Obituaries in Seminole, Maud, and Konawa, Oklahoma
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...
Donald Ray Wood
Dec 10, 2017
Donald Ray Wood of Shawnee, Oklahoma passed from this life on Sunday, December 10, 2017 at the age of 71. Donald was born December 10, 1946 in Clovis, New Mexico to Johnny and Amanda (Factor) Wood. In 1969 Donald married Christine Foster in Shawnee, Oklahoma. He enjoyed hunting and watching boxing and he loved animals, but he especially loved spending...
Abler "Opie" Davis
Dec 10, 2017
Abler “Opie” Davis, 52 year old Earlsboro, Oklahoma resident, passed from this life Sunday, December 10, 2017 at Integris Southwest Medical Center in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He was born January 28, 1965 in Talihina, Oklahoma to parents Tom Davis and Hattie Mae (Tiger) Davis. Opie was currently working for the Seminole, Oklahoma Housing Authority. He enjoyed watching wrestling, OU Sooners...
Archie Yeager
Dec 10, 2017
Archie Melvin Yeager, 92, lifelong Seminole County resident, died Sunday, December 10, 2017 in Seminole, Oklahoma. Archie was born August 30, 1925 in Seminole County, Oklahoma to Loren C. Yeager and Allie Jeffreys Yeager. Archie was a self-employed carpenter in the Wewoka, Oklahoma for many years. While living in Wewoka, he was a member of the Wewoka Church of Christ...
Margaret McSperitt
Dec 7, 2017
Margaret Mae McSperitt, 78, longtime Seminole, Oklahoma resident, died Thursday December 7, 2017 in Shawnee, Oklahoma. Margaret was born on January 13, 1939 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma to Ben Garlen Smith and Ada Mae (Turner) Smith. Margaret worked with her family for most of her life in the family’s dairy farming business in Seminole, Grandfield, Oklahoma and Marlow, Oklahoma. Margaret...
Lyle Bates
Dec 6, 2017
Lyle DeWayne Bates, Seminole county resident passed away Wednesday, December 6, 2017 at his home in Seminole county at the age of 85. Lyle was born May 4, 1932 in Sioux City, Iowa to parents, Ernest Ralph Bates and Mildred Irene (Burgett) Bates. Lyle served in the United States Army earning the rank of corporal, during the Korea War. Lyle...
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