Obituaries in Seminole, Maud, and Konawa, Oklahoma
Smith Dewey John
Dec 13, 2013
Dewey John Smith, 93 year-old Maud, Oklahoma resident passed from this life on Friday, December 13, 2013 at his home in Maud. He was born September 19, 1920 in Skaggs City, Oklahoma to parents, D.O. Smith and Edna May (Tosh) Smith. As a child Dewey John was diagnosed with the polio disease, and no one thought he would survive through...
Secquindolyn Rhodes
Dec 11, 2013
Secquindolyn Rhodes, a life long Seminole county resident, passed away Wednesday, December 11, 2013 at Shawnee, Oklahoma at the age of 72. Secquindolyn was born October 19, 1941 in Wewoka, Oklahoma to parents, Sam Alford Rhodes and Delia Mae (Samuel) Rhodes. Secquindolyn earned her Master’s Degree in Education after graduating from High School. She taught at Strother Schools, and was...
Emilia Luna
Dec 10, 2013
Emilia Baca Luna, 82, Seminole resident, died Tuesday, December 10, 2013 at Elmwood Manor in Wewoka, Oklahoma. Emilia was born August 8, 1931 in Lubbock, Texas, to Margarita (Martinez) and Randolph Baca. Emilia was a homemaker, wife and mother, who love quilting, embroidering, puzzles and watching her “ Cowboy Shows ”. She married Manuel Luna on May 10, 1947 in...
Keitha Lea Watts
Dec 6, 2013
Keitha Lea Watts, 71, longtime Seminole, Oklahoma resident, died Friday, December 6, 2013 in Irving, Texas. Keitha was born September 19, 1942 in Carmi, Illinois to Violet Beatrice (Caffey) Rogers and Buel Williams. Keitha moved to Seminole, 8 years ago from Holdenville, Oklahoma. Keitha worked in several restaurants in the area as a waitress for many years. Keitha married Kyle...

Allen Harvey
Dec 5, 2013
Allen “Buford” Harvey, Jr., 54, lifelong Seminole resident died, Thursday, December 5, 2013 at his home in Seminole. Buford was born October 24, 1959 in Seminole, Oklahoma to A.B. and Wanda Harvey. Buford grew up in the Seminole, Bowlegs area and attended Bowlegs Schools and graduated from Bowlegs High School in 1977. He was a member of the Bowlegs Assembly...
Allen " Buford" Harvey
Dec 5, 2013
Allen “Buford” Harvey, Jr., 54, lifelong Seminole resident died, Thursday, December 5, 2013 at his home in Seminole. Buford was born October 24, 1959 in Seminole, Oklahoma to A.B. and Wanda Harvey. Buford grew up in the Seminole, Bowlegs area and attended Bowlegs Schools and graduated from Bowlegs High School in 1977. He was a member of the Bowlegs Assembly...
Daejah Blanton Ayers
Nov 29, 2013
Daejah Sharee Blanton Ayers, 3 months Daejah Sharee Blanton Ayers, Seminole, Oklahoma resident passed away Friday, November 29, 2013 at the Children’s Center in Bethany, Oklahoma at the age of 3 months. Daejah was born August 15, 2013 in Shawnee, Oklahoma to parents, Ray Charles Blanton and Joyce Elaine Ayers. Daejah is survived by her parents, Ray Charles Blanton, and...
Charlene Keiser
Nov 28, 2013
Charlene Yvonne Barker Keiser, 79, died peacefully in her home in Houston, TX on November 28, 2013. Charlene was born September 5, 1934 in Shawnee, OK to Audrey and James Barker. Charlene graduated top of her class from Seminole, Ok High School. As a young lady, Charlene fell in love with her soul mate James “Jim” Thomas Keiser. Jim and...
OT Johnson
Nov 26, 2013
OT Herman Johnson, Jr., 83, Seminole resident died, Tuesday, November 26, 2013 at Wewoka, Oklahoma. OT was born May 24, 1930 in Yeager, Oklahoma to OT Herman Johnson, Sr. and Pearlie M. (Cummings) Johnson. Herman moved to the Seminole area from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma about four months ago. He had worked for the Daily Oklahoman, a Landscaper for McFall Nursery,...
Claretta Norman
Nov 25, 2013
Claretta Norman went on to Heaven November 25th, 2013. She was born January 1st, 1919 in Holdenville, OK, the oldest of 12 children born to Shird and Pearl Merriman. At 94 years old, just a few months before her death she was still working in her garden and shelling pecans. She lived a life of service to her family and...
Dortha L. (Smith) Howard
Nov 24, 2013
Dortha L. Howard, 78, lifelong Seminole resident, died Sunday, November 24, 2013 in Seminole. Dortha was born April 6, 1935 in Seminole, Oklahoma to Eva (Pease) and William Smith. Dortha graduated from Seminole High School and attended college. She worked for the State of Oklahoma, Department of Human Services for over 31 years as a social worker and supervisor. She...
Jerry Rowland
Nov 23, 2013
Jerry Daniel Rowland, 70 year-old, lifelong Seminole resident passed from this life on Saturday, November 23, 2013 in Midwest City, Oklahoma. He was born December 13, 1942 in Seminole, Oklahoma to parents Ruby Nell (Morris) Rowland and Fred Luther Rowland. Jerry married Marilyn Sue Moore on July 13, 1962 in Seminole. Jerry worked for many years as an aircraft mechanic...
Linda Minner
Nov 21, 2013
Linda Kay (Colbert) Minner, 56 Linda Kay (Colbert) Minner was born on December 8, 1956 in Seminole, Oklahoma to the union of the late Earl and Pearlena Colbert. Linda confessed a hope in Christ at an early age at the Church of the Living God in Seminole, Oklahoma. Linda was a student at Seminole High School, where she happily joined...
Winford Adams
Nov 14, 2013
Winford Leon Adams, 76, longtime Seminole resident died, Thursday, November 14, 2013 in Seminole, Oklahoma. Winford was born August 29, 1937 to Berney and Mable (Coston) Adams in Holdenville, Oklahoma. Winford moved to Seminole from Holdenville, Oklahoma and had lived in Seminole for 60 years and graduated from Seminole High School in 1956. He married Helen Evans in Seminole on...
Connie Marie Hughes
Nov 12, 2013
Connie Marie Hughes, 67, longtime Seminole resident died Tuesday, November 12, 2013 at her home in Seminole. Connie was born August 31, 1946 in Shawnee, Oklahoma to Paul Lee and Zelda Marie (Smith) Mize. Connie was homemaker and a secretary for her husband’s business; Steve Hughes Construction. She was a loving mother and grandmother who loved to spend time with...
Billie Kreeger
Nov 11, 2013
Mrs. Billie Audine (Goodwin) Kreeger, 83 year-old, Seminole resident passed from this life Monday, November 11, 2013 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. She was born September 2, 1930 in Seymour, Texas to parents William Goodwin and Virginia (Rogers) Goodwin. Billie grew up in Seymour, Texas where she met a young man by the name of Billy Wayne Kreeger. On May 7,...

Nadene Aylor
Nov 8, 2013
Nadene Craig Aylor, 95, born Nadene Craig on October 26, 1918, was third child of six children born to Henry Calendine Craig, Sr. and Emma Francis Mooney Craig. She passed away Friday, November 8, 2013 in Seminole, Oklahoma. She was raised and spent most of her life in Seminole County, Oklahoma, spending a few years in Arizona and California. She...
Norma Welch
Nov 7, 2013
Norma Daisy Welch, 78 Norma Welch, life long Seminole county resident passed away Thursday, November 7, 2013 at her home in Bowlegs, Oklahoma at the age of 78. Norma was born on March 7, 1935 in Stratford, Oklahoma to parents William Hilton and Iva (Meeks) Hilton. Norma was a member of the First Assembly of God Church in Bowlegs, Oklahoma...
Elizabeth Anne Franklin
Nov 6, 2013
Elizabeth Anne “ Betty “ Franklin, 80, longtime Seminole resident died Wednesday, November 6, 2013 in Seminole, Oklahoma. Betty was born in Seminole on February 4, 1933 to Kenneth Clinton and Bernice Sally (Gates) Higdon. Betty was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Seminole and was retired from the Seminole Municipal Hospital where she was the Assistant...
Christopher Notah
Nov 4, 2013
Christopher Robert Notah, 48 Christopher Robert Notah a lifelong Seminole resident passed away Monday, November 4, 2013 in Seminole, Oklahoma at the age of 48. Christopher was born September 11, 1965 in Roswell, New Mexico to parents, John Notah, Jr. and Diana Sue (Walker) Notah. Christopher was of the Christian faith, a civilian contractor at Walter Reed Hospital and was...