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Funeral services for former Seminole resident Beulah A. Barham, 76, are scheduled for 10 a.m. Saturday at Resthaven Funeral Home Chapel.
Rev. Roger Myers will officiate the service. Burial will take place at Little Cemetery.
Barham died Wednesday in a Shawnee nursing home.
She was born April 24, 1921 in Wolf to Newton and Francis (Tate) Jenkings. She lived most of her life in Seminole.
Barham worked as a cook for Parkview Nursing Home, where she retired.
She was a member of Church of God.
Barham was preceded in death by her husband, William Andrew Barham.
Survivors include two sons, Harry T. Barham, Las Vegas, Nev., and David E. Barham, Sand Springs; one daughter, Deborah Lawson, Konawa; one sister, Nettie Glasgow, Tampa, Fla.; and several grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
12-5-97
Carl Beasley
Graveside services for Seminole resident Carl E. Beasley, 83, are scheduled for 11:30 a.m. Thursday, at Rest Haven Memorial Gardens under the direction of Swearingen Funeral Home.
Rev. David McDougal will officiate the service.
Beasley died Tuesday at Mission Hill Hospital.
He was born Oct. 6, 1914, at Shelbyville, Ind., to Joe and Ethel (Poe) Beasley.
Beasley moved to Seminole from Ochelata 13 years ago.
He was a veteran of the U.S. Army.
Beasley retired at age 70 from Rockwell as an Air Craft Design Engineer. He worked for LTD in Dallas for three years after retirement.
He had been married to Beatrice Lora Brown for 35 years. She survives him of the home.
Other survivors include two daughters, Patsy Myers, Seminole, and Beverly Johnson, St. Louis, Mo.; three grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.
12-10-97
Arthur Bergerson
Funeral services for Arthur John Bergerson are scheduled for Monday at 2 p.m. at Swearingen Funeral Chapel in Seminole with Rev. Doyle Long officiating. Burial is planned at Rest Haven Memorial Gardens in Seminole.
Bergerson died Thursday in Seminole at the age of 86.
He was born in Capital, Mont. on Nov. 6, 1911 to Carl Martin and Carne Evelyn (Dahlen) Bergerson.
Bergerson married Imogene Maxine Hawley on Dec. 31, 1939 in Rapid City, S.D.
Bergerson was a member of the First Assembly of God Church in Seminole.
He was a retired barber.
Bergerson moved to Seminole from Colorado 20 years ago.
He was preceded in death by his parents and three brothers.
Bergerson is survived by his wife of the home; a son, Gene Bergerson of Seminole; three brothers, Luther Marvin Bergerson, Carl Christian Bergerson and Casper J. Bergerson, all of Oregon.
Other survivors include three grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
Casket bearers named are Mike Hawley, Bob Hawley, David Sanders, Ray Taylor, Johnny Grandstaff and Vernon Rattan.
12/28/97
John O. Black
Funeral services for lifelong Seminole resident, John Otis "J.O." Black, were held today at 2 p.m. at the Church of Christ in Little with the Reverend Rusty Dawson officiating. Burial was at the Little Cemetery.
Black died Saturday at the Seminole Municipal Hospital.
He was born March 19, 1917 to Dr. W. R. Black and Fannie Mae Black.
He married Julie Black on August 9, 1973 in Mexico; who survives him of the home.
Black served in the military police during World War II.
He was affiliated with the Church of Christ, a member of the American Legion and a Seminole State College Booster.
Black was a graduate of Abilene Christian College and a farmer by profession.
He was preceded in death by his parents and two brothers.
Other survivors include one daughter, Debra Black of the home and three sons, Omar Black, Denton, Tex., Manlyo Benton Black, both of the home, two sisters, Betty Woodruff of Ardmore, Okla. and Maleese Black of Arizona.
11/18/97
Ruby Boler
Graveside service for Konawa-Asher area resident Ruby Marie Boler, 78, are scheduled for 11 a.m. Saturday at Wanette Cemetery with D.W. Barnes officiating.
Boler died Thursday at Sunset Estates Nursing Home in Tecumseh.
She was born May 2, 1919 in Wanette to Pearl and Adali Burton. She worked as a housekeeper at Central State in Norman.
She married Wilson Boler in Wanette on July 21, 1939. He preceded her in death in March, 1983.
Boler was also preceded in death by three brothers.
Survivors include one daughter, Dixie Wallace, Asher; two brothers, Joe Burton, Tecumseh, and Charles Burton, Asher; and one sister, Francis White, Apache.
12-5-97
Maddie Brooks
Funeral services for Seminole resident Maddie Lois Brooks, 82, are scheduled for 11 a.m. Wednesday at Swearingen Funeral Chapel.
Rev. Steve Cline will officiate the service. Burial will take place at 2 p.m. at Red Oak Cemetery near Allen.
Brooks died Saturday at Presbyterian Hospital.
She was born May 29, 1915 in Amity Ark., to William and Nettie (Widener) Cook.
She was married to Creal Brooks, who preceded her in death on March 25, 1987.
Brooks was a homemaker, and a member of the Holiness Church.
Also preceding her in death was one daughter, Lecia Taylor, 1995.
Survivors include three sons, John Hancock, Seminole, Leroy Hancock, Sandia, Texas, and Leon Hancock, Kingston; 13 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren.
Grandsons will act as pallbearers.
12-16-97
Dorothy Burns
Funeral services for longtime Sasakwa resident Dorothy Burns, 71, are scheduled for 10 a.m. Wednesday at Stout Funeral Home Chapel.
Burial will be at Crossroads Cemetery in Sasakwa.
Burns died Sunday at Holdenville General Hospital.
She was born Jan. 29, 1926 in Corban, Texas to Julius A. and Mattie (Byrd) Cole.
Burns was a resident of the Wewoka Nursing Home prior to her death.
She is preceded in death by her parents, and her son, Roy Lewis Burns.
Survivors include two sisters, Louise Hogue, and Opal Mixon, Corpus Christi, Texas.
12-23-97
Dewey Carlton
Funeral services for Dewey "Dude" Carlton, 87, father of Don Orr, Wewoka, were held today at Parks Brothers Funeral Home in Prague.
Rev. Carl Clay officiated the ceremony. Burial was in Highland Cemetery, Okemah.
Carlton died Sunday in an Okemah nursing home.
He was born Dec. 2, 1909 in Harrison, Ark. He lived in Okfuskee County most of his life.
Carlton married Pearl Boykin April 27, 1965 in Okemah. She survives him of the home.
He was preceded in death by his parents, one half sister and three brothers.
Other survivors include on daughter, Carol Bryan, Tulsa; one stepdaughter, Janis Shackleford, Sand Springs; three stepsons, Victor Orr, Choctaw, Don Orr, Wewoka, and Ronald Orr, Chouteau; one brother, Cecil Cruce, Oklahoma City; two sisters, Willa Lawrence, Oklahoma City, and Pauline Thomas, Edmond; nine grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
11-18-97
