Obituaries in Seminole, Maud, and Konawa, Oklahoma
Hazel Stevens
Dec 22, 2015
Hazel Grace Stevens, 96, longtime Seminole resident, died Tuesday, December 22, 2015 in Seminole. Hazel was born May 19, 1919 in in Shamrock, Texas, to David Jack and Sarrah Francis (Villines) Carriger. Hazel was a homemaker for most of her adult life . She was a loving mother and always believed that family was most important thing in her life....
Anna Lorene Hack
Dec 22, 2015
Anna Lorene Hack, 92, longtime Seminole resident, died Tuesday, December 22, 2015 in Seminole. Anna was born January 29, 1923 in Seminole, Oklahoma to Henry Lee and Sarah Elizabeth (Armstrong) Presley. Anna was a homemaker and she also kept books for her husband, who sold burial insurance. She enjoyed reading her bible, sewing, cooking, sketching and painting. She was a...
Jimmy VanTassel
Dec 21, 2015
Jimmy Dale VanTassel, 66 Jimmy Dale VanTassel, a resident of Seminole, Oklahoma, passed away Monday, December 21, 2015 at Shawnee, Oklahoma at the age of 66. Jimmy was born June 12, 1949 in Charleston, Illinois to parents, Franklin Dale Drake and Catherine Louise (Rutan) Drake-VanTassel. He moved from Illinois to Oklahoma in 1994. Jimmy was a press operator in the...
Nellie Young
Dec 18, 2015
Nellie Grace (Campbell) Young, age 81 and a resident of Seminole, Oklahoma, passed away Friday, December 18, 2015 at her home. Funeral services are scheduled for 2:00 p.m. Monday, December 21, 2015 at Swearingen Funeral Home Chapel in Seminole. Rev. Doyle O. Long and Rev. Jeff Nance will officiate. Burial will follow at Maple Grove Cemetery in Seminole. Pallbearers are...
Billy Joe "Bill" Meeks
Dec 18, 2015
Billy Joe “Bill” Meeks, former Seminole county resident passed away in Shawnee, Oklahoma on December 18, 2015; he was 84 years of age. Bill was born on March 24, 1931 in Tracy, Oklahoma between Shawnee and Earlsboro. He met his future wife Margaret Virginia Carpenter through friends and they married on July 15, 1950. He worked for the DX Service...
Linda Renfro
Dec 15, 2015
Linda Carol (McKee) Renfro March 14, 1949 – December 15, 2015 Tuesday afternoon, December 15, 2015, Linda Carol (McKee) Renfro, 66 years old, passed on to meet her Heavenly Father at Deaconess Hospital in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, surrounded by her loving family. Linda was born in Seminole, Oklahoma on March 14, 1949. She was the last born child of Grace...
Leon Harjo
Dec 14, 2015
Jonase “Leon” Harjo, 60 year old lifelong Maud, Oklahoma resident, passed from this life on Monday, December 14, 2015 at Deaconess Hospital in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He was born June 8, 1955 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma to parents Jonases “Smokey” Harjo and Mary Ellen (Scott) Harjo. Leon graduated from Maud High School and went on to continue his education at...
Janette Hancock
Dec 13, 2015
Janette “Hook“ Hancock, 82, longtime Seminole resident, died Sunday, December 13, 2015 in Seminole, Oklahoma. Janette was born November 10, 1933 at Steedman, Pontotoc County, Oklahoma to Charlie “CB” Brooks and Mary (McCormick) Brooks. She grew up in the Allen, Oklahoma and graduated from Allen Public Schools. Hook was a homemaker, a mother of four children and a loving wife,...
Ricky Gale Burgess
Dec 12, 2015
Ricky Gale Burgess, age 57 and a resident of Konawa, Oklahoma, passed away Saturday, December 12, 2015 in Seminole County. A Wake service is scheduled from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Thursday, December 17, 2015 at Swearingen Funeral Home Chapel of Konawa, Oklahoma. Funeral services are scheduled for 2:00 p.m. Friday, December 18, 2015 at the Chapel. Burial will follow...
Teddie Rose Phillips
Dec 12, 2015
Teddie Rose Phillips, 78, longtime Maud, Oklahoma resident, died Saturday, December 12, 2015 at her home in Maud, Oklahoma. She was born December 9, 1937 in Saint Louis, Oklahoma to parents Thurman Woody Gray and Glendoris (Tiffin) Gray. Teddie was a member of the People’s Church in Maud, Oklahoma, Eastern Star, Vice-President of the Senior Citizen’s Center and a member...
Vivian Rayne Bettelyoun
Dec 11, 2015
Vivian Rayne Bettelyoun, infant daughter of Courtney Rae Magruder and Waldron Jerome “Wally” Bettelyoun, entered eternal life on Saturday, December 11, 2015 at Midwest City Regional Hospital in Midwest City, Oklahoma. Survivors include her mother, Courtney Rae Magruder, her father, Waldon Jerome “Wally” Bettelyoun, two brothers, Aydan Bettelyoun and Waldron Bettelyoun Jr., one sister, Breezlynn Bettelyoun all of Seminole, Oklahoma....
Bois Martin
Dec 10, 2015
Bois “Tex” Buel Martin, Jr., Lindsay, Oklahoma resident, died Thursday, December 10, 2015 at his home. Bois was born on July 28, 1943 in Maud, Oklahoma, where he grew up and attended school. Tex worked in the oilfield as an oilfield production pumper for Marathon Oil Company and Bays Exploration for many years. He loved football, fishing, hunting and listening...
Billy Ray Birkicht
Dec 10, 2015
Billy Ray Birkicht , 72, longtime Seminole resident, died Thursday, December 10, 2015 in Shawnee, Oklahoma. Billy was born August 24, 1943 in Shawnee, Oklahoma to Ira Oliver Birkicht and Beulah Bell (Parsons) Birkicht. Billy attended and graduated from Prairie Valley schools, west of the Little community. Billy worked for Unit Parts Company in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, re-manufacturing auto parts....
Christy Ann Stone
Dec 9, 2015
Christy Ann Stone, 35 year old, lifelong Seminole County, Oklahoma resident passed from this life Wednesday, December 9, 2015 at Baptist Integris Hospital in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. She was born December 11, 1979 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma to parents, Leah Ann (Larney) Stone and Michael Stone. Christy graduated from Sasakwa High School in 2000, she then went on attend college...
Earlene Sue Tibbs
Dec 8, 2015
Earlene Sue Tibbs Seminole resident Earlene Sue Tibbs, 69, went to be with her heavenly father late Tuesday evening, December 8, 2015. Sue was born February 28, 1946 in Seminole, Oklahoma to Earl Southern and Priscilla (Stowers) Jackson. She married the love of her life, Cleo Tibbs in March, 1997. He preceded her in death on December 26th, 2002. Sue...
Rolland Scribner
Dec 7, 2015
Rolland David Scribner July 19, 1942 December 7, 2015 Rolland David Scribner, age seventy-three and a resident of Seminole, Oklahoma, passed away December 7, 2015 at his home. A memorial service is scheduled for 10:00 a.m., Saturday, December 12,2015 at Swearingen Funeral Home Chapel in Seminole, Oklahoma. Rev. Carl Whitfield will officiate. Rolland was born July 19, 1942 in Decatur,...
Virgie Pierce-Cullum
Dec 3, 2015
Virgie Louise (Pierce) Cullum, 83 year old longtime Maud and Seminole resident, went to Heaven on Thursday, December 3, 2015 at Harrah Care Center. She was born February 10, 1932 in Seminole, Oklahoma to parents, James Henry Pierce and Lois (Slaughter) Pierce. Virgie grew up in the Seminole County area. She moved to California as a young woman where she...
J.C. Frost
Dec 2, 2015
J.C. Frost, 87 year old longtime Seminole resident, passed from this life on Wednesday, December 2, 2015 in Edmond, Oklahoma. He was born April 23, 1928 in Seminole, Oklahoma to parents, John Frost and Arizona (Davis) Frost. J.C. graduated from Varnum High School in 1946. He went on to serve in the United States Marine Corps. J.C. served during the...
George Whitman Schoner
Dec 1, 2015
George Whitman Schoner passed away Monday, December 1, 2015 at the Thomas E. Creek VA Medical Center in Amarillo, Texas. He was born to the late Frank Carl Schoner and Frances (Whitman) Schoner on March 30, 1929 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. George graduated from Seminole High School and from Texas Tech University. He was a veteran of the Korean War, stationed...
Sandra McDaniel
Dec 1, 2015
Sandra K. McDaniel, 62, longtime Seminole resident, died Tuesday, December 1, 2015 at her home in Seminole. Sandra was born on September 12, 1953 to Kenneth and Katherine Willhoite. Sandra was raised in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma with her aunt and uncle and later attended and graduated from Konawa High School in 1971. Sandra was a homemaker and before her illness,...