Obituaries in Seminole, Maud, and Konawa, Oklahoma

Lorene Webb

Lorene Webb

Apr 21, 2011

Winnie Lorene (Brown) Bateman Webb, 90, finished her life on this earth on Thursday, April 21, 2011 at Integris Seminole Medical Center. Lorene was born July 25, 1920 in Mead, Oklahoma. She was born to John Marshall and Isma Captolia (Smith) Brown. She grew up in the Durant area and moved to Seminole in 1947. She was a member of...

Pauline  Anderson Pruitt

Pauline Anderson Pruitt

Apr 19, 2011

The family of Pauline Anderson Pruitt is rejoicing that Pauline went to be with her Lord and Savior on her birthday, April 19, 2011, with family by her side in Sulphur, Oklahoma at the age of 77.  Pauline has been a longtime Seminole resident; her sister and a niece Lou Hamilton had been caring for her in Sulphur. Pauline was...

Billy  Don Meadows

Billy Don Meadows

Apr 18, 2011

Billy Don Meadows, age 62 and a resident of Konawa, Oklahoma, passed away at his home on Monday, April 18, 2011. He was laid to rest at Lone Dove Cemetery on Friday, April 22nd. Billy was born on October 11, 1948 in Paragould, Arkansas, to Edith (Miller) and Walter Lee Meadows.  He was a Vietnam veteran in the Army in...

Doneva Armstrong

Doneva Armstrong

Apr 16, 2011

Doneva June Armstrong, 58, “walked-on” at Integris Southwest Medical Center in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma on April 16, 2011 with family at her bedside. Doneva was born on October 14, 1952 in Phoenix, Arizona to Albert and Cleda (Rhodd) Curley.  She was a member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation Tribe and of the Catholic Faith. Survivors include her mother, Cleda (Rhodd)...

Don Haigwood

Don Haigwood

Apr 14, 2011

Don Michael Haigwood, 87 year-old, longtime Seminole resident passed from this life Thursday, April 14, 2011 at his home in Seminole.  He was born December 2, 1923 in Bristow, Oklahoma to parents Jake Lee Haigwood and Florence (Rous) Haigwood. Don grew up in Seminole and graduated from Seminole High School before serving in the United States Army where he was...

Thomas Fleming

Thomas Fleming

Apr 7, 2011

Thomas “Tommy” Michael Fleming, 51 Thomas “Tommy” Fleming a resident of Seminole for the past 18 years passed away, Thursday, April 7, 2011 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. “Tommy” was born February 9, 1960 in Shawnee, Oklahoma to parents, Clarence Wayne Fleming and Edith (Anderson) Fleming. “Tommy” retired from the Wrangler Seminole Plant and he had a great love for bow...

Bobby "Spanky" Wayne Robinson

Bobby "Spanky" Wayne Robinson

Apr 7, 2011

Bobby Wayne Robinson, known as “Spanky” age 57 and a life-long resident of Konawa, Oklahoma, passed away on Thursday, April 7, 2011 at Integris Baptist Medical Center in Oklahoma City. Visitation is schedule for Saturday, April 9th at Swearingen Funeral Home in Konawa from 8:30 a.m. until 4:00 p.m.  Then, he will be taken to Bird Creek Indian Baptist Church...

Stella Peoples

Stella Peoples

Mar 31, 2011

Stella Mae Peoples, 71, longtime Seminole resident died Thursday, March 31, 2011 in Shawnee, Oklahoma. Stella was born on May 10, 1939 in Chickasha, Oklahoma to James Marion and Viola (Adkins) Addington.   Stella, moved to the Seminole area at an early age, and was a nursing assistant for most of her working career. She was a member of the Coney...

Ruth Martin

Ruth Martin

Mar 24, 2011

Ruth Mae (Fox) Martin, 81 Life long Seminole resident Ruth Mae (Fox) Martin passed away Thursday, March 24, 2011 in Seminole, Oklahoma. Ruth was born November 11, 1929 in Snomac, Seminole County, Oklahoma to parents, Andrew Jackson and Ida Mae (Crider) Fox. Ruth’s religious affiliation was with the Assembly of God and she worked as a legal secretary. Ruth is...

Roy Gurley

Roy Gurley

Mar 24, 2011

Roy Everett Gurley, 80, longtime Seminole resident died Thursday, March 24, 2011 at Solara Hospital in Shawnee, Oklahoma. Roy was born February 14, 1931 in Seminole, Oklahoma to Everett M. and Maudie (Combs) Gurley. Roy graduated from Strothers High School and worked in the Seminole oilfields for The Dowell Company in Sales for 32 years. He retired in 1995. Roy...

Winston Ice

Winston Ice

Mar 23, 2011

Winston “Ed” Edward Ice, 78, Seminole resident died Wednesday, March 23, 2011 at Colonial Estates Nursing Home in Shawnee, Oklahoma. Winston was born October 10, 1932 in Vinson, Oklahoma to Ray and Rosa Pearl (Ray) Ice. Ed grew up in San Jose, California and graduated from Campbell High School. He served four years in the United States Navy as an...

James Hurst

James Hurst

Mar 22, 2011

James Walter “Red” Hurst, 85 year-old life long Seminole County resident passed from this life Tuesday, March 22, 2011 in Norman, Oklahoma.  He was born April 10, 1925 in “Carr City” south west of Seminole, Oklahoma to parents Ethel Grace (Byers) Hurst and John Charles Hurst. Following graduation from Carr City High School in 1944 James enlisted in the United...

Evans  Junior Wise

Evans Junior Wise

Mar 19, 2011

Evans Chambers Wise, Jr., 40 year-old Meeker resident passed from this life on March 19th, 2011.  He was born to Evan C. Wise and Teresa Wise on December 3, 1970 in Seminole, Oklahoma.  He leaves behind his parents and a very special friend of four years Diana Zapata and two sons Evans Chambers Wise III of the home and Tanner...

Roland  Van Pelt

Roland Van Pelt

Mar 18, 2011

Roland V. “ Rollie” Van Pelt, 74, former Seminole Resident now of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma died March 18, 2011 at Integris Southwest Medical Center in Oklahoma City. He was born October 17, 1936 to Vernal Otis and Virginia L. (Saul) Van Pelt in Detroit, Michigan. Mr. Van Pelt was a self-employed carpenter who had lived in Seminole from 1975 to...

Nellie  Marie Mize

Nellie Marie Mize

Mar 17, 2011

Nellie Marie Mize, 83, Tecumseh area resident, died March 17, 2011, at Unity Health Center North in Shawnee, Oklahoma. Mrs. Mize was born April 10, 1927, in Wichita Falls, Texas, to Raymond and Stella (Hartley) Sadler. Nellie was a homemaker and had lived in the Tecumseh area most of her life. One son Jimmy Mize and his wife Brenda of...

Nellie Mize

Nellie Mize

Mar 17, 2011

Nellie Marie Mize, 83, Tecumseh area resident, died March 17, 2011, at Unity Health Center North in Shawnee, Oklahoma. Mrs. Mize was born April 10, 1927, in Wichita Falls, Texas, to Raymond and Stella (Hartley) Sadler. Nellie was a homemaker and had lived in the Tecumseh area most of her life. One son Jimmy Mize and his wife Brenda of...

Michael Barrett

Michael Barrett

Mar 16, 2011

Lifelong Seminole resident Mickey Barrett passed away on March 16, 2011 at the age of 64.  He was born on July 2, 1946 in Seminole, Oklahoma to Mickey Barrett and Bertha Mae (Ford) Barrett. He was a welder and did ornamental ironwork, and oilfield welding in the Seminole area for many years.  He graduated from Tulsa Welding School and attended...

Marguerite Newcomb

Marguerite Newcomb

Mar 15, 2011

Marguerite Ann Newcomb passed away on March 15, 2011, in Shawnee, Oklahoma at the age of 82. She was born on March 8, 1929, in Peoria, Illinois to Louis Jacob Bales and Rose Mae Groth Bales.  Marguerite worked for Cargill Turkey Factory in California, Missouri where she retired after 30 years. She married Lavern Newcomb on March 6, 1951 in...

Maggie  Bell (Harper)  Jones

Maggie Bell (Harper) Jones

Mar 14, 2011

Maggie Bell (Harper) Jones, age 87 and a long-time resident of Konawa, Oklahoma passed away on March 14, 2011 at her home surrounded by her adoring family. Funeral services are scheduled for 1:00 p.m. on Friday, March 18th, at Swearingen Funeral Home Chapel in Konawa.  Burial will follow at Sacred Heart Catholic Church.  Richard Winters, Pastor of the Church of...

Maurine Wright

Maurine Wright

Mar 14, 2011

MAURINE BONNIE CAMPBELL WRIGHT passed away on March 14, 2011 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.  She was born April 3, 1915, in Konawa, Oklahoma to Sam and Bertha (Rodden) Campbell.  She attended school at Konawa, Central High, and East Central College in Ada, Oklahoma.  She married Jesse Wright, March 21, 1936 and lived in Seminole, Oklahoma until his death in 1995.   ...