Obituaries

Apr 30, 2006

Jay, Oklahoma Sally Ann Earp Sally Ann Earp of Jay died Sunday April 30, 2006 at her home in Jay, Ok. at the age of 64. Sally was born October 8, 1941 to Robert and Evelyn (Reinhart) Grantin at Neenah, Wisconsin. She worked at Guinn Nursing Home in Jay as a C.M.A. and also worked at Wal-Mart in Jay for...

Apr 30, 2006

Durus N. Bailey, Sr., 57, of Tiajuana, OK, passed away Sunday, April 30, 2006 at his home. He was born on Aug. 2, 1948 in Warren, OH to Durus Edward and Viola Ruth (Parry) Bailey. He had lived in the area since 1986 moving from Peggs after moving from California. Mr. Bailey was a self-employed Insurance Agent and also a...

Apr 27, 2006

Lisa Marie Adamson, 26-year-old Claremore resident passed away at 3:03 a.m., Thursday, April 27, 2006 at the Southcrest Hospital in Tulsa. Graveside funeral services for Miss Adamson will be held at 11:00 a.m., Monday, May 1, 2006 at the Nowata Memorial Park Cemetery with the Rev. Robert Boyle officiating. The family has requested that memorial contributions be made to the...

Apr 27, 2006

Melba Lorain Brown 85, Vinita resident Passed away at a Tulsa hospital on Thursday, April 27, 2006. She was born on September 15, 1920 to General Clifford and Mattie Leola (Smith) Finley in Springtown, TX. Mrs. Brown worked in Vinita as a Public Tax Accountant, she was a member of the First United Methodist Church and American Legion Ladies Auxiliary,...

Apr 27, 2006

Kermit Galen Purcell, Jr. lifetime resident of Big Cabin, OK, passed away on Thursday, April 27, 2006 at home. Galen was born on Jan. 25, 1934 in Waynesville, N.C. to Kermit Galen and Virginia Mattie (Seay) Purcell. He served in the Navy from 1951-1955. After the military he started work in the construction field being self-employed at G. Purcell &...

Apr 25, 2006

Howard E. Simonson ("Si"), 94, of Alterra Sterling House North in Bartlesville, passed away April 19 at Silver Lake Care Center. Mr. Simonson was born to Andrew and Bettie Simonson February 27, 1912, in West Point, Nebraska. He graduated from the University of Nebraska in 1935 and moved to Bartlesville in February 1936 to work for Phillips Petroleum Company as...

Apr 23, 2006

Patsy Jean Starks 69, rural Ketchum resident passed away on Sunday, April 23, 2006 at her home. She was born on June 13, 1936 in Jay, OK to James Haskell and Olive (Stilley) Trundle. She married her husband Vern Starks on February 9, 1952. Mrs. Starks who most knew as "Nanny" was very active in the Ketchum area, she was...

Apr 23, 2006

Dorothy Melinda Gunter Jorss, age 90, a longtime resident of Bartlesville, died Sunday, April 23, 2006 at her home. Dorothy Melinda Gunter Jorss was born in New Cambria, Missouri, March 4, 1916, the daughter of Benjamen Allard Gunter and Freda Fern Jones Gunter. Dorothy moved with her family to Bartlesville when she was two years old and attended local schools...

Apr 23, 2006

Grove, OK - Louise Bainter was born August 22, 1916 at Fort Scott, Kansas to Chester C. Cole and Ethel (Zook) Cole. Louise passed away peacefully on Sunday, April 23, 2006 at the age of 89. She was preceded in death by her parents, a brother and her beloved husband, Lewis W. Bainter. Louise was a woman of many talents....

Apr 23, 2006

Wyandotte, OK - Jimmie Joe Terry, 81, died early Sunday, April 23, 2006 at his home on Grand Lake's Paradise Point. Jimmie was born August 1, 1924 at Kansas City, Missouri to Howard Terry and Hester (Babb) Terry. He married Mary A. Butler, September 1952. Mary preceded him in death December 10, 1990. The couple had a daughter, Elicia Jena...

Apr 22, 2006

Margaret "Mary Reynolds Passed away at a Tulsa hospital on Saturday, April 22, 2006. She was born on October 13, 1926 in Covington, OK to Charles and Willie Mae (Hudson) Johnson. She later married Paul Reynolds in Kansas and celebrated their sixtieth wedding anniversary on January 17. Mrs. Reynolds was a homemaker. She was also active in the Assistance League...

Apr 22, 2006

Kathleen (Hughey) Turner 59, resident of Big Cabin passed away on Saturday, April 22, 2006 at Craig General Hospital. She was born in Richmond, CA on March 4, 1947 to Jack and Jean (Spalding) Hughey. She is preceded in death by her Father Jack Hughey. Survivors include her husband Jerry Turner, her mother Jean Pennington and step dad Merle Pennington,...

Apr 22, 2006

Nadine Johnson Former Vinita resident passed away in Bartlesville, OK at a Nursing Center on Saturday, April 22, 2006. She was born on June 14, 1917 to Walter Edward and Bertha Mae (Smith) Smith Mrs. Johnson owned and operated Nadines Beauty Shop in Vinita. Mrs. Johnson was very active in the First Baptist Church where she was a member. She...

Apr 20, 2006

Grove, Ok. - Mary L. Welch of Grove, Oklahoma died early Thursday morning at Grove Nursing Center. She was born June 18, 1924 to L.C. and Eva Abercrombie at Avant, Oklahoma. Mary attended grade school at the Atlantic Field School and high school at Wynona, Oklahoma and Norris City, Illinois. Mary is survived by a daughter, Sharon Hitchcock of Grove;...

Apr 20, 2006

Service Details

Thursday, April 27th, 2006 2:00pm, Butler Cemetery

Interment Details

Butler Cemetery

Apr 18, 2006

Henry F. (Hank) Mattix, age 89, a resident of Dewey, died Tuesday April 18, 2006 at a nursing center in Dewey. He was born October 28, 1916 in Bartlesville, OK the son of Harry E. Mattix and Ida Daisy Allen Mattix. He attended his first years of elementary school in Jenks, OK when the family moved back to Bartlesville where...

Apr 14, 2006

Georgia H. Miller, 86-year-old Nowata resident, passed away at 12:50 p.m., Friday, April 14, 2006 at the Nowata Nursing Center. Graveside funeral services for Mrs. Miller will be held at 10:00a.m., Monday, April 17, 2006 in the Nowata Memorial Park Cemetery with Ben Killion officiating. Services are under the direction of the Benjamin Funeral Service of Nowata. Georgia H. Miller...

Apr 11, 2006

Mrs. Mary Margaret (Brown) Reed, 100 years old, died Tuesday April 11, 2006 at her home in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. Graveside funeral services for Mrs. Reed will be held 10:00 a.m., Saturday, April 15, 2005 at the Memorial Park Cemetery. Pastor Haus Miller of the First United Methodist Church of Bartlesville, Ok. will preside over the services. Funeral services are under...

Apr 11, 2006

Our beloved Granny, Juanita Margaret (Marge) Nail 82 year old Vinita resident, went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, April 11, 2006, at the home of her son Lonnie Nail in White Oak, many family members were at her side. She was born October 27, 1923 in Centralia to O. B. and Alma (Cox) LeForce. Marge joined Ray Lenn...

Apr 9, 2006

Georgia Marie Griffith 81 year-old resident of Tulsa, formerly of Bluejacket, went to be with the Lord on Sunday April 9, 2006 at St. John's Medical Center. She was born July 28, 1924 in Parsons, Kansas to John C. and Trella D. (Hobbs) Griffith. Georgia was a member of the Bluejacket Baptist Church and had worked in Home and Elder...