Carter County, Oklahoma Obituary Collection

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Jackie Lee Dark
LONE GROVE -- Funeral services for Jackie Lee Dark, 71, will be Thursday at 1 p.m. at the First Baptist Church of Lone Grove with the Rev. Morgan Ashworth officiating. Interment will be at Lone Grove Cemetery.
Daughter of the late William Pierce and Julia Tennessee Butler Nettles, she was born June 10, 1927, at Oklaunion, Texas, and passed away July 6, 1998, in an Oklahoma City hospital following an extended illness.
She married John Dark in 1945, at Levelland, Texas, and had lived in the Lone Grove area since 1980, moving here from Duncan. She was a member of First Baptist Church and Order of the Eastern Star.
She is survived by her husband, of the home; two sons and their wives, Dwayne and Ann Dark of Clearlake, Texas, and Russell and Diane Dark of Lone Grove; two daughters and their husbands, Rebecca and Gary Dodson of Irving, Texas, and Diana and Roland Jarman of Norman; two sisters, Ruby Kiesling of North Richland Hills, Texas, and Jocile Russell of Del Rio, Texas; a brother, Freeman Nettles of River Oaks, Texas; and nine grandchildren. She was preceded in death by three brothers, Virgil, Gilbert and Austin Nettles; and two sisters, Ruth Nettles and Stella Moon.
Serving as bearers will be Dan Metzer, Jack Vandventer, Barney Allen, Charlie Taliaferro, James Ginn and Darrell Williams. Honorary bearers are Earl, Ty, Eric, Dub, Edwin, John and Steve Taliaferro, Rick Bullock, Doyle Pinson, Randy Christian, Tony Roberts, Darin and Matt Metzer.
Services are under the direction of Harvey-Douglas Funeral Home.

Bill F. Howard
MILL CREEK-- Services for Bill Franklin Howard, 69, Sulphur, will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at Mill Creek Pentecostal Holiness Church with Bro. George and Artie Quinton officiating. Interment will be at Mill Creek Cemetery.
Howard died July 6, 1998, in the Sulphur hospital. He was born May 13, 1929, at Gracemont, to Benjamin L. and Edith Miller Howard.
An Army veteran, he moved to Mill Creek in 1930 and to the Sulphur area in the 1950s. He was retired from U.S. Cilica. He and Edna Chipman were married April 17, 1987, at Pipe Creek, Texas.
He is survived by his wife, of the home; a son, James, Sulphur; four stepsons, Eddie, Danny, Larry and Jerry Pipkin, Boerne, Texas; two stepdaughters, Kathy Clark, Boerne, and Betty Grissom, Dayton, Texas; a brother, Bob, Sulphur; and 13 stepgrandchildren.
Bearers will be Tiny Day, Sammy Jones, Kevin Burns, Marlon, Robbie and Kenny Howard. Honorary bearers are Bill O'Dell, John Miller, Bill Patrick and Kenneth Garrison.
Cowley-Krien Funeral Home will direct services.

Nell Rice Shilling
Services for Nell Rice Shilling will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Griffin-Kennedy-Watts Chapel with the Rev. Curtis Jones officiating. Interment will be at Hillcrest Memorial Cemetery.
Mrs. Shilling died July 7, 1998, in the local hospital. She was born to Lincoln and Captoria Jones April 16, 1908, in Tennessee.
As a school teacher, she taught mostly second grade in the Ardmore area for 39 years before she retired. She was honored twice as Teacher of the Year. She was a member of Retired Teachers Association and First United Methodist Church. She and Newton Rice were married in 1940. He preceded her in death. She and Marvin Shilling were married in 1967. He also preceded her in death.
She is survived by nieces and nephews, among them, Curtis Jones and Rebecca Bostwick, Ardmore; and stepdaughter, Phylis Prange, Tulsa.

Don Lott
MARIETTA -- Services for Don Lott, 61, will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Kennedy Funeral Home chapel with the Rev. Steve Gardner officiating. Interment will be at Rubottom Cemetery.
Lott died July 7, 1998, in an Oklahoma City hospital. He was born July 29, 1936, at Allen, to Hancel and Bertha J. Hartsfield Lott.
He served in the Navy during the Korean War and was a retired truck driver and security guard. He returned to Love County from Slater, Iowa, in 1997.
Survivors include three daughters, Denise Robertson, Dallas, Doreen Ruggiero and Donna Flores, Miami; four brothers, Robert, Ardmore, Jack, Phoenix, Harold, Lebanon, and Jim, Marietta; two sisters, Francile Robertson, Ardmore, and Jo Ann Robertson, Burneyville; and seven grandchildren.
Bearers will be brothers and nephews.

Mary Kuykendall Chasteen
DUNCAN -- Services for Mary Frances Kuykendall Chasteen, 82, will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Eastside Church of Christ in Duncan. Interment will be at Duncan Cemetery under the direction of Carter-Smart Funeral Home.
Mrs. Chasteen died July 8, 1998, in the local hospital. She was born Aug. 2, 1915, at Ringold, Texas, to Elmer and Mary B. Kuykendall.
She had been a resident of Duncan 80 years and was the widow of Louis Chasteen, who died April 20, 1975.
She is survived by two daughters, Susie Scott, Ardmore, and Mary Nottingham, Duncan; several grandchildren; and great-grandchildren.

Freida M. Marley
KINGFISHER -- Graveside rites for Freida Marion Marley, 86, will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Kingfisher Cemetery with the Rev. Marlin McNeil officiating.
Mrs. Marley died July 8, 1998, in an Ardmore health care facility. She was born to Charles and Edna M. Lowe Webber Feb. 28, 1912, near Coyle.
Married to Perry John Marley June 4, 1942, in Abilene, Texas, the longtime Ardmore resident owned and operated Marley Printing Co. for more than 40 years. She was a member of First Christian Church. Her husband preceded her in death Nov. 17, 1981.
She is survived by a sister, Beatrice Leigh, Stillwater. She was also preceded by five sisters and three brothers.
Harvey-Douglas Funeral Home will direct services.

William O. Whitehurst
Services for William Oscar Whitehurst, 84, will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Harvey-Douglas Chapel with Jerry Jones officiating. Interment will be at Rose Hill Cemetery.
Whitehurst died July 8, 1998, in the Norman Veterans Center following an extended illness. He was born Oct. 23, 1913, in Ardmore, to Oscar W. and Hazy Cardwell Whitehurst.
He served in World War II with the Navy Seabee's in the South Pacific and was partners with his brother, Alfred, in Whitehurst Brothers Bait Store. He married the former Margaret Smith.
Survivors include his wife, of the home; three sons, Bill, Austin, Texas, Fred, Durango, Colo., and Frank, Fort Collins, Colo.; a daughter, Linda G. Shultz, Healdton; nine grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by a sister, Mary Rowe; and three brothers, Joe, Tom and Alfred.

David L. Day
SULPHUR -- Services for David Lynn Day, 43, Pauls Valley, will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at First Freewill Baptist Church in Sulphur with the Rev. Brad Ransom officiating. Interment will be at Oaklawn Cemetery under the direction of Clagg Funeral Home.
Day died July 7, 1998, in Pauls Valley. He was born June 26, 1955, in Sulphur, to Johnnie H. and Ruby F. Nye Day.
Reared in Sulphur, he graduated from Sulphur High School in 1973 and had lived in Pauls Valley the past five years, where he worked on a farm. He was a member of First Freewill Baptist Church.
Survivors include a daughter, Ashley Cole Day, and son, Dylan Taylor Day, Pittsburg, Kan.; two sisters, Brenda Freese and Lisa Day, Oklahoma City; and four brothers, Donald "Ducky," Sulphur, Glenn, Broken Arrow, Keith and John, Oklahoma City. He was preceded in death by a brother, Harvey.
Bearers will be Mel Freese, Alfredo Charqueno, Lewis Arthur, Don Sumner, Brandon, John, Matthew and Kevin Day. Honorary bearers are David Pittman and Jim Day.

Mary Rainbolt
Services for Mary Rainbolt will be at 2 p.m. today at Griffin-Kennedy-Watts Chapel with the Rev. Tim Lehman officiating. Interment will be at Hillcrest Memorial Park.
Mrs. Rainbolt died July 7, 1998, in the local hospital. She was born to George R. and Betty Barton May 26, 1904, at Wayne.
She married John Napoleon Rainbolt April 21, 1921, at Cleveland, and lived in Seminole 50 years before moving to Ardmore. She was a member of Ideal Street Baptist Church in Seminole. Her husband preceded her in death May 20, 1994.
Survivors include two sons, Herb and Dale, Ardmore; three daughters, Louise Rainbolt, of the home; Doris Crow, San Antonio, Texas, and Betty Burgett, Moore; nine grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.

Mary M. 'Mama' Carter
TISHOMINGO -- Services for Mary Myrtle "Mama" Carter, 97, will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Corbin Memorial Chapel. Interment will follow at Condon Grove Cemetery, Milburn.
Mrs. Carter died July 8, 1998, in Tishomingo. She was born July 16, 1900, at Collinsville, Texas, to Walter A. and Julie A. Reese McCrary.
She married Willie Lee Carter June 29, 1918, at Durant, and was a member of Calvary Baptist Church.
Survivors include two sons, Billie L., Tishomingo, and Jackie L., Farmington, N.M.; two daughters, Reba Vestal and Ada Hutchins, Tishomingo; a sister, Viola Golden, Phoenix; 14 grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; and 27 great-great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband; two sons, Cecil H. and W.L. Carter; a daughter, Gladys Slate; a sister, Carry Stafford; two grandchildren; and a great-grandchild.

Billy W. Henderson Jr.
MANGUM -- Services for Billy Wayne Henderson Jr., 21, will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Church of the Living God with Jobie L. Kirk officiating. Interment will be at Riverside Cemetery.
Henderson died July 8, 1998, in the Ardmore hospital. He was born Nov. 15, 1976, in Ardmore.
He attended school in Marietta, graduated from Wynnewood High School in 1996 and attended the Independent University in Kansas. He was a Baptist.
Survivors include his parents, Billy and Janetta Smith Henderson, Gene Autry; a brother, Stephan D., Lone Grove; two sisters, Drusilla B. Henderson, Pauls Valley, and Doris A. Henderson, of the home; and grandmother, Etta Mae Anderson, Marietta.
Kirk-Dawson-Dillard Funeral Home, Ardmore, will direct services.

Billie R. Watson
DAVIS -- Services for Billie R. Watson will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Fox Funeral Home chapel with the Rev. Finis Steelman officiating. Interment will follow at Wynnewood View Cemetery.
Mrs. Watson died July 8, 1998, in the Sulphur hospital. She was born April 26, 1927, at Wedowee, Ala., to Jasper and Willie Wood Stephens.
She and Hubert A. Watson were married July 5, 1952, at Biloxi, Miss.
She is survived by her husband, of the home; a daughter, Mary Marney, Harriman, Tenn.; a son, Joseph, Davis; three sisters, Betty Jo Strickland, Florida, Wilma Kerr, Alabama, and Ann Louise Price, North Carolina; and a grandson.
Bearers will be Royce D. Jones, Bud Sutton, Dale and Dean Noland.

Christine N. Bishop
Services for Christine Nicole Bishop, 15, will be at 2 p.m. today, July 22, 1998, at Harvey-Douglas Chapel with the Rev. Norm Chaffin officiating. Interment will be at Rose Hill Cemetery.
Daughter of Keith and Rosetta Brake Bishop, she was born Dec. 10, 1982, in Ardmore. She died July 18, 1998, in an Oklahoma City hospital.
She was a very beautiful and loving person who made friends everywhere she went. Very smart, she loved school a lot, couldn't wait for the year to begin. Education to her was very important. Read every book she got her hands on, interested in Egyptology and dreamed of going to Egypt to study about King Tut and other Pharaohs.
Absorbed everything she learned and still wanted more. She had a very good relationship with her brothers, referred to them as her "babies." She was always around when you needed her for advice or comfort. She was a real good listener when you needed just to talk. Loved by everyone she came in contact with. Very sensitive, she cared about everyone's feelings, never put anyone down, never demanded things. Always accepting what she had, she never expected fancy things.
Survivors include her father, Keith Bishop, Richman, Ind.; her mother and stepfather, Rosetta and Frank Chambers; and two brothers, Derrick, Bishop and William Chambers, all of Wynnewood; and grandparents, Oscar Brake, Ardmore, and Mavis Isaac, Richman, Indiana; and several aunts, uncles and cousins. She was preceded in death by a grandmother, Ruth Brake; and great-grandmother, Birdie Wade.
Pallbearers are Everett West, Timothy Brake, Gary Huff, Roger Conway, Gayland Hanson and Garland Hanson.

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