Jun 24, 2019

Eloise Smith, a child of God, was born November 17, 1932. On June 24, 2019, Eloise had a good day. She recognized and warmly greeted an old friend. She gazed into the loving eyes of her husband and smiled. She chuckled at funny things. She was cared for by loving professionals. She was surrounded by the smiling faces of...

Jun 22, 2019

Chester Lee Nixon, 84, of Eufaula passed away Saturday, June 22, 2019, in Norman, Oklahoma. Chester was born on March 2, 1935, in Stidham, Oklahoma, the son of Newell Baine and Bertha Mae (Decamp) Nixon. Chester enlisted in the United States Army May 26, 1954. He served as an Army Specialist Third Class during the Korean War. He was...

Jun 21, 2019

Jun 19, 2019

Nora Mae Shanafelt, 97, of Lenexa, Kansas, formerly of Eufaula, passed away on June 19, 2019 in Olathe, Kansas. Nora was born on August 25, 1921 in Sperry, Oklahoma to Jasper N. and Anna Clara (Brinkman) Hughes. She graduated from Sperry High School in 1939. On February 28, 1942, Nora married Denver Shanafelt in Owasso, Oklahoma. They were happily...

Jun 14, 2019

Wanda Billings, 85, loving mother and grandmother of Eufaula, Oklahoma, passed away on Friday, June 14, 2019 at the Checotah Nursing Center. Wanda was born on July 22, 1933 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma to James and Bessie (Tubbee) Sewell. She graduated from Central High School in Oklahoma City. Wanda worked as a key punch operator for Borden's Milk in...

Jun 11, 2019

Bob was born on December 26, 1935 in Claremore, Oklahoma to Adam Jones, Sr. and Hattie Morrison. On December 2, 1954, he married Doris Ann Macom in McAlester, Oklahoma. They were happily married for sixty-four years. Bob enlisted in the United States Army and served before returning to graduate from Stidham High School in 1956. He received his Associate's...

Jun 10, 2019

Olen was born on January 1, 1928 in McIntosh County, Oklahoma to Christopher Columbus Davis and Edith (Hood) Davis. Olen attended Red Bird and Eufaula schools and later worked as a bus driver and in building operations for the schools for over thirty-five years. He also worked for Kelley Funeral Home. On May 23, 1959, Olen married Margaret Lee...

Jun 8, 2019

Wanda was born on April 15, 1930, in Eufaula, Oklahoma, the daughter of Chris Columbus and Stella Samantha (Allen) Adams. She attended Deeres Chapel School in Eufaula. On June 19, 1947, Wanda married Willard Pitman in Eufaula. They were happily married for sixty-nine years. Wanda loved to watch cooking shows and work jigsaw puzzles. Survivors include: her son, Willard...

Jun 5, 2019

Peggy Lee Bumgarner, 69, of Eufaula, passed away on Wednesday, June 5, 2019. Peggy was born on March 30, 1950 in Checotah, Oklahoma to Joe and Wanda Lee (Blevins) Marshall. She graduated from Eufaula High School in 1968. On November 16, 1968, Peggy married Hershel Bumgarner. They were happily married for fifty years. She was a homemaker all her...

Jun 5, 2019

Casey Bernard Gribben, 46, of Muskogee, Oklahoma passed away on June 5, 2019 at his home. Casey was born on June 7, 1972 in Seattle, Washington to Ralph Bernard and Susan Irene (Drinkuth) Gribben. Casey attended Sapulpa High School where he graduated in 1990. He was in the United States Coast Guard for 8 years. While in the Coast...

May 29, 2019

Garry Allan Hulme, Sr., passed from this life on Wednesday, May 29, 2019. He was born June 1, 1938, in El Reno, Oklahoma to Wayne Gordon "Bill" and Lorraine Tye Hulme. He graduated from Central High School in Oklahoma City in 1957. He married the love of his life, Norma Ann Brilinski of Dearborn, MI, on December 27, 1959,...

May 26, 2019

James Smith, Jr., 66, of Eufaula, passed away on Sunday, May 26, 2019 at the McAlester Regional Health Center in McAlester, Oklahoma. James was born on August 3, 1952 in Clinton, Oklahoma to James Smith Sr. and Rachel (Meeley) Smith. James graduated from Pauls Valley High School in 1970. In 1997, James married Kathy in Fort Smith, Arkansas at...

May 24, 2019

Betty Joyce Dowling, 79, of Stroud, formerly of Checotah, passed away Friday, May 24, 2019, in Oklahoma City. Betty was born on September 8, 1939, in Bear Grove Township, Fayette County, Illinois the daughter of James and Pearl (Sterling) Mosley. She graduated from Patoka High School in Patoka, Illinois in 1957. On January 27, 1973, Betty married Jesse Curtis...

May 21, 2019

Betty Jean Jefferson, 93, of Eufaula, passed away on May 21, 2019 at the Eufaula Manor. Betty was born on December 20, 1925 in Yale, Oklahoma to Pearl Marshall and Alice Mae (Owen) Bowman. Betty worked as a secretary at the State Capitol in the Parks Division. Survivors include: her son, Richard Whitman, of Eufaula; daughters, Charlotte, Carol Whitman,...

May 20, 2019

Stella Mae Martin, 87, of Eufaula passed away on May 20, 2019 at the Eufaula Manor. Stella was born on October 15, 1931 in Eufaula, OK to Henry Washington Brown II and Thyra (Moffett) Brown. Survivors include: her daughter, Sylvia Cornetta Wright, of Tulsa, OK; brothers, Henry and wife Deborah Brown, of Tulsa, OK, and Roy chester Brown and...

May 16, 2019

Jerry Benjamin Salters, 83, formerly of Eufaula, passed away on May 16, 2019 in Midwest City, Oklahoma. Jerry was born on February 20, 1936 in Artussee, Oklahoma to Benjamin Lain and Bonnie Jewell (Alley) Salters. He attended Artussee Elementary School and Junior High at Eufaula. In 1955, Jerry graduated from Tranquility High School in California. He received his Associate's...

May 13, 2019

Lorene Louise Starkey, 98, of Eufaula, passed away on Monday, May 13, 2019 at the St. Francis Hospital in Muskogee, Oklahoma. Lorene was born on February 9, 1921 in Stidham, Oklahoma to James Arthur and Della Mae (White) Pittman. She graduated from Stidham High School in 1938, where she played on the girl's basketball team. In 1938, Lorene married...

May 8, 2019

Roxanne McElvogue, 56, of Eufaula, passed away on May 8, 2019 at the St. Francis Hospital in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Roxanne was born on February 3, 1963 in Cleveland, Ohio to Billy Ray and Rosalie Ann (Knickman) Jacobs. She graduated from Wetumka High School in 1981, where she had many friends. Roxanne met and married Timothy McElvogue. They lived in...

May 7, 2019

David Noel Kirk, 64, passed away on May 7, 2019 at the Hillcrest Medical Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma. David was born on December 21, 1954 in Oak Hill, West Virginia the son of Ralph ALlen and Hattie Carol (Light) Kirk Sr. He graduated from Oak Hill High School in 1972. David enlisted in the United States Army and served...

May 6, 2019