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Larry Lane "Piano Man" aka Maryln Cline Hickerson passed away on July 25, 2008 at Seminole Estates Nursing Center at the age of 82.
He was born on June 10, 1926 in Seattle, Washington to Viola Effie (Smith) and Myrl Cline Hickerson.
Maryln grew up in Seattle, Washington and moved and played music in Clearwater, Florida until he retired. He was a life member of Musicians Association in Seattle and the Clearwater Musicians Association. He was a member of the First Christian Church and was a resident at Seminole Estates Nursing Center where he played the piano to residents there for many years. He was known as the "Piano Man".
Marlyn served in the US Army where he began his military career playing music for the troops. At the age of 18 in the year of 1945, while attempting to enlist in the military, Lane was refused entrance because he wore glasses. Feeling the need to do something, he joined the USO Camp Show and went overseas to entertain and lift the spirits of service members. Given the assimilated rank of Captain. Lane played to over 100,455 troops in 125 performances within a 13-week period. Three years later when the draft was enforced, Lane was enlisted glasses and all. He went on to become a WWII Veteran.
He married Josephine D. Hail on December 18, 1952 in Seattle, Washington; she preceded him in death on November 15, 2000.
He is also preceded in death by his parents.
He is survived by two nephews; Jim and his wife Judi Hallum of Seminole and Eddy Hallum of Wewoka, Oklahoma. He is also survived by numerous great nieces and nephews and great great nieces and nephews.
Graveside services will be 2:00pm, Tuesday, July 29, 2008 at Highland Cemetery in Okemah, Oklahoma with Rev. Carl Whitfield officiating.
Carol Hickman
Carol Annette Hickman passed away at her home near Wewoka Lake on Saturday, July 19, 2008, at the age of 65 years.
Carol was the daughter of Leslie Porter Leewright & Mamie (Collier) Leewright, born on August 24, 1942, in Hughes County.
She was brought up in Seminole County in the New Lima area, where she attended school.
She was baptized at age 10 at Butner Baptist Church. She was married to Richard Dale Hickman on June 19, 1959, at the home of Richard’s parents, in the Wewoka Lake area where most of her adult life was happily spent.
Carol was a many-faceted lady. She loved art, music and poetry; she was an artist who loved to paint, she was a singer who loved Country music, and she was a writer of poems, including "Early Morn" which was published in "The Rainbow’s End", a compilation of American poetry published by the National Library of Poetry in 1996.
She loved to fish, she loved to bowl. She loved the comfort of her home, she loved the noise of fun and games, she loved the great outdoors.
She loved her family and her friends. She loved life, and she truly made the most of her 65 years.
She is preceded in death by her parents, Leslie Porter & Mamie Leewright, and two brothers, Pervis Leewright and Edward Leewright.
She is survived by her husband of 49 years, Richard, of the home; two children: Lynne LaValley and husband Robert Wasilewski, of Noble, Oklahoma, and Dale Hickman and wife Tami, of Wewoka; five grandchildren: Amber LaValley of Noble, Jamie Khalil and wife Krystal, of Seminole, Emily Khalil and husband Brian Anderson, of Seminole, Samira Black and husband Benton, of Seminole, and Heather Khalil of Seminole; seven great-grandchildren: Calista Khalil, Riley Khalil, Brooklyn Khalil, Aundrea Anderson, Trinity Anderson, Kiara Black and Annabelle Hallmark; four brothers: Paul Leewright and wife Coryne, of Stinnette, Texas, Mance Leewright and wife Naomi, of Northport, Washington, Ronnie Leewright and wife Leaine, of Seminole, Kent Leewright and wife Robin, of Bridgeport, Texas; two sisters: June Patterson and husband Doyle, of Bridgeport, Texas, and May Rodgers and husband Elza, of New Lima, Oklahoma; numerous nieces and nephews, other relatives and many friends.
Graveside services will be held and Carol will be laid to rest in the Little Cemetery at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, July 23, 2008.
Rev. Harold Turner is the officiating minister. Services are under direction of Fisher Funeral Home of Holdenville.
Early Morn
As I sit upon my porch
In the cool morning breeze,
I watch the leaves waving to me from the dew kissed trees.
Small animals scurry to and fro, in a hurry, with no place to go.
The cattle grazing in the meadow on a lazy summer morn, occasionally glancing over the fence at the neighbor's field of corn.
As the sun rises high in the sky, I go inside and think with a sigh, Another beautiful morning gone by.
- Carol Hickman
Velma Higgs
Officiating for the Celebration of Life Service for former Wewoka resident Velma Jordan Shiflett Higgs was Pastor Kim G. Simon, Minister, of St. Paul’s Community Church.
Her remains will be buried next to her husband Erbert Shiflett in Oakwood Cemetery in June.
Velma entered eternal life Thursday, Jan. 31, 2008, in Wheat Ridge, Colo. She was born Sept. 9, 1913, in Bartlesville, Okla., where her father was the first Sheriff of Washington County.
He died before her second birthday, and her mother raised five children to be self-sufficient and hard workers.
Velma graduated from Wewoka High School in 1931. She married Erbert Shiflett in 1932. They raise their family in Wewoka, which the whole family feels is a marvelous community.
Velma worked as secretary at First Christian Church and later manager of the Wewoka Credit Bureau.
In 1958 she and Erbert moved to Oklahoma City, where she was executive administrative assistant to the Director of the Oklahoma State Department of Education. Later she worked for the Oklahoma City Clinic and a physician’s office managing insurance.
Velma moved to Colorado in 1983. She was an active member of St. Paul’s Community Church where she enjoyed Bible Study and relationships with many caring friends. She also enjoyed the church’s quilting group until her last few years.
She was a member of the Red Hat Society. Velma was an avid reader and even more avid bridge player. She played bridge the week before she fell on Jan. 13, 2008 and broke her hip.
Her parents, John D. and Edna (Turner) Jordan; two brothers; two sisters; and two husbands, Erbert E. Shiflett and the Rev. G. Carl Higgs, preceded her in death.
She is survived by her daughters, Sharon M Griffith (Fred), of Summerville, S.C., and Shirley A. Brewer (Don) of Arvada, Colo.; four grandchildren: Beth, Marla, De De and Don D.; and four great-granddaughters, Carrie, Kristin, Stacey and Heather.
Memorial gifts are preferred by Velma to go to Tennyson Center for Children at Colorado Christian Home, 2950 Tennyson St., Denver, CO 80212 or St. Paul’s Community Church, 8001 West 23rd Avenue, Lakewood CO 80214.
Velma Higgs
Committal service for former Wewoka resident Velma Pearl (Jordan) Shiftlett Higgs are scheduled for 10:30 a.m. Friday, June 27 at Oakwood Cemetery with services under the direction of John Lively.
Higgs died Jan. 31, 2008 in Colorado, where she had made her home for many years. She was born Sept. 7, 1913.
She was a 1931 Wewoka High School graduate and her daughters, Sharon M. Griffith and Shirley A. Brewer and their families, will be in Wewoka for the service.
Her husband, Erbert Shiflett, the former Wewoka Fire Chief; and late husband, G. Carl Higgs, pastor to a Presbyterian mission church near Wewoka, preceded her in death.
Robert Hightower
Robert Sterling Hightower was born Aug. 12, 1961 in Tulsa, to Roy Bill Hightower and Dorothy Bailey Hightower.
He passed from this life on Aug. 27, 2008 at the age of 47 years and 15 days.
He is survived by his wife, Cheryl, of the home, sons Michael Hightower of Ardmore, Aaron Hightower and his wife Logan of Durant, Stephen Hightower and his wife Jimi of Ardmore and a daughter Nicci of the home, mother Dorothy Bailey Hightower of Sperry, brother Darrel Hightower and wife Suzette of Tulsa, a sister Linda and husband James of Shamrock, sister Beverly and husband Larry Hudson of Avant, sister Barbara Hudson of Catoosa, brother Roy and wife Vickie Hightower of Tulsa, brother John L. Hightower and wife Betty of Tulsa, Bill Campbell and wife Volene of Claremore, brother Jerry Starks and wife Debbie of Carson City, Nev.
He was preceded in death by his father, Roy Bill Hightower and a stepfather, Jim Dean.
Robert graduated from high school in Tulsa and had several graduate and post-graduate degrees. He was saved and baptized in North Lewis Baptist Church in Tulsa. He surrendered to the ministry in 1977.
He married Cheryl Humble on May 23, 1981 in Tulsa. He was employed by the Creek County Sheriff’s office and later as a Police Officer with the Sapulpa Police Depart-ment. During his tenure at the Police Department, he served as a ministry intern at First Baptist Church of Sapulpa under Pastor Sam Porter.
Robert was called to Harvey Road Baptist Church in Seminole, as Pastor in the summer of 1998 after being ordained to the Gospel Minis-try by First Baptist Church of Sapulpa. He served there for four years during which time he served as a Reserve Officer for the Seminole Police Department and President of the local Ministerial Alliance.
Robert was called to the First Baptist Church in Ardmore as the Minister of Evangelism and Missions in the summer of 2002.
Robert officiated at the weddings of his son Aaron and his wife Logan and his son Stephen and his wife Jimi as well as performing numerous weddings and funerals for family and friends.
In September of 2005, he planted WOW Church in Ardmore where he was Pastor. During his tenure at WOW Church, he served as Training Manager for the Ardmore Police Department. Throughout his involvement in Law Enforcement, Robert ministered in the name of Jesus and was used to affect hundreds of lives as a man who loved Christ and loved others wherever he served.
In addition to his formal ministry positions, regardless of where he was Robert lived a life of ministry. His life was a celebration of the love that God put in his life and the forgiveness provided through Jesus.
Silas Hill
Funeral services for Silas Hill are scheduled for 2 p.m. Tuesday at Hanna Community Center, Hanna.
Hill, 47, died Saturday, April 5, 2008 in Weleetka. He was born March 25, 1961 in Oklahoma City.
His mother, Margaret Harjo, and sister, Johnnie K. Buckner, preceded him in death.
Surviving is his father, Jackson Harjo of Weleetka; his natural parents: Wilson Hill of Oklahoma City and Mary Larney of Seminole; five brothers: Jackson Harjo, Jr., Marcus Harjo, Solomon Hill, Thomas Hill, and William Hill; and three sisters: Patricia Harjo, Pattis Larney, and Christy Stone.
Wilma Hill
Funeral services for longtime New Lima resident Wilma Dean Hill are scheduled for 2 p.m. Monday at Swearingen Funeral Home Chapel in Seminole.
Interment will follow at Resthaven Memorial Gardens in Seminole. The family will receive friends at Swearingen Funeral Home, Sunday evening from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m.
Services are under the direction of Swearingen Funeral Home, Seminole.
Wilma Dean (Carter) Hill, 73 years-old, passed from this life Thursday, March 20, 2008 at her home in Shawnee. She was born Sept. 2, 1934 in Tecumseh to parents John Harvey Carter and Dena (Harbour) Carter.
In 1954 Wilma moved to Seminole County from McAlester. She then married Bryce Dale Hill on Aug. 16, 1956 in Berryville, Ark.
Wilma had worked as a hair stylist and cosmetologist until she became the secretary at New Lima Public Schools where she worked until her retirement in 1995.
Wilma was also active in the community where she was a member of the First Baptist Church of Seminole and she was also a member of the Beta Sigma Phi sorority and the A.A.R.P. as well as the Seminole County Retired Educators Association.
Survivors include her husband of 52 years, Bryce Hill of the home; two sons and daughters-in-law: Bryce Anthony "Tony" Hill and his wife Sunshine of Tulsa and Brent Dale Hill and his fiancé Kimberly Winkelman of Stillwater.
Other survivors include one sister, Alma York of Delaware City, Del., as well as a host of other family and dear friends.
Wilma is preceded in death by her parents; her mother-in-law and father-in-law, Charles and Ollie Hill; three brothers-in-law: Gene Hill, Harold Hill and Wade York; one sister-in-law, Rachel Risenhoover and one nephew, Gary York.
Casket bearers will be: Will Schwab, Ty Moore, John Gholami, Mike Morgan, Tip Burch and Tommy Sneed.
Honorary bearers will be: Glenn Dale Carter, Orville Ashcraft, Jess Cardenas, Marvin Keezee and Dee Henson.
The family has requested that memorial donations be made to the Seminole County Retired Educators Association.
Christopher Hillbolt
Christopher Dean Hillbolt, of Prague, died Sunday Nov. 9, at the OU Medical Center, in Oklahoma City, at the age of 17.
He was prepared for Life Share and his organs were donated to five recipients, on Nov. 10.
Hillbolt was born Jan. 14 1991, in Durango, Colo. to Sherry Hillbolt Koonce. He attended school in Holdenville up to the fourth grade; he then attended Seminole from fourth grade to ninth grade and Prague High School from tenth to present.
He attended the First Baptist Church, of Prague and Emanuel Fellowship, in Seminole where he was a part of Church Youth Groups.
He was a member of Prague High School Band and former band member at Seminole High School. He skateboarded and snow boarded.
Survivors include his Mother, Sherry Hillbolt-Koonce, of Prague; grandparents, Dale and Betty Schmitz, of Holdenville; and great-grandfather, Frank Hillbolt, of Cyril.
Funeral Services are scheduled for 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 15, at First Baptist Church, in Prague, with Youth Pastors Jarrod Kendall and Mark Hennen officiating. Internment will follow at Holdenville Cemetery.
Arrangements by Stout-Phillips Funeral Home.
