Obituaries

Ronald Ring

Ronald Ring

Mar 17, 2009

Ronald Wayne Ring, 61, of Fairland, Oklahoma died early Tuesday, March 17, 2009 at his home following a courageous two-year battle with multiple illnesses. Ronald was born November 20, 1947 in Hastings, Nebraska to Loren and Doris (Griffith) Ring. He graduated from Hutchinson High School in Hutchinson, Kansas. He served his country in the U.S. Navy during the Vietnam War....

Pansy Johnson

Pansy Johnson

Mar 17, 2009

Pansy June Johnson 71, of Nowata passed away at the OSU Medical Center in Tulsa on Thursday, March 17, 2009. She was born on July 06, 1937 in Vinita, Oklahoma to Casey Kenneth and Lorene Ruth (Rauston) Weaver. Pansy grew up in Vinita graduating from Vinita High School in 1955. She married Lloyd Johnson in Miami, Oklahoma on August 25,...

Marlene Holland

Marlene Holland

Mar 16, 2009

Marlene Holland, 86, a resident of Jay passed away at Integris Grove General Hospital on Monday, March 16, 2009. She was born on August 21, 1922 in Prairie Grove, Arkansas to Isaac and Stella (Kevin) Bloyd. Mrs. Holland married Harry D. Holland; he preceded her in death January 31, 1996. Marlene was a housewife who loved to go to church...

Lee Bennington

Lee Bennington

Mar 16, 2009

Lee Merle Bennington left this earth to go home with the Lord on March 16, 2009. He was born on March 1, 1918 in Craig County, Oklahoma to Bill and Nancy Runyon Bennington. His biological mother died when he was an infant and he was the youngest of six little boys, and two sisters. A biological aunt and uncle took...

Ruby White

Ruby White

Mar 16, 2009

Ruby Marlene White 90 year-old rural Vinita resident, died Monday evening, March 16, 2009 at her home. She was born March 5, 1919 in Mena, Arkansas to Robert "Boyd" and Lula Elizabeth (Anderson) Bogle. Ruby was married to Eugene White on June 26, 1938 in Tulsa; Eugene preceded her in death on August 19, 2000. They moved to their home...

Evert Rowan

Evert Rowan

Mar 15, 2009

Evert Eugene Rowan, 74, of Afton, Oklahoma went home to be with his Lord on Sunday, March 15, 2009 in McAllen, Texas. Evert was born June 4, 1934 in Ames, Oklahoma to Ralph Henry and Margaret (Kuschner) Rowan. Evert spent his early years in Tulsa, Oklahoma. On April 20, 1956, Evert married Jean Ann Bowen in Welch, Oklahoma. They made...

Clarence Mattix

Clarence Mattix

Mar 14, 2009

C.L. "Skeet" Mattix, 81, Independent Oil Producer and Nowata resident, died Saturday March 14, 2009 in Jane Phillips Medical Center. Honorary casket bearers will include Danny, Rusty, Randy, and Ron Mattix, Chester Grissom, Gerald Huntington, and Everett Sears. Skeet was born on August 12, 1927 in Cleveland, Oklahoma to Charles and Lessie Pearl Bingham Mattix. He attended Delaware, Adair, and...

Charles Stanley

Charles Stanley

Mar 14, 2009

Charles Wayne Stanley, 63, owner of Stanley Tire Shop and Nowata resident, died Saturday March 14, 2009 in the Jane Phillips Nowata Health Center. Charles Wayne Stanley was born the son of Mack Clayton Stanley and Leda Jane Campbell on April 24, 1945 in Muskogee, Oklahoma, The Family moved from Keota, Oklahoma to Broken Arrow where Charles graduated from the...

Rubye Stalnaker

Rubye Stalnaker

Mar 13, 2009

Rubye E. Stalnaker, 94, formerly of Republic, Missouri died at 1:31 a.m., Friday, March 13, 2009 at Grand Lake Villa in Grove, Oklahoma. Rubye was born January 16, 1915 in Smithville, Mississippi to Tap X. and Evie (Hadaway) Parham. She attended schools in Smithville. On July 4, 1933, she married Louis Herbert Stalnaker in Smithville, Mississippi. He preceded her in...

Barbara Wood

Barbara Wood

Mar 11, 2009

Barbara S. Wood, 74 year old Cleora resident, died early Wednesday, March 11, 2009. She was born on September 3, 1934 in Tulsa to Charles W. and Lucille (Durkee) Frye. Barbara graduated from Daniel Webster High School in Tulsa. She married James W. Wood on April 7, 1955 in Tulsa; they lived in the Tulsa area until 1999 when they...

Lisa Davis

Lisa Davis

Mar 10, 2009

Lisa Renee Davis, 29, of Bartlett, Tennessee died March 10, 2009. Lisa was born July 23, 1979 at Siloam Springs Memorial Hospital in Siloam Springs, Arkansas to Steve and Paula (McGlothlin) Davis. She attended grade school in Jay, Oklahoma and Southwest City, Missouri. Lisa attended McDonald County High School for one year and then finished her high school career in...

Harold Salyer

Harold Salyer

Mar 9, 2009

Harold E. "Eddie" Salyer, 62, a resident of Grove passed away at Integris Baptist Medical Center in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma on Monday, March 09, 2009. He was born in Oklahoma City on August 11, 1946 to Harold H. and Dorothy (Todd) Salyer. Mr. Salyer served in the United States Marines during Vietnam. Mr. Salyer has lived in the Grove area...

William Jackson

William Jackson

Mar 9, 2009

W.O. Jackson Zena, OK - W.O. Jackson passed away in his sleep, March 9, 2009 at 2:30 a.m. at his home in Zena, Oklahoma. He was the son of Orville and Minnie Marie (Beaty) Jackson. He was born at Council Cove, north of Grove on September 18, 1930. He was a truck driver for Will Rogers Turnpike out of Vinita,...

Jay Fimple

Jay Fimple

Mar 7, 2009

Jay E. Fimple, Jr. passed away Saturday night, March 7, 2009 after a long battle with colon cancer. Jay was born on December 20, 1951 in Fairfax, Oklahoma to Jay E. Fimple, Sr. and Hilda Klein Fimple. In 1956 Jay moved with his family to Vinita, Oklahoma. Jay attended Sacred Heart Academy and Vinita Junior and Senior High school where...

Mark Mcelroy

Mark Mcelroy

Mar 6, 2009

Marcus Nelson McElroy, 72, retired Phillips Petroleum Company, died March 6, 2009 in Bartlesville. Mark McElroy was born in Chickasha Oklahoma on March 5, 1937 to Helen Hilsmeyer McElroy and Clarence McElroy. He graduated from Chickasha High School in 1955, and attended the University of Oklahoma where he received his Bachelor of Science degree in Geology in 1959, followed by...

Philip Higgins

Philip Higgins

Mar 4, 2009

Philip Higgins, 68, of Grove, Oklahoma died at 10:40 p.m., Wednesday, March 4, 2009 at St. John's Regional Medical Center in Joplin, Missouri. Philip was born January 26, 1941 in Norman, Oklahoma to Walter James and Ella (Rough) Higgins. He worked as a Salesman for various companies, most recently for a natural gas pipeline company. Surviving is his wife, Sharon,...

Evelyn Cornwell

Evelyn Cornwell

Mar 3, 2009

Evelyn Graves Cornwell, 92, formerly of Tulsa, died March 3, 2009 in Grove, Oklahoma at the Grand Lake Villa Nursing Home. Mrs. Cornwell, one of eight children of Henry and Prudie Graves, was born February 26, 1917 in Lincoln, Kansas. After graduating from high school in Lincoln, she attended Fort Hays State Teachers' College in Hays, Kansas, and then taught...

Betty Shamblin

Betty Shamblin

Mar 2, 2009

Betty Shamblin, age 75, a lifetime resident of the Vinita area died Monday March 2, 2009 at Osborn Care Center in Miami. She was born June 14, 1933 in Vinita, OK to O. A. Vogel Sr. and Mattie Christine Wagner Vogel. She was raised and received her formal education graduating from Vinita High School. She and Gordon N. Shamblin were...

Carl Heard

Carl Heard

Mar 1, 2009

Carl Douglas "Squirrel" Heard, 56 year old White Oak resident, passed away peacefully on March 1, 2009 at his sister's home in Vinita. He was born on November 28, 1952 to Violet (Williams) and Bennie Douglas Heard. HE enjoyed hunting and fishing, and playing pool. He also liked hanging out with his favorite cousin, Bud Heard. Squirrel is survived by...

George Tate

George Tate

Mar 1, 2009

Dewayne Tate, 59 of Nowata died at 10:10 a.m. on Sunday, March 1, 2009 at the St. Johns Medical Center in Tulsa. George Dewayne Tate was born on December 23, 1949 in Bartlesville, Oklahoma to George Tate and Maxine (Cupp) Tate. Dewayne married Joleen Bennett on May 23, 1981 in Grapeland, Texas. He was a member of the First Baptist...

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