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STONEWALL Services for Clara Alfred, 99, Stonewall, are pending with Criswell Funeral Home. She died Sept. 27, 2005, at her home.
Criswell Funeral Home, Ada
RUTH SEXTON REEVES
YUKON Services for Ruth Marie Sexton Reeves, 81, Yukon, formerly of Ada, are 2 p.m. Thursday at the Criswell Funeral Home Chapel, the Rev. John Ward officiating. Burial follows at Rosedale Cemetery.
Mrs. Reeves died Sept. 27, 2005, at an Oklahoma City hospital. She was born Dec. 3, 1923, northwest of Watonga, to Henry and Alvina Grabow Edsall. She attended Loyal Grade School and graduated from Loyal High School in Loyal, Okla.
She married Lester Charles Sexton Oct. 24, 1945, at Loyal. He died June 13, 1976, at Ada. She later married Everett Weldon Reeves July 31, 1986, at Ada. He died Dec.11, 1999, at Ada.
In the 1930s, Mrs. Reeves was employed at T.G. & Y. at Kingfisher, and later at the State Capital. She was employed at Latta School for over 25 years, and 10 years with the Senior Citizens Recreation Center, Ada. She was a member of Morris Memorial Baptist Church.
She was preceded in death by two brothers, Harvey Edsall and Delbert Edsall.
Survivors include two daughters, Patricia Ward and husband, John, Deer Creek, and Deanna 
Jones and husband, Glenn, Ada; three sons, Lee Sexton and wife Judy, Jim Murray and wife Jan, all of Choctaw, and Creig Sexton and wife Kathy, Piedmont; 18 grandchildren; and 32 great-grandchildren.
Bearers are her grandsons, T. J. Hirosky, Aaron Sexton, Nathon Sexton, Jeremy Sexton, Jason Sexton, Jordon Sexton, Benjamin Sexton, John Robert Ward and Jonathon Murray.
Criswell Funeral Home, Ada
IRENE AKINS
RAVIA Graveside services for Irene Akins, 60, Ravia, are 2 p.m. today at Condon Grove Cemetery, Milburn. She died Sept. 25, 2005, at Ardmore.
Watts Funeral Home, Tishomingo
ELVIS MORRIS
STRATFORD Services for Elvis Avery Morris, 89, Stratford, are 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Stratford First Baptist Church, the Revs. Bill Rea, Marvin Knox and Chaplain Wayne Birdwell officiating. Burial follows at McGee Cemetery.
Mr. Morris died Sept. 26, 2005, at Stratford. He was born Feb. 8, 1916, at Stratford, to Walter J. and Emma Eeds Morris. He married Wilda V. Endicott Dec. 30, 1933, at Stratford. He was a rancher and a beekeeper. He lived in the Stratford area all of his life. He was a member of the First Baptist Church, Stratford.
He was preceded in death by his parents; two sisters, Alois Morris and Yvonne Morris; and one grandson, Rodney Wood.
Survivors include his wife, Wilda Morris, Stratford; one son, LaDon Morris and wife Patsy, Stratford; two daughters, Norma Rhodes and husband J.L., Ada, and Vicki and Tom Pickard, Stratford; one brother, Leon Morris, Stratford; one sister, Reba Magar, Stratford; five grandchildren, Donna and Jim York, Ada, Keith and Debbie Bittle, Larry and Susan Morris, Donnie Morris, and Tomi and Shannon Tice, all of Stratford; two step grandchildren, Angie Brown and Denise Clary; 15 great-grandchildren; and four great-great-grandchildren.
Bearers are Keith Bittle, Larry Morris, Donnie Morris, Jim York, Shannon Tice and Avry Wood.
Honorary bearers are Dustin Morris, Adam York, Ralph Dykeman Jr., Roy Watson, Jake Bittle and Donnie Cothren.
Pickard Funeral Home
DUSTY ABBOTT
ADA Services for Dusty Abbott, 19, Ada, are pending with Criswell Funeral Home. He died Sept. 26, 2005.
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NADINE ALEXANDER
ADA Services for Frances Nadine Alexander, 77, Ada, are pending with Criswell Funeral Home. She died Sept. 26, 2005, at her home.
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CAITLIN WOOTEN
ADA Services for Caitlin Elizabeth Wooten, 16, Ada, are 10 a.m. Wednesday at the First United Methodist Church in Ada, Dr. Michael Frederick and the Rev. Larry Varvel will officiate. Burial will follow at Rosedale Cemetery.
The teen was born Jan. 17, 1989, in Oklahoma City to Van and Donna Hood Wooten.
She attended school at Washington Irving Elementary in Edmond, Washington Elementary and Homer Elementary in Ada, and was currently a junior at Ada High School.
Miss Wooten was a member of Victory Life Fellowship, where she was active in church activities. She was a member of the Ada High School Band, colorguard, Performing Arts Club, Spanish Club and Fellowship of Christian Athletes at Ada High School.
Survivors include her mother, Donna Wooten, of the home; her father and stepmother, Van and Cindy Wooten, Corinth, Texas; a sister, Amanda Wooten, of the home; grandparents, Andy and Joann Hood, Ada, and Sharon Sanders, Grapevine, Texas; uncle, Kevin Hood and uncle and aunt, David and Jennifer Hood; an aunt, Susan Hood; great-aunt and uncle, Bill and Ann Sneed, DeSoto, Texas; and many other relatives.
She was preceded in death by a brother, Daniel Wooten in 1987.
Bearers will be Matt Taylor, Jake Jones, Doug West, Brian Sutterfield, Justin Black and Marshal Ross.
Honorary bearers will be the Ada High School Color Guard, Victory Life Fellowship Youth Group, and the Ada High School Cheerleaders.
Criswell Funeral Home, Ada
MERLIN ALLARD
ADA Services for Merlin I. Allard, 81, Ada, are 10 a.m. Tuesday at Criswell Funeral Home Chapel, with the Rev. Russell Hughes officiating. Burial will be at the Fort Logan National Cemetery in Fort Logan, Colo.
Mr. Allard died Friday, Sept. 23, 2005, at a local hospital. He was born July 31, 1924, at St. Ignatius, Mont., to Irving and Mabel Hannaford Allard.
He attended elementary school at St. Ignatius and graduated from St. Maries High School in Idaho on May 29, 1942.
He married Anna Payne on Oct. 1, 1949. She died March 31, 1968. He married Patsy Black Parks on Aug. 1, 1969.
Mr. Allard served from 1942 with the U.S. Army Air Corps for two years and the U.S. Air Force for 20 years, retiring as a master sergeant in 1964. He was a paratrooper in the 517th, receiving a Purple Heart Commendation. Later, he was a barber in Denver, Colo., for 12 years. He moved to this area in 1976 from Lakewood, Colo. Mr. Allard was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church.
Survivors include his wife, Pat Allard, of the home; six daughters, Penny Doyle, Washington, Toni Allard-Beebe, Seattle, Wash., Debbie Benefield, Arvada, Colo., Rita Tillinghast, Phoenix, Ariz., Mary Nemmers, Westminster, Colo., Veronica Cardie Edgar, Oceanside, Calif., and Tricia Whorton, Artesia, N.M.; a son, Joe Allard, Conroe, Texas; two stepdaughters, Marque Iversen, Inglewood, Colo., Lisa Whittenberg, Montrose, Colo.; and a stepson, Britt Parks, Montrose, Colo.; 22 grandchildren; and five great grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by two brothers, Monte Allard and Sidney Allard.
Criswell Funeral Home, Ada
MINNIE SHIELDS
Ada A wake for Minnie Shields, 79, is 7 p.m. today at Smith-Phillips Funeral Home, Ada, the Revs. Jesse Rodgers and Sam Johnson officaiting.
Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Smith-Phillips Funeral Home Chapel in Ada, the Revs. Osborn Roberts and Donnie Jacob officiating. Burial follows at Steedman Cemetery.
Mrs. Shields died Sept. 24, 2005 at a local hospital. She was born Sept. 28, 1925, in Mcmillan, Okla., to Charley and Adeline Courtney Allen.
She married Joseph Shields June 22, 1944, in Allen. He died Jan. 5, 1994.
Mrs. Shields has lived in the Pontotoc County area all her life. She was a member of the Johnson Chapel United Methodist Church and involved with Connerville Senior Activities. She was a homemaker.
Mrs. Shields is survived by three sons, Charles Shields, Kent Shields and his wife Carol, all of Ada, Harlan Shields, Stonewall; eight daughters, Rose Jefferson and husband Gene, Imogene Imotichey-Walker and husband Gary, Louise Shields, Mary Gipson and husband Leslie, Carol Fox and husband Pete, Marla Key and husband Roy, all of Ada, Mae Hamilton and husband Robert, Gayle Clark and husband Scott, all of Mill Creek; a brother, Franklin Allen and wife Mary of Ada; sister-in-law, Lee Fannie Roberts, Tupelo; 23 grandchildren; 23 great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
Mrs. Shields was preceded in death by her husband, Joseph Shields; parents, Charley and Adeline Courtney Allen; two sons, Henry Shields and Simon Shields; three sisters, Winnie Allen, Belle Zora Thomas, and Clara Brown; a grandson, Steven Hamilton; three brothers, Melton Allen, Tandy Allen and Calvin Allen.
Bearers are Ellis Taylor, Junior Wisdom, Stanley Smith, Tony Lewis, Mark Johnson, and James Perry.
Honorary Pallbearers are Chickasaw Nation Gov. Bill Anoatubby, Chickasaw Nation Lt. Gov. Jefferson Keel, Buddy Wesley, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren.
Smith-Phillips Funeral Home, Ada
ELMA ROADY
DAVIS Services for Elma Lorene Roady, 89, Davis, are 11 a.m. Monday at the Pentecostal Holiness Church. Burial follows at Green Hill Cemetery. She died Sept. 21, 2005.
Hales Fox Funeral Home
KEVIN WEAST
TULSA Services for Kevin D. Weast, 37, Tulsa, are 10 a.m. Monday at South Tulsa Baptist Church, Dr. Lonnie Latham officiating. Burial follows at Atwood Cemetery, Atwood. Visitation is today from 5-9 p.m. at Bixby Funeral Service.
Mr. Weast died Sept. 22, 2005. He was born Dec. 1, 1967 at Bethesda, Md., to the Rev. Forest and Patricia Poole Weast. His family settled in Oklahoma in 1975. He attended Lexington Public Schools and Stratford Public Schools before moving to Midwest City in 1980 where he graduated from Carl Albert High School in 1986. He attended East Central University, for two years and earned his accounting degree from Oklahoma Baptist University. He was very active in the accounting field and was a member of the Institute of Internal Auditors, Oklahoma Society of Certified Public Accountants and Tulsa Conference of Accountants. Mr. Weast earned his certifications as a Certified Internal Auditor and Certified Public Accountant. He was employed at Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group as a director of special projects in the marketing department.
He was preceded in death by one infant sister, Janet; and grandparents, Marvin Weast, Lillie Mearl Weast and J.C. Poole.
Survivors include his wife, Stephanie, of the home; daughters, Sayre and Schuler of the home; son Bryer, of the home; his parents, the Rev. Forest and Patricia Weast, Ada; sister, Kimberly Weast-Sabella and husband Lt. Col. James Sabella, Troy, Ill.; nieces, Hannah and Rachel Sabella, Troy, Ill.; nephew, Anthony Sabella, Troy, Ill.; and grandmother, Viva Greene Poole, Ada.
The family says that memorial donations may be made to South Tulsa Baptist Church, Building Fund, 10310 S. Sheridan Road, Tulsa, OK 74133.
Bixby Funeral Service, Bixby
SUE WILSON
ADA Graveside services for Sue Wilson, 63, Ada, are 10 a.m. Monday at Memory Gardens, McAlester, Capts. Mark and LeighAnn Craddock of the Salvation Army officiating.
Mrs. Wilson died Sept. 22, 2005, at a Norman hospital. She was born Nov. 29, 1941, at Ada, to Marion Allen and Edna Mackelmurray Allen. She married Jackie Dean Wilson April 17, 1964, at Ada. He died Sept. 17, 1996.
Mrs. Wilson was a homemaker and a member of the Salvation Army and the Home League.
She was preceded in death by her husband; her parents; several brothers and sisters; and one son-in-law, Ted Castillo.
Survivors include one son, David Wilson, of the home; three daughters, Angel Bray and husband Tim, Tammy Castillo and Jackie Cochran and husband Freddie, all of Ada; two brothers, Richard Allen, Ada, and Vern Wilson and wife Connie, Bristow; two sisters, Roberta Robinson, Tishomingo, and Billie Blansett, McAlester; nine grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
Smith-Phillips Funeral Home
MERLIN ALLARD
ADA Services for Merlin I. Allard, 81, Ada, are pending with Criswell Funeral Home. He died Sept. 23, 2005, at a local hospital.
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