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Funeral services for Nana Iva (Barrett) Choate, 89, are scheduled for 2 p.m. Wednesday at Swearingen Funeral Chapel. Rev. Robert Brasier will officiate. Burial will follow in Little Cemetery.
Choate, 89, died Sunday at Seminole Municipal Hospital.
She was born March 16, 1907, south of Earlsboro, Indian Territory, to H.A. "Andy" and Agnes Melissa (Rogers) Barrett.
She was a lifelong resident of the Seminole-Earlsboro area and was active in her comunity.
She was a member of First Baptist Church in Earlsboro. She was a member of the Tracy Rebekah Lodge for more than 40 years, serving as Noble Grand and in other positions.
She was a also a 30-year member of an extension homemakers club.
She was preceded in death by her parents; two husbands, Arthur Choate on May 20, 1976, and J.C. Hanna on Sept. 1, 1988; two brothers, Robert and Lewell Barrett; and one sister, Audie Barrett.
Survivors include four nieces, Glenda Barrett, Edmond, Nana Cornwell, Waco, Texas, Judy Vanlandingham, Tahlequah, and Terri Watson, Fort Worth; and one nephew, Bob Barrett, Vicksburg, Miss.
Pallbearers will include Steve Copeland, Barrett Vanlandingham, Jimmy Welch, Steve Rasure, Frank Anderson, John Starkey and John York.
Billy Joe Clegg
Perennial Candidate Billy Joe Clegg Dies
Former Seminole resident, Billy Joe Clegg, died Thursday in Biloxi, Miss.
Funeral services will be held Tuesday for the self-identified perennial candidate.
Clegg, a Baptist minister who had moved to Miss. from Oklahoma in 1989, had checked into the Biloxi Veterans Administration emergency room when he collapsed and went into cardiac arrest, a spokesman said.
He was born with the name of William Joseph Summers in Tulsa in 1928. Tom Clegg, a farm in rural Seminole, adopted Billy Joe.
When Clegg first entered politics in 1971, he quit his job as a worker for Independent Postal Service in Tulsa and hitchhiked to New Hampshire to enter the presidential primary.
Clegg had entered presidential, gubernatorial, and congressional races as a Democratic, Republican and as an independent candidate, even running under his own Loyal U.S.A. Party.
Using the campaign slogan, "Clegg Won’t Pull Your Leg," he had announced in Mississippi last week that he intended to seek the presidency again in the year 2000.
Retired as a tech sergeant after more than 21 years of service in the U.S. Air Force, Clegg was a member of the Bay Vista Baptist Church in Biloxi.
He was president of the Clegg Christian Crusade.
Services will be held Tuesday in the Riemann Memorial Funeral Home in Biloxi with burial at the Biloxi National Cemetery with full military honors.
Survivors are his wife, Betty; a son Joe Darrel Clegg, Arlington, Tex.; and a daughter, Carmen Ruth Arn, Austin, Tex.
Robert Clower
Robert L. Clower, 88, died Saturday in Oklahoma City. Burial took place on Monday under the direction of Knight Funeral Home in Maud. Jim Kirkedall officiated the graveside services.
Clower was born Dec. 13, l908 at Vamoosa. He was a lifelong Vamoosa and Maud resident. He moved to Oklahoma City two years preceding his death.
He married Myrhl L. Clower in l930 at Maud.
He was an oilfield pumper and later worked for over 30 years for the Oklahoma State Highway department. He was a member of the Baptist faith.
He was preceded in death by his parents, his wife, and a daughter, Janova Dale Clower.
Clower is survived by his son, Jerry Wade Clower of Oklahoma City; a daughter, Cleta K. Brown, of Oklahoma City; two grandchildren and one great-granddaughter.
5/6/97
Julia Conner
Funeral services for Julia Louise Conner, 79, long-time Seminole resident, are scheduled for 2 p.m. Monday at Swearingen Funeral Chapel. Rev. Mike Bentley will officiate. Interment will follow at Rest Haven Memorial Gardens under the direction of Swearing Funeral Home.
Conner died Thursday in her home in Seminole.
She was born July 26, 1917 in Shamrock to C. P. Johnson and Emma (Creason) Johnson.
On Dec. 23, 1938 she married C.B. Conner in Chelsea; he survives her of their home. They moved to Seminole 51 years ago.
Conner was a homemaker and a member of the Church of Christ at Park and Seminole Streets.
She was preceded in death by her parents.
Other survivors include three sons and daughter-in-laws, C. Wayne and Beverly Conner, Bartlett, Tenn., Charles and Linda Conner, Oklahoma City and Bernard G. Conner, Oklahoma City; one daughter Judy and Dave McKinney, Oklahoma City, a sister and brother-in-law, Mozelle and Jim Hall of Seminole; ten grandchildren and nineteen great-grandchildren.
Casket bearers will be Charles Wayne Conner, Daniel Rojas, Brandon Conner, Robert Harris, Bradley Conner, and Tyler Conner. Honorary bearers will be Michael Theriot and Hassie Darweesh.
5/2/97
Pattie Conwell
Word was just received that Pattie (Cross) Conwell, 36, former Seminole resident, died on June 10 at St. Mary’s Hospital in Port Arthur, Texas.
Conwell attended high school in Lumberton, Texas. She graduated from Seminole State College and attended East Central University in Ada. She resided and worked at the Omega Alpha Christian Center north of Wewoka.
Survivors included one daughter Tina Renee Conwell and one son, Joseph Michael Conwell both of Arvada, Colo.; two sisters, Linda Waldrop of Lumberton and Marty Cassens of Clear Lake, Texas.
Other survivors included one brother, Carl Hubert of Lake Charles, La., and one maternal grandmother, Martha Blackburn of Vidor, Texas.
At the request of Conwell, memorials can be made to Omega Alpha Christian Center, Rt 2 Box 186, Wewoka, OK. 74884.
5/2/97
Grace Cooper
Grace Jeanette Cooper, 89, of Wewoka died at Mission Hill Hospital in Shawnee.
Graveside services are set for 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at Oakwood Cemetery in Wewoka.
Cooper was born Aug. 4 , l907 in Ada. She had lived in Wewoka since l942. She was preceded in death by her husband George E. Cooper in l975.
She is survived by two daughters, Deloris Franke of Okmulgee and Doris J. Case of Artesia, N.M.; one son, George E. Cooper Jr., of Wewoka; three sisters, Lena Simpson of Ada, Wilma Whittenbury of Lemont, Ill., and Jerri Wolf of Fresno, Calif.; and one brother, Dempsey Kellum of Konawa.
She is also survived by nine grandchildren, 12 great-grandchildren and four great-great-grandchildren.
5/6/97
Wonnie Cosar
WEWOKA ¾ Funeral services for Wonnie Cosar, 81, are scheduled for 1 p.m. Tuesday at his home, three miles north and one and three-quarters miles west of Cromwell.
Dave Bowlegs and Andy Alexander will officiate. Burial will follow in the Mack and Bell family cemetery, two mile west of Cromwell, under the direction of Stout Funeral Home.
Cosar died Friday at the Wewoka Nursing Center.
He was born Feb. 24, 1916, in Wolf to Lopey and Sophrona (Powell) Cosar.
He worked for the city of Shawnee for a number of years and was a veteran of World War II. He served in the U.S. Army.
Survivors include two sons, Andrew Kosaw, Konawa, and Phillip J. Deere, Moore; two daughters, Alice Mack, Cromwell, and Anita Holuby, Oklahoma City; 15 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers will include Rodney Starr, Steve Yargee, Sam Harjo Sr., Leon Bell, Isaic Walters and Chebon Walters.
5/6/97
Benny Cothern
Benny Cothern, 81, died Wednesday at home.
A memorial service is scheduled for 11 a.m. Friday at Tri-City Christian Center. Marion Hadsell and Leon Haas will officiate. Arrangements are under the direction of Swearingen Funeral Home.
Cothern was born in Mount Hope, Ala., Feb. 4, l916 to Oscar Cothern and Maggie (Boyles) Cothern. He married Tuki Rogers on June 28, 1947 in Corinth, Miss.
He retired from oilfield work in l986; he worked in Oklahoma, Illinois, Colorado and Utah. He also worked for Walt Davis Chevrolet. He served in the U. S. Air Force.
He moved to Seminole nine years ago from California. He was a member of Tri-City Christian Center.
Cothern is survived by his wife, Tuki of the home; two sons, Jack Ryan of Seminole and Billy of Salem, Ill.; and one daughter, Betty Mowry of Decateur, Ill.
Other survivors include a sister, Jessie Kilye of Scotsdale, Ariz., and seven grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
Memorial contributions can be made to New Hope Hospice Program of Ada or a favorite charity.
5/1/97
Doris Cox
Word was received today of the death of Doris Darland Cox, who died March 23.
Burial was in Albuquerque, N.M.
She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. U.V. Darland. She attended Seminole schools and Seminole Junior College.
She moved to Albuquerque in the early 1940s.
She was preceded in death by her parents; one son, Tom Beaver; and one brother, Bill Dan Darland.
She is survived by her husband, R.L. Cox, Albuquerque.
5/6/97
Myrtle Cravens
KONAWA - Graveside services for Myrtle Cravens, 81, were held today at Konawa Cemetery. Rev. Mitch Williams officiated. Burial was under the direction of Pickard Funeral Home.
The life-long Konawa resident died Saturday in Seminole Municipal Hospital.
She was born Dec. 27, 1915 in Madill to Mark and Lou Bracken; both parents preceded her in death.
She was married to Orville Craven on July 6, 1929 in Stratford; he preceded her in death in 1972. One son, Leon, also preceded her in death in 1989.
Survivors include one son, Jim Cravens, Longview, Tex., two brothers, Afton Bracken and Gene Bracken, both of Tishomingo, one sister, Evelyn May, Tishomingo, five grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
4/29/97
