Obituaries

Jerry Wilson

Jerry Wilson

Dec 10, 2011

Jerry Don Wilson, 65 year old Vinita resident died Saturday December 10, 2011 at his home. He was born December 2, 1946 in Prague, OK the son of Aaron Elgar Wilson and Wilma Thelma Johnson Wilson. The family moved to Vinita from Tulsa where he was a float operator at Ford Glass Plant. He was raised and educated in Tulsa...

Louise Tweedy

Louise Tweedy

Dec 10, 2011

(Emeline) Louise (Tasker) Tweedy Louise Tweedy died Saturday evening, December 10, 2011, at City Hospital in Fayetteville, Arkansas, after a 9-year journey with Alzheimer's disease. Funeral services for Emeline Louise Tweedy, 89, will be held Saturday, December 17, 2011, at 11:00 a.m. at the First Christian Church in Tyro, Kansas, with David Bycroft officiating. Burial will be at Fawn Creek...

Ernest Dewees

Ernest Dewees

Dec 10, 2011

Ernest Jim Dewees, 84 year old Vinita resident died Saturday December 10, 2011 at St. Francis Hospital in Tulsa. He was born Sentinel, Oklahoma the son of Ernest Jim Dewees and Mable Mc Natt Dewees. He was raised and graduated high school in EL Monte, California then moved to Vinita from Pasadena, CA in 1959. He opened Vinita brake and...

Frank Northrup

Frank Northrup

Dec 10, 2011

Frank Stanley Northrup, 91 year old Grove resident passed away Saturday December 10, 2011 at Integris Grove Hospital. Frank was born on July 18, 1920 in Hopewell, New Jersey to William and Marian (Erickson) Northrup. He graduated from Belmont High School in Los Angeles, California in 1938. Frank was a Police Sergeant for the Los Angeles Police Department. He served...

Donald Woolman Jr.

Donald Woolman Jr.

Dec 9, 2011

Donald Lee Woolman, Jr., age 51 of Jay, died Friday, December 9, 2011. Donald was born in Longmont, Colorado on April 27, 1960 the son of Donald and Margarete Woolman. He was a 1978 graduate of Bluejacket High School. He later graduated from Northeastern Oklahoma A&M with a Bachelor's Degree in Agriculture. He served 28 years servings in the United...

Emily Bradshaw

Emily Bradshaw

Dec 7, 2011

Memorial Services for Emily Adeline Bradshaw will be at 10:00 a.m., Tuesday, December 13, 2011 at the Watova Full Gospel Christian Church with Pastor Joe Goodin officiating. Services have been entrusted to Benjamin Funeral Service. Online condolences can be left at www.honoringmemories.com. Emily Adeline Bradshaw, 63, of Watova, Oklahoma passed from this life December 7, 2011 at her home surrounded...

Wanda Handle

Wanda Handle

Dec 7, 2011

Wanda Jean Handle, age 70, went to her heavenly home on December 7, 2011 surrounded by her family at her home in Jay, Oklahoma. Wanda was born on January 17, 1941 in Eucha, Oklahoma; she was the daughter of Roy and Pansy (Kenney) Starr. Wanda was united in marriage to her husband of 50 years, Audrey Handle in January 1961...

Eleanor Lewis

Eleanor Lewis

Dec 6, 2011

Eleanor Marie Lewis, eighty nine year old longtime Vinita resident died Tuesday December 6, 2011 at her home. She was born September 24, 1922 in La Cygne, Kansas the daughter of Lee Toal Burnett and Vivian Haynes Burnett. She was reared and received her education graduating high school at LaCygne in 1940 and attended Texas Christian University and Kansas State...

Wanda Hendren

Wanda Hendren

Dec 6, 2011

Wanda Belle Hendren, 88 year old Grove, Oklahoma resident passed away Tuesday December 6, 2011 in Grove, Oklahoma. Wanda was born on July 1, 1923 on a farm near Sulphur Springs, Arkansas, to Oscar and Belle (Richardson) Youngs, Wanda graduated from Grove High school as the salutatorian on May 16, 1941. Wanda, worked for some time as a legal secretary...

Grace Edwards

Grace Edwards

Dec 5, 2011

Grace Ailleen Edwards, 86 year old resident of Vinita, died Monday December 5, 2011 at the Integris Baptist Regional Health Center in Miami. She was born on November 6, 1925 in Bartlesville to Clarence and Florence (Carlson) Graham. Grace was a graduate of Copan High School. She was married to Carl Dean Edwards on December 12, 1942 in Bartlesville. They...

Lillie Loveless

Lillie Loveless

Dec 5, 2011

Lillie Marie "Gran" Loveless, age 86 of Big Cabin, died Monday, December 5, 2011. Lillie was born in Catoosa on October 7, 1925, the daughter of Charlie and Bertha (Klintworth) Sanders. In 1943 she graduated from Central High School. She was united in marriage to the love of her life James Loveless on April 10, 19448 and together they raised...

Brenda Williams

Brenda Williams

Dec 5, 2011

Brenda Joyce Williams, age 64, died on December 5, 2011 at Integris Grove General Hospital in Grove, Oklahoma. Brenda was the daughter of George W. Herren and Rosalee Brooks; she was born on November 18, 1947 in Corning, Arkansas. Brenda is survived by her three children; Stella Rutherford, Lloyd R. Arnold, and Patsy J. Coffman. No services are planned at...

James Brisco

James Brisco

Dec 4, 2011

James Leo Brisco, age 66 of Vinita, died Sunday, December 4, 2011. James was born in Ada, OK on June 4, 1945 the son of Lowell and Leona (Cape) Brisco. In 1963 he graduated from Central High School. He served in the United States Air Force from 1963-1964 in the Presidential Honor Guard. His hobbies include watching NASCAR and OU...

Ninave Frazier-Carpenter

Ninave Frazier-Carpenter

Dec 3, 2011

Ninave Zelda Frazier "Nanny" - Carpenter, Grove resident, age 88 years. Ninave passed away peacefully at her home in Grove surrounded by her family on December 3, 2011. Ninave was born March 15, 1923 in Miami, OK, one of six children born to the late Walter and Zelda Brumback. She married Claude Carpenter in 1978, and was a beloved wife...

Susanne Graham

Susanne Graham

Dec 2, 2011

Susanne Graham, age 90, died on Friday, December 2, 2011 at the Grand Lake Villa in Grove, Oklahoma. Susanne was the daughter of Lendon Jess Hass and Mary E. (Dooly) Hass. She was born on November 4, 1920 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. She was united in marriage to Kenneth Earl Graham on Valentines Day 1946 in Piedmont, Alabama. Susanne moved to...

Robert Halcom

Robert Halcom

Dec 2, 2011

He was a member of the Amazing Grace Tabernacle Church. He drove the church bus and loved studying the Bible. He was licensed through the Nathaniel Jones School of Ministry. Robert also enjoyed playing his guitar and singing, and going hunting and fishing. He liked working on the ranch and being around horses. He was preceded in death by his...

Larry Gibson

Larry Gibson

Dec 1, 2011

Funeral Services for Larry Gibson will be at 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, December 6, 2011 at the Emmanuel Temple Church in Vinita, Oklahoma, with Pastor Wade Markham officiating. Interment will follow at Martin Cemetery. Services have been entrusted to Benjamin Funeral Service of Nowata. Larry F. Gibson, 66, of Nowata, Oklahoma passed from this life on December 1, 2011 at ST....

Thelma White

Thelma White

Nov 30, 2011

Thelma Marie White, 95, died at her residence in Jay, Oklahoma on Wednesday, November 30, 2011. Thelma was the daughter of Johnny and Clara Thomas, she was born on February 13, 1916 in Gentry, Arkansas. Thelma was a member of the Maysville Baptist Church. Thelma was preceded in death by her husband Howard White, a son Jerry White and two...

Viola Reynolds

Viola Reynolds

Nov 29, 2011

Viola Reynolds, (90) of Nowata, passed from this life Tuesday, November 29, 2011 at her daughter's home in Langley, Oklahoma. She was born in Finley, Oklahoma to Lee and Annie (Aldridge) Forehand. She is a 1941 graduate of Allen High School, Allen, Oklahoma. In 1943 she married Lee R. Crumbliss in Tulsa. They moved to Nowata in 1949 from Siloam...

Missack Jamison

Missack Jamison

Nov 29, 2011

M. Henry Jamison was born on October 28, 1921 in Somerville, Massachusetts. He was the son of M. Harry Yacubian and Sarah "Serabian" Yacubian, both immigrants from Armenia. He was raised in the Boston area where he also received his early education, graduating high school in 1938. He furthered his education by attending the University of Alabama where he received...