System Mechanic - Clean, repair, protect, and speed up your PC!Zaiden Edwards
Zaiden Jeremih Edwards was born Jan. 4, 2014 to Kendra Edwards and Jeremy Ramsey.
He went to be with his Lord and Savior on March 14, 2014.
He is being greeted in Heaven by his great-great-grandmothers Lora Mae Sloan, and Patti Sue Edwards, great-great grandparents Betty and Raymond Ramsey.
Zaiden is survived by his mommy and daddy; his big sister, Kayli; grandparents, Felisa (Gail) Montee of Owasso, Okla.; Mark Edwards of Wewoka, Okla., Kim Ramsey of Wewoka; one aunt, Sasha Barkus of Tulsa, Okla.; three uncles, Jalen Barkus of Owasso, Demetrice and Jeffrey Edwards of Oklahoma City, Okla.; Derek Ramsey of Wewoka, Okla.; great-great grandparents, Boyze (Kay) Edwards of Boyton Beach, Fla.; great-great aunts, Tracey Bruner pf Dallas, Tex., Andrea Edwards of Wewoka, Chandra (Roland) Miller of Okmulgee, Okla.: Maya and Shayla Edwards of Boyton Beach, Fla.; great-uncle Steven Edwards of Shawnee, Okla.; special mention of aunts Pauline (Roy) Overstreet, Wewoka, Okla., Sharon (James) Ham of Edmond, Okla.. In Addition to Rodney Barkus, Bradon Davis, Cameron Emery, numerous cousins and family friends.
Prayer gathering will be held Friday evening 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., March 21, 2014 at Stout-Phillips Chapel.
Graveside services will be 11 a.m. Saturday, March 22, 2014 at Westwood Cemetery with Elder Lloyd Thomas officiating.
Pallbearers will be Raphael Miles, Jeremy Bert, Michael Spencer, and John Patton.
Luncheon will be held immediately following service at Westside Community Center.
Arrangements are by Stout-Phillips Funeral Home.
Edward Ellis
Memorial services for Edward Wesley Ellis, 70, of Maud, will be held Saturday, Feb. 15, 2014 at 10:30 a.m. at First United Methodist Church of Seminole.
Wes passed away on Jan. 9, 2014 at the age of 70 in his home.
He was born Oct. 24, 1943 in Oklahoma City to Grover and Emma Ellis.
He grew up in Nichols Hills and graduated John Marshall High School in 1961 then joined the Navy and served his country for four years aboard the USS Hancock.
He earned a degree in Biomedical Engineering and serviced Respiratory and Life Support equipment in hospitals throughout Oklahoma, Texas and Arkansas.
He was a 32nd Degree Master Mason, Past Master of Composit Lodge #107 in Shawnee and a member of the Scottish and York Rite, and a shriner clown, "Moped."
He was president of the Tecumseh Amateur Radio Club and a Ham Radio Operator.
He attended First United Methodist Church of Seminole, where he enjoyed running the sound room for many years.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Arthur Grover and Emma Louis Ellis; his grandparents; nephew, Justin Hutton; and father in law, Vernon Hutton.
He is survived by his wife, Paulette Ellis of 31 years; cousins, Barbara Christoffels, Sue Oravetz, and extended family in California; mother-in-law, Rosemary Hutton; two brothers-in-law, Denis Hutton; niece, Alea Hutton; nephew, Jason Hutton; two sons, Edward W. Ellis II, Sean Myers; one daughter, Stephanie Myers; ten grandchildren, Matthew, Dylan, Nathan, Allison, Madison Ellis; Michael Gonzalez, Delanie Nelson; Samantha Myers, Kayler Myers, Julie Diethrich, and many beloved friends.
Jessica Ellis
Jessica Nicole Ellis, former Seminole, Okla. resident passed away Monday, March 3, 2014 in Oklahoma City, Okla. at the age of 33.
Jessica was born Nov. 4, 1980 in Shawnee, Okla. to parents, Sammy Lee Cathey and Judith Ann Ellis.
Jessica grew up in the Seminole and Tecumseh area, graduating from Seminole High School in 1999 and attended college for two years.
Jessica was secretary of accounting with Cintas Uniforms of Oklahoma City and she was of the Baptist faith.
Jessica is survived by fathers, Sammy Cathey and David Crowson both of Texas; brother, Shannon Lee Cathey and his wife Edie, and daughter Alexandria of Bowlegs, Okla.; sister, Shawna Kay Martinez and husband, Alfredo of Bowlegs, uncles and aunts; Bob and Mary Williams, Tommy and Linda Ellis, Paul Kennedy, Mary Kay Westphal and husband David, and Wanda James all of Seminole.
Also surviving Jessica are special cousins, Michelle (Williams) and Jason Kelley, and special nieces, Lauren Kelley, Kendyl Kelley, Ragan Kelley and a host of cousins and friends including best friend and caregiver Carmen Paslay of Oklahoma City.
Funeral services will be held 2 p.m. Thursday, March 6, 2014 at Swearingen Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Mark Hennen officiating. Burial will take place at Little Cemetery, Little, Okla.
Serving as casket bearers are David Westphal, Jason Kelley, Ashley Talbert, Brian Benson, Paul Kennedy, Chris Hobbs, Jared Brinkman, Jesse Brinkman, Eric Cosgrove and James Paslay.
Flowers girls are Ragan Kelley, Kendyl Kelley and Lauren Kelley.
Funeral arrangements are under the direction of Swearingen Funeral Home in Seminole.
Don Enos
Don A. Enos, 82, from Rogers, Ark., died at the Fayetteville Home for Veterans, Sunday Oct. 5, 2014.
He was a veteran of the Korean War and served in the Navy as a machinist on the USS Talladega.
He was born in Seminole Okla. on Aug 25, 1932, to Glenn and Mildred Enos.
He graduated from Seminole High School in 1951, and attended Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Phyllis; and his daughter, Debbie Donovan.
He is survived by his brother, James Enos of Winter Haven, Fla., his son, Neil Don Enos of Loxahatchee Fla.; seven grandchildren, and four great grandchildren.
There will be a grave side service at the Maple Grove Cemetery in Seminole, Okla. on Tuesday Oct. 14, 2014 at 2:30 p.m.
In lieu of flowers the family requests donations be made in memory of Don Enos to the Wounded Warriors Project.
Arrangements are by Luginbuel Funeral Home of Prairie Grove, Ark.
Billy Ensminger
Billy John Ensminger, 85 of Duncan passed away on Saturday, Nov. 22nd at home surrounded by his family.
Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2014 in the Don Grantham Funeral Home Chapel with Larry Ensminger officiating.
Burial, with military honors, will follow in the Duncan Cemetery under the direction of the Don Grantham Funeral Home.
Billy was born Feb. 18, 1929 west of Duncan (Oil City) to Lawrence W. and Willie Mae (Sircy) Ensminger Sr.
He graduated from Wewoka High School in 1947 where he was a standout football player and served his country honorably in the US Army.
Billy married Ellen L. Roberts on Dec. 24, 1950 at Wewoka, Okla.
Billy worked in the oilfield for Mobil and Deep Rock in Oklahoma & Kansas in his earlier years and went to work for the US Soil Conservation Service in 1961 and retired from there in 1993.
He loved hunting, enjoyed working in his yard and spending time with family.
Billy is survived by his Wife Ellen of the home, two children Debra Matlock of Anadarko, Okla. and Darrell Wayne Ensminger of Duncan, Okla., one sister Gwen Tilley of Wewoka, Okla., two grandchildren Deetra Stallings & husband Delbert and Jeremy Matlock & wife Jamie, three great-grandchildren Tyler Matlock, Joshua Matlock, Jillian Matlock and numerous nieces, nephews and cousins.
Billy was preceded in death by his parents L.W. & Willie Mae Ensminger Sr., two brothers L.W. Ensminger Jr, and George Donald Ensminger and by two sisters Geneva Cariker and Leona Ruth Ensminger.
Pallbearers will be Tyler Matlock, Lyle Mooney, Gaylon Brumley, Sam Holthe, Ervin Howard and Keith Tilley.
Vina Estes
Sept. 5, 1922 – Jan. 14, 2014
Vina Ethel (Tidwell) Nicholson Estes, 91 year-old, longtime Seminole, Okla. resident passed from this life on Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2014 in Yukon, Okla.
She was born Sept. 5, 1922 in Marion County, Ala. to parents, Ola Bessie (Crow) Tidwell and Virgil Randolph Tidwell.
Mrs. Estes was a homemaker and a longtime member of the Wolf Freewill Baptist Church in Wolf, Okla.
Vina married her first husband Randle Earl Nicholson in Mississippi and the couple moved to Seminole in 1939.
She and her husband Randle were involved in a tragic automobile accident at the corner of Strothers and Harvey Road in Seminole, on Oct. 25, 1964. The accident took the life of her husband and the father of her three sons, Bob, Bill and Jim, and left her critically injured.
Vina persevered and despite this tragic event continued to raise her sons and later married Theodore Estes in 1971.
Mrs. Estes leaves to cherish her memory one son and daughter-in-law, Bob and Annette Nicholson of Roseville, Calif.; two daughters-in-law, Kathleen Nicholson (the widow of Bill) of Sapulpa, Okla. and Rosanne Nicholson (the widow of Jim W.) of Yukon, Okla.; one sister, Emma Jean and her husband Floyd Dodds of Booneville, Miss.; nine grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; three great-great-grandchildren and a host of other family and dear friends.
Mrs. Estes was preceded in death by her parents; her first husband, Randal Earl Nicholson; her second husband, Theodore Estes; two sons, Bill Nicholson and Jim W. Nicholson; one brother, Paul Tidwell; three sisters, Rhoda Bolt, Annie Jones and Etta Self; and by one great-grandchild.
Funeral services are scheduled for 1 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 18, 2014 at Little Cemetery Chapel located in Little Cemetery north of Seminole. Rev. Alan Wood will officiate the service.
Casket bearers will be Randy Nicholson, Rick Nicholson, Bart Nicholson, Keith Nicholson, Tim Nicholson, Mike Nicholson, John Nicholson, Tom Nicholson and Larry Taylor.
Services are under the direction of Swearingen Funeral Home in Seminole.
Charles Evans Jr.
Charles N. Evans Jr. passed away on June 16, 2014 after a lengthy illness.
He was born on Sept. 2, 1937 in Barked Tree, Ark. to Charles N. Evans Sr. and Grace Bunnell Evans.
He attended Wewoka Public Schools.
Charles married Javonah Sue Wallace on April 20, 1957 in Seminole where they made their home for 54 years with a brief exception of living a short period of time in California.
In this union, there were three children born; Dennis in 1958, Karla in 1960 and Steven in 1968.
Charles worked in the oilfield most of his life.
He loved fishing, riding motorcycles, spending time at the lake with his family and having his daily meetings at Willis Quick Stop and Boomerrang.
Charles was proceeded in death by his wife, Javonah; his mom, Grace McMullen; his dad, Charles N. Evans Sr.; his sister, Dorothy May and his in-laws, A.D. and Vivianna Wallace.
He is survived by his sons, Dennis Evans and his wife, Pam and children, Whitney and Kodi of Checotah, Okla.; his son, Steven of the Oklahoma City area; and his daughter, Hailey of Ardmore and her newborn son, Cooper; daughter, Karla Evans of Seminole.
He is also survived by his brother-in-laws, Dale Wallace and wife, Donna of Seminole, Neil Wallace and his wife, Sue of Seminole, and sister-in-law, Lawanna Lee and husband, Dewey also of Seminole.
He is also survived by meeting buddies, Larry Harris, D.R. Payne, Roy Wainwright, and J.R. Breashears and care taker, Kent Dawson, and his friends of Willis Quick Stop and Boomerrang.
A private memorial was held on July 11, 2014 at Oakwood Cemetery in Wewoka, Okla.
Ada Everett
Ada Maxine Everett was born July 21, 1933 to Clarence Elwood Carilil and Cuba Delsa Coplin.
Maxine went to be with the Lord on Saturday, Oct. 25, 2014.
She was preceded in death by her parents Clarence and Delsa Carlile, her brothers Carl Alford Carlile and Harold Edward "Cotton" Carlile.
She was also preceded in death by her much loved step father Lewis Johnson, her step daughter Sheryl Gene Everett Snyder and step son " Mike" Michael Jay Everett.
She leaves behind her husband of 42 years Sherril " Sug" Everett, of Seminole, her two sons Jimmy Don King and his wife Darlene of Poteet, Tex., and Johnny Len " John" King of Seminole, her step daughter Loveta Everett Newbolt of Oklahoma City, Okla.; two sisters, Cecelia Marie Carlile Bittick and her husband Dwight of Pearland, Tex. and Wanda May Carlile Werneking and her husband Tom of The Villages, Fla. and her brother-in-law Jim Everett and his wife Faye of Oklahoma City, Okla., ten grandchildren, thirty-one great-grandchildren, and a host of nieces and nephews, cousins and friends.
Funeral services are scheduled for 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2014 at the Swearingen Funeral Home Chapel and burial at Little Cemetery.
Jimmy Don King will officiate at the service.
Funeral arrangements are under the direction of Swearingen Funeral Home in Seminole, Okla.
