Carter County, Oklahoma Obituary Collection

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Trudy L. Faulkenberry
MARIETTA -- Services for Trudy L. Faulkenberry, 80, will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Kennedy Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Wayne Howard officiating. Interment will be at Lakeview Cemetery.
Mrs. Faulkenberry died Nov. 20, 1997, at her residence. She was born April 5, 1917, at Eastman to Thomas O. and Loucretia Fox Lang.
A lifelong resident of Love County, she was a homemaker and member of the Pentecostal Holiness Church. She and E.C. "Shorty" Faulkenberry were married Dec. 24, 1935, at Marietta.
Survivors include her husband, of the home; four sons, Chesney, Lindon, Larry and Kim; a daughter, Queta Edwards; and sister, Verda Bone, all of Marietta; seven grandchildren; and a great-grandchild.
Bearers will be Harvey Stewart, John Castleman, Tom, Bobby, Dale and Chris Faulkenberry.
The family will receive friends from 7 to 8 tonight at the funeral home.

Nancy H. Graham
BARTLESVILLE -- Services for Nancy H. Graham, 61, will be 11 a.m. Monday at St. Luke's Episcopal Church in Bartlesville with the Rev. Dr. T. Lee Stephens officiating. Interment will be at Memorial Park Cemetery.
Mrs. Graham died Nov. 20, 1997, in the Ardmore hospital after an extended illness. She was born May 8, 1936, in Bartlesville to Richard K. and Mildred Goodrich Harris.
She graduated from College High School in 1954 and attended The University of Oklahoma School of Nursing and Tri-County Tech. She was a licensed practical nurse, employed by Memorial Hospital of Southern Oklahoma and Floyd and Lynn Eye Clinic for 17 years. She was a member of St. Luke's Episcopal Church, Quilter Club and Quilters Jubilee. She had lived all her life in Bartlesville before moving to Healdton three months ago.
Survivors include two daughters, Ann Marie Dobbs, Bixby, and Sally Reser, Healdton; a sister, Kathy Phillips, Nowata; and four granddaughters. She was preceded in death by two sons, Michael and Mark; and a brother, Richard Harris.
Memorials may be made to American Lung Association or St. Luke's Episcopal Church music department.
The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 tonight at Reser Funeral Home in Healdton.

Toye L. Parsons
Services for Toye L. Parsons, 74, will be 10 a.m. Monday in the Noble Chapel of First Presbyterian Church with the Rev. Ken Blank officiating. Interment will follow at 2 p.m. at Fairlawn Cemetery, Snyder.
Born March 3, 1923, at Elmer to John A. and Maggie Blake, she died Nov. 21, 1997, at her son's home, where she had been residing during an extended illness. She married Paul E. Parsons in 1944 at Snyder. He preceded her in death in 1991.
Mrs. Parsons was a homemaker and retired from a civil service position at Tinker Air Force Base in 1984. She had lived in Ardmore for the past six years, coming from Snyder. She was a member of the First Baptist Church of Snyder.
Survivors include her son, Dr. Bill Parsons, and his wife, Janice; and a grandson, Blake.
Bearers are Bill Stacey, Bob Kay, Gary and Leon Webber. Honorary bearers are Jack Parsons, Carl Woods and L.Z. Gentry.
Services are under the direction of Griffin-Kennedy-Watts Funeral Home.

Fayetta Stephens Rolen
SULPHUR -- Services for Fayetta Stephens Rolen, 87, will be 10 a.m. Monday at Clagg Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. James Swain officiating. Interment will follow at Oaklawn Cemetery.
Born Feb. 8, 1910, at Huntsville, Ala., to Columbus J. and Edith Robinson Morris, she died Nov. 22, 1997, at Sulphur. She married Truett Stephens on Nov. 26, 1929, at Lovington, N.M. He preceded her in death June 25, 1955. She married Albert G. Rolen on July 17, 1971. He preceded her in death Jan. 14, 1982.
Mrs. Rolen lived in the area most of her life. She was a member of the Calvary Baptist Church.
Survivors include one son, Bob Stephens, New Braunfels, Texas; one sister, C.J. Allen, Lamesa, Texas; one granddaughter; and two great-grandchildren.

Beatrice Selina 'O'Dell' Beavers
TISHOMINGO -- Graveside rites for Beatrice Selina "O'Dell" Beavers, 82, Milburn, were Saturday at Tishomingo City Cemetery with J.R. Tidwell officiating.
Born April 4, 1915, at Gainesville, Texas, to William A. and Lillie Harkins O'Dell, she died Nov. 21, 1997, at Tishomingo. She was preceded in death by a brother, Gilbert O' Dell.
A resident of Johnston County, she married Don Palmer. She was a homemaker.
Survivors include one nephew and two nieces.
Services were under the direction of Corbin Funeral Home.

Clifford C. Girod
SULPHUR -- Graveside rites for Clifford Carl Girod, 79, will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Oaklawn Cemetery with the Rev. Bill Crawford officiating.
Girod died Nov. 22, 1997, in Norman. He was born Aug. 4, 1918, in Sulphur, to Carl and Lena Wilkins Girod.
A lifetime resident of this area, he graduated from Sulphur High School and served with the Navy during World War II. He retired from the Oklahoma Veterans Center in Sulphur after 36 years of service. He was a member of First Christian Church, Elks Lodge and American Legion.
Survivors include his wife, the former Fernon Davenport, of the home; two sons, Clifford, Ada, and Jimmy, Farmersville, Ind.; two brothers, Bill and Herbert, Arizona; and a sister, Lucille, also Arizona.

Newman Craddock
Funeral services for Asa Newman Craddock Sr. will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 26, 1997, at St. Mary's Catholic Church. The Rev. John Vrana will officiate. He will be assisted by Dr. Alton Fannin. Interment will be at St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery.
Newman was born April 16, 1907, in Ardmore (Pickens County), Indian Territory, to Jeff and Hassie Pruitt Craddock. He died Nov. 23, 1997, in a local health care facility following an extended illness.
He was a graduate of Ardmore High School class of 1924 and the Williams Mortuary College in Kansas City, Mo. He had been a funeral director and embalmer in Ardmore since 1926 and was the owner and president of Craddock Funeral Home.
He had been a member of the Oklahoma Funeral Directors Association and the National Funeral Directors Association for many years. The Oklahoma Funeral Directors honored him with a 50-year gold pin in 1985.
He was a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church and a fourth degree member of the Knights of Columbus.
He was married to the former Margaret Adams at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Ardmore on Jan. 4, 1933. She preceded him in death on Nov. 6, 1986.
He is survived by a son and daughter-in-law, A.N. Jr. "Sonny" and Barbara Craddock; two grandsons and granddaughters-in-law, Chad and Marla Craddock and Chris and Wendy Craddock; and five great-grandchildren, Cole, Kelsie, Kyle, Kellee and Karlee Craddock, all of Ardmore.
Pall bearers will be Jim Patton, Ken James, Bub Harvey, Andy Arnold, Don Cummings and John Maher. Honorary bearers are Ted Pruitt, J.C. Pruitt and members of the Oklahoma Funeral Directors Association.
Memorials may be made to the Community Children's Shelter or Cross Timbers Hospice.

Virgil E. Kirkpatrick
LEGATE -- Graveside rites for Virgil E. Kirkpatrick, 62, will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Legate Cemetery in Legate with Bob Smee officiating.
Kirkpatrick died Nov. 24, 1997, in Midwest City. He was born Feb. 19, 1935, at Marietta, to Kenneth and Sylvia Vaughan Kirkpatrick.
He was a Navy petty officer for 20 years and served in the Vietnam War. He was awarded the Good Conduct Medal.
Survivors include two sons, Douglas Hutchison, Ponder, Texas, and Dennis Hutchison, Virginia Beach, Va.; a daughter, Maureen Gordon, Carrollton, Texas; his mother, Sylvia Cross; two sisters, Dorothy Starrett and Sharon Woodside; and brother, Johnny L., all of Midwest City; and a granddaughter.
Bearers will be Bob Emmerson, Duke Starrett, Lloyd Vaughan, Mike Tipps and T.J. Kaye.

George E. White
Services for George E. White, 69, will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Harvey-Douglas Chapel with Jesse Whitlock officiating. Interment will be at Hillcrest Memorial Park.
White died Nov. 23, 1997, in the local hospital after an extended illness. He was born April 28, 1928, in San Antonio, Texas, to Joseph H. and Josephine M. Ricouard White.
A resident of Ardmore most of his life, he served in the Army at the end of World War II and again during the Korean conflict. He retired from Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. after 35 years of service. He was a member of Telephone Pioneers and the Central Church of Christ. He and Doris Marie Walker were married Nov. 12, 1949, at Gainesville, Texas.
Survivors include his wife, of the home; a daughter, Linda Herschel, Ardmore; two brothers, Lawrence, Edmond, and Joseph Jr., Ardmore; four grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by four sisters.
Bearers will be James Pippin, Richard Turner, Clint Robertson, Malcolm Armstrong, Boise Harris and Mike Howard. Honorary bearers are Dudley Dorris, Ray Harness, Jess Shannon, Grant Owen, J.B. Posey, Bill and Jerry Follis.

Viola Meta Irwin
Services for Viola Meta Irwin will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Craddock Memorial Chapel with the Rev. Dan Patman officiating. Interment will be at Hillcrest Memorial Park.
Mrs. Irwin died Nov. 24, 1997, in a DeSoto, Texas, health care facility. She was born Nov. 25, 1920, at Ethan, S.D., to Gerhardt and Eva Claire Doering Gerken.
She married Ellis Glen Irwin Dec. 24, 1947, in Gainesville, Texas. He preceded her in death in April 1991.
She had been a resident of Ardmore 35 years, living the past two years in DeSoto, Texas, to be close to her family. She graduated from Dakota Wesleyan University in 1942. She worked as a registered nurse, X-ray and lab technician at Medical Arts Clinic until she retired in January 1980 after having worked as a registered nurse for 38 years.
She is survived by a son and daughter-in-law, Steven Michael and Claudia D. Irwin; and three grandchildren, Jennifer Sierra Irwin, Jedediah Eli Irwin and John Luke Irwin, all of Cedar Hill, Texas.

Lillie Moore Parnell
WAPANUCKA -- Graveside rites for Lillie Ray Moore Parnell were scheduled for 2 p.m. today at Rosehill Cemetery in Wapanucka with the Rev. Claud Buie officiating.
Mrs. Parnell died Nov. 22, 1997, in Tishomingo. She was born June 9, 1922, at Blue Ridge, to George R. and Mary M. Riley Moore.
She married Oscar Dudley Parnell July 3, 1944, in Ardmore, and was a member of the Church of God in Wapanucka and Ravia. She was a homemaker.
Survivors include two daughters, Virginia Harris, Coleman, and Patricia Fitzpatrick, Garland, Texas; four sons, Vernon, Big Spring, Texas, Phillip, Coleman, James, Bromide, and Jimmy, Milburn; a stepson, Ozie, Sulphur; a stepdaughter, Mary Lewis, Dickson; a sister, Beulah Horton, Drumright; 20 grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband; three brothers, Robert, Jim and Jessie Moore; four sisters, Fannie Hill, Mattie Bready, Mae Wilson and Minnie Creek; and five grandchildren.
Corbin Funeral Home directed services.

Jacqueline C. 'Jackie' Duston
WAPANUCKA -- Graveside rites for Lillie Ray Moore Parnell were scheduled for 2 p.m. today at Rosehill Cemetery in Wapanucka with the Rev. Claud Buie officiating.
Mrs. Parnell died Nov. 22, 1997, in Tishomingo. She was born June 9, 1922, at Blue Ridge, to George R. and Mary M. Riley Moore.
She married Oscar Dudley Parnell July 3, 1944, in Ardmore, and was a member of the Church of God in Wapanucka and Ravia. She was a homemaker.
Survivors include two daughters, Virginia Harris, Coleman, and Patricia Fitzpatrick, Garland, Texas; four sons, Vernon, Big Spring, Texas, Phillip, Coleman, James, Bromide, and Jimmy, Milburn; a stepson, Ozie, Sulphur; a stepdaughter, Mary Lewis, Dickson; a sister, Beulah Horton, Drumright; 20 grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband; three brothers, Robert, Jim and Jessie Moore; four sisters, Fannie Hill, Mattie Bready, Mae Wilson and Minnie Creek; and five grandchildren.
Corbin Funeral Home directed services.

Jacqueline C. 'Jackie' Duston
Services for Jacqueline C. "Jackie" Duston, 84, will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Harvey-Douglas Chapel with the Rev. Charles H. Brown officiating. Interment will be at Young Cemetery, northeast of Ardmore.
Mrs. Duston died Nov. 24, 1997, in the local hospital. She was born July 31, 1913, in Ardmore to Joe and Rolia Barnes Brown.
Of Chickasaw Indian heritage, she served in World War II in the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps, having been an aircraft worker on the B-24 Bombers and as a correctional officer in Texas. For several years she lived at Ardmore Village where she was a member of the Ardmore Village Kitchen Band. She was a member of American Legion Post 65, Retired Seniors Volunteer Program and Ardmore Art Guild
She is survived by a son, Guy R., Gainesville, Texas; and a grandson.
Honorary bearers are members of the Ardmore Village Kitchen Band.

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