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Services for Seminole County resident, Claude B. Knight, long-time Wewoka physician, are scheduled for 10:30 a.m. Thursday, April 8 at the First Christian Church in Wewoka.
Interment will be at the Oakwood Cemetery under the direction of Stout-Phillips Funeral Home of Wewoka.
Knight passed away in his home on April 5, 2004.
Knight was born to Walter and Rose Knight on June 8, 1911, in Wewoka.
He attended Wewoka schools and graduated in 1927, entered Phillips University and graduated from the University of Oklahoma Medical School in 1935.
Chances are good that if you lived in the Wewoka area within the last 100 years, you have seen a Dr. Knight.
His father, Dr. Walter L. Knight, began his practice in 1907, while Wewoka was still Indian Territory.
He built the first hospital in Seminole County.
"Young" Dr. Knight was an Elder at the First Christian Church and Chairman of the Board for many years.
He was active in the Wewoka Rotary Club and was instrumental in establishing the Sorghum Day Festival, Wewoka’s annual festival.
He served on the Wewoka Board of Education for 28 years, was past president of the Hughes-Seminole County Medical Association, member of the Oklahoma Medical Association, member of the American Academy of Family Physicians, American Medical Association and a member of the House of Delegates of the Oklahoma Medical Association.
He joined the Oklahoma National Guard in 1931, a connection that lasted for over 35 years.
His 60-year medical practice was interrupted twice, once for World War II and again when the 45th Infantry was reactivated for the Korean conflict.
He was drafted into the Army Air Force during World War II, where he served from 1942 to 1945 as a flight surgeon in the Pacific theatre.
Because of the doctor’s pride in the military, he became the primary person responsible for erecting a monument honoring veterans of all armed forces, past, present and future.
The monument was erected in 1985 on the front lawn of the Seminole County courthouse.
Knight was also a founding member of the Seminole Nation Museum and the Wewoka Country Club.
He was active in the Boy Scouts and many other local organizations.
Knight was fortunate in his post–retirement years to be able to remain in his home on Okfuskee Avenue, where he lived until his death.
In his later years he was cared for extensively by his youngest daughter Carol and her husband Roger Friar.
Survivors Include one son Wade and Linda Knight of Temple, Texas; two daughters, Polly Knight of Manassas, Virginia and Carol and Roger Friar of Wewoka; two sisters, Alice Cooper of Duncan and Grace Schmucker of Denver, Colo.; eight grandchildren, Betsy Sheridan of Sterling, Va., Carrie Mitchell of Norman, Scott Knight of Great Falls, Va., Kirk Beese of Newport News, Va., Marc Knight of Austin, Texas, Erin Friar of Dallas, Texas, Brian Knight of Tulsa and Alexandra Prati of Manassas, Va.; four great grandchildren, Brian Mitchell and Sam Mitchell, both of Norman, Madison Beese of Newport News, Va. and Malorie Knight of Tulsa.
Pallbearers will be Betsy Sheridan, Carrie Mitchell, Scott Knight, Kirk Beese, Marc Knight, Erin Friar, Brian Knight, and Alexandra Prati.
The family extends grateful appreciation to Herlena Spencer, Elwanda Walker, Raniece Cooper, Kathy Mathews, Lora Martin and Elizabeth Cellars for their loving care of Dr. Knight.
Memorials may be made to the Seminole Nation Museum in Wewoka or to the Wewoka High School Scholarship Fund in the name of Dr. Claude Knight.
Russell Ladd
Funeral services for Seminole resident, Russell Dee Ladd are scheduled for 10 a.m. Monday, Jan. 26 at the Swearingen Funeral Home Chapel with Eastman Factor officiating.
Interment will follow at Kellerby Cemetery, north of Prague, under the direction of Swearingen Funeral Home of Seminole.
Ladd died Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2004, at the age of 65 at Seminole Medical Center.
He was born on May 1, 1938, in Seminole to George Washington Ladd and Opal (Stevenson) Ladd.
He was married to Nancy (Ashworth) Ladd on Feb. 1, 1958, in Pasadena, Calif.
He was a retired production supervisor at Enviro Systems.
He was preceded in death by his parents.
He is survived by his wife, Nancy of the home; three sons, Dennis M. Ladd, Jim Ladd and wife, Nancy, and George Ladd, all of Seminole; one daughter, Shelley White and husband, Steve of Seminole; one sister, Phyllis Isom of Fontana, Calif. and one grandchild, Jeremy Ladd of Hemmitt, Calif.
Casket bearers will be Steve Foster, Kurt Goodman, Jack Ladd, Jack Daniel, Leon Williams and George Ladd.
Robert Charles Landrum
Services for Robert Charles Landrum, of Asher, are scheduled for 11 a.m. Wednesday at Graveside Moral Cemetery with burial to follow in Moral Cemetery, Tribbey. Rev. Jerry Plumley will officiate.
Arrangements are being handled by Pickard-Swearingen Funeral Home in Konawa.
Landrum died in an Ada nursing home Sept. 4, 2004. He was 81.
Landrum was born to William Adam and Rosetta (Peyton) Landrum in Hulbert on Dec. 22, 1922.
Landrum married Martha (Jacobs) Landrum on Nov. 15, 1943 in Shawnee.
He was a farm worker and an Army veteran.
He was also a member of the Hazeldell Baptist Church.
Landrum was preceded in death by his parents, six brothers and four sisters.
He is survived by his wife, of the home; five sons, Bobby, Lonnie, Ronnie, Bruce and Dicky; six daughters, Rose Selzer, Sue Capps, Mae Norris, Kay Jenkins, Brenda Shircliff and Linda Willcox.
His brother Richard and sister Julie Goodson also survive Landrum.
Johnny Landrum III
Funeral services for longtime Konawa resident Johnny Everett Landrum III are scheduled for 2 p.m. Saturday at Pickard-Swearingen Funeral Chapel with Richard Winters officiating.
Interment is to follow services at Vamoosa Cemetery under the direction of Pickard-Swearingen Funeral Home.
Landrum, 54, died Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2004 while on duty in Murray County. He was born Oct. 3, 1950 in Rosebud, Texas to Johnny Everett Landrum Jr. and Tressie Mae (Lindsey) Brower.
He married Patricia Marie (Gokey) on Aug. 4, 1995 in Wewoka. Landrum was a truck driver for Arnold Transportation.
His father and a sister, Charlotte Landrum preceded him in death.
He is survived by his mother, Tressie Brower of Konawa; his wife of the home; daughter Shandal Hopkins of Stella, Mo.; and three stepsons, Monty and Michael Clary of Madill and Mickey Clary of Pickett.
In addition four sisters, Tressie Hickman of Sullivan, Mo., Donna Robinson and Norma "Tink" Johannes both of Konawa and Kelly Hayes of Lawton; two grandchildren and four step-grandchildren also survive him.
Nell Lane
Funeral services for Mattie Nell Lane of Jenks, sister of Seminole County resident are scheduled for 10 a.m. Wednesday, at the Crossroads Church of Christ in Tulsa.
Interment will follow at the Little Cemetery, north of Seminole under the direction of Moore’s Funeral Home of Tulsa.
She died Sunday, March 21, 2004, at the age of 83 at St. John’s Hospital in Tulsa.
She was born in 1921 in Jackson County, Tenn. to Herman and Mary Poston.
She moved with her parents, to Seminole County at the age of 6.
She was raised in the Excelsior Community where she met and married C.H. "Bud" Lane in 1939.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Mary and Bud Poston; three children; Charles Lane Jr., Michael Lane and Charlene White; one grat grandchild, Emma McDonald; and one brother, Tobie Poston.
She is survived by her husband, Bud of the home; three daughters, Barbara Vaugham and Mary Henry, both of Jenks and Carol Parker of Cashion; one sister, Jean Davis of Wewoka; 14 grandchildren and 25 great grandchildren.
Ramsey Larney
Funeral services for Seminole native, Ramsey Larney of Meeker are scheduled for 2 p.m. Tuesday, June 29, 2004, at the Swearingen Funeral Chapel with George Harjochee and Bob Kernall officiating.
Interment will follow at the Brown Cemetery in Seminole under the direction of Swearingen Funeral Home of Seminole.
Wake Services are scheduled for 6 p.m. Monday, June 28 at the Swearingen Chapel
Larney died Friday, June 25, 2004, at the age of 56 at Shawnee Unity North Hospital
He was born July 21, 1947, in Seminole to Martin Larney and Irene (Harjo) Brown, but was raised by Raymond Brown, his stepfather.
He was an assembly line inspector for TDK in Shawnee for 14 years and attended the Mekusukey Indian Baptist Church in Seminole.
Larney is survived by one son, Wes Larney of Shawnee; two daughters, Deanna Gibson of Tecumseh and Lisa Larney of Shawnee; three brothers, John Brown, Andrew Brown and Michael Brown, all of Oklahoma City; one sister, Claudia Lena of Wewoka and six grandchildren.
Ruby Laudermilk
Funeral services for Seminole resident, Ruby Jewel (Fort) Laudermilk were scheduled for 2 p.m. Tuesday, April 27 at Brown’s Funeral Chapel of Coalgate with Rev. Vance Bowman and Darrin Laudermilk officiating..
Interment will follow at Byrds Prairie Cemetery in Tupelo under the direction of Brown’s Funeral Service of Coalgate.
She died Saturday, April 24, 2004, at the age of 66 at her residence in Seminole.
She was born March 26, 1938, at Malacoff, Texas to Durwood and Ruth (Watkins) Fort.
Ruby attended schools at Grand Prairie, Texas.
She married J.D. Laudermillk on July 7, 1958, in Durant.
Ruby was also a former Tupelo resident.
She worked several years at the Blue Bell (Wrangler) Plant in Seminole and was a housewife and a homemaker.
She was a former member of the United Pentecostal Church in Atoka and a member of the United Pentecostal Church in Shawnee at the time of her death.
She was preceded in death by her father, Durwood Fort; mother and stepfather, Ruth and J. M. French; and one sister, Estelle Rice.
She is survived by her husband, J.D. of the home; three children, Rhonda Lay and husband, Dean of Seminole; Jay Allen French and wife, Janet of Midlothian, Texas and Darrin Laudermilk and wife, Rhonda of Paris, Texas; one brother, Charels D. Fort and wife, Carolyn of Arlington, Texas; seven grandchildren, Jana French, Jamie French, Brandie Lucas, Buddy Laudermilk, Tiphannie Lay, Ryan Lay and Rena Lay; as well as numerous nieces, nephews and other relatives and many dear and loved friends.
Casketbearers will be Amos Loudermilk, Buddy Laudermilk, Timothy Bates, Virgil Lamaster, Johnny Sains and Mike Flint.
