Carter County, Oklahoma Obituary Collection

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Joe P. McCallister Sr.
MEXICO, Mo. -- Services for Joe P. McCallister Sr., 78, will be 1:30 p.m. Monday at Arnold Funeral Home in Mexico, Mo. McCallister died Jan. 8, 1998, in Columbia, Mo. He was born Aug. 3, 1919, in Logan, W.Va., to William R. and May L. Dillon McCallister
He and Eddythe C. Harris were married Feb. 3, 1943, at Ardmore. He was a veteran of World War II, serving in the Army Aircorps from 1942 to 1945.
Survivors include his wife, of the home; a son, Joe P. Jr., Mexico; a daughter, Jeanie Teaney, Mexico; one brother, Ray McCallister, Welch, W.Va.; one sister, Brookie Holder; five grandchildren and six great grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by five brothers and six sisters.
Memorials may be made to the Veterans Administration Hospice.
Services are under the direction of Arnold Funeral Home.

Dallas Moore
WAURIKA -- Services for Dallas Leon Moore, 86, will be 11 a.m. Monday at the First Baptist Church with the Rev. Tim Bowen officiating. Interment will follow at Waurika Cemetery.
Born Aug. 17, 1911, at Antlers to Hattie and Leonard Moore, he died Jan. 10, 1998, at a Waurika hospital after an extended illness.
A longtime Waurika resident, Moore moved to Jefferson County in 1912. He attended Lynnwood Country School and Waurika High School. He married Lucille Reid on Aug. 29, 1937, at Waurika. Moore was a farmer and later a bus driver and maintenance man for the Claypool and Turner Public School systems.
Survivors include his wife, of the home; five daughters, Phyllis Jean Murphy, Lois Ruth Sons, Sandra Lou Moore, and Patricia Fay Moore, all Ardmore, and Shirley Ann Woodring, Bixby; one son, Dallas Ray Moore, Union City; one sister, Ruth Roden, Austin, Texas; 19 grandchildren; and numerous great-grandchildren.
Services are under the direction of Willis Worley Funeral Home.

Teresa Kay Horn
TISHOMINGO -- Services for Teresa Kay Horn, 48, will be 1 p.m. Monday at the First Baptist Church with the Rev. Perry Crisp officiating. Interment will be at Tishomingo City Cemetery.
Ms. Horn died Jan. 7, 1998, in San Antonio from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. She was born Jan. 20, 1949, in San Antonio.
She graduated from Tishomingo High School in 1967 and attended Murray State College and St. Mary's University in San Antonio. She was a designer, interior decorator and a visual merchandiser for 12 retail shops in downtown San Antonio. She implemented the display and coordination of more than 60 Fiesta Royalty Gowns for North Star Mall. She was of the Baptist faith.
Survivors include her mother, Adeline Tribble, Tishomingo; a son, Jason B. James, San Antonio; a brother, Joel B. Tribble, Tishomingo; and a sister, Shirley Nichols, Sherman, Texas.
She was preceded in death by her father, J.B. Tribble, in 1965.
Services are under the direction of Corbin Funeral Home.

Bonnie V. Clure Mayo
DAVIS -- Graveside services for Bonnie V. Clure Mayo, 99, Delaware, Ohio, formerly of Davis, will be 11 a.m. Monday at Green Hill Cemetery.
Born July 11, 1898, at Greenville, Texas, to Fronnie Lougenia Hamrick and Marcellous Dumas, she died Jan. 7, 1998, at a Delaware health care facility. She was preceded in death by her husband, Jake Lane, and a son, James Carl Clure.
Mrs. Mayo was a homemaker. She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church in Delaware.
Survivors include one daughter, Lila Ellzey, Delaware; four granddaughters; and eight great-grandchildren.
Services are under the direction of Fox Funeral Home.

Evelyn Williams
Services for Evelyn Williams, 85, will be 2 p.m. Monday at Harvey-Douglas Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Dan Patman officiating. Interment will follow at Rose Hill Cemetery.
Born Sept. 11, 1913, at Ardmore to Walter T. and Josephine Maude Russell WIlliams, she died Jan. 7, 1999, at a local nursing facility following an extended illness. She was preceded in death by two sisters and a brother.
A resident of Ardmore all of her life, she graduated from Ardmore High School in 1931, then attended Oklahoma A&M. She worked for the Department of Human Services as a clerk until her retirement.
Survivors include a cousin, niece, nephew and sister-in-law.

Syble Holland
Graveside rites for Syble Holland, 98, will be 10 a.m. Monday at Hillcrest Memorial Park Cemetery with the Rev. Jimmy May officiating.
Born May 28, 1900, at Orr to James and Mary Elizabeth Porter, she died Jan. 9, 1999, at a local health care facility. She was preceded in death by six brothers and two sisters.
Mrs. Holland had worked as a morning supervisor at Long Beach Hospital in Long Beach, Calif. She lived most of her life in Ardmore and was a member of the Bethel Baptist Church at Healdton.
Survivors include one son, Cole, Healdton; two grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.
Services are under the direction of Griffin-Kennedy-Watts Funeral Home.

Joe L.A. Lee
TATUMS -- Services for Joe Louis Alvin Lee, Lawton, will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Bethel Baptist Church in Tatums with the Rev. F.M. Lawson officiating. Interment will be at Tatums Cemetery under the direction of Jefferson Funeral Home.
Lee died Jan. 3, 1999, in Lawton following a brief illness.
He moved from Tatums to Lawton in the 1960s.
Survivors include his wife, Frances, of the home; two sons, Jeffery K., Lawton, and Robert E., Washington, D.C.; a stepson, Darryl "Vicki," Oklahoma City; a brother, Theodore R., Oklahoma City; five sisters, Q.Z. "Dan" Taylor, Temple, Texas, Wanda "Arnell" Dean, Oklahoma City, Violet Lee, Sylvia Gordon and Patricia Williams, Lawton; and several grandchildren.

Billie J. Johnston
COMMERCE -- Services for Billie J. Johnson, 64, were 10 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 5, 1999, at the First Baptist Church in Commerce with the Rev. Larry Moore officiating. Burial was at GAR Cemetery in Miami, Okla., under the direction of Thomas Funeral Home.
Mrs. Johnston left this life to live with the Lord at 4:30 p.m. Jan. 2, 1999, at Freeman West Hospital, Joplin, Mo., with her five children and two of her grandchildren at her side.
She was born to William P. and Fay Neal Stogsdill on May 21, 1934, in Miami. She married Billy L. "Bill" Johnston on April 6, 1951, at Bentonville, Ark.
She had been employed as a laboratory technician in the E.O.M. Division of Eagle-Picher Industries for the past 21 years. Known by her family and friends as a quiet yet strong-willed individual with a quick wit and keen sense of humor, her life revolved around her family. By example, she taught others not only how to live, but also how to die with grace and dignity, never once complaining during her 14-month battle with cancer, but keeping her love and concern for others and her sense of humor to the end. She will be greatly missed by all who knew her, "until we meet again."
In addition to her husband, she is survived by a son, Dan Johnston, Marietta; four daughters and sons-in-law, Debbie and Reid Schnorrenberg, Marietta, Terri and Darrell Mink, Ardmore, Brenda and Rod Fields, Tiff City, Mo., and Kim and Reggie Hembree, Carterville, Mo.; 10 grandchildren, Robin Bean, Marietta, Brook Mink and Rachel Schnorrenberg, Norman, Brecklyn Phillips, Ardmore, Ashlee and Cody Johnston, Arlington, Texas, Kyle and Kade Fields, Tiff City, and Kaitlyn and Noah Hembree, Carterville; and two great-grandchildren, Zachary and Zane Phillips, Ardmore.

Leslie P. 'Keck' Tilley
HEALDTON -- Services for Leslie P. "Keck" Tilley, 87, Fox, will be 2 pm. Monday at Reser Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Dwight Hawkins officiating. Interment will follow at Alma Cemetery.
Born April 13, 1911, at Zion, Ala., to George W. and Hass Koon Tilley, he died Jan. 9, 1999, at an Ardmore hospital after a brief illness. He was preceded in death by four brothers, Eulie, Woodrow, Olen, and James A.; and one sister, Gladys Rhodes.
Tilley was reared in Alabama. He married Mary Louise Holman on April 28, 1935, at Columbus, Miss. Tilley moved to Oklahoma in 1937, returning to Alabama in 1941 and moving back to the Velma-Alma area in 1949. He lived in the area the rest of his life. He was a painter for Brown and Root Construction, retiring in 1976. Tilley was of the Methodist faith.
Survivors include his wife, of the home; one son, Don, Enid; one daughter, Sylvia Nelson, Fox; one sister, Ernestine Teer, Northport, Ala.; eight grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild.
Grandsons-in-law and great-grandsons will be bearers.

Rev. Dr. Don A. Wells
Memorial services for the Rev. Dr. Don Allen Wells, 57, Ionia, Mich., will be at 3 p.m. today in Noble Chapel at First Presbyterian Church in Ardmore with the Rev. Rick Mills officiating. The family will receive friends following the service.
Wells, who died Jan. 6, 1999, was born June 1, 1941, in Ardmore.
He attended the University of the Ozarks, Clarksville, Ark., and graduated from the University of Tulsa in 1963. He was awarded a Master of Divinity degree from San Francisco Theological Seminary in 1966 and a Doctor of Ministry degree from McCormick Theological Seminary in 1984.
He had served Presbyterian churches in California, Scotland, Oklahoma, Kansas, Illinois and Cincinnati, Ohio. At the time of his death, he pastored the Lyons-Muir Federated and Easton United Methodists churches in the Ionia area.
Wells approached life with energy and a sense of humor, and enjoyed extensive travel with his family. In his ministry, he encouraged and modeled a life of personal wholeness, the development of personal God-given talents, and shared community life.
He is survived by his wife, the Rev. Marilyn "Casey" Wells; sons, David Wells, and his friend Jane Zawadowksi, of Chicago, and Kevin Kyle Dreyfuss Wells of Cleveland; his parents, Ken and Martha Harmon Wells of Ardmore; a sister, Kathy Alex De La Rose; niece, Kenna Trevor Guidry; and nephew, Robin Pace, also Ardmore; and friends across the nation.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be given to the ministry of choice of the the Bostwick Fund to support seminary scholarships, c/o First Presbyterian Church, 223 Broadway, Ardmore 73401.

Cynthia Elaine Houchin
Services for Cynthia Elaine Houchin, 49, will be 2 p.m. Monday at Griffin-Kennedy-Watts Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Donnie Custar officiating. Interment will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Park Cemetery.
Born Aug. 20, 1949, at Ardmore, she died Jan. 8, 1999, at a Dallas hospital.
She married James Houchin on July 2, 1966, at Ardmore. Mrs. Houchin lived in Ardmore all her life. She was active in local and state Democratic affairs.
Survivors include her husband, of the home; sons, Shannon, Lone Grove, Jeffery, Gainesville, Texas, and John Bradley, Hubert, N.C.; brothers, Charles Fitzgerald, North Carolina, Toby Burkhart, Dickson, Jim Savage, Oklahoma City, Ronnie Savage, Marietta, and Larry Savage, Graham; sisters, Martha Fitzgerald, of the home; Laura Gordon and Donna Beth Hammer, both Riverton, Wyo., Peggy Denney, Marietta, and Frances Jones, Wichita, Kan.; and seven grandchildren.
Bearers are Ronnie, Jim and Larry Savage, Darryl Roberts, Daniel Gardner and Marlin Stewart.

Walter M. Ash
DURANT ‹ Services for Walter M. Ash will be 2:30 p.m. Monday at Coffey Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Terrell Suggs officiating. Interment will follow at Highland Cemetery.
Born Oct. 6, 1911, at Silo, he died Jan. 8, 1999, at Durant. He was preceded in death by four brothers, Henry, Bill, Leonard and Leroy.
Ash was a longtime member of Fairview Baptist Church. He retired after 23 years as an operator with Consolidated Rock Plant in Orange, Calif.
Survivors include his wife, Margaret Hilburn Ash; one son, Dan, Rockwall, Texas; two daughters, Pat Thacker, Denison, Texas, and Mary Ducote, Mead; one brother, Milton, Madill; one sister, Lena Mayberry, Moab, Utah; six grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.
Bearers are Paul Crawford, T.J. Crawford, Denise Bragg, Bill Trent, Wayne Trent and Jason Ash. Honorary bearers are Blake Ducote and Sandy Crawford.

Jimmy Don Miller
MILL CREEK ‹ Services for Jimmy Don Miller, 41, will be 2 p.m. Monday at First Baptist Church with the Rev. Paul Coffman officiating. Interment will follow at Mill Creek Cemetery.
Born Jan. 21, 1957, at Sulphur to William C. and Rachael A. Nunley Miller, he died Jan. 8, 1999, at Oklahoma City.
Miller had lived in the area all of his life. He was a general laborer. He married Velma Henington on March 23, 1978, at Gainesville, Texas. Miller was a member of the First Baptist Church.
Survivors include his wife, of the home; one daughter, Tammy Miller, Sulphur; two sons, Bryan, Sulphur, and William L.D., Mill Creek; eight brothers, Donnie and Allan, both Sulphur, Johnny, William H. and Leon, all Mill Creek, Charles E., McAlester, Paul E., Davis, and James, Pauls Valley; four sisters, Linda Williams, Sulphur, Janise Walker, Las Vegas, Mary Gallup, Mill Creek, and Lynette Villars, Indiana; and one grandchild.
Services are under the direction of Clagg Funeral Home.

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