Obituaries

Jan 15, 2014

Funeral services for Jackie Wilson will be held at 3:00 PM Saturday, January 18, 2014, at the First Baptist Church in Hominy, Oklahoma with Rev. Mark Formby officiating. Burial will follow in the A. J. Powell Memorial Cemetery under the direction of Chapman-Black Funeral Home. Jackie was born June 11, 1941, in Gentry, Arkansas. She was the daughter of Millard...

Jan 12, 2014

Funeral services for Gary Winston Brewster will be held on Friday, 2:00 pm, January 17, 2014 at the Memorial Park Cemetery Chapel with Pastor David Logsdon officiaitng. Burial will follow in the Memorial Park Cemetery at 51st and Memorial in Tulsa, Oklahoma. A reception be held from 3:00 pm till 5:00 pm at the cemetery banquet facility immediatley following services....

Jan 9, 2014

Douglas Ricketts passed away on Thursday, January 9, 2014 at his home at the age of 76 years, three months and seven days. Douglas was born October 2, 1937, in Shidler, Oklahoma. He was the son of Thomas Quincy and Lillie Grace (Pickett) Ricketts. As a young boy Doug was raised and received his education in Shidler where he graduated...

Jan 4, 2014

Funeral services for Jackie Wilson will be held at 3:00 PM Saturday, January 18, 2014, at the First Baptist Church in Hominy, Oklahoma with Rev. Mark Formby officiating. Burial will follow in the A. J. Powell Memorial Cemetery under the direction of Chapman-Black Funeral Home. Jackie was born June 11, 1941, in Gentry, Arkansas. She was the daughter of Millard...

Jan 4, 2014

Shirley was born in Coffeyville, Kansas on September 16, 1935. She was the daughter of Arlie Jackson and Goldie Marie (Longrear) Alexander. As a young child Shirley moved with her parents to the Jennings area. She began and finished her education in Jennings. Soon after High School, Shirley was united in marriage to J. B. Neely and moved to Kansas...

Dec 29, 2013

Funeral services for M. Louise Owens will be held 10:30 am Friday, January 3, 2014, at the First Assembly of God Church with Pastor Dan Edens officiating. Burial will follow in the Woodland Cemetery under the direction of Chapman-Black Funeral Home. Louise was born November 5, 1927, in Shidler, Oklahoma. She was the daughter of B.C. and Eva G. (Dalton)...

Dec 28, 2013

Todd Hester passed from this life on Sunday, December 28, 2013, in Tulsa, Oklahoma at the age of 51 years, eleven months and sixteen days. Todd was born on January 12, 1962, in Hominy, Oklahoma. He was the son of A.D. and Georgia Anne (Griffin) Hester. Todd was raised in Hominy where he began kindergarten and later graduated from Hominy...

Dec 23, 2013

Doris Lola Gerstle was born December 20, 1917 in Denver, Colorado. She was the daughter of John J. and Reba l. (Cummings) Ross. She was raised and attended schools in the Greeley, Colorado area where she graduated from high school. Doris was married to Allen C. (Sox) Gerstle on May 12, 1938 in Greeley. The couple moved to Terlton, Oklahoma...

Dec 23, 2013

Charles F. Findley was born on September 29, 1929 at home in rural Pawnee County, in the Bear Creek area, near Cleveland, Oklahoma. He was the son of Elzie M. and Beulah R. (Chambers) Findley. Charles was raised on a family farm near Bear Creek and attended school in Cleveland, graduating from Cleveland High School in 1948. Shortly after graduation,...

Dec 21, 2013

"Small Town Kid, Big League Dreams" is a quote that is used to capture the life of Brock Lynn Norton. The vision of a young man with big earthly hopes and dreams was tragically cut short on a wintery road between Tulsa and his home near Cleveland on Saturday, December 21, 2013 in an automobile accident. However, his heavenly dreams...

Dec 13, 2013

Mary Ann Kilpatrick was born March 12, 1935 in Keystone, Oklahoma. She was the daughter of James F. and Mildred Bertie (Sory) Cowan. Mary Ann was raised and attended school in Cleveland, graduating from Cleveland High School in 1943. After graduation, Mary Ann was married to Ed Wren and the couple had four sons, Robert, Fred J., William and Michael....

Dec 13, 2013

Dec 13, 2013

Mary Ann Kilpatrick was born March 12, 1935 in Keystone, Oklahoma. She was the daughter of James F. and Mildred Bertie (Sory) Cowan. Mary Ann was raised and attended school in Cleveland, graduating from Cleveland High School in 1943. After graduation, Mary Ann was married to Ed Wren and the couple had four sons, Robert, Fred J., William and Michael....

Dec 12, 2013

Douglas Oland Thornburg Sr. passed away December 12th, 2013, at St. John Hospital in Tulsa, OK. He was born December 21, 1938, in Wheeling, WV. He was the retired owner of Fairfax Furniture in Fairfax, OK, as well as a salesman for Gas & Electric Equipment Company in his earlier years and the owner of a satellite antenna business in...

Dec 11, 2013

James Edward "Jim" Goddard was born in Coffeyville, Kansas ,while his mother was visiting her sister, on January 29, 1924. He was the son of Floyd Vernon and Bessie Eva (Knight) Goddard. Jim was raised and attended school in Osage, graduating in 1943. Shortly after his graduation, Jim enlisted into the service of his country into the United States Army...

Dec 11, 2013

WHALEY, Virginia Kay of Cleveland, Oklahoma, age 73 died Wednesday, December 11, 2013 at 642 South Williams Road. Virginia Kay (Oliver) Whaley, born January 30, 1940, in Emporia, Kansas. She went to be with her Lord on December 11, 2013 at 10:55 am at her home on Keystone Lake near Cleveland, Oklahoma at the age of 73 years, ten months...

Dec 10, 2013

Opal Earleen Ricketts longtime resident of Cleveland, Oklahoma passed from this life on Tuesday, December 10, 2013, in Tulsa, Oklahoma at the age of 84 years, eight months and twenty nine days. Earleen was born on March 12, 1929, in Morris, Oklahoma. She was the daughter of Earl Bailey and Beuna Alice (Burris) Davis. While living in the Morris area...

Dec 9, 2013

Valerie Sue Gallatin, passed away on Monday, December 9, 2013, in Tulsa, Oklahoma ta the age of 50 years, one month and nineteen days. Valerie was born October 21, 1963, in Tulsa, Oklahoma. She is the daughter of Hugh Denman and Betty Sue (Thrasher) Lear. As a young girl Valerie grew up in Tulsa, Oklahoma. She began her education at...

Dec 6, 2013

Melva Joyce Whitewing, lifelong Hominy resident, passed from this life on Friday, December 6, 2013 at her home in Hominy, at the age of seventy-six. Joyce was born in Hominy, Oklahoma on July 2, 1937, the youngest of four daughters of Oscar Talmadge and Jewell Amanda (Brannon) Gaines. She was raised in a small home on South Price Street in...

Nov 29, 2013

Wilford Ray Cheers was born south of Cleveland, Oklahoma in rural Pawnee County on June 27, 1932. He was the son of Roy Rex and Geraldine (Fields) Cheers. His family moved in Willís early childhood to a farm just east of Jennings where he was raised and attended school, graduating from Jennings High School in 1950. Shortly after graduation, Will...