William 'Tex' Allen Horton
Oct 20, 2017
William Allen "Tex" Horton 12-21-1929 to 10-20-2017 William Allen Horton went home to be with his Lord on Friday, October 20, 2017. He was born to proud parents Ross and Bessie (Keller) Horton, December 21, 1929 in Cumby, Texas. He entered the Army in 1946 at the age of 17. In 1949, he met Doris Jean Wallen while stationed at...
Rudolph 'Rudy' Billingsley
Oct 20, 2017
Rudy Billingsley, master carpenter/construction consultant, went to be with his Lord on Friday, October 20th, 2017, at the age of 90. He loved people, God and his church. He is survived by his son, Russ Billingsley and wife, Mary; his daughter, Marilyn Standefer; his granddaughters, Shara Montoya and Staci Morris; his great grandsons, Quinton, Colton and Cole Montoya, and Tyler...
Gary Allen Minard
Oct 18, 2017
Gary Allen Minard, 79, of Bethany, OK, died October 18, 2017 at Heritage Park Nursing Home in Bethany. He was the son of Thomas Allen Minard and Helen Bernice Minard. He graduated from Del City High School, class of 1956. Gary was a railroad conductor starting with the Rock Island Railroad in El Reno and worked in Houston, Phoenix and...
Herman 'Val' Cochran
Oct 14, 2017
Herman Val Cochran was born December 31st, 1932, in Oklahoma City to T.B. and Opal M. Hogue Cochran. He spent time growing up in Meeker, OK, Hagerman, New Mexico, Mt Carmel, Illinois, and Oklahoma City. Val often worked before and after school helping his father in a hardwood floor refinishing business. He played baseball for Bethany High School, and also...
Dorothy M. Rice
Oct 14, 2017
Dorothy Mae Rice, 95, died on October 14, 2017. She was born October 22, 1921 in Peniel, TX. Her family relocated to Bethany, OK to help start and support the church and Bethany Peniel and Bethany Nazarene College. Dorothy attended Bethany Nazarene College, majoring in Fine Arts. She Married Keith C. Rice in 1942. Dorothy worked many interesting jobs including...
Charlene Croley
Oct 13, 2017
Charlene was born in Oklahoma City on May 18th, 1931 to Dr. Claud B. & Lorenna Hefner. She graduated from Classen High School in 1947 attended OCU for 2 yrs., and married Hank Croley on Aug. 28, 1954. The Lord called her home on Oct. 13, 2017. She is preceded in death by her parents, In laws Mr. & Mrs....
Virginia L. Watts
Oct 7, 2017
Virginia Watts, 71, passed away on the 7th of October 2017 at her home in Oklahoma City, OK. She was born on November 16, 1945 in Cyril, OK to Albert and Eldie (Tinsley) Wray. Virginia grew up in Cyril, OK. She graduated from Cyril High School in 1964. After high school she moved to Oklahoma City, OK and began working...
Iva Stewart
Oct 7, 2017
Ruby Iva Lee Strickland Stewart was born to her earthly family on February 5, 1928 in Florien, LA. She peacefully left this earth to join her beloved husband and the rest of her heavenly family on October 7th at her home in Bethany, OK. Iva was the 7th and "middle child" of 13 children born to John Azah and LeNora...
Anita Ruth Canfield
Oct 6, 2017
Anita Ruth Canfield, 84, passed peacefully on October 6, 2017 in Oklahoma City, OK. She was born July 18, 1933 in Ashland, KS to Howard and Ruth (Brewer) Burnett. Upon graduating from high school in Protection, KS, she left the small community to begin a new adventure attending Business School in Wichita, KS. She spent six years working in business...
Jimma Dee Shearer
Oct 3, 2017
Jimma was born in Bethesda, Maryland to James O. Tracy, Jr. and Deanna J. (Moomaw) Tracy. She attended C.U. in Boulder, CO. She made beautiful clothes, needlepoint and quilts. An accomplished pianist and organist, she was an active member of the LDS church where she played the organ for 20 years. On June 25, 1977, she married Daniel Jack Shearer...
Robert Merwick
Oct 3, 2017
(No Obituary Text Available) Funeral Service Tuesday, October 10, 2017 10:00 AM Mercer-Adams Chapel 3925 N. Asbury Bethany, OK 73008
Alexander Nicholas Morgan
Oct 2, 2017
Alexander Morgan, beloved son of Daniel and Sherrie Morgan, died October 2, 2017 at his home in Bethany, OK. Born August 10, 2000, Alexander was in the 11th grade at Putnam City West. There, he loved his wrestling team. His teammates and coaches were like a second family to him. He also attended the Criminal Justice program at Francis Tuttle...
Dudley Goolsby
Oct 1, 2017
Dudley Goolsby, Jr., age 75, died on Sunday, October 1st, 2017 in Oklahoma City. He was born in Durant, OK on August 4th, 1942 to Jewell and Dudley Goolsby. He was a graduate of Idabel High School and received his BA from Oklahoma State University. He was a member of the National Guard. Dudley owned a commercial laundry business in...
Lillian 'Faye' Siems
Sep 30, 2017
Lillian Faye Bevill Siems, 79, of Yukon, Okla., passed away Sept. 30, 2017, while on vacation in Divide, Colo. Faye was born in Searcy, Ark., to Robert Bevill and Lenis Coles Bevill on Aug. 23, 1938, the youngest of 12. She married her sweetheart, Fredrick G. Siems, Sr., Aug. 25, 1956, in Texas City, Texas. Faye was preceded in death...
Marie Hall Ray Taylor
Sep 29, 2017
Dolores Marie Hall Ray Taylor, 87, died Sept. 29, 2017 in Paris, Texas. She was born September 9, 1930 in Duncan, Oklahoma to William E. and Cecil Augustus Hall and graduated from Duncan High School. She married Carl Willard "Bill" Ray on April 14, 1949 at Duncan First Church of the Nazarene. Marie and Bill had known each other since...
Craig Neal Aton
Sep 28, 2017
Craig Neal Aton, 50, died September 28, 2017. He was born June 10, 1967 to Harold and Leatha (Henderson) Aton in OKC. A 1985 graduate of PC West, Craig did framing and concrete construction. An avid sportsman, he enjoyed hunting, fishing, soccer, the OKC Thunder and OSU. He is survived by his cousins, Katherine Swinford and husband Clint, and Alan...
Jennifer Michelle Barreras
Sep 26, 2017
Jennifer Michelle Barreras, 46, of Dallas, TX, went to be with her Savior on September 26, 2017. She was the daughter of Philip L. Voss and Janice Voss Hatcher. She enlisted in the U.S. Army and served 4 years before being honorably discharged in 1995. Jennifer was married to Ernesto Barreras on April 22, 1993, and they had one daughter,...
David P. Vaughn
Sep 23, 2017
David Paul Vaughn was surrounded by his wife and children when he went to be with God early Saturday morning, September 23, 2017. David was born at Norman Regional hospital on March 5, 1947 to Anna and Tom Vaughn. He began his education at Robin Hill Elementary School and then attended and graduated from Norman High School. Upon graduation, he...
Dorothy Calline Alexander
Sep 22, 2017
Dorothy Alexander, died September 22, 2017, one week after her 96th birthday, in Oklahoma City. She was born September 14, 1921, in El Dorado, Oklahoma to Henry and Doska Hughes. She graduated from Lincoln High School in 1939. She moved to Wichita, Kansas, working on airplanes during World War II. After attending Hills Business College and The American Institute of...
Art Evans
Sep 22, 2017
Rev. Arthur Louis Evans from Bethany Oklahoma went to be with his Lord on September 22, 2017. Born in Danville, Illinois May 18, 1931 to Clarence and Edith Evans. Art was married for 64 years to and preceded in death by Dorothy Ann (Handley) Evans (deceased October 30, 2013). He is also preceded in death by his father and mother...
