Carter County, Oklahoma Obituary Collection

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Hazel Marr
Private services for Hazel Marr, 77, were held Feb. 6, 1999 at Griffin-Kennedy-Watts Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Larry Murray officiating. Interment followed at Rose Hill Cemetery.
Born Nov. 11, 1921 to Sam and Lessie Love, she died Feb. 3, 1999 at a local health care facility. She was preceded in death by a son, Jerry Marr.
Mrs. Marr lived in Ardmore all of her life. She was of the Holiness faith.
Survivors include three sons, Chelsea Marr, Lone Grove. A.W. Marr, Ardmore, Leonard Marr, Dallas; two daughters, Peggy Simpler and Darla Bryant, Lone Grove; one brother, Herman Love and one sister, Juanita Reynolds, Modesto, Calif.; 14 grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.
Bearers were grandsons, Jeff, Greg, Brad, Chad, Bryan and Matt Marr, David Simpler and Craig Hoke.

Lola Fuller Marquardt
RINGLING -- Services for Lola Fuller Marquardt, 98, will be 1 p.m. Monday at Mount Zion Baptist Church with Brother Burt Jackson officiating. Interment will follow at Marlow Cemetery, Marlow.
Born April 17, 1900 at Burneyville, Indian Territory, to Plez and Annie Phelps Davis, she died Feb. 5, 1999 at a Ringling nursing facility after an extended illness. She married Sam Fuller in 1927. He preceded h er in death in 1961. On May 3, 1968 she married Howard Marquardt at Iowa Park Texas and then moved to Ringling.
Mrs. Marquardt had lived in Love County for over 50 years before moving to Marlow.
Survivors include her husband of the home, nieces and nephews.
Bearers are Lyndell Awtrey. J.C. Awtrey, Hershel Wooley, Richard Wooley, R.T. Longest and Tony Lyles.
Services are under the direction of Reser Funeral Home.

Ira Beryl Bettis
THACKERVILLE -- Graveside rites for Ira Beryl Bettis, 89, Gainesville, Texas will be 10:30 a.m. Monday at Mount Zion Cemetery with Randall Tyler officiating.
Born Feb. 25, 1909 at Abilene, Texas to Abb Rufus and Nannie Emaline Kelly Bettis, he died Feb. 5, 1999 at a Gainesville hospital. He married Martha McCage Feb. 14, 1961 at Sherman, Texas. She preceded him in death on Dec. 8, 1975. He was also preceded in death by two sisters, Effie Lou Dorn, 1998, and Elizabeth Rone, 1987.
For the past five years Bettis had lived at Gainesville, but for most of his life he lived at Thackerville. He was a retired farmer. Bettis was of the Jehovah Witness faith.
Survivors include one brother, L. T. Bettis, San Antonio, Texas.
Services are under the direction of Kennedy Funeral Home of Marietta.

H.M. Hurst
LOCO -- Services for Henry M. Hurst, 88, Pinto, were Saturday at Loco Baptist Church with the Rev. Woody Woodall officiating. Interment followed at Dixie Cemetery.
Born Nov. 5, 1910 at Waurika to Garrett N. and Della Stevens Hurst, he died Feb. 4, 1999 at an Ardmore hospital after an extended illness. He was preceded in death by a son, Larry Don Hurst, on May 29, 1997; and a daughter, Beverly Susan Cline, in 1982.
Hurst lived all of his life in the Pinto area. He was a rancher. He married Mary Lucille Muse Dec. 17, 1932 in the middle of an intersection on the Stephens-Jefferson County line.
Survivors include his wife, of the home; three sons, Vernon Hurst, Tishomingo, Glen Hurst, Pinto, and Lynn Hurst, Pinto; three daughters, Wynelle Hatchett, Arlington, Texas, Shirley Gibson, Parker, Colo., and Cleta Anderson, Friendswood, Texas; one sister, Opal Walker, Alvardo, Texas; 19 grandchildren; and 15 great-grandchildren.
Bearers were grandsons, Tony Hatchett, Steven Hurst, Brian Hurst, Michael Hurst, Gary Lee Cline and Joyle Hurst. Honorary bearers were Craig Hurst, Justin Hurst, Wayne Hurst, Glen Hurst, Larry Hurst, Bradley Hurst and Rayburn Ritter.
Services were under the direction of Reser Funeral Home.

Warren C. Chilcoat
Services for Warren C. Chilcoat will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Craddock Memorial Chapel with the Rev. Donny Custar officiating. Interment will be at Hillcrest Memorial Park.
Chilcoat was born April 25, 1910, at Wewoka, to Walter and Hattie Duckworth Chilcoat. He died Feb. 3, 1999, in the local hospital.
He married Orlena Kuykendoll in Oklahoma City May 24, 1932. He attended mortuary college at the Williams Institute in Kansas City, Mo., in 1932. He was a retired funeral director and aircraft mechanic with the Civil Service. He was a member of Masonic Lodge.
Survivors include a son, Ronald, Ardmore; two brothers, Jimmy, Albuquerque, N.M., and Donald, Escondido, Calif.; two sisters, Eva Scott, Ardmore, and Laverne Nichols, Sulphur; and a granddaughter.
Bearers will be Larry, Russell and Rodney Hobbs, James Wilson, Gerald Rodgers and David Isbell.

Juanita 'Neet' Lee
MILO -- Services for Juanita "Neet" Lee, 79, will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Jehovah Baptist church in Milo with the Rev. W.J. Wallace and Theodore Anderson officiating. Interment will be at Oil Springs Cemetery, Tatums.
Mrs. Lee was born Feb. 1, 1920, to Tilroe and Gertrude Franklin Stevenson. She died Feb. 2, 1999, in a local health care facility.
A lifetime resident of Carter County, she married Lathie Lee in 1940, and was a member of Jehovah Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by four sons, Baby Lee, Isaac, Justin and Willie Ray; two brothers, Tilroe Jr. and Walter; four sisters, Lora Gildon, Opal Lax, Lois Miller and Effie M. Shaw.
She is survived by her husband; seven sons, J.C., Conway, Ark., Henry Lee, Lone Grove, Lathie Jr. and MacArthur, Milo, Robert, Phoenix, Ariz., Ollie Ray, Del City, and Bennie, Ardmore; two daughters, Cleta Lee, Ardmore, and Geneva Wright, Milo; two brothers, Louis Stevenson, Ardmore, and Theodus Stevenson, Frederick; a sister, Louise Wrenn, Ardmore; 62 grandchildren; 68 great-grandchildren; and six great-great-grandchildren.
Kirk-Dawson-Dillard Funeral Home will direct services.

Beulah Burkhart Alagood
MARIETTA -- Services for Beulah Burkhart Alagood, 95, will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Eastside Baptist Church with Dr. Alton Fannin officiating. Interment will be at Mount Zion Cemetery, Thackerville.
Born Sept. 15, 1903, at Bomar, to Eunice I. and Ellie Gordon Burkhart, Mrs. Alagood died Feb. 3, 1999, in the Norman hospital.
A lifetime resident of Marietta, she married Oscar Milas Alagood April 11, 1930, at Tishomingo, and was a homemaker and secretary. She was a member of First Baptist Church, WMU. She was preceded in death by her husband, Dec. 19, 1984; a son, Oscar Laverne; four brothers, S.B., Todd, E.C "Grandpappy," and R.W. "Wheat" Burkhart; and two sisters, Mary White and Mahota Burkhart.
Survivors include two sons, Milas, Oklahoma City, and Robert, Denton, Texas; a daughter, Mary U. Hardin, Norman; three brothers, Ira Burkhart, Fort Worth, Texas, W.B. "Bunch" and George Burkhart, Marietta; numerous grandchildren; and great-grandchildren.
Bearers will be Jesse Kirk, Rex and Harold White, David, Rick, Bob and Vonder "Pete" Burkhart.
The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 tonight at Kennedy Funeral Home.

Willie J. 'Bill' Jones
SULPHUR -- Services for Willie J. "Bill" Jones, 92, will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Cowley-Krien Funeral Home chapel, Sulphur, with the Rev. Finis Steelman and Lynn Jones officiating. Interment will be at Green Hill Cemetery.
Jones died Feb. 4, 1999, in the Pauls Valley hospital. He was born Oct. 28, 1906, at Coalgate, Indian Territory, to R.T. and Dollie Payne Jones.
He married Mable Ellen Darnell Jan. 16, 1932, and moved to Cherry Valley, Ark. He returned to Davis in 1934 and had lived and farmed in this area since that time. He was a member of First Baptist Church.
Survivors include three sons, Royce, Dick and Don, all of Davis; five daughters, Christ Boydston, Ardmore, Doris Jones, Wanda Watson, Brenda McCurry and Francis Garrison, Davis; two sisters, Goldie Hambright, Alabama, and Jewel Hogan, Arkansas; 16 grandchildren; 30 great-grandchildren; and a great-great-grandchild.
Bearers will be grandsons, Jason McCurry, Tony Watson, Rod and Stan Jones, Don, Buddy and Travis Boydston.

Beartha Maness
RYAN --Services for Beartha Maness, 86, will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Ryan Assembly of God Church with the Revs. Paul Ratliff and Addie Williams officiating. Interment will be at Ryan Cemetery under the direction of Grantham-Worley Funeral Home.
Mrs. Maness was born July 28, 1912, at Sunset, Texas. She died Feb. 3, 1999, in the Waurika hospital.
Reared in Sunset, she married James H. Maness Sept. 15, 1931, at Waurika and they farmed in the Ryan area before moving to Ringling in 1958. Her husband died in May 1967, and in 1998 she moved to Ryan.
Survivors include three sons, Monroe, Rock Island, Ill., Bill, El Reno, and David, Arlington, Texas; 23 grandchildren; 25 great-grandchildren; and three great-great-grandchildren.
Grandsons will serve as bearers.

J.B. Ponder
Funeral services for J.B. Ponder will be graveside at 10 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 6, 1999, at Rose Hill Cemetery. The Rev. Don Waters will officiate.
J.B. Ponder was born Feb. 9, 1904, at Ardmore, Indian Territory, to Thomas and Myrtle Rowe Ponder. He died on Feb. 3, 1999, in a local health care facility.
A longtime Ardmore businessman, he had been in the construction business and was the former owner-operator of the Westward Motel. He and the late Floyd and Florence Randolph organized and were the first producers of the VFW Rodeo in Ardmore.
He was married to the former Dorothy Johnson at Sulphur on July 5, 1945.
He is survived by his wife, Dorothy, Ardmore; a son and his wife, Joe Ben and Frances Ponder, Ardmore; a daughter, Marcella Sullivan, Lawrence, Kan.; a sister, Monita Elliott, Grandberry, Texas; three grandchildren, Pat Ponder, Ardmore, John B. Sullivan and Lena Frances Sullivan, both of Lawrence, Kan. He was preceded in death by a son, Phillip, in 1968; and a grandson, Paul, in 1973.
Memorials may be made to a favorite charity.
Arrangements are under the direction of Craddock Funeral Home.

Irene Smith
Services for Irene Smith, 75, will be at 2 p.m. today at Griffin-Kennedy-Watts Chapel with Dr. Alton Fannin officiating. Interment will be at Hillcrest Memorial Park.
Mrs. Smith was born March 9, 1923, at Santa Rosa, Calif., to Michael and Paridise Lombos. She died Feb. 3, 1999, at her residence.
She moved from Chickasha to Ardmore in 1964 and was a nurses aide at Ardmore Adventist Hospital 27 years before she retired. She was a member of First Baptist Church.
She is survived by a daughter, Sarah R. Emde, Ardmore; and a brother, Dan Lombos, Sacramento, Calif.
Bearers will be John DeHart, Lynn Worthen, Fred Hodges, Pat Telford, Joe Brown, Hoyle Holt and Bob Gray.
Memorials may be made to Cross Timbers Hospice, 1514 Meadow Lane, Ardmore, OK 73401.

Nancy Brownlee
Memorial services for Nancy Brownlee will be at 3 p.m. Saturday at the Ardmore Village Creative Living Center, 1550 Knox Road, with the Revs. Charles Brown and Rick Mills officiating.
Mrs. Brownlee was born March 12, 1928, to Joe T. and Ruth Brownlee. She died Feb. 3, 1999, at her residence. She was a Presbyterian and former employee of O.G.&E.
She is survived by a brother, Bill Brownlee, Fort Worth, Texas; and sister, Barbara A. Amos, Gun Barrell City, Texas.
Griffin-Kennedy-Watts Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Billy Ray Kirby
Services for Billy Ray Kirby, 58, will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Griffin-Kennedy-Watts Chapel with Dr. Walt Spradling officiating. Interment will be at Hillcrest Memorial Park.
Kirby died Feb. 3, 1999, in Ardmore. He was born Aug. 30, 1940, at Wilson.
He is survived by his mother, Thelma Kirby, Ardmore; and sister, Wanda Williams, Amarillo, Texas.
Bearers will be Bobby and Danny Groomer, Harry and Gary Kirby, Nathan and David Smith. Honorary bearers are Gerald Kirby, Charles Wilson, Randy Cavner and James Smith.

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