Obituaries

Mar 19, 2020

Marvin Lee Smith passed away peacefully in his home on Thursday, March 19, 2020 at the age of 83. He was born on May 4, 1936 in South Coffeyville, Oklahoma to Joseph W. Smith and Lena Fern Kerns. He was an only child and grew up in Oklahoma where he received his education, graduating from Field Kindley Memorial High...

Mar 18, 2020

Marguerite Leona (Shaw) Reavis, age 93, passed away peacefully March 18, 2020 at Bec’s Blessing Assisted Living in Giddings, TX. She was born July 24, 1926, in Independence, KS to Otis Shaw and Helena Faye (Stine) Shaw. She graduated from Independence High School in 1944.

On July 10, 1945, she married the love of her life, James...

Mar 16, 2020

Jimmy Wayne Moody, Sr., 80, of Bartlesville, passed away early Monday morning, March 16, 2020 at his home.

Jimmy was born March 24, 1939 at Bartlesville to Commodore Dewey Moody and Elsie Mildred (Mardis) Moody.  He attended Bartlesville Schools and was of the Baptist faith.  Jimmy married Marjorie Ellen Milam on March 23, 1957 at Miami, Oklahoma...

Mar 15, 2020

David Wayne Boone, passed away on March 15, 2020 in Vinita, OK.  David was born on October 19, 1961 in Vinita, OK to Walter Boone and Kora Parks.

David attended schools in Vinita, Oklahoma and played Basketball and Football for the Hornets while in high school.  David graduated from Vinita high school with the Class of 1980....

Mar 15, 2020

Roy Junior Tanner, 78 year old Grove, OK resident, passed away Sunday, March 15, 2020.  Roy was born in McDonald County, MO on April 5, 1941 to Jesse James Kirk and Clara (Mattingly) Kirk.  Early in his career he worked as a house finisher.  He then drove a truck for Wal-Mart for numerous years before retiring.  Roy was quite...

Mar 14, 2020

On March 14, 2020 in Grove, Oklahoma, Clara Belle Worthy went to be with our Heavenly Father. She was 93.

Clara was born on September 21, 1926 to Clay and Georgia Collins; she was the youngest of four children. She was raised in Oilton, Oklahoma and graduated from Oilton High School in 1944. After graduation Clara moved...

Mar 14, 2020

Glen Olen Adkins, 88, formerly of Ponca City, Oklahoma passed away early Saturday morning, March 14, 2020 at his residence at Brookdale Bartlesville Assisted Living.

Glen was born May 25, 1931 at Ralston, Oklahoma to William McKinley “Bill” Adkins and Ethel F. (Marshall) Adkins.  He attended school in Hominy, Grayhorse and Fairfax, graduating with the Fairfax High...

Mar 12, 2020

Karen Marie (Satterwhite) Shamblin passed away March 12, 2020 in Joplin Missouri. She was born September 02, 1961 in Afton, Oklahoma the daughter of Jack and Sharon (Trout) Satterwhite. Karen attended Vinita Public School and Afton Vo-tech where she received her nursing degree. She moved to Albuquerque, New Mexico and then to Arizona before coming home to Vinita in...

Mar 8, 2020

ARNOLD MOORE & NEEKAMP FUNERAL HOME, BARTLESVILLE, OK -

Nancy Louise Pryor, 92, of Bartlesville, OK, died Sunday March 8, 2020 at The Journey Home.  Nancy was born March 22, 1927 in Ottawa, KS, daughter of Fred P. Martin and Clara (Kapp) Martin and stepmother Charlotte Martin.

Nancy grew up in Ottawa and Topeka, KS. ...

Mar 8, 2020

BENJAMIN FUNERAL SERVICE NOWATA, OKLAHOMA 918-273-2700....

Funeral Services will be held 2:00 P.M., Tuesday March 17, 2020 at Benjamin Funeral Service with Farris Downing officiating.  Online condolences may be left at honoringmemories.com, or on Facebook page.  Arrangements under the direction of Benjamin Funeral Service.

Monique Shauntaa Downing, 53, passed away Sunday, March 8th, 2020 in...

Mar 6, 2020

BENJAMIN FUNERAL SERVICE NOWATA, OKLAHOMA 918-273-2700.....

Kelly Lee Wallace, 58, of Nowata, Oklahoma passed away on Friday, March 6, 2020. He was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma on December 11, 1961 to Thomas Edward Robertson and Shirley Lee (Stover) Patrick.

Kelly attended the Tulsa Public School system where he received his education. He married the love...

Mar 5, 2020

BENJAMIN FUNERAL SERVICE NOWATA, OKLAHOMA 918-273-2700...……

Samuel Dewey Freeman, 71, of Nowata went to be with the Lord on March 6, 2020. He was born September 21, 1948, in Hagarville, Arkansas to Wilbur and Viola (Callahan) Freeman.

Shortly after High School, Sam married Pamela Jean Martin on September 21, 1968. In 1971, Sam and Pam...

Mar 5, 2020

Douglas Dean Whistler, aged 78, passed away peacefully on March 4, 2020 in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. He was born August 4, 1941 in Elk City, Kansas to Glessner Long Whistler and Orlena (Eversole) Whistler. He was a 1959 graduate of Nowata High School and received his Doctorate of Dental Surgery in 1964 from the University of Tennessee. In 1964, he...

Mar 5, 2020

Colletta Sue Smith, age 55, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, March 5, 2020, at Saint Francis Hospital in Tulsa.  She was born April 20, 1964, in Vinita, Oklahoma, to William Day and Leender Smith.  She was a 1982 graduate of Vinita High School.  She received an associate’s degree in business from Independence Community College.

Colletta’s professional career...

Mar 2, 2020

Larry Dale Jackson, 73 year old Miami resident, went home to his Lord and Savior on Monday, March 2, 2020.  Larry was born in the Delaware Community on December 6, 1946 to William and Sarah (Willhite) Jackson.  He graduated from Grove High School in 1964.  The following year on June 27, 1965, he was united in marriage to Catherine...

Mar 2, 2020

Margaret “Peggy” Thompson, age 88, Grove, OK passed away Sunday March 1, 2020.

She was born September 23, 1931 in Hiwasse, AR to the late Virgil Banks and Mary Emma Woods Banks.  She graduated from Gravette, AR High School in 1949 as Class Valdictorian

Peggy married Clifford “Pepper” Thompson, her high school sweetheart on August...

Mar 2, 2020

James Harlin (“Jim”) Hale, 88, longtime Grove-area builder and Christian man of faith, died on Monday, March 2, 2020, at Hillcrest Oklahoma Heart Institute in Tulsa, leaving a host of family and friends to mourn his passing. Jim Hale lived his faith deeply and constantly.  By example and testimony, Jim touched the lives of many. To his family, he...

Mar 1, 2020

Fred Chitwood Mason, 80, formerly of Bartlesville, Oklahoma, passed away Sunday, March 1, 2020 in Rowlett, Texas.

He was born and raised in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, the son of Fred Lunstead Mason and Marguerite Imogene Chitwood.

In 1959 he joined the US Army, where he served as an Army Ranger with the...

Feb 27, 2020

Kelly Hampton, 77, of Zena passed away on Feb. 27, 2020. Funeral Services will be 2 p.m. Tuesday, March 3, 2020 at Grove's First Baptist Church in Grove,Oklahoma Kelly was born on Nov. 8, 1942, in the back of his parents' general store in Zena. He went to grade school at Zena and graduated from Grove High School, where he...

Feb 26, 2020

Braden Oakley Baker was born December 27, 2016 at St. Francis in Tulsa Oklahoma to Kyle Baker and Sharon Miller.  Braden fulfilled his divine purpose in life and touched many people from all over the country with his contagious smile and his miraculous existence.  Braden’s work on Earth was done and he went home to be with Jesus on...