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Funeral services for Seminole County resident, James Ahtone Holata, Wewoka, will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at the Sand Creek Eufaula Baptist Church.
He passed away at St. Francis Hospital in Tulsa, on July 15, 2003.
He was born November 18, 1932, in Holdenville, to Wileya and Martha Holata.
He attended Justice School and Culinary Art School at Oklahoma State A&M in 1962.
He was in the U.S. Army, serving in Korea, Vietnam, and Desert Storm.
He was employed by Veterans Administration Hospital, in Oklahoma City, and retired in 1991, after 30 years.
After returning to Wewoka in 1992, he was employed by the Wewoka Food Center.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Wileya and Martha Holata, one daughter, Corly Holata, one grandson, two brothers, Whitney Holata, and Tony Holata.
He is survived by five daughters, Janice Holata Bailey, Okmulgee, Lizanne Holata, Morris, Jamie Holata, Okmulgee, Barbra Lane, Henryetta, and Mary Holata, Okmulgee; one brother, Wayne Holata, Wewoka; one sister, Esther Holata, Seminole; two aunts; one uncle; 13 grandchildren, 5 great grandchildren, and a host of other relatives and friends.
The body will be moved to Sand Creek Eufaula Baptist Church on Thursday, July 17, at 4 p.m.
Wake services will be held at 7:30 p.m., Thursday evening, July 17, at the church.
Pallbearers will be Ron Holata, Erwin Holata, Josh Holata, James Holata, Mark Holata, and Matt Holata.
Honorary pallbearers will be Ed Bailey, Jr., John Holata, Eugene Endres, Ethan Endres, Jerry Holata, and Alex Taylor.
Rev. Houston Tiger and Rev. Steve Holata will be officiating the service.
Interment will be in Oakwood Cemetery under the direction of Stout-Phillips Funeral Home, Wewoka.
Elizabeth Holding
Funeral services for Seminole resident, Elizabeth Marie Holding are scheduled for 10 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 12 in the McRay Funeral Home Chapel in Chickasha.
Interment will be in the Rush Springs Cemetery under the direction of the McRay Funeral Home in Chickasha.
She died Nov. 9. 2003, at the age of 89 in Seminole.
She was born the daughter of Thomas Pleasant Duke and Ollie Mae Rankin Duke on Dec. 4, 1913, at the family home southwest of Chickasha.
Holding attended first through eighth grade at the Kechi School, then attended Cement High School until graduation.
In 1934, soon after graduation, she married H.T. Holding.
They lived many years in the Ninnekah area, where they farmed and reared their family.
In 1974, they moved to Chickasha, where she lived until 1994, when she moved to Seminole.
She was a member of the College Heights Baptist Church.
She was preceded in death by her husband, H.T. Holding in 1992; two brothers, Harold and Ovyle Duke; and her parents.
She is survived by one son, Tommy and wife, Linda of Blanchard; two daughters, Patricia Ann Racklley and husband, Terry of Shawnee and Linda Kay Buss and husband, Ed also of Shawnee; one sister, Flora Petty of Chickasha; one sister-in-law, Elwanda Duke of Rush Springs; Nephew, Harold Duke and wife, Jackie of Rush Springs; eight grandchildren and great ten grandchildren.
Polly Holmes
Graveside services for former Seminole County resident, Polly Ann Katherine Holmes are scheduled for 1 p.m. Monday, Sept. 15 at the I.O.O.F. Cemetery in Norman under the direction of Swearingen Funeral Home, Seminole.
She died Thursday, Sept. 11, 2003, at the age of 81 at Rose Manor Nursing Home.
She was born Oct. 13, 1921, in Macomb to Luther Werrell and Ann (Motley) Werrell.
She was of the Methodist faith and spent her career in the secretarial profession.
Her parents preceded her in death.
Survivors include one son, Richard Holmes and Nancy Famelos, both of Tulsa and one sister, Iona Morgeson of Shawnee.
Shirley Hopper
Funeral services for Seminole County resident, Shirley Ann (Kelley) Hopper are scheduled for 11 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 10 at Trinity Baptist Church in Maud.
Rev. Wayne Taylor will officiate.
Interment will be at Cummings Cemetery in Maud under the direction of Knight-Swearingen Funeral Home, Maud.
She died Sept. 7, 2003, at the age of 66 in Norman Regional Hospital.
She was born Dec. 25, 1936 in Washington, Pa. to Guy Merle Kelly and Veronica Kathryn (Powers) Kelley.
She attended elementary school in Nineva, Pa. and graduated high school in 1955 from Waynesburg, Pa.
She was married to Charles Hopper Aug. 24, 1962 in Waynesburg, Pa. and moved to Maud that same year.
She worked at Gene’s Quick-Stop in Maud for 18 years.
She was preceded in death by her parents; one son, Charles Merle Hopper on Aug. 3, 1969; one sister, Bonnie Crouse; and one brother, Oliver Kelley.
She is survived by her husband, Charles Hopper of the home; one son, Mike Hopper of Tulsa; one daughter, Christi Riddle of Maud; two brothers, Merle Kelley and Jack Kelley, both of Waynesburg, Pa.; one sister, Kate Redman of Jefferson, Pa. and two grandchildren.
Casket bearers are Randy Crawford, Brandon Remington, John Riddle, Toby Renfro, Neal Hurst and Robert Hopper.
Honorary casket bearers are Herschel Bunyard, Stan McDaniel and Paul Gilham.
Clifford Houck Sr.
Funeral services for longtime Seminole County resident "C.D." Clifford Dwayne Houck, Sr., are scheduled for 10 a.m. Wednesday at the Swearingen Funeral Home Chapel.
Rev. Roy Robertson will officiate.
Burial will follow at Little Cemetery, under the direction of Swearingen Funeral Home.
Houck passed away Saturday, June 21, 2003 at Mercy Health Center in Oklahoma City at the age of 54.
He was born to Clifford Clinton Houck and Evelyn (Westerman) Houck on June 26, 1948 in Seminole.
Houck attended Seminole Schools.
He married Shirley (Lynch) Houck on April 12, 1966 in Poteau.
Houck was the plant Manager at both the Seminole and Prague Wrangler plants where he retired after 30 years of service.
He was a member of the Bowlegs Assembly of God Church, and loved to play golf.
Houck was preceded in death by his parents.
He is survived by his wife, Shirley, of the home; one son and daughter-in-law, Dwayne and Carol Houck, Seminole; One daughter, Carmin Houck, Austin, Texas; one sister and brother-in-law, Margaret and Glendon Garner, Maud; one brother-in-law, Ennis Ray Lynch, Seminole; brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law, Charlie and Bobbie Lynch, Seminole, and Jerry and Mary Sue Poff, Seminole; one granddaughter, Shakara Houck, Seminole; and numerous nieces, nephews, and other family and friends.
Minnie Ethel Housdon
Funeral services for Seminole County resident, Minnie Ethel (Smith) Housdon will be held at 1 p.m. Monday Dec.29 at the Bethel Pentecostal Holiness Church, in Wewoka, under the direction of Stout-Phillips Funeral Home with Rev. Doyle Gadberry officiating.
Interment will follow in Oakwood Cemetery, Wewoka.
Housdon, was called home to be with her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, on Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2003, at the age of 95 in DeLeon, Texas.
She was born July 26, 1908, in Whitley County, Ky, to Jacob Milford and Leona (Barnett) Smith.
The eighth of twelve children, and was preceded in death by her parents and all of her brothers and sisters, Maggie, Hale, Marsh, Alfred, Bert, Pete, John, Jess, Cy, Nan Bevelhymer, Luther and Patty Smith.
The family moved by train to Wewoka in 1911.
She married Luie Andrew Housdon on Mary 27, 1928, in Tecumseh.
They had two daughters, Maxine Luella and Elsie Dean, and helped raise a niece, Virgie Mae.
Sinclair Oil Co. employed Luie, and they lived SW of Wewoka, in Gainesville, Texas, and Pampa, Texas.
At Pampa, Texas Minnie worked in Highland General Hospital as a cook for twenty years.
They were married for forty-five years before his death September 5, 1973.
Mother was truly the heart of our home, and she loved her family dearly.
Mother’s wisdom and advice gave us children strength in many situations.
Little visits and large family gatherings with her ten siblings were especially enjoyable to her.
We all love her and will miss her tenderness and gentle spirit.
A true servant of God, Mother lived a full life serving the Lord and ministering His love to countless people.
In her early years she served as a lay minister in small country churches, and later taught adult Sunday school classes for over twenty-five years.
We will treasure our memories of her reading and studying the Bible daily and always praying.
The first and last church of which she was a member was Bethel Pentecostal Holiness Church, southwest of Wewoka.
Minnie was an avid reader and her favorites were devotional and Christian books, biographies and keeping up with current events.
Mother lived with Elsie for nineteen years and I want to pay tribute to Elsie for all the love and devotion she gave our mother.
No one could have taken better care of her, and I’m certain her excellent care contributed to Mother’s long life.
Thank you, Elsie.
Our thanks to a wonderful caregiver, Susana Tovar, for her tender and gentle way of helping with Mother.
"Miss Minnie", as she was known to her daughters’ Texas friends, looked forward to Susana coming and loved her so much.
We all do.
Minnie is survived by two daughters: Maxine Tolson and husband Bill of Oklahoma City; and Elsie Stewart of DeLeon, Texas.
She is also survived by three grandsons, Curtis Tolson and wife Melissa, and their children, Ian, Olivia, and Kristina, of Lenexa, Kansas; Ronny Stewart and wife Sherri, and their children, Elizabeth, Jackson, and Mary, of San Antonio, Texas; and Donny Stewart and wife, Shannon and their children, Tyler, Morgan, and Luke, of Waco, Texas; one granddaughter, Kathy McGee and husband Kenny, and their children, Karmen and Kelly, of Mustang, and Kamber Drew and husband Josh, of Yukon.
If desired, memorial contributions may be made to Bethel Pentecostal Holiness Church toward the purchase of a larger outdoor bell.
