Obituaries in Seminole, Maud, and Konawa, Oklahoma

John Nuckolls

John Nuckolls

Mar 22, 2013

John Winston Nuckolls, 90 year-old longtime Maud resident, passed from this life Friday, March 22, 2013, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.  He was born September 10, 1922 in Mazie, Oklahoma to parents Junia Blanche (Mason) Nuckolls and John Henry Nuckolls. Following graduation from Pryor High School, John joined the United States Marine Corps in 1940.  Then on October 3, 1947 he...

Robert Conyers

Robert Conyers

Mar 17, 2013

Longtime Seminole resident, Robert Preston Conyers, entered eternal life Sunday, March 17, 2013 in Seminole, Oklahoma after a prolonged illness.  He was 66 years old. Robert was born on June 16, 1946 in Charleston, South Carolina to Mozelle and Mary Garnet (Wingate) Conyers.  Robert married Shirley Mae (Green) on January 23, 1989 in Texas. Robert never knew a stranger.  He...

Randy Harjo

Randy Harjo

Mar 13, 2013

Randy Harjo, 53 year-old lifelong Maud, Oklahoma resident passed from this life Wednesday, March 13, 2013 at St. Anthony Hospital in Shawnee, Oklahoma.  He was born June 19, 1959 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma to parents Jonases “Smokey” Harjo and Mary Ellen (Scott) Harjo. Randy attended Maud Public Schools.  He latter worked for many years at the Wrangler Jean Company in...

Betty  L. Bancroft

Betty L. Bancroft

Mar 12, 2013

Betty L Bancroft, 83, died March 12, 2013 at OHSU Hospital in Portland, OR after a prolonged illness. Born on August 10, 1929, to Bud and Eula Mae Mills, she grew up and lived in and around Seminole before moving to Southern California with her family in 1973.  Even though she lived in California the majority of her adult life,...

Bob Alexander

Bob Alexander

Mar 8, 2013

BOB WAYNE ALEXANDER Bob Wayne Alexander, of Seminole, Oklahoma, was born September 16, 1931, in Hominy, Oklahoma, to Leon and Rubye Alexander. As a child, his family moved to Lawton, Oklahoma, and he graduated from Lawton High School in 1949. After high school, Bob attended Oklahoma A & M College in Stillwater, Oklahoma. His father died when he was a...

Bettie Marshall

Bettie Marshall

Mar 8, 2013

Bettie Ann (Cherry) Marshall, 70 Bettie Ann (Cherry) Marshall, long time Seminole County resident passed away, Friday March 8, 2013 in Seminole, Oklahoma at the age of 70. Bettie was born July 9, 1942 in Coleman, Texas to parents, Ralph Homer Cherry and Bonnie (Jennings) Cherry. Bettie was a waitress most of her life. Bettie married James Marshall in Seminole,...

Sharon Payne

Sharon Payne

Mar 6, 2013

Sharon Kaye (Hardeman) Payne, 65 Long time Seminole county resident, Sharon Kaye (Hardeman) Payne passed away Wednesday, March 6, 2013 in Seminole, Oklahoma at the age of 65. Sharon was born on September 25, 1947 in Wetumka, Oklahoma to parents, Lucius C. Hardeman and Bessie (Jones) Hardeman. Sharon graduated from New Lima High School, attended Seminole State College and Central...

Rose  Lee (Maxwell)  Jenkins

Rose Lee (Maxwell) Jenkins

Mar 4, 2013

Rose Lee (Maxwell) Jenkins, age 84 and a resident of Byng, Oklahoma, and a former resident of Konawa, Oklahoma, passed away on Monday, March 4, 2013 at Mercy Hospital in Oklahoma City. Graveside services are scheduled for 1:00 p.m. on Thursday, March 7th at Rosedale Cemetery in Ada, Oklahoma, under the direction of Swearingen Funeral Home in Konawa.  Rev. Mitch...

Willetta  Faye Sparks

Willetta Faye Sparks

Mar 3, 2013

Willetta Faye Sparks was born August 12, 1937 and passed away on Sunday March 3, 2013 after a long battle with cancer she was 75 years old. Willetta was born in Tyler, Texas in 1937. Shortly after her birth to Bill and Ruth Allen, the family relocated to Seminole where Willetta grew up and graduated from Seminole High School.  After...

Wanda Fife

Wanda Fife

Mar 3, 2013

Wanda E. Fife, 62 year-old longtime Maud, Oklahoma resident, passed from this life on Sunday, March 3, 2013 in Norman, Oklahoma.  She was born March 16, 1950 in Claremore, Oklahoma, to parents Della (Fife) Stewart and Earl L. Stewart. Wanda earned her associate degree from Seminole State College in 1998.  She was also a proud member of the Seminole Nation...

Virginia (Carpitcher)  Cosar

Virginia (Carpitcher) Cosar

Mar 2, 2013

Virginia (Carpitcher) Cosar, age 74 and a resident of Konawa, Oklahoma, passed away on Saturday, March 2, 2013 at Valley View Regional Hospital in Ada, Oklahoma. A Wake service is scheduled for 7:00 p.m. Tuesday, March 5th at Rock Springs Baptist Church near Sasakwa.  Rev. Jimsey Harjo will officiate.  Funeral services are scheduled for 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, March 6th at...

Melba  Lee Rumsey

Melba Lee Rumsey

Mar 2, 2013

Funeral services for Melba Rumsey are planned for 3:00 P.M., Tuesday, March 6, 2013 at the Little Chapel at Little Cemetery North of Seminole, Oklahoma. Funeral Information: March 5, 2013, 3:00 PM Little Chapel located at North of Seminole on 377, Seminole, OK 74868

Melba Rumsey

Melba Rumsey

Mar 2, 2013

Melba Lee Rumsey, 87 Long time Seminole resident Melba Lee Rumsey passed away Saturday, March 2, 2013 in Seminole, Oklahoma at the age of 87. Melba was born on July 8, 1925 in Missouri to parents, Grover Ellison and Ora “Harden” Ellison. She moved to Seminole, Oklahoma from Bakersfield, Missouri, 75 years ago. Melba was a member of Trinity Baptist...

Henry  Samuel Baxter

Henry Samuel Baxter

Mar 2, 2013

Henry “Sam” Samuel Baxter, Jr., longtime former Seminole county resident, passed away Saturday, March 2, 2013 at Mercy Hospital in Oklahoma City at the age of 58 years. Sam was born May 28, 1954 in McAlester, Oklahoma to Henry Samuel and Wanda Oleta (Wilson) Baxter.  He attended Fanshawe, Wister and Duke Public Schools. Sam graduated from Carl Albert College in...

Edith Choat

Edith Choat

Mar 2, 2013

Edith Icelene (Boren) Choat, longtime former Maud resident, passed away Saturday, March 2, 2013 at McLoud Nursing Center in McLoud, Oklahoma at the age of 95 years. Edith was born July 17, 1917 near Wolf, Oklahoma to Claude Melton Boren and Martha Ellen (Stovall) Boren. She married Forrest Lee Choat on June 3, 1933 in Maud, Oklahoma and he preceded...

Kay Waldron

Kay Waldron

Feb 27, 2013

Kay Waldron, 89, longtime Seminole resident died Wednesday, February 27, 2013 at Seminole Care and Rehabilitation Center in Seminole. Kay was born September 11, 1923 in Logan, Texas to Preston and Alma (Williams) Barnett. Kay moved to Seminole 65 years ago from Henderson, Texas. She was a homemaker. She so loved her family and enjoyed spending time with her grandsons...

Gerald Dockery

Gerald Dockery

Feb 26, 2013

Gerald Dee Dockery, Sr., 81 Gerald Dee Dockery, Sr. a long time Seminole county resident passed away Tuesday, February 26, 2013 at Tecumseh, Oklahoma at the age of 81. Gerald was born on October 13, 1931 in Earlsboro, Oklahoma to parents, William Robert Dockery and Louella Maye (West) Dockery. Gerald attended Harjo School and love to attend the school reunions....

Ellie Mae Violet (Hensley)  Finch

Ellie Mae Violet (Hensley) Finch

Feb 26, 2013

Ellie Mae Violet (Hensley) Finch, age 91 and a life-long resident of Konawa, Oklahoma passed away on Tuesday, February 26, 2013 at Valley View Hospital in Ada, Oklahoma. Funeral services are scheduled for 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, March 2, 2013 at Swearingen Funeral Home in Konawa.  Burial will follow at Konawa City Cemetery.  Mary Ann Dillon will officiate.  Visitation is...

Mary Palmer

Mary Palmer

Feb 25, 2013

Mary Alma (Collins) Palmer, 83 year-old, former Seminole resident passed from this life on Monday, February 25, 2013 at Colonial Estates Care Center in Shawnee, Oklahoma.  Mary was born July 3, 1929 in Snowmac, Oklahoma (just south of Seminole, Oklahoma) to parents Minnie Maybelle (King) and Buford Yeager. Mary met and later married Marland Davis Palmer, Sr. on December 14,...

Shirley Nichols

Shirley Nichols

Feb 22, 2013

Shirley Nichols, 78 year-old, Seminole, Oklahoma resident, peacefully passed from this life on Saturday, February 22, 2013, in Seminole.  She was born October 1, 1934, in Salem, Illinois.  She has been reunited with her Lord, her father “Linden” Kenneth Reese, her mother Kathryn May (Rhoades) Reese Barber, her beloved stepfather, T.M. Barber, her brother Michael, and a baby boy who...

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