Obituaries in Seminole, Maud, and Konawa, Oklahoma
Reta Newman
Jan 3, 2016
Reta Mae (Hardin) Jarvis Newman, 81, longtime Seminole county resident, passed from this life on Sunday, January 3, 2016, at her home north of Seminole. Memorial services will be held at 2:00 P.M., Thursday, January 7, 2016 at the Praise Center Assembly of God Church, east of Little. Pastor Chris Lee will officiate the services. Reta was born to Benjamin...
Martha Palmer
Dec 31, 2015
Martha Mae Palmer, 82, longtime Seminole resident, died Thursday, December 31, 2015 in Seminole, Oklahoma. Martha was born May 6, 1933 in Konawa, Oklahoma to Walter Ceasar and Nancy (Alexander) Burgess. Martha grew up in the Konawa area and attended Vamoosa School in Seminole County and was a proud member of the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma. Martha was a homemaker;...
Shelia Christine (Higdon) Hatton
Dec 31, 2015
Shelia Christine (Higdon) Hatton, age 56 and a resident of Konawa, Oklahoma, passed away from this life December 31, 2015 at her home. A memorial service is scheduled for 2:00 p.m. Saturday, January 9th at the River Church located in Ada, Oklahoma. Jeremy O’Brian will officiate, and cremation is under the direction of Swearingen Funeral Home of Konawa. Shelia was...
David Hargis
Dec 30, 2015
Melvin David Hargis, 54, lifelong Seminole resident, died Wednesday, December 30, 2015 in Seminole, Oklahoma. David was born June 28, 1961 in Seminole, Oklahoma to Melvin Eugene and Nancy Etta (Littlejohn) Hargis. David attended Seminole Schools and graduated from Seminole High School in the class of 1979. He attended and graduated from Seminole State College and while at SSc he...
Bulena Marie Brannon
Dec 27, 2015
Bulena Brannon, “Beauty” transitioned peacefully surrounded by family at her side on December 27, 2015 in Los Angeles, California. She was born June 22, 1924 to Robert and Nellie Brannon. She married Herman Stillwell who preceded her in death. She was referred to as “Beauty” by family and friends. Her great grandchildren gave her the loving name Grand or Fishing...
Toni Diane Rawls
Dec 26, 2015
Toni Diane (Schornick) Rawls, 60 year old longtime Cleveland County resident, passed from this life on Saturday, December 26, 2015 at her home in Norman, Oklahoma. She was born June 8, 1955 in Seminole, Oklahoma to parents, Clarence Franklin Schornick and Irma Louise (Barton) Schornick. Toni graduated from Noble High School in Noble, Oklahoma in 1973. Toni was a homemaker...
Ann B. Kemp
Dec 25, 2015
Annella Belle (Carpitcha) “Ann B.” Kemp, 93 year old former Seminole County resident, passed from this life in Seminole, Oklahoma on Christmas evening, December 25, 2015. She was born March 6, 1922 in Maud, Oklahoma to parents Jimpsey Carbitcha and Lucinda (Coker) Carbitcha. After graduation from Central School, Ann joined the United States Army Air Force. While in the Army...
Willie Thompson
Dec 23, 2015
Willie B. Thompson, 90 Willie B. Thompson, long time Seminole county resident passed away Wednesday, December 23, 2015 at Shawnee, Oklahoma at the age of 90. Willie was born October 10, 1925 at Shreveport, Louisiana in Caddo Parish county to parents, Sandy Thompson and Hattie (Cudjo) Thompson. Willie served in the United States Army and was employed as a truck...
Fredilene Marie Jones
Dec 23, 2015
Fredilene Marie Jones, 80, longtime Seminole resident died, Wednesday, December 23, 2015 in Shawnee, Oklahoma. Fredilene was born December 16, 1935 in Claremore, Oklahoma to Walter and Blanche Jeanette (Knight) Cordes. She moved to Seminole in 1977 from Tulsa, Oklahoma. Fredilene was a bookkeeper in the family oil business with her husband Ralph in Genesis, Inc. She was a very...
James Melvin Malone
Dec 23, 2015
James Melvin Malone, Jr. of Vallejo, California passed from this life at the age of 48. James was born in Fresno, California to parents James Melvin Maline, Sr. and Shryl Jeanne (Heck) Malone. James passed from this life on Wednesday. December 23, 2015 at Sutter Solano Hospital in Vallejo, California. He is survived by his mother, Shryl Jeanne (Heck) Larson...
Hazel Stevens
Dec 22, 2015
Hazel Grace Stevens, 96, longtime Seminole resident, died Tuesday, December 22, 2015 in Seminole. Hazel was born May 19, 1919 in in Shamrock, Texas, to David Jack and Sarrah Francis (Villines) Carriger. Hazel was a homemaker for most of her adult life . She was a loving mother and always believed that family was most important thing in her life....
Anna Lorene Hack
Dec 22, 2015
Anna Lorene Hack, 92, longtime Seminole resident, died Tuesday, December 22, 2015 in Seminole. Anna was born January 29, 1923 in Seminole, Oklahoma to Henry Lee and Sarah Elizabeth (Armstrong) Presley. Anna was a homemaker and she also kept books for her husband, who sold burial insurance. She enjoyed reading her bible, sewing, cooking, sketching and painting. She was a...
Jimmy VanTassel
Dec 21, 2015
Jimmy Dale VanTassel, 66 Jimmy Dale VanTassel, a resident of Seminole, Oklahoma, passed away Monday, December 21, 2015 at Shawnee, Oklahoma at the age of 66. Jimmy was born June 12, 1949 in Charleston, Illinois to parents, Franklin Dale Drake and Catherine Louise (Rutan) Drake-VanTassel. He moved from Illinois to Oklahoma in 1994. Jimmy was a press operator in the...
Nellie Young
Dec 18, 2015
Nellie Grace (Campbell) Young, age 81 and a resident of Seminole, Oklahoma, passed away Friday, December 18, 2015 at her home. Funeral services are scheduled for 2:00 p.m. Monday, December 21, 2015 at Swearingen Funeral Home Chapel in Seminole. Rev. Doyle O. Long and Rev. Jeff Nance will officiate. Burial will follow at Maple Grove Cemetery in Seminole. Pallbearers are...
Billy Joe "Bill" Meeks
Dec 18, 2015
Billy Joe “Bill” Meeks, former Seminole county resident passed away in Shawnee, Oklahoma on December 18, 2015; he was 84 years of age. Bill was born on March 24, 1931 in Tracy, Oklahoma between Shawnee and Earlsboro. He met his future wife Margaret Virginia Carpenter through friends and they married on July 15, 1950. He worked for the DX Service...
Linda Renfro
Dec 15, 2015
Linda Carol (McKee) Renfro March 14, 1949 – December 15, 2015 Tuesday afternoon, December 15, 2015, Linda Carol (McKee) Renfro, 66 years old, passed on to meet her Heavenly Father at Deaconess Hospital in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, surrounded by her loving family. Linda was born in Seminole, Oklahoma on March 14, 1949. She was the last born child of Grace...
Leon Harjo
Dec 14, 2015
Jonase “Leon” Harjo, 60 year old lifelong Maud, Oklahoma resident, passed from this life on Monday, December 14, 2015 at Deaconess Hospital in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He was born June 8, 1955 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma to parents Jonases “Smokey” Harjo and Mary Ellen (Scott) Harjo. Leon graduated from Maud High School and went on to continue his education at...
Janette Hancock
Dec 13, 2015
Janette “Hook“ Hancock, 82, longtime Seminole resident, died Sunday, December 13, 2015 in Seminole, Oklahoma. Janette was born November 10, 1933 at Steedman, Pontotoc County, Oklahoma to Charlie “CB” Brooks and Mary (McCormick) Brooks. She grew up in the Allen, Oklahoma and graduated from Allen Public Schools. Hook was a homemaker, a mother of four children and a loving wife,...
Ricky Gale Burgess
Dec 12, 2015
Ricky Gale Burgess, age 57 and a resident of Konawa, Oklahoma, passed away Saturday, December 12, 2015 in Seminole County. A Wake service is scheduled from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Thursday, December 17, 2015 at Swearingen Funeral Home Chapel of Konawa, Oklahoma. Funeral services are scheduled for 2:00 p.m. Friday, December 18, 2015 at the Chapel. Burial will follow...
Teddie Rose Phillips
Dec 12, 2015
Teddie Rose Phillips, 78, longtime Maud, Oklahoma resident, died Saturday, December 12, 2015 at her home in Maud, Oklahoma. She was born December 9, 1937 in Saint Louis, Oklahoma to parents Thurman Woody Gray and Glendoris (Tiffin) Gray. Teddie was a member of the People’s Church in Maud, Oklahoma, Eastern Star, Vice-President of the Senior Citizen’s Center and a member...
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