Obituaries

Oct 26, 2002

Sequoyah Lee Cook was born November 1, 1911 in Fort Gibson, Oklahoma. He was the son of John W. and Belle Zona (Rose) Cook. Lee moved with his family at the age of three weeks to Big Flat, Arkansas where he was raised until 1930 when they returned to Oklahoma. They located to the Prue area where Lee graduated from...

Oct 23, 2002

Irma Bess Handrich was born March 12, 1914 in Calvin, Oklahoma. She was the daughter of Derias Alvin and Bonnie Ownsbey. Irma was raised and attended school in Calvin. Upon completion of her education, Irma began a career in food service, working and cooking in restaurants and cafes. While working in a cafÈ in Savannah, Irma met and then later...

Oct 20, 2002

Graveside services for Shirley Mae Hall will be held 11:00 am Friday, October 25, 2002 in the Woodland Cemetery with Rev. George Boston of Cleveland, Oklahoma officiating the services. Chapman-Black Funeral Home, Inc. is in charge of the arrangements. Shirley, a resident of Cleveland was born January 24, 1926 in Centralia, Illinois to Dewey ''Kazey'' and Druscilla Teresa (March) Porter....

Oct 12, 2002

Tara Jean Hardin Owen was born September 1, 1973 in Marietta, Georgia. She was the daughter of Don Alan and Dian Sue (Thomas) Hardin. She moved her with family to Stillwater, Oklahoma where she was raised and attended school, graduating from Stillwater High School in 1990. During the next few years, Tara attended Northern Oklahoma College at Tonkawa and then...

Oct 4, 2002

Ruby Marie Horton was born January 21, 1921 in Okemah, Oklahoma. She was the daughter of Columbus Edward and Ethel (Lankford) DeWitt. Ruby was raised in the Okemah area and attended school in Moss, Oklahoma. While residing in Horntown (east of Holdenville), Ruby met and then married Willie P. Horton on November 9, 1938 in Calvin, Oklahoma. After their marriage,...

Sep 29, 2002

Josephine Rosalia Adams also known as Rose, was born June 22, 1930 in Liebenthal, Kansas to Joseph and Emma (Unrein) Legleiter. Rose was raised and received her education in Liebenthal, Kansas. As a young lady Rose started to wait tables in the local restraint in Liebenthal. She later moved to Russell, Kansas where she met Alvin Wayne Richmond. Rose and...

Sep 26, 2002

Michael A. Greenly was born March 16, 1951 in Milford, Delaware. He was the son of Mitchell Cocker and Madeline E. (Southerd) Greenly. He moved with his family as a young child to Buena Park, California where he was raised and attended school, graduating from John F. Kennedy High School in 1969. Michael entered into the service of his country...

Sep 24, 2002

Wanda Sue ''Susie'' Dampf was born January 23, 1934 in Sand Springs, Oklahoma. She was the daughter of Carl and Ruth Katherine Dampf. Susie was raised in Sand Springs and resided there until after the death of her father in 1969. Susie and her mother, Ruth moved to Cleveland in 1970 and resided together at the Horine Apartments on West...

Sep 23, 2002

Nelma M. Byers was born May 1, 1924 in Ponca City, Oklahoma. She was the daughter of Clint A. and Nellie May Hughes. Nelma was raised and attended school in Ponca City, graduating from Ponca High School in 1942. Nelma taught school on an Indian Reservation near Ponca for a couple of years after completing high school and then was...

Sep 23, 2002

Florence Cammie Bishop was born July 8, 1920 near Sinnett, Oklahoma in rural Pawnee County. She was the daughter of Verazzani Columbus ''Raz'' and Oza Florence ''Ma'' Butler. She attended her early education at Sinnett School and then attended Cleveland schools in junior and senior high. Shortly after the completion of her schooling, Cammie was married to Dalton A B...

Sep 20, 2002

Richard L. Ledbetter was born January 11, 1955 in Stillwater, Oklahoma. He was the son of Richard Forrest Ledbetter and Wilma Maxwell Ledbetter. Richard was raised in Stillwater and attended school there, receiving his education at Stillwater High School. He participated in U. S. Army, ROTC and attended basic training at Fort Leonard Wood. Upon completion of his schooling, Richard...

Sep 18, 2002

David F. Martin, lifelong Cleveland area resident, was born January 13, 1938 in Three Sands, Oklahoma, He was the son of Helena and Alvin Dean Martin. He spent his early childhood with his family in Tonkawa and then moved to Cleveland where he graduated from Cleveland High School in 1956. Upon graduation from high school, David joined the National Guard,...

Sep 17, 2002

Richard Forrest Ledbetter, 69, passed away at his home in Cleveland on Tuesday, September 17, 2002 at the age of sixty-nine years, eleven months and twenty-three days. Richard was born September 24, 1932 in Osage, Oklahoma. He was the son of Charlie and Edna (Lawrence) Ledbetter. Richard moved as an infant with his family to Stillwater where he obtained his...

Sep 11, 2002

J.C. Bivin, 85 died Wednesday, 11 September 2002, in Stroud, Oklahoma, following a long illness. He was born 30 June 1917 , Okmulgee County, Oklahoma, to Jessie Keeth and Charles Sanford Bivin. Services were held Monday, 16 September, at the First Christian Church in Stroud with interment in Woodland Cemetery, Cleveland, Oklahoma. Arrangements were entrusted to Chapman-Black Funeral Home of...

Sep 9, 2002

Sep 3, 2002

Kaylee Nichole Hamner was born March 21, 2001 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. She was the daughter of Tracy and Katina Hamner. Kaylee resided with her parents in Jennings until the time of her death on September 3, 2002 at the age of one year, five months and twelve days. Kaylee was a blessing from God for her entire family. Although she...

Aug 30, 2002

Jimmy Carroll Billington was born December 23, 1926 in Cleveland, Oklahoma. He was the son of Burleson Carroll and Sarah Marie (Freeze) Billington. Jimmy was raised and attended school in Cleveland as his mother and father owned and operated Marie's Flower Shop for many years. As a youth, Jimmy attended the First Baptist Church and accepted Christ as his personal...

Aug 23, 2002

Eva P. Blackburn, longtime Cleveland area resident, passed away on Friday, August 23, 2002 at the Cleveland Area Hospital at the age of eighty-eight years, eleven months and fifteen days. Eva was born on September 8, 1913 in Gilbert, Arkansas. She was the daughter of Alexander Freemont and Lovina Jane Molleur. Eva was raised and received her education in Gilbert....

Aug 22, 2002

Ruth Etta Long was born August 27, 1907 in Hallett, Oklahoma. She was the daughter of John Madison and Eva Agnes Miller. Ruth was raised and attended school in Hallett. Ruth was married to Phillip Lee Long on December 22, 1932 in Pawnee, Oklahoma. The couple made their initial home in the Terlton area and later moved to Perry when...

Aug 20, 2002

James Frank Lawrence, a of Sand Springs was born February 1, 1921 in Tomahawk, Arkansas to James Wilson and Nettie Ann (Faulk) Lawrence. James moved with his family to the Osage, Oklahoma in a covered wagon as a young child. He was raised and received his education in Osage. At a young age James began to work helping the family...