Obituaries

May 25, 2009

Funeral services will be held 2:00 pm, Thursday, May 28, 2009 in the Sanctuary of the First Assembly of God in Cleveland, Oklahoma with Pastor Dan Edens and Pastor Harrell Jones officiating. Burial will follow in the Oak Hill Cemetery under the direction of Chapman-Black Funeral Home. Lyle was born February 2, 1950 Wyandotte, Michigan the son Lyle Irvin, Sr....

May 23, 2009

Kenneth Merle Vandever better known to his family and friends as ìRedî was born November 1, 1924 in Barnsdall, Oklahoma. He was the son Alvin and Arlie (Anthony) Vandever. As a young man Red grew up in Barnsdall and later moved with his family to Osage, Oklahoma. After he completed his education Red began working as a cowboy for the...

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May 15, 2009

Melva Dean Cruzen, lifelong Cleveland resident, passed away on Friday, May 15, 2009 at the Cleveland Manor Nursing Home at the age of eighty-three. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 pm, Tuesday, May 19, 2009 at the Western Heights Baptist Church with Rev. David Head officiating. Burial will be at the Woodland Cemetery under the direction of the Chapman-Black...

May 10, 2009

Bobby Laye Conner, 52, a life long resident of Cleveland, Oklahoma, passed away on Sunday, May 10, 2009 in Tulsa, Oklahoma at the St. John Medical Center. At the time of his death, Bobby was employed with Cleveland Lease Service/BSO in Cleveland as a tanker truck driver. Bobby was born in Winfield, Kansas on October 16, 1956 the son of...

May 7, 2009

Eric Jack Morris of Sand Springs, passed away at his home on Thursday, May 7, 2009 at the age of thirty-two. Eric was born on October 14, 1976 in Attleboro, Massachusetts; he was the son of Steve and Dorothy (Cote) Morris. Eric moved with his family frequently during his early education, attending school in New Hampshire, Kansas and Oklahoma. He...

May 6, 2009

Carrol E. Travis was born August 5, 1915 in rural Custer County, near Moorewood, Oklahoma. He was the son of R. B. and Nora Blanche (Long) Travis. His family consisted of three brothers, Willis, Willard and Jack; and two sisters, Pearl and Opal. Carrol came from a long line of people who cherished family connections, and was born into a...

May 1, 2009

Elnora Lucile Lee was born October 19, 1919 near Jennings in rural Pawnee County, Oklahoma. She was the daughter of John Will and Ida May (Louis) Tompkins. Elnora was raised in the Jennings area attending High Grove and Jennings School. Elnora was married to Chester Martin Lee, Jr. on July 6, 1938 in Cleveland, Oklahoma. The couple initially moved to...

Apr 21, 2009

Bonnye N. Caves was born July 17, 1936 in Blackburn, Oklahoma, the daughter of L. L. and Florence (Owens) Glenn. She was raised and attended school in Osage, graduating from Osage High School in 1955. Bonnye was united in marriage on Saturday, May 9, 1959 in a double-ring ceremony to Arnold Young at the First Presbyterian Church in Cleveland. The...

Apr 19, 2009

Margie Margett Ballinger was born June 23, 1925 in Love County, Oklahoma; she was the daughter of Floyd and Rose (Perry) English. She moved with her family at an early age to Ripley, Oklahoma and then later to Jennings. During the early part of World War II, Margie worked at Tinker Air Force Base in Oklahoma City assisting the war...

Apr 16, 2009

Graveside services for Naomi Fern Hanlon will be held 10:30 am Monday, April 20, 2009 at Bethany Cemetery with Rev. Larry Calvert from Oilton, Oklahoma officiating. Burial will be in the Bethany Cemetery in Hallett, Oklahoma under the direction of Chapman-Black Funeral Home, Inc. Naomi was born August 8, 1918 in Jennings, Oklahoma the daughter of George Lee and Josie...

Apr 15, 2009

Harlan Gabriel David Elijah Drake was born July 5, 1980 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He was the son of Thomas Drake and Debra Shannon. David moved with his family at an early age to Tulsa where he lived for a couple of years prior to relocating to Southwest City, Missouri; where he started elementary school. Later they moved to Ketchum...

Apr 15, 2009

Irene D. Newcomb was born February 9, 1931 in a small community just south of Bartlesville, Oklahoma known as Silver Lake. She was the daughter of Dewey and Hazel (Stanton) Warehime. Irene moved with her family at an early age to a community between Bartlesville and Pawhuska in rural Osage county, Okesa where she attended her early education. Her family...

Apr 15, 2009

Velta Mae Smith of Osage, Oklahoma, passed away at her home on Wednesday, April 15, 2009 at the age of 46. Velta was born November 13, 1962 in Bartlesville, Oklahoma the daughter of John H. and Naomi Lea (Horton) Smith. Velta grew up in Bartlesville where she began her education and later graduated from College High School in Bartlesville with...

Apr 12, 2009

Barbara Gail Amen was born August 22, 1971 in Mesa, Arizona; she was the daughter of Melvin Amen and Letha Ann Cudney. She moved with her family at an early age to McCurtain, Oklahoma where she recieved her education. She later moved to Tulsa where she resided until 2004 when she moved to the rural Cleveland area. Barbara was an...

Apr 4, 2009

Ruby Katherine Echols, 95, formerly of Osage, Oklahoma passed away on Sunday, April 5, 2009 in Owasso, Oklahoma.'  Funeral services will be held for Ruby on Wednesday, April 8, 2009 at 11:00 am in the Chapman-Black Funeral Home Chapel with son-in-law, Dan Boutwell, officiating.'  Burial will follow in the Osage Cemetery under the direction of Chapman-Black Funeral Home of Cleveland,...

Apr 4, 2009

Elmer Ray Brown, 66, of Sapulpa, Oklahoma, passed away on Saturday, April 4, 2009 at the Hillcrest Medical Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Elmer was born January 19, 1943 in Fort Worth, Texas the son of Martin Gilford and Roberta Modine (Scott) Brown. At the age of 12 Elmer moved with his parents to Henryetta, Oklahoma. Elmer later graduated from Graham...

Mar 28, 2009

Formal services for Charles Owen Wilson, 78 of Hominy, Oklahoma will be held at a later date. The body was cremated under the direction of Chapman-Black Funeral Home of Cleveland. Charles Owen Wilson passed away on Saturday, March 28, 2009 in the Cleveland Manor Nursing Home at the age of 78. Charlie was born November 10, 1930, in Hominy, Oklahoma...