BEN JOHNSON, Jr.
Ben “Son” Johnson, Jr., 77, married Carol Elaine Jones, who preceded him in death on March 27, 1994. Surviving are his mother, Mrs. Ollie Ride of Mesa; a sister and brother-in-law, Helen and Dale Christenson of Pawhuska, Oklahoma; a niece, Ann Whitehorn of Pawhuska; seven nephews, Dale Christenson, Jr. and Ben Christenson of Pawhuska, Larry Christenson of Tulsa, Oklahoma, Ben Miller of Gilbert, Arizona, John Miller of Cave Creek, Arizona, Dan Jones and Barry Jones, both of California; and numerous great nieces, nephews and other relatives and friends. Ben was preceded in death by his father, Ben Johnson, Sr., a sister, Mary Ann Miller and step-father, Fred Rider. Ben had acted in dozens of movies since his first in the early fifties (“Mighty Joe Young”) winning an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in “The Last Picture Show”. Funeral services were held Thursday, April 11, 1996 in the East Valley Free Will Baptist Church, Mesa. Graveside services were held April 14, 1996 in the Pawhuska Cemetery with Reverend Howard Dwartney officiating. Casket bearers in Pawhuska were Dale Christenson, Jr., Ben Christenson, Larry Christenson, Joe Bob Briggs, J.B. Hurd, Allen Lansdown, Jay Barton and Ben Wells. A memorial was established with the Children’s Medical Research Hospital in Oklahoma City. Johnson Funeral Directors, Pawhuska, were in charge of the Pawhuska arrangements.

ETHEL P. NEWBERRY
Ethel Prukhiser Newberry, 98, longtime resident and teacher in Pawhuska, Oklahoma, Interment was in the Pawhuska Cemetery under the direction of Johnson Funeral Directors. At her retirement, Mrs. Newberry was honored by the Osage Tribe, having taught more than one generation of their children. A most appropriate poem, patterned after Longfellow's "Hiawatha", was written by Waltena RedCorn and presented to Mrs. Newberry on her retirement; a very fitting tribute to a caring and most capable teacher.

GENEVA "GENNY" MAKER
Braden and Linda gave their mother, Genny Maker to the Lord Our God, Wednesday evening, December 27, 1995 at her home in Pawhuska, Oklahoma. She touched the lives of all who knew her, leaving behind many friends and loved ones. Genny was survived by two daughters, Linda Roy Long and her husband, Marvin, of Oklahoma City, and Cherri Julia RidingIn of Dallas, Texas; a son, Braden Roy Maker of Tulsa; four brothers, Leon Lively, Lloyd Lively, Lawrence Lively and Pat Lively; two grandsons, Scott and Less RidingIn and two great grandchildren, Joshua and Joseph. Among the many friends she left behind were Dr. Leo Vinyard, Alicia, Lillie, Cindy, Nicholas, Tom, Joe and Winnie. Services were held December 30, 1995 in the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church. died October 16, 1994, in the Pawhuska Hospital following an extended illness. Funeral services were held Wednesday, October 19, 1994, in the sanctuary of the First Baptist Church with Reverend J.P. Dane and Reverend Larry Wallace officiating. died April 18, 1994, at her home in Wynona, Oklahoma. Funeral services were held April 20, 1994, at 10:00 a.m., in the First Baptist Church, Wynona, with married John O. Moore, March 8, 1934 in Howard, Kansas. Anna was a member of the First Baptist Church, Wynona and VFW (Veteran’s of Foreign Wars) Auxiliary. Surviving were her husband, John O. Moore; one son, John Richard Moore of Wynona; four daughters, Jane Johnson and Patsy Lay of Wynona, Jean Thornton of Pawhuska, Oklahoma and Carol Neely of Joshua, Texas; seventeen grandchildren, twenty-one great grandchildren and a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends. She was preceded in death by a son, Jerry Dale Moore.
Johnson Funeral Directors, Pawhuska, were in charge of arrangements.

CLAUDE ADAM “C.A.” BROMLEY
Claude Adam “C.A.” Bromley, 93, longtime resident of the Pawhuska, Oklahoma, area, Interment was in the Pawhuska Cemetery, where American Legion Posts presented Military Rites. Mr. Bromley was born May 2, 1900, in a sod hut near Turnersville, Texas, the son of Mr. & Mrs. Charles Bromley. He died April 15, 1994, in the University Hospital, Oklahoma City, following an extended illness. Funeral Mass was held Monday, April 18, 1994, at 10:00 a.m., in the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church with Father Joseph Mazaika officiating. married Pat Cass, who survived at the home in Oklahoma City. Also surviving were a daughter, Deborah Cantrell of Lake Charles, Louisiana; a step-son, Mike Lehr of Oklahoma City; a step-daughter, Sherri Crittenden of Oklahoma City; eleven grandchildren and numerous other relatives and friends. He was preceded in death by his parents, a daughter, Carolyn Cabiness and a brother, Freeman Carr. Johnson Funeral Home, Pawhuska, was in charge of arrangements.

CAROL ELAINE JOHNSON
Carol Elaine Johnson, 73, wife of Pawhuska, Oklahoma native and Academy Award Winner Ben “Son” Johnson, of Mesa, Arizona, died January 31, 1994, in the Pawhuska (Oklahoma) Nursing Home. Graveside rites were held February 2, 1994, at 3:00 p.m., in the Pawhuska Cemetery with Reverend James Edmison officiating. Hiliary was born February 28, 1905, in Kentucky, the daughter of W. Ballard and Mary W. (Raybourn) Martin. The Martin family moved to Pawhuska in 1910 and Hiliary attended Pawhuska schools. In 1941, in Pawhuska, Hiliary and Foreman Faulkner were died September 27, 1992 in the Pawhuska Nursing Home. Funeral services were held September 30, 2002 in the Johnson Funeral Home Chapel with Reverend James Edmison officiating. Born May 4, 1908 in Stillwater, Oklahoma, the son of Eugene Eads and Minnie (Smith) Gatewood, R.E. died Friday, September 25, 1992, in a one-car accident east of Barnsdall, Oklahoma. Born June 6, 1963 in Pawhuska, Oklahoma, she was the daughter of Lloyd and Sue (Andrus) Millard and was a homemaker. She died Monday, June 15, 1992. Doc was born March 24, 1912 in Fremont, Ohio, the son of John Henry and Viva Gibbs Pearson. In 1934, he graduated from Ohio State University with a Doctorate of Veterinary Medicine and moved to Oklahoma in 1946 to assume leadership of the Oklahoma A&M Veterinary Research Station in Pawhuska, Oklahoma. Doc received National Honors in 1966 for his research and development of the Anaplasmosis Vaccine, an early victory over a virus that causes a deadly blood disease in cattle. The vaccine is still in use today. Doc was a member of the Osage County Cattlemen's Association, the American Quarter Horse Association, the Oklahoma Thoroughbred Association, the Oklahoma Horseman Association, a longtime member of the Osage County Fair Board and a charter member of the Registered Hereford Association. Doc was well-known and respected for his quality breeding of thoroughbred race horses and registered Hereford Cattle. He was survived by his wife, Sara Pearson of the home; a daughter, Ann Erwin of Missoula, Montana; a son, Joe Pearson of Ponca City, Oklahoma; one brother, Merle Pearson of Fremont, Ohio; four grandchildren, Guy Erwin, Amity Parks, Julie Pearson and Geoffrey Pearson; four step-children, Rachel Barrett, Richard Moore, Becky Branch and Fred Moore; three step-grandchildren, Amanda Branch, Melissa Branch and Whitney Moore; two nephews, John Pearson and Gary Pearson. Graveside rites were held June 18, 1992, in the Pawhuska Cemetery with Johnson Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.

LEROY RADFORD
Leroy Radford, 55, married Marjorie Steele January 18, 1959 in Miami, Oklahoma. Leroy was a longtime employee of the City of Pawhuska with Parks and Cemetery Department and was also a horse trainer. He was a member of the Baptist Church. Survivors included his wife, Marjorie of the home in Pawhuska; three daughters, Laurie Ann Dolasinski of Riverside, California, Nellie Louise Townley and Marjorie Lynn Ellis, both of Pawhuska; one son, James Leroy Radford of Pawhuska; his mother, Nellie Ann Radford of Pawhuska; a niece, Angelia Radford of the home; Susan and Bobby Ray Wadsworth of Branson, Missouri; two sisters, Ethel Linkard of Wichita, Kansas and Mary Hall of Hominy, Oklahoma; eight brothers, Calvin Stone of Newkirk, Oklahoma, Bobby Joe Radford of Wagoner, Oklahoma, Raymond Radford of Mounds, Oklahoma, Hershel Radford, Tom Radford (who has since Interment was in the Pawhuska Cemetery under the direction of Johnson Funeral Home.

ELSIE EMMA GIBBLE
Former Wynona, Oklahoma resident, Elsie Emma Gibble, 83, Interment was in the Highland Cemetery, Pawnee. Born September 30, 1908 in Enid, Oklahoma the daughter of Herman John and Minnie (Raraumester) Heisler, Elsie died December 26, 1992 in Heritage Manor Convalescent Center, Bartlesville, Oklahoma, following an extended illness. Graveside rites were held December 28, 1992 in the Pawhuska City Cemetery with Reverend Larry Wallace officiating. Born December 28, 1904 in Yonkers, Oklahoma, the daughter of Daniel H. and Martha Cordelia (Holland) Hatfield, she died December 18, 1992 at his home in Lynn Addition, Pawhuska, Oklahoma. Graveside services were held Monday, December 21, 1992 in the Pawhuska City Cemetery with Reverend George Noe officiating. Born May 11, 1932 in Pawhuska, the son of Virgil and Lena Adema (Mays) Wadsworth, he died October 5, 1992, at her home following an extended illness. Funeral Mass was held October 7, in the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church with Father Joseph Mazaika officiating. died at his home in Pawhuska, Oklahoma, on Friday, February 28, 1992. Born September 27, 1919 in Pawhuska, the son of John Floyd and Rozzie (Conley) Soderstrom, Don interment in the Pawhuska Cemetery. Military rites were presented by the Pawhuska American Legion Posts. Mr. Keith died at 7:00 a.m., Friday, March 19, 1982 in the Jane Phillips Medical Center following several months illness. Funeral services for Mrs. McGraw were held March 23, 1982 in the Memory Chapel of the Arnold Moore Funeral residence with the Reverend Richard Ludden, minister of the Evangelical Methodist Church officiating. Casket escorts were Fred R. Brown, George Carroll, Gerald Kelsey, Edward Stephens, Edward J. Martin and William S. Johnson. “Peace in the Valley” and “The Old Rugged Cross” were performed by Mr. Clinton Thatch, vocalist, accompanied by Mrs. Bettye Spangenburg, organist. Committal prayers and married Shelby James McGraw. Mr. McGraw was active in ranching in Washington and Osage Counties where he was employed with the Drummond, Chapman-Barnard, Mullendore and K.S. Adams ranches until they moved to Bartlesville. He preceded her in death on January 11, 1966. Mrs. McGraw was employed by the Cities Service Company in Bartlesville until she retired in 1956. She was a member of the Evangelical Methodist Church. Survivors included two sons, Shelby Milton McGraw and Donald Perry McGraw, both of Bartlesville and a daughter, Mrs. LeRoy (Dinah Arvilla) Widowski of Jenks, Oklahoma; eleven grandchildren and twelve great grandchildren; one brother, Virgil Andrew Couch of Mendon, Missouri and two sisters, Mrs. Myrtle Hunt and Mrs. Vina Carrington, both of Pawhuska. Three brothers and three sisters preceded her in death.

EDNA L. (COUCH) SHORE
Mrs. Edna L. Shore, 59, married Joann Johnson in Pawhuska, Oklahoma. He entered the United States Army November 19, 1958 and, at the time of his death was in inactive reserves. He was employed as an oilfield roughneck in Moorcroft at the time of his death. Survivors included: His wife, Joann and a son, Jacky Ray Vaden Jr., both of Moorcroft; his parents of Webb City, Oklahoma; three brothers, Jessie Lee Vaden, Jr., Neal Melvin Vaden and Jerry Edward Vaden all of the Shidler area; and two sisters, Sally Louise Dady of Buena Vista, Colorado, and Dolly Mae Parks of Pawhuska; several nieces, nephews, and cousins and a host of friends.

JAMES SHELBY McGRAW, Sr.
Mr. James Shelby McGraw, Sr., 62, of 211 ½ South Johnstone, Bartlesville, Oklahoma, married Miss Leona Couch in Pawhuska where they established their first home until 1941 when they moved to Bartlesville. He was associated with the A.M. Hughes ranch and later was employed by Reda Pump Company, National Zinc Company and the City of Bartlesville. He retired from the City of Bartlesville because of illness. Survivors included one daughter, Mrs. Leroy (Dinah) Widowski of Jenks, Oklahoma; two sons, Shelby McGraw, Jr., of Dewey, Oklahoma and Donald P. McGraw of Bartlesville; one brother, Perry J. McGraw of Ponca City, Oklahoma; two half-brothers, Sylvester McGraw of Louisiana and Leo McGraw of Claremore, Oklahoma; one half-sister, Mrs. Blanche Youngblood of Borger, Texas, ten grandchildren and numerous of other relatives and friends. Funeral services were held January 14, 1966, in the Keeley-Neekamp Funeral Home, Bartlesville, with Reverend Claude Blackford, pastor of the Peoples Church officiating. died early Saturday morning, November 14, 1953) in the Pawhuska (Oklahoma) Municipal Hospital where she had been confined for two weeks. The Reverend George Newby, pastor of the Assembly of God Church officiated. Raymond and Harold Red Corn, accompanied by Mrs. LaVerne Harris, sang a group of hymns. Casket bearers were Jeff Hendricks, Thomas Rogers, Lloyd Whitetree and Flo McKee, all of Pawhuska; H.E. Mossbarger of Fairfax, Oklahoma; and Bill Lindley, Oklahoma City. Burial was in the Pawhuska City Cemetery.
Mrs. McArthur was born June 19, 1899, in Cowley County, Kansas, (the daughter of Charles Henry Johnson and Katie {Arthur} Johnson). She was passed away in June, 1950. Surviving are: a daughter, Mrs. Adula Whitehorn; a son, Joe Smith; and five grandchildren (Sabra Smith, Sandra Smith, Joe Brown Smith, Charles Smith and Louise Smith), all of Pawhuska. She also leaves her mother and step-father, Mrs. Katie Simmons and Frank Simmons of Pawhuska; a sister, Mrs. Goldie Young; four half-sisters, Joan, Charlotte and Henryetta Johnson, all of Pawhuska; and Jean Gorham of Tulsa; her step-mother, Mrs. Vina Johnson and a niece, Diana Harrison both of Pawhuska.