Francis Tanyan

Francis Elizabeth (Burgess) Tanyan, 78 year old lifelong Seminole County resident passed from this life March 30, 2007 at Seminole Medical Center. She was born May 5, 1928 in Konawa, Oklahoma to parents Walter Caesar Burgess and Nancy (Alexander) Burgess.rnrnFrancis married Edwin Tanyan and was a homemaker.rnrnSurvivors include one brother, Jonas Burgess of Seminole, Oklahoma.rnrnTwo sisters, Martha Mae Palmer of Seminole, Oklahoma and Evelyn Puntka of Shawnee, Oklahoma.rnrnTwo daughters, Jane Boydstun of Ada, Oklahoma and Nancy Jo Hearndon of Seminole, Oklahoma.rnrnOne son, Lee W. Wood of Denton Texas.rnrnEight grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren.rnrnFuneral services are scheduled for 2:00 p.m., Monday, April 2, 2007 at Seminole Indian Baptist Church with Rev. Bill Hobia and Rev. Houston Tiger officiating the service.rnrnInterment will follow at the Seminole Indian Baptist Church Cemetery.rnrnCasket Bearers will be; Anthony Notah, Ronald Notah, Robert C. Wood, Charles "Bone" Burgess, Ronnie D. Burgess and Dewanye Smith.rnrnHonorary Bearers will be; Eric Smith, Bobby Boydstun and David Bryant.rnrnWake services will be held at 6:00 p.m., Sunday, April 1, 2006 at Swearingen Funeral Home Chapel in Seminole, Oklahoma.rnrnServices are under the direction of Swearingen Funeral Home - Seminole, Oklahoma. 405-382-3456. Funeral Information: April 1, 2007, 2:00 AM