A. Wingo, Jr.

Vernon A. Wingo, Jr.

Aug 10, 2011

Vernon A. "Nook" Wingo, Jr passed away Wednesday, August 10, 2011 at Holdenville General Hospital at the age of 74. Vern was born May 1, 1937, in Holdenville, Oklahoma. He was the fifth of twelve children born to Vernon A. Wingo, Sr. and Clora Coppedge Wingo. He attended Jackson Grade School and Spaulding High School. Some of his happiest memories...

Norval Lee Peerson

Norval Lee Peerson

Aug 5, 2011

Norvall Lee 'Sonny' Peerson passed away in Shawnee, Oklahoma on Friday, August 5, 2011, at the age of 78 years. Born in Lamar, Oklahoma on September 2, 1932, to Otus F. Peerson & Cecil O. (Huff) Peerson, Sonny spent his childhood and youth in Lamar, where he attended schools. After graduating high school, he joined the U.S. Army and served...

Frank Davis

Frank Davis

Jul 25, 2011

'Pvwv' Frank Davis Deceased July 25, 2011 at home in Lamar surrounded by family and friends. Born April 5, 1922 at Spaulding, OK, his parents were Emma Tiger and Cheparney Davis and step-mother Martha Bruner Davis. Preceding him in death are his parents Emma, Cheparney and Martha, a sister Christine Davis Wolfe and a brother Merle Lee Davis. Surviving Frank...

Ora Jo Puckett

Ora Jo Puckett

Jul 5, 2011

Ora Jo Puckett died peacefully in Edmond, OK on July 5, 2011 with her beloved grandsons by her side. She was 94 years old. Ora Jo was born in Holdenville, Oklahoma on August 12, 1916 to Orria Owen and Mary Ellen Hunt. She resided in Hughes County during the early part of her life where she married and started her...

William Birt Mcgehee

William Birt Mcgehee

Jul 3, 2011

William Birt McGehee passed away in Oklahoma City on Sunday, July 3, 2011, at the age of 77 years. Birt was the son of Carl & Myrtle (Hodges) McGehee, born on December 13, 1933 in Seminole County, Oklahoma. He was brought up in Seminole County near Little, Oklahoma, and attended Strothers School. Two months before his high school graduation, he...

David Bruce Dodd

David Bruce Dodd

Jul 1, 2011

David Bruce Dodd, 81, passed away on Friday evening, July 1, 2011 at his home west of Wewoka. David was the son of David Schenk Dodd & Stella (Hutchinson) Dodd. He was born on May 31, 1930, in Wewoka, Oklahoma, and was brought up and attended schools in the Wewoka area. He joined the U.S. Air Force and served from...

Esther Harjo Walker

Esther Harjo Walker

Jun 28, 2011

Esther Harjo Walker passed away at Integris Baptist Hospital in Oklahoma City on Tuesday, June 28, 2011, at the age of 76 years. Esther was the daughter of Tom & Hazel (Wildcat) Harrison, born on June 9, 1935, in Holdenville, Oklahoma. She was brought up and attended schools in Stilwell, Oklahoma. She returned to Holdenville at the age of 17,...

Pauline Leach

Pauline Leach

Jun 24, 2011

Pauline Leach passed away at Holdenville General Hospital on Friday, June 24, 2011, at the age of 82. Pauline was the daughter of Bill Roundtree & Sadie (Thurman) Roundtree, born on November 15, 1928 in Holdenville, Oklahoma, where she was brought up and attended schools. She was married to Clarence H. Venable in 1944. They moved in the late 1940s...

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