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Sallie Belle Todd
HEALDTON -- Graveside rites for Sallie Belle Todd, 102, were 2 p.m. Saturday at Mount Olive Cemetery wit the Rev. Russell Cheatham officiating.
Born July 2, 1895, to Wylie, Texas, to J.P. and Mary Thomas Berry, she died April 16, 1998, at a Healdton nursing facility. She married Levi Todd on May 8, 1920, at Duncan. He preceded her in death on Feb. 3, 1962.
Mrs. Todd lived in Healdton most of her life.
Survivors include three daughters, Margie Adams, Healdton, Margaret Rodgers, Wills Point, Texas, and Betty Garrison, Tecumseh; one son, James Todd, Healdton; 12 grandchildren; 29 great-grandchildren; and 18 great-great-grandchildren.
Services are under the direction of Reser Funeral Home.

Sylvia J. Montgomery
Services for Sylvia J. Montgomery, 72, will be 2 p.m. Tuesday at Griffin-Kennedy-Watts Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. LeRoy Holman officiating. Interment will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Park.
Born Jan. 18, 1926, to Herman and Myrtle Vest at Dot, W.Va., she died April 16, 1998, at an Oklahoma City hospital. She was preceded in death by her husband, Dale Hayes Montgomery, in 1994.
Mrs. Montgomery lived in Ardmore since 1977, moving from Los Angeles.
Survivors include three sons, Rusty, Ardmore, Ted, Lone Grove, and Steve, Pomona, Calif.; one daughter, Jacqueline Thomas, Sepulveda, Calif.; two brothers, Ted Vest, Baltimore, and Eugene Vest, West Virginia; seven grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
Bearers are John Jeter, Doug Blackwell, Joe Sykes, David Ryland, Mark Turner and Robert Langdon.

Anna Belle Hignight
Anna Belle Hignight died April 20, 1998, in Ardmore. No services are scheduled.
She was born Nov. 26, 1924, at Yale, to Wesley and Emily V. Isabel Cable.
She married Roy Hignight April 11, 1957, at Gainesville, Texas, and was a waitress at Bill and Barb's Restaurant before she retired. She was a member of the Pentecostal Holiness Church.
Survivors include her husband, of the home; two sons, Gene Goforth, Angleton, Texas, and Jerry Goforth, Yale; a daughter, Ruby Harris, Ardmore; a half brother, Paul Custer, Lakeland, Fla.; a sister, Peggy Gipe, Yale; two brothers, Gary Cable, Glenco, Ala., and Ronald Cable, Fresno, Calif. She was preceded in death by a brother, Wesley Jr.
Craddock Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.

William H. Moon
SULPHUR -- Services for William Homer Moon, 55, are pending from Cowley-Krien Funeral Home. He died April 21, 1998, in an Oklahoma City hospital.

Perry R. Robertson
MADILL -- Services for Perry Ransom Robertson, 46, will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Watts Memorial Chapel with James Mayo officiating. Interment will be at Condon Grove Cemetery.
Robertson died April 20, 1998, in the Denison, Texas, hospital. He was born Aug. 11, 1951, at Tishomingo.
He was reared in Johnston and Marshall counties and worked as a welder much of his life. He was affiliated with the Holiness Church.
Survivors include a son, Perry Jr., Woodville; his mother, Margie Robertson, Kingston; brothers and sisters, Vera Hughes, Barryville, Ark., Ernie Robertson, Madill; Kent Robertson, Oxford, Iowa, Roy, John and Benny Robertson, Woodville.
Bearers will be Jamie Stephens, Richard Stafford, Thomas Compton, Bill Crook, Roger Allen, Shaw Mize, Bobby and Larry Bailey.

The Rev. Harold J. Baker
PRAGUE -- Services for the Rev. Harold J. Baker will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at the Assembly of God Church in Prague. Interment will be at Dixie Cemetery, near Ringling.
Baker died April 20, 1998, in Shawnee. He was born April 2, 1918, at Loco, to David J. and Ida L. Frells Baker.
He and Marie Barham were married Oct. 16, 1938, in Comanche.
He had been an ordained minister since 1949, serving at Assembly of God churches in Ninnekah, Bowlegs, Rush Springs, Pruitt City, Wetumka, Velma and at Prague the past 18 years. He traveled on mission trips to the Holy Lands and Russia and conducted a number of crusades. He also was an active member of Lions International.
Survivors include his wife, of the home; a son, Harold, Gilmore, Texas; a daughter, Juana Aylor Prague; two brothers, Hurshel, Fox, and Hamp, Oklahoma City; two sisters, Dimple Varness, Duncan, and Rozella Pevehouse, Ardmore; seven grandchildren; two stepgrandchildren; five great-grandchildren; and five step-great-grandchildren.
Parks Brothers Funeral Home will direct services.

Melvin K. Chaney
ENVILLE -- Services for Melvin Kenneth Chaney, 69, were scheduled for 2 p.m. today at the Enville Community Church with Hubert Sponsler officiating. Interment was at Lebanon Cemetery under the direction of Watts Funeral Home.
Chaney died April 20, 1998, in the Marietta hospital. He was born April 21, 1928, at Kingston.
A resident of Lebanon most of his life, he was employed at Total Refinery in Ardmore for 34 years and was a member of Enville Community Church. He and Thelma June McMillin were married March 23, 1950, at Enville.
Survivors include his wife, of the home; a son, Kenneth, Marietta; a daughter, Regina Rowland, Enville; three sisters, JoAnn Collins, Madill, Edna Forguson, Gene Autry, and Kay Thomas, Moore; and three grandchildren.
Bearers were Bobby Lemons, Johnny Rushing, J.C. Harris, Carroll Montgomery, Ronnie and Bobby Willis. Honorary bearers were Gilbert Willis, Lynn Puckett, Kenneth Shelton, Jim Minyard, Thurmon Vinson, Lee Lemons, Elvin Jackson and Lewis Foster.

Bessie Chamberlain Athey
RINGLING -- Funeral services for Bessie Chamberlain Athey, age 96, will be at 2 p.m. Sunday, April 26, 1998, at the First Baptist Church. The Rev. J.W. Ray will officiate with interment in Ringling Memorial Cemetery.
Mrs. Athey was born Oct. 9, 1901, in Bryan County, northeast of Durant, Okla. Mrs. Athey died Wednesday, April 22, 1998, in Woodview Home in Ardmore. She had lived in Ringling for 72 years before residing at Woodview Home.
She married J.N. "Newt" Chamberlain on May 30, 1920. They had five boys and three girls. She was preceded in death by J.N. "Newt" Chamberlain on Nov. 27, 1968; two daughters, Noweta in January of 1940, and Doris Lyons on July 24, 1987; two sons, Paul Chamberlain on July 4, 1988, and Calvin Chamberlain on Nov. 12, 1994. She was also preceded by her parents, Julia and Jim Calhoun; a sister, Ozie Calhoun Baker; and two half brothers, Oscar Warden and Short Warden.
She and Oscar Athey were married in December of 1970. He died in 1984. Mrs. Athey was a member of First Baptist Church and W.M.U., where she had been secretary for many years, and was a member of Eastern Star.
Survivors are three sons and their wives, Gorden and Nelda Chamberlain, Panhandle, Texas, Leon and Peggy Chamberlain, Ardmore,. and Gwindle and Pat Chamberlain, Amarillo, Texas; one daughter and her husband, Peggy and George Baumann, Ardmore; 20 grandchildren; 27 great-grandchildren; and four great-great-grandchildren.
Bearers will be her grandsons, Ted Baumann, Dirk Baumann, Mark Chamberlain, Gorden Chamberlain Jr., Glen Dale Chamberlain, Dennis Chamberlain, Guy Lyons, Tracy Lyons, Johnny Chamberlain, Mike Chamberlain and Ronnie Chamberlain.
Reser Funeral Home will direct services.

Madge Musgrave Holt
Services for Madge Musgrave Holt will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Craddock Memorial Chapel with the Rev. Ivy Henson officiating. Interment will be at Rose Hill Cemetery.
Mrs. Holt was born Jan. 21, 1920, at Lebanon, Mo., to Edward O. and Anna L. Mosier Musgrave. She died April 23, 1998, in the local hospital after an extended illness.
She married Jack L. Holt July 3, 1948, at San Diego and was a buyer for Hunuch Fur Co. in California before she retired and returned to Ardmore. Her husband died Jan. 22, 1972.
She is survived by three sisters, Beulah Newcomb, Pryor, Vera Akins and Thelma McMillian, Ardmore.
Bearers will be Harvey Stewart, Joe Myrick, Jamie Fore, Jeremy Miller, Julie Foraker, Sherry Ritter, Beverly Vaughn, Brenda O'Dell and Elsie Lambert.

Cecil M. Baker
KINGSTON -- Services for Cecil Mayborn Baker, 82, will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Watts Kingston Chapel with Dr. P.H. Powell officiating. Graveside rites by Kingston Masonic Lodge members will follow at Woodberry Forest Cemetery, Madill.
Baker died April 22, 1998, in the Madill hospital. He was born Oct. 19, 1915, in Oklahoma City.
He married Ruth L. Green Sept. 4, 1937. She preceded him in death on Oct. 19, 1991. He served in the Navy during World War II, owned Midwest City Flower Shop 30 years before he retired and lived at Cardinal Cove on Lake Texoma before moving to Madill. He was a Baptist and member of Masonic Lodge. He and Lena Lee Hammett were married July 13, 1994, at Kingston.
Survivors include his wife, of the home; a daughter, Donna Harwell, Midwest City; two brothers, Lyle, Madill, and Ralph, Choctaw; stepchildren, Carolyn Gallagher and Ed Hammett; a granddaughter; eight stepgrandchildren; two great-grandchildren; and five step-great-grandchildren.
Bearers will be Harvey Wilson, B.R. Davidson, Dean Wise, Willard Fleming, Charlie Johnson, Ray Armstrong, Harvey Madden, Bill Austin and Leonard Lilly.

Lillian Inez Tucker
Services for Lillian Inez Tucker, Healdton, will be 11 a.m. Monday at Craddock Memorial Chapel with the Revs. Darel Bunch and Jim Gillum officiating.
Born Feb. 1, 1899, at Coffman County, Texas, to Carlos and Amy Marshall Phillips, she died April 24, 1998, at a Healdton health care facility. She married Homer T. Tucker on Nov. 1, 1921, at Blue Ribbon. He preceded her in death in 1967. She was also preceded in death by a son, Calvin Tucker, in 1980.
Mrs. Tucker had been a resident of the Lone Grove and Wilson area most of her life. She was active in the Lone Grove Methodist Church for many years until her health kept her from attending several years ago.
Survivors include a daughter, Syble Naomi Tucker, Wilson; a daughter-in-law, Emma Jean Tucker, Wilson; one sister, Jewell Phillips, Roff; four grandchildren, Janna Davis, Oklahoma City, Carol Sibley, Mustang, Pete Tucker and his wife, Dorothy, Paoli, and Terral Dee Tucker and his wife, Tammy, Wilson; 12 great-grandchildren; and three great-great-grandchildren.
Bearers are Pat and Terrell Dee Tucker, Jack Sibly, Rick Brown, Jim Davis and Tom Hall. Honorary bearers are all great-grandchildren.

Trudy Elaine Walton
SULPHUR -- Services for Trudy Elaine Walton, 52, will be 10 a.m. Tuesday at First Baptist Church with the Rev. Eddie Malphrus officiating. Interment will follow at Oaklawn Cemetery.
Born March 27, 1946, at Kansas City, Mo., to Otto E. and Louise Woodruff Miller, she died April 24, 1998, at Ardmore.
Mrs. Walton grew up in Turner, Kan., and graduated from Turner High School in 1964. She married John Walton on Dec. 4, 1964 at Turner. She had lived at Munice, Kan., and Tulare, Calif., before coming to Oklahoma in 1977. She lived at Ada and Muskogee before moving to Sulphur in 1991. Mrs. Walton was a housewife. She was a member of the Sulphur Christian Womens Club and the First Baptist Church.
Survivors include her husband, of the home; two daughters, Jana J., Sulphur, and Kara L., Duncanville, Texas; her parents, Kirbyville, Mo.; one brother, James E. Miller, Bonner Springs, Kan.; and one grandson.
Bearers are Scott Colbert, Tom Allen, Adam Allen, Perry Allen, Tim Allen and Ed Bristol.
Services are under the direction of Clagg Funeral Home.

Troy Emest O'Neal
SULPHUR -- Services for Troy Emest O'Neal, 77, will be 2 p.m. Monday at Clagg Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Bob Moody officiating. Interment will follow at Oaklawn Cemetery.
Born July 23, 1920, at Okfuskee to William E. and Ella Austin O'Neal, he died April 24, 1998, at Sulphur. He married Leta M. Wells on Feb. 24, 1949, at Sulphur. She preceded him in death Oct. 7, 1997. He was also preceded in death by his brothers and sisters.
O'Neal grew up in Okfuskee. He had lived in Sulphur for the past 50 years. O'Neal was a veteran of World War II, having served in the United States Army. He was retired from the Oklahoma School For The Deaf.
Survivors include two sons, Lewie A., Sulphur, and Troy "Dink," McPherson, Kan.; and four grandchildren.

Willie T. Buycks Jr.
TATUMS -- Services for Willie T. Buycks Jr. will be 11 a.m. Monday at Community Baptist Church with the Rev. Frank Washington officiating. Interment will follow at Oil Springs Cemetery.
Born April 27, 1939, at Tatums to Willie and Cindy Buycks, he died April 21, 199,8 at Healdton.
Buycks attended school at Tatums. He was a Carter County employee for more than eight years.
Survivors include his mother, Tatums; and three brothers, Kenneth L., Dallas, Leon M., Milwaukee, and Ronnie O., Tatums.
Bearers are Cecil Jones, Roscoe Buycks, Larry Campbell, Kenneth Buycks, Leon M. Buycks and Ronnie O. Buycks.
Services are under the direction of Rolfe Funeral Home, Oklahoma City.

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