Linda K. Ryel
Aug 22, 2013
Linda Kay Ryel, 68, passed away August 22, 2013 after fighting a 3 year courageous battle against cancer. Linda Kay Tharp was born March 31, 1945 in Woodward, Oklahoma to Leola Jean Shafer Tharp and the late Murvin Tharp. Linda's father Murvin was killed in World War II 8 weeks prior to her birth. Linda's mother later married Marvin Ralston...
Wanda "Tiny" Olean Nuttall Fanning
Aug 21, 2013
Wanda Olean Nuttall Fanning, resident of Cleveland, OK passed from this life on August 21, 2013 at the age of 78 years. Tiny was born near Arnett, OK to William and Lena Thompson Habekott on September 18, 1934. Tiny's elementary years were spent attending the Ioland Country School. She attended Arnett High School graduating with the Class of 1952. Later...
Sylva Margie Grantham
Aug 17, 2013
Sylva Margie Woods Grantham, resident of the Shattuck Nursing Home passed from this life on August 17, 2013. Sylva was 96 years old. Sylva was born to Fred Asa and Annie May Bondrant Woods on May 7, 1917 at her family's farm north of Arnett, Oklahoma. Sylva attended Lone Star Elementary, Arnett High School, and Northwestern Oklahoma Teachers College. On...
John "Bub" Vincent Wagnon Jr.
Aug 16, 2013
J.V. (Bub) Wagnon Jr. was born August 15, 1928 to his parents Jack and Eunice Kerby Wagnon, at their home, south of Harmon, Oklahoma. He spent a portion of his childhood in that area, but also lived in Colorado, New Mexico, the panhandle of Oklahoma, as well as the state of Kansas. The family moved back to the Arnett area...
James Gerson Mabry
Aug 4, 2013
James Gerson Mabry was born May 13, 1943 in Gaines County, Texas; near Seagraves. Jim was born to Jesse H. Mabry, Sr. and Annie Ruth (Cole) Mabry. Jim passed from this life on August 4, 2013 at Mercy Hospital in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Jim was 70 years of age at the time of his death. Jim grew up in Midland,...
Lynda Marie White
Jul 27, 2013
Lynda Marie Tyler White Lynda was born January 11, 1949 to Charles and Geneva Tyler in Chanute, Kansas. In 1960 the family moved to Arnett, OK to help with the family farm. She graduated from Arnett High School as Co-Salutatorian in 1967. She married Wayne White soon after graduation and together they raised three boys. Lynda had a home daycare...
Howard R. Moore
Jul 21, 2013
Howard Roy Moore was born January 27, 1931. He passed from this life on July 21, 2013 in Elk City, Oklahoma at the age of 82. Howard was born in the family home of Sheldon Howard Moore, southwest of Leedey, Oklahoma. His parents were Roy Smith Moore and Helen Murphy Moore. In 1934, Howard and Roy moved to Summerdale, Alabama....
Charles Roy Craig
Jul 19, 2013
Charles Roy Craig II was born to Roy and Hazel Parks Craig September 17, 1938, in Stillwater, Oklahoma. He was baptized in the First Baptist Church October 3, 1948, and attended college at Oklahoma State University. He was proud of his service in the US Army Reserves. He and some buddies were injured in a training incident at Fort Chaffee....
Billy R Sweet
Jul 18, 2013
Billy Robert Sweet, 77 year old Vici, OK, resident, passed from this life on July 18, 2013, in Woodward, OK. Bill was born on November 26, 1935, at Shattuck, OK, to Otto Lee and Thelma (Elliott) Sweet. After the death of his mother at the age of 3 months, Billy was reared by his grandparents, Walt and Audrey Elliott. Bill...
Betty Olive Ashby
Jul 18, 2013
Betty Olive Ashby was born January 15, 1943, the third of six children to Harvey and Edna Byers in Olathe, Colorado. She entered into rest July 18, 2013, at 70 years of age. Betty survived and conquered polio at the age of 14, learning to walk again with the assistance of her little sisters and a broom. At the same...
John Anderson Logan
Jul 14, 2013
John Anderson Logan was born January 17, 1914 on his family's farm near Rhea, OK. His parents were Mr. and Mrs. Porter Logan. He departed from this life on July 14, 2013 at the age of 99 years old just shy of his goal of 100 years. He attended Rhea school through the 8th grade. After the death of his...
Homer Lloyd Gifford
Jul 13, 2013
Homer Lloyd Gifford was born March 15, 1943 at the family home in Harmon, Oklahoma to Homer Lee and Thelma Faye (McClung) Gifford. He passed from this life on July 13, 2013 at Integris Baptist Hospital in Oklahoma City. He was 70 at the time of his death. Lloyd grew up in the Follett and Higgins, Texas area. He attended...
Jack W Hicks
Jul 12, 2013
Jack Wayne Hicks 59 year old resident of Woodward, Oklahoma passed from this life on July 12, 2013 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Jack was born on November 12, 1953 in Wichita, Kansas to Jack Walter and Esther Nellie Heck Hicks. Jack attended Dodge Elementary and Mayberry Middle School in Wichita. He attended Augusta High School and later receiving his GED....
Sylvia Jean Smith
Jun 30, 2013
Sylvia Jean Smith of Vici, Oklahoma passed from this life on June 30, 2013 at her home. She was born on April 4, 1947 to Thomas Curtis and Dixie June Claiborne Medlin in Mineral Wells, Texas. Sylvia's family lived in the Mineral Wells area and Sylvia attended Mineral Wells public schools. On February 14, 1990 in Woodward, Oklahoma Sylvia married...
Michael Gene Peard
Jun 27, 2013
Michael Gene Peard, 67 year old Vici resident, passed from this life at the Woodward Regional Hospital on June 27, 2013. Mike was born to John H. Peard and Madie Faye Ivey on April 25, 1946 in Woodward. Mike attended grade school in Canadian, Texas; New Port Beach, California; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; and Vici, Oklahoma. Mike graduated High School in...
Dessie Parks Stephenson
Jun 26, 2013
Dessie Roberta (Parks) Stephenson, the 8th child of Julius and Belva (Findley) Parks, was born May 22, 1919, at the family home in Commanche County, southeast of Coldwater, Kansas. Her family came from sturdy pioneer stock; her grandfather having drove a mess wagon for George Custer's survey crew when surveying the western United States prior to settlement. Her parents moved...
Cleta Mann
Jun 26, 2013
Cleta Yvonne (Wells) Mann, daughter of Robert and Letha (Copple) Wells, was born December 26, 1936, and passed from this life June 26, 2013 at the age of 76. Cleta spent her first seven years north of Follett Texas, then in 1944, the family moved to a farm east of Gage, Oklahoma. Cleta graduated from Gage with the class of...
Lydia Velma Skelton
Jun 21, 2013
Lydia Velma (Baumgartner) Skelton was born September 4, 1921 to Charlie and Hulda (Klein) Baumgartner near Butler, Oklahoma. She departed this life on June 21, 2013, at Elkwood Assisted Living Center in Elk City, Oklahoma, at the age of 91. Lydia was married to Carl Skelton on January 4, 1941, in Clinton, Oklahoma. To this union was born one child,...
Rose Ellen Stroman
Jun 21, 2013
Rose Ellen Cloud Stroman was born on February 14, 1922 in Newberg, Oregon and died on June 21, 2013 in Columbia, Missouri at the age of 91 years. The second of ten children of Homer Cloud, Sr. and Ethel Hostutler Cloud, she returned with her family to Higgins, Texas where she remained until her graduation from high school as valedictorian...
Zachary Levi Barton
Jun 17, 2013
Zachary Levi Barton was born to Randall Neal Barton and Deborah Kay Haller on October 6, 1982 in Pampa, Texas. He passed from this life on June 17, 2013. Zach attended grade school in Bethany, Oklahoma and Guymon, Oklahoma. During his youth he was an active member of both the Boy Scouts and Adventure Scouts. He also took Tae Kwon...
