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Robert L. Moates
TISHOMINGO -- Memorial services for Robert Lee Moates, 41, will be at 2 p.m. Monday, at Corbin Memorial Chapel with the Rev. Perry Crisp officiating.
Moates died Nov. 10, 1998, in Madill. He was born Aug. 9, 1957, in Oklahoma City.
Reared in Oklahoma City, he served in the Army and worked as a laborer. He and Debbie Lance were married March 5, 1996, in Maysville.
Survivors include his wife, of the home; a son, Mark, Oklahoma City; four daughters, Betty Deviney, Maysville, Janan Mosley, Seminole, Chasity Moates, Oklahoma City, and Destiny Moates, Tishomingo; his mother, Lula Henson Knight, Maysville; three brothers, Roy Knight, Maysville, Claude Moates, Tuttle, and Danny Gamble, Fort Smith, Ark.; a sister, Stormy Moates, Vancouver, Wash.; and three grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his father, Leroy Knight.

Grady P. Fagan
TISHOMINGO -- Services for Grady Paul Fagan, 86, will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Corbin Memorial Chapel with the Rev. Perry Crisp officiating. Interment will be at Ravia Cemetery.
Fagan died Nov. 10, 1998, in Tishomingo. He was born Sept. 10, 1912, at Ravia, to Ed and Susie Mills Fagan.
He graduated from Ravia High School and married Odessa Mae Martin July 3, 1934, in Ardmore. He was a professional horse trainer, recently retired. He was preceded in death by his wife; and two sisters, Jessie Bean and Ethel Hutchinson.
Survivors include a son, Eddie, Oklahoma City; a daughter, Glenda Smith, Dallas; a brother, Haskell, Conway, Ark.; four sisters, Pearl Bates, Ada, Edna Stone, Chandler, Ariz., Emma Burris, Canyon Country, Calif., and Dorothy Peters, Tishomingo; four grandchildren; and a great-grandson.

Clifton E. 'Tip' Jacobson
Memorial services for Clifton Everett "Tip" Jacobson will be 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 14, 1998, at the First Presbyterian Church Chapel with the Rev. Rick McGill officiating. Interment will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Park under the direction of Griffin-Kennedy-Watts Funeral Home.
Jacobson died Nov. 11, 1998, in Ardmore. He was born July 18, 1914, at Guthrie, to John R. and Mary M. Jacobson.
He graduated from Edmond High School in 1933, from Central State College in 1937, and received his master's degree from Oklahoma State University in 1941. He served in the Navy from 1942-45. Jacobson coached football at Ardmore High School 18 years, from 1951 to 1969. He is in the University of Central Oklahoma's Athletic Hall of Fame.
He is survived by his wife, Fran, Ardmore; four children, Jan Grantham, Redding, Calif., Jack, Odessa, Texas, Frank, Chagrin Falls, Ohio, and Page Jacobson, Cypress, Calif.; a sister, Elizabeth Blair, Menlo Park, Calif.; seven grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.

Gladys L. Grove
RINGLING -- Services for Gladys L. Grove, 87, will be at 1:30 p.m. Friday at First Baptist Church with the Rev. J.W. Ray officiating. Interment will be at Ringling Memorial Cemetery under the direction of Alexander Funeral Home.
Mrs. Grove died Nov. 10, 1998, in Ardmore. She was born June 25, 1911, at Cornish, to J.C. and Cora Sparks Helms Cox.
Reared in the Ringling area, she married Edward L. Grove Dec. 1, 1943, in Ardmore, and moved from there to Ringling. She was preceded in death by her husband May 23, 1984; a son, Benny Franke in 1962; and a brother, Raymond Helms.
Survivors include a daughter, Bobbye L. Colson, Phoenix, Ariz.; a son, Bill Franke, Los Cruces, N.M.; sister, Louise Easley, Arlington, Texas; seven grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren.
Bearers will be Buddy Morris, Dana Jackson, Hutton Pemberton, Clark and Stanley Curtis, Dick Dillon and Cecil Colson.
Memorials may be made to First Baptist Church building fund.

Lennye Martin
BETHANY -- Services for Lennye Martin, 80, were at 10 a.m. today at Merritt Memorial Chapel in Bethany. Interment followed at Rose Hill Cemetery, Ardmore.
Mrs. Martin died Nov. 8, 1998, in Oklahoma City. She was born Feb. 27, 1918, at Marsden, to Rev. George W. and Viola Matlock Whitfield.
She was employed by Rothchilds many years.
Survivors include her husband, Gale, of the home; and a son, Douglas, Denver.

Lexy T. Knopp
CRINERVILLE -- Graveside rites for Lexy Terrell Knopp, age 12 of Houston, were held at 11 a.m. today at Crinerville Cemetery with the Rev. Dwight Hawkins officiating.
Lexy was born July 14, 1986, to Linda Christine Knopp. She died Nov. 8, 1998, in a Houston hospital.
She is survived by her mother, Christy, Houston; father, Bill Hobbs, Overbrook; grandparents, Craig and Glenda Knopp, Houston, Dale and Faye Bollen, Overbrook, and Harold and Alice Hobbs, Clemscott; and great-grandmother, Margie Wasson, Ardmore.
Kennedy Funeral Home, Marietta, directed services.

Peter E. Riedel
Memorial services for Peter E. Riedel, 93, will be Friday, Nov. 13, 1998, at 3 p.m. at Trinity Lutheran Church with the Rev. Robert M. Hinckley officiating.
Aviation pioneer Peter Riedel passed away peacefully last Friday, Nov. 6, 1998, at Mercy Hospital in Ardmore, Okla., after a short illness.
Peter Ernst Riedel was born in Halle, Germany in 1905, the son of a Lutheran minister and one of four children.
Always an excellent student, Peter graduated from the Technical University in Darmstadt with a degree in aeronautical engineering.
In the summer of 1920, Peter fulfilled a youthful dream. He joined a group of young people who shared a common goal -- to build and fly motorless airplanes. From that time on, he joined with glider enthusiasts from all walks of life at the Wasserkuppe in the Rhoen Mountains and, thanks to the efforts of these talented young men, soaring beame a practical reality as we know it today. At age 14, Peter designed and built his own glider and emerged as one of a handful of world class soaring pilots, winning some of the highest honors a soaring pilot could achieve, including the Rhoen Soaring Contest in 1933, the Hindenburg Cup in 1934, the 8th International Soaring Contest at Elmira, N.Y., and the duPont Trophy in 1938.
It was during these early years that Peter flew as a pilot for Lufthansa, the German Airline. However, with the onset of World War II, he was commissioned a captain in the German Air Force and served as Military Attache at the German Embassy in Washington D.C. and Stockholm, Sweden. While in Washington he met and married Helen Klug, a young art teacher from Indiana.
In 1944, while at the German Embassy in Sweden, he resigned his commission rather than obey an illegal order from his superiors. He received permission to remain in Sweden, but fearing he would be sent back to Germany, he escaped to Casablanca and eventually made his way to South America. His dream was to return to the United States and eventually he fulfilled his goal and became a United States citizen in 1959.
During this period in the U.S., Peter worked for TWA and later Pan American World Airways as an aeronautical engineer. After retiring from Pan Am, his yearning to travel remained and before finally settling in Ardmore, he and Helen moved to East Africa, where he worked as a volunteer pilot ferrying medical doctors to and from remote areas of Kenya and Tanzania.
In the late 1970s, Peter accepted a job in Ardmore assisting a local manufacturer of military aircraft ejection seats. Because of decline in military orders, the company ceased operation but Peter and Helen elected to remain and make Ardmore their home.
During his retirement years, Peter remained active in pursuing new projects and activities. He taught soaring in Rockwall, Texas, and authored a trilogy on the History of Soaring, lectured and presented various papers at technical seminars both in the US and Europe, and worked on his memoirs.
His enthusiasm for life never waned and his interest in helping less fortunate ones and making this a better world remained undiminished.
Peter is survived by his wife Helen, of Ardmore.
Services are under the direction of Harvey-Douglas Funeral Home.

John P. Hayes
SPRINGER -- Services for John P. Hayes, 71, will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Springer Missionary Baptist Church with the Rev. Ed Heflin officiating. Interment will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Park, Ardmore, under the direction of Griffin-Kennedy-Watts Funeral Home.
Hayes died Nov. 11, 1998, in the Ardmore hospital. He was born Feb. 6, 1927, at St. Louis, Mo., to Edwin D. and Eva D. Hayes.
A Navy veteran of World War II, he retired from Santa Fe Truck Lines and had lived in Springer 20 years, moving from Tulsa. He was a member of Missionary Baptist Church, National Model "A" Ford Association and Tulsa Wood Carvers Club. He and Charlotte Smith were married Jan. 27, 1962.
Survivors include his wife, of the home; two sons, Steven D., Tulsa, and John E., Springer; two daughters, Connie Goodman, Tulsa, and Robin Taylor, San Antonio, Texas; a brother, Edwin, Owensboro, Mo.; sister, Betty Eisner, St. Louis, Mo.; and eight grandchildren. He was preceded in death by a sister, Necie Roach; and brother, Gerald.
Bearers will be Jim Dyer, Gerald Meeks, Larry Smith, Keith Flanagan, Jerry Shelley and Paul Jones. Honorary bearers will be Jerry Pitts and Jack Boatman.

Donald M. Heagle
Services for Donald Mathew Heagle will be at 3 p.m. today at Craddock Memorial Chapel with the Rev. Jim Gillum officiating. Interment will be at Rose Hill Cemetery.
Heagle, 80, died Nov. 11, 1998 in a local health care facility. He was born April 18, 1918, at Seymour, Ind.
An Army Corps veteran of World War II, serving with the 503rd AAF Base Unit, he was employed by Steele Drug many years. He and Gladys Huffstutler Cardile were married June 18, 1988, at Wilson.
Survivors include his wife, of the home; three daughters, Norma Smith, Knoxville, Tenn., Anita Seawright, Ardmore, and Cathy Walk, Long Beach, Calif.; a son, Fred Cardile, Odessa, Texas; a brother, Eddie, Seymour, Ind.; 13 grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildren.
Bearers are Wilson Seawright, Andy and Danny King.

Tommie L. Zeleniak
SULPHUR -- Services for Tommie Lee Zeleniak, 79, will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church. Interment will follow at Green Hill Cemetery, Davis.
Mrs. Zeleniak died Nov. 11, 1998, in Sulphur. She was born April 27, 1921, in Oklahoma City, to Tom G. and Beatrice Lee.
A lifetime resident of Davis, she married Joe Zeleniak, June 14, 1950, in Grand Prairie, Texas, and was a retired social worker. She was a member of St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church.
Survivors include a son, Tommy; and sister, Genevieve Kogen, both of Davis.
Bearers will be Jerry D. Fullerton, Greg Saunders, Gary Mobly, Wayne Merritt, Cathy Dunn and Don Hill.
Aaron-Krien Funeral Home will direct services.

Joyce J. Barnes
KINGSTON -- Services for Joyce Joan Barnes, 62, were scheduled for 1 p.m. today at Kingston Baptist Church with J. Hubb Collier, Tom Close and Bob Payne officiating. Interment followed at Mt. Olive Cemetery, Healdton.
Mrs. Barnes died Nov. 11, 1998, in the Ardmore hospital. She was born Dec. 7, 1935, at Ward.
She was reared in Ward and married to Donald H. Barnes Feb. 9, 1957, in Oklahoma City. They lived in Healdton, from 1958 to 1964, in Woodward 18 years and in Oklahoma City three years before moving to the Caney Creek community in 1984. She was a member of Kingston First Baptist Church.
Survivors include her husband, of the home; two daughters, Suzanne Barnes, Kingston, and Becky Brown, Belton, Texas; a brother, Fred Graham, Atlanta; two sisters, Jean Montgomery, Brownfield, Texas, and Jewell McCaully, Healdton; and three grandchildren.
Bearers were Jim Minor, David Williams, Leonard Parrott, Jerry McCarver, Bob Proctor, Don Jeter, Jerry and Ron Elmore.
Watts Funeral Home directed services.

Odis L. Cummins
LEON -- Graveside rites for Odis Lee Cummins, 59, will be at 2 p.m. today at Leon Cemetery with Anthony Ramon officiating.
Cummins died Nov. 11, 1998, at his residence. He was born Dec. 24, 1938, at Checotah, to Aaron W. and Rhoda E. Howe Cummins.
As a boy, he worked in the coal pits and lumber industry in Arkansas and became a farmer, living in Love County since 1960. He and Bertie Howard were married May 15, 1972, at Gainesville, Texas. His faith was Pentecostal.
Survivors include his wife, of the home; two sons, Leman, of the home; and James, Healdton; a daughter, Evelyn Cummins, Ardmore; his mother, Rhoda E. Cummins, Marietta; three brothers, Henry L., Marietta, Ray, Shady Dale, and James, Wisconsin; three sisters, Wanda Cummins, Marietta, Wilma Baskett, Grandfield, and Claudell Stephens, Garfield, Ark.; and a grandson.
Bearers will be Jim Lemons, Larry Wolfe, Loyle Williams, Dewey, Aaron and Larry Hicks. Honorary bearers are James Buckaloo, Matt Haymes and Milton Gray.
The family will receive friends from 6 to 7 tonight at Kennedy Funeral Home, Marietta.

Marvin J. Miller
Graveside rites for Marvin James Miller, Newalla, will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Hillcrest Memorial Park with the Rev. LeRoy Holman officiating.
Miller died Nov. 14, 1998, at his residence. He was born to Marvin and Eunice Miller Aug. 1, 1939, in Ardmore.
He was a truck driver, a Mason and member of Maranatha Freewill Baptist Church. He married the former Pat Smith in 1958, at Gainesville, Texas, and had lived in Newalla the past 12 years, moving there from Ardmore.
Survivors include his wife, of the home; two sons, Randy, Newalla, and Richard, Vale, N.C.; daughters, Donna Weaver, Harrah, Deana Morphis, Oklahoma City, and Angela Porter, Ardmore; sisters, Jean Welch, Wanda "Mickey" Sharpe and Helen Wallace, all of Ardmore; and nine grandchildren.
Griffin-Kennedy-Watts Funeral Home will direct services.

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