Obituaries

Betty Bird
Jul 30, 2013
Betty Smith Bird daughter of Levi Smith and Lydia Hothouse was born February 16, 1921 at home in Sequoyah County, and departed this life to be with our Lord on July 30, 2013 in Tahlequah, Oklahoma at the age of 92 years, 5 months, and 14 days. She enjoyed her life, spending time with her children and grandchildren also...

Terry Townes
Jul 30, 2013
Terry Neil Townes was born on May 25, 1938 in Amarillo, Texas as the only child of Deloris Stephens and Thomas Townes. He passed from this life on July 30, 2013 at St. Johns Hospital in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He joined the Army at the age of 21 years and served for 3 years as an Airborne Ranger. He worked...

Larry Kindle
Jul 20, 2013
Larry Dale Kindle, son of Junior Loyd and Wanda Lee London Kindle, was born on November 24, 1946 at Prairie Grove, Arkansas and went home to be with the Lord on Saturday, July 20th in Tahlequah, Oklahoma at the age of 66 years, 7 months and 27 days. Larry met the love of his life, Fern Perkins at Westville...

Alfred Ray
Jul 20, 2013
Tommy Ray, son of James Rube and Gladys Pinkerton Ray was born February 26, 1934 in Stilwell, Oklahoma and departed this life on July 20, 2013 in Stilwell, Oklahoma at the age of 79 years, 5 months and 24 days. Tommy was a rancher for the majority of his life. He also drove a truck, had a crane service...

Ivan Fuson
Jul 18, 2013
Ivan Wayne Fuson, son of Homer Howard and Myrtle May Chaffin Fuson, was born on April 1, 1940 in Bunch, Oklahoma and departed this life on Thursday, July 18, 2013 in Tulsa, Oklahoma at the age of 73 years, 3 months and 17 days. He married Kitty Taylor on May 4, 1963 in Borger, Texas. The Lord blessed them...

Emmott Gonzalis
Jul 16, 2013
Emmott Gonzales was born on July 7, 1948 in Tahlequah, Oklahoma to John G. and Betsy M. Cochran Gonzales. On October 11, 1967 Emmott and Hazel Kester formed a union and established their family which included Susie, Steve and Kyron. In March of 1968 Emmott was drafted into the U.S. Army, where he bravely and proudly served in combat...

Karen Sims
Jul 16, 2013
Karen DeLaine Sims, daughter of Stanley and Nadene Byrd Shell was born November 4, 1966 in Tahlequah, Oklahoma and departed this life to be with our Lord on July 16, 2013 in Stilwell, Oklahoma at the age of 46 years, 8 months and 12 days. Karen was a very dedicated, hard working wife and mother for her family. She...

James Worsham
Jul 16, 2013
James Wallace Worsham, son of James Thomas and Ethel Mae Holt Worsham, was born on May 9, 1949 in Tahlequah, Oklahoma and departed this life on Tuesday, July 16, 2013 in Stilwell, Oklahoma at the age of 64 years, 2 months and 7 days. Wallace served his country proudly during Vietnam in the U.S. Army. He was stationed in...

Emma Panter
Jul 15, 2013
Emma Dean Reed Panter was born October 31, 1930 in Stilwell, OK to B.F. Reed and Mary Lillus Rinehart Reed. She passed away on Monday, July 15, 2013 at the age of 82. Emma Dean attended school in Morrow, AR and in Stilwell, OK graduating from Stilwell High School in 1948, after which she completed Hillcrest School of Nursing...

Malinda Chuculate
Jul 15, 2013
Malinda Chuculate daughter of Thomas Weeley and Lizzie Doctor was born January 28, 1930 in Tahlequah, OK, and departed this life to be with our Lord on July 15, 2013 in Stilwell, Oklahoma at the age of 83 years, 5 months and 17 days. She enjoyed her duties that followed her role of being a very loving, wife, mother...

Janey Adair
Jul 15, 2013
Janey Adair, daughter of Charley and Myrtle Jean Locklear Cornsilk, was born on August 1, 1968 in Tahlequah, Oklahoma and passed from this life on Monday, July 15, 2013 in Tulsa, Oklahoma at the age of 44 years, 11 months and 14 days. She enjoyed fishing and swimming. Janey loved spending time with her family and friends. She liked...

Patricia Carson
Jul 12, 2013
Patricia Pat Louise Garrett Carson, 78, of Stilwell, Oklahoma passed away on July 12, 2013 surrounded by her family. Pat was born in Stilwell, Oklahoma on October 24, 1934. She graduated from Stilwell High School and continued on to receive a Bachelors of Arts in Home Economics from Oklahoma A M College. Pat taught home economics at Skiatook Public...

Michael Davenport
Jul 11, 2013
Michael James Davenport was born March 3, 1958 in Stilwell. He was the son of the late Robert James and Emma Marie Philpott Davenport. He passed away Thursday, July 11 in Stilwell after a long illness. Mikes passion was tending to his chickens and roosters a passion he held for most of his life. He was very proud of...

Jaymin Gawhega
Jul 11, 2013
Jaymin Lewis Gawhega, son of Jeremy Del Gawhega and Jennie Mae Springwater, was flown home by the angels to be with our Lord on July 11, 2013 in Stilwell, Oklahoma. He was preceded in death by his grandpa: Delmond Wayne Gawhega, great grandma: Thelma Livers and great grandpa: Jim Weaver, great grandparents: Don and Georgiana Springwater, great uncles: Johnny...

Lizabeth Ross
Jul 9, 2013
Lizabeth Ann Ross, daughter of Albert Ross and Jennie Duck was born December 17, 1978 in Tahlequah, Oklahoma and departed this life on July 9, 2013 in Stilwell, Oklahoma at the age of 34 years, 6 months and 22 days. She was a loving mother to her children and enjoyed spending time with family. She will be greatly missed...

Doyle Guthrie
Jul 7, 2013
Doyle Lee Guthrie, son of Edmond Victor and Dona Annabell Smith Guthrie, was born on January 5, 1943 in Westville, Oklahoma and passed from this life on Sunday, July 7, 2013 at Springdale, Arkansas at the age of 70 years, 6 months and 2 days. Doyle was a lifelong resident of the Westville area. He was well known and...

Juanita Stacy
Jul 7, 2013
Juanita Mae Stacy, daughter of Charles Henry and Opal Gill Clark, was born on March 3, 1932 in Joplin, Missouri and passed from this life on Sunday, July 7, 2013 in Stilwell, Oklahoma at the age of 81 years, 4 months and 4 days. Juanita owned and ran a restaurant to help support her family. She loved her family...

Sheldon Carlton
Jul 3, 2013
Sheldon Blane Carlton was born March 21, 1967 to Lawrence Blane Carlton Jr. and Shirley Claudine Sweet Carlton in Stilwell, Oklahoma. He went to be with our Lord on Wednesday July 3, 2013 at the age of 46 years, 3 months and 12 days. There he joins his father Lawrence Carlton Jr., his granparetns Lawrence and Alice Carlton Sr....

James Eagle
Jul 2, 2013
James Garland Eagle, son of Jimmie and Maude Flynn Eagle was born January 21, 1951 in Tahlequah, Oklahoma and departed this life to be with our Lord on July 2, 2013 in Stilwell, Oklahoma at the age of 62 years, 5 months and 11 days. He was a member of Salem Baptist Church and served as a Deacon for...