Obituaries

David Fiddler

David Fiddler

Oct 17, 2006

David Fiddler of Grove, Ok. died Tuesday October 17, 2006 at Ramona, Ok. after a long battle with cancer. He was 33. David was born April 24, 1973 to Harry and Sue Fiddler at Bartlesville, Ok. He moved to Grove from Ramona, Ok. in 1988 and graduated from the Grove High School in 1991. David then went on to continue...

Naomi Henry

Naomi Henry

Oct 15, 2006

Naomi Kathleen Spurgeon Henry, 48, of Vinita, passed away on Sunday, Oct. 15, 2006 in Tulsa at the Meadowbrook Specialty Hospital. Born on July 16, 1958 in Vinita to Orville E and Virginia (Hopper) Spurgeon. Naomi grew up in Miami, OK and had lived in Vinita for the past 12 years. Attended Faith Tabernacle Church in Commerce, attended Miami Schools...

John Farrell

John Farrell

Oct 15, 2006

John Wendell Farrell age 66, resident of Noble Ok., for the past 21 years, died Sunday, Oct. 15, 2006 at the Norman Hospital. John was born July 20, 1940, Dewey Oklahoma; son of Oad and Esther (Webb) Farrell. John grew up in Nowata and attended school there until he and his mother left for Iowa then California. In March 1958...

Cora Smith

Cora Smith

Oct 13, 2006

Cora Bell Smith of Jay died Friday October 13, 2006 at Fayetteville, Ark. She was 62. Cora was born April 17, 1944 to Colon and Dora (Smith) Fields at Tahlequah, Ok. She married Bill Smith November 5, 1973. She worked as a realtor and a beautician most of her life. Cora attended Mt. Hermon Baptist Church at Jay and was...

Sally Stockton

Sally Stockton

Oct 13, 2006

Sally Stockton of Grove died Friday October 13, 2006 at the Integris Grove General Hospital. She was 65. Sally was born January 23, 1941 to Harlan Akins and Helen Linder at Neodesha, Ks. She married David Stockton January 19, 1974 at Neodesha, Ks. He preceded her in death November 10, 1998. Sally has lived in Grove for 23 years moving...

Louis Griggs

Louis Griggs

Oct 12, 2006

Louis F. Griggs died Thursday October 12, 2006 after a long illness at the Grove Nursing Center. He was 73. Louis was born September 21, 1933 to Louie and Sytha (Colburn) Griggs at Delaware County, Ok. He married Betty Moore January 27, 1960 at Jay, Ok. Louis worked as a Police Officer many years ago for the City of Grove....

Jo Scott

Jo Scott

Oct 12, 2006

Jo Anna Lowrey-Scott passed away Thursday, October 12, 2006 at the Claremore Indian Hospital. Jo Anna lived in Coffeyville, Kansas beside her daughter since 2005 but was a long time resident of Lenapah, Oklahoma. Jo Anna was born on August 17, 1917 at Lenapah, Oklahoma. She was raised in the Lenapah area on California Creek. She was the daughter of...

David Landers

David Landers

Oct 10, 2006

David Merrill Landers 56 year-old Vinita resident, died late Tuesday evening October 10, 2006 at the Muskogee Veterans Medical Center after an extended illness. He was born October 12, 1949 in Vinita to Edward and Edna (Pilant) Landers. David served his country during the Vietnam era, in the United States Army from 1969 to 1975. David was a member of...

Clarence Lawson

Clarence Lawson

Oct 10, 2006

Jay, OK - Clarence Vernon Lawson, 80, died early Tuesday morning, October 10, 2006 at Integris Grove General Hospital. Vernon was born October 15, 1925 at Yukon, Oklahoma to Clarence David Lawson and Hazel (Kissick) Lawson. He married Evelyn Mae Roberts on June 11, 1946. Vernon served in the Merchant Marine during World War II. The Lawsons lived in Grove,...

James Sooter, Jr.

James Sooter, Jr.

Oct 8, 2006

James E Sooter Jr. was born February 1, 1924 in Bluejacket, Oklahoma. He departed this world Sunday, October 08, 2006 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He is survived by three children, Jimmie and Lynnda Sooter, Mark and Donna Elliott and Roxie Lawson, six grandchildren and six Great Grandchildren. Other survivors include a brother and his wife, Kenneth and Wynona and their families....

John Jarvis

John Jarvis

Oct 8, 2006

Grove, Ok. - John H. Jarvis, 77, died Sunday, October 8, 2006 at Integris Grove General Hospital. John H. Jarvis was born on January 13, 1929 on the family farm in Carlisle, Arkansas to Jeff and Nellie (Gilbert) Jarvis. He served in the Korean War as a Sergeant first class Calvary Army Engineer. He returned home and married Betty Sue...

Howard Carr

Howard Carr

Oct 8, 2006

Howard J. Carr Graveside funeral services for Howard Carr will be held 2:00 p.m., Tuesday October 10, 2006, at Memorial Park Cemetery, Nowata, Oklahoma. Services are under the direction of Benjamin Funeral Home, of Nowata. Howard Jesse Carr was born February 11, 1915, in Centralia, Oklahoma, to John Griffin and Tennessee (Nunnalee) Carr. He passed from this life Sunday, October...

Roy Vann

Roy Vann

Oct 7, 2006

Jay, OK - Roy Vann, 71, died Thursday afternoon, October 5, 2006 at Integris Grove General Hospital in Grove, Oklahoma. Roy Vann was born January 30, 1935 at Kenwood, Oklahoma to Cullers Vann and Susie (Wolf) Vann. He grew up in the Kenwood area and was a lifelong resident of Delaware County. Roy was a laborer and handyman, hiring himself...

Donald Edens, Sr

Donald Edens, Sr

Oct 6, 2006

Pryor, OK - Donald Jack Edens, Sr., 75, died Friday night, October 6, 2006 at St. Francis Hospital, Tulsa, Oklahoma. Don was born January 15, 1931 at Tulsa to Vernon Jack Edens and Susie (McDermott) Edens. Don grew up in Tulsa and graduated high school there. He served his country as a member of the U.S. Navy, serving in post-World...

Arthie Gilmore

Arthie Gilmore

Oct 5, 2006

Arthie Gilmore 80 year-old long time Big Cabin resident, died late Thursday evening, October 5, 2006 at the Craig General Hospital in Vinita. Arthie was born December 18, 1925 in French, New Mexico to Arthur and Mamie (Fowler) Arning. She was married to Joe E. Gilmore who preceded her in death on September 15, 1986. Arthie and Joe had a...

Dr. Crissman

Dr. Crissman

Oct 4, 2006

Dr. Ellison M. Crissman, 91, of Vinita, passed away Wed. Oct. 4, 2006 at Rosewood Terrace in Vinita. Born on Sept. 27, 1915 in St. John, Kansas to Glen and Sarah (Peats) Crissman. Dr. Crissman was a retired Chiropractor and had lived in Blackwell, OK. Member of Rotary, Oklahoma Chiropractic Assn. and a member of Emmanuel Temple Church. He and...

Carl Benigar

Carl Benigar

Oct 3, 2006

Carl E. Benigar Carl Edwin Benigar was born May 1, 1924, in Skiatook, Oklahoma, to Bert A. and Emma E. (Leedy) Benigar. He died Tuesday, October 03, 2006, in the Claremore Veterans Center, after reaching 82 years, 5 months, and 2 days. Mr. Benigar attended Collinsville schools. He worked with his father on a 120 acre farm from 1939 to...

Barbara Jackson

Barbara Jackson

Oct 1, 2006

Barbara J. Jackson, age 54, a resident of Bartlesville died Sunday October 1, 2006 at St. John Hospital in Tulsa. She was born July 12, 1952 in Neodesha, Kansas the daughter of Virgil Willard and Hazel June Blevins Willard. She was raised and received her formal education in the area of Independence, KA. She and Bobby Jackson were married November...

Dorothy Walker

Dorothy Walker

Oct 1, 2006

Dorothy Mae Jane Walker 66 year-old Ketchum area resident died Sunday October 1, 2006 in Tulsa. She was born September 30, 1940 in Vian, Oklahoma to Ermel David and Lois B. (Cantrell) Hendrix. Dorothy married Carl Thomas Walker on December 7, 1956 in Tulsa. They made their home in Pryor for many years, before moving to the Ketchum area 13...

Mary Booton

Mary Booton

Sep 29, 2006

Mary Elizabeth Gilbert Booton, age 104, passed away peacefully Friday, September 29, 2006. She was born January 14, 1902, in Armstrong County, Texas, to Lucien Green Gilbert and Tabitha Gertrude (Campbell) Gilbert. She attended Christian College in Columbia, Missouri. In February 1939, she married Floyd E. Booton, a native of Craig County. Mr. Booton was in the insurance business in...