Obituaries in Seminole, Maud, and Konawa, Oklahoma

Emmitt Williams

Emmitt Williams

Oct 20, 2012

Emmitt James Williams, 75, longtime Seminole resident died Saturday, October 20, 2012 in Midwest City, Oklahoma. Emmitt was born November 21, 1936 in Lima, Oklahoma to Hubbard and Lula Bell (Mills) Williams. Emmitt worked at Padgett Chevrolet for over 35 years and Goff Industries for 12 years before retiring. Emmitt married Beatrice Jones on October 10, 1957 in Seminole, Oklahoma....

Helen Jones

Helen Jones

Oct 20, 2012

Helen B. Jones, 89   Helen B. Jones, former Seminole Oklahoma resident, passed away Saturday, October 20, 2012 at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma at the age of 89. Helen was born on November 23, 1922 in Seminole, Oklahoma to Oliver B. and Ava Cook. Helen grew up in Seminole, Oklahoma and graduated from Seminole High School. She was a member of the...

Galand  Dean Kelley

Galand Dean Kelley

Oct 20, 2012

Galand Dean “Floppy” Kelley, age 28 and resident of Konawa passed away on Saturday, October 20, 2012 at OU Medical Center in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Funeral services are scheduled for 4:00 p.m. on Thursday, October 25th at Grace Community Church in Vamoosa.  Pastor Drew Isaacs will officiate.  Burial will follow at Dora Cemetery in Seminole County, north of Konawa.  Pallbearers...

Terrance Terry Ray Thompson

Terrance Terry Ray Thompson

Oct 20, 2012

Terrance Terry Ray Thompson, 25 year-old Seminole resident passed from this life Saturday, October 20, 2012, in Seminole.  He was born April 17, 1987 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma to parents, Alan Ray Scott and Elizabeth Thompson. Terrance had been working as a plumber’s apprentice at Cactus Plumbing in Seminole. Survivors include his mother, Elizabeth A. Thompson of Midwest City, Oklahoma;...

Sue Null

Sue Null

Oct 18, 2012

Sherrill Sue (Hause) Null, longtime Seminole resident died Thursday, October 18, 2012 in Seminole, Oklahoma. She was born March 18, 1935 in Wewoka, Oklahoma to Caleb W. and Marqueite M. (Foster) Hause. Sue was a customer claims representative for Sullivan-Dollar Insurance Company  in Seminole, Oklahoma, she retired in 2001. Sue was raised in Seminole at the Carter Oil Camp south...

Mildred Pratt

Mildred Pratt

Oct 17, 2012

Mildred Lucille (Swarb) Pratt, 91 year-old, longtime Maud, Oklahoma resident passed from this life on Wednesday, October 17, 2012 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.  She was born April 3, 1921 west of Maud, Oklahoma to parents, William Swarb and Lula (Dixon) Swarb. Mildred attended Harjo Schools north of Maud.  On May 31, 1941 Mildred married Bernard Pratt in Tecumseh, Oklahoma.  The...

Ashlee Hutton

Ashlee Hutton

Oct 15, 2012

Ashlee Hutton, 29, Maud, Oklahoma resident died Monday, October 15, 2012 at her home in Maud. She was born March 20, 1983 in Wewoka, Oklahoma to Randy Dean and Marilyn Kay (Redding) Calvert. Ashlee was a homemaker and lived in Seminole area most of her life. She is survived by her mother Marilyn Calvert of Maud, Oklahoma; father, Randy Calvert...

Pamelia North

Pamelia North

Oct 13, 2012

Pamelia Ann (Allison) North, 58, Shawnee resident died Saturday, October 13, 2012 in Midwest City, Oklahoma. Pamelia a former longtime Seminole, Oklahoma resident was born November 24, 1953 in Seminole, Oklahoma to J.C. and Ernestine Flora Mae (Martin) Allison. Pamelia lived in Seminole for over 19 years before moving to Shawnee. She graduated from Seminole High School and was a...

Joseph Bruner

Joseph Bruner

Oct 13, 2012

Joseph Willie Bruner was born to Geneva Nero Bruner and Johnnie Bruner on December 22, 1943 in Oklahoma City , Oklahoma . He was the second child born of ten children. He was preceded in death by both parents and grandparents; Charlie Bruner and Sona Bruner and Abraham Nero and Jannet Ransom Nero and two sons; Norick Bruner and Joel...

Catherine  Elizabeth (Prince)  Wood

Catherine Elizabeth (Prince) Wood

Oct 13, 2012

Catherine Elizabeth (Prince) Wood, age 97 passed away at her home in Sasakwa, Oklahoma. Funeral services are scheduled for 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, October 16, 2012 at the Vamoosa Baptist Church under the direction of Swearingen Funeral Home in Konawa.  Burial will follow at Vamoosa Cemetery. Rev. Kevin Duck, Pastor of Vamoosa Baptist Church will officiate, and Rev. Drew Isaacs,...

"TJ" Thaddeus J. Yates

"TJ" Thaddeus J. Yates

Oct 11, 2012

Thaddeus J. Yates, known as “TJ” passed away from this life at the age of 79 at his home in Asher, Oklahoma on Thursday, October 11, 2012. No services are scheduled at this time, and cremation is under the direction of Swearingen Funeral Home of Konawa. TJ was born on May 24, 1933 in Tahlequah, Oklahoma to Rufus Yates and...

Rachel Goate-Williams

Rachel Goate-Williams

Oct 10, 2012

Rachael Ena (Goate) Williams,64   Rachael Ena (Goate) Williams former Seminole county resident passed away Wednesday, October 10, 2012 at Fort Worth, Texas.   Rachael was born on March 9, 1948 in Holdenville, Oklahoma to parents, John Jefferson Goate and Ethelena Hannah (Fish) Goate.   Rachael of the Muskogee Creek, the great granddaughter of Chief Samuel Checote, of the Creek Nation. She was...

Cindy Davis

Cindy Davis

Oct 10, 2012

Cindy Kaye (Driskill) Davis, 64, former Seminole resident, died Wednesday, October 10, 2012 at St. Johns Hospital in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Cindy was born November 30, 1948 in Duncan, Oklahoma, to Eugene Dale and Jorene Shirley (Ingram) Driskill. Cindy was a former Seminole resident; who was living in Ingleside, Texas, near Corpus Christ, Texas for the past eleven years. Cindy graduated...

Harry  Larney Warrior

Harry Larney Warrior

Oct 9, 2012

Harry Larney Warrior, 69 year-old, lifelong Seminole resident passed from this life Tuesday, October 9, 2012 at his home in Seminole, Oklahoma.  He was born May 11, 1943 in Seminole to parents John Larney, Sr. and Lauren Warrior. Harry worked as an auto mechanic and also did lawn care maintenance. Survivors include his wife Marcia Burris of the home; three...

Elijah Saunders

Elijah Saunders

Oct 9, 2012

Elijah Lane Saunders, infant son of Cody A. and Tara Sue ( Mason) Saunders former Seminole residents, Cody now serving in the U.S. Marine Corp., Elijah was born on June 21, 2012 at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma and died October 9, 2012, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. In addition to his parents Cody and Tara Saunders of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma he is...

Robert Forrest

Robert Forrest

Oct 8, 2012

Robert "Bob" Earl Forrest, age 59 and a resident of Konawa, Oklahoma passed away at his home on Monday, October 8, 2012.  Cremation is under the direction of Swearingen Funeral Home in Konawa.  He was born on February 8, 1953 in Jersey City, New Jersey to Bobby Ray Forrest and Roseanne (Giordano) Forrest.   Bob resided with Konawa native Dr. Arthur...

Sarah  "Chick" Thomas

Sarah "Chick" Thomas

Oct 5, 2012

Sarah Louise "Chick" Thomas, 50, Former Seminole resident died October 5, 2012 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. She was born on December 8, 1961 in Seminole, Oklahoma to Dora Morrison and Buster Thomas. Sarah lived in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma for the past several years. She graduated from New Lima High School and was a member of the Open Arms of Faith...

Tommy Mills

Tommy Mills

Oct 2, 2012

Thomas Jackson "Tommy" Mills, Jr. 76, died Tuesday, October 2, 2012, at his home on Seminole, Oklahoma. Tommy was born November 7, 1935, in Seminole, Oklahoma, to Thomas Jackson and Callie (Palmer) Mills.   Tommy retired in 1997 as Executive Director of the Jasmine Moran Children’s Museum. Tommy had previously worked in the agriculture industry at Farmland Industries, Banking, Oil and...

Agatha Whitten-Blair

Agatha Whitten-Blair

Oct 1, 2012

Agatha Whitten-Blair, 85 year-old, former Seminole resident passed from this life on Monday, October 1, 2012 at Cedar Creek Nursing Home in Norman, Oklahoma.  She was born December 15, 1926 in Foster, Oklahoma to parents Arthur Pickett and Stella (McConnell) Pickett. Following High School, Agatha worked in retail shoe sales. She was also a member of Bethel Baptist Church in...

Beulah Grace

Beulah Grace

Oct 1, 2012

Beulah Arvy Grace, 101, Seminole resident went to be with her Lord, Monday, October 1, 2012 at her home in Seminole. Beulah was born December 2, 1910 in Seminole County, to John D. and Mary (DeWeese) Tigner. Beulah was a homemaker. She came back to live in Seminole in 1995 after living in Ada, Oklahoma for 48 years. While in...