Obituaries in Seminole, Maud, and Konawa, Oklahoma
Marie Long
Dec 28, 2017
Marie Long, 87, longtime Konawa, Oklahoma resident, died Thursday morning, December 28, 2017 at her home in Konawa, Oklahoma. Marie was born on March 23, 1930 in Konawa, Oklahoma to Russell Payne and Flora Jane (Owens) Payne. She moved to California several years ago and moved back to Konawa in 1969. Marie was a member of the Asher Assembly of...
David Wade Houck
Dec 26, 2017
David Wade Houck was the son of J.C. Houck and Ruth Houck both of Seminole, Oklahoma. David was born May 23, 1955 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma at Wesley Hospital and died December 26, 2017 at St. Anthony Hospital in Oklahoma City, at the age of 62. David lived in Midwest City, Oklahoma until age 8 at which time he began...
Jonas Harjo
Dec 26, 2017
Jonas Harjo, Jr., 59, of Kingfisher, Oklahoma, passed away on Tuesday, December 26, 2017, at St. Anthony’s Hospital in Shawnee, Oklahoma. Jonas was born in Talahina, Oklahoma on January 8, 1958, to Jonas Harjo, Sr., and Diane (Wolf) Harjo. Jonas worked as a commercial and residential roofer for many years, then as a production worker for years, then retired due...
Betty Marshall
Dec 26, 2017
Betty June Marshall, 92 Betty June Marshall, long time Seminole, Oklahoma resident, passed away Tuesday, December 26, 2017 in Seminole, Oklahoma at the age of 92. Betty was born March 19, 1926 in Altus, Oklahoma to parents, M. H. White and Gladys Ione (Martin) White. Betty lived a very fulfilling life. She attended OU writing school and Baylor University. She...
Dora Steele Young
Dec 25, 2017
Dora Steele (Coker) Young, 78 year old longtime Seminole resident, was born January 22, 1939 in Claremore, Oklahoma to Thomas Coker, Sr. and Frances (Walker) Coker. She is a member of the Sac and Fox Nation of Oklahoma and served as an elected tribal official. Dora attended secretarial business school in Oklahoma City after graduating from Pleasant Grove School, of...
Clint Yancey
Dec 25, 2017
Clint Leroy “ Sonny “ Yancey, 75, longtime Seminole resident went to be with his heavenly father, Monday, December 25, 2017 in Seminole, Oklahoma, Jesus received a wonderful birthday present on this day. Clint was born September 15, 1942 to Lillie (Ross) and Lon Yancey in Seminole. He married the love of his life, Linda Lashley on September 20, 1960,...
Jerry Lee McClellan
Dec 25, 2017
Jerry Lee McClellan, 81, of Okemah, OK. passed away Monday, December 25, 2017 at his home. Jerry was born in Pryor, OK. on October 26, 1936, to Clyde McClellan and Katherine (Pitts) McClellan. Jerry was a retiree of AT&T, where he worked for 37 years. Jerry enjoyed watching O.U. Football, going to auctions, and spending time with family. Jerry attended...
Robert Garrison
Dec 24, 2017
Robert Lee (Bob) Garrison, 78 Robert Lee (Bob) Garrison of Seminole, Oklahoma, passed away Saturday, December 24, 2017 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Bob was born October 9, 1939 in Seminole to parents, Robert Allen (Bob) and Mary Garrison. Bob graduated from Seminole High School in 1957 and married Saundra Lou Baker on June 1, 1963 at the Bowlegs Baptist Church....
Mary Katherine Lewis
Dec 20, 2017
Mary Katherine Lewis, 50 years old Richmond, Virginia resident, passed from this life at her home in Richmond. She was born July 31, 1967 in Holdenville, Oklahoma to parents Gary Lee Lewis and Linda (Albertson) Lewis. Mary Katherine was a computer programmer for Capital One Bank before becoming disabled. She had earned her Bachelor of Science degree from East Central...
Richard Frank LoPresto
Dec 20, 2017
Richard Frank LoPresto, age 70 and a resident of Konawa, Oklahoma, passed away Wednesday, December 20, 2017 at Mercy Hospital in Ada, Oklahoma. A memorial service will be planned at a later date, and is under the direction of Swearingen Funeral Home of Konawa. Richard was born January 4, 1947 in Denver, Colorado to Henry “Hank” LoPresto and Patsy Ellen...
Virginia Little
Dec 20, 2017
Virginia Kay Little, known to family and friends as Ginger, passed away December 20, 2017, after a long struggle with kidney failure. She was just days short of her 56 th birthday. Ginger was born in Victoria, Texas, on December 30, 1961, to Duane L. Little and Nancy Adamson Little. Not long after her birth the family moved to Tulsa,...
Mary Ruth (Wanto) Blackwood
Dec 19, 2017
Mary Ruth (Wanto) Blackwood, age 86 and a resident of Konawa, Oklahoma passed away from this life Tuesday, December 19, 2017 at her home. Funeral services are scheduled for 11:00 a.m. Saturday, December 23, 2017 at Swearingen Funeral Home Chapel of Konawa. Rev. Steve Littrell will officiate, and casket bearers are Shane Blackwood, Joshua Blackwood, and Jesse Blackwood. Burial will...
Cherlene Yarbrough
Dec 18, 2017
Cherlene Faye Yarbrough, 70 year old lifelong Seminole, Oklahoma resident, passed from this life on Monday, December 18, 2017 at Seminole Hospital. She was born February 11, 1947 in Seminole to parents Jack Jones and Lavern Jordan Jones. Cherlene attended Seminole Public Schools. She was a homemaker who loved to camp, fish, ride motorcycles, but most of all she loved...
Timothy (Tim) Gray
Dec 17, 2017
Timothy (Tim) James Gray, 47 year old Earlsboro resident, died Sunday, December 17, 2017. Tim was born April 25, 1970 in Albia, Iowa. Tim was employed as a lead man in production at Shawnee Milling Company in Shawnee, Oklahoma and had worked for them since 2004. Tim was a devoted and loving Papa (Buddy) who cherished being with his...
Lorena "Rena" Pearl (Sutton) Carter
Dec 16, 2017
Lorena “Rena” Pearl (Sutton) Carter, age 93 and a resident of Konawa, Oklahoma passed away from this life Saturday, December 16, 2017 at her home surrounded by her family and friends under the loving care of McCortney Hospice. A memorial service is scheduled for 11:00 a.m. Friday, December 22, 2017 at Vamoosa Baptist Church under the direction of Swearingen Funeral...
Dorothy Heath
Dec 16, 2017
Dorothy Cummings Heath, age 92, of Tulsa, Oklahoma died on Saturday, December 16, 2017. She was born on July 22, 1925 in Shawnee, Oklahoma to Samuel and Pauline Meredith. She graduated from Paris High School and attended Arkansas State Teachers College until her marriage to her high school sweetheart, Jim Cummings in December of 1944. They made their home in...
Fletcher Verlin
Dec 16, 2017
Verlin Fletcher, 82 year old Maud, Oklahoma resident passed from this life Saturday, December 16, 2017 at his home. He was born August 29, 1935 in Pawhuska, Oklahoma to parents Robert Buck Fletcher and Bertha Louise (Guinn) Fletcher. Verlin joined the United States Navy, serving as a Seaman First Class aboard the USS Black. On June 20, 1955 Verlin married...
Lester Weldon Johnson
Dec 15, 2017
Lester Weldon Johnson, long time Seminole resident, passed into eternal life on December 15, 2017 in Shawnee, Oklahoma, he was 78. Lester was born July 9, 1939 in Tulsa, Oklahoma to Lester Dale and Hattie May (Lorance) Johnson. On October 5, 1984 Lester married Peggy (Edmonds) in Ft. Smith, Arkansas. Lester loved the outdoors and going to flea markets. He...
Gene McGinnis
Dec 10, 2017
Onyal “Gene” McGinnis, 87 year old longtime Seminole County resident, passed from this life on Sunday, December 10, 2017 in Springdale, Arkansas. He was born April 22, 1930 in Earlsboro, Oklahoma to parents Bessie Naomi (Hudson) McGinnis and Sidney F. McGinnis. Gene joined the United States Army where he earned the Army Occupation Medal (Japan), the United Nations Service Medal,...
Geraldine Bailey
Dec 10, 2017
Geraldine Kay Bailey, 64, Seminole, Oklahoma resident, died Sunday, December 10, 2017 in Seminole. Geraldine was born May 4, 1953 in Okemah, Oklahoma to Frank Wade Dunson and Leah Cook Dunson. Geraldine was a member of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation. Geraldine was a homemaker and later a surgical scrub tech at the Creek Nation Community Hospital in Okemah, Oklahoma. She...
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Seminole | 1001 N. Milt Phillips Ave. | Seminole, OK 74868 | Tel: 1-405-382-3456 | swearingenfuneral@sbcglobal.net
Maud | 104 E. Monroe St. | Maud, OK 74854 | Tel: 1-405-374-2424 | swearingenfuneral@sbcglobal.net
Konawa | 200 S. Broadway St. | Konawa, OK 74849 | Tel: 1-580-925-3252 | konawafuneral@yahoo.com