Grace Glendola Holman
Apr 11, 2011
Grace Glendola Holman went to be with Jesus on Monday, April 11, 2011, at the age of 94. She was born July 22, 1916, in Parkland, Oklahoma, to Fourest Raymond and Carrie Odessa (Herrmann) Jacob. Fourest and Carrie Odessa had nine children together, to which Grace was the fifth. Graces mother, Carrie Odessa passed away when she was only nine...
Lester Hatfield
Apr 10, 2011
Lester Hatfield, 83, of Bethany, Oklahoma, went home to be with Jesus April 10, 2011. He was a godly man who loved and enjoyed his family. He served in the Army during World War II and was an active member of Grace Baptist Church for over 15 years. Lester was preceded in death by his parents, Jasper and LaVivien Hatfield,...
Emmitt Elwood Franklin
Apr 8, 2011
Emmitt Elwood Franklin, 80, died April 8, 2011 in Oklahoma City. He was born August 15, 1930 to Ira Maude Franklin in Bell County, TX. As a young man he served in the U.S. Army and was involved in the Korean Conflict. He later worked as a retail store manager. He was preceded in death by his mother. He is...
Gertrude Trudy Arnegard
Apr 7, 2011
Gertrude Trudy Arnegard, 87, died April 7, 2011. She was born August 8, 1923 southeast of Oklahoma City to Herman and Bertha Kortemeier. She was preceded in death by her parents, brothers Ernest and Elvion, and her husbands, Paul Glasow and Howard Arnegard. A lifetime Lutheran, she and Paul helped establish the first African American Lutheran church in Oklahoma City...
Mary Lou Glover
Apr 7, 2011
Mary Lou Glover, 73, died April 7, 2011 in Oklahoma City. She was born September 13, 1937 in Perry, OK to George and Thelma (Billam) Rugh. Mary Lou was a senior accountant for Chaparral Energy. She was preceded in death by her parents and daughter, Laurie Traghella. She is survived by her son, Jeffrey Glover; grandsons, Luke and Levi Traghella;...
Billy Joe Harris
Apr 7, 2011
Billy Joe Harris passed away at home in the early morning of April 7, 2011. He was born November 17, 1933 to W.F. and Ethel Harris in Davenport, Oklahoma. He graduated from Bethany High School in 1952. After returning from military service in 1956 he completed his B.S. degree at Southern Nazarene University in 1962. He married Rita Chandler November...
Virginia Fay Walker
Apr 4, 2011
Virginia Fay Walker, 82, died April 4, 2011. She was born June 25, 1928 in Hennessey, OK to William and Barbara (Pinkova) Ptacek. She retired from Deaconess Hospital and was a member of Tulakes Baptist Church. She married Willard T. Wid Walker Nov. 7, 1948 and he preceded her in death in 1992. She was also preceded in death by...
Betty June Bj Cowden
Apr 3, 2011
Betty June BJ Cowden, 61, died April 3, 2011. She was born January 2, 1950 in Stratford, Oklahoma to Alvin and Mildred (Lewis) Smith. She worked in advertising and marketing. BJ was an avid Thunder and OU fan. She enjoyed watching her grandkids play sports. She and her sister, Linda, started the Dolphin swim team 15 years ago and her...
William Keith Cox
Apr 3, 2011
William Keith Cox, Jr., 74, died April 3, 2011. He was born Oct. 20, 1936 in OKC to Mary Sue (Brackeen) and William K. Cox, Sr. He was the Co-owner and Vice-President of Capitol Abstract & Title Co., and a long time member of Western Oaks Nazarene Church. Keith was preceded in death by his parents; sons, Michael and Tommy;...
Marilyn Kay Butler
Apr 1, 2011
Marilyn Kay Butler was born August 19, 1941, in Fairview, Oklahoma, to parents Albert and Elizabeth Heinrichs and, after a short illness, went to be with her Lord on April 1, 2011. Marilyn was preceded in death by her parents, Albert and Elizabeth Heinrichs of Fairview, paternal grandparents, Jake and Lydia Heinrichs, and maternal grandparents, Reuben and Lydia Eck, all...
Marjorie Jo Long
Mar 31, 2011
Marjorie Jo Long passed away, at the age of 74, on 03/31/2011 after her long battle with Alzheimers. She is survived by 7 siblings, 6 children, 18 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren. She went to be with our Lord, where she will be reunited with her parents and daughter. Services will be held at Mercer-Adams Chapel, Bethany, on Monday, April 4,...
Juanita Fern Kelley
Mar 29, 2011
Juanita Fern Kelley, faithful mother, grandmother, sister, and friend, entered this world on May 2, 1925, in Healdton, OK. She was the fourth of 10 children born to the Rev. James W. and Fannie Mae Cross. She went to be with her Lord Jesus Christ on March 29, 2011. Juanita married Enex Daniel Ray in January, 1942 in Quanah, TX....
Ruth Eleanor Laubach
Mar 28, 2011
LAUBACH, Ruth Eleanor, age 83, went to be with the Lord on March 28, 2011. Born and raised in Neenah, Wisconsin, she moved to Oklahoma City in 1947 to marry the love of her life, Jay Laubach. They were married for 39 years until his passing in 1986. Ruth and Jay resided in Derby, Kansas for many years and were...
Merel Loyd Cornelius
Mar 27, 2011
Merel Loyd Cornelius passed away Sunday, March 27, 2011. He was born February 26, 1949 to Wilson and Fay Cornelius in Altus, OK. He graduated in 1973 with a Bachelor of Business Administration from Central State University. Most recently, he was a M.E.T. supervisor at Home Depot. An avid hunter and fisherman, Merel loved the outdoors. Above all, he was...
Mary Elizabeth Davis
Mar 27, 2011
Mary Elizabeth (Nance) Davis died March 27, 2011, after a series of strokes that left her incapacitated. She was born April 28, 1926, to Percy and Rosa Nance in Luling, TX, and married Edgar James Davis on April 5, 1942. She was preceded in death by husband Ed, son Richard, parents, brothers, sisters and many friends, neighbors and niece/nephews. She...
Louis B. Straughan, Jr.
Mar 26, 2011
Louis B. Straughan Jr., left this world to be with his Lord and Savior on March 26, 2011. Louis was born February 14, 1922 to Louis B. Sr. and Minnie D. Straughan in Goldonna, LA. At age 12 he gave his life to Christ & was baptized in the Bayou Mason River. Louis said many times Im going to Heaven...
Mary May Gamble
Mar 26, 2011
Mary May Justice Gamble of Oklahoma City, OK passed away March 26, 2011 at the age of 100. She was born October 11, 1910 in Geary, OK to Ezra Alon Justice and Mary Annie Ames Justice. She grew up in Geary, OK where she graduated from high school in 1930. Mary married Wayne Ambros Gamble April 10, 1937 in Watonga,...
Billie C. Sanders
Mar 24, 2011
Billie Sanders stepped out of this life and into Jesus arms March 24, 2011 in Oklahoma City, just a few weeks shy of her 83rd birthday. Described as a pistol by family and friends, Billie enjoyed life and loved to laugh. She was a Texas girl, born in Amarillo on April 15, 1928 to Ruth Dickens and Harvey E. Sam...
Zella Mae Moore
Mar 23, 2011
Zella Mae Moore, 86, passed away Wednesday, March 23, 2011. She was born on December 6, 1924 to Harvey Alcorn and Beulah Oaks Alcorn, in Bentonville, AR. The family moved to Bethany, OK, where she spent her formative years, and attended the Nazarene church. She graduated from Bethany HS in 1943, and was active in planning and attending her HS...
Evelyn Alice England
Mar 22, 2011
Evelyn Alice England, 86, died peacefully on March 22, 2011, in Norman, OK with her sons at her side. Evelyn was born on June 1, 1924 in McLoud, OK to Edwin George and Alice Rutherford Horne. She moved to Oklahoma City at a young age, graduated from Classen High School, then attended business school. Evelyn married the love of her...
