Obituaries
James Gray
Apr 30, 2012
James W. (Hacksaw) Gray Jr. 91 year old Vinita Resident died Monday April 30, 2012 at his home in Vinita. He was born November 20, 1920 in Lexington, OK the son of James W. Gray Sr. and Bess Rose Gray. He was raised and started school in Lexington then moved to Norman where he graduated high school. He attended the...
Junior Sapp
Apr 29, 2012
Junior L. Sapp, resident of Jay, OK, passed away at the Integris Grove General Hospital Sunday, April 29, 2012 at the age of 67. Junior was born on August 28, 1944 in Kansas, OK to Eli Sapp and Jenny (Daniels) Sapp. Junior went to school in Kansas, OK, Oaks Mission Childs Schools, and also Wyandotte Indian School. He lived in...
Mildred Goins
Apr 29, 2012
Mildred E. Goins, 92 year-old Vinita resident, died Sunday, April 29, 2012 at the Rosewood Terrace Care Facility. She was born September 1, 1919 in Branson, Colorado to Earl and May (Wood) Losey. Mildred married Cleveland Goins in 1934, he preceded her in death on December 12, 1983, and together they had nine children. Mildred and Cleve lived in Big...
Edwin Leak
Apr 28, 2012
Edwin Ralph Leak was born February 23, 2012 in Upland, California to Ralph and Geneva (Stonecipher) Leak. He passed from this life Saturday, April 28, 2012, at his home in Bartlesville. He was 64 years old. Ed attended and graduated High School in Oakdale, California. He was drafted into the United States Army during the Viet Nam War. On May...
Nathan Pahukoa
Apr 28, 2012
Nathan Dean Kalani Pahukoa, 47 year old Vinita resident died Saturday Morning April 28 at his home. He was born August 2, 1964 in Honolulu, Hawaii to Gerald Mahealani Pahukoa and Lana Alberta Puanani Freitas. Nathan graduated Adair High School in the class of 1982 and moved to the Vinita area in 1989. He and was united in Marriage with...
Clarence Dunbar
Apr 27, 2012
Clarence Edward Dunbar, 83, of Bartlesville, Oklahoma died Friday, April 27, 2012 at his residence in Tallgrass Estates. Clarence Edward Dunbar was born February 5, 1929 in Pittsburg, Texas the son of Roy Conway Dunbar and Eunice O. (Warrick) Dunbar. Clarence grew up in east Texas, graduating from Texarkana high school in 1947. Following his elementary and secondary education, Clarence...
Dorris Kley
Apr 27, 2012
Dorris Louise Kley 84 year old, Grove, Oklahoma resident, passed away Friday, April 27, 2012 in Grove. Dorris was born on September 11, 1927 in Odessa, Texas to George and Elma (Walsworth) Shows. Dorris grew up in Odessa and was a talented seamstress, fabulous cook, and loved country music and dancing. She was loved and admired by all who met...
Elizabeth Duggins
Apr 24, 2012
Elizabeth Jane "Janie" Duggins, 76, a long-time Nowata resident, died Tuesday, April 24, 2012 at the Jane Phillips Nowata Health Center. Elizabeth Jane Duggins was born August 12, 1935 in Nowata, OK the daughter of Arnold Bernard and Miranda Emaline (Foster) Smith. It was in Nowata, OK that Jane received her early childhood education, began her career as a florist...
Edger Shaw Jr.
Apr 23, 2012
Mr. Edger Melvin "Mel" Shaw, Jr., 84, longtime resident of Bartlesville died Monday, April 23, 2012 at the Jane Phillips Medical Center. Edger Melvin Shaw was born March 29, 1928 in rural Okmulgee, Oklahoma the son of Edger Melvin Shaw, Sr. and Ida Mae (Ganus) Shaw. Melvin, Jr. "Mel" and his family moved from the Okmulgee to Phillips, Texas when...
Leslie Hood Jr.
Apr 22, 2012
Leslie "Les" Mitchell Hood, Jr. , age 54 of Vinita, passed away Sunday, April 22, 2012 surrounded by his family. Les was born in Randolph, Vermont on October 17, 1957 to Leslie Hood, Sr. and Zelma (Rowell) Hood. He graduated high school from Coxsackie High School in New York. After graduation he joined the United States Navy serving until 1978....
Christopher Robinette
Apr 22, 2012
Christopher Michael Neal Robinette, 27 year-old resident of Ketchum, died Sunday April 22, 2012, in an automobile accident. He was born March 20, 1985 in Rome, Georgia to Frank and Donna (Huggins) Robinette. Christopher was a graduate of Joplin High School, where he was an outstanding wrestler. In 2002 he became a member of the Army National Guard. Christopher married...
Jo Sunby
Apr 21, 2012
Jo Anne (Coppedge) Sunby, age 60 of Bernice, died Saturday, April 21, 2012. Jo Anne was born in Vinita on November 21, 1951 to Buford and Rosemary (Corlett) Coppedge. She loved doing activities outdoors including riding horses, playing tennis, swimming, and going on picnics. She also enjoyed sewing and spending time with her family. Survivors include her children James Mulanax...
Sheryl Rainwater
Apr 21, 2012
Sheryl Lynn (Deay) Rainwater of Jay, Oklahoma, died on April 21, 2012 at home. She was born on August 22, 1946 in Bentonville, Arkansas to Thurman Russell Deay and Hazel Elizabeth (Strate) Deay who preceded her in death. Sheryl graduated from Bentonville High School in 1964 and received her Bachelor's Degree from Harding College in Searcy, Arkansas in 1968. Sheryl...
Johnny Campbell
Apr 20, 2012
Funeral Services for Johnny Mac Campbell are at 2:00 p.m., Monday, April 23, 2012 at the Benjamin Funeral Service Chapel with Pastor Roy Shoop officiating. Interment will follow at Nowata Memorial Park Cemetery. Services have been entrusted to Benjamin Funeral Service. Online condolences may be left at www.honoringmemories.com. Johnny Mac Campbell, 78, of Nowata, passed away Friday, April 20 at...
James Bullock
Apr 18, 2012
James Lloyd Bullock, Jr. 65 year old Vinita resident, died Wednesday April 18, 2012 at his home in Vinita. He was born November 3, 1946 in Vinita to James L. Bullock, Sr. and Josephine L. (Hardrick) Bullock. James was a 1964 graduate of Vinita High School, he later went into the United States Army during the Vietnam War, he was...
Sonja Ditmore
Apr 16, 2012
Memorial Services for Sonja Faye Ditmore will be 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, April 24, 2012 at the Church of Christ in Anadarko, Oklahoma with Robert Dyer officiating. Arrangements have been entrusted to Benjamin Funeral Service. Online condolences may be left at www.honoringmemories.com. Sonja Faye Ditmore, 71, of Nowata passed away Monday, April 16, 2012 at the Jane Phillips Medical Center in...
Waldo Bales
Apr 16, 2012
Waldo Frederick Bales, was born September 2, 1922 in Altoona, Pennsylvania to Harry and Ruth Bales, and grew up in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania. Waldo joined the Naval Air Corps in Sampson, New York during World War II and was sent to the Hutchinson, Kansas Naval Air Base and spent leave time in Wichita, Kansas where he met his future wife, Cecille,...
William Brannan Jr.
Apr 15, 2012
William E. "Bud" Brannan, Jr. 93 year old rural Adair resident, died at his home on Sunday, April 15, 2012. He was born July 19, 1918 in Nowata, Oklahoma to William E. Brannan, Sr. and Nellie Frances (McKibben) Brannan. After high school Bud attended Oklahoma A & M College in Stillwater for three years. He married Rose Begley in 1938...
Joanna Waldrip
Apr 15, 2012
Joanna Waldrip, 82, slipped from this life to the next on Sunday, April 15, 2012, after a courageous battle against cancer. The eldest of five children, Joanna was born to the late Fred L. Feigel and Juanita H. (Morris) Feigel on September 25, 1929, in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. Joanna attended College High School graduating in 1947. In her senior year, Joanna...
Eula Morris
Apr 14, 2012
Funeral services for Eula Morris, 86, will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, April 21, 2012 at the Worley-Luginbuel Funeral Home in Grove, Oklahoma. Interment will follow at Olympus Cemetery. Eula Jean Morris was born March 18, 1926 to Fred and Evelyn (Zimmer) Mills in Deer Creek, Oklahoma. She attended school in Grove, Oklahoma where she graduated in 1943....
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