Obituaries in Seminole, Maud, and Konawa, Oklahoma

Rebecca McLeister
Jul 10, 2009
Rebecca Rowena (Pate) McLeister, age 77 and a former resident of Konawa, Oklahoma, passed away on Thursday, May 14, 2009, at Grace House of Lubbock in Lubbock, Texas. Funeral services are scheduled for 11:00 a.m. on Monday, May 18th, at Swearingen Funeral Home in Konawa, Oklahoma. Burial will follow at Konawa Cemetery. Visitation is scheduled for Sunday, May 17th from...
Norma Presley
Jul 6, 2009
Norma Jean Presley, age 74 and a resident of Maud, Oklahoma, passed away on Monday, July 6, 2009, at her residence. Graveside services are scheduled for 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, July 9th, at Little Cemetery under the direction of Knight-Swearingen Funeral Home in Maud. Rev. Carl Whitfield, Pastor of Highway Baptist Church, will officiate. Pallbearers are her grandsons, Ashley Postman,...
Lowell Gosa
Jul 3, 2009
Lowell Gosa, lifetime Seminole resident passed away, Friday, July 3, 2009 at the age of 83. Lowell was born, November 18, 1925 in Seminole, Oklahoma to parents Norman Mathis and Pearl Jane (Thomas) Gosa. He was a resident of Seminole County for 83 years. Lowell married Dadie (Myers) Gosa in Byng, Oklahoma on May 1, 1964, she preceded him in...

Mary Brown
Jul 2, 2009
Mary Sue (Hudson) Brown, age 56 and resident of Macomb, Oklahoma, passed away on Thursday, July 2, 2009, at Valley View Regional Hospital in Ada, Oklahoma. Graveside services are scheduled for 10:30 a.m. on Monday, July 6, 2009, at Wanette Cemetery in Wanette, Oklahoma, with Frank Brewer officiating under the direction of Swearingen Funeral Home in Konawa, Oklahoma. Visitation is...
Rosie Harjo
Jun 28, 2009
Rosie Anita Harjo of Maud, Oklahoma, a life long Seminole, County resident passed away Sunday, June 28, 2009 at the age of 52. Rosie was born on August 14, 1956 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma to parents Jonases and Mary Ellen Scott. Rosie was a wife, homemaker, and a member of First Baptist Church of Maud, Oklahoma. Rosie is survived by...
Dorothy Murphy
Jun 26, 2009
Dorothy Mae Murphy, 77 year-old, Seminole resident passed from this life Friday, June 26, 2009 at Seminole Integris Medical Center. She was born July 30, 1931 in Maud, Oklahoma to parents Oscar Samuel Mitchell and Marie Mae (Riddle) Mitchell. Dorothy graduated from High School in Gainesville, Texas. She married Bill Autry and he preceded her in death in 1977. She...
Darnell Brannon
Jun 26, 2009
Former Seminole resident Darnell A. Brannon, age 43, died June 26, 2009, in Shawnee, Oklahoma. He was born February 22, 1966 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, to Ethel (Brannon) Thomas and Devon Winrow. Darnell worked at T.D.K. in Shawnee for several years. He is survived by his mother, of Midwest City, Oklahoma; daughter, Loren Brannon, of Shawnee, Oklahoma; and brother, Alfred...

Emozett Phillips
Jun 25, 2009
Emozett Tyler Phillips, 77, longtime Konawa,Oklahoma resident died Thursday, June 25, 2009 at Integris Southwest Medical Center in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Emozett was born on December 6, 1931 to John Wesley and Dorfie G. (Smith) Tyler in Konawa, Oklahoma. Emozett married Vivian Huland “ Bill “ Phillips on March 13, 1953 in Ardmore, Oklahoma. Mrs. Phillips grew up in Konawa...
Rosa Jett
Jun 22, 2009
Rosa Mae Jett, 80, passed from this life on June 22, 2009 in Shawnee. Rosa was born October 10, 1928 in the Maud Hospital to parents Vergie and Cecil Pratt. She grew up north of Maud and attended Cook grade school. Rosa graduated from Maud High School in 1946 and married her high school sweetheart Dale Jett of Tecumseh, Oklahoma. ...
Thomas Hansen
Jun 21, 2009
Thomas William Hansen, 60 year-old, Seminole resident passed from this life Sunday, June 21, 2009 at his home in Seminole. He was born August 6, 1948 in Wasco County, Oregon to parents Henry L. Hansen and Amy (Jones) Hansen. Following High School Hansen served in the United States Army during the Vietnam War. He later married Linda Faye (Mayes) Hansen...
Cynthia Gunter
Jun 20, 2009
Cynthia Anna Gunter, 92, longtime Seminole resident died, Saturday, June 20, 2009 at Pioneer Nursing Home in Seminole, Oklahoma. Mrs. Gunter was born August 17, 1916 in Pope County, Arkansas, to Henry and Hattie (Payne) Harris. Mrs. Gunter moved to Earlsboro with her family in November of 1938 and later to Seminole where she lived and raised her three sons. ...

Dorothea Dickson
Jun 18, 2009
Dorothea Kaye Dickson passed away Thursday, June 18, 2009 at Norman Regional Hospital at the age of 51. Dorothea was born June 28, 1957 in Guthrie, Oklahoma to parents Russell and Isabella Foutz. Dorothea was a member of the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah Whitness of Wewoka, Oklahoma. Dorothea married James Dickson in Ada, Oklahoma on September 4, 1997. James survives...
Tammy (Hughes) Silmon
Jun 17, 2009
Memorial services for Tammy Kay Silman, 38, are planned for 2:00 P.M., Friday, June 19, 2009 at Swearingen Funeral Home Chapel, with Pastor Drue Freeman officiating. Tammy died Wednesday, June 17, 2009 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Tammy was born September 6, 1970 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma to Tommy Wayne and Bertha Kay (Watson) Hughes. Her father, Tommy and Sharla Hughes...

Lois Adachi
Jun 17, 2009
Longtime Seminole County Resident Lois Marie (Carpitcher) Adachi died on Wednesday, June 17, 2009 at St. Anthony’s Hospital in Oklahoma City, OK. Lois was born on February 20, 1950 in Seminole, Oklahoma to parent’s Freland & Susie (Albert) Carpitcher. Lois was a homemaker and a member of theVictory Baptist Church in Oklahoma City, OK. She is survived by daughters Sandra...
Lois (Carpitcher) Adachi
Jun 17, 2009
Longtime Seminole County Resident Lois Marie (Carpitcher) Adachi died on Wednesday, June 17, 2009 at St. Anthony’s Hospital in Oklahoma City, OK. Lois was born on February 20, 1950 in Seminole, Oklahoma to parents Freland & Susie (Albert) Carpitcher. Lois was a homemaker and a member of the Victory Baptist Church in Oklahoma City, OK. She is survived by daughters...
M.D. Fowler
Jun 14, 2009
M.D. Fowler, Jr., 89 year-old, longtime Maud resident passed from this life Sunday, June 14, 2009 at Unity Health Center in Shawnee, Oklahoma. He was born October 6, 1919 in Oklahoma to parents, Mood Daniel Fowler, Sr. and Francis Arabelle (Lucas) Fowler. M.D. married Minnie Bee Williams on November 22, 1939 at Pumkin Center near Maud, Oklahoma. She preceded him...
Ellen Carriger
Jun 12, 2009
Ellen Tilda (McIntyre) Carriger, age 99 and a long-time resident of Konawa, Oklahoma, passed away on Friday, June 12, 2009, at Jan Francis Care Center in Ada, Oklahoma. Ellen had lived in Konawa for the past twenty-five years. Funeral services are scheduled for 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, June 16th, at the Assembly of God Church in Konawa under the direction...
Agnes West
Jun 10, 2009
Agnes (Douglas) West, age 89 and long-time resident of Konawa, Oklahoma, passed away on Wednesday, June 10, 2009, at Holdenville General Hospital in Holdenville, Oklahoma. Agnes was born on January 10, 1920, in Konawa to Alex and Jennie (Powell) Douglas. She married Thomas West on July 1, 1937. Agnes was a member of the Cedar Creek Eufaula Baptist Church. Graveside...
Peggy Quisenberry
Jun 9, 2009
Peggy Lorene Quisenberry, 71, former Seminole resident died, Tuesday, June 9, 2009 at home in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Peggy was born May 6, 1938 in Seminole, Oklahoma to Henry Noah and Rosie Ellen (McCoy) Quisenberry. Peggy was a certified home health care nurse's aide and also worked for Integris Baptist Hospital in Oklahoma City for over 15 years. Her son,...