Obituaries in Seminole, Maud, and Konawa, Oklahoma

George  Kenneth Higdon

George Kenneth Higdon

Oct 24, 2012

George Kenneth Higdon, 82, longtime Seminole resident died Wednesday, October 24, 2012 at his home in Seminole surrounded by his loving family. George was born April 29, 1930 in Seminole, Oklahoma to Luther and Kate Ruth (Gurley) Higdon. George lived all his life in Seminole and attended Pleasant Grove Schools and graduated in 1948.  George was a self-employed oilfield consultant...

Jim Douthit

Jim Douthit

Oct 23, 2012

Jim Riley Douthit, Sr., 82, Bowlegs resident died, Tuesday, October 23, 2012, in Shawnee, Oklahoma. Jim was born May 26, 1930, in Todd Town, Oklahoma near Bowlegs, Oklahoma to James Loyd and Lottie Mae (Simmons) Douthit. Jim was a life long Seminole County resident who worked in the oilfields most of his life. In his later years he became an...

Winnie Williams

Winnie Williams

Oct 23, 2012

Winnie Loraine Welch (Smart) Williams, 98 years old, former longtime Seminole resident, died Tuesday, October 23, 2012 in Duncan, Oklahoma. Winnie was born on October 27, 1913 in Alma, Oklahoma to Elbert C. and Addie Smart. Winnie was a homemaker and worked as a waitress. She attended schools in Wewoka, Oklahoma and was a member of the Baptist church. Winnie...

Leon Cook

Leon Cook

Oct 23, 2012

Leon S. “Jack” Cook, 86   Leon “Jack” Cook long time Seminole, Oklahoma resident passed away Tuesday, October 23, 2012 at Tecumseh, Oklahoma at the age of 86.   Jack was born December 12, 1925 in Perry, Oklahoma to parents, Abram Floyd Cook and Edna Catherine (Noll) Cook. Jack moved to Seminole on Labor Day, 1950 from Enid, Oklahoma. After graduating from...

Emmitt Williams

Emmitt Williams

Oct 20, 2012

Emmitt James Williams, 75, longtime Seminole resident died Saturday, October 20, 2012 in Midwest City, Oklahoma. Emmitt was born November 21, 1936 in Lima, Oklahoma to Hubbard and Lula Bell (Mills) Williams. Emmitt worked at Padgett Chevrolet for over 35 years and Goff Industries for 12 years before retiring. Emmitt married Beatrice Jones on October 10, 1957 in Seminole, Oklahoma....

Helen Jones

Helen Jones

Oct 20, 2012

Helen B. Jones, 89   Helen B. Jones, former Seminole Oklahoma resident, passed away Saturday, October 20, 2012 at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma at the age of 89. Helen was born on November 23, 1922 in Seminole, Oklahoma to Oliver B. and Ava Cook. Helen grew up in Seminole, Oklahoma and graduated from Seminole High School. She was a member of the...

Galand  Dean Kelley

Galand Dean Kelley

Oct 20, 2012

Galand Dean “Floppy” Kelley, age 28 and resident of Konawa passed away on Saturday, October 20, 2012 at OU Medical Center in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Funeral services are scheduled for 4:00 p.m. on Thursday, October 25th at Grace Community Church in Vamoosa.  Pastor Drew Isaacs will officiate.  Burial will follow at Dora Cemetery in Seminole County, north of Konawa.  Pallbearers...

Terrance Terry Ray Thompson

Terrance Terry Ray Thompson

Oct 20, 2012

Terrance Terry Ray Thompson, 25 year-old Seminole resident passed from this life Saturday, October 20, 2012, in Seminole.  He was born April 17, 1987 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma to parents, Alan Ray Scott and Elizabeth Thompson. Terrance had been working as a plumber’s apprentice at Cactus Plumbing in Seminole. Survivors include his mother, Elizabeth A. Thompson of Midwest City, Oklahoma;...

Sue Null

Sue Null

Oct 18, 2012

Sherrill Sue (Hause) Null, longtime Seminole resident died Thursday, October 18, 2012 in Seminole, Oklahoma. She was born March 18, 1935 in Wewoka, Oklahoma to Caleb W. and Marqueite M. (Foster) Hause. Sue was a customer claims representative for Sullivan-Dollar Insurance Company  in Seminole, Oklahoma, she retired in 2001. Sue was raised in Seminole at the Carter Oil Camp south...

Mildred Pratt

Mildred Pratt

Oct 17, 2012

Mildred Lucille (Swarb) Pratt, 91 year-old, longtime Maud, Oklahoma resident passed from this life on Wednesday, October 17, 2012 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.  She was born April 3, 1921 west of Maud, Oklahoma to parents, William Swarb and Lula (Dixon) Swarb. Mildred attended Harjo Schools north of Maud.  On May 31, 1941 Mildred married Bernard Pratt in Tecumseh, Oklahoma.  The...

Ashlee Hutton

Ashlee Hutton

Oct 15, 2012

Ashlee Hutton, 29, Maud, Oklahoma resident died Monday, October 15, 2012 at her home in Maud. She was born March 20, 1983 in Wewoka, Oklahoma to Randy Dean and Marilyn Kay (Redding) Calvert. Ashlee was a homemaker and lived in Seminole area most of her life. She is survived by her mother Marilyn Calvert of Maud, Oklahoma; father, Randy Calvert...

Pamelia North

Pamelia North

Oct 13, 2012

Pamelia Ann (Allison) North, 58, Shawnee resident died Saturday, October 13, 2012 in Midwest City, Oklahoma. Pamelia a former longtime Seminole, Oklahoma resident was born November 24, 1953 in Seminole, Oklahoma to J.C. and Ernestine Flora Mae (Martin) Allison. Pamelia lived in Seminole for over 19 years before moving to Shawnee. She graduated from Seminole High School and was a...

Joseph Bruner

Joseph Bruner

Oct 13, 2012

Joseph Willie Bruner was born to Geneva Nero Bruner and Johnnie Bruner on December 22, 1943 in Oklahoma City , Oklahoma . He was the second child born of ten children. He was preceded in death by both parents and grandparents; Charlie Bruner and Sona Bruner and Abraham Nero and Jannet Ransom Nero and two sons; Norick Bruner and Joel...

Catherine  Elizabeth (Prince)  Wood

Catherine Elizabeth (Prince) Wood

Oct 13, 2012

Catherine Elizabeth (Prince) Wood, age 97 passed away at her home in Sasakwa, Oklahoma. Funeral services are scheduled for 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, October 16, 2012 at the Vamoosa Baptist Church under the direction of Swearingen Funeral Home in Konawa.  Burial will follow at Vamoosa Cemetery. Rev. Kevin Duck, Pastor of Vamoosa Baptist Church will officiate, and Rev. Drew Isaacs,...

"TJ" Thaddeus J. Yates

"TJ" Thaddeus J. Yates

Oct 11, 2012

Thaddeus J. Yates, known as “TJ” passed away from this life at the age of 79 at his home in Asher, Oklahoma on Thursday, October 11, 2012. No services are scheduled at this time, and cremation is under the direction of Swearingen Funeral Home of Konawa. TJ was born on May 24, 1933 in Tahlequah, Oklahoma to Rufus Yates and...

Rachel Goate-Williams

Rachel Goate-Williams

Oct 10, 2012

Rachael Ena (Goate) Williams,64   Rachael Ena (Goate) Williams former Seminole county resident passed away Wednesday, October 10, 2012 at Fort Worth, Texas.   Rachael was born on March 9, 1948 in Holdenville, Oklahoma to parents, John Jefferson Goate and Ethelena Hannah (Fish) Goate.   Rachael of the Muskogee Creek, the great granddaughter of Chief Samuel Checote, of the Creek Nation. She was...

Cindy Davis

Cindy Davis

Oct 10, 2012

Cindy Kaye (Driskill) Davis, 64, former Seminole resident, died Wednesday, October 10, 2012 at St. Johns Hospital in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Cindy was born November 30, 1948 in Duncan, Oklahoma, to Eugene Dale and Jorene Shirley (Ingram) Driskill. Cindy was a former Seminole resident; who was living in Ingleside, Texas, near Corpus Christ, Texas for the past eleven years. Cindy graduated...

Harry  Larney Warrior

Harry Larney Warrior

Oct 9, 2012

Harry Larney Warrior, 69 year-old, lifelong Seminole resident passed from this life Tuesday, October 9, 2012 at his home in Seminole, Oklahoma.  He was born May 11, 1943 in Seminole to parents John Larney, Sr. and Lauren Warrior. Harry worked as an auto mechanic and also did lawn care maintenance. Survivors include his wife Marcia Burris of the home; three...

Elijah Saunders

Elijah Saunders

Oct 9, 2012

Elijah Lane Saunders, infant son of Cody A. and Tara Sue ( Mason) Saunders former Seminole residents, Cody now serving in the U.S. Marine Corp., Elijah was born on June 21, 2012 at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma and died October 9, 2012, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. In addition to his parents Cody and Tara Saunders of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma he is...

Robert Forrest

Robert Forrest

Oct 8, 2012

Robert "Bob" Earl Forrest, age 59 and a resident of Konawa, Oklahoma passed away at his home on Monday, October 8, 2012.  Cremation is under the direction of Swearingen Funeral Home in Konawa.  He was born on February 8, 1953 in Jersey City, New Jersey to Bobby Ray Forrest and Roseanne (Giordano) Forrest.   Bob resided with Konawa native Dr. Arthur...