obituaries

Nov 14, 2016

Mildred Faye (Rutledge) Hammons was born May 11, 1932 in Alex, Oklahoma to Alfred Lee and Anna Bell (Mitchell) Rutledge.  She married Merl Hammons on June 17, 1951 in Oklahoma City, OK.  Merl was in the U.S. Army so they spent the next 21 years stationed in numerous places here and abroad.  They then came back home...

Nov 11, 2016

Jimmy Lee Abshier was born August 4, 1946 in Chickasha, Oklahoma to Fred and Virginia (Bell) Abshier.  He passed away on Friday, November 11, 2016 at his home in Chickasha at the age of 70.

Jimmy married Betty Armstrong.  He served with the U.S. Navy during the Vietnam War.

He is preceded in...

Nov 8, 2016

Donald H. Dick, Sr . was born December 14, 1929 in Hominy, Oklahoma.  He was the son of Leon Campbell Dick and Nettie Francis Lemmons.  He passed away on Tuesday, November 8, 2016 in Tuttle, Oklahoma at the age of 86 years.

He married the love of his life, Mary Louise Parsons on May 10,...

Nov 6, 2016

Bryan Neal Kirkland was June 17, 1964 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma to Kenneth "Gib" and Dorothy (Kirkland) Bray.  He passed away on Sunday, November 6, 2016 at home near Cement, Oklahoma at the age of 52.

Bryan was raised in Pocasset, Oklahoma and went to high school in Roff, Oklahoma.  He married Norma Faye Osborn...

Oct 26, 2016

Leona Faye Shoemake was born November 6, 1935 in Synder, Texas to James Hudie and Tempa Irene (Barrett) Armstrong.  She passed away on Wednesday, October 26, 2016 at her son Dale's home in Alex, Oklahoma at the age of 80.

Leona grew up in Naples and graduated from Chickasha High School.  She married Robert Wayne...

Oct 21, 2016

Everett Marshall Chambers was born August 15, 1921 in Booneville, Arkansas to Ruben Carroll and Violet Elizabeth (Yarborough) Chambers.  He passed away on Friday, August 21, 2016 in Chickasha, Oklahoma at the age of 94.

Marshall and his family moved to the Laverty Community in 1933.  He served in the U.S. Army entering the military...

Oct 14, 2016

Michelle West Fox was born November 1, 1966 in Chickasha, Oklahoma to Kenneth and Dorothy West and what a joy she was.  She departed this life for her heavenly home on October 14, 2016.  She is a product of Chickasha, tried and true.  After graduating from high school, her mom took her to Oklahoma City Community College...

Oct 7, 2016

Gary Dale Holder was born January 25, 1965 in Chickasha, Oklahoma to Dennis and Lois (Darnell) Holder.  He passed away on Friday, October 7, 2016 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma at the age of 51.

Gary worked for CMP in Chickasha and Gabriel for several years.  He moved to Colorado in 1995 to work and came...

Oct 6, 2016

BETTY ANN AULD

A Life Devoted to Service

Betty Ann (Branch) Auld was born in Empire City, Oklahoma on November 22, 1925 to John W. Branch and Clytus (Brown) Branch.  She was eventually entered on the Choctaw tribe rolls in August of 2013. She joined...

Oct 6, 2016

Daniel Ray Conley was born December 6, 1978 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma and passed away on Thursday, October 6, 2016 in Tuttle, Oklahoma at the age of 37.

Among the things Daniel liked were car books, garage sales, radios and cell phones.  He loved being with his family and riding in the buggy.  He loved...

Oct 2, 2016

Joshua was born January 30, 1987 in Chickasha, Oklahoma. He was the son of Tommy and Jeanna Buchanan of Chickasha.  He died Sunday October 2, 2016 in Yukon. Joshua graduated from Vanoss High School in 2005 and from East Central University in Ada, Oklahoma in 2010. He married Corie Perry and became Dad to Caitlyn Perry on April 27,...

Oct 1, 2016

Hilda Paulina Shelton was born January 26, 1929 in West Covina, California to Angelo and Clara (Ruelas) Ochoa.  She passed away on Saturday, October 1, 2016 in Chickasha, Oklahoma at the age of 87.

Hilda married Elzie Leon Shelton in 1949 in California.  They moved to Chickasha in February of 1961 from California.  She worked...

Oct 1, 2016

Phillip Wayne Hale, Sr was born January 4, 1937 in Mesa, Arizona to Joseph Louis and Vera Wilma (Amerson) Hale.  He passed away on Saturday, October 1, 2016 in Lawton, Oklahoma at the age of 79.

Phillip was raised in Amber, Oklahoma.  He served in the United States Army from March 1955 to March 1958.  He married...

Sep 24, 2016

Lee McBride was born April 8, 1933 in Tuttle, Oklahoma to Fred and Savannah (Rowell) McBride.  He passed away on Saturday, September 24, 2016 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma at the age of 83. Lee was born and raised in Tuttle. He joined the Army served during the Korean War from 1953 to 1955.  He married Betty Ann...

Sep 21, 2016

George Bailey Wyant was born October 13, 1931 in Turkey, Texas to Claude and Minnie (Wood) Wyant.  He passed away on Wednesday, September 21, 2016 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma at the age of 84.

Mr. Wyant married Ila Mae Eggleston on March 29, 1952 in Lawton, Oklahoma.  They lived and worked in the Oklahoma City...

Sep 21, 2016

Walter Clarence Bloom was born October 10, 1951 in Okarche, Oklahoma to Roy William and Ruth Juanita (Dubler) Bloom.  He passed away on Wednesday, September 21, 2016 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma at the age of 64. He grew up in Tuttle and graduated from Tuttle High School.  When he was in junior high he worked for Jones...

Sep 19, 2016

J.W. Freeny, age 79, of Alex, passed away September 19, 2016.

He was born February 27, 1937, in Bradley to John Wilson Freeny, Sr. and Georgia Mollett (Ferguson) Freeny.

A 1955 graduate of Alex, J.W. played football and basketball at Murray State College for 2 years before joining the Army.  He received an honorable discharge...

Sep 16, 2016

The good LORD received his beloved son Aaron Max Batchelor, who passed from his worldly body on September 16, 2016 in New Braunfels, Texas in the Christus Santa Rosa's Hospital ICU at the age of 81.  Aaron was born in Mills County, TX on October 19, 1934 to loving parents Charles W. and Juanita B. Batchelor who preceded him...

Sep 9, 2016

Mildred Janz was born February 1, 1931 in Cowden, Oklahoma.  She was the daughter of Ralph Finis and Juanita (Simpson) Jones.

She was raised on the family farm in Cowden during the dust bowl and Great Depression and graduated from Cowden High School.  She married Lewie Janz May 14, 1957 in Cordell, Oklahoma.  Once married they moved...

Sep 9, 2016

Brenda Lee Brooks was born June 7, 1960 in Oklahoma City, OK.  She was the daughter of Floyd and Clara (Bible) Kirkland.  She died Friday, September 9, 2016 in Chickasha, OK at the age of 56. Brenda had lived in the Chickasha area all of her life.  She was formerly employed at Grady Memorial Hospital.  She later worked for...