Obituaries

Richard Lynn Smith

Richard Lynn Smith

Mar 24, 2017

Richard Lynn Smith, passed away on Friday, March 24, 2017, at the age of 63 years. Rick was born June 6, 1953, in Dallas, Texas. He was the son of Merle Leon and Peggy Maureen (Rountree) Smith. Rick grew up and attended school in Dallas. Rick enjoyed traveling and would often spend his time on the beach. He was also...

Anna Mae Collins

Anna Mae Collins

Mar 23, 2017

Anna Mae (Rogers) Collins of Cleveland, Oklahoma passed away on March 23, 2017 at the Beacon Hill Care Center in Denison, TX at the age of 91. Anna was born August 29, 1925 in Cleveland, Oklahoma. She was one of eight children of Martin Jacob and Mary Melissa Iza Dora (Lay) Rogers. Like the other Rogers kids she grew up...

Verneice Morphew

Verneice Morphew

Mar 23, 2017

Verneice J. Morphew passed from this life on Thursday, March 23, 2017 at the Advance Assisted Living Center in Advance Missouri at the age of eighty-four years, nine months and twenty days. Verneice was born on June 3, 1932 in Skedee, Pawnee County, Oklahoma. She was the daughter of Earl and Lola Edna (Drake) Reese. Verneice was raised and attended...

Michael Wayne Collins

Michael Wayne Collins

Mar 22, 2017

Michael Wayne Collins, of Cleveland, Oklahoma, passed from this life at the age 39 years on Wednesday, March 22, 2017. Michael was born July 27, 1977, in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He was the son of David Wayne and Anita Marie (Boyd) Collins. Michael began his education in Cleveland and later graduated with the Class of 1996. During his time in school,...

Letha Brown

Letha Brown

Mar 21, 2017

Funeral services for Letha Mae Brown, former Hominy resident, will be held at 11:00 am, Saturday, March 25, 2017 at the Chapel of the Chapman-Black Funeral Home in Cleveland, Oklahoma with Larry Stewart officiating. Interment will follow at the A. J. Powell Memorial Cemetery in Hominy under the direction of the Chapman-Black Funeral Home. Letha passed from this life, on...

Pauline Joyce Childress

Pauline Joyce Childress

Feb 22, 2017

Pauline was born January 3, 1937, in Tulare, California.  She was the daughter of Lawrence Dewey and Cora Belle (Strong) Cross.  Pauline was raised and received her education in Tulare where she later graduated from high school.  Soon after high school, Pauline was united in marriage to Oads James Childress on January 8, 1955, in Waukina, California.  The couple established...

Elgin E. Thomas

Elgin E. Thomas

Feb 19, 2017

Elgin Evans Thomas, passed away on Sunday, February 19, 2017, at his home in Cleveland, Oklahoma at the age of age 91 years old. Elgin was born September 17, 1925, in Aline, Oklahoma. He was the son of William Lloyd and Blanche Mabel (Wilder) Thomas. As a young man, Elgin was raised and received his education in Aline where he...

Claudine Conner

Claudine Conner

Feb 17, 2017

Claudine R. Conner took her heavenly journey on Friday, February 17, 2017 at the Maywood Terrace Living Center in Independence, Missouri at the age of eighty-six. Claudine was born on November 6, 1930 in Sioux City, Iowa. She was the daughter of Franklin Newton and Alberta Martin. Claudine was raised and attended school in Dunlap, Iowa where she graduated from...

Stephen Paul Mull

Stephen Paul Mull

Feb 9, 2017

Stephen Paul Mull, passed away at his home in Cleveland, Oklahoma, Thursday, February 9, 2017, at the age of 64 years old. Stephen was born January 30, 1953, in Salem, Oregon. He was the son of Volney Dale and Georgia Pearl (McKinley) Mull. Stephen was raised and received his education in Salem later graduating for South Salem High School. Following...

Raymond Eugene Rogers

Raymond Eugene Rogers

Feb 8, 2017

Funeral services for Raymond Eugene Rogers, will be held 1:30 PM Monday at the Grace Gospel Church in Jennings, Oklahoma with Pastor Casey Muse and Odis Wayne Phillips officiating. Burial will follow in the Jennings Cemetery under the direction of Chapman-Black Funeral Home. Friends may share a memory with the family on Raymond’s memorial website at www.chapman-black.com Raymond was born...

John Duncan Lynch

John Duncan Lynch

Feb 5, 2017

John Duncan Lynch was born July 26, 1944, in Hartshorne, Oklahoma. He was the son of J. D. and Beulah Marie (Brannon) Lynch. John often shared fond memories of his years in school in Hartshorne. Because he was the tallest in his graduating class at a very small school, he finished out his senior year as the captain of the...

Glenda Huddleston

Glenda Huddleston

Jan 26, 2017

Glenda Christine Huddleston, was born November 12, 1944, in Dell, Arkansas. She was the daughter of Fred Thompson and Sarah Ellen (Trotter) Keeling. As a young girl Glenda moved with her family to Cleveland where she began her education. Glenda later completed her education in Cleveland. She was later united in marriage to Wayne Collins and to that marriage there...

Charles Edward Thomas

Charles Edward Thomas

Jan 22, 2017

Charles Edward Thomas Jr., lifelong Cleveland area resident passed from this life on Sunday, January 22, 2017 at the Cleveland Area Hospital in Cleveland, Oklahoma at the age of eighty-four. Charles was born on June 29, 1932 in Pawnee, Oklahoma. He was the son of Charles, Sr. and Elsie Mae Thomas. Charles was raised and attended school in Cleveland where...

Ellamae Jean Varnell

Ellamae Jean Varnell

Jan 18, 2017

EllaMae Jean Varnell, longtime resident of Mannford, Oklahoma, passed away on Wednesday, January 18, 2017, at the St. John Medical Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma at the age of 82 years old. Jean was born December 14, 1934, in Terlton, Oklahoma. She was the daughter of Robert Lee and Mildred Opal (Wilkie) Devine. Jean was raised and received her education where...

Lola Grace Norton

Lola Grace Norton

Jan 17, 2017

Lola Grace Norton passed away on Tuesday evening, January 17, 2017, at her home in Cleveland, Oklahoma at the age of 74 years old. Lola was born on November 14, 1942, in Osage, Oklahoma. She was the daughter of Archie Burl Clifford and Faye (Dampf) Ditto. Lola was raised and received her education in Osage, Oklahoma where she graduated with...

Philip Brooks Buchanan

Philip Brooks Buchanan

Jan 17, 2017

Memorial services for Philip Brooks Buchanan will be held at 2:00 PM Saturday at the Chapman-Black Funeral Home with John McGuire officiating. Friends may share a memory with the family online at www.chapman-black.com Phil was born April 1, 1947, in Ardmore, Alabama. He was the son of Walter and Clura Lee (Brooks) Buchanan. Phil was raised in Ardmore and graduated...

Arthur Ross Shoemaker

Arthur Ross Shoemaker

Jan 15, 2017

Arthur Ross Shoemaker, the longtime resident of Hominy, Oklahoma, went to be with his Lord and Saviour on Sunday, January 15, 2017, in Pawhuska, Oklahoma at the age of 94 years old. Art was born November 14, 1922, in San Antonio, Texas. He was the son of Arthur Garfield and Anne Everett (Cross) Shoemaker. Art grew up and attended school...

Jason Lee Mills

Jason Lee Mills

Jan 15, 2017

Jason Lee Mills, 46, passed from this life on Sunday, January 15, 2017, at his home in Jennings, Oklahoma. Jason was born April 30, 1970, in Cushing, Oklahoma. Jason is the son of G. W. Mills and Barbara Joe (Sanders) Mills. Jason was initially raised in Cushing where he began his education. The family later moved to Jennings following a...

Joseph Herschel Mckissick, Jr.

Joseph Herschel Mckissick, Jr.

Jan 10, 2017

Joseph Herschel McKissick, Jr. was born Feb 21, 1926 in Tamaha Oklahoma to the late Joseph Herschel Sr & late Minnie (Allen) McKissick. Papa Joe departed this life on Tuesday, Jan 10th, 2017 at 10:30am in his home with his caring wife Mary Lou (Stach) McKissick at his side. He is survived by his daughter Sherry (McKissick) Stein and her...

Oren John Henry Adams

Oren John Henry Adams

Jan 9, 2017

Heaven gained a very special angel today. Oren John Henry Adams, born October 15, 1919, died January 9, 2017, at the age of 97 years old. Oren had a rough start in his early years of life, but as a young man, he saw a war coming on. Oren enlisted in the US Army Air Corp and was sent to...