obituaries

Jul 11, 2016

Larry Arnold Wenzel was born January 25, 1944 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma to Billy and Nadine (Vaughn) Wenzel.  He passed away on Monday, July 11, 2016 at his home in Ninnekah, OK at the age of 72.

Larry grew up and was raised in Ninnekah on the Wenzel Ranch which has been in the family...

Jul 11, 2016

Josie Unruh Smith was born January 24, 1931 in Verden, Oklahoma to Edward and Ada (Nightingale) Unruh.  She passed away on Monday, July 11, 2016 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma at the age of 85.

Mrs. Smith has lived in the Chickasha and Verden area her entire life.  She married Darvin Smith on March 26, 1951...

Jul 11, 2016

Opal Kennell was born July 25, 1928 in Bessie, Oklahoma to Elmer Dee and Jessie (Lindsey) Musick.  She passed away on Monday July 11, 2016 at her daughter's home in Norman, Oklahoma at the age of 87.

Opal was the oldest of 18 children.  She married Raymond Kennell on March 31, 1950 in Chickasha at...

Jul 5, 2016

Ronda G. Stone was born April 5th, 1953 in Lafalla, TN to Sadie and George Riggs, Jr. She died Tuesday, July 5, 2016 in Chickasha, Oklahoma.

She was raised by "Ma" Klovia Gay Riggs. Most of her family were coal miners.  Ronda was the youngest of five children.  She married at the age of thirteen and had...

Jul 5, 2016

Robert Hugh Pearcy J. was born September 2, 1930 in Chickasha, Oklahoma.  He was the son of Robert Hugh Pearcy Sr. and Verda Lee Dudgeon Pearcy.  He died Tuesday, July 5, 2016 in Chickasha, Oklahoma.

Mr. Pearcy  had lived in Chickasha his entire life.  He married Jane Bond on June 7, 1958.  She preceded him in death...

Jul 3, 2016

Ellen Gertrude Hall was born June 29,1932 at Matoy, Oklahoma.  She was the daughter of Houston and Laura (Couch) Moran.   She died Sunday July 3, 2016 in Oklahoma City.

She and James E. Hall were married August 12, 1951 in Chickasha.  They lived in the Pocasset area since 1957.  They farmed in Pocasset.  She then attended USAO...

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)...