Obituaries in Seminole, Maud, and Konawa, Oklahoma
Violet "Vi" Ball
Jun 9, 2009
Violet Sylvia “Vi” Ball, 91 year-old, Seminole resident passed from this life Tuesday, June 9, 2009 at her home in Seminole. She was born May 3, 1918 in Biscay, Minnesota. She was a member of the Church of Christ and had worked at Wrangler Jean Company as a seamstress until her retirement. She moved to Seminole County in 1961 from...
Carey Walsh
Jun 7, 2009
Carey Ann (Hays) Walsh, age 33 and long-time resident of Konawa, passed away on Monday, June 8, 2009, at St. Anthony Hospital in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Funeral services are scheduled for 11:00 a.m. on Friday, June 12th, at Swearingen Funeral Home Chapel in Konawa, Oklahoma. Rev. Mitch Williams will officiate. Assisting will be Rev. Bruce Christian. Burial will follow at...
Joy Drake
Jun 5, 2009
Joy Garrison Drake, 80, longtime Seminole resident died Saturday, June 6, 2009 at her home in Seminole. rnrnJoy was born November 21, 1928 in Seminole, Oklahoma to Birtchell B. and Velma Vivian (Criswell) Garrison.rnrnJoy grew up in the Little and Seminole areas and attended area schools. She received her Bachelor Degree from East Central University in Ada. Mrs. Drake taught...
James Holt
Jun 4, 2009
James Hendrix Holt, 73, of Seminole, Oklahoma died Friday, June 5, 2009 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Mr. Holt was born June 27, 1935 in Ardmore, Oklahoma to Nat and Pauline Cleo (Rushing) Holt.rnrnMr. Holt moved to Seminole in April of 2006 from Tehachapi, California. He attended school in California and graduated in 1951 from Arvin High School in Arvin, California....
Roger McCracken
Jun 3, 2009
Roger Dale McCracken, 46 year-old, longtime Maud resident passed from this life Thursday, June 4, 2009 at Integris Baptist Medical Center in Oklahoma City. He was born March 19, 1963 in Oklahoma City to parents Doyle Ray McCracken and Sue (Cripps) McCracken.rnrnRoger attended Maud Public Schools and then worked as a forklift operator for ?Blue Bell Jean Company? in Seminole....
Beatrice Plummer
Jun 2, 2009
Longtime Seminole resident Beatrice Ann Plummer passed away on Saturday, May 30, 2009 in Bedford, Texas surrounded by her daughters and grandchildren. She was born August 19, 1915 at Hulbert, Oklahoma to Frankie Beatrice Groover and Arthur Walter Haskew. She was raised in Tulsa, Oklahoma where she graduated from Tulsa Central High School in 1933. Singing was her passion and...
Milford Gates
Jun 2, 2009
Milford Ernest Gates, 86, Seminole resident, died Tuesday, June 2, 2009 at Seminole Care and Rehabilation Center in Seminole. Mr. Gates was born March 4, 1923 in Wilton, Connecticut, to Rev. Myron James and Mary Edith (Tripp) Gates.rnrnMr. Gates moved to Warrensburg, New York as a child and spent most of his youth there. He joined the U.S. Army on...
Bob Davis
Jun 2, 2009
Bob F. Davis, 69, longtime Seminole businessman died Wednesday, June 3, 2009 at his home in Seminole after a seven month battle with cancer. Bob was born August 15, 1939 in Tecumseh, Oklahoma to Robert F. and Iva Inez (Campbell) Davis.rnrnBob grew up in Shawnee, Oklahoma and attended Shawnee Schools. Bob graduated in 1958 from Shawnee High School and celebrated...
Juanita Chupco
May 31, 2009
Juanita (Buck) Chupco, 80 year-old, lifelong Seminole resident passed from this life Monday, June 1, 2009 at her home in Seminole, Oklahoma. She was born October 4, 1928 in Wewoka, Oklahoma to parents Marchee Buck and Lucy (Coker) Buck. Rev. C.W. Kinney baptized Juanita on September 12, 1941.rnrnShe married Louis Chupco on May 1, 1993 at the Wewoka Indian Baptist...

Tawana Bassett
May 28, 2009
Tawana Lea (Bussey) Bassett, 80 year-old, longtime Maud resident passed from this life Friday, May 29, 2009 at Crescent Care Center in Crescent, Oklahoma. She was born February 12, 1929 in Maud, Oklahoma to parents Allum Bussey and Sarah Velma (Raider) Bussey.rnrnTawana attended Maud Public Schools and later worked for ?Blue Bell Jeans? in Seminole, currently ?Wrangler Jeans?. Tawana then...
Billy Pace
May 27, 2009
Billy Max Pace, age 80 and long-time resident of Konawa, Oklahoma, passed away on Thursday, May 28th at his residence in Claremore, Oklahoma. Graveside services are scheduled for 1:00 p.m. on Wednesday, June 3rd at Cummings Cemetery in Maud, Oklahoma under the direction of Swearingen Funeral Home in Konawa and with Rev. Mitch Williams officiating. Billy was born on March...
Donna Lee
May 26, 2009
Lifelong Seminole resident Donna Sue (Conner) Lee passed away on Wednesday, May 27, 2009 in Shawnee, Oklahoma at the age of 74. rnrnShe was born on September 17, 1934 in Seminole, Oklahoma to Mamie (Eberley) and Orville F. "Jelly" Conner. rnrnDonna worked for Southwestern Bell as a telephone operator for over 25 years. She then owned and operated Latta Grocery...

Billie Sullivan
May 25, 2009
Billie Jean Sullivan, 84 year-old, former Seminole resident passed from this life Tuesday, May 26th, 2009 at Meadowlakes Estates Nursing Home in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. She was born September 11, 1924 in Alluwe, Oklahoma to parents Roy Lee Sullivan and Vera Alta (Stevenson) Sullivan.rnrnBillie had worked as a bookkeeper for many years most recently at Grossmont Hospital in San Diego,...
Janet Scheller
May 25, 2009
Longtime Seminole resident, Janet Kay (Murphy) Scheller passed from this life on Tuesday, May 26, 2009 at Integris Baptist Hospital in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.rnrnJanet was born to John B. and Nannie P (Shook) Murphy on August 25, 1947 in Altus, Oklahoma. She married Michael L. Scheller on February 15, 1976 in Altus.rnrnJanet was a loving wife, mother and grandmother. She...
Roy Hines
May 23, 2009
Lifelong Seminole county resident Roy Monroe Hines, passed away on Sunday May 24, 2009 at home at the age of 66. rnrnHe was born on September 8, 1942 in Seminole to James Leslie and Stella Mae (Standerfer) Hines. He worked in the oilfield as a tool pusher until his retirement. rnrnHe loved to fish and play dominoes with his friends....
Inez Ridings
May 21, 2009
Inez Estas (Stubbs) Ridings, 86 year-old, Seminole resident passed from this life May 22, 2009 at Solara Hospital in Shawnee, Oklahoma. She was born June 22, 1922 in Seminole, Oklahoma to parents T.E. Stubbs and Martha Estas (Tigner) Stubbs.rnrnInez graduated from Seminole High School. During World War II she worked for Douglas Aircraft in Tulsa and then at Tinker Air...
David Hall
May 20, 2009
David G. Hall, of Goldsby, Oklahoma, passed peacefully from this life on Thursday, May 21, 2009, at the age of 65 with his family by his side. rnrnDavid was born in Seminole, Oklahoma on October 5, 1943 to Ralph and Geraldine (Daniels) Hall. He graduated from Pleasant Grove High School in 1960. He was united in marriage to Linda M....
Dayne Chastain
May 20, 2009
Dayne L. Chastain, 79 year-old, lifelong Seminole County resident passed from this life Thursday, May 21, 2009 at his home. He was born June 5, 1929 in Seminole County to parents Sebastian Lamar Chastain and Leslie O. (Holland) Chastain.rnrnMr. Chastain has lived in Seminole County all of his life except for 10 months that he lived in San Jose, California....
Brittanie Bevan
May 20, 2009
Brittanie Rose BevanrnrnOctober 20, 1993 ? May 21, 2009rnrnBrittanie Rose Bevan, age 15, passed away at the family?s home in Seminole on Thursday, May 21, 2009. She was born on October 20, 1993 to John and Balinda Bevan.rnrnBrittanie attended New Lima High School where she just completed 9th grade and had passed to 10th. She had many friends whom she...
Booker Winrow
May 18, 2009
Booker T. Winrow, 77 year-old lifelong Pottawatomie and Seminole County resident passed from this life Tuesday, May 19, 2009 at Unity North Hospital in Shawnee. He was born March 20, 1932 in Earlsboro, Oklahoma to parents Jackson Williams Winrow and Beulah (Curruthers) Winrow.rnrnHe attended school in Earlsboro, Oklahoma and later married Pauline Hinex on May 15, 1953.rnrnBooker worked for Ronnie...