Obituaries in Seminole, Maud, and Konawa, Oklahoma

Billy "Bill" Bryant Cloud

Billy "Bill" Bryant Cloud

Apr 3, 2012

Bill Cloud, age 81 and a lifetime resident of Konawa, Oklahoma passed away on Tuesday, April 3, 2012 at the Oklahoma Veterans Center in Sulphur, Oklahoma. Funeral services are scheduled for 2:00 p.m. Friday, April 6, 2012 at Swearingen Funeral Home Chapel in Konawa.  Burial will follow at Konawa Cemetery.  Rev. Pam Shirk will officiate.  The grandsons will serve as...

Glenda  Sue Massay

Glenda Sue Massay

Mar 31, 2012

Funeral services for lifelong Seminole resident Glenda Sue (White) Massay, 75, who died March 31, 2012 after a long illness will be held Wednesday at Swearingen Funeral Home in Seminole at 2:00 p.m.  Rev. Jim Coone officiating.  Interment will follow at Maple Grove Cemetery in Seminole.  Mrs. Massay was born in Seminole at Harbor Hospital on August 4, 1937 to...

Lena  Mae Smith

Lena Mae Smith

Mar 30, 2012

Lena Mae (Eaton) Smith, 94 year-old, Bella Vista, Arkansas resident passed from this life Friday, March 30, 2012 in Springdale, Arkansas.  She was born January 4, 1918 in Sperry, Oklahoma to parents Charles Eaton and Lena Mae (Prichard) Eaton. Lena graduated from Sperry High School. She was also of the Presbyterian faith.  During her time in Seminole she was a...

Earl Jackson

Earl Jackson

Mar 30, 2012

Earl Uriah Jackson, longtime Seminole resident, passed from this life on Friday, March 30, 2012 in Seminole, Oklahoma; he was 90 years old.  He was born September 30, 1921 south of Stroud, Oklahoma to Ida May (Spradling) and Uriah Jackson. On February 14, 1940 Earl married Ocie D. Stotler in Paden, Oklahoma.  He worked as an auto mechanic at the...

John Campbell

John Campbell

Mar 29, 2012

John Charles Campbell, 55 John Charles Campbell, former Seminole resident passed away Thursday, March 29, 2012 at the age of 55. John was born June 28, 1957 in Neptune, New Jersey to parents, Charles Ellsworth Scott and Patricia Ann (Turner) Scott. John worked as an electrician, Paramedic for American Medical Response and at several Children’s homes. John married Evelyn Faye...

Florene Young

Florene Young

Mar 28, 2012

Florene (Godwin) Young of Tyler, Texas entered eternal life on Wednesday, March 28, 2012 in Tyler Texas; she was 98.  Florene was born in Tioga, Texas on May 8, 1913 to Minnie Lee (Craft) and Olan “O.E.” Godwin. On August 28, 1935 Florene married Guy Young in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Florene is survived by her son and daughter-in-law, Wayne and...

Lucy  Kay Smith

Lucy Kay Smith

Mar 27, 2012

Lucy Kay Smith, 61 years of age, entered eternal life on Tuesday, March 27, 2012 at Mercy Hospital in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Lucy was born November 13, 1950 in Seminole, Oklahoma to George B. Harjo and Christine ( Brown) Harjo. She attended school at Varnum in Seminole, Lucy was a proud member of the Seminole Nationa Eufaula Band and was...

David Houck

David Houck

Mar 27, 2012

David Eugene Houck, Sr., lifelong Seminole resident, entered eternal life on Tuesday, March 27, 2012 in Seminole, Oklahoma. He was 62 years old. David was born in Seminole on August 23, 1949 to Marie Robertson and Sylvester Franklin Houck. On December 9, 1976 David married Carolyn Ross in Seminole, Oklahoma. For many years David worked in the oilfields as a...

Hal Botsford

Hal Botsford

Mar 26, 2012

Hal Jon Botsford, 52, longtime Seminole, Oklahoma resident died, Monday, March 26, 2012 in Seminole, Oklahoma. Hal was born December 8, 1959 in Salamanca, New York to Marvin James and Alix Nancy (Waite) Botsford. His parents Marvin and Alix Botsford of Seminole, Oklahoma, one son Adam Botsford of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma and daughter Tori Botsford of Florida, one brother Mark...

Kirk Fye

Kirk Fye

Mar 26, 2012

Kirk Anthony Fye, Sr., 55 year old, Seminole resident passed away, Monday, March 26, 2012. Kirk was born on July 17, 1956 in Belvedere, California to Bertha Samaniego and Sidney Fye. Kirk worked for Ace Hardware for many years and was also a self employed carpenter. He is survived by wife Kathryn Harjo of the home, three daughters Lani Fye,...

Anthony Tanyan

Anthony Tanyan

Mar 26, 2012

Anthony Tanyan, 58, died, Monday, March 26, 2012, in Shawnee, Oklahoma. Anthony was born October 16, 1952 in Seminole, Oklahoma to Benjamin and Grace Coody Tanyan. Funeral services are scheduled for Thursday, March 29, 2012 at 2:00 P.M. at Swearingen Funeral Home Chapel in Seminole, with Rev. Bill Hobia officiating. There will be a wake service 6:00 P.M. on Wednesday,...

Alexandria  A. George

Alexandria A. George

Mar 26, 2012

Alexandria A. George, age 88 and a former resident of Seminole County and a resident of Asher, Oklahoma, passed away on Monday, March 26, 2012 at Unity North Health Center in Shawnee, Oklahoma.  Memorial services will be planned at a later date.  Cremation is under the direction of Swearingen Funeral Home in Konawa, Oklahoma. Alexandria was born in Danvers, MA...

Dale  Autry Crawford

Dale Autry Crawford

Mar 25, 2012

Dale Autry Crawford, age 68 and a former resident of Seminole County and a resident of Broken Bow, Oklahoma passed away on Sunday, March 25, 2012 at Solara Hospital in Shawnee, Oklahoma. A memorial service is scheduled for 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, March 29, 2012 at the Pentecostal Holiness Church in Konawa, Oklahoma.  Rev. Mona Fulks will officiate.  Cremation is...

Thurman Edwards

Thurman Edwards

Mar 24, 2012

Thurman Henry Edwards, Sr., 89 year-old, longtime Seminole resident passed from this life on Saturday, March 24, 2012 in Norman, Oklahoma.  He was born April 26, 1922 in Shawnee, Oklahoma to parents Ben Edwards and Ida (Grounds) Edwards. Following High School, Mr. Edwards went on to receive his associate degree.  At the age of 20 he enlisted to serve in...

Viola  Beulah (McIntyre)  Knight

Viola Beulah (McIntyre) Knight

Mar 24, 2012

Viola Beulah (McIntyre) Knight, age 100 and a life-long resident of Konawa, Oklahoma, went to be with her Lord on Saturday, March 24, 2012 at Valley View Regional Hospital in Ada, Oklahoma. Funeral services are scheduled for 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, March 27th at the Assembly of God Church in Konawa.  Burial will follow at Konawa Cemetery.  Rev. Steve Lowrance will...

Dene Dean

Dene Dean

Mar 23, 2012

Hattie Waldene “Dene” Dean, 79 year-old, Seminole resident died Friday, March 23, 2012 at Community Health Center Nursing Home in Wakita, Oklahoma. Hattie was born February 5, 1933 in Council Hill, Oklahoma to Tom Calvin and Syble Eloise (Kitchens) Herron.  She attended Council Hill High School.  Dene later married Donald F. Dean Sr. on September 21, 1958 in Stigler, Oklahoma....

Walter  Dale Downey

Walter Dale Downey

Mar 22, 2012

Walter Dale Downey, 76, longtime Seminole, Oklahoma resident died Thursday, March 22, 2012 at Seminole Care and Rehab Center, in Seminole, Oklahoma. He was born July 2, 1935 in Tyronne County, Missouri. Walter came to Seminole out of the U.S. Air Force in 1959. Walter later moved to Houston, Texas and then moved back to Seminole in 1992. Walter was...

Leroy Stokes

Leroy Stokes

Mar 21, 2012

Leroy Stokes, age 83 and a resident of Konawa, Oklahoma passed away on Wednesday, March 21, 2012 at Golden Rule Senior Care Center in Shawnee, Oklahoma. Funeral services are scheduled for 10:00 a.m. Saturday, March 24th at Swearingen Funeral Home Chapel in Konawa, Oklahoma.  Burial will follow at Konawa Cemetery. Leroy was born on August 16, 1928 in Asher, Oklahoma...

Walter  Dunn Williams

Walter Dunn Williams

Mar 21, 2012

Walter Dunn Williams, age 87 and a resident of Konawa, Oklahoma passed away on Wednesday, March 21, 2012 at Norman Regional Hospital. A graveside service is scheduled for 2:00 p.m. on Friday, March 23rd at Vamoosa Cemetery under the direction of Swearingen Funeral Home of Konawa.  Visitation will be Thursday from 8:30 a.m. until 7:00 p.m. and on Friday from...

Margaret  Florene Williams

Margaret Florene Williams

Mar 20, 2012

Margaret Florene Williams, 89, longtime Seminole resident, died Tuesday, March 20, 2012. Florene was born September 6, 1922 in Norman, Oklahoma to William A. and Stella (Brown) Hill.  Florene grew up in Norman where she graduated from Norman High School in 1940; she was an honor student and belonged to State Honor Society, National Honor Society, Latin Club and Science...