Betty Jo Vanderford
Mar 24, 2010
Our beloved Betty Jo Vanderford passed away on March 24, 2010. Betty was born on March 29, 1924 in Ponca City, OK to Waymon and May Holloway. She graduated from Ponca City High School and later attended Oklahoma City University. Upon graduation from high school during WWII, she went to work as a Rosie the Riveter for the Boyer Mfg....
Mary Sue Sue Mcdaniels
Mar 22, 2010
Mary Sue McDaniels, of OKC, passed away March 22, 2010 at the age of 89. She was born in Rush Springs, OK on March 22, 1921. Sue married the love of her life, Andrew Mac McDaniels on June 30, 1941. Sues life and heart revolved around her family. She was the most caring mother to her two sons, and she...
Michael Eugene Harned
Mar 22, 2010
Michael Eugene Harned, a loving father, age 55, died March 22, 2010. He was born March 24, 1954 in Eureka, KS to Jack and Beth (Rutledge) Harned. He was a purchasing agent for a medical equipment company. An avid outdoorsman, he loved fishing and hunting. Preceded in death by his father, Jack, he is survived by his mother Beth Harned;...
Kenneth Dean Cable
Mar 21, 2010
Kenneth Dean Cable, 70, died March 21, 2010. He was born October 2, 1939 in Chicago, Illinois to Frederick and Evelyn (Emerson) Cable. He owned an Insurance Agency. He was a proud veteran of the United States Air Force. Preceded in death by his parents, he is survived by his daughters Amanda McMahan, Alisha Hahn, Marcy Koeing and Lonna Zeman;...
Elbert David Overholt
Mar 20, 2010
Elbert David Overholt was born on November 23, 1925 in Cincinnati, Ohio. Childhood years were spent in the Newton, Kansas area with his parents, Clayton and Loretta Overholt, and siblings, Al, Willis, Ellen and Elvera. He worked as an aircraft welder before entering military service (1944-1946). At Bethany Peniel College he fell in love with Christian education, tennis and Esther...
Gary Wayne Zimmerman
Mar 20, 2010
Gary Wayne Zimmerman The Z-Man 1957-2010 Gary passed on peacefully Saturday, 3/20/2010, with his family and his good friend, Lonnie, surrounding him with great love. The best way to describe Gary is through a childhood story he told me one day. Gary was born with a protruding chest. He was a skinny little boy, making this condition more pronounced than...
Ruth Belle Hamilton
Mar 19, 2010
Ruth Belle Hamilton, 90, passed away March 19, 2010. She was born June 16, 1919 in Asher, Oklahoma to Steven and Carrie (Simpson) Farmer. She married Edgar Hamilton on December 25, 1940. They enjoyed 69 wonderful years together. A member of Linwood United Methodist Church, she worked many years for Sears before retiring in 1984. Preceded in death by her...
Fred R. Lawson
Mar 18, 2010
Fred R. Lawson went to be with his Lord and Savior on March 18, 2010 after celebrating sixty-eight years of marriage with his true love, Mary Frances Odom, only two weeks earlier. They shared a wonderful life of faith, family, ministry and education from the moment they met. Fred was born September 22, 1921 to Sargent Wisdom and Pearl Esther...
Clyde Lloyd Atwater
Mar 18, 2010
Clyde Lloyd Doc Atwater, 95, died March 18, 2010 in Jones, OK. He was born Oct. 20, 1914 in Chapel Hill, NC, the son of Sam and Lillian (Lloyd) Atwater. He was a WWII Army Veteran, a member of the Westwood Masonic Lodge No. 512 A.F. & A.M. He was a retired chiropractor, having owned the Atwater & Swanda Clinic...
Donald Irvin Brown
Mar 18, 2010
Donald Irvin Brown, 74, went to be with Jesus Christ on March 18, 2010. He was born in Oklahoma City on October 27, 1935 to Roy and Verl Brown. Don was a successful builder and developer in the metro area since the 1950s. Dons devotion to Jesus Christ and His Word was more than a commitment. Jesus Christ was his...
Jay Patrick Jacobs
Mar 17, 2010
Jay Patrick Jacobs, 69 of Bethany, died March 17, 2010. He was born Nov 21, 1940 in Baltimore, MD to Jay and Nalora (Mann) Jacobs. He married Phyllis Ann Cline, Dec. 4, 1970. He retired as a Loan Processor from Midland Mortgage. He enjoyed woodworking, and was a black belt in karate, instructing for many years. He also studied reflexology...
Ruth Marie Beverley
Mar 17, 2010
Ruth Marie Beverley, retired dental secretary at England Air Force Base (Alexandria, LA) died March 17, 2010 in Oklahoma City at the age of 85. The funeral will be held at Mercer-Adams Chapel on Tuesday, March 23, 10:00am with burial at 2:00 pm in Ft. Sill National Cemetery, Elgin, OK. Ruth Marie was born in Gotebo, OK to Ballard Franklin...
Daniel M. Briggs
Mar 17, 2010
Daniel M. Briggs, 83, passed away on March 17, 2010. Danny was born in Bethany on May 30, 1926. He raised his family in Warr Acres and lived for the last several years at his dream house at Lake Eufaula where he was able to pursue his lifelong love of fishing. Danny graduated from Putnam City High School, then served...
Marvin Eugene Gene Hancock
Mar 15, 2010
Marvin Eugene Gene Hancock, 69, died March 15, 2010 in OKC. He was born June 4, 1940 in St. Louis, MO, the son of Edgar Perry and Mary Agnes (Smith) Hancock. Gene was a genuine Christian, a global Christian and a true Churchman. Gene was not identified by what he did but by who he was. Although he worked for...
William Burton Beatty
Mar 15, 2010
William Burton Beatty was born April 1, 1929. He passed from this life on March 15, 2010. Bill was preceded in death by his parents, wife Kazue, son William Lee Beatty, brother Kenneth, and great-grandson Tyler Campbell. He is survived by son William Roy Beatty; daughters Karen Booth, Joan Wiley and Linda Bitner; sister Imogene Gallegly; brother Verlas Keith Beatty;...
Marion R. Howe
Mar 15, 2010
Marion R. Howe, 89, of Bethany, went peacefully into our Lords loving arms on Monday, March 15 in Oklahoma City. Marion was born in Bluff City, Kansas on March 13, 1921. He married Reva Stewart of Argonia, Kansas and after her passing he married Melva Kennedy of Anthony, Kansas. Marion was a veteran of WWII and served in the Army...
Donald E. Riggs
Mar 14, 2010
Donald E. Riggs, at the age of 87, on Sunday afternoon March 14, 2010, peacefully passed to join his wife and spend an eternity in the light of his Heavenly Father. Don was born the eldest of two children in Bethany, OK, on December 11, 1922 to Elvis and Merle Barker Riggs. Don met his wife Lynette while attending Bethany...
Marjorie Pearle Rush
Mar 14, 2010
On March 14, 2010, Pearle Dawson Cramm Rush died at the Spanish Cove Retirement Center at the age of 97. She was born January 7, 1913, in Ford, Kansas, the second of seven children of Cliff and Nondus Dawson. Two brothers, Clyde and Vernon, and a sister, Dorothy Close, have preceded her in death. She graduated from Ford High School...
Dr Jerry D. Mckinney
Mar 13, 2010
Dr. Jerry D. McKinney went home to meet his maker at 11:57am on Saturday March 13th after a courageous battle with Multiple Myeloma. Dr McKinney was pastor of Putnam City Baptist Church for the past 13 years. He was born in Burnsville, NC June 20th, 1944. He attended school in Yancey County and NCSU. After working in Electrical Engineering for...
Kenneth Ken Clarence Stewart
Mar 12, 2010
Kenneth Clarence Stewart (Ken) was born into his earthly family on April 13, 1928, in Florein, LA, and joined his heavenly family on March 12, 2010. After graduating from high school, he joined the USAF where he served for 20 years. Ken served in the Korean Conflict and the Vietnam War, later retiring with honors in 1968. He moved to...
