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Zora Mae Almon
Services for Zora Mae Almon, 71, will be at 2 p.m. today at Emmanuel Baptist Church with the Rev. Danny Custar officiating. Interment will be at Hillcrest Memorial Park under the direction of Harvey-Douglas Funeral Home.
Born to I.L. and Ola Jackson Garrison Nov. 7, 1927, at Madill, Mrs. Almon died Jan. 25, 1999, in the local hospital.
A resident of the Ardmore area most of her life, she married Thomas M. Almon March 1, 1946, at Madill, and worked for Ardmore Cleaners as a silk finisher. She was president of Disabled American Veterans and member of Emmanuel Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her husband Nov. 1, 1968; and a brother, J.R., in 1982.
Survivors include a son, Thomas A., Shawnee; daughter, Brenda K. Watson, Durant; two sisters, Ivarene Brown, Durwood, and Lula Faye Sprouse, Oakland; two brothers, Doyle Garrison, Oakland, and Roy Garrison, Madill; eight grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.
Bearers will be Larry Garrison, Albert Self, Gary, David, Terry and Eddie Almon.

Lorene H. Hudson
Services for Lorene H. Hudson, 76, will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Northeast Baptist Church with the Rev. Steve Wall officiating. Interment will be at Hillcrest Memorial Park under the direction of Harvey-Douglas Funeral Home.
Mrs. Hudson died Jan. 24, 1999, in a local health care facility. She was born to Calvin and Amanda Cravatt Harris Nov. 2, 1922, at Mill Creek.
She was a homemaker and member of Northeast Baptist Church. She was the widow of Alphus Jefferson and Elmus Hudson.
Survivors include four sons, Michael and Winston Jefferson, Ardmore, Woodrow Jefferson, Tulsa, and Malcolm Jefferson, Gallup, N.M.; four daughters, Hawaii Davidson, Lewisville, Texas, Tiajuana John, Ardmore, Sandra Carillo, Pueblo, Colo., and Arnetta Higgins, Marietta; 18 grandchildren; 18 great-grandchildren; and six great-great-grandchildren. She was also preceded in death by a son, Jim Jefferson Jr.
Bearers will be grandsons. Honorary bearers will be Donald L. John, Nathan Hendrickson and Christopher Carillo.
Visitation will be at 6 tonight at Northeast Baptist Church.

Rebecca 'Becca' C. Dial
Memorial services for Rebecca "Becca" Corinne Dial, 15, will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday at First United Methodist Church in Ardmore. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at First Baptist Church in Bristow with the Rev. Bill Liggett officiating. Burial will be at Bristow City Cemetery.
Becca Corinne died Jan. 24, 1999, in Norman. She was born in Sapulpa on June 29, 1983, and lived in Bristow until 1992, when she moved to Ardmore. Becca was a member of First Baptist Church in Bristow and was active in the Youth Ministries of both the Baptist church and Methodist church in Ardmore. She was a sophomore at Lone Grove High School where she was a cheerleader, in the school band, and a member of the honor society, as well as active in vocal music and writing poetry.
Becca is survived by her parents, Dennis and Patty Dial of Bristow, and Pam and Scott Hill of Ardmore; maternal grandparents, Bud and Patricia Loughridge and Harold and Isabel Hill of Ardmore; paternal great-grandmother, Lucy Mae Dial of Bristow; sisters and best friends, Samantha Dial of Tahlequah, and Lysandra Dial of Norman; a stepbrother and his wife, Josh and Cinda Mass of Bristow; brother-in-law, Buck Few; nephew, David Few; and niece, Savannah Few of Bristow; and many other family and friends. She was preceded in death by her paternal grandparents, Clayton and Corinne Dial of Bristow.
Memorials may be made to the Rebecca Dial Memorial Fund at Community Bank, P.O. Box 1020 Bristow, OK 74010; or First National Bank of Lone Grove, P.O. Box 1500, Lone Grove, OK 73443.
Services will be directed by Griffin-Kennedy-Watts Funeral Home of Ardmore and Schumacher Funeral Home in Bristow.

Lona B. Walker
MADILL -- Services for Lona B. Walker, 89, will be at 2 p.m. today at First United Methodist Church with the Rev. Larry Holden officiating. Interment will be at Woodberry Forest Cemetery under the direction of Watts Funeral Home.
Mrs. Walker died Jan. 24, 1999, in a local health care facility. She was born April 1, 1913, in Cotton County, to William H. and Rhoda A. Hambleton.
She married Edwin M. Walker June 28, 1939, at Chickasha, and during their 57 years of marriage they served at Methodist Churches all over the state, including four years at Madill. She taught Sunday school and worked with the Boy Scouts. After retiring in 1985, they moved back to Madill from Meeker. She was preceded in death by her husband April 2, 1996; a brother; and two sisters.
Survivors include two sons, John, Lincoln, Neb., and William, Oklahoma City; a daughter, Mary Ann Saxon, Madill; a sister, Florene Olsen, Napa, Calif.; six grandchildren; and two-great-grandchildren.
Bearers will be Wes Saxon, Sam Barrick, Forrest and Mark Walker, George Ford and Dale Waymire. Honorary bearers are Norman Denton, George Leerstang, David Ward and Eugene Wood.

Ray H. Branum
TISHOMINGO -- Services for Ray H. Branum, 81, will be at 2 p.m. today at First Baptist Church with the Rev. Perry Crisp officiating. Interment will be at Ravia Cemetery under the direction of Corbin Funeral Home.
Branum died Jan. 24, 1999, in Tishomingo. He was born Dec. 10, 1917, at Petty, Texas, to Frank and Mary Sales Branum.
He served in the Marines during World War II, he was a trader, dealing in livestock, tack and guns. He was president of the Rodeo Club, a member of the city council and was responsible for modernizing the police department. He and Lema Ayres were married May 29, 1952, in Ada.
Survivors include his wife, of the home; two sons, Jerry, Tishomingo, and Gary, Dallas; two grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by two half brothers, Bill Branum and Fay Jackson, and his first wife, Wilma Faye Branum.

Christine E. Johnson
Funeral services for Christine Elizabeth Johnson, 87, will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at the Griffin-Kennedy-Watts chapel. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Park. Officiating will be Dr. Virgil Trout and the Rev. Roy Hannah.
Mrs. Johnson was born to the late Lem D. and Lillie Irene Petty on March 3, 1911, at Mannsville. She died in the local hospital Jan. 26, 1999.
She had lived in the Ardmore and Mannsville area all her life and was a member of Maxwell Avenue Church of Christ. She was a sales clerk, employed by J.C. Penney Co. before she retired in 1967. She married Edgar A. Johnson in Mannsville on Sept. 11, 1929. He preceded her in death on Oct. 17, 1998.
She is survived by a daughter, Joyce Wilson of Ardmore; a sister, Mavis Brummett of Madill; brother, Scott Morris Petty of Randlett; a grandson, David Wilson of Ardmore; and three great-grandchildren, Eric, Chris and Cory Wilson.
Pallbearers will be Bo Fore, Bill Bowden, Kenneth Murphey, John Cobb, Bill Hill and Sam Stearn.

Floyd J. Brown
Floyd J. Brown, 78, died Jan. 23, 1999, at the Oklahoma Veterans Center after an extended illness. Memorial services will be announced at a later date by Harvey-Douglas Funeral Home.
Born to Pete and Lewana Isom Brown Jan. 12, 1921, at Lubbock, Texas, he served in the Army during World War II and had lived in Ardmore 47 years, moving here from Duncan. He was a welder, a Baptist, and member of the National Rifle Association. He and Nina Lindsay Christopher were married May 9, 1997, in Ardmore.
Survivors include his wife, of the home; a son, Harold, Duncan; a daughter, Kay Harris, Atlanta, Texas; a brother, Berry, Seminole, Texas; and sister, Ottavine Neeld, Pooleville. He was preceded in death by a daughter, Jeanie Blevins.

Barbara F. Norris
TISHOMINGO -- Graveside rites for Barbara Faye Norris, 54, will be at 2 p.m. today at Tishomingo City Cemetery with the Rev. Joey Lansdale officiating.
Mrs. Norris died Jan. 25, 1999, in Oklahoma City. She was born Aug. 1, 1944, in Ardmore, to Fay and Beatrice Davis O'Dell.
She had lived in the Johnston County area most of her life and was a former teacher.
She is survived by two daughters, Kelley and Shelley Norris, Tishomingo; and three brothers, Charlie O'Dell, Tishomingo, Donald O'Dell, Milburn, and Donald O'Dell, Oklahoma City. She was preceded by a sister, Mary White; and two brothers, Weldon and Vernon Norris.
Corbin Funeral Home will direct services.

Edna Embry Chisum
GAINESVILLE, Texas -- Graveside services for Edna Embry Chisum, 89, Gainesville, are set for 3:30 p.m. today at Fairview Cemetery with Dr. Bennie R. Slack, pastor of First Baptist Church, officiating.
Mrs. Chisum died Jan. 25, 1999, at Muenster Memorial Hospital.
She was born Feb. 1, 1909, in Leon, Okla., to Clint and Myrtle Cagle.
She was a homemaker and a member of First Baptist Church of Gainesville.
Survivors include her sisters, Lou Spencer and Lillie Eaton, both of Gainesville; granddaughter, Vicki Embry, Marietta; two great-granddaughters, Tori Embry, also Marietta, and Amy Adame of Lubbock, Texas; and great-great-granddaughter, Ashtyn Adame also of Lubbock.
She was preceded in death by her husband, W.C. "Bill" Embry Sr. in 1965; husband, Floy Chisum in 1996; son, W.C. Embry Jr. in 1978; and a grandson, W.C. "Bill" Embry III in 1996.
Carroll and Son Funeral Home will direct services.

Lavita A. Clagg
DUNCAN -- Services for Lavita Ann Clagg, Ratliff City, will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Bethesda Church of God, Duncan, with the Revs. Harold Methney and Joe Rushing officiating. Interment will be at New Velma Cemetery.
Mrs. Clagg died Jan. 27, 1999 in Ratliff City. She was born Aug. 31, 1944, at Holbert.
She married Kenneth Clagg Jan. 16, 1991. She lived in California then moved to the Countyline-Ratliff City area. She was a homemaker.
Survivors include her husband, of the home; mother, Opal Boatman, Velma; father, Woody Boatman, Countyline; daughter, Laura Pewitt, Clemscott, Michelle Perry, Lindsey, Teather Clagg, Chickasha; sons, David Libby, Land of Lakes, Fla., and Jerry Campbell, Ratliff City; sisters, Peggy Ponder, Ratliff City, and Virginia Boatman, Velma; brothers, Jay Boatman, Germany, and Tommy Boatman, Bray; grandchildren, Kyle Pewitt, Skyler Pewitt, Aaron Libby, Taylor Libby, Kayla Perry, Cody Perry, Luke Perry, Jerry Campbell and Angelique Campbell.
Milburn Funeral Home, Ratliff City, will direct services.

Bill N. Davis
MARIETTA -- Graveside rites for Bill Norman Davis, 66, Fort Worth, Texas, will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Lakeview Cemetery with Floyd Johnson officiating.
Davis died Jan. 27, 1999, at his residence. He was born Sept. 21, 1932, at Marietta to Norton and Maggie L. Bone Davis.
An Army veteran, he had lived in the Fort Worth area 20 years and retired from Burlington-Northern Railroad as an administrator after 43 years of service. He was a member of Rosemont Church of Christ and Masonic Lodge. He married the former Doris "Dot" Barnes.
Survivors include his wife, of the home; two sons, Lonny Davis, Fort Worth, and Dr. David Davis, Sherman, Texas; a daughter, Margaret Davis, Irving, Texas; two brothers, Troy and Ray, Marietta; two sisters, Maudine Springs, Gainesville, Texas, and Janette Shaw, Canyon, Texas; and five grandchildren.
The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at Kennedy Funeral Home.

Jerry Gilbert
SULPHUR -- Services for Jerry Gilbert, 72, are pending from Clagg Funeral Home. He died Jan. 27, 1999, in Oklahoma City.
Survivors include three daughters, Nina Pittman, Janece Owens and Lenita Tuck; a son, Lewayne; a sister, Analois Walker; three brothers, Donnie, Ozell and Dale.

Wilma J. Cloar
HEALDTON -- Services for Wilma Jean Cloar, 87, Hennepin, are pending from Reser Funeral Home. Mrs. Cloar died Jan. 26, 1999, in the Ardmore hospital.
She is survived by her husband, Calvin, of the home; five stepchildren; three brothers, Bob Riley, Denver, J.D. Atchley, Early, Texas, and Leonard Atchley, Midland, Texas; two sisters, Eleanor Parker, Dallas, and Grace Self, Brownwood, Texas; 13 grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.

John 'Bill' Gillum
HEALDTON -- Services for John "Bill" Gillum, age 70, of Wilson, were at 2 p.m. today, Jan. 28, 1999, in Reser Funeral Chapel. The Rev. Jim May officiated.
Mr. Gillum died Sunday night, Jan. 24, 1999, in an Oklahoma City hospital.
The son of William L. and Mary Zell Garner Gillum, he was born Sept. 2, 1928, at Wirt, Okla. he attended several schools in this area before leaving home at age 12 to join the circus. He served in the U.S. Navy as a Seabee during World War II. After four years in the Navy, he returned to Healdton and worked for several oil field trucking firms. He enlisted in the U.S. Air Force in 1951 and was discharged in 1961. He worked in Oklahoma City from 1962 to 1964 before moving to California where he was a farmer. He moved to Michigan and worked in iron ore mines until retiring in 1968. He moved to Everett, Wash., in 1984, and back to this area in 1996. Mr. Gillum was an ardent fisherman.
Survivors include five sons, Johnny Glenn Gillum, Lexington, Okla., Dan Gillum, Everett, Wash., Randie Gillum, Everett, Wash., Mickey Gillum, Vail, Ore., and Billy Gillum, Long Beach, Calif.; three daughters, Pat Teters, Ardmore, Cathy Lupinacci, Everett, Wash., Francine Gullum, Healdton; his beloved lifetime companion, Laura Gillum, Healdton; two brothers, Leon Gillum, Wilson, and Pete Gillum, Healdton; a sister, Zell Jones, Healdton; 39 grandchildren; and 20 great-grandchildren.

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