Obituaries in Seminole, Maud, and Konawa, Oklahoma

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

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 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...

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...

Bill  E. Clark

Bill E. Clark

Feb 20, 2013

Bill E. Clark, 88, Shawnee resident died Wednesday, February 20, 2013 in Shawnee, Oklahoma. Bill was born June 26, 1924 in Foraker, Oklahoma to Luther and Vera (Coker) Clark. Bill moved to the Seminole area at an early age. He grew up in the oil camps around Seminole and attended Seminole Public Schools. He graduated from Seminole High School in...

Hattie M. Coker Cole

Hattie M. Coker Cole

Feb 18, 2013

Hattie M. Coker Cole Hattie M. Coker Cole, lifetime resident of rural Pleasant Grove School community southwest of Seminole passed away February 18 , 2013 at her home.  She was born May 2, 1930 in Seminole, OK to Richmond W. and Emma Sewell Coker.  Her late grandfather, Dave Coker, was one of the Seminole Nation Light Horsemen in Indian Territory. ...

Hershel Self

Hershel Self

Feb 18, 2013

Hershel Self, 71, longtime Bowlegs resident died, Monday, February 18, 2013 in Seminole, Oklahoma. Hershel was born James Hershel Self on February 1, 1942 in Paden, Oklahoma to Leonard Clifford and Jane Ellen (Myers) Self. Hershel grew up in the Bowlegs and Seminole area.  He attended and graduated from Bowlegs Public Schools. While in school he served as his class...

Safarona  Ruth (Taylor)  Stevens

Safarona Ruth (Taylor) Stevens

Feb 17, 2013

Safarona Ruth (Taylor) Stevens, age 71 and a resident of Konawa, Oklahoma, passed away on Sunday, February 17, 2013 at Valley View Hospital in Ada. Funeral Services are scheduled for 2:00 p.m. on Friday, February 22, 2013 at Swearingen Funeral Home Chapel in Konawa.  Burial will follow at Vamoosa Cemetery.  Rev. Larry Chesser will officiate.  Pallbearers are Triver Heard, Christopher...

Richard  Vernon Spencer

Richard Vernon Spencer

Feb 16, 2013

Richard Vernon Spencer, 94, lifelong Seminole resident died Saturday, February 16, 2013, in Seminole. Vernon was born, September 24, 1918 at the top of the hill on Reid Street in Seminole to Jones Lynn and Maude (Barton) Spencer. his grandparents D.C. and Phonie Barton raised Vernon. Vernon married Maxine Beal in Sulphur, Oklahoma on May 11, 1941; she preceded him...

Gerry McAdams

Gerry McAdams

Feb 15, 2013

Gerry Richard McAdams Gerry Richard McAdams a resident of Bastrop, Texas passed away Friday, February 15, 2013 at Wanette, Oklahoma at the age of 58. Gary was born November 29, 1954 in Seminole, Oklahoma to parents; Caleph Nowell and Ovella Robertson. Gerry after graduation from High School he attended the University of Texas. Gerry was employed at the M.D. Anderson...

Ernest Conatser

Ernest Conatser

Feb 14, 2013

Ernest Dwight Conatser With his children by his side, Ernest Dwight Conatser, a long time Maud resident, passed from this life to be with his Lord on February 14, 2013.  He was born in Amarillo, TX, January 3, 1944 to the late Loretta Jewell Chaffin-Conatser Johnson and the late J. B. Conatser.  The memorial service is scheduled for Monday, February...

Tom Lemaster

Tom Lemaster

Feb 14, 2013

Thomas R. “Tom” Lemaster, 77 year-old, Wetumka resident passed from this life on Thursday, February 14, 2013 at the veteran’s Hospital in Muskogee, Oklahoma.  He was born July 1, 1935 in Omena, Michigan to parents Daniel Tillman Lemaster and Regina (Kalchick) Lemaster. In 1955 Tom entered into service in the United States Army where he earned the good conduct medal. ...

Wilson Hill

Wilson Hill

Feb 14, 2013

Wilson Hill, 81, longtime Seminole area resident died Thursday, February 14, 2013 in Holdenville General Hospital. Mr. Hill was living in Wewoka at the time of his death. Wilson was born on June 30, 1931 in Hannah, Oklahoma to Samson and Rosanna (Brown) Hill. Mr. Hill was a storm door and window installer for the Nash Company in Oklahoma City,...

Lurena Douglas

Lurena Douglas

Feb 14, 2013

Lurena (Gaulding) Douglas, 95 year-old, Earlsboro, Oklahoma resident passed from this life on Valentine’s Day February 14, 2013 at St. Anthony’s Hospital in Shawnee, Oklahoma.  She was born September 4, 1917 in Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma to parents Charlie Gaulding and Louella (Reed) Gaulding.  She was the second of four children.  They all preceded her in death. Lurena united with the...

Jerry  Lee Dinwiddie

Jerry Lee Dinwiddie

Feb 8, 2013

Jerry Lee Dinwiddie, 54, longtime Seminole resident died Friday, February 8, 2013 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Jerry was born April 17, 1958 in Seminole, Oklahoma to John Calvin and Bertie Lou (Wilkerson) Dinwiddie. Graveside services are planned for 2:00 P.M., Friday, February 15, 2013 at Wolf Cemetery, with Rev. Carl Whitfield offficiating. Jerry was survived by his son Jerry Lee...

Kenneth Davis

Kenneth Davis

Feb 8, 2013

Kenneth Ray Davis, 58 Seminole County resident, Kenneth Ray Davis passed away Friday, February 8, 2013 in Seminole, Oklahoma at the age of 58. Kenneth was born September 24, 1954 in Asheboro, North Carolina to parents, Elbert Ray Davis and Mary Evenlyn “Eve” (Wilson) Davis. Kenneth moved to Seminole, Oklahoma five years ago from Okemah, Oklahoma. He was a professional...