Obituaries

Jul 19, 2014

Mary Arline Darrow, passed away Saturday, July 19, 2014, at the Cleveland Manor Nursing Home at the age of 76 years, six months and ten days. Arline was born January 9, 1938, in Ft. Sumner, New Mexico. She was the daughter of Virgil William and Ida Leola (Counts) Webb. As a young girl Arline was raised in Tucumcari, New Mexico...

Jul 14, 2014

Josh Lee Garner passed away on Monday, July 14, 2014, in Tulsa, Oklahoma at the St. John Medical Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma at the age of 74 years, five months and twenty eight days. Josh was born in Sawyer, Oklahoma on January 17, 1940. He was the son of John W. and Wilma Lucille (Adams) Garner. At a young age...

Jul 11, 2014

Charles Oscar Toothman was born November 18, 1934 in Prue, Oklahoma. He was the son of Carl Morris and Opal Sylvia (Ernest) Toothman. Charles was raised and attended school in Prue, graduating from Prue High School in 1954. Shortly after graduation, Charles moved to California where he worked in the vegetable fields in the lettuce shed for a short time...

Jul 10, 2014

Funeral services for Patsy Ruth Cook, will be held 10:00 am, Saturday, July 12, 2014, at the First Baptist Church with Rev. Greg Hall officiating. Burial will follow in the Woodland Cemetery under the direction of Chapman-Black Funeral Home. Patsy was born July 27, 1934, in Texhoma, Oklahoma. She was the daughter of Albert Lee and Edith Ann (Hayworth) Miller....

Jul 7, 2014

Lurene Rose Bivin departed this life on July 7, 2014 in Stroud, Oklahoma. She was a resident of the Stroud Health Care Center in Stroud. Lurene was born October 10, 1920 in Cushing, Oklahoma to Gladys Guffy and Rollin Murray Rose. She was raised in the home of her grandparents, Effie Swan and Ward Guffy in Cleveland, Oklahoma. Lurene graduated...

Jul 5, 2014

Funeral services for Carl Aaron Haws will be held at the Chapman-Black Funeral Home Chapel 10:00 am Tuesday, July 8, 2014. Committal services will follow in the Woodland Cemetery under the direction of Chapman-Black Funeral Home. Carl was born February 16, 1925, near Coweta, Oklahoma. He was the son of William Milford and Mattie (Gibson) Haws. Carl attended school at...

Jul 2, 2014

JoAnn Hewitt, a lifelong resident of Cleveland, Oklahoma, passed away on Wednesday, July 2, 2014, at her home south of Cleveland at the age of 78 years, eleven months and six days. She was preceded in death by her parents Neil James, Sr. and Cleora Swan, husband Ted Hewitt, brother Neil James Swan, Jr., Clarence David Swan; two sisters Suzanne...

Jun 28, 2014

Graveside services for J.J. Cunningham, Jr. will be held 10:30 am, Wednesday, July 2, 2014, at the Sinnett Cemetery with Rev. Scott Watkins officiating. Burial will follow in the Sinnett Cemetery under the direction of Chapman-Black Funeral Home. John James Cunningham, Jr. was born on December 6, 1941 in Sand Springs, Oklahoma. He was the son of John James, Sr....

Jun 24, 2014

Private memorial services for Gaylon Brooks Alderman were held on Saturday, June 28, 2014. The body was cremated under the direction of Chapman-Black Funeral Home. Gaylon was born March 5, 1941, in Hillsville,Virginia. He was the son of Orby Kyress and Betty Ruth (White) Alderman. As a young child Gaylon grew up in Carroll County, located in Southwest Virginia. He...

Jun 13, 2014

Robert Lee Clark was born November 13, 1967 in Fort Riley, Kansas. He was the son of John M. and June Evelyn (West) Clark. Robert moved with his family to Cleveland in 1981 and attended Cleveland schools, graduating from Cleveland High School in 1986. Shortly after graduation from high school Robert began a career as a cross country truck driver,...

Jun 13, 2014

Jun 12, 2014

Willa Jo Stephens went to be with her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ on Thursday, June 13, 2014 in Shreveport, Louisiana at the age of eighty-eight years. Jo was born on May 8, 1926 in Keystone, Oklahoma; the daughter of Verazzani Columbus ìRazî and Oza Florence ìMaî (Hill) Butler. She attended her early education at Sinnett, near Keystone, and then...

Jun 12, 2014

Ernie Davidson went to be with his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ on Thursday, June 12, 2014 at the age of eighty-seven years. He was born on January 26, 1927 in Mannford, Oklahoma; the son of Jacob E. and Rosie (Kelly) Davidson. Ernie was raised and attended school in Mannford. Upon completion of his education, Ernie worked with his father...

Jun 11, 2014

Eva Lorraine Tanksley born June 3, 1922, married to R.L. Tanksley on October 28, 1948 lived in Prue, Oklahoma at the age of 92 when she left this earth on June 11, 2014.

Jun 8, 2014

Joan Gilley went to be with her Lord and Saviour, Sunday, June 8, 2014 at the age of 62 years. Joan was a lifelong resident of Osage, Oklahoma. Joanís sons are Brian D. Gilley from Winter Haven, Florida, and Jeff D. Gilley from Osage, Oklahoma, siblings Karen Starrett, Sharon Goad and Dusty Ponder. Joanís services were held Wednesday, June 11,...

Jun 4, 2014

Monty Junior Bishop, of Cleveland, Oklahoma, passed away on Wednesday, June 4, 2014, in Muskogee Veterans Medical Center at the age of 77 years, one month and nineteen days. Monty was born April 16, 1937, in Bud, West Virginia. He was the son of William Harrison and Opal Ruby (McKinney) Bishop. As a young child Monty grew up in Bud...

May 27, 2014

Thelma Jeanne ("Tobie") Branch was born on October 8, 1927 up in Pawnee, attending Pawnee public schools for most of her school years until moving to Guthrie with her family in where she completed her high school education in Guthrie in 1944. Soon after graduation she began working at Tinker Air Force base as a clerk typist during World War...

May 27, 2014

Leitha Lavern Varnell Venable-Belmer was born May 13th 1934 in Mannford, OK. to Jessie Jack Varnell and Naomi Agnes (Mysner) Varnell. One of 12 children, she attended Mannford schools through the 10th grade. She married Bobbie Lee Venable in December 1951 and was married to him for 27 years until his death in 1978.To this union was born one daughter,...

May 26, 2014

Darlene Ellis lifelong resident of Hallett, Oklahoma passed from this life on Monday, May 26, 2014, at the Cleveland Area Hospital at the age of 69 years two months and two days. Mildred Darlene Ellis was born on March 24, 1945, in Pawnee, Oklahoma. She was the daughter of Ralph Bryan, Sr. and Ester (Madewell) Ellis. Darlene grew up on...

May 19, 2014

Wendy Ann Wilson Jackson was called home to be with the Lord on May 19, 2014, at the age of 56 following a long battle with cancer. She was born in San Antonio, Texas on January 9, 1958, to Homer Wilson and Vicki Inglis Reichle. Wendy attended all twelve years of school in San Antonio, Texas. She worked at the...