May 25, 2009

May 24, 2009

Scott E. Seymour, resident of Bethany, Oklahoma, passed away on Sunday, May 24, 2009 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He was 35. Scott was born the son of Donald Ray Seymour and Ramona Louise Hutson on August 21, 1973 in Panama City, Florida. He attended schools in Germany, Illinois, Florida and later attended the Opportunity Center in Ponca City and...

May 18, 2009

Gilbert Terrance Terry Williams Jr., former Ponca City resident, passed away May 18, 2009 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He was 24. Terry was born January 19, 1985 in Anchorage, Alaska, the son of Gilbert Terrance Williams Sr. and Nettie Jean Buffalohead Williams. He received his early education in the Union Elementary School, West Jr. High and Ponca City High School....

May 16, 2009

May was born September 5, 1916 at Skiatook, Oklahoma, the daughter of A.C. Gillett and Effie Bertha Moody Gillett. She passed away on Saturday, May 16, 2009 on the 28th anniversary of her marriage to her beloved Tom Dickson. At the time of her death, May was 92 years old and a resident of Westminster Village. May grew up...

May 6, 2009

Dorothy Louise May, resident of rural Covington, Oklahoma and former Ponca City resident, passed on May 6, 2009 in Oklahoma City. She was 87. Dorothy was born February 25, 1922 on the family home place near Covington. She was one of five children born to Walter Decker and Georgia Irene Triplett Decker. Her early education was received in the...

May 3, 2009

John Guinn Smith, resident of Ponca City, passed away Sunday, May 3, 2009 at the Ponca City Medical Center. He was 53. John was born February 5, 1956 in Guymon, Oklahoma, the son of Herman Smith and Betty Jo Riggs Smith. John graduated from Guymon, Oklahoma High School in 1974 and attended the University of Oklahoma with courses taken...

Apr 26, 2009

Ruth Madeline Bass, resident of Ponca City, passed away Sunday, April 26, 2009 at the Ponca City Medical Center. She was 85. Ruth was born January 10, 1924 at Lindenhurst, New York, the daughter of Lewis F. Schortemeyer and Ida Jaeger Schortemeyer. She received her early education in the Lindenhurst schools. She began work at an early age and...

Apr 25, 2009

Rosemary Chatfield died Saturday, April 25, 2009 at the Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice in Wichita, Kansas. She was 77. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday, April 29, 2009 in the First Baptist Church Worship Center, Ponca City, Oklahoma with the Rev. Dr. Michael Seabaugh officiating. Burial will follow at Resthaven Memorial Park Cemetery under the direction...

Apr 22, 2009

Mary Joe Jody Briggs Gehring, resident of Ponca City, passed away Wednesday, April 22, 2009 at her home. She was 52. Jody was born May 27, 1956 in Blackwell, Oklahoma, the daughter of Trulin Briggs and Mary Nuckolls Briggs. She was a 1975 graduate of Blackwell High School. Jody served in the Civil Service in the 1980s. She most...

Apr 19, 2009

Leland Pappan Jr., resident of White Eagle, passed away Sunday, April 19, 2009 at the Oklahoma Heart Hospital in Oklahoma City. He was 61. Leland was born August 1, 1947 in Pawnee, Oklahoma, the son of Leland Pappan Sr. and Bessie Others Pappan. He was a 1965 graduate of Ponca City High School. He entered the United States Army...

Apr 16, 2009

Edna May Brown, resident of the Ponca City area, passed away on Thursday, April 16, 2009 at her home. She was 82. Edna was born the daughter of Frank Green Morgan and Vesta Elizabeth Trean Morgan on August 17, 1926 in Arkansas City, Kansas. She grew up in the Ponca City area and married Leonard Fred Brown when she...

Apr 12, 2009

Jess Phillip Gates passed away Easter Sunday, April 12, 2009. Surrounded by close family, he left this world where he came into it. In the Big Bend. On the family farm. His favorite place on earth. He was 85. Jess was born on July 31, 1923, the fifth of 12 children born to Edmund Gates and Mamie Tripp Gates....

Apr 10, 2009

Charles W. Haight Charles W. Charlie Haight, resident of Ponca City, passed away Friday, April 10, 2009 in Oklahoma City after a courageous battle with cancer. He was 61. Charlie was born September 21, 1947 in Alva, Oklahoma, the son of Charles Francis Haight and Bessie Eveleyne Walker Haight. He attended the Watonga, Oklahoma schools. Charlie entered in the...

Apr 6, 2009

Fred Milton Hurst, longtime resident of Ponca City, passed away Monday, April 6, 2009 in Oklahoma City. He was 87. Fred was born January 29, 1922 in Chandler, Oklahoma, the son of Milt Augustus Hurst and Hannah Marilla Fast Hurst. He was a 1942 graduate of Chandler High School where he was an all-state football player. Fred was inducted...

Apr 5, 2009

Ruth Marie Fruits, longtime resident of Kaw City, passed away on Sunday, April 05, 2009 at Baptist Integris Hospital in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. She was 85. Ruth was born the daughter of Donald Vane Tebow and Catherine Miller Tebow on September 10, 1923 in Enid, Oklahoma. She grew up in Lamont, Oklahoma on the family farm. On April 18,...

Apr 5, 2009

Carlos Eugene Burgess, resident of Ponca City, passed Sunday, April 5, 2009 at his home. He was 50 years of age. Carlos was born August 5, 1958 in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. He was a 1976 graduate of Bartlesville College High School. He then completed training as an auto mechanic at Okmulgee Tech. Carlos was married to Rose Miller on April...

Apr 1, 2009

Gambler Gami Susan Martinez, resident of Norman, Oklahoma passed away on Wednesday, April 1, 2009 at the OU Medical Center. She was 46. Gambler was born the daughter of Clarence Romine and Marilyn Louise LeRoy Standsblack on July 19, 1962 in Pawnee, Oklahoma. She grew up in Ponca City and attended Ponca City Public Schools. Gambler had many enjoyments....

Mar 29, 2009

Ruby Elene Jackson, resident of Fairfax, passed away at Fairfax Manor Nursing Home on Sunday, March 29, 2009. She was 89. Ruby was born the daughter of Harley Hyder and Pearlee Grissom Hyder on January 12, 1920 in Avilla, Missouri. She grew up in Missouri and later married Howard William Jackson on March 3, 1945 in Kansas City, Missouri....

Mar 28, 2009

Edward Calls Him Sr., member of the Ponca Tribe with the Indian name of Gee-Bom-bi, made his final journey Saturday, March 28, 2009 at 10 a.m. surrounded by his family and friends. He was 56. Edward, also known as Fast Eddie, was born March 29, 1952 in Pawnee, Oklahoma, the son of the Rev. George Calls Him Sr. and...

Mar 25, 2009

Harold Ray Cavett, resident of Ponca City, passed away Wednesday, March 25, 2009 at his home. He was 72. Harold was born April 30, 1936 in Ponca City, the son of Howard B. Cavett and Muriel Odum Cavett. He was a 1954 graduate of Ponca City High School. He entered the United States Navy on July 2, 1954 and...