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HEALDTON -- Services for Melba D. McClain, 79, will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at First United Methodist Church with the Rev. Russell Cheatham officiating. Interment will follow at Valley View Cemetery in Valley View, Texas.
Mrs. McClain died Feb. 25, 1997, in the local hospital. She was born May 22, 1917, at Gainesville, Texas, to William R. and Ella Sumpter Hobbs.
She lived in Gainesville and West Texas before moving in 1959 to Healdton, where she operated a bookkeeping service. She also served as Justice of the Peace and City Judge. She was a member of First United Methodist Church.
Survivors include a son, Jimmy, Ardmore; a brother, Russell Hobbs, Denton, Texas; a sister, Marilyn Stoker, Ardmore; and two grandchildren. She was preceded in death by a grandson.
Bearers will be Bob Craft, Johnny Walker Theron Karns, Odis Blakemore, Delmar Campbell and Rick Brown.
Cloyce A. 'Pete' Tucker
DAVIS -- Services for Cloyce A. "Pete" Tucker, Webbers Falls, will be at 1 p.m. Thursday at Fox Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Finis Steelman officiating. Interment will be at Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Pauls Valley.
Tucker died Feb. 24, 1997, in Fort Smith, Ark. He was born Oct. 15, 1922, in Polar, Texas, to Claude E. and Laura J. Hunt Tucker.
An Army veteran, he worked for Capitol Steel 17 years before he retired and moved from Oklahoma City to Webbers Falls four years ago. He and Margie M. Ingram were married Sept. 6, 1947, in Oklahoma City.
Survivors include his wife of the home; and two brothers, J.W. and James, Wynnewood. He was preceded in death by a brother, Eugene.
Nephews will serve as bearers.
Linda M. 'Nanny' Maxwell
MADILL -- Services for Linda Mae "Nanny" Maxwell, 60, were scheduled for 2 p.m. today at Watts Memorial Chapel with the Rev. Clark Wrather officiating. Interment was at Woodberry Forest Cemetery.
Mrs. Maxwell died Feb. 25, 1997, in a local health care facility. She was born Feb. 8, 1937, at Pontotoc to the late Leonard S. and Beulah M. Heath Lewis.
Reared in Connerville, she and Earl Donald "Don" Maxwell were married Feb. 26, 1955, at Pontotoc. She lived in Madill, Stillwater and Ardmore before returning here in 1971. She was a member of First Baptist Church and volunteer with Madill 4-H Club.
Survivors include her husband; two daughters, Carolyn Waymire and Lana Martin; and son, E.D., all of Madill; two brothers, A.J. Lewis, Ardmore, and James "Gimp" Lewis, Dickson; two sisters, Audra Timmons, Holdenville, and Lucille Hulsey, Fittstown; and six grandchildren. She was preceded in death by a sister, Gladys Lewis; and brother, Cecil Lewis.
Bearers were Carl Looney, Ralph Gibbs, Jimmy Ward, Jim Kusler, Loyde Redden and Hank Hartin. Honorary bearers were Dale Waymire, Norman Denton, Donnie Hartin, Dr. Joseph Adams, Shawn Runyan and Shawn Pierce.
Memorials may be made to Cross Timbers Hospice.
H. Gardner Pate
MADILL -- Services for H. Gardner Pate, 70, Stuart, Fla., will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Watts Funeral Home. Interment will follow at Woodberry Forest Cemetery.
Pate, formerly of Madill, died Feb. 24, 1997, in Stuart. A native of Hobart, he was the son of Herbert J. and Mary Gardner Pate, former publishers of The Madill Record.
Reared in Madill, where he graduated high school, Pate moved from Pittsburg, Pa., to the Stuart-Hobe Sound, Fla., area in 1981 and was president of The Stuart News from 1982 to 1986 when he retired.
Survivors include his wife, Patricia, Hobe Sound; two sons, Michael, Myrtle Beach, S.C., and Jack, Evansville, Ind.; a stepson, Michael Canterbury, Hobe Sound; a brother, James, Dallas; and sister, Martha Durie, Burneyville.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Madill High School Alumni Association.
Walter Allen Hill
Services for Walter Allen Hill will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Craddock Memorial Chapel with the Rev. Bob Hector officiating. Interment will be at Crinerville Cemetery under the direction of Craddock Funeral Home.
Hill died Feb. 27, 1997, at his home following an extended illness. He was born May 9, 1909, at Marietta, to John and Sally Beach Hill.
A lifetime resident of the Ardmore area, he served in the Army during World War II and worked as a laborer. He and Bertha Lorine Holbrook were married at Brock.
He is survived by his wife, of the home; five daughters, Zola Lee, Lone Grove, Pat Akers, Laveta Willett, Gayle Hill and Evia Hill, all of Ardmore; two sons, Eddie and Alvin, also Ardmore; several grandchildren; and great-grandchildren.
Josephine Aycox
MARIETTA -- Graveside rites for Josephine Aycox, 69, Gainesville, Texas, will be at noon Saturday at Lakeview Cemetery.
Mrs. Aycox died Feb. 25, 1997, in the Gainesville hospital. She was born May 21, 1927, at Lehigh, to Austin and Tennie Cherry Gentry.
She was a retired cook and member of Jehovah's Witness Kingdom Hall. She and Marion Aycox were married on April 7, 1948, at Gainesville.
Survivors include her husband, of the home; seven sons, Orville, Gordonville, Texas, Kenneth, Arnold, Leslie and Dale, Gainesville, Edward Lowrey, Pioneer Valley, Texas, and Virgil, Valley View, Texas; a brother, Leslie Gentry, Ardmore; three sisters, Lillian Clay, Lone Grove, Violet Hill, Lindsay, and Viola Clay, Ardmore; and 18 grandchildren.
Clement-Keel Funeral Home will direct services.
Dovie B. Stephens
SULPHUR -- Services for Dovie Beatrice Stephens, 92, will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Vinita Avenue Church of Christ with Dan Clark officiating. Interment will be at Palmer Cemetery under the direction of Clagg Funeral Home.
Mrs. Stephens died Feb. 25 1997, in Sulphur. She was born Sept. 14, 1904, at York, Indian Territory, to Archie D. and Estelle Tate Robb.
She had lived in this area all her life and was a member of Vinita Avenue Church of Christ. She and Floyd Stephens were married on Nov. 27 1926, at Palmer. He preceded her in death on March 19, 1978. She was also preceded by three brothers and two sisters.
Survivors include a daughter, Dorothy Cook, Tulsa; four sons, Richard, Sulphur, Thomas, Altus, Farrell, Cross Plains, Texas, and Archie, San Angelo, Texas; a brother, Buster Robb, Sulphur; 12 grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren; and three great-great-grandchildren.
Bearers will be Dave Roberson, Nathan Nicks, Mike Hunter, Pal Collins, Danny Hilliard and Dolphus Baldwin.
Rev. James F. 'Jim' House
DOUGHERTY -- Services for the Rev. James F. "Jim" House will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Dougherty Baptist Church with the Rev. Finis Steelman officiating. Interment will follow at Oaklawn Cemetery, Sulphur.
House died Feb. 25, 1997, in Tahlequah. He was born Sept. 24, 1904, at Boles, Ark., to John D. and Maybell Cory House.
He attended Oklahoma Baptist University and was ordained a Baptist minister in 1940 at Pauls Valley. His first church was in the Scobie community in Garvin County. He helped organize and served as the first pastor at Dougherty Baptist Church in 1942, was in the Association Ministry and also served at Hennepin and Hickory. He retired as pastor at Dougherty in 1988. He was a 32nd Degree Mason. He and Lura Bearden were married in 1925, at Davis.
Survivors include two daughters, June Montgomery, Sand Springs, and Helen Thornton, Parkhill; a son, Bill, Sulphur; three sisters, Lillie Bryant, Lottie Gallion and Eunice Wray, Oklahoma City; five grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren.
Fox Funeral Home will direct services.
Cleo B. Baxley
COURTNEY -- Services for Cleo B. Baxley, 77, will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Courtney United Methodist Church with the Rev. Larry Adkisson officiating. Interment will be at Bourland-Belleville Cemetery.
Mrs. Baxley died Feb. 26, 1997, in the local hospital. She was born May 22, 1919, at Belleville, to Nathan and Eula Thomas Banks.
She married Clifford T. Baxley on Nov. 23, 1938, at Belleville, and had lived in Courtney all her life. She was a member of Courtney United Methodist Church, Home Demonstration Club, was past president of Love County Council and Belleville Cemetery Association, which she helped organize.
Survivors include her husband, of the home; a son, Malcolm, Courtney; and daughter, Gayle Dewbre, Courtney; and a grandson.
Bearers will be Dr. Tom O'Connor, Steve Smith Jr., Gene Jackson, Tankie Spivey, L.J. Chapman and James Glenn.
Kennedy Funeral Home will direct services.
Maudie Vernon Lane
Services for Maudie Vernon Lane, 89, Lone Grove, will be 10 a.m. Monday at CrystalRock Cathedral with Dr. Walt Spradling officiating. Interment will follow at 3 p.m. at Chapel Hill Cemetery in Oklahoma City.
Born June 25, 1907, at Cedar Hill, Texas, to William Henry and Suzie Jane Basham Martin, she died Feb. 27, 1997, at her home. She was preceded in death by her husband, Burnie Lane; and two sons, Olan "Bud" Lane and Wilton Eugene "Gene" Lane.
Mrs. Lane had been a resident of Lone Grove for the past 20 years. She was a retired employee of the Armour Meat Packing Company. Mrs. Lane was a Baptist.
Survivors include two daughters, Jewel Banks, Coalgate, and Glenda Cathy, Lone Grove; one son, John Lane, Noble; and several grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Bearers are ushers at the Crystal Rock Cathedral.
Services are under the direction of Craddock Funeral Home.
J. Doyle Payne
DOUGHERTY -- Services for J. Doyle Payne, 79, Davis, were 2 p.m. Saturday at the First Baptist Church with the Rev. Willard McCarty officiating. Interment followed at Dougherty Cemetery.
Born Feb. 23, 1918, at Lehigh, he died Feb. 26, 1997, at an Ardmore hospital. He was preceded in death by a sister and a brother.
Payne was a retired operating engineer. He had returned to Murray County after retiring from the Duval Mine in Kingman, Ariz. Survivors include his wife, Joyce Edmondson Payne, of the home; one daughter, Sharon Rorick, Costa Mesa, Calif.; one son, Dwight Payne, Davis; two sisters, Ruby Stevens, Hereford, Texas, and Mary Helen Payne, Sulphur; four grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
Bearers were Billy Dean Payne, Roy Lynn Chambless, Ronnie Baugh, Glenn Hale, James Gaddy, David Pittman and Billy Earl Thornton. Honorary bearers were Ray Roberts, Cecil Payne, Jay Pinkston, Jesse Hunter, Ruby Stevens and Mary Helen Payne.
Services were under the direction of Cowley-Krien Funeral Home.
R. H. 'Hack' Tipps
RINGLING -- Services for R. H. "Hack" Tipps, 88, will be 2 p.m. today at the Community Fellowship Church with the Rev. John Douthit and the Rev. Jack Barron officiating. Interment will follow at Dixie Cemetery.
Born Sept. 24, 1908, in Dexter, Texas, he died Feb. 27, 1997, at a Wilson health care facility. He married Bessie Dillon on April 2, 1928, at Ringling. She preceded him in death on May 21, 1961. He was also preceded in death by a daughter, Rudene Mauldin, Nov. 11, 1995; a stepson, P.R. Taylor; and three step-grandchildren.
Tipps married Ida Taylor Dec. 13, 1965, at Madill. He moved back to Ringling after working in the oil fields of Texas and Oklahoma. He had been a driller for Sullivan Drilling Company in Fox. He later worked for Carter County District 3 as a grader operator.
Survivors include five stepdaughters, Fern Hacker, Moreno Valley, Calif., Wyvonnia Keel, Norman, Wilma Carter, Bessie, Sharon Gray, Simon, and Imogene Greenroyd, Wilson; one stepson, Jerry Taylor, Dallas; three grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; 18 stepgrandchildren; 28 stepgreat-grandchildren; and one stepgreat-great-grandchild.
Bearers are Randy Stepp, Donnie McMillen, Kenneth Snell, Harold B. Allen, Tommy Reynolds and Ab Fowler. Honorary bearers are Sonny Prentice, Homer Branch and Ray Reynolds.
Services are under the direction of Reser Funeral Home.
Callie Mae Wilson
DAVIS -- Services for Callie Mae Wilson, 87, were 2 p.m. Saturday at Fox Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Finis Steelman officiating. Interment followed at Green Hill Cemetery.
Born Aug. 9, 1909, at Davis to William and Sallie White Sanders, she died Feb. 27, 1997, at Davis. She married Onis Wilson on Dec. 14, 1926, at Sulphur. He preceded her in death in August 1985. She was also preceded in death by a son, Billy O. Wilson, in October 1991; one grandson, Boots Barnett, in February 1996; eight brothers; and one sister.
Mrs. Wilson had lived in Davis all of her life. She was a member of the First Baptist Church.
Survivors include one daughter, Evelyn Barnett, Davis; two sons, Buck Wilson, Davis, and Edward "Sonny" Wilson, Farmington, N.M.; one sister, Hazel Payne, Davis; 12 grandchildren; and 14 great-grandchildren.
Bearers were Tim, Scott, Pat, Mike and Brad Wilson, John Murray and Joe, Shawn and Todd Barnett.
