Obituaries

Jan 16, 2013

Funeral services for Johnnie Guy Hinchey will be held at 2:00 pm Saturday, January 19, 2013, in the Prue Cemetery with Rev. Garry McDevitt officiating. Burial in the Prue Cemetery will be under the direction of Chapman-Black Funeral Home. Johnnie was born March 10, 1951, in Erik, Oklahoma. He was the son of Guy Lavon and Edith Pearl (Yarbrough) Hinchey....

Jan 12, 2013

Jan 12, 2013

Rosa-Raye was born November 20th, 1951 to Marguerite Matin and Raymond Joseph Hill. She graduated from Hominy High School in 1969, after high school she attended Our Lady of the Lake University in San Antonio, TX. Rosa was last employed at the Osage Million Dollar Elm Casino in the Regulatory Compliance Department. She loved being a Grandma to her little...

Jan 11, 2013

Services for Bertha Marie Hanlon will be held 10:00 am Monday, January 14, 2013, at Chapman-Black Funeral Home with Pastor Harvey Myers officiating. Burial will follow in the Jennings Cemetery under the direction of Chapman-Black Funeral Home. Bertha was born October 26, 1933, in Yale Oklahoma. She was the daughter of Bill and Mary Ellen (Preston) Isbell. As a young...

Jan 5, 2013

Mildred Grace Murray Bowers was born December 30, 1921 in Neosho, Missouri. She was the daughter of Thomas H. and Mattie (Clark) Murray. Mildred was raised and attended school in Racine, Missouri. Upon completion of her education, Mildred was married to Loyd Charles "Buck" Bowers in Reddings Mill, Missouri on August 22, 1942. Shortly after their marriage, Buck enlisted in...

Jan 3, 2013

Merriam Levall Bunyard better known to his friends and family as Bunny passed away on Thursday, January 3, 2013, in Tulsa, Oklahoma at the age of 80 years, two months and twenty five days. Bunny was born October 9, 1932, in Quinton, Oklahoma. He was the son of Marvin Levall and Lee Ola (Oliver) Bunyard. As a young man Bunny...

Jan 3, 2013

Funeral services for Lionel Ray Stearman will be held 2:00 pm Tuesday, January 8, 2013 at the Chapman-Black Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. David Mingus officiating. Burial will follow in the Woodland Cemetery under the direction of Chapman-Black Funeral Home. Friends may share a memory with the family at the funeral home or online at www.chapman-black.com Ray Stearman was born...

Dec 30, 2012

Bonnie Maude Zickefoose was born January 23, 1912 at Sinnett, Oklahoma. She was the daughter of Charles Marion and Ada May (Baker) Zickefoose. Charles and Ada moved to the area from western Kansas in 1894 and established their home in the Appalachia Bay area. Charles was a pioneer school teacher in the territory. He taught in the basin area and...

Dec 24, 2012

Funeral services for Elouise Faye Johnson better known as Lou will be held 2:00 pm Friday, December 28, 2012 at the First Baptist Church in Oilton, Oklahoma with Pastor Larry Calvert officiating. Burial will follow in the Woodland Cemetery in Cleveland, Oklahoma under the direction of Chapman-Black Funeral Home. Lou was born on April 10, 1940 in Osage, Oklahoma. She...

Dec 21, 2012

Dec 21, 2012

Dec 21, 2012

Emil LaRay ìCorkyî Chronic was born in Tulsa County on September 22, 1928; the son of Herman LeRoy and Lena Wealthy (Beasley) Chronic. Corky was raised in the Lake Station area near Sand Springs and attended school there. Upon completion of his education, Corky began working as a salesman for the Brooks Packing Company in Tulsa. He later enlisted into...

Dec 20, 2012

Nola Mae Norwood Burba was born on a farm about seven miles southeast of Cleveland, Oklahoma, the only child of Earl Leonard and Ida Mae (Sneed) Norwood. . All four of her grandparents lived nearby and were a very important part of her wonderful childhood. She attended a one-room country school named Grandview for seven years. Nola's uncle was a...

Dec 17, 2012

Betty Jo Treece was born December 2, 1928 in Osage, Oklahoma. She was the daughter of Donald Ray and Offie Z. (Manuel) Shipman. As a infant Betty moved with her family to Arkansas. They later returned to Osage where Betty began her education. Betty completed and graduated high school from Cleveland Public Schools. Betty Jo was united in marriage to...

Dec 16, 2012

Jo Ann Allen Gibbons passed from this life on Sunday, December 16, 2012 at Saint Francis Hospital in Tulsa, at the age of fifty-four. Jo Ann was born in Kansas City, Missouri on June 4, 1958; she was the daughter of Joseph J. Heffron Jr. and Georgiana Armstrong Heffron. She was raised and attended school in the Kansas City, Kansas...

Dec 15, 2012

Effie Jane Bellamy, longtime resident of Cleveland, Oklahoma, passed from this life to go be with her Heavenly Father on Saturday, December 15, 2012, at the age of 85 years, nine months and twenty-four days old. Effie was born February 22, 1927, in Stephens, Arkansas. She was the daughter of Robert and Helen Mae (Scoggins) Trammell. As a young child...

Dec 11, 2012

Michael "Mikey" Scott DuVall, 26 years old, was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma on February 19, 1986, and went to be with the Lord on December 11, 2012, while at home in Sand Springs, Oklahoma. He was a gentle force in his family and was preceded in death by his father, Steve DuVall; grandfather, James "Poppy" Marion DeLozier; grandmother, Vicky "GG"...

Dec 5, 2012

Frank Norris Goodman, Jr. was born December 30, 1957 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He was the son of Frank Norris and Vella Mae (Howard) Goodman. Frank was raised for the first ten years of his life, residing on Coyote Trail, near Mannford. He attended Keystone Schools for several years. In 1967, the family moved to Grand Lake, when his father accepted...

Dec 5, 2012

Virginia June Snelson Gravitt Cook was born on June 25, 1921 in a little town called Coweta, Oklahoma. She was the first born of John Richard and Clema Pricilla Snelson, along with nine other sibblings. Farming was their means of making a living for the family; Virginia had to pick cotton, help with farm chores, along with caring for her...

Dec 2, 2012

Marianna Balentine passed from this life on Sunday, December 2, 2012 at Southern Hills Nursing Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma at the age of 74 years, eleven months and twenty one days. Marianna was born December 12, 1937, in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. She was the daughter of Edmond Eugene and Lorraine Campbell. Marianna grew up in Bartlesville where she graduated from high...