Obituaries in Seminole, Maud, and Konawa, Oklahoma
Betty Morris
May 6, 2011
Betty Geraldine (Collis) Morris, 81 year-old, long time Seminole County resident passed from this life May 6, 2011 at Holdenville Hospital. She was born in Holdenville, Oklahoma on June 18, 1929 to parents John Calvin Collis and Myrtle Elsy (Orsburn) Collis. Betty married George Leland Morris, Jr. on July 31, 1946 in Holdenville, Oklahoma. She was of the Southern Baptist...

Billie A. Stebbins
May 5, 2011
Billie A. Stebbins, 84, longtime Seminole resident died at her son's home in Dow, Oklahoma, Thursday, May 5, 2011. Services are schduled for 2:00 P.M., Wednesday, May 11, 2011 at the Swearingen Funeral Home Chapel with burial following at Maple Grove Cemetery. Visitation to begin Monday, May 9, 2011. Full Obituary information to be posted soon. Funeral Information: May 11,...
Billie Stebbins
May 5, 2011
Billie Aileen (Sawyer) Stebbins, 84 year-old, lifelong Seminole resident passed from this life May 5, 2011 in McAlester, Oklahoma. She was born December 23, 1926 in Wichita, Kansas to parents Charles Emanuel Sawyer and Alice Marie (Rowley) Sawyer. Billie graduated from Seminole High School and later married Ted Stebbins on July 8, 1945 in Seminole, Oklahoma. Together they went on...

Spirit Lloyd Sires
May 5, 2011
Spirit Lloyd Sires, 37, Seminole resident died at his home in Seminole on Thursday, May 5, 2011. Spirit moved to Seminole from Pottsboro, Texas in 2010. He was born August 17, 1973 in West Monroe, Louisiana to Jerry Mathews and Angel (Bagwell) Mathews. Spirit was a computer graphic designer and website designer. His passion was art. He was an artist...
Calvin Roy Wagoner
May 4, 2011
Calvin Roy Wagoner, age seventy-seven and a resident of Konawa, Oklahoma passed away at his home on Wednesday, May 4, 2011. Funeral services are scheduled for 2:00 p.m. on Monday, May 9th at Swearingen Funeral Home Chapel in Konawa. Burial will follow at a later date in Konawa Cemetery. Rev. Ed George will officiate. Honorary Pallbearers are grandsons, Taylor Snodgrass,...
Bentley Pierce
May 3, 2011
Bentley Joe Pierce, 70 year-old, lifelong Seminole County resident passed from this life on Tuesday, May 3, 2011 at Seminole Care And Rehabilitation Center in Seminole. He was born March 20, 1941 in Wolf, Oklahoma to parents Bonnie Jewel Pierce and Stella Mae (Robertson) Pierce. Bentley married Wanda Roberson on August 30, 1974 and they had two sons, Randal Pierce...
Doris West
Apr 30, 2011
Doris Winnona West, 85, of Paden, Oklahoma died Saturday, April 30, 2011 at Integris Baptist Hospital in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Mrs. West was born March 8, 1926 south of Paden, in Okfuskee County in Oklahoma. Her parents were Charlie and Myrtle (Freeze) Dawson. Mrs. West was a member of the First Baptist Church in Paden, Oklahoma. She retired from A...

Jo Ann Arthur
Apr 25, 2011
Jo Ann Arthur Our precious wife, mother, sister and friend went to her eternal home on Friday 25, 2011. Jo was born January 18, 1939 in Maud , Oklahoma to Finis and Edna Burnham. She attended Seminole High School in Seminole, Oklahoma and Kilgore College in Kilgore , Texas . Jo had a zest for life and loved her family...
Doyle Rawls
Apr 25, 2011
Haskle “Doyle” Rawls, 74-year-old longtime Saint Louis, Oklahoma resident, passed from this life April 25, 2011 in Shawnee, Oklahoma where he moved eight years ago. He was born April 20, 1937 in Wewoka, Oklahoma to parents Mary Maudi May (Shores) Rawls and Jesse Owen Rawls. Doyle attended Saint Louis and Asher Schools he then went on to serve in the...

Mattie Ponder
Apr 23, 2011
Long-time Seminole resident, Mattie Elizabeth (Roberts) Ponder left this earth to be with her Lord on, Saturday, April 23, 2011 in Seminole, Oklahoma. Mattie was born January 11, 1918, in Dustin, Oklahoma to Calvin and Mammie (Clayborn) Roberts. She married Thomas “Clay” Ponder on February 20, 1940 in Okemah, Oklahoma. They moved to Seminole 25 years ago from Abilene, Texas....
Pamela Sue Whaler
Apr 23, 2011
Pamela Sue (Herriman) Whaler, age 50 and a resident of Konawa, Oklahoma, passed away at her residence on Saturday, April 23rd. Funeral services are scheduled for 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, April 27, 2011 at Swearingen Funeral Home Chapel in Konawa. Burial will follow at Vamoosa Cemetery. Rev. Ed Bray, Pastor of Cross Timbers Church in Konawa will officiate. Pallbearers are...
Lorene Webb
Apr 21, 2011
Winnie Lorene (Brown) Bateman Webb, 90, finished her life on this earth on Thursday, April 21, 2011 at Integris Seminole Medical Center. Lorene was born July 25, 1920 in Mead, Oklahoma. She was born to John Marshall and Isma Captolia (Smith) Brown. She grew up in the Durant area and moved to Seminole in 1947. She was a member of...
Pauline Anderson Pruitt
Apr 19, 2011
The family of Pauline Anderson Pruitt is rejoicing that Pauline went to be with her Lord and Savior on her birthday, April 19, 2011, with family by her side in Sulphur, Oklahoma at the age of 77. Pauline has been a longtime Seminole resident; her sister and a niece Lou Hamilton had been caring for her in Sulphur. Pauline was...
Billy Don Meadows
Apr 18, 2011
Billy Don Meadows, age 62 and a resident of Konawa, Oklahoma, passed away at his home on Monday, April 18, 2011. He was laid to rest at Lone Dove Cemetery on Friday, April 22nd. Billy was born on October 11, 1948 in Paragould, Arkansas, to Edith (Miller) and Walter Lee Meadows. He was a Vietnam veteran in the Army in...

Doneva Armstrong
Apr 16, 2011
Doneva June Armstrong, 58, “walked-on” at Integris Southwest Medical Center in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma on April 16, 2011 with family at her bedside. Doneva was born on October 14, 1952 in Phoenix, Arizona to Albert and Cleda (Rhodd) Curley. She was a member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation Tribe and of the Catholic Faith. Survivors include her mother, Cleda (Rhodd)...
Don Haigwood
Apr 14, 2011
Don Michael Haigwood, 87 year-old, longtime Seminole resident passed from this life Thursday, April 14, 2011 at his home in Seminole. He was born December 2, 1923 in Bristow, Oklahoma to parents Jake Lee Haigwood and Florence (Rous) Haigwood. Don grew up in Seminole and graduated from Seminole High School before serving in the United States Army where he was...
Thomas Fleming
Apr 7, 2011
Thomas “Tommy” Michael Fleming, 51 Thomas “Tommy” Fleming a resident of Seminole for the past 18 years passed away, Thursday, April 7, 2011 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. “Tommy” was born February 9, 1960 in Shawnee, Oklahoma to parents, Clarence Wayne Fleming and Edith (Anderson) Fleming. “Tommy” retired from the Wrangler Seminole Plant and he had a great love for bow...
Bobby "Spanky" Wayne Robinson
Apr 7, 2011
Bobby Wayne Robinson, known as “Spanky” age 57 and a life-long resident of Konawa, Oklahoma, passed away on Thursday, April 7, 2011 at Integris Baptist Medical Center in Oklahoma City. Visitation is schedule for Saturday, April 9th at Swearingen Funeral Home in Konawa from 8:30 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. Then, he will be taken to Bird Creek Indian Baptist Church...
Stella Peoples
Mar 31, 2011
Stella Mae Peoples, 71, longtime Seminole resident died Thursday, March 31, 2011 in Shawnee, Oklahoma. Stella was born on May 10, 1939 in Chickasha, Oklahoma to James Marion and Viola (Adkins) Addington. Stella, moved to the Seminole area at an early age, and was a nursing assistant for most of her working career. She was a member of the Coney...
Ruth Martin
Mar 24, 2011
Ruth Mae (Fox) Martin, 81 Life long Seminole resident Ruth Mae (Fox) Martin passed away Thursday, March 24, 2011 in Seminole, Oklahoma. Ruth was born November 11, 1929 in Snomac, Seminole County, Oklahoma to parents, Andrew Jackson and Ida Mae (Crider) Fox. Ruth’s religious affiliation was with the Assembly of God and she worked as a legal secretary. Ruth is...