Obituaries in Seminole, Maud, and Konawa, Oklahoma

Jack Harold Meeks

Jack Harold Meeks

Dec 21, 2025

Jack Harold Meeks, age 90, of Seminole, Oklahoma, passed away peacefully at his home on December 21, 2025. He was born on October 23, 1935, in Seminole, Oklahoma, to Newt and Odessa Meeks.

Jack was raised in Seminole and was a proud graduate of Seminole High School. In February of 1959, he married the love of his life, Marjorie Safley, and...

Wanda Jean Moss

Wanda Jean Moss

Dec 20, 2025

Norman resident, Wanda Jean Moss passed away on Sunday, December 20, 20205 in Norman at the age of 99. Wanda was born on July 11, 1926 in Hazel, Oklahoma. In her early years she was proud to be a Rosie the Riveter. She married Kenneth J. Moss on April 8, 1953 in Harrison, Arkansas. Wanda was a quiet person who...

Hudson Bruce Holt

Hudson Bruce Holt

Dec 17, 2025

Hudson Bruce Holt, 29, passed away at Integris Baptist Hospital in Oklahoma City on December 17, 2025.

A service honoring Hudson's life will be held at 11:00 am on Monday, December 22, 2025, at Chisholm Creek Baptist Church, 17600 N. Western, Edmond, Oklahoma, 73012. Burial will follow at the Dora Cemetery located at 35379 EW 1360 Road in Seminole County under...

Terry Ann (Payne) Birdwell

Terry Ann (Payne) Birdwell

Dec 16, 2025

Terry Ann (Payne) Birdwell, age 71 and a resident of Konawa, Oklahoma, passed away December 16, 2025 at Inspire Specialty Hospital in Midwest City, Oklahoma.

Terry was born October 20, 1954 in Denver, Colorado to Donald Payne and Elizabeth June (Brown) Payne. She graduated from Carmel High School in Carmel, California, and proudly served in the United States Army until the...

Custer Leroy Crawford

Custer Leroy Crawford

Dec 16, 2025

Maud resident, Custer Leroy Crawford, 88, passed away Tuesday, December 16, 2025, in Seminole.

Leroy, the son of Custer and Nettie (Cain) Crawford, was born December 6, 1937, in Maud. Leroy left high school to join the US Army. On July 23, 1964, he married Artie Hester, in Ada. Leroy was a pipeline worker for many years, which kept him very...

David William Haney Sr.

David William Haney Sr.

Dec 16, 2025

Seminole resident, David William Haney, 75, passed away Tuesday, December 16, 2025, in Oklahoma City.

David, the son of Rev. Vernon and Francis (Jim) Haney, was born December 26, 1949, in Holdenville. A resident of Hughes County, David graduated from Moss High School, with the class of 1968. David proudly served in the US Army, and fought in the Vietnam War....

Shawna Kay Brown

Shawna Kay Brown

Dec 11, 2025

Shawna Kay Brown (Hester) was born on July 4, 1966 at Seminole Municipal Hospital to Kenneth and Martha (Jackson) Hester. She passed peacefully on December 11, 2025 in Seminole, Oklahoma, at the age of 59. Shawna was a lifelong resident of Seminole and she deeply loved her community.

Shawna graduated from Strother Public Schools in 1984. She was an excellent cook...

Joe Stuart Shirley

Joe Stuart Shirley

Dec 9, 2025

Obituary for Joe Stuart Shirley

With heavy hearts, we announce the passing of Joe Stuart Shirley, aged 79, who left us on December 9, 2025. Born on October 19, 1946, in Ada, Oklahoma, Joe was a proud native of the Sooner State, raised in the close-knit community of Konawa. His early life laid the foundation for a remarkable journey characterized by...

Peggy Lou Jackson

Peggy Lou Jackson

Dec 8, 2025

Seminole resident, Peggy Lou Jackson, 92, passed away Monday, December 8, 2025, in Oklahoma City.

Peggy, the daughter of Tom and Cora Bell Nelon, was born April 2, 1933, in Sasakwa. Peggy graduated from the Strother school system, where she met Clinton Jackson. On July 22, 1950, she and Clinton were married in Seminole; a marriage that would last for 70...

Bridget Nicole Wolf

Bridget Nicole Wolf

Dec 6, 2025

Bridget Nicole Wolf, 29, of Seminole, passed away on Saturday, December 6, 2025.

Bridget lived her life with a vibrant spirit and a heart that loved deeper than it ever let on. She found joy in the simplest of moments—diamond painting, coloring, shopping, trying new things, playing bingo, visiting the casino, listening to music, and creating TikTok videos that reflected her...

Lorene Davis

Lorene Davis

Dec 4, 2025

Lorene Davis, age 78, passed away Thursday, December 4, 2025 in her home of Holdenville, OK. She was born February 10, 1947 in Wewoka, OK to Jessie Davis and Ora Johnson Davis.

Lorene graduated from Pleasant Grove Seminole High School and then graduated from East Central University. She worked in education for over 40 years. She was a member of the...

Penny Dawn Claborn

Penny Dawn Claborn

Dec 3, 2025

Penny Dawn Claborn passed away on Wednesday, December 3, 2025, with her family by her side.

Penny was born on January 3, 1963, to Earmond and Norma (Shockey) Robbins, in Seminole, Oklahoma. She enjoyed working as secretary-bailiff, for District Judges in both Seminole and Wewoka courthouses for over 25 years. She also loved spending time with her precious grandchildren and family.

Penny...

Darel Gene Smart

Darel Gene Smart

Dec 2, 2025

Darel Gene Smart, age 75, passed away on December 2, 2025, in Drumright, Oklahoma. He was born on February 9, 1950, in El Reno, Oklahoma, to Joseph “Carl” Smart and Opal Elizabeth (Shipman) Smart.

Darel grew up in Wewoka, Oklahoma, where he spent his childhood and adolescence on the grounds of Missionary Cosmopolitan Church Home Incorporated, M.C.C.H., his family’s childrens’ home—a...

Agnes Louise Williams

Agnes Louise Williams

Dec 2, 2025

Agnes Louise (Tyler) Williams, 85, longtime Seminole, Oklahoma resident, passed from this life on December 2, 2025 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Agnes was born on April 23, 1940 in Hanford, California to John Wesley “Wes” Tyler and Dorfie Gertrude (Smith) Tyler.

Agnes married Herbert Duaine “Herb” Williams on October 10, 1958 at Bethel Church in Wewoka, Oklahoma and he preceded her...

Veronica Lynn Robinson

Veronica Lynn Robinson

Nov 30, 2025

Veronica Lynn (Pompa) Robinson, age 64 and a former resident of Konawa, Oklahoma, passed from this life at her home in Wichita, Kansas on November 30, 2025.

A Wake service is scheduled for Friday night, December 5th at High Springs Baptist Church of Konawa under the direction of Swearingen Funeral Home of Konawa. Veronica will be taken to the church at...

Gary Wayne Smith

Gary Wayne Smith

Nov 25, 2025

Gary Smith, St. Louis, OK resident, made Heaven his permanent home on November 25, 2025. Gary was born on October 15, 1949 to Bill and Opal Smith in Fort Smith, AR. He graduated in 1967 from Capital Hill High School in Oklahoma City. Gary was a proud veteran of the United States Army. He married Pam Sullivan on May 13,...

Mody B. Harjo

Mody B. Harjo

Nov 23, 2025

Mody B. Harjo journeyed to the spirit world on November 23rd, 2025 in Denver, CO. He was born in Seminole, OK on August 16th, 1952 to George and Christine B. Harjo. Honorably raised by his paternal grandmother Sena Wolfe and grandfather Cornelius Larney. He was raised a member of Hitchitee United Methodist Church. Mody is a member at Tvlvhvsee Wakokaye...

Betty "Lois" Nance

Betty "Lois" Nance

Nov 23, 2025

Betty (Lois) Nance long time Seminole resident passed from this life into the next quietly with her family with her on Sunday afternoon November 23rd.

Lois was born January 6th, 1933, North of Seminole to Willis Hiram Jones and Elizabeth Angeline Jones (Risenhoover). She was the fourth of six children.

The family moved, as many did in those years, to California where...

Teddy "Ted" Ray Phillips

Teddy "Ted" Ray Phillips

Nov 21, 2025

Maud, OK resident Teddy “Ted” Ray Phillips passed away on Friday, November 21, 2025 in Tecumseh at the age of 86. Ted was born on January 12, 1939 in Seminole to Raymond Harold and Bonnie Doone (Wallace) Phillips. He married the love of his life Juanita Hopper on December 28, 1963 at the Presbyterian Church in Shawnee, OK. Ted proudly...

Kingston Wayne Stanberry

Kingston Wayne Stanberry

Nov 20, 2025

We remember baby boy Kingston Wayne Stanberry who touched this earth on November 20, 2025 in Shawnee, OK. In the words of Gloria Villarma “Softly, you tiptoed into my heart. On the wings of love, you came, and my life will never be the same; and just as silently as you came, you left my world, but not in vain....