Obituaries in Seminole, Maud, and Konawa, Oklahoma
Jirl McGinnis
Sep 5, 2014
Funeral services for life-long Seminole County resident, Jirl D. McGinnis, will be held Wednesday, September 10, 2014 at 10:30 A.M. at Swearingen Funeral Home Chapel with Brother Ron Duvall officiating. Burial will follow at Little Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Randy Fuqua, Will Boggs, James Jones, Justin Lane, Russell Yott and J.P. “Doc” Duvall. Honorary bearers will be Ken Jackson, Greg...
Byron Wade King
Sep 3, 2014
Byron Wade King, age 60 and a resident of Konawa, Oklahoma, passed away on Wednesday, September 3, 2014 at Mercy Hospital in Ada, Oklahoma. Funeral services are scheduled for 2:00 p.m. Monday, September 8, 2014 at Swearingen Funeral Home Chapel in Konawa. Rev. Ed George will officiate. Burial will follow at Vamoosa Cemetery. Pallbearers are Herman Clark, Steve Mullins, Jeffery...
Robert "Butch" Hill
Sep 2, 2014
Robert “Butch” Hill, 65, Seminole resident, died Tuesday, September 2, 2014 in Midwest City, Oklahoma. Robert was born on November 24, 1948 in Birmingham, Alabama and raised by O’Dell (Smith) Hill and John Cecil Hill. Robert grew up in Yazoo City, Mississippi and attended college at Hinds Junior College and the University of Southern Mississippi. Robert earned his Masters degree...
John Reeves
Aug 29, 2014
John Coleman “Colt” Reeves, III., 1 day John Coleman “Colt” Reeves, III. came into this world on Friday, August 29, 2014 at O. U. Children’s Hospital and then returned to Heaven that very day. Colt was born to parents, John Coleman Reeves, Jr. and Kourtney (Hughey) Reeves. Colt is survived by his parents John and Kourtney Reeves, Jr.; grandparents, Marlin...
Loretta May (Ingram) Cole
Aug 28, 2014
Loretta May (Ingram) Cole, age 69 and a resident of Konawa, Oklahoma, passed away from this life on Thursday, August 28, 2014 in Midwest City, Oklahoma. Funeral services are scheduled for 11:00 a.m. on Monday, September 1, 2014 at the PAC Building located at Konawa High School. Rev. Jim McMillan, Pastor of First Baptist Church of Konawa will officiate. Rev....
Ralph York
Aug 25, 2014
Ralph E. York, 84 year old lifelong Seminole, Oklahoma resident passed from this life on Monday, August 25, 2014 at St. Anthony’s Hospital in Oklahoma City. He was born November 6, 1929 in Maud, Oklahoma to parents Virgil Clarence York and Beulah May (Hale) York. He was raised by his step-mother, Myrtle York from the time he was two years...
Bobby Heiskill
Aug 25, 2014
Bobby Gene Heiskill, 83, Seminole resident died, Monday, August 25, 2014 in Seminole, Oklahoma. Bobby was born June 3, 1931 in Okemah, Oklahoma, to Rosa A. (Bentley) and Robert E. Heiskill. Bobby lived in Okemah, Oklahoma for most of his life before moving to Seminole 20 years ago. While in Okemah, Bobby owned and operated his construction business and oilfield...
Somer Jones
Aug 23, 2014
Somer Perry Jones, 93 year old lifelong Seminole resident passed from this life on Saturday, August 23, 2014 at Seminole Care and Rehabilitation Center in Seminole. He was born September 3, 1920 in Welty, Oklahoma to parents William Robert Jones and Lena (Capel) Jones. Following High School, Somer served in the United States Army during the “Battle of the Bulge,”...
Hazel Reynolds
Aug 23, 2014
Hazel Marie Reynolds, 94, passed from this life on Saturday evening, Aug. 23, 2014 at Solara Hospital in Shawnee. Hazel, was a resident of northern Seminole County for over 80 years, and was the co-owner and operator of Mable Jackson Grocery in Little for almost 50 years. Memorial services will be held Wednesday, Aug. 27, at 1:30 p.m. at the...
Gary Strayhorn
Aug 21, 2014
Gary Don Strayhorn, 62, lifelong Seminole, Oklahoma resident died Thursday, August 21, 2014 in Seminole. Gary was born in Seminole on December 23, 1951. Gary grew up in Seminole where he attended Seminole Public Schools and graduated from Seminole High School in 1970. He went on to attend college after graduation. Gary worked in the Seminole oilfields for many years...
Charlotte Morris
Aug 19, 2014
Charlotte Carol (Harris) Morris, 72 year old Seminole County resident passed from this life on Tuesday, August 19, 2014 at Oklahoma Heart Hospital North. She was born October 9, 1941 in Holdenville, Oklahoma to parents, Louis Harris and Iva (Jackson) Harris. Charlotte worked as the executive secretary for Chiron Ophthalmic Company in Irvine, California before moving back to Seminole County...
Allen Lee Rowell
Aug 19, 2014
Allen Lee Rowell, age 57 and a resident of Konawa, Oklahoma, passed away on August 19, 2014 at his home. A memorial service is planned for 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, August 23, 2014 at Vamoosa Baptist Church. Ed George will officiate. Viewing is scheduled for Thursday, August 21st from 8:30 a.m. until 7:00 p.m. at Swearingen Funeral Home in Konawa....
Dee Ann Savage
Aug 17, 2014
Dee Ann Cole Savage, 52, Seminole resident, formerly of Roff, Oklahoma, died Sunday, August 17, 2014 in Seminole, Oklahoma. Dee Ann was born April 26, 1962, in Ada, Oklahoma, to Dorothy ( Coullson) and Thomas Dee Cole. Dee moved to Seminole fourteen years ago from, Roff in, Pontotoc County. She married Raymond Savage on April 26, 2002. Dee Ann is...
Christian Ulises Almendarez Gutierrez
Aug 15, 2014
Services are planned for Christian in San Luis Potosi, Mexico, where he will be taken to be buried in his home town at the Pardo Villa De Reyes SLP Cemetery. Viewing will be a Swearingen Funeral Home until he is taken to Mexico. Christian was born on July 29, 1992 in San Luis Potosi, Mexico to Antonio Almendarez Martinez and...

Billy Holder
Aug 13, 2014
Billy Gene Holder, 83 year old, Prague, Oklahoma resident passed from this life on Wednesday, August 13, 2014 at Integris Baptist Medical Center in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He was born November 17, 1930 in Paden, Oklahoma to parents, Tom Holder and Pearl (Newton) Holder. Billy served in the United States Army and later worked as a drill bit welder in...
Leonard Kaney
Aug 12, 2014
Leonard Edwin Kaney, 59 year old former Seminole resident passed from this life on Tuesday, August 12, 2014 at Rose Manor Care Center in Shawnee, Oklahoma. He was born March 18, 1955 in Talihina, Oklahoma to parents James Kaney, Sr. and Lula (Harjo) Kaney. Wake services will be held at 6:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m., Sunday, August 17, 2014 at...
Gladys Brinsfield
Aug 11, 2014
Gladys Jo “Tootie” Brinsfield, 85, longtime Seminole resident died Monday, August 11, 2014 in Seminole, Oklahoma. Gladys was born August 5, 1929 in Sasakwa, Oklahoma to Ruth Esther (White) and Luther F. Lee. Gladys was a lifelong Seminole county resident, a member of the Living Word Fellowship Church and retired from Blue Bell/Wrangler in 1994 as a Quality Control specialist....

Paula "Michelle" Fischer
Aug 8, 2014
Paula “Michelle” Fischer, age 46, passed away at her home in Mill Creek, Oklahoma on Friday, August 8, 2014. Viewing for Michelle will be held on Thursday, August 14th from 4:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. at Swearingen Funeral Home in Konawa. No service is planned at this time. Michelle was born on August 18, 1967 in McAlester, Oklahoma to Linda...
Paula Fischer
Aug 8, 2014
Paula “Michelle” Fischer, age 46, passed away at her home in Mill Creek, Oklahoma on Friday, August 8, 2014. Viewing for Michelle will be held on Thursday, August 14th from 4:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. at Swearingen Funeral Home in Konawa. No service is planned at this time. Michelle was born on August 18, 1967 in McAlester, Oklahoma to Linda...
Patricia Kay (Honsinger) Crummett
Aug 8, 2014
Patricia Kaye (Honsinger) Crummett, age 60 and a resident of Seminole, Oklahoma passed away on August 8, 2014 at Solara Hospital in Shawnee, Oklahoma. Funeral services are scheduled for 10:00 a.m. Tuesday, August 12, 2014 at Swearingen Funeral Home Chapel in Seminole. Bro. Mike Wester will officiate. Burial will follow at Wolf Cemetery. Pallbearers are Jim Julian, John Julian, Brandon...