Obituaries in Seminole, Maud, and Konawa, Oklahoma
June Estelle Miller
Jul 2, 2017
June was born on November 4, 1931 to Lloyd and Alta Beall. She grew up on a farm 10 miles north of Carnegie, Oklahoma and graduated from Alfalfa High School, then attended Carnegie Junior College. On February 2, 1951, June rode the bus to Georgia to marry Sgt. Howard Earl Scott. They made their home in Columbus, Georgia until Earl...
Margie Ellen Nowell
Jul 2, 2017
Margie Ellen Nowell, 93 year old longtime Maud, Oklahoma resident, passed from this life on Sunday, July 2, 2017 at her home in Maud. She was born August 22, 1923 at home in Aspermont, Texas to parents Archer Joe Gholson and Flora (Jones) Gholson. Larry Nowell and Margie Gholson met in Wichita Falls, Texas and were married on May 2,...
Quennion Fletcher Sharver
Jul 1, 2017
Quennion Fletcher Sharver, age 86 and a long-time resident of Konawa, Oklahoma, passed away from this life Saturday, July 1, 2017 at Mercy Hospital in Oklahoma City. Funeral services are scheduled for 2:00 p.m. Thursday, July 6, 2017 at St. Louis Baptist Church with Glenn Peck and Brandon Leslie officiating. Burial will follow at Vamoosa Cemetery. Casket bearers are LeAllen...
JoAnn Smith
Jul 1, 2017
JoAnn (Turpen) Smith, 80 year old longtime Seminole County, Oklahoma resident, passed from this life on Saturday, July 1, 2017 at her home in Seminole. She was born February 22, 1937 in Atoka, Oklahoma to parents Ransom Turpen and Bessie (Settlemire) Turpen. On August 5, 1953, JoAnn married Weldon Leroy “Smitty” Smith in Roswell, New Mexico. JoAnn was a homemaker...
David Bussey
Jun 30, 2017
Lloyd “David” Bussey, age 65, a devoted husband and father, and longtime resident of Seminole, Oklahoma passed away Friday, June 30, 2017 at AllianceHeath Hospital in Seminole. Funeral services are scheduled for 2:00 p.m. Thursday, July 6, 2017 at Swearingen Funeral Home Chapel in Seminole. Reverend Carl Whitfield will officiate and the burial will follow at Little Cemetery. Casket bearers...
Ruby May Byford
Jun 29, 2017
Ruby May Byford, age 82 and a resident of Asher, Oklahoma passed away Thursday, June 29, 2017 at St. Anthony Hospital in Shawnee, Oklahoma. A memorial service will be planned at a later date, and cremation is under the direction of Swearingen Funeral Home of Konawa, Oklahoma. Ruby was born July 15, 1934 in Oklahoma City to Harvey Harrison Byford...
Rod Johnson
Jun 26, 2017
Rod Johnson, 67 year old Seminole, Oklahoma resident, passed from this life on Monday, June 26, 2017 at St. Anthony Hospital in Shawnee, Oklahoma. He was born February 18, 1950 in Checotah, Oklahoma. Rod retired from the oilfield several years ago where he had been a truck driver and a dispatcher. He was also a member of the Walnut Street...
Phyllis Kay Griffith
Jun 19, 2017
Phyllis Kay Griffith, 79, longtime Seminole resident died, Monday June 19, 2017 at Seminole Care and Rehab in Seminole, Oklahoma. Phyllis was born April 27, 1938 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma to John Clark Rogers and Carvey Lee Rogers. Phyliss was a homemaker and a member of the Jarvis Assembly of God Church, north of Seminole, Oklahoma. She loved camping, fishing...
Leota Rawls
Jun 18, 2017
Leota Luella (Gregg) Rawls, 78 year old longtime Saint Louis, Oklahoma resident, passed from this life on Sunday, June 18, 2017 at Hospice Quality Care in Midwest City, Oklahoma. She was born July 28, 1938 in Asher, Oklahoma to parents Roy Vernon Gregg and Thelma Irene (Matthews) Gregg. On June 1, 1956 in Romulus, Oklahoma, Leota married Haskell “Doyle” Rawls. ...

Melissa Trevizo
Jun 18, 2017
Melissa Ann Trevizo, 52, Shawnee, Oklahoma resident died Sunday, June 18, 2017 in Shawnee, Oklahoma. Melissa was born January 19, 1965 in Oakland, California to Henry Hicks Jr. and Geneva Fixico. Melissa was a former resident of Seminole, Oklahoma and was a member of the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma. She worked as a daycare assistant for many years, she loved...
Orville N. Azlin
Jun 17, 2017
Orville N. Azlin,84, Shawnee, Oklahoma resident, died Saturday, June 17, 2017 in Shawnee, Oklahoma. Orville was born September 6, 1932 in Wewoka, Oklahoma to Orville Clarence Azlin and Florence Elizabeth (Davis) Azlin. Orville was a police officer and was in law enforcement for many years serving as a deputy Sherriff in Seminole County, Lincoln County, and around Perry, Oklahoma and...
Teresa Elaine Carroll
Jun 17, 2017
Teresa Elaine Carroll, 52, Omaha, Nebraska resident, died Saturday, June 16, 2017 in Omaha. She was born March 9, 1965 in West Covina, California to Eugene Beaty and Judith ( Morrison) Beaty. Teresa was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in Seminole, Oklahoma and a homemaker. She is survived by her children Jordan Carroll,...
John Shull
Jun 17, 2017
John Phillip Shull, Bowlegs, Oklahoma resident, passed away Saturday, June 17, 2017 at the age of 74. John was born January 30, 1943 in Seminole, Oklahoma to parents Cecil Alvin Shull and Myrtle Ruth (Stealey) Shull. John graduated from Bowlegs High School in 1961. John was married to Judith Ann Teltow. He worked in the oilfield for Joe Mills and...
Paul Allen Wheeler
Jun 15, 2017
Paul Allen Wheeler, 55 year old Seminole, Oklahoma resident, passed from this life on Thursday, June 15, 2017 at Midwest City Regional Hospital. He was born January 11, 1962 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma to parents, Gerald Walter Wheeler and Armetta “Rusty” Jones. Paul graduated from Del City High School in 1980. He then worked for Metro Signs in Oklahoma City...
Joyce Marie Payn
Jun 14, 2017
Joyce Marie (Craft) Payn, 59 year old lifelong Seminole, Oklahoma resident passed from this life Wednesday, June 14, 2017 at OU Medical Center in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. She was born November 5, 1957 in Holdenville, Oklahoma to parents Roy Thomas Craft and Wanda Lou (Nunnelley) Craft. Joyce graduated from Seminole High School in 1975 and went on to attend Seminole...
Elizabeth Clare Emarthle
Jun 12, 2017
Elizabeth Clare Emarthle, age 56 and a former resident of Konawa, Oklahoma, passed away Monday, June 12, 2017 at St. John’s Medical Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma. A Wake service is planned for Friday, June 16th from 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. at Swearingen Funeral Home Chapel in Konawa, Oklahoma. Funeral services are scheduled for 2:00 p.m. Saturday, June 17, 2017...
Cynthia "Cindy" Compton
Jun 12, 2017
Cynthia Gay (Melton) “Cindy” Compton, 55 year old longtime Seminole, Oklahoma resident passed from this life on Monday, June 12, 2017 at her home in Seminole. She was born July 13, 1961 in Kirkwood, Missouri. Following her high school graduation, Cindy went on to earn her Master’s Degree in Accounting. On July 15, 2000, Cindy married John Edward Compton, sadly...
Carl James Minter
Jun 11, 2017
Carl James Minter, 80 year old lifelong Seminole, Oklahoma resident, passed from this life on June 11, 2017 at Southwest Medical Center in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He was born July 27, 1936 in Seminole to parents Carl Thomas Minter and Bernice Leona (Moore) Minter. Carl was a member of the Assembly of God Church. He loved to carve wooden toys,...
Emma Juanita Phillips
Jun 11, 2017
Emma Juanita Phillips, 86, longtime Seminole resident, crossed the great divide Sunday, June 11, 2017 at her home. Juanita was born August 11, 1930 at the Sun Oil Camp at Carr City, Oklahoma to Henry Albert Welch and Viola Lee-Bell (McHenry) Welch Courim. She attended Bowlegs Public Schools and graduated from Bowlegs High School in 1948. She loved reading, self...
Tiffany Zanea (Vivier) Barton
Jun 10, 2017
Tiffany Zanea (Vivier) Barton, age 30 and a resident of Konawa, Oklahoma, passed away from this life Saturday, June 10, 2017. Funeral Services are scheduled for 2:00 p.m. Thursday, June 15, 2017 at Grace Community Church of Vamoosa, four miles east of Konawa under the direction of Swearingen Funeral Home of Konawa. Burial will follow at Vamoosa Cemetery. Rev. Drew...