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Obituaries

January 8, 2013

Deaths 01.09.13

— LOCAL

ALVARADO, Leonor I., 63, died Monday. Services 6 p.m. Friday, Lescher-Millsap Funeral Home, Lescher-Millsap Funeral Home.

BENNETT-PERRY, April Christine, 22, homemaker, died Saturday. Services pending, Cornerstone Funeral Home and Crematory.

CARTER, Linda Kay, 64, homemaker, died Saturday. Services pending, Shipman’s Muskogee Cremation & Funeral Service.

CLARK, Meg “Mable Sue,” 82, died Monday. Services 2 p.m. Thursday, Lescher-Millsap Funeral Home Chapel, Lescher-Millsap Funeral Home.

ELLINGTON, Gary Wayne, 73, printer, died Thursday. Services pending, Shipman’s Muskogee Cremation & Funeral Service.

GIVENS, Dustin Scott, 39, Georgia-Pacific environmental engineer, died Saturday. Visitation 1 to 7 p.m. Friday, Keith D. Biglow Funeral Directors. Services pending, Keith D. Biglow Funeral Directors.

HAGER, Nina Elizabeth, 88, homemaker, died Saturday. Services 11 a.m. today, First Assembly of God Church, Cornerstone Funeral Home and Crematory.

MAJORS, Paul, 82, salesman, died Saturday. Services 2 p.m. today, Fort Gibson National Cemetery, Lescher-Millsap Funeral Home.

SHEETS, Charles Mitchell, 61, Fort Howard, died Jan. 3. Services 2 p.m. Friday, Cornerstone Funeral Home Chapel, Cornerstone Funeral Home and Crematory.



AREA

CHECOTAH — BLALOCK, Billy, 82, truck driver, died Thursday. Private family services, Garrett Family Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Checotah.

CHECOTAH — HARDEN, Rassie, 98, rancher, died Tuesday. Services pending, Garrett Family Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Checotah.

EUFAULA — MITCHELL, Richard “Bo,” crane operator/bridge construction worker, died Monday. Services 2 p.m. Saturday, Old Fame Cemetery, Fame, Hunn Black & Merritt Funeral Home & Crematory, Eufaula.

FORT GIBSON — MATTHEWS, Dave William, 47, funeral director, died Thursday. Services 1 p.m. today, Cornerstone Funeral Home Chapel, Cornerstone Funeral Home and Crematory.

OKAY —  RUBERT, Sharon Fay, 53, welder, died Tuesday. Services pending, Shipman’s Muskogee Cremation & Funeral Service.

WAGONER — WILSON, Arlie “Lee,” 88, farmer/truck driver, died Saturday. Services 10:30 a.m. today, Shipman Funeral Home Chapel, Wagoner, Shipman Funeral Home & Crematory, Wagoner.

WARNER — CASH, Blanche E., 76, died Sunday. Services 10 a.m. Thursday, First Baptist Church, Warner, Millsap Funeral Service, Webbers Falls.

WARNER — CRAWFORD, Steven K. Jr., 51, woodworker, died Sunday. Services 3 p.m. Friday, Checotah Funeral Service Chapel, Checotah Funeral & Cremation Service.



LOCAL TIES

BEGGS — FULTON, Emmitt, 80, farmer, died Monday. Visitation 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, McClendon-Winters Funeral Home, Beggs. Services 3 p.m. Friday, Beggs Cemetery, McClendon-Winters Funeral Home, Beggs.

BEGGS — JONES, Melvin E., 92, laborer, died Tuesday. Services pending, House of Winn, Okmulgee.

LONGTOWN — SWARER, Lonnie L. Jr., 35, Aceco Rental & Sales mechanic, died Jan. 4. Services 1 p.m. Friday, Canadian High School Gymnasium, Hunn Black & Merritt Funeral Home & Crematory, Eufaula.

OKMULGEE — COPPEDGE, Jackie E., 69, disabled, died Tuesday. Services pending, McClendon-Winters Funeral Home, Okmulgee.

OKMULGEE — McAFEE, William Lee, 68, died Sunday. Services 2 p.m. Okfuskee Cemetery, McClendon-Winters Funeral Home, Okmulgee.

OKMULGEE — RICHEL, Julia L., 72, home health caregiver, died Jan. 2. Rosary service 7 p.m. Thursday, McClendon-Winters Funeral Home, Okmulgee. Services 11 a.m. Friday, Uganda Martyrs Catholic Church, Okmulgee, McClendon-Winters Funeral Home.

SPIRO — LIVELY, Marshall James “Mark,” 67, welder, died Dec. 21. Services 1 p.m. Thursday, Fort Gibson National Cemetery, Shipman’s Muskogee Cremation & Funeral Service.

STIGLER — PALMER, Pamela Gail, 43, carpenter, died Tuesday. Visitation 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, King-Shearwood Funeral Home of Stigler. Services 1 p.m. Friday, R.E. Shearwood Memorial Chapel, Stigler, King-Shearwood Funeral Home of Stigler.



SERVICES TODAY

CASTILLO, Alex Isaiha, noon, Reed-Culver Chapel, Tahlequah. (Reed-Culver Funeral Home, Tahlequah)

HAGER, Nina Elizabeth, 11 a.m., First Assembly of God Church. (Cornerstone Funeral Home and Crematory)

MAJORS, Paul, 2 p.m., Fort Gibson National Cemetery. (Lescher-Millsap Funeral Home)

MATTHEWS, Dave William, 1 p.m., Cornerstone Funeral Home Chapel. (Cornerstone Funeral Home and Crematory)

MURPHY, Geraldine, 2 p.m., Dry Creek Baptist Church. (Reed-Culver Funeral Home, Tahlequah)

PEREGO, Jimmie Lou, 10 a.m., Vian Gymnasium. (Agent Mallory-Martin Funeral Home, Sallisaw)

WILSON, Arlie “Lee,” 10:30 a.m., Shipman Funeral Home Chapel, Wagoner. (Shipman Funeral Home & Crematory, Wagoner)

 

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