System Mechanic - Clean, repair, protect, and speed up your PC!Linda Gay Van Tassel
A Sasakwa alum died Thursday night in an automobile accident involving a school bus. Linda Gay Van Tassel, 40, of Asher died at the scene. The accident occurred when Van Tassel was apparently driving northbound in the southbound lanes of U.S. 377, when her Geo Metro struck a Wayne School bus head-on. Funeral services for Van Tassel are scheduled for 2 p.m. Monday at the Sasakwa High School gymnasium. Wesley Martin will officiate the service. Van Tassel was born on Aug. 19, 1960 in Ada to Wanda and Bob Biggs. She was a registered LPN for Pioneer Nursing Home in Shawnee. Van Tassel is preceded in death by her sister Glenda Fay in Sept. 1960. She is survived by two sons, Jessie James Robert Van Tassel and Joshua Andrew Van Tassel; and her companion Johnny Lewis, all of the home; her parents; two sisters, Terri Anne and Paula Thomas, both of Oklahoma City. Pallbearers are Randy Sanders, Robert Griffith, Mike Winters, Eddie Watkins, Tommy Lewis, and Charlie Hill. Honorary pallbearers are Larry Simmons, Darrell Roberts, and Donnie Sneed.
Hazel Pruett
OKEMAH – Funeral services for former Cromwell resident Hazel Anna Pruett are scheduled for 2 p.m. Friday at Parks Brothers Funeral Home Chapel. Bob Wingo is to officiate. Interment is to follow at Schoolton Cemetery under the direction of Parks Brothers Funeral Home. Pruett died Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2001 in Harrah at the age of 92. She was born Dec. 6, 1908 in Higgins, Texas to J.H. and Rene Roach. She married O.C. Pruett in Marshall, Ark. on Feb. 3, 1926. Pruett had been a resident of Cromwell for most of her life before moving to Harrah Nursing Center in 1995. She was a member of the Assembly of God Church in Cromwell and a homemaker. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; one daughter, Imo Gene Robinson; and one son. Jr. Pruett. Pruett is survived by one son, Dale Pruett of Choctaw; two sisters, Bernice Price and Edith Griffin both of Russellville, Ark.; eight grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren; and one great-great-granddaughter.
Elvis Smith
PONCA CITY – Funeral services for Wewoka native Elvis E.
Smith were scheduled for 10 a.m. this morning at the Trout Funeral Home Chapel. Rev. Dr. Larry Night, pastor of Northeast Baptist Church was to officiate. Burial was to follow at Odd Fellows Cemetery under the direction of Trout Funeral Home. Smith died Monday, Dec. 10, 2001 at Mercy Hospital in Oklahoma City at the age of 82. He was born May 24, 1919 in Wewoka to Marshall and Ida (Campbell) Smith. He attended Wewoka High School and graduated in 1938. Smith joined the Oklahoma 45th Division National Guard in 1939 for one year. He was honorably discharged after serving during World War II. He served in the 45th field artillery in North Africa and in campaigns through Sicily, Italy, Anzio, France, and Germany. Smith’s division was the first to liberate the Dachua Concentration Camp. He came to Ponca City after the war and was employed by Continental Oil Company for 36 years. Most of his tenure was in the refinery warehouse. Smith married Jimmie E. Underwood on Oct. 22, 1949 in Ponca City. He recently participated in the local Veterans Day Parade. He was a member of the American Legion, V.F.W., and the First Baptist Church of Ponca City. Smith was preceded in death by his parents and two brothers, Marshall M. Smith III and Manus L. Smith. He is survived by his wife, Jimmie of Ponca City; two daughters, Glynda Wilson of Ponca City and Marsha Smith of Miami, Fla.; one sister, Ollie Mae Graham of Bartlesville; two brothers, Jep Smith of Center Point, Texas and Robert Smith of Ponca City. Memorials may be made to Hospice of Ponca City, 1904 N. Union Suite 103, Ponca City, OK 74601.
Mattie Price
Funeral services for Seminole resident Mattie Emma Price are scheduled for 11 a.m. Friday at Swearingen Funeral Home Chapel. Rev. David McDougal is set to officiate. Burial is to follow at Little Cemetery under the direction of Swearingen Funeral Home. Price died Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2001 at Seminole Medical Center at the age of 87. She was born Feb. 14, 1914 in Wichita Falls, Texas to Jessie and Ada Emaline (Davis) Cavin. She married Sterling May Price in 1928 in Wichita Falls, Texas. He preceded her in death in 1971. She was a tailor. Price was preceded in death by her parents; two children, Novella Rae and Wanita Ruth Price; two brothers; and three sisters. She is survived by one son, Bobby Lee Price of Graham, Texas; two daughters, Joann Tiger of Seminole, and Scheri Dubbs of Flinton, Penn.; one sister, Susie Ethel Powers of Abilene, Texas; 12 grandchildren; and 19 great-grandchildren.
Cristie Jordan
Funeral services for Seminole resident Cristie Dawn Jordan are scheduled for 11 a.m. Saturday at Swearingen Funeral Chapel. Rev. Steve Cline is set to officiate. Services are under the direction of Swearingen Funeral Home. Jordan died Monday, Dec. 10, 2001 at Seminole Medical Center at the age of 24. She was born Nov. 14, 1977 in Shawnee to Larry Alan and Vivian Jean (Troglin) Hinds. She married Carl Matthew Jordan on Dec. 31, 1996 in Seminole. Jordan was a homemaker. She was a member of Amazing Grace Pentecostal Holiness Church. She graduated from New Lima High School in 1996 and from Seminole State College with an Associates Degree in 2000. Jordan was preceded in death by her father on April 5, 1999 and her great-grandmother, Jessie Self on Oct. 27, 2001. She is survived by her mother of Seminole; her husband of the home; two daughters, Kaylee and Kaycee Jordan, both of the home; maternal grandmother, Lora Beach of Seminole; maternal grandfather, Charles Troglin of Seminole; paternal grandmother, Julie Hinds; and one brother, Danny Pennsiger of Seminole.
Juanita Bryant
Funeral services for Seminole resident Juanita Bryant are scheduled for 10:30 a.m. at Church of Christ at Park and Seminole. Christ Stinnett is to officiate. Burial is to follow at Maple Grove Cemetery under the direction of Swearingen Funeral Home. Bryant died Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2001 at her home in Seminole. She was born Nov. 17, 1907 in Eaton, Colo. to William T. and Daisy Edmiston. She married Homer Bryant on Oct. 27, 1929 in Seminole. Her preceded her in death in 1988. Bryant was a retired school teacher. She taught with the Seminole Public Schools as an elementary teacher for 23 years and was principal of Woodrow Wilson Elementary School for eight years. She was a member of the Church of Christ at Park and Seminole. Bryant was also a member of Delta Kappa Gamma, Self Culture Club, and the American Association of University Women. She graduated from East Central University and received her Masters from the University of Oklahoma. She was also preceded in death by her parents and one brother, L.N. Edmiston. Bryant is survived by two sons, James Bryant of Garland, Texas, and Gary Bryant of Hurst, Texas; three grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; and one sister, Pat Moreland of Oklahoma City.
Younger ‘Sonny’ Carbitcher
Funeral services for lifelong Seminole resident Younger B. Carbitcher are scheduled for 1 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 13, 2001 at Carbitcher’s parent’s home south of Bowlegs. Rev. Dorsey Nero, Elder Kelly Tiger and Dave Bowlegs will officiate the services. Burial will follow at the Carbitcher Family Cemetery under the direction of Swearingen Funeral Home. Carbitcher passed away Sunday, Dec. 9, 2001 at Valley View Hospital in Ada at the age of 33. He was born to Jimmy Carbitcher Jr., and Nancy Mae Deer in Talihina on March, 26, 1968. Carbitcher married Karen Anya Factor in Dec. 1996. He was employed with the Seminole Nation Development Authority in the maintenance department. Carbitcher was a member of the Middle Creek #2 Methodist Church. He was preceded in death by his father, Jimmy Carbitcher Jr.; and Monroe Carbitcher. Carbitcher is survived by his mother, Nancy Mae Deer, Bowlegs; his wife, Karen Factor; four sons, Monroe, Jake, and Brandon Carbitcher, all of Konawa, and Jason Carbitcher, Seminole; three daughters, Michelle Burden, Wewoka, Tiffany Carbitcher, Konawa, and Elizabeth Car- bitcher, Seminole; three brothers, Jimpsey Carbitcher, Dallas, Texas, Cooky Carbitcher, Seminole, and Rusty Carbitcher, Stroud; six sisters, Dora Hill, Seminole, Marion Brown, Bowlegs, Nettie Haney, Seminole, Pat Larney, Norman, Betty Wahweah, El Reno, and Marina Brown, Bowlegs. Casket bearers are all nephews, cousins and friends. Honorary bearers are all brothers-in-laws, Henry Yargee, Shawn Jones, and the SNDA Maintenance Department of Rivermist Casino.
Sarah Bruner
ADA – Funeral services for Sarah L. Bruner, the sister of a Wewoka resident, are scheduled for noon Thursday at Reaper Baptist Church. Rev. L.R. Drinkwater is to officiate. Burial is to follow at Pleasant Hill Cemetery under the direction of Criswell Funeral Home. Bruner died Sunday, Dec. 9, 2001 at a local hospital at the age of 85. She was born April 8, 1916 in Stonewall to Frank and Agnes Dunford Cochran. She was a lifelong resident of the Ada area. Bruner attended Napier High School and was a homemaker. On June 25, 1938 she married Grant Bruner in Coalgate. She was a baptist and president of Pleasant Hill Baptist Church Missionary Society. Bruner was also a member of the District Missionary Society, prayer committee, and treasurer and superintendent of Sunday school. She was preceded in death by her husband and one son, Ivan Bruner. She is survived by three sons, Rev. Wilburn Bruner of Oklahoma City, Rev. Elmer Bruner of Memphis, Tenn. and Terry Bruner of Wewoka; two daughters, Mary Colbert of Dallas, Texas and Agnes Coleman of Calif.; two brothers, Rev. F.D. Cochran of Konawa, and T.C. Cochran of Stonewall; two sisters, Bertha Alexander of Tupelo and Brazelia Johnson of Stonewall; four grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Kenneth Dye
Graveside funeral services for lifelong Seminole resident Kenneth David Dye are scheduled for 3 p.m. Wednesday at Little Cemetery under the direction of Swearingen Funeral Home. Rev. Roy Robertson is to officiate. Dye died Sunday, Dec. 9, 2001 at University Hospital in Oklahoma City at the age of 44. He was born Nov. 5, 1957 in Seminole to Kenneth and Juania Faye (Lynch) Dye. He was a graduate of Varnum High School and a member of Assembly of God Church in Bowlegs. Dye was preceded in death by his mother and one brother, Dale Dye. He is survived by his father and one brother, Keith Dye, both of Seminole.
Aaron Malone
Wewoka native Aaron Malone died Nov. 24, 2001 in Boley at the age of 58. He was cremated at Ray Franciso Crematory in Tulsa and buried at Westwood Cemetery on Dec. 5. He was born Jan. 8, 1943 in Wewoka to William and Henryetta Boone Malone. Malone was preceded in death by his parents. He is survived by one brother, James Spencer of Long Beach, Calif. Services were under the direction of Myers Mortuary.
Vesta Flanagan
Funeral services for longtime Seminole resident Vesta Flanagan are scheduled for 1 p.m. Wednesday at the Swearingen Funeral Home Chapel. Interment will follow at Maple Grove Cemetery under the direction of Swearingen Funeral Home. Flanagan died Sunday, Dec. 9, 2001 at Shawnee Regional Hospital at the age of 81. She was born to George Homer Young and Cordelia (Mounce) Young on July 13, 1920 in Shawnee. She married Eugene Flanagan on Feb. 7, 1948 in Shawnee. Flanagan was employed at the Southwestern Bell business office in Seminole. She was also secretary for Newman Construction Company; and head bookeeper at Seminole State College until her retirement in 1975. Flanagan was a member of First United Methodist Church. She was a member of the Seminole Flower Club and the Bridge Club, and loved crafts and sewing activities. Flanagan was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Eugene Flanagan on Feb. 5, 1995; and one son, Jimmy Gene Flanagan in 1950. She is survived by two sons, Mike Flanagan and Pat Flanagan. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that memorial donations be made to the American Heart Association.
Julianna Lollar
Funeral services for Julianna Mae Lollar are scheduled for 2 p.m. Monday at Stout Funeral Home Chapel. Burial is to follow at Sand Creek Cemetery. Lollar died from injuries suffered in an accident at the age of 34. She was born March 6, 1967 in Inglewood, Calif. to Clayton and Pauline Lollar. She had been a resident of Wewoka since 1988 and was employed at Lawson’s Dinner in Wewoka. Lollar was preceded in death by her husband. She is survived by two sons, Kenneth Clayton Farris and Matthew Dillon Farris, both of the home.
George Miller
Funeral services for George John Miller were scheduled for 10 a.m. Thursday in the Stout Chapel. Dwight Gonzlas was to officiate. Interment was to follow in Oakwood Cemetery under the direction of Stout Funeral Home. Miller died Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2002 at the Holdenville General Hospital at the age of 82. He was born Dec. 17 in Holdenville to Roy & Marie (Johnson) Miller. He had been a resident of Wewoka, living at the Oakridge Home since July 16, 1970. Miller had worked with the maintenance crew of the Oakridge Home for many years. He is survived by one brother, Roy Urbin Miller of Sun City, Ariz.; and his Oakridge family.
Jerry Morphis
A memorial services for Jerry Morphis is set for Saturday at the Hilltop Freewill Baptist Church in Wewoka. Morphis died Monday, Jan. 28, 2002 at his sister’s home in Wewoka. He began Thomas Electric in Wewoka and was a self-employed electrician for oil fields for over 30 years. He was preceded in death by his parents, Ted and Ila Morphis and an infant brother, Wayne. Morphis is survived by one son, Jerry Morphis Jr. of Oklahoma City; two daughters, Gay Lemons of Kansas City, Mo. and Kristen Hunphries of Oklahoma City; four sisters, Audrey Miller of Blackwell, Darlene Julian and Barbara Shackelford, both of Wewoka, and Sue Larney of Holdenville; two brothers, Herban Morphis of Wewoka and Alan Morphis of Newton, Ala.; and four grandchildren. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society.
