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Mark Monroe Kidd
EDMOND -- Services for Mark Monroe Kidd, 44, will be 2 p.m. Monday at Baggerley Funeral Home. Interment will follow at Resurrection Memorial Cemetery.
Born Jan. 11, 1953, he died July 3, 1997, as a result of a motorcycle accident. He was preceded in death by a brother, Jeff Kidd.
Kidd was employed by Oklahoma City Abstract and Title Company. He was active in civic and business organizations and was active for many years in little league sports.
Survivors include his wife, Leslie; and two children, Travis and Jordan Anne, all of the home; parents, Don F. and Betty Ruth Kidd, Ardmore; and one brother, Greg Kidd, Ardmore.

Billie R. Massey
Graveside services for Billie R. Massey will be at 4 p.m. today at Berwyn Cemetery in Gene Autry with the Rev. Leroy Holman officiating.
Mrs. Massey died July 6, 1997, in a local health care facility. She was born March 15, 1932, in Ardmore, to William H. and Bessie L. Dollar Ray.
She had been a resident of Ardmore 30 years, moving back here from Davis, and was a member of the Assembly of God Church. She and James Thomas Massey were married May 28, 1965, at Pauls Valley. He preceded her in death in 1980.
Survivors include four daughters, Cynthia Mueller, Oklahoma City, Kathy Hammer, Vicky Owen and Donna Love, Ardmore; nine grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.
Bearers will be grandsons Jay Lester, Raymond Dewitt, Jason Schreiber, Matt Burkhalter, David, Jason and Terry Gilliam.
Craddock Funeral Home will direct services.

Rex Tankersley
Services for Danny Rex Tankersley will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Craddock Memorial Chapel with the Rev. G. Ed Elswick officiating. Interment will be at Crinerville Cemetery.
Tankersley died July 6, 1997, at his home. He was born April 3, 1958, in Ardmore.
He had lived in Ardmore all his life and was an oil field employee of Ardmore Drilling Co.
Survivors include his mother, Mary Ann Allamon, Gene Autry; his father, Arthur H. Tankersley; and two brothers, Allen R. and Roy D., all of Ardmore.
Bearers will be Jerry Ford, Bill Grover, Chuck Newsom, Ricky Johnston, Jim Stamper and Ricky Studeman. Honorary bearers are Donnie Burton, Terry Lewis, Gerald and Jerry Bell.

Jean Stewart
MARIETTA -- Services for Jean Stewart, 58, will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Eastside Baptist Church with the Rev. Steve Gardner officiating. Interment will be at Lakeview Cemetery under the direction of Kennedy Funeral Home.
Mrs. Stewart died July 6, 1997, in the local hospital. She was born May 31, 1939, in Loves Valley, to Jack and Thelma Goldman Bell.
A resident of Marietta most of her life, she married Don Stewart Sept. 4, 1954, in Marietta and retired from Uniroyal Tire Co. after 16 years of service. She was a member of Eastside Baptist Church.
Survivors include her husband, of the home; two sons, Jerry Don, Marietta, and Danny, Conroe, Texas; a daughter, Regina Harris; and sister, Bonnie Mayes, Marietta; and five grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her father on June 29, 1978; her mother on May 28, 1989; two brothers, John Bell on Nov. 17, 1960, and Terry Bell on Aug. 30, 1986.
Bearers will be Jerry W. Stewart, Junior and Sam Riggs, Steve, Bill and Buz Bell.

Dail Plant
WAURIKA -- Services for Dail Plant, 79, were scheduled for 10 a.m. today at the Assembly of God Church with the Revs. Lynn Plant and Chris Brown officiating. Interment was at Ryan Cemetery under the direction of Worley Funeral Home.
Plant died July 6, 1997, in the Lawton hospital. He was born Jan. 10, 1918, near Waurika, to Norby and Mary Plant.
He attended school at Beam and served during World War II with the Army as a sergeant and squad leader of 745 Combat Infantry in North Africa, Italy and Germany. He was wounded five times and was awarded the Purple Heart, GO 40 HQ 88th Division, EAME Service Ribbon and three Bronze Stars. He was employed 20 years with the Oklahoma Department of Transportation. He and Edna Thurman were married July 29, 1946, at Henrietta, Texas.
Survivors include his wife, of the home; a daughter, Linda Covington; and brother, Henry, Waurika; five sisters, Wanda King, Oklahoma City, Yvonna Beaver, Wichita Falls, Texas, Stella Heemer, Houston, Margie Burnam, Ardmore, and Ethel Anthony, Waurika; and two grandchildren.

Grover Bell
OAK GROVE, Ark. -- Graveside services for Ardmore native Grover Bell, 74, will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Hale Cemetery in Oak Grove, Ark.
Bell died July 7, 1997, in Springfield, Mo. He was born Aug. 26, 1922, in Ardmore to Leonard G. and Lottie Hignight Bell.
He was a Navy veteran and former restaurant owner and dairy farmer.
Survivors include his wife, the former Eunice Beasley, of the home; two sons, Kenneth, Oak Grove, and Tracy, Eureka Springs, Ark.; a daughter, Merlanie Dickinson, Oak Grove; a sister, Edwinna Hutchens, Dallas; seven grandchildren; and a great-grandchild.
Nelson Funeral Home will direct services.

Billy Joe Wood
HEALDTON -- Graveside rites for Billy Joe Wood, 69, will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at Mount Olivet Cemetery with Roy Hannah officiating.
Wood died July 8, 1997, at his home. He was born Feb. 6, 1928, in Zaneis to Hershel J. and Anna V. Brooks Wood.
An Army veteran of World War II, he was an oil field worker for the Dresser Atlas Co. and had lived in Ardmore since 1963, moving here from Healdton. He and Pat Peden were married June 17, 1950, in Ardmore.
Survivors include his wife, of the home; a daughter, Patricia A. Wright; and two sons, Larry J. and Hershel R., all of Ardmore; a brother, James, Duncan; a sister, Dorothy Hawk, Healdton; and six grandchildren. He was preceded in death by a sister, Velma Boyles; and a brother, Herschel.
Harvey-Douglas Funeral Home will direct services.

Bobbie B. Guinn
WAURIKA -- Services for Bobbie B. Guinn, 85, former Healdton-Waurika resident, will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Worley Funeral Home. Interment will be at Terral Cemetery, Terral.
Mrs. Guinn died July 8, 1997, at her home in Ada. She was born Aug. 13, 1911, at Terral, to John and Zenobia Burns.
Reared at Terral, she graduated from Oklahoma A&M College and married John. T. Rider in 1934 at Burkburnett, Texas. He preceded her in death. She married Harley Guinn Sept. 3, 1938, at Henrietta, Texas, and they moved to Waurika. They moved to Healdton in 1948 and she lived there until June when she moved to Ada. Her husband died Feb. 18, 1992.
Survivors include two sons, Bill, Ada, and George, Norman; four grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.
Memorials may be made to the Lung Cancer Association or Ada Community Hospital.

Arna Faye Eaton
Service for Arna Faye Eaton will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Griffin-Kennedy-Watts Chapel with Dr. Alton Fannin officiating. Interment will be at Rose Hill Cemetery.
Mrs. Eaton died July 8, 1997, at her home. She was born Sept. 26, 1919, at Loco, to Chester and Effie Watson.
A resident of Ardmore for 66 years, moving here from Hobart, she was a member of First Baptist Church and Y-Dames. She was a former March of Dimes volunteer. She and Marvin R. Eaton were married Aug. 28, 1950.
Survivors include her husband, of the home; two sons, David, Ardmore, and Kenneth, Piedmont; two daughters, Nancy Miles, Ardmore, and Suzanne Douglas, Claremore; a brother, C.J. Watson, Duncan; three sisters, Betty Holden, Tulsa, Louise Hartman, Sterling, and Adell Chance, Spring, Texas; five grandchildren; and a great-grandchild.
Bearers will be Jerry Watson, Jimmy Moore, Robert Bond and David Jones.
The family will receive friends from 7 to 8 this evening at the funeral home.

George M. 'Mike' Price
Services for George Michael "Mike" Price will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Craddock Memorial Chapel with the Rev. Wayne Bryant officiating. Interment will be at Newport Cemetery.
Price died July 6, 1997, in Phoenix following a brief illness. He was born Feb. 22, 1955, in Ardmore.
The former area resident had lived in Mt. Vernon, Wash., 19 years before moving to Phoenix a year ago. He was employed in the construction business.
Survivors include a son, Justin, Alger, Wash.; his parents, Bernard and Zillian Price, Ardmore; and brother, Dan, Mt. Vernon.
Bearers will be Mark Magar, Mike Puckett, Rhoton McClanhan, Randy Christian, Steve Miller and McLain Lang.

Charles Chandler Sr.
Services for Charles Chandler Sr., 73, will be at 1 p.m. Friday in the Onlia Violet Chapel at Ragsdale-Grant and Sons Mortuary.
Chandler died July 7, 1997, at his home following a brief illness. He had lived in Ardmore a number of years.
He is survived by four sons, Charles Jr., Shelton, Wash., William, Olathe, Kan., Thomas and Marcus, St. Joseph, Md.; and several grandchildren.

Ronald G. Sherwood
TISHOMINGO -- Services for Ronald Gail Sherwood will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Corbin Chapel with the Rev. Joey Lansdale officiating. Interment will be at Tishomingo Cemetery.
Sherwood died July 8, 1997, in Ardmore. He was born Nov. 13, 1940, at Funkhouser, Ill.
He served in the Vietnam era during his 20-year career with the Navy and had lived in Johnston County eight years. He and Johnnie Jackson were married Sept. 13, 1989, in Tishomingo. He was a member of First Baptist Church and American Legion Post 148.
Survivors include his wife, of the home; a son, Ronald G., Nolanville, Texas; two stepdaughters, Jackie Black, Tishomingo, and Tina Shomo, Broken Bow; his parents, Glenn and Edna Sherwood, Phoenix; a brother, Kenneth, Scottsdale, Ariz.; five sisters, Delores Aldridge, Fedonia, Ky., Jean Price, Evans, Ga., Carol Dahm, Bloomington, Ill., Joyce Foinfrock and Betty Bobb, Altamont, Ill.; and eight grandchildren. He was preceded in death by two brothers, Thurman and an infant; and a sister, Kathryn.
Bearers will be Charlie Locke, Randal Blakemore, Ed Webb, Billy Shomo, Christofer Black and Ronald Sherwood.

Loreda Storts Price
SULPHUR -- Service for Loreda Storts Price, 79, will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Cowley-Krien Funeral Home chapel with the Rev. Eddie Malphrus officiating. Interment will be at Memorial Park in Ada.
Mrs. Price died July 9, 1997, in the local hospital. She was born March 5, 1918, at Frisco, to Rufus W. and Nettie Lee Gilstrap.
She had lived in Davis most of her life. She was preceded in death by her husbands, Z.Y. Storts in 1976, and Orlen Price in 1986.
Survivors include a daughter, Ruby Brown, Sulphur; two sisters, Ruby Shockley, San Leandro, Calif., and Arnetta Harkins, Empire, Calif.; a granddaughter; and three great-grandchildren.
Bearers will be C.K. Spelling, Fuzz Kennedy, Gary Ramo, Gary Freeman, Larry Hobbs, Junior Clary and Bill Southerland.

Maurine Wall
SHAWNEE -- Memorial services for Maurine Wall will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday at the Immanuel Baptist Church in Shawnee. Interment will be at 1:30 p.m. at Holdenville Cemetery under the direction of Roesch Funeral Chapel.
Mrs. Wall died July 8, 1997, in the Shawnee hospital. She was born Nov. 24, 1907, in Ada, to Mr. and Mrs. Nathaniel Tucker.
She married Isaac Newton Wall in 1924. From a small grocery business in Holdenville that became one of Oklahoma's earliest supermarkets they were co-founders of Wall's Bargain Centers, opening their first store in Shawnee in 1951. Following the death of her husband in 1959, she became president of the company and built it into one of the country's leading retailers of salvage merchandise.
She was active in a number of civic organizations and Immanuel Baptist Church.
Survivors include a son, James N.; and daughter, Charlotte Lowe, both of Shawnee; 13 grandchildren; and 21 great-grandchildren. She was also preceded in death by two sons, B.K. and Harold; and a daughter, Patricia.

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