Obituaries
Newatha Gurley
Feb 12, 2007
Newatha Virginia Gurley Obituary Grove, OK - Newatha Virginia Gurley, 86, died Monday, February 12, 2007 at Grand Lake Villa in Grove, Oklahoma. Newatha was born March 16, 1920 in Delaware County, Oklahoma to Houston and Bertha (Crawford) Qualatte. She married Edd Gurley on July 16, 1938. Mr. Gurley preceded his wife in death in 1993. Newatha was a homemaker,...
William Hanna Jr.
Feb 12, 2007
William "Bill" Robert Hanna Jr., 89, passed away on Monday, February 12, 2007 at Hillcrest Hospital in Tulsa. Bill was born in Dewey, Oklahoma to William R. Hanna Sr. and Lula Winifred Bowman. He was raised and educated in the Dewey area. Bill entered active military service, with the United States Army during World War II serving in the European...
Pearl Thompson
Feb 11, 2007
Pearl Mary Thompson, 86, of Miami, OK, passed away Sunday, Feb. 11, 2007 in Joplin, MO. Born on June 28, 1920 in Ft. Gibson, OK to Harry J. and Anna Lee (Jackson) Foreman. She was a lifelong area resident, member of Long Assembly of God Church in Miami and was retired as a Psychiatric Aide at Eastern State Hospital in...
Walter Hart
Feb 10, 2007
Walter Burton Hart was born in San Antonio, Texas, July 2, 1916, to Walter B. and Mae (Smith) Hart. He passed from this life Saturday, February 10, 2007, in Collinsville, Oklahoma. He was 90 years old. Mr. Hart attended school in Arkansas and on November 30, 1935 he married Alpha Neel. In 1936 they moved to Alluwe, and in 1941...
Henry Malone
Feb 9, 2007
Henry Ray Malone, 63 year old Nowata resident, and former Nowata Mayor, died at his home in Nowata Friday, February 9, 2007. He was born June 18, 1943, in Pryor, Oklahoma to James Edgar and Adalaide (Pool) Malone. He graduated from Chelsea High School and continued his education at the University of Oklahoma. On March 21, 1969 he married Kathy...
Velma Yarbrough
Feb 9, 2007
Velma Nan Yarbrough, 91, formerly of Pryor, passed away Friday Feb. 9, 2007 in Santa Anna, CA. Born on January 18, 1916 near Havana, AR to Samuel and Laura (Yandell) Gist. She moved to Shawnee in 1917 and was married to James Ross Bailey on Feb. 2, 1936. In 1937, their only child, Jackie Nan was born. They then moved...
Amy Miller
Feb 9, 2007
Grove, OK - Amy LaVaughn Miller, 72, died Friday night, February 9, 2007 at Freeman Hospital Skilled Nursing Unit, Joplin, Missouri. LaVaughn was born September 23, 1934 near Swedeborg, Missouri to Everett Carr and Josie (Blackson) Carr. She married Leonard C. Miller on August 4, 1955. Mr. Miller preceded his wife in death on December 31, 1993. LaVaughn was a...
George Pullen Sr.
Feb 8, 2007
George William Pullen Sr. was born April 1, 1943, to Kenneth Lyal and Leona Lorine (Anders) Pullen, in Tahlequah. He passed from this life February 8, 2007, in Nowata. He was 63. George attended Webster High School in Tulsa. On August 16, 1993, he married Debbie Briggs in Bartlesville. They have made their home in Nowata since. Mr. Pullen was...
Arthur Mathias
Feb 8, 2007
Grove, OK - Arthur Roosevelt Mathias, Jr., 83, died Thursday morning, February 8, 2007 at Freeman Hospital in Joplin, Missouri. Art, or "Lucky" as he was known to family and friends, was born August 28, 1923 at Stafford, Kansas to Arthur Roosevelt Mathias, Sr. and Laura Etta (West) Mathias. Art grew up in Stafford and joined the U.S. Navy after...
Jesse Morrow
Feb 7, 2007
Disney, OK - Jesse P. Morrow, Jr., 91, died Wednesday morning, February 7, 2007 at his home in Disney. Jesse, or "Buster", as he was known to friends and family alike, was born May 9, 1915 at Rowe, Oklahoma to Jesse P. "Tobe" Morrow, Sr. and Maggie D. (Martin) Morrow. He grew up northwest of Topsy, Oklahoma and attended Seed...
Floyd Jett, Jr.
Feb 7, 2007
Floyd Jett, Jr. Obituary Jay, OK - Floyd Jett, Jr., 79, died Wednesday morning, February 7, 2007 at Grove General Hospital in Grove, OK. Floyd was born June 16, 1927 at Vinita, Oklahoma to Floyd Jett, Sr. and Ella Curry. Floyd married Cora Anaya on December 22, 1954 in Denver, Colorado. The couple moved to Monkey Island in 1997. He...
Rena Grant
Feb 5, 2007
Rena Mae "Mom O" Grant Funeral services for Rena Mae Grant will be held 2:00 p.m., Friday, February 9, 2007, at the Benjamin Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow at Nowata Memorial Park Cemetery. Services are under the direction of Benjamin Funeral Home, of Nowata. Rena Mae "Mom O" Grant was born July 20, 1913, in Watova, Oklahoma, to Claude...
Ollie Carver
Feb 4, 2007
Ollie Kay Carver, 91, a former Vinita resident passed away on Sunday, February 4, 2007 at Deaconess Hospital in Oklahoma City. She was born to James E. Kay and Rosa Reno Kay on March 2, 1915 in the Grand Lake area, near Bernice Oklahoma. She received her elementary and high school education at Cleora, Oklahoma, graduating from high school in...
Pamela In)
Feb 3, 2007
Pamela Deanne "Lucky" Feathers, 23 year old Jay resident, died Saturday, February 3, 2007 in an automobile accident. She was born April 30, 1983 in Gallup, New Mexico to Harold Emmett and Marilyn (Riding In) Feathers. Pamela liked the outdoors, hunting, volleyball, running and attending Pow-Wows. Pamela was not married and she was an organ donor. The family includes; her...
Nancy Johnson
Jan 31, 2007
Nancy SueAn Johnson, 55, of White Oak, passed away Wed., Jan 31, 2007 at Rosewood Terrace in Vinita. Born on March 6, 1951 in Ft. Collins, CO to James W. and Pearl (Davis) Allen. She had lived in this area since 1964; Nancy was a nurse, a member of Big Cabin Baptist Church, American Legion Auxiliary and the Delaware Indian...
Shirley Lundy
Jan 29, 2007
Shirley T. Lundy, 93, a longtime Vinita resident passed away at her home on Monday morning, January 29, 2007. She was born on January 28, 1914 in Boston, MA to John and Elsa (Johnson) Everston. Mrs. Lundy worked at the Hotel Vinita as a Waitress in Vinita and also as a press operator at Burlington in Miami. Shirley was a...
Wendell Neff
Jan 29, 2007
WENDELL GORDON NEFF, 80, passed away on Monday, January 29, 2007 at his home in Bartlesville. Wendell was born June 3, 1926 in Neodesha, Kansas, the only child of Forest and Margaret Maurer Neff. He spent his early childhood in the southern Kansas area as his parents moved with the Union Gas Pipeline Company, ending up in Caney, Kansas. As...
Anna Smith
Jan 27, 2007
Let Go and Let God When you're troubled and worried and sick at heart And your plans are upset and your world falls apart, Remember God's ready and waiting to share The burden you find much too heavy to bear- So with faith "Let Go and Let God" lead the way Into a brighter and less troubled way. Annie May...
Leda Davenport
Jan 27, 2007
Leda Lois Davenport, 97, of Centralia passed away Saturday, January 27, 2007 at Craig General Hospital. She was born April 1, 1909 in Braman to Mert and Mable McVay. She married Orville Davenport on September 25, 1925. In 1939 they moved their family to Centralia. She was a wonderful wife, mother and grandmother. She loved spending time with her family,...
Clarance Cole
Jan 26, 2007
Grove, OK - Clarance "Chuck" Cole, 72, died Friday, January 26, 2007 at Grove Nursing Center. Chuck was born June 17, 1934 at Fayetteville, Arkansas to Charles Clinton Cole and Mary Ann (Kastle) Cole. He grew up in Fayetteville and was a 1952 graduate of Fayetteville High School. After high school, Chuck was a member of the United States Marine...
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