System Mechanic - Clean, repair, protect, and speed up your PC!Dories Berry
Services for Dories Kay Berry, age 62, of Seminole, formerly of Konawa, are scheduled for 2 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 30, at the Criswell Funeral Home Chapel. Rev. Jeff Woodyard will officiate. Burial will follow at Rosedale Cemetery.
Mrs. Berry went to be with the Lord Wednesday, Dec. 24, at her home. She was born Jan. 16, 1946, in Ada, to Thelma Kathryn Parrish. She graduated from Vanoss high school and also attended college.
She married Donald Berry on Feb. 14, 1986, in Stratford. He preceded her in death on Nov. 16, 1992. Mrs. Berry was a homemaker and a Baptist.
Survivors include three children, Wayne DeLozier and wife Beth, of Tuttle, Don DeLozier and wife Lois, of Tulsa, and Shawnda DeLozier, of Seminole; seven grandchildren, Aaron DeLozier, Kristen DeLozier, Joshua DeLozier, Maysa DeLozier, Eddie DeLozier, Natalie DeLozier and Trey DeLozier; one great grandson, Landon Billings; brother, Joe Walker, of Ada; sister, Jackie Walker and husband Pat, of Konawa; nephews, Brent and Layton Walker; two great nieces, Tara and Christy Walker; and one great nephew, John Walker.
She was preceded in death by her mother and an aunt, Edith Hart.
Bearers will be her sons, Wayne Lee DeLozier, and Don Edward DeLozier II; two grandsons, Aaron Jordan DeLozier and William Edward DeLozier; two nephews, Brent Walker and Layton Walker; and a great nephew, John Walker.
Services under the direction of Criswell Funeral Home, of Ada
Edward Bhatti
Edward Rafique Bhatti, age 62, of Seminole, formerly of Moore, passed away Dec. 13.
Edward’s first passion was his church, then his family, then work. He was a devout member of St. Andrew Catholic Church, in Moore and Immaculate Conception, in Seminole.
Edward was a great man, loving husband and the greatest dad a family could ask for. He was self-employed and he was the owner and operator of Biofuels Express #1, in Seminole.
He is survived by his wife, Christina Bhatti; sons, Edwin Bhatti and his wife Shari, Edmond Bhatti; daughters, Edwina Jhingan and her husband Nitin and Edna Bhatti.
I love you Honey; God Bless You Dad; we love you and will miss you always.
A Funeral Mass is scheduled for 11 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 16, at St. Andrew Catholic Church, in Moore, with Father Jack Feehily officiating. Interment is to follow at Moore City Cemetery.
Services are under the direction of the John M. Ireland Funeral Home & Chapel, 120 S. Broadway, in Moore.
Mary Lou Billingsley
Graveside services for Mary Lou Billingsley are scheduled for 2 p.m. Saturday at Oakwood Cemetery with Rev. John Lively officiating; and under the direction of Stout-Phillips Funeral Home of Wewoka.
Billingsley, 81, died in her home Wednesday, April 23, 2008 surrounded by her family. She was born in Shawnee on Aug. 6, 1926 to Floyd Dwight (Strawberry) and Lelia Maude (Grimes) Nicholson.
She was a 1944 graduate of Wewoka High School.
She married Weldon Preston Billingsley Oct. 14, 1944 in Carlsbad, N.M. He preceded her in death March 27, 2000, after 56 years of marriage. She is also preceded in death by her parents as well as her grandson, Colton Billingsley.
Billingsley was a member of the First Presbyterian Church. She worked as credit manager for Lillian Russell and Custom Size, Inc., prior to her retirement in 1982.
She was an avid golfer, hitting three holes-in-one for which she was very proud. She was president of the Wewoka Golf and Country Club; member of the Wewoka Golf Association; and a member and officer of the Ladies Golf Association, for many years.
She was also a Cub Scout Den Mother, Boy Scout leader, and Bluebird and Camp Fire leader.
She is survived by her children: Richard and Linda Billingsley, Marilyn Holley, Steve and Kelly Billingsley, Patti and Stephen Powell, and Dana and Kent Roulston; and grandchildren: Kimberly Gibbs; Jenifer Givens; Timothy Gibbs; Kayla and Jayson Janes; Micah, Taylor, and Chandler Billingsley; Shane and Candy Powell; Chase Powell; Lacy Christopher; Justin and Tammy Roulston; Tyson Roulston; and Kendall Roulston.
In addition, she is survived by her great-grandchildren: Laci (Coker) and Repheal Miles; Kaci and Bretta Coker; Jodi, Jessica, and Juli Givens; and Preston and Jocelyn Gibbs; her great-great grandchildren: Braden and Ashlin Miles, and Kayli Ann Coker; her sister, Dorothy Ann Jenkins of Durango, Colo.; sister-in-law, Mary Billingsley of Oklahoma City; brother and sister-in-law, Walter C. and Faye Billingsley of Bixby; and several nieces and nephews.
Honorary bearers will be: Terry McCrary, Terry Mantooth, Johnny Grimes, John Smart, Randy Brooks, J.M. Windle, and Greg Smith.
Kenneth Blackwood
Kenneth Gene Blackwood died Sunday, July 13, 2008, at his home in Prague.
A former Wewoka resident, Blackwood was honored in a memorial service Wednesday at Crosstown Outreach Church in Shawnee.
Rev. John Campbell officiated the service.
Blackwood was a member of Crosstown.
Virginia Blake
Private graveside services for longtime Seminole resident Virginia Justine (Lurry) Blake are scheduled for 10 a.m. Saturday at Resthaven Cemetery in Oklahoma City.
Family and friends are invited to share memories and celebrate her life through her art at 12 p.m. on Saturday at Chi Gallery, 2300 NW 17th St., Oklahoma City.
Blake, 83, died Wednesday, June 25, 2008 in Seminole. She was born Feb. 11, 1925 in Oklahoma City to John T. and Jessie Lurry.
She and her husband of 53 years moved from Oklahoma City 30 years ago. She was an artist, primarily a painter on both canvas and china.
Preceding her in death are husband, Tommy Blake, and two sisters, Mildred Leach and Claudia Wade, preceded her in death.
Surviving are two daughters: Gwen Blake and DeRenda Moore, of Seminole; four grandchildren; and two siblings: Ernestine Cunningham and Oliver Lurry, both of Seminole.
Donna Blankenship
Funeral services for Seminole resident Donna Ruth Blankenship are scheduled for 2 p.m., Wednesday at Swearingen Funeral Chapel with John and Bernice Campbell officiating.
Interment will follow at Little Cemetery. Services are under the direction of Swearingen Funeral Home, Seminole.
Donna Ruth Blankenship passed away on Monday, March 31, 2008 at home at the age of 61. She was born on Oct. 30, 1947 in Ardmore, Okla., to Luther Joe and Gloria Dean (Lambert) Blankenship.
She was an LPN for 33 years at Elmwood Manor in Wewoka and also worked at Kids-R-Us in Shawnee until her death.
She is survived by three brothers: Michael Dean Petty and wife Kathy of Marlow, Mark Douglas Petty and wife Deanna of Tulsa, and Patrick Paul Petty of Tulsa; two sisters: Shelley Denise Trammell of Seminole and Laura Lou Turcotte and husband Raymond, Sr. of Oklahoma City.
She is preceded in death by her parents.
Curtis Blanton
Funeral services for Wewoka resident Curtis Lee Blanton are scheduled for 11 a.m. Saturday at Stout-Phillips Funeral Home Chapel, Wewoka.
Arrangements are under the direction of Stout-Phillips Funeral Home, Wewoka.
Blanton, 69, died Tuesday, March 4, 2008 at his residence. He was born Dec. 8, 1938 in Wewoka at Nathan and Ethel (Davis) Blanton.
He was a self-employed auto mechanic and served with the 45th Army division.
His parents; brothers: Arther and Darrelll Blanton; and sister, Ann Ezell, preceded him in death.
Surviving are his children: Pamela Flynn of Moore, Dewayne Blanton of Kingsman, Ariz., Kay Raymond of Idaho Falls, Idaho, Faye Carstens of Houston, Texas, and Shawn Blanton of Cortez, Colo.; siblings: Dorothy Hartsfield, John Blanton, Glendale Blanton, Virginia Haley, Carol Larson, Linda Shaub, and Nathan Blanton, Jr.; 14 grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; and special friend, Melba Malone of Macomb.
Kenny Blaylock
Funeral services for Kenny " p.m., Thursday, July 3, 2008 at First Baptist Church in Holdenville. Interment will follow at Crossroads Cemetery in Calvin, Oklahoma, under the direction of Hudson-Phillips Funeral Home.
Blaylock passed away on Tuesday, July 1, 2008 at Holdenville General Hospital with his family by his bedside.
Blaylock was born on January 30, 1960 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma to Derl and Betty "Butler" Blaylock.
As a toddler one of the mischievous things Kenny enjoyed were sitting by the highway throwing rocks at any unfortunate passerby.
Through his childhood he loved playing sports and finding any of his friends to help him pick on his little sister Tracy.
Blaylock graduated from Moss High School in 1978. He continued his education at Rogers State College where he graduated in 1980 with an associate degree in Physical Education.
He married Carolyn and son Rath on December 17, 1982 at Banner Baptist Church in Horntown. Onto this marriage one daughter, Kendra, was born on May 2, 1990, in Ada.
Kenny dedicated his last 10 years as a deacon at Banner Baptist Church in Horntown. Kenny was employed by Hughes County District #1 for 17 years.
For the past 9 years Blaylock worked for X.A.E. Corp. known now as Canaan Resources of Oklahoma City as a roustabout in the oil field.
When he was not working he was doing something outside, Blaylock treasured his tractors and hay equipment.
When Blaylock was younger, he loved hauling square bales of hay.
He also was an avid sports fan. that loved watching Rath play baseball and Kendra play softball.
Blaylock loved helping his children show pigs and could not wait until his grandkids could show too.
He also enjoyed his cat CeCe about as much as he loved his grandkids.
Blaylock was preceded in death by his mother Betty "Butler" Blaylock in 2007.
He is survived by his wife Carolyn and daughter Kendra, of the home; son Rath and wife April, Lamar; Grandchildren Hailey, Riley, and Rohby of Lamar; father Derl Blaylock, Holdenville; sister, Tracy Blaylock, Ada; mother in law Sue Nall; brother in law, all of Holdenville.
Warren Bodkin
Funeral services for Maud native Warren Earl Bodkin are scheduled for 2 p.m. Thursday, at the Maud High School Auditorium.
Interment will follow at Cummings Cemetery in Maud. Rev. Delbert Reed will officiate the service with close family friend, Nels Rodefeld, assisting.
Services are under the direction of Knight-Swearingen Funeral Home, Maud.
Warren Earl Bodkin died quietly in his sleep at his home Monday, April 28, 2008 at the age of 73. Warren was born May 13, 1934 to Hazel (McFarland) Bodkin and Earl H. Bodkin in Maud.
Warren lived his entire life in Pottawatomie County, the fourth generation of the Bodkin family, still owning the original tract of land west of Maud that was homesteaded in the ‘Land Run’.
He met and married Geraldine ‘Jerry’ Rankin in 1954 after a bit of gentle encouragement from his mother.
Warren graduated from Maud Public Schools and continued his education at Oklahoma A&M, now known as Oklahoma State University. He was a great advocate of education and served 15 years on the Maud Board of Education.
He was instrumental in the development of building of the Maud Community Center and Swimming Pool, recognizing the need for summer recreation for the children of Maud and a banquet hall for various organizations and events.
Warren grew up in the furniture business with his parents. He was co-owner of the Bodkin-Farrar Hardware and later joined his Dad in the Bodkin Furniture Store following the death of his mother in an auto accident near Maud.
He worked in the store, eventually becoming the owner where he remained until his retirement in 1989. Warren spent the next years of his life raising cattle and farming full time, which was his true passion in life.
He was meticulous about everything he did - from setting posts to planting rows of corn. He planned each day around a particular task on the farm or around the house and did not adjust very well to interference with those plans due to weather or other adverse conditions.
He cherished time with his family especially on the 4th of July holidays spent at the pond watching fireworks and hoping the boys did not set his pasture on fire (which did happen a few times.)
He attended graduations, weddings, ball games and birthday parties; always very quietly watching his family grow.
Warren enjoyed going to the lake especially when he could cook and sneak food to the dogs under the table when he thought we weren't watching.
Warren was a tough man on the exterior but had a soft heart especially for his family. The footprints he leaves behind will be hard ones to fill...
Warren leaves to cherish his memory his wife of 54 years, Jerry Bodkin of the home; one son and daughter-in-law, Brad and Janis Bodkin of Maud; and three daughters and sons-in-laws: Kelley and Herb Buchanan of Maud, Shelley and Gary Presley of Healdton, Okla., and Kathy Bodkin of Ponte Verda Beach, Fla.
Other survivors include: seven grandchildren who he loved dearly: Brian O'Daniel, and Brett O'Daniel, both of Maud, Lesley O'Daniel of Moore, Meredith Presley of Norman, Dustin Bodkin, Kash Bodkin and Bryce Bodkin all of Maud; also his two great-grandsons; Ryan O'Daniel and Ty O'Daniel and another great-grandchild is expected in July.
Also surviving are sisters and brothers-in-law: Carroll and K.C. ‘Tex’ Farrar of Redding Calif. and Deanna and Joe Ray Noland of Marietta, Ga.; sister-in-law, Alene and husband Maurice Saulsbury of Drumright; and brother-in-law, Howard and wife Sue Rankin of Seminole, Oklahoma.
His aunts: Eunice Haer of Knoxville, Tenn., Clarice Wooten of Florida and Glenn McFarland of Idaho also survive.
Warren was preceded in death by his parents Earl and Hazel Bodkin and by one beloved grandson, Mason Presley.
Casket bearers will be: Brian O’Daniel, Brett O’Daniel, Dustin Bodkin, Kevin Cook, Al Bassett and Nels Rodefeld.
Honorary bearers will be: grandsons, Kash Bodkin, Bryce Bodkin and great grandsons, Ryan O’Daniel and Ty O’Daniel.
The family will be having lunch at noon prior to the funeral, at the Maud Community Center.
