Junior Cantrell
May 12, 2017
Clifford Junior Cantrell was born December 24, 1947 in Tahlequah, OK to Clifford Melvin and Vada (James) Cantrell. He attended Tahlequah schools and attended church at Ray Mission Church where his father was minister.
Junior, as everyone knew him, was a self-employed...
Sherry Leann Hulett
May 11, 2017
Sherry LeAnn Hulett was born May 6, 1970 in Tulsa, OK to Alfred D. and Joyce M. (McAnelly) Staton. Following high school graduation Sherry continued her training to become a licensed practical nurse. She provided nursing care to patients at the Veterans Center in Claremore, Home Health Agencies and Brookside Senior Living Center.
Betty M White
May 9, 2017
Betty M. White was born March 16, 1928 in Geary, Oklahoma to John and Lennie (Moore) Harrison. After graduating from high school she attended college for a time before marrying her husband, Joe Carl White, on May 20, 1946. They were married for 53 years before Mr. White's death in 1999. Betty and Joe moved...
Amel Anderson
Apr 29, 2017
Colonel Amel Anderson was born on October 17, 1918. He passed away at home on April 29, 2017 at the age of 98. Amel graduated from Wagoner High School in Wagoner, OK. He graduated from the University of Omaha, Omaha, Nebraska with a BS Degree in Political Science & Economics.
Frankie Lloyd Stroup
Apr 27, 2017
Frankie Lloyd Stroup was born April 17, 1937 in Los Angeles, California to Reamon Taylor and Dovie (White) Stroup. Frankie was employed as a foreman with Oklahoma Natural Gas Company, from which he retired after 42 years. In his later years Frankie liked to stay busy mowing, growing flowers and driving his tractor. His family...
Kathryn Marie Searle
Apr 24, 2017
Kathryn Marie Searle was born September 8, 1927 in Sterling, Oklahoma to Samuel Floyd and Agnes Marie (Morse) Stewart. Throughout her life Kathryn was known as the "Cookie Lady" or "Miss Good Cookie" to anyone she knew, because she was a great baker who loved sharing her cookies with anyone she came into contact with....
Robert Lee Pace, Sr.
Apr 17, 2017
Robert Lee Pace, Sr. was born December 31, 1940 in Los Angeles, California to Vester and Helen Joice (Davis) Pace. He was employed in the maintenance department of Thatcher Glass in California before his retirement. He also had a journeyman's card. Bob had talents and interest in many areas. He was into amateur radio and...
Rande Humphries
Apr 10, 2017
James Randall "Rande" Humphries was born May 11, 1956 in Memphis, Tennessee to James Edward and Shirley (Meador) Kee. After graduating with the Wagoner High School Class of 1974 Rande served in the United States Navy and later attended Northeastern State University. He was employed as a salesman at Kevin Grover GMC/Buick in Wagoner
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Vernon Sullivan
Apr 9, 2017
Vernon Sullivan was born February 15, 1932 in Wagoner, OK to Grover Franklin and Velma Mattilou (Cothrun) Sullivan. After high school Vernon served in the U.S. Navy as a 2nd Class Petty Officer and Aviation Metalsmith. After the Navy Vernon attended Muskogee Jr. College.
He married the love of...
John Richard Falgout
Mar 27, 2017
John Richard Falgout was born January 5, 1957 in Redwood City, California to Frank Alan and Marianne Estelle (Packard) Falgout and departed this life on Monday, March 27, 2017 at his home at Yorkshire Village in Wagoner, Oklahoma. Johnny had been making his home in Wagoner since last March, when he moved from Reno, Nevada....
Naomi Emmelyn Drake
Mar 22, 2017
Naomi Emmelyn Drake was born October 21, 1919 in Winslow, Arkansas to John and Ellen (Johnston) Arnold. She was Vice-President of her senior class at Mazie, OK High School before graduation. Naomi married Edgar R. Drake on February 28, 1940. They were longtime members of the Wagoner First Presbyterian Church. Naomi was a...
Derrick Wayne Berry
Mar 20, 2017
Derrick Wayne Berry, 22, of Wagoner, OK, died Monday morning, March 20, 2017 at Saint Francis Hospital in Tulsa, OK. He was born January 7, 1995 in Tahlequah, OK to Loyd Wayne Berry and Angie (Hough) Turner.
Derrick lived much of his life in Wagoner. He was employed as...
Coraleta Chastain
Mar 19, 2017
Coraleta Rowena Chastain was born September 16, 1930 in Beggs, OK to Tolley Dave and Bessie M. (Taylor) Woodley. Coraleta was gifted in arts and crafts and ceramics. She taught ceramics in her own studio. She returned to school later in life at Connors State College and earned an Associate degree in Arts.
Earlier in life she...
Ed Dilbeck
Mar 13, 2017
Mr. Ed Dilbeck, 84, of Porter passed away Monday evening while going out to feed and check his cows – just like he would have wanted to go. For years Ed worked at Braden Winch where everyone kidded him about going there to "rest up" from all the work he did at the farm. Ed...
Elvis James Gipson
Mar 11, 2017
Elvis James Gipson was born March 19, 1933 in Johnson County, Arkansas to Noah Leon and Sylvia (Garrette) Gipson. His life growing up was full of roaming the hills, hunting, fishing, and enjoying the natural beauty of that area of Arkansas. He joined the United States Army in 1953 and served in Germany. He was...
Ezra Sylvannis Sowers
Feb 20, 2017
Ezra Sylvannis "Bannis" Sowers was born October 1, 1930 in Wagoner, Oklahoma to Marion Charles and Verba Mae (Prock) Sowers. He and his wife, Patsy Ruth, were married July 20, 1950. They enjoyed a long and happy life together for 58 years before her passing in 2008. Bannis was a farmer and a carpenter....
Robin Annette Bryant Crossland
Feb 17, 2017
Robin Annette Bryant- Crossland was born November 15, 1986 in Wagoner, OK. She graduated from Okay High School in 2006. Robin liked to help others, and she enjoyed her work as a C.N.A. She was a great mother to her two children, Jaycee and Finn, and enjoyed being with family and friends. She liked to...
Kathryn Louise Tibbs
Feb 11, 2017
Kathryn Louise Tibbs was born in Wagoner, OK on January 29, 1939 to Earnest and Mildred (Jarvis) Owens. She married Ray Tibbs on January 18, 1957 and graduated from Wagoner High School in May of that year. They were married 59 years before Ray passed away March 1, 2016. They remained in Wagoner, where they...
Sammy Risenhoover
Feb 10, 2017
Sammy Risenhoover, 72, of Wagoner, OK, passed away February 10, 2017, surrounded by his family. He went to be with his parents, Sam and Martha (Cooper) Risenhoover, three sisters, on brother, and friends.
Sammy was born June 5, 1944 in Fort Gibson, OK. He was the owner of S...
Ruby Chrysteen Hargis
Jan 30, 2017
Ruby Chrysteen Hargis was born September 12, 1927 in Wynne, Arkansas to Wesley and Velma (Fields) Bostic. She graduated from Wynne High School and soon married Jack Hargis on July 13, 1946. They enjoyed a long and happy life together for fifty years before his passing on March 15, 1996. The family lived in Stuttgart,...
