System Mechanic - Clean, repair, protect, and speed up your PC!Betty Louie
Betty "Lizzie" Elizabeth Louie died Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2009. She was born May 11, 1916, to Salta Joseph and Andrew Wandick, in Little.
She married Moman Louie, in 1934, in Wellston.
She is survived by her sister, Cora Bear, of Wewoka; daughters, Alene Louie and Ruth Louie, both of Wewoka, Cora Lee, of Seminole, Jennie Mathis, Faye Morris, Betty Louie, and Mary Metcalf, all of Oklahoma City; sons, Toris Louie, of Lima, a and Oscar Edwards, of Del City; 45 grandchildren; and 41 great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her siblings; sons, Joseph Louie and Sam Edwards; and daughter Maxine Crawford.
Pallbearers were: Grant Crawford, Toris Louie, Eddie Louie, Sr., Monzel Louie, Joe Mathis, Herbie Morris, Ryan Louie, and Sherwood Jackson, Sr.
Honorary Pallbearers were: Toris E. Louie, Phillip Lewis, Oscar Edwards, Jr., and Michael Metcalf.
Interment was at Hillcrest Memory Gardens, in Spencer.
Benton Lovelady
Benton Lovelady, age 89, died Saturday, Nov. 28, 2009, at the Talihina Veterans Center, in Talihina. He was a mechanic, carpenter, World War II Veteran and survivor of the Dec. 7, 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor.
He was born in Okemah on Nov. 13, 1920, to Henry Clay and Rettie Olive Bratton Lovelady. He graduated in 1939, from Okemah High School and on April 13, 1940 joined the U.S. Navy. During his tour of duty he was awarded the WWII Victory Ribbon for his participation in the attack on Pearl Harbor.
He was Honorably discharged in July of 1946. He was an active member of the VFW and American Legion.
He is survived by his sisters, Lura Rouzer, of Wichita Falls Texas, and Maxine Poth, of Checktawaga N.Y.
He was preceded in death by his parents.
Military graveside funeral services are scheduled for 1 p.m., Wednesday Dec. 2, 2009, in the Oakwood Cemetery, in Wewoka.
Arrangements are under the direction of the Schumacher Funeral Home, of Okemah.
Phillip Lucas
Seminole resident Phillip David Lucas, age 64, died Thursday, Dec. 10, 2009, at his home in Seminole. He was born Dec. 28, 1944, in McAlester, to John James Lucas and Naomie (Sullivan) Lucas.
Lucas was a carpenter who moved to Seminole five years ago from Arizona.
He is survived by his sons, Phillip D. Lucas, Jr. and Brian Lucas, both of Bakersfield, Calif.; daughter, Amy Lucas, of Lancaster, Calif.; brothers, Gilbert Lucas and Fred Lucas, both of Seminole, and Ted Lucas, of Tecumseh; sisters, Wanda Boggs, of Seminole, and Helen Davidson, of Corcoran, Calif.; and four grandchildren.
Lucas is preceded in death by his parents and by his wife, Margo Lucas.
Graveside services are scheduled for 2 p.m., Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2009, at Rest Haven Memorial Gardens in Seminole. Rev. Bill Barnett and Rev. Lewis Johnson will officiate the service.
Services are under the direction of Swearingen Funeral Home in Seminole, Oklahoma.
Sammie Lucas
Sammie Butler Lucas, 69, longtime Seminole resident died Sunday, Jan. 18, 2009, in Shawnee. She was born May 24, 1939, in Anthony, Texas to Samuel Ebenezer and Irene (Cook) Butler.
Sammie married Earl Milton Lucas, on June 2, 1956, in Shawnee. Mrs. Lucas has lived in the Seminole area for the past 45 years and attended the Highway Baptist Church, in Seminole. She was a High School Teacher and taught at Varnum and Earlsboro schools; in 1997 she retired from Strothers High School.
She is survived by her husband, Earl Lucas, of the home; two sons, Michael Lucas, of Seminole and Wendell Lucas, of Norman; two daughters, Jackie Flores, of Seminole and Teresa Woods, of Purcell; sister, Vanessa Ramsey, of Tecumseh; four grandchildren, Amber Lucas, Brian Goforth, Dallas Woods, Jr. and Heather Woods; and seven great-grandchildren, Sydney Lucas, Micky and Axel Lucas, Darrell, Christina and Cherish Goforth and Hayley Woods.
She is preceded in death by her parents and one son Steve Lucas.
Services are planned for Thursday, Jan. 22, at 2 p.m. at the Swearingen Funeral Home Chapel with burial at Tribbey Cemetery, South west of Tecumseh, with Rev. Carl Whitfield officiating.
Casket bearers will be Ryan Martin, Terry Lucas, Germaine Aldridge, Guy Reid, Tim Cockrell, and Dallas Woods.
Services are under the direction of Swearingen Funeral Home in Seminole.
Johnie Malone Sr.
Johnie Robert Malone Sr., age 85, was called to the Lord Jan. 26, 2009, in Shawnee.
He was born May 7, 1923 to George Taylor and Lilly May Malone in the Twin Oak Community north of Seminole.
He served in the U.S. Army Air Corp during WWII where he was awarded the "EAME Ribbon with 6 bronze stars Meritorious Unit Award".
He won the Southwest Plowing match in 1948 and competed in a national tractor-plowing contest in Iowa attended by President Harry Truman. He worked at Tinker Air Force Base for 23 years and retired in 1973. He enjoyed several hobbies after his retirement.
Mr. Malone married Wanda Marie Heath on July 2, 1945 and celebrated 63 years of marriage. They had four sons, and moved to Shawnee in 1960 from the Twin Oak Community.
Survivors include his wife, Wanda Marie; his four sons and daughter in laws, Jerald and Debora Malone, of Shawnee, Gary and Mary Beth Malone, of Corpus Christi, Texas, David and Jeannie Malone, of Shawnee and Johnie Jr. and Susie Malone, of Shawnee. Many grandchildren, great grandchildren, and one great - great grandchild survive him. They dearly loved their Papa. Numerous nieces, nephews and many friends also survive him.
He was preceded in death by his parents, four brothers, two sisters, one nephew and one niece.
He was loved dearly and will be missed greatly.
Visitation for Mr. Malone was 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 29, 2009.
Funeral Services will be 2 p.m., Friday, Jan. 30, at Resthaven Funeral Home Chapel, in Shawnee, with Bro. Bill Matthews and Bro. Phil Thompson officiating.
The family would like to thank the staff at Rose Manor and Heartland Hospice for their excellent care.
Paul Mansur
Dr. Paul Max Mansur passed away Monday, March 2, 2009; in Chattanooga, Tenn. Paul was a native Oklahoman, born July 19, 1926, in Hammon, to Josie Pauline Bayles and Estle Thurman Mansur.
Both of his parents were born in the Oklahoma Territory in what is now western Oklahoma. His family moved about quite a lot during his early years. They settled in 1936 in the Wewoka area of Seminole County.
Paul’s musical career began in 1941 as a sophomore beginner on the French horn under the tutelage of Everett Wilcox, the highly regarded band director of the Wewoka High School Band. During the following year he surpassed the other hornists and became the first chair player.
In 1943 he entered the Oklahoma Military Academy and graduated from that institution in 1944. He continued his musical work in the OMA band that year under the direction of P.H. Kelley, (known as "Power House" to the cadets).
He gave up the horn for the next two years as he entered the US Navy in, September 1944. After attending Boot Camp and Service School, Paul was assigned to the USS Leray Wilson, a Five Inch Destroyer Escort serving in the Philippines.
He was discharged in time to reenter the University of Oklahoma in the fall term of 1946. Paul also had attended the summer session at OU in 1944 before entering the Navy.
His first major at OU was in Civil Engineering. Dismal math skills ended that venture and after considerable searching he changed to the School of Music as he had been playing with the university band and symphony orchestra for two years.
He had also taken one semester of private study with George Yeager, the solo hornist with the Oklahoma Symphony Orchestra. He completed two Bachelor of Music degrees during the next three years in Music Theory and in French horn, graduating in 1951. As a student, he had also played extra parts and substituted in the Oklahoma City Symphony Orchestra.
On June 10, 1951, shortly after graduation, Paul married Norma Louise Reed, of Konawa, and they lived in Oklahoma City. Luckily for Paul, Norma had excellent math skills, which she applied to home finance. And, as well, Norma, initially being food-preparation-challenged, found herself enjoying Paul’s cooking.
In the fall of 1951 he secured a Graduate Assistantship in Music along with the Phoenix Symphony Guild Scholarship to attend and teach French horn at Arizona State College at Tempe and a playing position with the Phoenix Symphony Orchestra. After two years he graduated with a Master of Arts in Education degree.
In 1953 Paul began a two-year term as Director of Bands of the Marianna High School, Marianna, Ark. On April 21, 1954, his son Max Lynn was born. Then, in 1955 he took a position as Director of Bands in the Tucumcari, N.M. Public Schools, staying for the next four years.
In 1959 he accepted an Assistantship with the University of Oklahoma Bands and began his doctoral degree in Education with a teaching field in Music.
He played in the University Symphonic Band, directed the Air Force ROTC band, and helped with the conducting and planning of the Pride of Oklahoma marching band. He also taught Horn at the University for one semester.
In the fall of 1962 Paul had completed his course work but needed to stay in Norman to work on the dissertation, so he accepted a post as Director of Music Therapy at Central State Griffin Memorial Hospital. He held this position for three years and counted the experience as one of the best learning experiences and most satisfying job of his life along with being the poorest paid position of his career.
In 1964 Paul and Norma adopted a daughter, Kay Lenora, who was 4 years old at the time, a Native American of the Caddo Nation.
Paul completed his Doctorate in Education in 1965. This, in no small part, due to the math skills of Norma, finely honed through her work in banking and finance, being applied in the areas of personal finance and home economics. The family would joke that she deserved a Ph.T. degree for Put Husband Through.
So then, now being titled as Dr. Mansur, he was hired at the rank of Associate Professor and Chairman of the Music Department at Southeastern State College in Durant. Later, the college became Southeastern Oklahoma State University, or SOSU, where he taught for twenty-five years, beginning in 1965 as Chairman of the Music Department, and retiring in 1990 as Dean, School of Arts and Letters.
During his tenure he became the Editor of the International Horn Society, serving in that capacity for 17 years with a total of 23 years on the IHS Advisory Council, the organization’s governing body. Highlights of that experience included eight trips to Europe to represent the IHS at Symposia and other functions.
Other activity during these years included representation to committees and conventions of the state association of college music departments, the Music Educators National Association, and the Jazz Educators Association. SOSU engaged in a thorough self-study and became an accredited full member of the National Association of Schools of Music during his tenure.
During his time at SOSU, Dr. Mansur was the Principal Horn of the Sherman Symphony Orchestra for 20 years. He encouraged many of his better students to audition for the Sherman orchestra and provided transportation for up to four students per year who were successful in being accepted for the orchestra.
In 1975 he was elected to the Board of Directors of Camp Fire, Inc., and served five years in that capacity as well as on the local Board of the Bryan County Council of Camp Fire for some ten years. Paul also was a member of the Kiwanis Club for 35 years including a term as Lieutenant Governor of Division 8 for 1983-84.
While living in Durant, he also preached for the Blue church of Christ for some 10 years and later for 11 years with the Utica congregation.
Paul and Norma moved to Chattanooga, Tenn. in 1995, and settled in the Hixson area. He soon began playing the French horn in community bands and the Cadek Community Orchestra sponsored by the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.
He also began teaching private lessons to students in several area high schools. A number of these students were selected for membership in the Tennessee All State Band and Orchestra and have since gone on to become professional music teachers and musicians. He also conducted the community band known as the Metro Musicians and continued playing with the Cadek Community Orchestra for several years.
Paul was delighted in 2003 to be designated as an Honorary Member of the International Horn Society. This is the most prestigious award the Board of Directors can bestow on any living horn player and he was honored indeed to be numbered with the most esteemed colleagues who have received this honor such as Barry Tuckwell, Hermann Baumann, Mason Jones, and other noted hornists.
In 2006 Dr. Mansur received the Distinguished Former Faculty Award from the SOSU Alumni Association.
His wife and he remained active in church work with the North Hixson Church of Christ where he often led congregational singing and enjoyed teaching. They were engaged in teaching prison inmates in Tennessee and North Dakota via a Bible Correspondence course.
Paul and Norma celebrated their 57th wedding anniversary in 2008. Their two children, Max Lynn Mansur, of Centreville, Va., and Kay Lenora Toothaker, of Somerville, Ala., endowed them with six grandchildren and three great grandchildren.
Services were held at 4 p.m. Saturday, March 7, 2009, in the Legacy Funeral Home Chapel.
The family requests in lieu of flowers, that memorial contributions be made The Paul Mansur Scholarship, International Horn Society, attn: Heidi Vogel, P.O. Box 630158 Lanai City, HI 96763-0158. Online contributions can be made at http://www.hornsociety.org/content/view/118/106/lang.en/.
Arrangements were by Legacy Funeral Home and Cremation Center, 8911 Dallas Hollow Road, Soddy-Daisy.
Jeweldean Ward Bradley Martin
Jeweldean Ellawese Martin was born November 3, 1928 in Okfuskee, Oklahoma, to George Andrew and Jewell Viola (Ewing) Ward. She departed this life Tuesday, October 13, 2009, in Tulsa, Oklahoma, at the age of 80 years, 11 months, and 10 days.
Jeweldean attended Sasakwa Public Schools, graduating in 1947. She had been a resident of Bristow since 1954. She married Walter Bradley and had many years together until his passing in 1961. On February 5, 1991 she was united in Marriage with Lon Martin. He passed away December 8, 1992. She enjoyed sewing, reading, going to the lake, and camping.
She is survived by daughter, Jean Abbott and husband Donnie, of Depew; one son, Randy Bradley and wife Becky, of Bristow; daughter-in-law, Kathy Bradley, of Sand Springs; three sisters, Wanda Johnson, of Seminole, Barbara Atwell, of Sapulpa, and Geneva Davidson, of Bristow; one brother, James Ward and wife Glenda, of Bristow; seven grandchildren and eight great grandchildren and a host of nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents, husbands, Walter Bradley, and Lon Martin, one son, Steve Bradley and one brother, JW Ward.
Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Friday, October 16, 2009 at Hutchins-Maples Funeral Chapel with Reverend Gene Jackson officiating. Interment will follow at Bristow City Cemetery. Services are under the direction of Hutchins-Maples Funeral Home.
Jerry and Imogene Mask
Jerry Lee Mask, 72 years old and his wife Imogene "Babe" (Acree) Mask, 67 years old, both passed from this life Monday, Jan. 5, 2009, at Norman Regional Hospital.
Jerry was residing in the Norman Veterans Home and Imogene was a resident of Whispering Pines Nursing Center, in Norman. Their Lord called them both home on the same day with each of them dying of natural causes.
Jerry was born Feb. 11, 1936, in Magnum, to parents Ira Mask and Laverne (Parsons) Mask.
Imogene was born Nov. 13, 1941, in Maud, to parents Loy Acree and Veral (Raper) Acree.
Imogene graduated from Maud High School, in 1959, and Jerry had enlisted in the United States Army after High School where he served our Country earning the rank of Sergeant and the National Defense Medal as well as the Marksman (Rifle M-14) Medal. Imogene and Jerry married on June 4, 1960, in Munich, Germany.
Following Jerry’s military carrier he and Imogene made their home, in Shawnee, where together they owned and operated "Jerry’s Upholstery Shop" on MacArthur Street, in Shawnee, until their retirement in 2004.
They are survived by their loving family, which includes one daughter, Jennifer Carron, of Newalla, and four grandchildren, Jeffery Brent, Cassie Nicole, Whitney Paige and Nathan Shane.
Other survivors include Jerry’s brother, James Mask, of Oklahoma City, and Imogene’s "Babe’s" four brothers and sisters-in-law, Stanley Curtis "Stan" and Carrol Acree, of Oklahoma City, Sammy Kaye "Sam" and Jackie Acree, of Shawnee, Danny Ray "Dan" and Debra Acree, of Granbury, Texas; sister-in-law, Rosemary Acree, of Corsicana, Texas; two sisters and brothers-in-law, Mary Janette Johnson, of Buna, Texas and Vera Dean "Midge" and Lee Richards of Maud; and a host of other family and dear friends also survive them.
The couple is preceded in death by their parents; one son, Jeffery Lee Mask who died in 1980 and Imogene’s brother, James Dewitt "Jim" Acree who died in 1997.
Graveside services are scheduled for 2 p.m., Friday, Jan. 9, 2009, at Cummings Cemetery, in Maud. Tom Hall will officiate the service.
Services are under the direction of Knight-Swearingen Funeral Home, in Maud.
