Obituaries

May 16, 2005

Marie Alma Blackwell of Tulsa, Oklahoma, passed away on Sunday, May 16, 2005 at Oak Dale Manor Nursing Home in Sand Springs at the age of ninety-eight years, seven months and six days. Marie was born on October 9, 1906 in Dodge City, Kansas to William Sanford and Alla Francis (Rogers) Blackburn. The family moved to Guymon and lived there...

May 14, 2005

Funeral services for Lila Louise Thomas will be held Tuesday, May 17, 2005 at 2:00 pm in the Sanctuary of the First Baptist Church in Oilton, Oklahoma with Rev. Larry Calvert officiating will immediately follow next to her husband Billy at the Jennings Cemetery in Jennings, Oklahoma under the direction of Chapman-Black Funeral Home, Inc in Cleveland, Oklahoma. Lila L....

May 11, 2005

Therman Dagwood Lassley was born March 25, 1927 in Cleveland, Oklahoma. He was the son of Albert Austin and Roxie Delmona (Patterson) Lassley. He was raised in the Cleveland area until 1939 when his family moved to Skiatook. Therman graduated from Wildhorse High School in 1945. Therman was also know to his family as Curley. Shortly after graduation, Therman was...

May 11, 2005

Graveside funeral services for Charles Benson McWilliams better know as Shorty will be held Saturday May 14, 2005 at 11:00 am in the Dixie-Bear Creek Cemetery with Kenny Christian officiating under the direction of Chapman-Black Funeral Home, Inc. Shorty was born August 18, 1934 in Cleveland, Oklahoma to Benson Howard and Betty Mae (Conner) McWilliams. Shorty was raised and received...

May 9, 2005

Jayne E. Lunsford was born February 27, 1919 in Youngstown, Ohio. She was the daughter of Frank and Edith Booth. Jayne was raised and attended school in Youngstown, graduating from high school in 1937. Upon completion of her education, Jayne accepted employment with the Pugh Brothers Jewelry Store for a while. She later began working as an elevator operator in...

May 7, 2005

Michael Anthony Pogue a life long resident of Cleveland was born October 11, 1960 in Hominy, Oklahoma to Frederick Mitchell and Mary Ruth (Spears) Pogue. Mike was raised and received his education in Cleveland graduating from Cleveland High School in 1978. While in high school Mike worked at the Ford garage and continued working there after graduation. Mike then accepted...

May 1, 2005

Lessie Marie (Redus) Pulliam was born to Frank and Mary Redus on May 9, 1907 along with a twin sister Essie, in Ponder, Missouri. She moved to Tulsa with her family as a teenager. On April 18, 1927 she married Lee Pulliam in Bristow, Oklahoma. They moved to the Mannford area and lived there for over fifty years. Lee passed...

Apr 29, 2005

Richard Albert Crawford, lifelong Hominy resident, passed away on Friday, April 29, 2005 at his home near Hominy at the age of seventy-six years, four months and six days. Richard was born on Decmember 23, 1928 in Hominy, Oklahoma. He was the son of Bessie Ann Rusk West and Aaron Earl Crawford. He was raised an received his early education...

Apr 28, 2005

Marjorie Chainey Hazlip was born October 6, 1915 in Big Cabin, Oklahoma. She was the daughter of Andrew and Ora Beatrice Chainey. She moved at an early age with her family to Webb City and then to Hominy where she attended most of her schooling. Marjorie graduated from Hominy High School in 1934. She was married to Albert Otis Hazlip...

Apr 28, 2005

Maxine Tullis, a resident of Hominy, passed away Thursday, April 28, 205 at her home in Hominy at the age of seventy-one years, eight months and thirteen days. Maxine was born August 15, 1933 in Hominy, Oklahoma. She was the daughter of Michael Don and Stella Ramsey. She was raised and attended school in Hominy, graduating from Hominy High School...

Apr 22, 2005

Harold Lee Cox was born October 30, 1933 in Brightwater, Arkansas. He was the only child of Jesse Maurice and Iva Marie Cox. Harold moved with his family at the age of ten to Cleveland, Oklahoma where he was raised and attended school, graduating from Cleveland High School in 1952. While in high school, Harold was a letterman in football,...

Apr 20, 2005

Betty Lou Douglas was born July 3, 1940 in Shelby, Ohio to Donald and May K. (Vader) Douglas. Betty grew up and received her education in Harrison, Michigan. Betty made her home in the Corunna and Flint, Michigan area where she raised her four children Douglas, Craig, Rene and Derrick. In the mid 1970ís Betty opened a large home and...

Apr 15, 2005

Apr 13, 2005

Ouida Lane Edee Seaton was born February 8, 1928 in Hominy, Oklahoma. She was the daughter of Harvey Ray and Ova Marie (Smith) Thompson. Edee was raised and received her education in Hominy. Edee was united in marriage to Billy Bob Seaton on June 13, 1946 in Cleveland, Oklahoma. The couple had one daughter, Sharon. Although they traveled throughout the...

Apr 4, 2005

Gene Franklin Humble was born April 30, 1928 in Hominy, Oklahoma. He was the son of Orville and Mabel Humble. Gene was raised and attended school in Hominy, graduating from Hominy High School in 1946. Upon completion of his education, Gene moved to Kansas where he accepted employment as a telegraph operator with the railroad. He was married to Lillian...

Apr 3, 2005

Longtime Cleveland resident Frances Barbara Walker Neal passed away suddenly Sunday, April 3, 2005 at St. John Medical Center in Tulsa. She was 86. Frances was born January 31, 1919 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana to Leon W. and Valentina (Backes) Wilkinson. After her fatherís death when Frances was two, her mother moved her daughters to New Orleans to live with...

Apr 2, 2005

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Apr 2, 2005

Karol JÛzef Wojtyla, known as John Paul II since his October 1978 election to the papacy, was born in Wadowice, a small city 50 kilometres from Cracow, on May 18, 1920. He was the second of two sons born to Karol Wojtyla and Emilia Kaczorowska. His mother died in 1929. His eldest brother Edmund, a doctor, died in 1932 and...

Mar 31, 2005

Funeral services for Cecil Glenn Sissom will be held Tuesday, April 5, 2005 at 3:00 pm in the Chapel of Chapman-Black Funeral Home with Doug Withiam officiating. Glenn Sissom, a long time resident of Jennings was born December 25, 1952 in Tulsa, Oklahoma to Hubert Cecil and Millie Roberta (McGuire) Sissom. Glenn was raised and received his education in the...