All Obituaries

Inetha Louis (Williams) Watters, age 87 and a resident of Heritage Village Nursing Home of Holdenville, Oklahoma, passed away Saturday, August 1, 2020 at Mercy Hospital in Ada, Oklahoma. Funeral services are scheduled for 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, August 5, 2020 at Swearingen Funeral Home Chapel in Konawa, Oklahoma.  Rev. Kevin Duck will officiate, and burial will follow at Vamoosa Cemetery.  Casket bearers are Austin Blackburn, Trenton Roulston, Jacob Kirkwood, James Merrell, Joseph...

Barbara LaRue (Poague) Sanders, age 87 and a long-time resident of Konawa, Oklahoma, went to be with her Lord and Savior on Tuesday, June 9, 2020 at Prairie Estates in Frisco, Texas. A memorial graveside service is planned for 2:00 p.m. Sunday, August 2, 2020 at the Vamoosa Cemetery Pavilion under the direction of Swearingen Funeral Home of Konawa.  Rev. Mitch Williams will officiate. Barbara was born August 2, 1932 in La Union, New Mexico to Emery and Lessie Jewel (Etheridge)...

Tommy Ray Emarthle, age 85 and a former resident of Konawa, Oklahoma, passed away Monday, July 27, 2020 at Post Acute Specialty Hospital in Tulsa, Oklahoma. A graveside service is scheduled for 11:00 a.m. Friday, July 31, at the Emarthle Family Cemetery under the direction of Swearingen Funeral Home of Konawa.  Lucy Durant will officiate. Tommy was born May 9, 1935 in Konawa, Oklahoma to Markosy Emarthla and Lucy (Frank) Emarthla.  He went to Carter Seminary in Ardmore, Oklahoma,...

Orlena Ann “Lena” Beller, 88 year old longtime Wolf area resident, passed from this life Wednesday, July 29, 2020 in Holdenville, Oklahoma.  She was born March 8, 1932 in Alluwe, Oklahoma to parents Blanche Ann (Capps) Lord and Fred Taylor Lord.  Lena married Gene Beller on February 18, 1949 in Stinnett, Texas. Lena was a homemaker and seamstress who loved her family with everything she had even giving her husband the choice to battle or to enjoy his family. Lena was...

On Sunday, July 26, 2020, Travis Jack Rice was met by his Savior in paradise at the age of 85 years – two weeks shy of his 64th wedding anniversary to his beloved wife Marie. Though he had been looking forward to celebrating this milestone life achievement with a big party, our plans are not our own. Travis Jack Rice was born on Monday October 22, 1934 in Poteau, OK to Homan and Norma Rice. In 1954 Travis enlisted in the United States Air Force and was stationed at Edwards Airforce...

Adrenetta Kay (Wheeler) Carter, passed away July 25, 2020 at the age of 54 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. She was born August 18, 1965 in Wewoka, Oklahoma to parents Donald William Wheeler and Sharron Lee Irons. She grew up in the Wewoka/Seminole area. Adrenetta was a restaurant owner. She loved to cook and bake, make jewelry and spend time with her grandkids. Adrenetta is survived by her birth mother; Sharron (Irons) Langston, her step-mother; Bonnie Wheeler, son; Jeremiah Carter and wife...

Nancy Joyce (Allan) Snowden passed away on July 25, 2020 at the age of 87 in Seminole, Oklahoma. She was born December 12, 1932 in Roy, New Mexico to parents Earl Resee Allan and Elsie Gertrude (Coleman) Allan. She married Lawrence Edward Snowden on June 22, 1951 and they celebrated 69 years of marriage on June 22, 2020. On January 8, 1954, Nancy gave birth to her and Lawrence’s only son, Larry Edward Snowden. Nancy was heartbroken when Larry passed away on April 2, 2012. On Saturday,...

Virginia Mae (Bobbie) Villines Rackley, age 76, went to be with the Lord on July 24, 2020 after a brief struggle with cancer. She was born July 6, 1944 in Hot Springs, Arkansas to parents Jack Earl Mathews and Lilly Viola (Landers) Mathews. Virginia married Vernon Dale Villines in Seminole, Oklahoma and lived happily in Wolf Oklahoma for 35 years until he passed away in 2005. She then married Paul Grant Rackley on July 30, 2010 in Antlers, Oklahoma and they moved to Eufaula where they lived...

Steven Dewayne Sims, age 61 and lifelong Seminole, Oklahoma resident, passed away July 22, 2020. He was born January 26, 1959 in Seminole to parents Charles Roy-Lee Sims and Patsy Ruth (Brewer) Sims-Ervin. He was a high school graduate and attended college for 3 years. Steve had a love for cars since he was a young child. As a teen, Steve built model cars to the finest detail. He loved the intricate details of assembling the cars and was very good at it; a natural. As an adult,...

Ralph Dale Dunagan, 75, lifelong Seminole resident, passed away Wednesday, July 22, 2020 in Shawnee, Oklahoma. Ralph was born January 7, 1945 in Seminole, Oklahoma to Richard O. Dunagan and Mildred Marie (Hankins) Dunagan. Ralph attended Seminole Public Schools and graduated from Seminole High School in 1963. Ralph married Janice Kay ( Fretz ) Dunagan on September 12, 1962. Ralph was a dozer operator for R.O. Dunagan Dozers of Seminole for most of his adult working life. As a dozer...