Carter County, Oklahoma Obituary Collection

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Alline Layne
Graveside services for Alline Layne were 3 pm. Saturday at Hillcrest Memorial Park Cemetery
Born Feb. 2, 1909, at Sulphur to Joseph P. and Sallie Grissom Chambers, she died at her Ardmore residence Jan. 2, 1998. She married Ben Layne on April 11, 1942, at Ardmore. He preceded her in death on March 5, 1994.
A long-time resident of Ardmore, Mrs. Layne was a retired employee of Southwestern Bell Telephone Company. She was a member of the Asbury Methodist Church and the Mattie Bruce Chapter of the Eastern Star.
Survivors include tow sisters, Mary Walker and Ruth Harris, both Ardmore.
Memorials may be made to the Holiday Chorale or the Mattie Bruce Chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star.
Services were under the direction of Craddock Funeral Home.

A.S. 'Aubrey Smith' Barber
MARIETTA -- Graveside rites for A.S. "Aubrey Smith" Barber, 93, will be 11 a.m. Monday at Lakeview Cemetery with Dr. Stan Beason officiating.
Born April 20, 1904, at Smith County, Texas, to Jack and Mary White Barber, he died Jan. 3, 1998, at a Marietta hospital. He was preceded in death by seven brothers, two sisters and a granddaughter.
Barber came to Oklahoma in a covered wagon in 1907, before statehood. He lived most of his life in Love County. He married Sibyl Mills on Oct. 26, 1937, in Love County. He was a retired self-contractor in carpentry and had been the custodian of the First United Methodist Church for 44 years. Barber was a member of the Oklahoma National Guard at Fort Sill. He worked at Camp Howze as a cook for many years and earned his 50-year Masonic pin. He had been the president of the Love County Singing Convention for 28 years.
Survivors include his wife, of the home; two sons, Richard, Marietta, and Paul, Ardmore; three daughters, Patsy Williams and Peggy Phillips, both Marietta, and Debra Walling, Carrolton, Texas, 18 grandchildren; 32 great-grandchildren; and five great-great-grandchildren.
Honorary bearers are the First United Methodist Church Sunday School Class.
The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 4 to 6 p.m. today.
Services are under the direction of Kennedy Funeral Home.

Blanche L. Barnes
Services for Blanche L. Barnes, Neosho, Mo., will be 10:30 a.m. Monday at Griffin-Kennedy-Watts Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Wayne Fite officiating. Interment will follow at Rose Hill Cemetery.
Born Aug. 19, 1912, at Norman to William Ches and Bessie McClain Givens, she died Jan. 2, 1998, at a Neosho hospital. She married J. Houston Barnes on July 28, 1939, at Ardmore. He preceded her in death on Feb. 26, 1996.
Mrs. Barnes lived in Ardmore for many years, moving to Neosho in 1994. She was a member of the Emmanuel Baptist Church.
Survivors include one son, Ken Barnes, Neosho; one brother, Guy Givens, Ardmore; two grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
Memorials may be made to the Newton County Chapter of the American Cancer Society in care of Clark Funeral Home, P.O. Box 66, Neosho, MO 64850.

Quabarzier Jamal Roller-Nugent
Graveside rites for Quabarzier Jamal Roller-Nugent, infant son of Rhianon Roller and Cory Nugent, will be 2 pm. Monday at Rose Hill Cemetery with the Rev. Gene Branscum officiating.
The infant was born and died Dec. 29, 1997, at a local hospital.
Survivors include his parents, of the home; grandparents, Jo Johnston, Ardmore, Steve Roller, Little Rock, Ark., and Louise White, Ardmore.
Services are under the direction of Harvey-Douglas Funeral Home.

William Richard Chatfield
Graveside services for William Richard Chatfield, 97, were 1 p.m. Saturday at Hillcrest Memorial Park with Elder Tom Hansen officiating.
Born Aug. 3, 1900, at Brazoria County, Texas to William Audrey and Mary Jane Reynolds Chatfield, he was one of eight children when their family lived in Madge, Texas, in Coleman County, and then moved by covered wagon to Ford County when he was 12 years old.
He left Ford County in 1921 and moved to Sanger, Texas, where he was a farmer and rancher. His first wife, Augusta Schmidt passed away after 20 years. He then married Alma Strader Padgett and they were long-time residents of Sanger. They were also residents of Keene, Texas, where they were involved in the Seventh-day Adventist Church.
Survivors include his wife, of the home; one daughter, Mauryne Miller, Ardmore, one sister, Daisy Chatfield Layland, Cleburne, Texas; three granddaughters, Cyndy Hughes and her husband, Andy, Loveland, Colo., Kelly Lopresto and her husband, Mark, Baton Rouge, La., and Stacy Rodrick and her husband John, Ardmore; six great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.
Services are under the direction of Harvey-Douglas Funeral Home.

Mary Maud Davisson
DAVIS -- Services for Mary Maud Davisson will be 3:30 p.m. today at Fox Funeral Home Chapel with Brother Thomas Thompson officiating. Interment will follow at the I.O.O.F. Cemetery at Ponca City.
Born June 6, 1910, at Moblie, Mo., to William and Anna Harrison Neely, she died Jan. 1, 1998, at Davis. She married Charles Oran Davisson. He preceded her in death.
Survivors include several nieces.
Services are under the direction of Fox Funeral Home.

Michael Dale Knisley
WHEATLAND, Wyo. -- Services for Michael Dale Knisley will be 10 a.m. Tuesday at Memorial Baptist Church.
Born on Aug. 9, 1945, at Carnegie to Harold and Rachel Harrison Holman, he died Jan. 2, 1998, at a Wheatland hospital following an extended illness. He was preceded in death by a brother, Leslie Knisley.
He married Sally Hoock on April 17, 1964, at Corn. Knisley had been a resident of Wheatland since 1979, where he was a foreman for the Basin Power Plant.
Survivors include his wife, of the home; his mother, Rachel Holman, Ardmore; two daughters, Valerie Morris, Douglas, Wyo., and Tracie McGuire, Cheyenne, Wyo.; two brothers, Wendell Knisley and Corkey Holman, both Ardmore; and four grandchildren.
Services are under the direction of Platte Funeral Home, Wheatland. Services announced by Craddock Funeral Home.

Peggy Ruth Wingo
HENNEPIN -- Services for Peggy Ruth Wingo will be 2 pm. Monday at the Untied Pentecostal Church with the Rev. R. J. Roach officiating. Interment will at Hennepin Cemetery.
Born Aug. 18, 1934, at Homer, she died Jan. 2, 1998, at a Pauls Valley hospital. She was preceded in death by her father, Charles Newton Stevens.
She married Bob Wingo on Jan. 10, 1970, at Duncan. She had lived in Hennepin since 1972 and was a member of the United Pentecostal Church. Mrs. Wingo retired from Southwestern Bell Telephone Company after 25 years of service. She had worked for Southern Oklahoma Resource Center for 13 years and she and her husband have owned and operated the Wingo Grocery Store for more than 18 years.
Survivors include her husband, of the home; her mother, Ella Stevens, Hennepin; four daughters, Elizabeth Wilburn, Fitzhugh, Julie Wingo, Hennepin, Shannon Stevenson, El Cajon, Calif., and Sheree' Serrano, Manteca, Calif.; two sons, Scott Wingo, Elmore City, and Mike Wingo, Ada; three sisters, Joyce Poole, Birmingham, Ala., Charlene Litke, Hennepin, Stephynne Renfro, Wynnewood; two brothers, Terry Stevens, San Antonio, Texas, Steve Stevens, Latta; and seven grandchildren.
Bearers are nephews and great-nephews.
Services are under the direction of Fox Funeral Home, Davis.

John Wilmot Mayes
Memorial services for John Wilmot Mayes, 78, will be 2 p.m., Jan. 10, 1998 at Craddock Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Chris Pittman officiating.
Born May 3, 1919, at Liberal, Kan., to Robert Franklin and Bertha Ellen Walters, he died Dec. 15, 1997, at Bolivear, Mo. He was preceded in death by his wife, Lillian, on Dec. 18, 1990.
Mayes grew up at Tipton and graduated from Tipton High School in 1936. He received both a bachelor's and master's degree in geology from the University of Oklahoma. He married Luelle Ogle in 1941. Mayes made his home in Ardmore for the past 50 years. He married Lillian Coffey Straughn on Oct. 16, 1959, at Wichita Falls, Texas. Mayes worked for Texaco and Samedan Oil Corporation, but spent most of his professional career as an independent geologist. He was a World War II Army Air Corps veteran and a member of the First United Methodist Church.
Survivors include one daughter, Joan Ellen Geltmacher, Bolivar, Mo.; six sons, John W. Mayes Jr., Napa, Calif., William Charles Mayes, Bettendorf, La., the Rev. Robert Scott Mayes, Angel Fire, N.M., Barry Vernon Straughn, Norman, Marlin Glenn Straughn, Euless, Texas, and Paul Lance Straughn, Wilson; two brothers, Harold Mayes, Duncan, and Paul Mayes, Champagne, Ill.; 16 grandchildren; and 15 great-grandchildren.
Memorials can be made to the American Cancer Society.
The family will receive friends following the service at 924 Springdale Loop.
Services are under the direction of Alexander Funeral Home.

Mae 'Hickman' Fletcher
MARIETTA -- Services for Mae "Hickman" Fletcher, 91, will be 10 a.m. Tuesday at Eastside Baptist Church with the Revs. Steve Gardner and Tommy Higle officiating. Interment will follow at Hood Community Cemetery, Hood, Texas.
Born June 23, 1906, at Whitewright, Texas, to George Washington and Maude Staley Hickman, she died Jan. 3, 1998, at a Marietta hospital. She was preceded in death by four brothers and two sisters.
Mrs. Fletcher lived most of her adult life in Love County. She had a combined total of 35 years of teaching, 25 years at Marietta Public Schools. She was named Teacher-of-the-Year in 1968 and retired in 1969. Many of her students said she did not just teach the ABCs, but she also taught love. She was a charter member of the Eastside Baptist Church and the charter church secretary and treasurer.
Survivors include one son and daughter-in-law, Carl and Elvira Fletcher, Bartlesville; three daughters and sons-in-law, Bettie and Harold Birdsall, Norman, Linda and Dale McMillin, Marietta, and Mary and John Kent, Gainesville, Texas; three sisters, Myrtle Minnegaux, Redwood City, Calif., Eva England, Fort Worth, Texas, and Mable Watson, Henrietta, Texas, 16 grandchildren; and 31 great-grandchildren.
Bearers are deacons of Eastside Baptist Church.
Memorials may be made to Cross Timbers Hospice, 1514 Meadow Lane, Ardmore, OK 73401.
The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 7 to 8 p.m. Monday.
Services are under the direction of Kennedy Funeral Home.

Mildred Clark Rutledge
Services for Mildred Bertha Clark Rutledge will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Craddock Memorial Chapel with the Rev. J. B. Lovelace officiating. Interment will be at Hillcrest Memorial Park.
Mrs. Rutledge was born Oct. 19, 1918, at White Bead, to John and Ada Cochran Rutledge. She passed from this life on Jan. 10, 1999 in a local hospital.
She married Virgil Ray Rutledge in Berwyn on Sept. 20, 1937 and had lived in Ardmore her entire adult life. She was a retired cook for the Ardmore Public Schools and also cooked for other organizations such as Falls Creek and Girl Scouts. She was a member of Cheek Baptist Church, a member of Eastern Star over 50 years and Hallmark Extension over 45 years.
She is survived by her husband, Virgil, of the home; a daughter, Mildred, and her husband, Bill, of Lone Grove; three sons, Donal, and his wife, Lou of Muldrow, Okla., Jerry, and his wife, Sharon, of Ardmore, Michael and Wyonna of Mt. Pleasant, Texas; two sisters, Bonnie Clark Bogle of Lone Grove, and Palma Clark Jordan of Ardmore; two brothers, Wimble Clark of Soper, and Joe Kenneth Clark of Oakwood, Texas; 11 grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren.
Grandsons will serve as pallbearers, Adam, Nathan and Ryan Rutledge, Harold and Charles Newman and Larry Conway.
Visitation will be from 7 to 8 p.m., this evening at the funeral home.

Marie Lydolph
LONE GROVE -- Funeral services for Marie Lydolph, 72, will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Harvey-Douglas Lone Grove Chapel with the Rev. John Wackler officiating. Interment will be at Newport Cemetery.
Daughter of the late B.M. and Elsie Ann Charlton Carnathan, she was born Dec. 23, 1926, at Camay, Texas, and passed away at her residence following an extended illness Jan. 9, 1999.
She had lived in the Lone Grove area since 1960, moving here from Arkansas. She married Ernest Lydolph Jan. 16, 1970, in Fort Worth, Texas. She was a homemaker and of the Baptist faith.
She is survived by her husband, of the home; three sons, John and his wife, Rita Potter of Antlers, Hollis Potter of Lone Grove, and Charles, and his wife, Tracy Lydolph of Tishomingo; four daughters, Ann, and her husband, Willie Metcalf, of Hatfield, Ark., Delores, and her husband, John Jeans, of Ardmore, Linda, and her husband, Dennis Scholl, of Monett, Mo., and Patsey Potter of Lone Grove; and a brother, Ben Carnathan of Broken Bow; a sister, Louise Bruce of Lone Grove; a stepson, Randal Lydolph of Milwaukee, Mis.; a stepdaughter, Kathy Lydolph of Wichita Falls, Texas; 21 grandchildren, Brian and David Metcalf, Billy and Toni Luetkahans, Elesa King, Chris, David, John and J.P. Potter, Missy Davis, Stacy and Dena Owens, Misty Walker, JoAnn Christian, Brandon and Josh Garner, Angela Hokett, Chad, Chris, Jessica and Julie Lydolph; and 14 grandchildren, LaTrisha, Trey, Cierra, Billy, Brandon, Brianna, Jeff, Tyler, Tylena, David, Charlie, Teri and Kaci.
Serving as bearers will be Ray Shelton, Lynn and Bobby Davis, Gary Barton, Jerry Gunter and Virgil Warren.
Mrs. Lydolph will lie in state at the Lone Grove Chapel.

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