Obituaries in Seminole, Maud, and Konawa, Oklahoma
Delores Yvonne (Homesley) Franklin
Jan 10, 2017
Delores Yvonne (Homesley) Franklin was born on December 14, 1947 to Dean Vincent Lincoln Homesley and Almeta Faye (Youngblood) Kelley in Earlsboro, Oklahoma. Sadly, she passed away on Tuesday, January 10, 2017 in Naperville, Illinois. Before leaving Oklahoma, she attended Pleasant Grove and Lincoln Elementary Schools. In October of 1956, Yvonne, along with her mother and two sisters moved to...
Timmie Don Narcomey
Jan 10, 2017
Timmie Don Narcomey, 51, lifelong Seminole county resident, passed away Tuesday, January 10, 2017 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Timmie was born on January 29, 1965 in Wewoka, Oklahoma to Willie B. Narcomey and Dorothy Jean (Bean) Narcomey. Timmie was a welder by trade, worked in bridge construction and in the oilfield. He was a member of the Bowlegs United Methodist Church,...
Evelyn Gentry
Jan 10, 2017
Evelyn Florene (Simms) Gentry, 98, died January 10, 2017 in Carrollton, Texas, she was born on June 25, 1918 in Purdy, Oklahoma, one of 7 children of Charles Franklin and Eula Lee ( Henson) Simms. She married Charles Donald Gentry on August 13, 1934. Evelyn was a homemaker and traveled extensively while her husband, Don, worked on the core drill...
Ronald Francis Conner
Jan 9, 2017
Ronald “Ronnie” Francis Conner, 83, longtime Seminole resident, died Monday, January 9, 2017 at the Veterans Center in Norman, Oklahoma. Ronnie was born January 20, 1933, in Seminole, Oklahoma, to Orville F. “Jelly” Conner and Mamie (Eberle) Conner. Ronnie grew up in Seminole and attended Seminole Public Schools and graduated from Seminole High School, he attended Central State College and...
Saundra Billie
Jan 9, 2017
Saundra Lynn Billie, 44 Saundra Lynn Billie, longtime Seminole county resident passed away Monday, January 9, 2017 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma at the age of 44. Saundra was born August 13, 1972 in Seminole, Oklahoma to parents, Lester L. Billie, Sr. and June L. (Chupco) Billie. Saundra was a homemaker and a member of the Indian Community Church of Oklahoma...
Wilburn Henry
Jan 7, 2017
Wilburn Newton Henry, Jr., 67 Wilburn Newton Henry, Jr. longtime Seminole, Oklahoma resident passed away Saturday, January 7, 2017 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma at the age of 67. Wilburn was born on March 19, 1949 in Wewoka, Oklahoma to parents, Wilburn Newton Henry, Sr. and Margie Marie (Lasiter) Henry. After graduating from Seminole High School in 1967, he was a...
Maxine Roseanna Trubshaw
Jan 4, 2017
Maxine Roseanna (Coker) Trubshaw, Shawnee, Oklahoma, 80 years old, passed away January 4, 2017.Maxine was the 4th of 6 children born to Thomas and Frances (Walker) Coker on September 14, 1936 in Pawnee, Oklahoma. Maxine’s Indian heritage was Seminole from her father, Thomas Coker and Sac and Fox from her mother Frances Walker. By Sac and Fox tradition, her adopted...
Isaiah Anthony Harjo
Jan 4, 2017
Isaiah Anthony Harjo, 27, Shawnee, Oklahoma resident, died Wednesday, January 4, 2017 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Isaiah was born June 5, 1989 in Shawnee, Oklahoma to Gail R. (Rowe) and Bruce Harjo. Isaiah is a tribal member of the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma. Isaiah was a member of the Hitchitee Indian Methodist Church, Northeast of Seminole, Oklahoma and had worked...
Anthony DeBause
Dec 31, 2016
Anthony Douglas “Tony” DeBause, 47 Anthony Douglas “Tony” DeBause Seminole, Oklahoma resident, passed away Saturday, December 31, 2016 here in Seminole at the age of 47. Tony was born August 11, 1969 in Portsmouth, Virginia to parents, Lawrence Dennis DeBause, Sr. and Marlene (Plummer) DeBause. Tony moved to Seminole from Virginia 23 years ago. Tony was a self-employed construction worker...
Stephen P. Harjo
Dec 28, 2016
Stephen Phillip Harjo, 47, was born in Ada, Oklahoma on January 30, 1969, His Lord and Savior called him home on December 28, 2016. Stephen attended Maud Public Schools and graduated from Maud High School in 1987. After graduation he attended and graduated from East Central University with his Bachelors of Education degree. Stephen was a tribal member of the...
Donald Ray Inman
Dec 27, 2016
Donald Ray Inman, 64 year old Seminole, Oklahoma resident, passed from this life Tuesday, December 27, 2016 at Seminole Hospital. He was born March 20, 1952 in Odessa, Texas to parents Harvey Earl Inman and LaWanda (Jett) Inman. Donald graduated from high school in Asher, Oklahoma. On October 27, 1989 Donald married Becky Gist in Inman, Kansas. The couple lived...
Elmer Collier
Dec 27, 2016
Elmer “A.C.” Collier, 81, Shawnee, Oklahoma resident, died Tuesday, December 27, 2016 at Avonlea Cottage in Shawnee, Oklahoma. A.C. was born July 9, 1935 in Bowlegs, Oklahoma to Elmer Eugene Collier and Alice (Self) Collier. A.C. grew up in Bowlegs and attended Bowlegs Public Schools, later living in Tulsa, Oklahoma for many years before moving back to Seminole in 1991....
Lorene Tiger
Dec 26, 2016
Lorene Sue (Larney) Tiger, Shawnee, Oklahoma resident passed away Monday, December 26, 2016 in Shawnee, Oklahoma at the age of 79. Lorene was born January 15, 1937 in Seminole county to parents, Elmer Larney and Rachel (Haney) Larney. Lorene was a Seminole county resident for 69 years graduating from Strother High School and attending Seminole State College. She was a...
Teri Harris
Dec 25, 2016
Teri Janice (Barbee) Harris, 60 year old Seminole County, Oklahoma resident, passed from this life on Christmas Day, December 25, 2016 at her home in Seminole County. She was born October 13, 1956 in Muskogee, Oklahoma to parents William Eugene Barbee and Clessie Janelle (Jennings) Barbee. On February 14, 1978 Teri married Michael Roy Harris, Sr. in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. ...
Ray Lee Griffin
Dec 24, 2016
Ray Lee Griffin was born November 23, 1939 in Battiest, Oklahoma, to Mable (Dean) and Ted Griffin. Ray passed away on Saturday, December 24, 2016, in Seminole, Oklahoma. He graduated from Battiest High School in Battiest, Oklahoma. Ray was of the Baptist Faith. Ray retired from the United States Army after serving 20 years of service. He was a Purple...
Laura Ann (Taber) Bowles
Dec 24, 2016
Laura Ann (Taber) Bowles, age 73 and a long-time resident of Konawa, Oklahoma, passed away from this life, Saturday, December 24, 2016 at St. Anthony Hospital in Shawnee, Oklahoma. Funeral services are scheduled for 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, December 28, 2016 at Vamoosa Baptist Church under the direction of Swearingen Funeral Home of Konawa. Butch Bradley and Mitch Williams will officiate. ...
Imogene Starns
Dec 23, 2016
Imogene “Jean” Starns, age 93 and a longtime resident of Konawa Oklahoma, passed from this life Friday, December 23, 2016 in Kingston, Oklahoma. Funeral services are scheduled for 1:00 p.m., December 27, 2016 at the Swearingen Funeral Home Chapel in Konawa, Oklahoma with Rev. Mitch Williams and Buddy Drake officiating the service. Interment will be at Konawa Cemetery. She was...
Derald Van Beauford
Dec 20, 2016
Derald Van Beauford, 87 year old longtime Seminole, Oklahoma resident, passed from this life on Tuesday, December 20, 2016 at his home in Seminole. He was born May 14, 1929 in Seminole to parents Leona (Hill) Beauford and Wesley Van Beauford. Derald graduated from Prairie Valley High School in 1946. Following high school, Derald joined the United States Air Force...
Ronald Traverse Ramsey
Dec 19, 2016
Ronald Traverse Ramsey, age 72 and a former resident of Konawa and Shawnee, Oklahoma, passed away Monday, December 19, 2016 at Meeker Nursing Center in Meeker, Oklahoma. A Graveside service is scheduled for 10:00 a.m. Thursday, December 22, 2016 at Vamoosa Cemetery under the direction of Swearingen Funeral Home of Konawa. Terry Edminsten will officiate. Ronald was born September 30,...
Bessie (Cully) Davis
Dec 18, 2016
Bessie (Cully) Davis, age 67 and a resident of Konawa, Oklahoma, passed away Sunday, December 18, 2016 at AllianceHealth Hospital in Seminole, Oklahoma. She will be taken from Swearingen Funeral Home of Konawa to Birdcreek Baptist Church in Sasakwa, Oklahoma at 4:00 p.m. Wednesday, December 21st for a 7:00 p.m. Wake service that night. Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m....