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Death Notices

April 23, 2012

Deaths 4.23.12

— LOCAL

UPTON, Dorothy C., 81, homemaker, died Friday. Services 11 a.m. Tuesday, Greenhill Cemetery, Cornerstone Funeral Home and Crematory.

WESTBROOK, Wilma “Mama,” 78, died Saturday. Services 10 a.m. Wednesday, Greenhill Cemetery, Lescher-Millsap Funeral Home.

WHITE, Helen (Anderson), 85, died Wednesday. Services 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Bradley Belltower Chapel, Bradley Funeral Service of Muskogee.

WRIGHT, Wanda, 80, retired from Bakersfield, Calif., school system, died Sunday. Services pending, Cornerstone Funeral Home and Crematory.



AREA

CHECOTAH – CHILDRESS, Silas, 81, machinist, died Saturday. Services pending, Garrett Family Funeral Home & Cremation Service.

CHECOTAH – DUTTON, James E., 25, Army specialist, died March 31. Services 10 a.m. today, First Baptist Church of Checotah, Bradley Funeral Service of Muskogee.

FORT GIBSON – DENNIS, Kambrin, 17, student, died Tuesday. Services 10 a.m. today, Okay First Baptist Church, Shipman Funeral Home & Crematory, Wagoner.

FORT GIBSON – MAY, Frances, 91, teacher, died Saturday. Services pending, Hart Funeral Home of Tahlequah.

GORE – DONELSON, Nellie “Wildcat,” 86, died Saturday. Services 10 a.m. Tuesday, Hughart Cemetery in Braggs, Lescher-Millsap Funeral Home.

MULDROW – WHISENANT, Vivian Marlin “Mickey,” 85, homemaker, died Friday. Services 2 p.m. today, Mallett Funeral Home Chapel, Wagoner, Mallett Funeral Home, Wagoner.

PORTER – TACKETT, Carolyn Jean, 68, day care provider, died Saturday. Visitation 4-6 p.m. today, Mallett Funeral Home, Wagoner, services 10 a.m. Tuesday, Porter Church of Christ, Mallett Funeral Home, Wagoner.

PORUM – ALVAREZ, Betty Jean, 87, died April 14. Services 11 a.m. Tuesday, Fort Gibson National Cemetery, Millsap Funeral Service, Webbers Falls.

PORUM – OWENS, Richard James Sr., 70, retired from Stark Brothers Nursery, died Friday. Services 2 p.m. Tuesday, Fields Cemetery, Porum, Cornerstone Funeral Home and Crematory, Muskogee.

TAHLEQUAH – FIELDS, Timothy, 56, died Saturday. Services pending, Hart Funeral Home of Tahlequah.

WEBBERS FALLS – MOORE, Doyle Lee, 45, laborer, died Friday. Services pending, Shipman’s Muskogee Cremation & Funeral Service, Muskogee.

WAGONER – ODOM, Cherry, 96, teacher, died Sunday. Services 10 a.m. Wednesday, Elmwood Cemetery, Wagoner, Hersman-Nichols Funeral Home, Wagoner.



LOCAL TIES

WICHITA, Kan. – GARRETT, Sharon P., 59, died Saturday. Services pending, Biglow-Bethea Funeral Directors, Wichita, Kan.



SERVICES TODAY

DENNIS, Kambrin, 10 a.m., Okay First Baptist Church (Shipman Funeral Home & Crematory, Wagoner)

DUTTON, James E., 10 a.m., First Baptist Church of Checotah (Bradley Funeral Service of Muskogee)

FULTON, Lou E., 1 p.m., Hart Funeral Chapel, Tahlequah (Hart Funeral Home, Tahlequah)

GESSEL, Penny Lea, 2:30 p.m., Highbridge Cemetery (Mallory-Martin Funeral Home & Crematory, Stigler)

LONG, Jesse Paskell, 10 a.m., Mallory Chapel, Stigler (Mallory-Martin Funeral Home & Crematory, Stigler)

TAYLOR, Jaeque Cheryl, 3 p.m., Coleman Cemetery, Porum (King & Shearwood, Stigler)

TILLMAN, Wanda, 2 p.m., Mallory Chapel, Stigler (Mallory-Martin Funeral Home & Crematory, Stigler)

WHISENANT, Vivian Marlin “Mickey,” 2 p.m., Mallett Funeral Home Chapel, Wagoner (Mallett Funeral Home, Wagoner)

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