Obituaries

Jun 27, 2012

Bernice Maxine Strader passed from this life on Wednesday, June 27, 2012, at the age of 85 years, ten months and twenty three days. Bernice was born in Hominy, Oklahoma on August 4, 1926. She was the daughter of Arthur Jefferson and Neler (Morris) Spears. As a young girl Bernice was raised in Hominy where she began her education. At...

Jun 26, 2012

Julie Jo Muniz was born April 20, 1990 in Denver, Colorado. Julie moved with her family to Cleveland, Oklahoma as a young girl. She later graduated from Cleveland High School with the Class of 2008. Following graduation Julie worked at Ballardís Grocery in Oilton and later began working at Fusion Care in Mannford. In May of 2012, Julie moved to...

Jun 25, 2012

Wilma Tennessee Griffith Williams Mitchell was born July 13, 1929 in Faulkner County, Arkansas. She was the daughter of Harmon W. and Mary R. (Bateman) Griffith. She was raised and attended school in Faulkner County graduating from high school there in 1947. Wilma was married to Albert Mitchel on December 23, 1966 in McAlester, Oklahoma. The couple moved frequently during...

Jun 18, 2012

Walter Clayton Potts life long resident of Cleveland, Oklahoma, passed away at his home on Monday, June 18, 2012, at the age of 88 years, ten months and three days. Fuzzy was born on August 15, 1923, in Drumright, Oklahoma. He was the son of Louis H. and Elizabeth Christina (Niehoff) Potts. As a young boy Fuzzy was raised on...

Jun 15, 2012

Troy LaVonne Brown was born September 5, 1937 in Moundridge, McPherson County, Kansas. He was the youngest of three sons of Curt and Pauline E. (OíKief) Brown. He received his early childhood education in school in Pawnee County near Cleveland, Oklahoma. Troy moved with his family as a sophomore in high school to Cushing were he graduated from high school...

Jun 14, 2012

Jun 11, 2012

Graveside services for Garl Lee Spain will be held 11:00 am Friday, June 15, 2012 at the Oak Hill Cemetery with Pastor Jeff Laughlin officiating. Funeral arrangements are under the direction of Chapman-Black Funeral Home. Garl was born on May 20, 1921 in rural Custer County near Weatherford, Oklahoma. He was the son of Roy Lee and Jessie (McCall) Spain....

Jun 4, 2012

Richard Carl Toothman, life long resident of Prue, Oklahoma, passed away on Monday, June 4, 2012, in Tulsa, Oklahoma at the age of 74 years six months and five days. Richard was born on November 30, 1937, in Prue, Oklahoma; he was the son of Carl Morris and Opal Sylvia (Earnest) Toothman. Richard began his education in Prue and later...

Jun 4, 2012

May 24, 2012

Barbara Lee Ellen Smith was born March 8, 1944 in Hominy, Oklahoma. She was the daughter of Harvey William and AnnaLee (Bishop) Smith. Barbara was raised and attended school in Hominy, graduating from Hominy High School in 1962. Upon graduation from high school, Barbara accepted employment with Tulsa Linen for a couple of years. She later relocated to Dallas, Texas...

May 24, 2012

Blaze Neil Merriman went to be with his Lord and Savior on May 24, 2012. Blaze was born in Pawnee, OK, on November 3, 1972, to Richard and Janice Merriman. He went to school in Cleveland, starting with kindergarten and graduating with the class of 1991. He was an electrician by trade and worked at several places, including Word, KAMO,...

May 24, 2012

Funeral services for William Benjamin ìBillî Smith, Jr. were held at 10:00 am, Wednesday, May 30, 2012 in the Chapel of the Chapman-Black Funeral Home with Gene Black officiating. He was eighty-nine years of age. Bill was born on August 2, 1922; the son of William Benjamin Smith, Sr. and Catherine (Jenkins) Smith. Bill was born in Denoya, Oklahoma and...

May 23, 2012

May 23, 2012

Joan Elizabeth Robson Schick was born April 1, 1921 in Brooklyn, New York to Mae and Fred Maguire who preceded her in death as did her sister Meryl Daley, Joanís two husbands W.F. (Bill) Schick, Jr., and Robert W. Robson. She was a member of Our Lady of the Lake Catholic Church in Mannford, Oklahoma where for many years she...

May 23, 2012

Joyce Geraldene Tribble, of Jennings, Oklahoma, passed away on Wednesday, May 23, 2012 at her home at the age of 71 years seven months and nine days. Joyce was born October 14, 1940, in French Bottom, Missouri a small community West of St. Joseph, Missouri. She was the daughter of James Russell and Morene Geraldene (West) Castle. As a young...

May 20, 2012

Robert Burns Mitchell was born August 7, 1931 in Fairfax, Oklahoma; the son of Alexander and Jeanne (Yule) Mitchell. Robert attended his early education in Fairfax and then moved with his family at the age of nine to property near Boston Pool in rural Osage County. He was raised in this area near Boston Pool, just north of the Arkansas...

May 17, 2012

Betty Rose Kirkendall passed away on Thursday, May 17, 2012, at her home in Cleveland, Oklahoma at the age of 79 years two months and twenty seven days. Betty was born February 21, 1933 in Labette, Kansas. She was the daughter of William Earl and Grace Oville (Buffington) Anderson. As a young girl Betty moved with her family to Cushing,...

May 17, 2012

Emery Darrell Hodson of Mannford, Oklahoma passed from this life on Thursday, May 17, 2012 at his home at the age of 62 years seven months and one day. Darrell was born on October 16, 1949, in Terlton, Oklahoma; he was the son of Emery M. and Dorothy E. (Dunlap) Hodson. As a young boy, Darrell began his education in...

May 14, 2012

Gordon Wright Calderwood was born on January 28, 1934 in Tulsa, Oklahoma; the son of William Henry Cameron and Bessie Knight (Shook) Calderwood. Gordon was raised and attended Elliot School in Tulsa and then graduating from Central High School in 1952. Upon graduation from high school, Gordon attended the University of Tulsa before enlisting into the service of his country...

May 13, 2012

Longtime pillar of the community Rev. George Christopher Boston, Jr. went to be with his Lord and Saviour on Sunday morning May 13, 2012, with his family at his side at the age of 91 years two months and twenty eight days. George was born February 16, 1921, in Fort Worth, Texas. He was the son of George C., Sr....