Obituaries
Billy Hartford
Dec 23, 2009
Billy "Bill" Raymond Hartford, 82, a resident of Grove passed away on Wednesday, December 23, 2009 at the Integris Grove General Hospital. He was born on November 16, 1927 in Frederick, South Dakota to Lester Elisha and Philladell Rose (Skinner) Hartford. Bill joined the United States Navy during World War II before his honorable discharge. He married his love Joan...
Derick Arneecher
Dec 23, 2009
Derick Robert Arneecher, Grove resident, died December 23, 2009 in Grove, OK at the age of 22. Derick was born to his parents Teri (Bauer) Midgett and Kenny Arneecher in Claremore on October 2, 1987. Derick attended Grove public schools. He played football and baseball, wrestled as young boy. He played ball for the Grove Dirty Birds who won a...
Ruth Scott
Dec 20, 2009
Ruth Myers Scott passed away December 20, 2009, in Claremore, OK. She was born March 28, 1916, to Stella and Frank Myers in Childers, OK, grew up in the Childers area in rural Nowata County and graduated from Childers High School. She married Loyd Urvin (Scotty) Scott. They made their home in the Nowata and Delaware communities, while raising their...
Bob Davenport
Dec 20, 2009
Bob Davenport, age 89 of Bernice, died Sunday, December 20, 2009 at his home. Bob was born in Porum, Oklahoma on July 29, 1920, the son of Lewis and Jessie (Rosenbaum) Davenport. He graduated school from Sacred Heart Academy in Vinita. On February 13, 1942 he was united in marriage to Madge Edwards in Boise, Idaho. That same year, he...
Priscilla Wilkins
Dec 20, 2009
Priscilla Elaine Wilkins, 64 passed away on Sunday, December 20, 2009 at the St. Francis Hospital in Tulsa. She was the beloved wife for 30 years of Calvin Wilkins, of White Oak, Oklahoma, and the daughter of Roy B. and Mildred L. (Bales) Robertson. Priscilla was born on May 19, 1945 in Dewey, Oklahoma and spent her early years in...
Edna Coulston
Dec 19, 2009
Edna Lee Coulston, age 94 of Langley, died Saturday, December 19, 2009. She was born in Tecumseh, Oklahoma on July 29, 1915, the daughter of Leslie and Luella (Shaw) Booton. She attended her earlier years of school in Tecumseh, but graduated Valedictorian of her class from Strang. On January 8, 1933 she was united in marriage to Frosty Coulston and...
Charles Mabe
Dec 19, 2009
Charles T. Mabe, 62-year-old Nowata resident, passed away Saturday, December 19, 2009 at the Jane Phillips Nowata Hospital Center, Nowata, Oklahoma. Charles was born January 10, 1947 in Tulsa, Oklahoma to Charles Edward and Rose (Goad) Mabe. On February 7, 1968, he married Nancy Bunner in Higginsville, Missouri. He worked as a laborer for the Oklahoma State Highway Department. Charles...
Loella Woolman
Dec 18, 2009
Loella (Lody) Woolman, 81-year-old Nowata resident, passed away Friday, December 18, 2009 at the Jane Phillips Medical Center in Bartlesville. Lody was born January 10, 1928 in Tulsa, Oklahoma to Edgar and Bertha (Dye) Farrar. She was raised by her aunt and uncle, Ethel and George Smith. She was Valedictorian of her high school class in 1947. On November 27,...
Flora Faubion
Dec 17, 2009
Flora Lorene Faubion, 87-year-old Durant resident, passed away Thursday morning at the Medical Center of Southeast Oklahoma in Durant. Mrs. Faubion was born August 18, 1922 in Arcola, Missouri to Ernest and Susie Metcalf. On July 17, 1939, she married Claude Henry Faubion, Sr. in Lamar, Missouri. The two lived in the Alluwe area in the 40's and 50's where...
Lula Allen
Dec 14, 2009
Lula "Viola Allen, 92-year-old South Coffeyville resident, passed away Monday, December 14, 2009 at the Coffeyville Regional Medical Center in Coffeyville. Mrs. Allen was born March 2, 1917 in Norborne, Missouri to Elmer Donaldson and Lula Bowman-Donaldson. On June 1, 1947, she married Delmar Allen. The two resided in Riverside, California for many years where Mrs. Allen worked at Kress...
Shirley Blackwell
Dec 14, 2009
Shirley Ann Blackwell, 53, a resident of Big Cabin, Oklahoma passed away at her home on Monday, December 14, 2009. She was born on February 20, 1956 to Leo and Mary Elizabeth (Jackson) Landrum in Grove, Oklahoma. Mrs. Blackwell lived most of her life in the Grove area then worked as a CMA and a CNA she liked to go...
Carl Elliott
Dec 14, 2009
Carl J. Elliott, 74 year-old lifetime area resident, died Monday December 14, 2009 at his home, after an extended illness. He was born April 1, 1935 in Vinita to Wilmer R. and Flossie Ann (Thompson) Elliott. Carl was a 1955 graduate of Vinita High School. He married Virginia Copeland on October 19, 1957 in Miami at the First Baptist Church....
Gwenyth Frazier
Dec 14, 2009
Gwenyth Lee Frazier, age 76 of Adair, passed away Monday, December 14, 2009. She was born in rural Craig County on July 27, 1933, the youngest child of 8, to Charlie and Arizona Marker. She attended grade school in Pensacola and finished at Ketchum High School, graduating in 1951. She worked at Eastern State Hospital until she married Tommy Frazier...
William Kirkham
Dec 14, 2009
William Edward Kirkham, 80, a resident of Jay passed away at his home on Monday, December 14, 2009. He was born on November 15, 1929 in Boggstown, Indiana to John and Margaret (Kynes) Kirkham. He worked in construction as a carpenter after being in the United States Army where he was honorably discharged as a Corporal. Bill was preceded in...
Carolyn Weaver
Dec 13, 2009
Carolyn S Weaver, 57 year-old Afton (Cleora) resident, died Thursday December 10, 2009 at the Craig General Hospital in Vinita. She was born November 20, 1952 in Memphis, Tennessee to B. B. and Audrey (Turner) Brown. Carolyn grew up in Beaver, Oklahoma, attended college at Northeastern State College in Tahlequah and received her teaching degree. Carolyn married Joe Weaver on...
Sharon Wyatt
Dec 13, 2009
Sharon "Deanie" Wyatt, 65, died Sunday, December 13, 2009 at Craig General Hospital in Vinita, Oklahoma. She was born on January 13, 1944 in Joplin, Missouri to Clinton and Nadine (Harper) Wood. Sharon received her LPN certificate from NEO in 1970. She loved horses and country western music. Survivors include her daughter, Terri Wyatt Maloney of Afton; her son, Scott...
Bonnie Little
Dec 13, 2009
Bonnie Jean Little, 69-year-old Delaware resident, passed away Sunday, December 13, 2009 at the Osage Nursing Home in Nowata. Ms. Little was born July 31, 1940 in Delaware, Oklahoma to Ralph Little and Nancy Ann Corbin-Little. She grew up and attended schools in Delaware and later attended the Tri-County Tech Food Services program. She worked as a cook for the...
Elmer Hathaway
Dec 13, 2009
Rev. Elmer Hathaway, 82-year-old Nowata resident, passed away Sunday, December 13, 2009 at the Osage Nursing Home in Nowata. Rev. Hathaway was born July 31, 1927 in Mountainburg, Arkansas to Henry Hathaway and Maggie Garriett-Hathaway. Mr. Hathaway attended schools in Morris, Oklahoma and after graduation went to serve his country in the United States Army during WWII. Rev. Hathaway married...
Vera Pierce
Dec 12, 2009
Vera K. Pierce, Grove area resident, died Saturday morning December 12, 2009 at the age of 91. She was born on November 30, 1918 to her parents, Arthur and Odile (Norman) Keller in Ruby, Montana. She attended school and graduated from high school while living in Montana. During her life she worked as a secretary for the Douglas Aircraft Company...
Terry Lyons
Dec 11, 2009
Terry Lee Lyons, Colcord resident, died early Thursday December 11, 2009 at the age of 57. He was born on November 11, 1952 in Tahlequah, OK to his parents Bill "Scout" Lyons and Dennie (Warren) Lyons. Terry grew up and attended Tahlequah schools where he graduated high school. Terry worked as a produce supervisor at Save-A-Lot grocery as well as...
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