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Carter County, Oklahoma Obituary Collection

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Mable G. Smith
SHAWNEE -- Services for Mable G. Smith, 91, will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Gaskill-Owens Funeral Chapel in Shawnee. Interment will be at Fairview Cemetery.
Mrs. Smith died July 1, 1998, at her home. She was born July 19, 1906, at Severy, Kan., to Lewis R. and Ida Kerr Burrows.
She had lived in Shawnee since 1915 and was the widow of William L. Smith.
Survivors include two sons, William R., Ardmore, and Kenneth, Muskogee; a daughter, Mary Helphrey, Shawnee; 10 grandchildren; 42 great-grandchildren; several great-great-grandchildren; and two stepgrandchildren.
Memorials may be made to Hospice of Shawnee, 1102 W. MacArthur, Shawnee.

Clifford W. Shipman
Services for Clifford W. Shipman are pending from Craddock Funeral Home. He died July 1, 1998, in the local hospital.

Dott F. Newcomb
Services for Dott F. Newcomb will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Griffin-Kennedy-Watts Chapel with the Rev. Vaughn CroweTipton officiating. Interment will be at Hewitt Cemetery.
Newcomb died June 29, 1998, in a local health care facility. He was born March 28, 1923, at Kennefic, to J.M. and Nora Newcomb.
Married to Lucy Bural Oct. 17, 1942, at Wilson, he served in the Army during World War II and lived in the Ardmore area most of his life. He was a member of Northwest Baptist Church. He was the service manager at Cashman Truck Co. before he retired after 40 years of service.
Survivors include his wife, of the home; sons, Greg, Lone Grove, Randy, Ardmore, and Butch, Highlands Ranch, Colo.; a daughter, Brenda Jones, Ardmore; brothers, Glenn and Duane, Noble, and Charley, Ardmore; a sister, Ruth Hammons, Waurika; nine grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
Bearers will be Grant Owen, Bobby Williams, Frank Bural, Darin Newcomb, Matt Jones and H.A. Hodges. Honorary bearers are Chris Bural, Clyde Miller, I.E. McClendon, Rusty Lewellen, Gene Bowker and Merle Flanagan.

Mark Bryan Lee
LATTA -- Services for Mark Bryan Lee, 29, are scheduled for 2 p.m. today at Cumberland Presbyterian Church with Norlan Scrudder officiating. Interment will be at Memorial Park, Ada.
Lee died July 1, 1998, in Sulphur. He was born Oct. 3, 1968, at Pauls Valley.
Reared in Lindsay, Choctaw and Sulphur, he graduated from Davis High School in 1986 and from East Central University in 1993. He was employed by the Noble Foundation in Ardmore as a network specialist. He and Tonya Gasaway were married July 29, 1994, in Oklahoma City. He was a Baptist.
Survivors include his wife, of the home; two sisters, Sherry Brown and Terry Haskett, Sulphur; a brother, Tony, Davis; his father and stepmother, Raymond and Delores Lee, Gainesville, Texas; mother and stepfather, Shirley and Truman DeWeese, Bridgeport, Texas; and grandmother, Vernie Lee, Sulphur.
Bearers will be Rick Sanders, Kyle Kuykendall, Paul Thele, Kevin Staggs, Keith Anderson and Lamar Brown. Honorary bearers are Kevin Tiger, Shawn Martin, Chad Shelton, Tom Mai, Cary West and Jimmy Brown.
Cowley-Krien Funeral Home will direct services.

Beverly Bailey Walker
SAPULPA -- Services for Beverly Sue Bailey Walker were scheduled for 2 p.m. today at First Baptist Church in Sapulpa.
Mrs. Walker died June 29, 1998 in Tulsa. She was born Oct. 30, 1943, in Ardmore, to Troy and Estelle Standifer Edwards.
She graduated from Ardmore High School in 1961, attended Southeastern Oklahoma State University and graduated from East Central with degrees in mathematics and physics. She taught 25 years at Sapulpa High School and 16 years at Tulsa Junior College and retired in 1996.
She is survived by her husband, Eli, of the home; a son and daughter-in-law, Guy and Melanie Bailey, Hillsboro, Ohio; daughter and son-law, Diedra and Harvey Knecht, Broken Arrow; her parents, Troy and Estelle Edwards, Ardmore; and two grandchildren Jerry Ray and Guy Edward Bailey, Hillsboro.
Craddock Funeral Home was in charge of local arrangement. Smith Funeral Home in Sapulpa directed services.

Clifford Shipman
Services for Clifford Shipman will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Craddock Memorial Chapel with the Rev. Tommy Smith officiating. Interment will be at Eastman Cemetery.
Mrs. Shipman died July 1, 1998, in the local hospital. She was born Oct. 25, 1904, at Maysville, Texas, to Joe A. and Della Harris Walker.
She is survived by a daughter and son-in-law, Burl and Lamona Bone, Ardmore; daughter, Winona Younger, Fort Worth, Texas; a brother, Omer Walker, Roswell, N.M.; three grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband, James K. Shipman in 1955; a granddaughter, Marsha Bone; great-granddaughter, Cassandra Bone; two sisters, Eunice Wood and Manda Turnage; and brother, Arnold Walker.

Dovie Dill
Services for Dovie Dill are pending from Harvey-Douglas Funeral Home. She died July 1, 1998, at her home in Chickasha.

Mary Jo Parker
TISHOMINGO -- Services for Mary Jo Parker, 68, will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at the Westside Church of Christ with Charles Cook and Mike Bently officiating. Interment will follow at Condon Grove Cemetery under the direction of Smith Funeral Home.
Mrs. Parker died July 1, 1998, in the local hospital. She was born March 4, 1930, in Hobart, to Jacob H. and Lillie McBride Ellis.
She worked as a secretary for an insurance company many years and was a member of Westside Church of Christ. She married Richard Shelton April 15, 1948, in Tishomingo. He preceded her in death June 1, 1984. She and Leland Parker were married April 28, 1990, in Tishomingo. He died Oct. 14, 1996. She was also preceded by a son, John Calvin Shelton; and two brothers, Jack and Howard Ellis.
Survivors include a son, Van Kurt Shelton, Tishomingo; two daughters, Jan Bivins, Tishomingo, and Pam Fredman, Newcastle; four brothers, George Ellis, Wyoming, Henry Ellis, California, Loyd Ellis, Enos, and Tom Ellis, Tishomingo; a sister, Isbell Alford, Hobart; a stepson, Lee Parker, Lawton; four stepdaughters, Judy Young, Tishomingo, Wanda Pruitt, Cape Gerardeau, Mo., Kathian Tate and Daneice Foster, Lawton; four grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; 13 stepgrandchildren; and six stepgreat-grandchildren.
Bearers will be Jason Ballenger, Lonnie Stephens, Gary McBroom, Roger Kroop and Amos Adams.

Donald S. 'Steve' Marsh Jr.
DUNCAN -- Services for Donald Stephen "Steve" Marsh Jr., 55, Davis, will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Don Grantham Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Phil Wahl and Gene Elliott officiating. Interment will be at Duncan Cemetery.
Marsh died July 4, 1998, in the Duncan hospital. He was born Nov. 11, 1942, at Corpus Christi, Texas, to Don S. and Sabra Hughes Marsh.
He served with the Navy in Vietnam, was a member of the Pioneer Club and Chickasaw Baptist Trail Church. He was a police officer for 10 years, worked for Halliburton 15 years and was currently employed by Dollar General in Ardmore. He and Vanessa Louise Payne were married March 1, 1996, at Gainesville, Texas.
Survivors include his wife, of the home; seven children, Donnie Marsh, Montgomery, Ala., Duane Marsh, Columbus, Ohio, Jennifer Marsh, Garland, Texas, Raysha Payne, Sulphur, Jessie, Candy and Jimmy West, all of Davis; his father and stepmother, Don and Mahatta Marsh, Marlow; a sister, Donna Donahue, Hamilton, Ohio; and six grandchildren.
Bearers are Donnie and Duane Marsh, Lamar Brown, Mike Pennell, Dewayne Elliott, Lance Schooley, James Johnson and John Payne.
Memorials may be made to Final Expenses, Rt. 1, Box 166A, Davis, OK 73030.

Trent 'Pete' Sikes
PURCELL -- Services for Trent "Pete" Sikes, 72, are scheduled for 1 p.m. today at Little's Funeral Home. Interment will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Park in Ardmore.
Sikes died July 4, 1998, at his residence. He was born Aug. 19, 1925, at Drake, to Trent W. and Ethel Elkins Sikes.
He served in Europe with the Army during World War II and was employed by Ward Petroleum as an oilfield production supervisor before he retired in 1992. He was a former resident of Norman, Enid and Ardmore, where he and Melva Joy Akers were married May 1, 1948.
Survivors include his wife, of the home; a son, Connie, Purcell; brother, Louis, Ardmore; stepmother, Ethel Sikes, Arlington, Texas; two stepsisters, Delano Roberson, Arlington, and Betty Denney, Bartlesville; and two grandchildren.
Memorials may be made to a favorite charity.

Ruth Hall Martin
WILSON -- Ruth Lena Hall was born Nov. 18, 1909, at Kiefer, Okla., to John Henry and Nina Fincannon Hall, and she died July 2, 1998, at the Ardmore hospital.
Graveside services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Wednesday, July 8, 1998, at Sunnylane Cemetery, Oklahoma City, under the direction of Alexander Funeral Home of Wilson.
She married Fred Neal Martin on July 2, 1928, at Wilson. She was preceded in death by her husband on July 22, 1962; a daughter, Dorothy Sue Martin, on Feb. 14, 1934; a son, Carden E. "Tag" Martin, on May 1, 1998; two brothers, Floyd and Carl Hall; and a sister, Irene Wallace.
Ruth attended school at Dundee and graduated from Healdton High School in 1928. She and her husband made their home in Oklahoma City and Del City. She was a charter member of the Sunnylane Methodist Church and was past Grand Matron of the Del City Chapter of Eastern Star. She was a homemaker and a clerk at TG&Y in Midwest City. She moved to Lone Grove in 1985. She did exquisite handwork in petit point, needlepoint, crewel embroidery, quilting, crocheting, tatting, knitting, appliqué and cutout embroidery. She was also an accomplished pianist.
Mrs. Martin had been a resident of the Wilson Nursing Center for the past 10 years.
Mrs. Martin is survived by her son, Fred N. Martin Jr., and his wife, Jeanette, Lone Grove; a daughter-in-law, Barbara Martin, Irving, Texas; six grandchildren, Johncy Martin and his wife, Lana, Madill; Darci Brewer and her husband, C.W. Jr., and Tracy Yarbrough and her husband, Gary, all of Ardmore; Kelly Martin and his wife, Goli, Virginia Beach, Va.; Robin Vanhausen and her husband, John, Groton, Conn., and April Boothe and her husband, Steve, Irving.
There are 16 great-grandchildren, Brad, Lee, Michael and Ryan Martin, Eric and Leah Yarbrough of Ardmore, Michelle Brewer of Marietta, Ga., Travis Brewer and Amy Ruth Christie of Madill, Jillian, Tamra and Lucas Vanhausen of Groton, and Lucas Vanhausen of Groton and Crystal, Susan, Jamie and Stephanie Boothe of Irving; and four great-great-grandchildren, John Gaston Lee Martin, Joseph Brannon Jr., Shadow Dawn Christie and Austin Blake Brewer.
She is also survived by a sister, Louise Brown, Del City; two brothers, John M. Hall, New Harmony, Ind., and Robert C. Hall, Oklahoma City; a sister-in-law, Thelma Gorrell, of Oklahoma City; and numerous nieces and nephews.
The family suggests any memorials be made to the activity fund of Wilson Nursing Home, 406 E. Main, Wilson, OK 73463.

Bill Howard
SULPHUR -- Services for Bill Howard, 69, are pending from Cowley-Krien Funeral Home. He died July 6, 1998, in the local hospital.

Wayland L. Walker Jr.
Graveside services for Wayland L. Walker Jr. are scheduled for 1 p.m. today, July 7, 1997, at Hillcrest Memorial Park with the Rev. Ron Elmore officiating.
Mr. Walker was born Oct. 30, 1918, at Ashland, Texas, to the late Dollie and Wayland L. Walker Sr. He died July 5, 1998, in the local hospital.
He served in the Army Air Corps during World War II and received the Purple Heart. He retired from Dresser Industries as a field representative after 30 years of service. He was a 32nd Degree Mason and had won the World Champion Chili Cook-Off in 1979 at Terlingua, Texas.
He is survived by his wife, Nancy Walker, of the home; sons and their wives, Wayland "Buz" IIl and Kathy Walker of Pratt, Kan., Robert and Melissa Walker of Ardmore; daughters and their husbands, Jennifer and Charles Evans and Martha and Mark Riesen of Ardmore; stepsons and their wives, Rod and Donna Mills of Yukon, and Gary and Vicki Mills of Ardmore; stepdaughter and her husband, Lisa and Bill Mullis of Hickory Creek, Texas; a sister, Jimmie Lee Fell, Waco, Texas; grandchildren, Amy Woerz, Krissi, Aaron and Andy Walker, Walker and Max Evans, Andrew and Blake Riesen; stepgrandchildren, Walt and Blaine Mills, Kelli and Geoffrey Mills, Heath Tipton; and a special God-grandchild, Chrissy Phipps.
He was preceded in death by a brother, Taylor Walker.
Services are under the direction of Griffin-Kennedy-Watts Funeral Home.

Dovie J. Thompson
POPLAR, Calif. -- Services for Dovie J. Thompson, 89, where conducted June 30, 1998, in Poplar, Calif., under the direction of Myers Funeral Home.
Mrs. Thompson died June 26, 1998. She was born in Louisiana and had lived in Poplar the past 23 years. She was the widow of Charlie Thompson who died Aug. 21, 1972.
Survivors include four sons, Fred and Tim, Ardmore, Charles, Porterville, Calif., and Roy, Poplar; five daughters, Hazel Nalls, Madera, Calif., Ruth Stone, Porterville, Calif., Callie Waldrum, Ardmore, Gloria Robertson, Tulare, Calif., Bessie Boyer, Salida, Calif.; a brother, Jesse Jones, Chickasha; two sisters, Della Johnson, Shafter, and Irene Smith, Chickasha; 33 grandchildren; 55 great-grandchildren; and 14 great-great-grandchildren. She was also preceded by a son, Ken, in 1956; and daughter, Pearl.

Margaret Forbes
Graveside rites for Margaret Forbes, 88, will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at Rose Hill Cemetery with the Rev. Roger Wood officiating.
Mrs. Forbes died July 6, 1998, in a local health care facility. She was born to John and Ulla N. Stafford Holt Aug. 14, 1909, in Ardmore.
A lifetime resident of southern Oklahoma, she was a homemaker and member of First Christian Church. She and Joe Forbes were married here in 1927. He preceded her in death Feb. 11, 1988.
She is survived by two sons, Floyd, Ardmore, and Pete, Houston; a daughter, Jorene Henry, Grantsfield, Pa.; a brother, Harold Holt, Houston; a sister, Jewel Pulliam, Bentonville, Ark.; five grandchildren; and numerous great-grandchildren. She was also preceded in death by two brothers, two sisters and a grandson.
The family will receive friends from 7 to 8 tonight at Harvey-Douglas Funeral Home.

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