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Services for longtime Wewoka resident Warren Stanley Jones were held at 2 p.m. Monday, July 9, 2007, at the First Baptist Church with Rev. Michael Vallandingham officiating.
Interment followed in the Oakwood Cemetery.
Services were under the direction of Stout-Phillips Funeral Home of Wewoka.
Warren passed away Friday, July 6, 2007, at the Wewoka Nursing Center at the age of 85.
He was born May 22, 1922. in Medford, Mass., to John and Evelyn (Smith) Jones.
He received a Bachelors Degree from the University of Massachusetts and a Masters Degree from OSU.
He was employed by USDA as an OSU Extension Agent for Seminole County.
He was a member of the First Baptist Church in Wewoka.
He was a Mason, and a member of the VFW, American Legion, Christian Men’s Fellowship Group, County Fair Board and the Wewoka City Council.
Warren was a Veteran of World War II and the Korean War, serving in the United States Marine Corps.
He was a transport pilot. He attended the Navy Flight School and was a USMC Captain.
He was awarded the Air Medal, Korean Service Medal, National Defense Service Medal, United Nations Service Medal with the 8th Marine Corps Reserve and Recruitment District.
Warren was married to Wyveta (Williams) Jones on Sept. 19, 1944, in Pensacola, Fla. Wyveta preceded him in death.
Survivors include: two sons: Stanley A. Jones of Pearland, Texas, Edward and wife Tanya Jones of Wewoka; one granddaughter, Kelley Kohout and husband Chad; two grandsons, Brandon and wife Stephanie Jones and Kerry and wife Mandy Jones; one great- granddaughter: Emily Grace Kohout; one brother, Kenneth and wife Ruth Jones; one sister-in-law, Myrna Jones; and a host of other relatives.
Alice Jordan
Graveside services for longtime Maud resident Alice (Palmer) Jordan are scheduled for 10:30 a.m. Monday at Cummings Cemetery in Maud with Rev. Carl Whitfield will officiate.
Services are under the direction of Knight-Swearingen Funeral Home, Maud.
Jordan, 81, died Thursday, July 19, 2007 in Seminole. She was born July 31, 1925 in Muskogee to George Palmer and Binnie (Duncan) Palmer.
On Nov. 3, 1942 she married Dave J. Jordan in Konawa and they were members of the Trinity Baptist Church in Maud.
She was a longtime member of the Rebekah Lodge in Maud, where she held several offices including past Noble Grand.
Her husband had served for several years as the Mayor of Maud and she was always ready to help him in any way she could.
Her parents, husband (Nov. 6, 2004), one son Jimmy Jordan, one daughter Julie Jordan, one grandson, seven brothers and one sister preceded her in death.
Surviving is one son, John Parrish of Maud; two brothers, Dale Palmer of Pioneer, Calif., and Tommy Palmer of Santa Rosa, Calif.; one sister, Mary Crumley of Santa Rosa, Calif.; five grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren and four great-great grandchildren.
Bill Jordan
Funeral services for former Seminole Chief of Police, Bill E. Jordan, are scheduled for 10:30 a.m. Friday in the Smith Funeral Chapel, Sapulpa, with Pastor Bill Oldham officiating.
Interment will follow in the Green Hill Memorial Gardens under the direction of Smith Funeral Home.
Bill E. Jordan passed away at his home in Bixby, Tuesday, Oct. 9,2007 at the age of 72. He was born to Samuel and Lilly Jordan outside of Vian, Okla., on Oct. 31,1934.
He graduated from Muskogee Central High School in 1952 and he married Barbara Jo Owen in June of 1961.
Bill started his police career as a motorcycle patrolman in Muskogee; he was there for one and half years then he and Barbara moved to Sapulpa where he started as a patrolman and worked his way through the ranks to Chief.
Bill was selected to attend the 91st session of the F.B.I. Academy in the fall of 1972, he was the first officer ever selected from Creek County; he retired from the Sapulpa police department in 1981 after 20 years of service.
He and his family then moved to Seminole where he was Chief of Police from 1981 until 1984. He then worked as a U.S. Deputy Marshall at the Federal Court House in Muskogee for four years; then he served as Chief of Police for the towns of Cleveland, Hobart and Tonkawa.
Bill was preceded in death by his parents, wife Barbara, sister Lucille Speaks and brother M.B. (Bud) Jordan.
He leaves to cherish his memory: sons, Billy Lee Worrell and family of Texas; Gary Wayne Jordan and wife Beverly of Sapulpa; daughter Gayle Lynne Cordell and husband Bobbie of Holdenville; grandchildren Stephen Chance Jordan of Ada, Amanda Jo and Cameron Keith Cordell of Holdenville; brother Dean Jordan and wife Betty Jo of Muskogee; sister Dorothy Williams and husband Johnny of Tenn.; sister-in-laws Betty Jordan and Lois Whittsit both of Tulsa and Darlene Cartilace of Muskogee, and a host of nieces and nephews and other relatives and friends.
Serving as casket bearers will be Ron Sole, Johnny Moore, Glenn Coffey, Jeff Gilliland, Steve Toliver and Jim Wall.
Honorary bearers will be Doug Nichols, Glenn Coffey, Jr., Sammy Weygand, Henry Duncan, John D. Ritchie, Ronnie Plum and Donnie Plum.
Sarah Joshua
Funeral services for former Wewoka resident, Sarah Lillian Pennokee Joshua, were held today at 2 p.m. at Sand Creek Eufaula Church with Rev. Houston Tiger, Rev. Jimmy Alexander and Rev. Junior Wisdom officiating.
Burial followed at Lena Cemetery under the direction of Stout-Phillips Funeral Home, Wewoka.
Joshua died Monday, Feb. 19, 2007 in Tulsa. She was born Oct. 25, 1920 to Stefah Pennokee and Susie Micco.
She was of the Baptist faith and had attended Hazel School.
Her parents; husband, Edmond Joshua Sr.; two sons; two grandsons and numerous brothers and sisters preceded her in death.
Surviving are her children, Sue, Annie, George, Randall, Mary, Benita Blackburn, Jeretta Joshua, Martin Joshua and Danetta Ann Joshua; many grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers for the services were: Bobby Tyson, Sam Tyson, Albert Tyson, Edmond Joshua III, Randall Joshua Jr. and Mathew Natseway.
Hazel Kelough
Funeral services for longtime Seminole resident Hazel M. Kelough are scheduled for 11 a.m. Saturday at the Swearingen Funeral Home Chapel with Mickey Shaw officiating.
Interment will follow at Little Cemetery under the direction of Swearingen Funeral Home, Seminole.
Hazel passed away on Wednesday, June 27, 2007 at Pioneer Nursing Home at the age of 64. She was born on Sept. 26, 1942 in Paris, Texas to Joe Edgar and Bertha Irene (Pollard) Galloway.
She married Floyd Kelough on May 5, 1955 in Lawton, Okla.; she was a mother and housewife.
Her parents, two grandchildren, and ex husband, Dwayne Peace preceded her in death.
She is survived by her children and their spouses, Rose Peace and the late Jackie Butch Peace, Brenda and Ed Coker of Seminole, Ray Kelough and Greg Gristy of Hinton, Stoney and Donnie Kelough of Seminole, Rebecca and Anthony Hammock of Seminole, Sam and Dolly Kelough of Seminole, Shayne and Evonda Kelough of Seminole, Mary and Julio Chavez of Seminole and Joe Bob Clower.
Numerous grandchildren and their spouses, Shannon and Rhonda Lewis, Whisper Peace, Reba Peace, David and Tiffani Coker, Michelle and Jr. Suarez, Brandon Kelough, Tony Kelough, Cody Hasbell, Darrell Kelough, Dana Kelough, Dillon Kelough, Savannah Pettitt, Harley Pettitt, Logan Pettitt, Shayna Pettitt, David Pettitt, Angel Peace, Maria Torres, Mariah Torres, Jayden Chavez; one expected grandchild and great-grandchildren, Jordan Lewis, Kaylee Lewis, Cody Coker, Brianna Coker, Rylan Coker, and two expected great grandchildren also survive her.
Pallbearers will be: Sam Kelough, Shayne Kelough, Ray Kelough, Stoney Kelough, Darrell Kelough, David Coker, Shannon Lewis and Ed Coker.
Honorary bearers will be: Joe Bob Clower, Dillon Kelough, Anthony Hammack, Junior Suarez, Julio Chavez and Gregory Gristy.
Janet Kennedy
Funeral services for former Maud businesswoman Janet Lowden Kennedy are scheduled for 2 p.m. Wednesday, at the First Baptist Church in Saint Louis, Okla.
Interment will follow at Vista Cemetery West of Konawa with Bro. Glenn Peck officiating.
Services are under the direction of Swearingen Funeral Home, Maud.
Kennedy, 67-year-old long time Saint Louis, Okla., resident, died April 1, 2007 at her home in Saint Louis. She was born March 22, 1940 in Wanette, Okla., to parents Marvin Francis (Stiz) Lowden and Joseph Aldis "Joe" Lowden.
Janet graduated from Saint Louis High School in 1958. She owned and operated the Maud Cafe from 1968 until 1978, then became an insurance agent and owned Farmers Union Insurance in Maud from 1978 until 1982.
After her retirement she continued to work keeping books for the Saint Louis utility company and for the First Baptist Church in Saint Louis where she had been a long time member. She was also a member of the "Love For Life" Bible study group.
She married Evert Kennedy Dec. 26, 1988 in Saint Louis, Okla.
Her father (1978), mother (1960), son, Bobby Joe Lowden (1991 in Germany), husband (1992) and two great-grandchildren preceded her in death.
Surviving is one daughter, Fran Hurst of Eufaula; two brothers Nobie Lowden of Saint Louis, Okla., and Ed Lowden of Ringwood, Okla., and two grandchildren.
Donald Kessinger
Funeral services for Konawa resident Donald Ray "Don" Kessinger, II, are scheduled for 11 a.m. Wednesday at Swearingen Funeral Home Chapel in Konawa.
Pastors Ellis and Linda Gregg will officiate with interment at Forest Hill Cemetery in Tecumseh.
Services are under the direction of Swearingen Funeral Home, Konawa.
Kessinger, 28, died Saturday, April 21, 2007 in Konawa. He was born on Oct. 7, 1978 in Shawnee to Donald Ray Kessinger and Deborah Kay (Green) Reed.
On Sept. 2, 2000 he married Keri Michele Robertson in Maud and he was a longtime Maud resident before moving to Konawa in 2006.
He was employed by St. Louis Well Service and was a member of Hart Street Full Gospel Church, Shawnee.
Surviving is his wife of the home; father, Donald Ray Kessinger of West Virginia; mother, Deborah Kay Reed of Asher; one son, Jason Boggs of the home; three daughters, Myah Robertson Kessinger, Tyler Kessinger and Jessie Kessinger, all of the home; one brother, David Kessinger of Maud and one sister, Nikki Wright of Shawnee.
Serving as pallbearers will be: David Kessinger, Donald Ray Kessinger, Ronnie Silas, Bryan Spears, J.R. Ellison and Chris Harjo.
Roy Kibby
Friends are invited to a memorial service for Roy C. Kibby at 10 a.m. Monday at First Baptist Church, Wewoka.
Arrangements are under the direction of Stout-Phillips Funeral Home, Wewoka.
Roy C. Kibby left us Thursday, Oct. 25, 2007. He was born Aug. 1, 1922 in Yeager, Okla. Now those who love him will take the time to think about his life and what was really most important to him – his legacy.
There is a group of old friends who met at Robert’s Drug Store each morning to have a 20-cent cup of coffee and to see who would get the last word.
They often told Roy Kibby that he had the first dime he ever made and would probably be the first ever to take his money with him when his day comes.
Roy would laugh and say, "These guys always give me a hard time."
When most kids are studying to get their driver’s license, Roy was enlisting in the National Guard. He lied about his age because he loved this country and wanted to protect it and the liberties our Constitution guarantee.
By the time that he was 19, he was a Staff Sergeant. When he was shot in the leg, he refused to be sent back to the U.S. because he wanted to stay with his platoon.
That decision resulted in his body being riddled by 36 pieces of shrapnel. When Roy finally regained consciousness enough o understand the serious nature of his multiple injuries, his tears were for his platoon and the disappointment of not being able to serve with them. Roy Kibby loved this United States of America.
After years of painful surgeries and numerous physical challenges, Roy learned to talk and walk again. And before all of the wounds had completely healed, he went to work for Buster Adams.
He later became Buster’s business partner at A&K Auto Supply. During that time he, along with other community leaders, offered opportunities for the youth of Holdenville to have free dancing, baton twirling, tap and swimming lessons.
They sponsored free roller-skating and hayrides as well. Roy Kibby loved the people of Holdenville and he did his part to make it a better place.
Roy is survived by his wife, Dorothy, and his two children, Jim Kibby and Peggy Ebersole.
He would certainly want you to know that he has three grandchildren, Kim Ebersole Rolston, Todd Ebersole and Julie Kibby Becerra. There are also three great-grandchildren: Chase, Christopher, and Alyssa Ebersole.
Roy was proud of his children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. His generosity helped provide them with opportunities and support throughout their lives; including college educations, first homes and cars. Roy Kibby loved his family.
Roy and Dorothy attended the First Baptist Church in Wewoka, where they enjoyed the fellowship of many friends, as they fulfilled their commitment as believers.
Roy is also survived by three sisters, Mary Paslay, Jean Welch and Nelma Hammons.
