Obituaries

May 13, 2012

Helen Rose Brisbin passed from this life on Sunday, May 13, 2012 in Tulsa, Oklahoma at the age of 83 years two months and twenty nine days. Helen was born February 15, 1929 in Osage, Oklahoma; she was the daughter of Paul Tipp and Oakley (Napier) Herr. As a young girl Helen was raised in Osage where she later graduated...

May 4, 2012

Carolyn Sue Neal passed away on Friday, May 4, 2012 at her home in Tulsa, Oklahoma at the age of 69 years three months and twenty one days. Carolyn was born on January 14, 1943 in Tulsa, Oklahoma; she was the daughter of Walter and Ruth (Teegarden) Neal. Carolyn was raised and received her education in Tulsa, and graduated from...

May 1, 2012

Doris Frances Allen passed away in Petoskey, Michigan, on Tuesday, May 1, 2012 at the age of 88 years seven months and nine days. Doris was born on September 23, 1923 in St. Ignace, Michigan; she was the daughter of Albert and Frances (Smith) Aslin. As a young girl Doris grew up in St. Ignues where she attended Catholic Schools....

Apr 30, 2012

Funeral services for Frances Lorene Tanksley will be held 2:00 pm Thursday, May 3, 2012 at First Baptist Church in Prue with Rev. Garry McDevitt officiating. Burial will follow in the Prue Cemetery under the direction of Chapman-Black Funeral Home. Lorene was born October 9, 1944 in Haskell, Oklahoma. She was the daughter of Ellis Whittington and Nora L. (Parnell)...

Apr 29, 2012

Michael Alan Beals was born November 1, 1963 in Woodland, California; the son of Roy Beals and Betty (McKee) Willson. Michael was raised and attended school in Lincoln, California where he moved at an early age with his family. Upon completion of his education, Michael worked as a carpenter and for a landscaping business in the Sacramento, California area. During...

Apr 26, 2012

Michael Duane East, II was born December 30, 1994 at the St. John Medical Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He was the don of Michael Duane and Terri (Roberson) East. He moved with his family to Terlton near his first birthday and was raised in the Terlton/Jennings area; attending school in Jennings through the eighth grade. While attending school in Jennings,...

Apr 25, 2012

Patricia Ann Pettit was born October 8, 1948 in Shamrock, Oklahoma. She was the daughter of Jack and Gladys (Castle) Jacobs. Following the divorce of her parents, Patricia was raised by her step-father and mother, Lloyd ìBillî and Gladys Jacobs Watts in the Shamrock and Drumright area until the summer of 1965 when they moved to Aurora, Colorado. Patricia attended...

Apr 23, 2012

Mary Elizabeth Osage Helton went to Heaven on April 23, 2012, at 5:30 AM in her home in Prue, Oklahoma at the age of 97 years. Mary was born on October 25, 1914, to Ebben and Rena Osage at their home in Gabriel, Oklahoma, North of Tahlequah. Her father was a full blood Cherokee. She grew up in Tahlequah working...

Apr 22, 2012

Goldie Faye (Gill) Sides was born in Redrock, Oklahoma on September 3, 1925; the daughter of Albert and Minnie Mae Jewel Gill. At an early age, Goldie moved to Osage, Oklahoma and resided with her aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Thomas. Goldie attended school in Osage from 1930 to 1940. Upon completion of her education, Goldie worked in...

Apr 22, 2012

Funeral services for John Nathan Fisher will be held on Thursday, April 26, 2012 at 1:00 pm at the Alabama Baptist Church in Weleetka, Oklahoma. Burial will follow in the Barnett-Fisher Cemetery near Bryant, Oklahoma under the direction of Chapman-Black Funeral Home. John was born on September 9, 1928 in Weleetka, Oklahoma. He was the son of William and Kogee...

Apr 19, 2012

Phillipp Paul Pickle passed away in Tulsa, Oklahoma on Thursday, April 19, 2012 at the age of fifty years, eight months and fifteen days. Paul was born August 4, 1961 in Yuma, Arizona. He was the son of Herman Glendon and June Odessa (Mewbourn) Pickle. As a young child Paul grew up in Yuma where he began his education. Paul...

Apr 17, 2012

Dorothy Emaline Hodson Monforte passed away on Tuesday, April 17, 2012 at the age of 95 years ten months and three days. Dorothy was born in Tillman County, Oklahoma on June 14, 1916; she was the daughter of Guy and Elizabeth Dollie (Lancaster) Dunlap. As a young girl Dorothy grew up in the Duncan, Oklahoma area and later moved to...

Apr 16, 2012

Adrian Dean Eddings passed away on Monday, April 16, 2012 in Tulsa, Oklahoma at the age of 63 years and 20 days. Dean was born March 27, 1949 in Hominy, Oklahoma; he was the son of James Alder and Ruth Wilma (Bond) Eddings. As a young child Dean attended school in Hominy and grew up in the Hominy area. At...

Apr 14, 2012

Andrew Steven Hammond better known to his friends and family as Andy; passed from this life on Saturday, April 14, 2012, at his home in Cleveland, Oklahoma at the age of 60 years three months and nine days. Andy was born in Lewistown, Pennsylvania on January 5, 1952. He was the son of Arthur and Betty (Albright) Hammond. As a...

Apr 14, 2012

U. Colleene Grigg passed away on Saturday, April 14, 2012 at the Cimarron Pointe Care Center in Mannford, Oklahoma at the age of 81 years five months and eleven days. Colleene was born on November 3, 1930 in Terlton, Oklahoma; she was the daughter of Walter and Hazel Edna (Rudolph) Landreth. As a young girl Colleene was raised and attended...

Apr 13, 2012

Apr 12, 2012

Linda Dianne Ledbetter was born January 10, 1956 in Stillwater, Oklahoma; the daughter of Richard Forrest and Wilma (Maxwell) Ledbetter. Linda was raised and attended school in Stillwater, graduating from C. E. Donart High School, later known as Stillwater High School in 1975. After graduating from high school, Linda remained in the Stillwater area for a couple of years before...

Apr 12, 2012

Glenn Thomas Childress, of Yale, Oklahoma, passed away on Thursday, April 12, 2012 at the Stillwater Medical Center in Stillwater, Oklahoma at the age of seventy. Glenn was born on September 15, 1941 in Purdy, Missouri; the son of George Thomas and Hazel Juanita (Dotson) Childress. Glenn was raised and attended school in Barry County, Missouri. For many years, Glenn...

Apr 10, 2012

Randy was born June 26, 1933 in Cleveland, OK to James Ralph and Nina K. (Bridge) Cummings. He was the oldest of 5 children. He was raised in the Scrapping Ridge area near Cleveland. After receiving his education in Cleveland, he moved to Lovington, New Mexico where he worked for a Seismograph Company in the oil fields in Texas, Wyoming...

Apr 8, 2012

Funeral services for Floyd Melvin Blackwell will be held 2:00 pm Friday, April 13, 2012, at the Grace Baptist Church with Rev. Willis Morgan officiating. Burial will follow in the Woodland Cemetery under the direction of Chapman-Black Funeral Home. Floyd was born on April 24, 1937, in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He was the son of Myrlan B. and Lucy Ann (Cates)...