System Mechanic - Clean, repair, protect, and speed up your PC!Errol G. Bert
Funeral Services for Wewoka resident Errol G. Bert, 37, will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the Macedonia Baptist Church in Wewoka. Rev. Clifford Bert will officiate the services.
Interment will be at Westwood Cemetery under the direction of Myers Mortuary, Wewoka.
Bert died Thursday at Baptist Medical Center in Oklahoma City.
He was employed by General Electric Aircraft Engine Business in Cincinnati, Ohio for 15 years.
He was a member of Saint Stevens Baptist Church in Wewoka.
Survivors include his wife, Vivian Bert, of the home; one daughter, Alethia Bert, Cincinnati, Ohio; one son, Malique Bert, of the home; five brothers, Ray Anthony Bert, Ronald Bert, Terry Bert, Gaylon Bert and John Bert; three sisters, Trina Brown, Kay Bryant, and Beverly Bert.
8-31-97
Anna Blalock
Anna Lou Blalock, 58, died at Seminole Municipal Hospital today. Graveside services are scheduled for 2 p.m. Wednesday at Konawa Cemetery. Winston Curtis will officiate. Burial will follow under the direction of Pickard Funeral Home.
Blalock was born Dec. 29, l938 in Konawa to Robert Foster and Velma D. McKee Foster.
Blalock lived all of her life in the community of Konawa.
She is survived by her daughter, Carol Lynn Blalock of Ada; a brother, Jerry Don Blalock of Konawa; a sister, Roberta Mulliniks of Millington, Tenn.
8-31-97
Burl Bounds
Burl Haskell Bounds, 68, died Thursday at Shannon Springs Nursing Home in Chickasha.
Graveside services are set for 2 p.m. Saturday at Vamoosa Cemetery. Bobby Hearon will officiate. Burial will follow under the under the direction of Pickard Funeral Home of Konawa.
Bounds was born May 10, 1929 in Konawa to Cleveland Bounds and Annie Patterson Bounds.
He lived most of his life in Konawa; he was a member of the Full Gospel Church of Lindsay.
He was married to Janet Harren who preceded him in death in September of l996.
He was a retired city worker for the City of Lindsay.
Bounds is survived by one son, Burl Bounds Jr. of Rush Springs; two daughters, Kay Hugo of Lindsay, and Shirley Ann Schneider of Ft. Worth; three sisters, Doris Calvin of Bowlegs, Nola Bumpas of El Monte, Calif., and Willie Sweat of Pauls Valley; and one brother, C. L. Bounds of Konawa.
Other survivors include five grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
Two grandchildren preceded him in death.
8-31-97
Walter Branch
OKLAHOMA CITY ¾ Funeral services for former Wewoka resident Walter Alexander Branch, 53, are scheduled for 12 noon Thursday at Temple and Sons Chapel, 2801 N. Kelley Avenue.
Brother Robert Rivers will officiate. Interment will follow later in Glade Springs, Va.
Branch died Friday in an automobile-pedestrian accident in Oklahoma City.
He was born Feb. 6, 1944, in Virginia to Dorothy (Belcher) and Walter J. Branch. He lived in Wewoka during the 1980s, later moving to Oklahoma City.
He served in the U.S. Army and was a retired disabled veteran.
He was awarded the Purple Heart for wounds received in action in Vietnam on March 29, 1966.
He also won the Bronze Star for meritorious achievement in ground operations against hostile forces in 1966.
Survivors include his mother, Dorothy Branch, Glade Springs, Va.; one son, Julian Branch, Fort Hood, Killeen, Texas; three sisters, Dorothy Peebles, Knoxville, Tenn., Deborah Watkins, Bristol, Va., and Eanita Branch of Glade Springs, Va.; four brothers, Eddie, Knoxville, Claude, Chilhowie, Va., Clifford, Quantico, Va., and Collie, Sasebo, Japan; and three grandchildren.
6/25/97
Bill Brawdy
Bill Brawdy, 63, died at Valley View Regional Hospital in Ada on July 26. Graveside services were held on Tuesday at Little Cemetery. Cal Hunter officiated. Burial was under the direction of Swearingen Funeral Home.
Brawdy was born March 10, 1934 in Seminole to Harvey Brawdy and Mary J. (Brown) Brawdy.
He married Retta Jolley on April 22, 1963 in Seminole.
He lived most of his life in Seminole and worked for Austin Drilling Company for several years. He was also a truck driver and retired in l996. He served in the U. S. Army; and was a member of the Baptist church.
He is survived by his wife of the home, his mother, four sons, Scott Mendinghall of Oklahoma City, Steve Mendinghall of Wewoka, Nico Brawdy of the home, Ronnie Brawdy of Seminole; three daughters, Teresa Randall of Oklahoma City, Crystal Maxwell of Wewoka and Vickie Brawdy of Tacoma, Wash.
Other survivors include a sister, Carolyn Jones of Seminole and eleven grandchildren.
7/29/97
Iva Earl Bray
Graveside services for Iva Earl Bray, 93, are set for Thursday at 11 a.m. at Little Cemetery. Byrd Lee Alexander will officiate. Burial will be under the direction of Swearingen Funeral Home.
She died at her home on Tuesday. She was a long time Seminole resident.
Bray was born on April 22, 1904 in Ada to John H. Stancoff and Frances C. (Norton) Stancoff.
She married Claud Lee Bray on Aug. 12, 1923 in Ada. He preceded her in death on Sept. 22, l996. She was a homemaker and a member of the Pentecostal church.
Survivors include one son, Claud Bray Jr. of Dallas, Texas; two grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
8/6/97
Paul Brazell
Funeral services for Cromwell resident Paul Clifford Brazell, 85, will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at Parks Brothers Funeral Home Chapel.
Bro. James Wiggington will officiate the services.
Interment will be at Sand Creek Cemetery.
Brazell died Monday at St. John Medical Center in Tulsa.
He was born Nov. 9, 1911 in McIntosh County to John Edward and Eva (Black) Brazell.
Brazell was a production foreman and retired from Amerada-Hess Oil Co. after 35 years of service. He also worked for Clinton Oil Co. for five years.
He was a member of the Cromwell Baptist Church.
He married Eunice W. Brazell Feb. 24, 1936. She preceded him in death on Feb. 15, 1991.
Brazell married Vivian Jewel Crenshaw May 22, 1992 at Ft. Smith, Ark. She survives him of the home.
He was preceded in death by his parents, two brothers and one sister.
Other survivors include three sons, Paul I. Brazell, Tulsa, Charles A. Brazell, Worland, Wyo., and Gene Ray Aldridge, Cromwell; four daughters, Eula Johnson, Glenwood Springs, Colo., Leta J. Bourque, Cromwell, Mary Woody, Prague and Janice Aldridge, Shawnee; two brothers, James Brazell, Ashville, N.C., and Bob Brazell, Tybe, Ga.; ten grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
8-27-97
Debra Bristow
Debra May Bristow, 19, died at Seminole Municipal Hospital on Tuesday. Funeral services are set for 2 p.m. Friday at Swearingen Funeral Chapel. Larry Chesser will officiate.
Burial will follow at Vamoosa Cemetery under the direction of Swearingen Funeral Home.
Bristow was born Oct. 17, 1977 in Shawnee to Clonnie Ray Bristow and Debra June Stephens Bristow. She moved to Seminole from Montana five years ago. She was a homemaker.
She is preceded in death by her paternal grandfather and maternal grandparents.
Survivors include her parents of Seminole, her twin sons, Dillion Lee and Dustin Shawn Casselman of the home.
Other survivors include a brother, Ray Haskell Bristow and a sister, Linda Gail Bristow, both of the home; and a grandmother, Dorothy Bumgardner of Seminole.
7/23/97
Bonnie Bryan
Bonnie Mae Bryan, 68, died Sunday at Baptist Medical Center in Oklahoma City.
Funeral services are scheduled for July 10 at 2 p.m. at Swearingen Funeral Chapel. James Caudill will officiate. Burial will follow at Holdenville Cemetery under the direction of Swearingen Funeral Home.
Bryan was born May 16, l929 in Sasakwa to Isaac "Ike" Newton Foster and Eva M. (Caudill) Foster. She married Charles Bryan on July 11, l955 in Ada. He preceded her in death on Oct. 2, l985.
She was a homemaker who lived for 30 years in Seminole. She was a member of the Pentecostal Church.
She is preceded in death by her parents, husband, one sister and five brothers.
Survivors include two daughters, Rita Charlene Wyrick of Seminole and Eva Darlene Moore of Oklahoma City; one brother, Lloyd Foster of Dumas, Texas; three sisters, Opal Jenkins and Pauline Lollar of Wewoka, and Gladys Kirkland of Okmulgee.
Other survivors include four grandchildren.
Casket bearers are Charles Bryan, Jerry Wyrick Jr., Colt Moore, Frank Moore, James Hutchinson, Ted Heath, and Jerry Wyrick Sr.
7/9/97
