obituaries

Jul 1, 2016

Nita June Davidson was born April 17, 1944 in Bristow, Oklahoma. She died Friday, July 1, 2016 in Indianola, Oklahoma.  She and Alva Lewis "Sonny" Davidson III were married November 27, 1960 in Gainesville, Texas. She lived in the Bridge Creek and Tuttle area all of her life. She retired from the Bridge Creek Public...

Jun 28, 2016

Opal Maurene Jeffries was born December 13, 1908 in Vineyard, Texas in Jack County to William and Bessie Mae (Pounds) Felkner.  She passed away on June 28, 2016 in Norman, Oklahoma at the age of 107.

Mrs. Jeffries married Roy Jeffries on March 29, 1924 in Delhart, Texas.    She was a farmer, dairyman, homemaker, loving mother and...

Jun 23, 2016

Pauline Birtie Britt Davis was born February 25, 1928 in Headrick, Oklahoma to Ollie James and Jessie Paralee (Browning) Britt.  She passed away on Thursday, June 23, 2016 in Port Wentworth, Georgia at the age of 88.

Pauline grew up in Headrick, Oklahoma...

Jun 23, 2016

Billy Ray Wilkinson was born August 17th, 1945 West of Anadarko, Oklahoma to Bill and Ruby Wilkinson.  He passed away at the age of 70, on June 23rd, 2016 in his home at Cement, Oklahoma surrounded by his loved ones.

He was raised in the Ft-Cobb/Carnegie area from 1956 until the family moved...

Jun 22, 2016

Imogene Lavern (Mandrell) Keith was born September 30, 1932 to Hubert M. and Annie Mae (Freeman) Mandrell, on the family farm north of Mountain View, Oklahoma in Washita County, the third child of five children.  She passed away on Wednesday, June 22, 2016 at her home in Chickasha, Oklahoma at the age of 83.

She...

Jun 17, 2016

Charley Lee McGill was born March 6, 1935 in Daisy, Oklahoma.  He was the son of Albert Henry and Velma (Shields) McGill.   He died Friday, June 17, 2016 in Newcastle, Oklahoma.

He and Lola Aleene Brakefield were married December 31, 1952.

They have lived in Chickasha since 1974.  Mr. McGill owned and operated...

Jun 12, 2016

Shirley Ann Maguire , formerly of Chickasha, Oklahoma, passed away on Sunday, June 12, 2016 in Cooper, Texas.  Shirley was born in Council Hill, Oklahoma on October 17, 1936.  She married Dewayne John Maguire on December 22, 1956.  Dewayne preceded her in death on June 17, 1983.  She is survived by a daughter, Karen Lynne Bever and two...

Jun 1, 2016

Jesse Edward Markum, Sr. was born December 13, 1932 in Wynnewood, Oklahoma to Jesse Herman and Unas Markum.  He passed away on Wednesday, June 1, 2016 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma at the age of 83.

Jesse married Sarah Lawanda Nadine Duncan on September 5, 1951 in Ardmore, Oklahoma.  They moved to Chickasha in 1956 and have made...

May 29, 2016

Audrey Smith was born September 11, 1937 in New York City, New York to Charles and Audrey (Brown) Smith.  She passed away on Sunday, May 29, 2016 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma at the age of 78.

Ms. Smith lived most of her life in New York City.  She worked 37 years for Columbia University Press before retiring...

May 26, 2016

Ronald Eugene Steele was born October 24, 1961 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma to Thelma Florene (Christian) and Virgil Isaac Steele. He passed away on Thursday, May 26, 2016 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma at the age of 54. Mr. Steele graduated from Douglas High School. He married Patricia Looney on December 5, 1987 in Chickasha, Oklahoma. He was a general laborer....

May 23, 2016

Keitha Kay "Katie" Wallace was born September 5, 1936 in Chickasha, Oklahoma to Keith and Mabel (Burke) Wallace. She passed away on Monday, May 23, 2016 in Chickasha at the age of 79. Katie grew up in Chickasha and graduated from Chickasha High School in 1954. She attended Oklahoma College for Women in 1960 and received her teaching education. She...

May 22, 2016

Michael Douglas Bevill, Sr. passed from this life Sunday May 22, 2016 at his home in Chickasha, Oklahoma. Mike was born July 24, 1939 in Alex, Oklahoma to J C and Lois Kathleen O'Donnel Bevill. Mike's family moved from the farm in Alex to Oklahoma City where he started school. When his family moved to Kansas, Mike moved to Chickasha...

May 17, 2016

Tanner Blake Hill was born August 18, 1986 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He passed away on Tuesday, May 17, 2016 near Tuttle, Oklahoma at the age of 29. Tanner graduated from Tuttle High School in 2005. He attended UCO and the University of Oklahoma where he majored in Western European studies and only needed 9 hours to graduate. He worked...

May 11, 2016

Bob Hartline was born in Guthrie, Oklahoma on May 5, 1940 to Tommie F. Hartline and Edith M. Gibson Hartline. He passed away on Wednesday, May 11, 2016 in Norman, Oklahoma at the age of 76. Bob grew up around Bridgecreek and Chickasha, Oklahoma. He graduated from Chickasha High School in 1958. After Bob graduated he went to Railroad (Telegrapher)...

May 7, 2016

Bobby Lee Miller was born December 28, 1946 in Anadarko, Oklahoma to Wallace and Mildred (Nieto) Miller. He passed away at his home near Blanchard, OK on Saturday, May 7, 2016 at the age of 69. Bobby served in the United State Army during the Vietnam War from 1966 to 1969. He married Betty Ann Williams on January 14, 1972...

May 2, 2016

Barbara Faye Kemp was born November 29, 1940 in Sudan, Texas to James Crowder and Betty Lou Lovelady. She passed away on Monday, May 2, 2016 at her home in Chickasha, Oklahoma at the age of 75. She was raised in and around Colorado City, Texas. As a young girl she helped her family by picking cotton in the fields....

Apr 30, 2016

Foy Alice Burleson died peacefully on April 30, 2016 in Marshall, Texas She was born October 5, 1925 in Alex, Oklahoma to Robert F. Watkins and Alma (Drake) Watkins. She was preceded in death by her husband of 40 years, Robert Paden (Jack) Burleson, a sister, Darlene Keith and her parents. Jack and Foy married June 13, 1946 in Blanchard,...

Apr 27, 2016

Joan (Greenroyd) Richards was born on May 6, 1951 in Minco, Oklahoma. She went to be with her Lord on April 27, 2016 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. She attended school at Minco, where she graduated in 1969. Joan married and her daughter Tiffani Annette was born in 1979. In 1991 she started working for the Oklahoma House of Representatives as...

Apr 21, 2016

Johnny Ghiglieri, Jr was born October 9, 1948 in McAlester, Oklahoma to Johnny Ghiglieri, Sr. and Fannie Lou (Cook) Ghiglieri.  He passed away on Thursday, April 21, 2016 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma at the age of 67. Johnny served in the United State Army in Vietnam from 1968 to 1971.

He married Margie Gayl Ryan and they...

Apr 19, 2016

Norma Jean (Moore) Roe was born in Chickasha, Oklahoma on June 25, 1931 to Mattie Fern Moore and Raleigh Moore. She passed on April 19, 2016 in Spring Hill, Florida. Jean, as she preferred to be called, is survived by her 3 children, Sandee Lund, Jerry Roe, and Gregory Roe, her 7 grandchildren, and 10 great-grandchildren. Jean was known throughout...