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Judy Anna Brown

Judy Anna Brown

Mar 22, 2020

Judy Anna Brown, 75, of Eufaula, passed away Sunday, March 22, 2020, at the Eufaula Manor Nursing Home. Judy was born on March 24,1944, in Huron, South Dakota to Ferdinand and Lou Reinleitner. She graduated from high school in Portland, Oregon in 1962. Judy married Mike Bailey at the Vivian Baptist Church on April 7, 2013. She liked to...

Marilyn Louise Proctor

Marilyn Louise Proctor

Mar 15, 2020

Marilyn Louise Proctor, 70, of Eufaula, Oklahoma passed away Sunday, March 15, 2020, at the St. Francis Hospital of Tulsa. Marilyn was born on August 20, 1949, in Tahlequah, Oklahoma the daughter of Martin and Lena Deere Mitchell. She attended Jones Academy. Marilyn married Willie Proctor, Jr. He preceded her in death on June 3, 2003. Marilyn worked as...

Adolphus Acord

Adolphus Acord

Mar 13, 2020

Adolphus Acord, 98, resident of Stidham, passed away peacefully in his home Friday, March 13, 2020. Adolphus was born on May 31, 1921, in Stidham, Oklahoma, the son of Oliver J. and Molly Acord. He attended Stidham Public Schools and lived in the Stidham area all of his life. On January 2, 1945, Adolphus married Betty Louise Myers. They...

Marchel Lee Hill

Marchel Lee Hill

Mar 11, 2020

Marchel "Chel" Hill, 65, of Eufaula, passed away on March 11, 2020 at her home. Marchel was born on September 9, 1954 in Coffeyville, Kansas to Pete Lee and Erma May (Brock) Hill. She attended school in many places including Ark City, Kansas and Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Chel was baptized in the Mormon Church in Ark City, Kansas. She...

J.J. Garretson

J.J. Garretson

Mar 10, 2020

Fern Josette "J.J." Garretson, of Eufaula, Oklahoma, passed away Tuesday, March 10, 2020, at her home. Fern was born on January 19, 1939, in Borger, Texas the daughter of Edson and Georgia Claudette (Selby) Watson. In 1957, J.J. married James Richard Buckles. They were married for sixteen years. On August 15, 1980, J.J. married Gaylon Dean Garretson in Ventura,...

Emma Yuvonne Jones

Emma Yuvonne Jones

Mar 8, 2020

Emma Yuvonne Rhodes Jones, age 84, passed away peacefully in her home on March 8, 2020 in Eufaula, Oklahoma. Her daughter Ronda was at her side. Emma was born in Hanna, Oklahoma on June 11th to Roy and Belle Rhodes. She was the 5th of seven siblings. She married the love of her life, Elbert Ray Jones, on September...

Josephine Francis

Josephine Francis

Mar 6, 2020

Josephine Francis, 71, of Eufaula, passed away Friday, March 6, 2020, at the St. Francis Hospital of Muskogee. Josephine was born on August 10, 1948, in Porum, Oklahoma the daughter of Joseph Ashes and Pauline Ashes Walker. She graduated from Chilocco Indian School in 1966. On October 26, 1973, Josephine married David Dean Francis in Muskogee. They were happily...

Betty Rose Tuduy

Betty Rose Tuduy

Mar 5, 2020

Betty Rose. Tuduy, 88, of Eufaula, passed away Thursday, March 5, 2020, at the McAlester Regional Hospital. Betty was born on December 17, 1931, in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, the daughter of Blanchard Taylor and Mary Rose (Dodson) Bowes. She attended school in West Virginia. Betty married Joe Cavaretta. They were married for fourteen years. She worked as...

Bill Gene Nixon

Bill Gene Nixon

Mar 5, 2020

Billy Gene Nixon, 78, of Eufaula, passed away Thursday, March 5, 2020, at the East Gate Nursing Home in Muskogee. Bill was born on June 19, 1941, in Stidham, Oklahoma the son of Norman C. Nixon and Gladys Nadine Haley. He graduated from Stidham Public Schools. He then received his Associates Degree in Science in Law Enforcement. He served...

Wesley Tarloshaw

Wesley Tarloshaw

Mar 3, 2020

Wesley Tarloshaw, 80, of Eufaula, passed away on Tuesday, March 3, 2020 at the Eufaula Manor Nursing Home. Wesley was born on September 13, 1939 in Raiford, Oklahoma to Mister and Mattie (Harris) Tarloshaw. He attended school at Jones Academy in Hartshorne, Oklahoma. Wesley served in the United States Army. He worked at the Chickasaw Nation Indian Health Center...

Shirley Nimajean Burgess

Shirley Nimajean Burgess

Feb 27, 2020

Shirley Nima Jean Burgess, 73, of Eufaula, passed away Thursday, February 27, 2020, at her home. Shirley was born on May 11, 1946, the daughter of Kenneth Lee and Lois (Rose) Hill. She attended Eufaula Public School. On May 22, 1963, Shirley married Jimmy L. Burgess in McIntosh County. Shirley was a homemaker all of her life. She loved...

Colbert Hill, Sr.

Colbert Hill, Sr.

Feb 26, 2020

Colbert Hill, of Eufaula, passed away on February 26, 2020, at the age of 74. Born on February 16, 1946 to Siah Leo Hill and Elizabeth Phillips Hill. He was a graduate of Eufaula High School and attended Haskell University, and served in the United States Marine Corps during the Vietnam War. He was a member of the Creek...

Michelle Lynn Breshears

Michelle Lynn Breshears

Feb 25, 2020

Michelle Lynn Breshears, 25, of Hanna, passed away February 25, 2020, at the McAlester Regional Hospital. Michelle was born on February 21, 1995, in McAlester, Oklahoma, the daughter of "Butch" Floyd Ellis Ketcherside, Jr. and Leeanna Luster Sturgeon. She attended both Pittsburg and Hanna Schools. On July 15, 2012, Michelle married Joshua Breshears in Hanna, Oklahoma. She enjoyed being...

Rosalie Ann Jacobs

Rosalie Ann Jacobs

Feb 25, 2020

Rosalie Ann Jacobs, 80, of Checotah, passed away Tuesday, February 25th, 2020 at her home. Rosalie was born on June 19, 1939, the daughter of Herbert Earl Knickman and Doris Ann Knickman in Maryland. Rosalie graduated from St. Peters Catholic School in Waldorf, MD in 1955 at the age of 16. She later graduated business school. Shortly after, she...

William "Bill" Neal Bendure

William "Bill" Neal Bendure

Feb 24, 2020

William Neal "Bill" Bendure, 68, of Eufaula, passed away Monday, February 24, 2020, at the St. Francis Hospital of Muskogee. Bill was born on March 6, 1951, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma the son of Bob and Frances Early Bendure. He graduated from Wheatland High School in 1969. He married Marilyn Bragg and to this union two children were born....

Larry Wayne Dawson

Larry Wayne Dawson

Feb 22, 2020

Larry Wayne Dawson, 68, of Stigler, passed away on February 22, 2020 at the St. Francis Hospital in Tulsa, OK. Larry was born on June 23, 1951 in Kennett, MO to George Leonard and Geneva May (Maupin) Dawson. He worked as a truck driver for over thirty years. Survivors include: his mother, Geneva May Dawson Spears, of Stigler; his...

Euna Vea Cheek

Euna Vea Cheek

Feb 22, 2020

Euna Vea Cheek of Punta Gorda, FL passed from this life Saturday, February 22, 2020 at Higher Call Nursing Center in Quapaw, OK. She was 83. Euna was born February 8, 1937 in Ada, OK to Fountain and Iva (Reeves) Dickerson. She grew up in Ada, OK and graduated from Ada High School. After moving from Ada she had...

Katherine Downum

Katherine Downum

Feb 20, 2020

Katherine Downum, 74, of Sand Springs, Oklahoma, passed away Thursday, February 20, 2020, at the Hillcrest Medical Center. She was born on June 28, 1945, in Fame, Oklahoma, the daughter of Frank Reed and Ola May (Fleming) Mitchell. She graduated from Stidham High School in 1962. On January 13, 1965, Katherine married Willard Downum in Stigler, Oklahoma. They were...

Geralin Elizabeth Mcintosh

Geralin Elizabeth Mcintosh

Feb 16, 2020

Geralin Elizabeth McIntosh, 72, of Eufaula, passed away Sunday, February 16, 2020, at the Cornerstone Hospital of Muskogee. Geralin was born on October 7, 1947, in Talihina, Oklahoma the daughter of Lonnie Deere and Lana Lewis Mitchell. Geralin graduated from Eufaula High School. She married Cornelius McIntosh in 1971 in Oklahoma City. They were happily married for forty-eight years....

Leonard Jay Luna

Leonard Jay Luna

Feb 15, 2020

Leonard Jay Luna, 58, of Eufaula, passed away Saturday, February 15, 2020, at the McAlester Regional Hospital. Leonard was born on May 18, 1961, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, the son of L.J. and Helen Lavada (Welch) Luna. He graduated from Canadian High School in 1979. On April 14, 1979, Leonard married Marilyn Kay Rule in Canadian, Oklahoma. They were...

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