Obituaries in Seminole, Maud, and Konawa, Oklahoma
Brandan Ray Wood
Aug 24, 2013
Brandan Ray “Bubba” Wood, 25 year-old, lifelong Seminole, Oklahoma resident passed from this life Saturday, August 24, 2013 at his home in Seminole, Oklahoma. He was born October 24, 1987 in Shawnee, Oklahoma to parents Johnny Ray Wood and Yvonne A. (Conger) Wood. “Bubba” attended Seminole Public Schools and was of the Christian faith he attended the Community of Christ...
Ormal Dee Wilkerson
Aug 23, 2013
Ormal Dee Wilkerson, 72 year-old, longtime Seminole, Oklahoma resident passed from this life on Friday, August 23, 2013 at OU Medical Center in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He was born April 16, 1941 in Seminole, Oklahoma to parents, Hershel Woodrow Wilkerson and Lois Lee (Summers) Wilkerson. Wilkerson graduated from Seminole High School in 1962 and went on to join the United...
Howard Byerly
Aug 21, 2013
Howard J. Byerly, 83, longtime Seminole resident, died Wednesday, August 21, 2013 in Seminole, Oklahoma. Howard was born July 26, 1930 in Sasakwa, Oklahoma to William Samuel and Mossie (Sisk) Byerly. Howard moved to the Little Community in Seminole county from Shawnee 27 years ago. Howard retired from Shell Oil Company in 1986. While working as a surveyor and permit...
Tom Scott
Aug 20, 2013
Thomas “Tom” Tiger Scott, 51 year-old Seminole, Oklahoma resident passed from this life Tuesday, August 20, 2013 at his home in Seminole. Tom was born July 22, 1962 in Riverside, California to parents Rosser Paul Scott and Juanita (Tiger) Scott. Tom lived in Riverside, California until his parents moved the family to Seminole in 1970. Tom attended Seminole High School,...
Joyce L. (Gilbert) Harper
Aug 19, 2013
Joyce L. (Gilbert) Harper, age 79, away on Monday, August 19, 2013 at St. Anthony Hospital in Oklahoma City. Funeral services are scheduled for 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, August 22, 2013 at Swearingen Funeral Home Chapel in Konawa, and burial will follow at Vamoosa Cemetery. Rev. Mitch Williams will officiate. Pallbearers are Gary Harper, John Gilbert, Jr., Adam Harper, Logan...
Eddie Lee Duck
Aug 17, 2013
Eddie Lee Duck, Jr., age 60 and a former resident of Konawa, Oklahoma, passed away on Saturday, August 17, 2013 at Norman Regional Hospital. A graveside service with military honors is scheduled for 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, August 21st at Vamoosa Cemetery under the direction of Swearingen Funeral Home of Konawa. Rev. Kevin Duck will officiate. Steve Johnson will perform...
Gerald Kistler
Aug 13, 2013
Gerald Tremaine Kistler, 79, passed from this life on August 13, 2013 in an Oklahoma City hospital with his family by his bedside. He was born in Seminole, Oklahoma on July 26, 1934 to Hoyle and Lena Kistler of Seminole, Oklahoma. The Kistler family owned and operated the Seminole Bakery for many years. Gerald attended Seminole Schools, graduating with the...
Christine Billy
Aug 13, 2013
Christine Rene’ “Spooky” Billy, 43 Christine Rene’ “Spooky” Billy a Seminole county resident passed away Tuesday, August 13, 2013 at the age of 43 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Christine was born on October 28, 1969 in Claremore, Oklahoma to parents, Fred T. Billy and Mary Fixico. Christine moved to Seminole 18 years ago from Holdenville, Oklahoma, while here in Seminole she...
Noah Phillips
Aug 12, 2013
Noah Jefferson Phillips, Jr., 91 Noah Jefferson Phillips, Jr., Seminole, Oklahoma resident passed away Monday, August 12, 2013 at the age of 91 in Sulphur, Oklahoma. Noah was born October 16, 1921 in Seminole, Oklahoma to parents, Noah Jefferson Phillips, Sr. and Una (Woods) Phillips. Noah graduated from Varnum High School, attended Oklahoma State University and Cal Tech. He was...
Alene Long
Aug 12, 2013
Cora Alene Long, former Seminole resident passed away Monday, August 12, 2013 in Pinellas Park, Florida, she was 87 years old. Alene was born September 11, 1925 in Coalgate, Oklahoma to parents Andrew Johnson Craver and Mary Ethel (Thornton) Craver. After graduation she entered into the food service industry where she served as a grocery checker. Alene was of the...
Dorothy Wood
Aug 8, 2013
Dorothy Jean Wood, 44 Dorothy Jean Wood, lifelong Seminole county resident passed away Thursday, August 8, 2013 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma at the age of 44. Dorothy was born February 17, 1969 in Lawton, Oklahoma to parents Willie Bond Underwood and Rosemary Holata. Dorothy graduated from New Lima High School, she attended Bacone College, a member of the Ceyvha Band,...
Nora Lee Grandstaff
Aug 8, 2013
Nora Lee Grandstaff, 69, life longtime Seminole resident died Thursday, August 8, 2013 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Nora was born December 28, 1943 in Seminole, Oklahoma, to Truman and Lenora (Dotson) Ring. Nora was an assistant manager at Homeland Grocery for 22 years and started when it was Safeway in 1974 and retired in 1996. She later was an administrative...
James Vanlandingham
Aug 7, 2013
James Vanlandingham, 80, longtime Seminole resident died Wednesday, August 7, 2013 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. James was born November 30, 1932 in Shawnee, Oklahoma to parents Alvie L. Vanlandingham and Faye (Norton) Vanlandingham. James graduated from Warner High School; he attended college and received his associate’s degree. James during his life had lived in Ringling, Oklahoma, Healdton, Oklahoma, Thomas, Oklahoma...
Sondra Rae McKee
Aug 6, 2013
Sondra Rae McKee, 73, longtime Seminole county resident died August 6, 2013 at her home in Earlsboro, Oklahoma. Sondra was born September 5, 1939 in Cowling, Illinois to Buel and Violet (Caffey) Williams. Sondra was a homemaker and loving mother and grandmother. She attended Immanuel Fellowship Church in Seminole, Oklahoma. Sondra married Don McKee on June 11, 1966 in Blackwell,...
Rachel Mendenhall
Aug 5, 2013
Rachel E. Mendenhall, 99, longtime Seminole resident died Tuesday, August 5, 2013 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Rachel was born November 5, 1913 in Glenco, Oklahoma to Leo W. and Agnes Octavia (Young) Adams. Mrs. Mendenhall was a homemaker and loved making quilts; she made over 300 during her life. She also loved playing Wahoo and Chinese checkers. She was a...
Harold Harris
Aug 2, 2013
Harold Clifton Harris was born September 30, 1926 in Konawa, Oklahoma to Jack Vince and Mary Alice (Spencer) Harris. He attended school in Konawa and New Lima. In 1944, he married Juanita Beavers in Seminole. Shortly after their marriage, he joined the US Navy and was sent to the Phillipines serving on Leyte and Samar. At the end of WWII,...
Andrew Turnbow
Aug 1, 2013
Andrew Allen Turnbow, 46 year-old, life-long Seminole County resident, passed from this life Thursday, August 1, 2013 at OU Medical Center in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He was born February 23, 1967 in Lawton, Oklahoma. Andrew attended Maud Public Schools and later worked in the oilfield for many of the surrounding oil producers including, Sooner Tool, Mills Well Service and Saint...
Letha Lee King
Aug 1, 2013
Letha Lee King, 99 year-old Wewoka, Oklahoma resident passed from this life on Thursday, August 1, 2013 at Holdenville General Hospital in Holdenville, Oklahoma. She was born August 13, 1913 in Holdenville to parents John Long and Myrtle McCaslin. Mrs. King died just 12 days shy of her 100th Birthday. Mrs. King had lived in the Holdenville and Seminole County...
Berry Buchanan
Jul 31, 2013
Berry Wilburn “Buck” Buchanan of Seminole, Oklahoma entered eternal life on July 31, 2013 in Seminole, Oklahoma; he was 84. Buck was born March 17, 1929 in Blanchard, Oklahoma to William Montgomery and Emma Mae (Berry) Buchanan. Buck married Betty Marie (Ashby) on June 5, 1954 in Seminole, Oklahoma. They lived in Oklahoma, Texas, and Kansas until settling down near...
Donald L. Keener
Jul 29, 2013
Donald Leon Keener, 81, Van Buren, Arkansas resident died Monday, July 29, 2013 in Van Buren, Arkansas. Donald was born February 20, 1932 in Slowford, Arkansas to Oswell and Rosie (Garner) Keener. Donald was the Head Station Manager for Central Airlines in Ada, Oklahoma. Later as the station manager for Frontier Airlines, at Will Rogers Airport in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma....