Obituaries in Seminole, Maud, and Konawa, Oklahoma
Norweita Tiffin Brown
Mar 3, 2014
Norweita Lue (Nowell) Tiffin Brown, 73 year old former Seminole and Pottawatomie County resident passed from this life on Monday, March 3, 2014. She was born June 23, 1940 in Richardson, Texas. She was the daughter of Ovella (Robertson) Nowell and CB Nowell. She attended Maud Public Schools. Norweita married her first husband, Wesley Donald Tiffin Sr., sadly after 25...
Jessica Ellis
Mar 3, 2014
Jessica Nicole Ellis, 33 Jessica Nicole Ellis, former Seminole, Oklahoma resident passed away Monday, March 3, 2014 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma at the age of 33. Jessica was born November 4, 1980 in Shawnee, Oklahoma to parents, Sammy Lee Cathey and Judith Ann Ellis. Jessica grew up in the Seminole and Tecumseh area, graduating from Seminole High School in 1999...
Elmer Haynes
Mar 2, 2014
Elmer Haynes, 79, Seminole resident, died March 2, 2014 in St. Anthony’s Shawnee Hospital in Shawnee, Oklahoma. He was born March 1, 1935 in Henryetta, Oklahoma to Henry Clay Haynes and Nicey (Jacobs) Haynes. Elmer was a longtime Prague resident and moved to Seminole 1 ½ years ago. He was a member of the Freewill Baptist Church in Prague. Elmer...
Peggy Lindsey
Mar 1, 2014
Peggy Ruth (Wright) Lindsey, 88 Peggy Ruth (Wright) Lindsey, Earlsboro resident passed away Saturday, March 1, 2014 at Shawnee, Oklahoma at the age of 88. Peggy was born January 25, 1926 in Bearden, Oklahoma to parents, Eucle Wright and Ruth Mae Robinson (Scarbrough) Wright. Peggy loved taking care of her home and cooking holiday dinners for her family. She was...
Nerine Myrtle Brewer
Feb 28, 2014
Nerine Myrtle Brewer, 96, Seminole resident, died, Friday February, 28, 2014 at St. Anthony’s Shawnee Hospital in Shawnee, Oklahoma. Nerine was born September 28, 1917 in Lansing, Michigan to Tom and Ivah (Zimmerman) McQuiston. Mrs. Brewer retired as secretary of the Pennway Church of God in Lansing, Michigan, in 1982, after 25 years of faithful service. She also worked at...
Alice Ann Mitchell
Feb 26, 2014
Alice Ann Mitchell, 65, longtime Seminole resident, died Thursday, February 26, 2014 in Midwest City, Oklahoma. Alice was born September 6, 1948 in Seminole, Oklahoma to Elmer Jon (E.J.) Evans and Minnie (Hamlin) Evans. Alice was a payroll coordinator for Valley Labs in Boulder, Colorado, before she retired. She graduated from Seminole High School, Class of 1966 and was a...
Walter Kyles
Feb 25, 2014
Walter Lee Kyles, 60, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, died Tuesday, February 25, 2014 at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Walter was born August 27, 1953 in Monroeville, Alabama to Joe Nathan and Rachel (Stallworth) Kyles. Walter graduated from High School in Pensacola, Florida and attended trade school and received his certified nurse assistant degree. He entered the U.S. Army and after in...
LaJohna Gale Jones
Feb 25, 2014
LaJohna Gale Jones, 54, Seminole resident died Tuesday, February, 25, 2014 at Seminole Care and Rehab Center in Seminole, Oklahoma. She was born December 18, 1959 in Vernon, Texas to Johnny Wyane and Charlotte ( Trantham) McDowell. LaJohna moved to Seminole from Little Axe, Oklahoma 8 years ago. She had formerly worked as a shipping clerk at Wrangler Corporation. She...
Rena Bundy
Feb 24, 2014
Rena Bundy, 90, longtime Seminole resident, died Monday, February 24, 2014, in Shawnee, Oklahoma. Rena was born November 23, 1923 in Stigler, Oklahoma to Nellie (Kelough) Jackson and Jonas Jackson. Rena was a homemaker; and a member of the Freewill Baptist Church in Seminole, Oklahoma. She enjoyed playing with her grandchildren, going out to eat, and family gatherings. Rena married...
Lillian (Hale) Allen
Feb 23, 2014
Lillian C. (Hale) Allen, 87 year old longtime Maud, Oklahoma resident passed from this life on Sunday, February 23, 2014 in Shawnee, Oklahoma. She was born May 22, 1926 in Ada, Oklahoma to parents Fred B. Hale and Sally (Barrett) Hale. Lillian attended schools at Friona, Texas, Asher, Cook and Byars. On March 13, 1947 she married the love of...
Gloria Sabado
Feb 22, 2014
Gloria Ginny Sabado, 85 Gloria “Ginny” Sabado, long time Seminole, Oklahoma resident passed away Saturday, February 22, 2014 in Seminole, Oklahoma at the age of 85. Gloria was born June 10, 1928 in Honolulu, Hawaii. Gloria married Jesus Sabado, November 15, 1952 in Honolulu, Hawaii. He passed away January 17, 1991. Gloria moved to Seminole, 33 years ago from Honolulu,...
Anna Belle Rhoads
Feb 21, 2014
Anna Belle Rippy Rhoads Ann Rhoads, as she was known by her friends and those who loved her, was called to her Heavenly home on February 21, 2014 at ninety years of age. She was born November 12, 1923, to Elbert and Jessie (Loudermilk) Rippy, one of the nine children who filled their homestead in Odin, Ill. She married high...
Kenny Joe Newell
Feb 21, 2014
Kenny Joe Newell, 49, Shawnee, Oklahoma resident, died Friday, February 21, 2014 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Kenny was born February 21, 1965 in Norman, Oklahoma to Kaye Donna (Jarrell) and Terry Joe Newell. Kenny grew up in Shawnee and attended Strother High School, northeast of Seminole. Kenny was the valedictorian of his graduating class in 1983. Kenny was an active...
Billy Gene Marquis
Feb 17, 2014
Billy G. Marquis, 86, longtime Seminole resident died, Monday, February 17, 2014 at Avonela Cottage in Seminole, Oklahoma. Billy was born April 5, 1927 in Seminole, Oklahoma to Eunice (Bramlett) Marquis and Jess Marquis. Billy grew up in Seminole, attended and graduated from Strother High School and entered the U. S. Navy during the end of his senior year. Billy...
Margaret Nicholson
Feb 14, 2014
Margaret Ann Nicholson, 67, longtime Bowlegs resident, died Friday, February 14, 2014 at her home in Bowlegs. She was born August 9, 1946 in Stilwell, Oklahoma to Bessie (Morton) Matthews and Benjamin Franklin Matthews. Margaret grew up in Dustin, Oklahoma area; she attended schools there and graduated from Dustin High School in 1964. Margaret has lived in the Bowlegs, Oklahoma...
Veta Waunell Young
Feb 14, 2014
Veta Waunell Young, 81, longtime Seminole resident, died Friday, February 14, 2014 in Midwest City, Oklahoma. Veta was born June 24, 1932 in Pauls Valley, Oklahoma to Bessie (Walters) Mitchell and Robert Mitchell. Veta was a homemaker and a longtime member of the Freewill Baptist Church. She was a Cub Scout den mother and also was an avid reader. Veta...
Loisetta Nix
Feb 11, 2014
Loisetta Nix, 59, longtime Seminole resident, died February 11, 2014 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma after a sudden illness. Loisetta was born February 12, 1954 in Seminole, Oklahoma to Pauline (Harjo) and Jess Williams. Loisetta grew up in Seminole and attended Seminole Public Schools; she graduated from Seminole High School. Loisetta was a huge OU fan. She worked as the Executive...
Georgia Ham
Feb 11, 2014
Georgia Elizabeth (Colwell) Ham, 85 year old longtime Seminole, Oklahoma resident passed from this life on Tuesday, February 11, 2014 at Golden Rule Care Center in Shawnee, Oklahoma. She was born May 11, 1928 in Muskogee, Oklahoma to parents Ezra Johnson Colwell and Lydia (Bailey) Colwell. After spending several years in California, Georgia and her husband Claude Ham moved back...
Claude Rogers
Feb 9, 2014
Claude “ Junior “ Rogers, 79, Seminole resident, died Sunday, February 9, 2014 in Seminole, Oklahoma. Junior was born September 20, 1934 in Paden, Oklahoma to Ella Mae (Mills) and Claude Rogers. Junior moved to Seminole, nine years ago, from Bakersfield, California where he had lived for over 35 years. While in Bakersfield he worked at Valley Detroit Diesel Company...
Leona E. Rivers
Feb 9, 2014
Leona E. Rivers, 84, longtime Seminole resident died, Sunday, February 9, 2014 in Seminole, Oklahoma. Leona was born July 25, 1929 to Lois Eloise (Little John) and Tom Coley in McAlester, Oklahoma. Leona was a homemaker, a domestic housekeeper a member of the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Seminole, Oklahoma and also attended Immanuel Fellowship Church in Seminole. Leona was a...