Obituary Listings
Obituaries
Denver Colonel Milam
Oct 4, 2021
Denver Colonel Milam, 86, of Quinton, passed away on Monday, October 4, 2021 at St. John's Hospital in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Denver was born on January 7, 1935 in Lamar, West Virginia to Aubrey and Helen Mae (Howerton) Milam. He married Geneva Prince on December 7, 1968. They were happily married for fifty-two years. Denver worked as a dozer operator....
Loyd Arlin Eubanks
Oct 3, 2021
Loyd Arlin Eubanks, 85, of Eufaula, Oklahoma, passed away Sunday, October 3, 2021, at his home surrounded by family. Loyd was born on November 11, 1935, in Blue Mountain, Mississippi, the son of Vernell Lambert and Bernice Esther (Ezell) Eubanks. He attended Jones Jr. College in 1953 and received his Bachelors Degree in Accounting from the University of Alabama...
Sharon Phillips
Oct 2, 2021
Sharon Phillips, 79, of Eufaula, Oklahoma, passed away Saturday, October 2, 2021, at her home. Sharon was born on October 27, 1941, in Eufaula, the daughter of Walter Langston and Lorene (Jones) Pittman. She graduated from Ceres High School in Ceres, CA with the class of 1961. On September 25, 1959, Sharon married her high school sweetheart, Edward Phillips...
Richard H Critz
Oct 1, 2021
Our beloved Richard, 76, formerly of Corpus Christi, was called home on Friday, October 1, 2021, at his home in Eufaula, Oklahoma. Richard was born on August 22, 1945, the son of John Franklin Critz Sr. and Isabelle Pattee Critz. He loved to fish, hunt and tell jokes. He also enjoyed the seaside in Corpus Christi and the Gulf...
Otis Wayne Carruthers
Sep 30, 2021
Otis Wayne Carruthers, 65, of Sperry, went to be with the Lord on September 30, 2021 in Yukon, Oklahoma. Otis was born on March 24, 1956 in Tulsa, Oklahoma to Randell Ray and Vinita Elizabeth (McQuay) Carruthers. He attended Sperry Elementary and High School. Otis followed his father, brothers, uncles, cousins, and nephews into the Construction Industry. He became...
Steve
Sep 29, 2021
Steven "Pippa" Lee Bentley, 71, of Eufaula, passed away on September 29, 2021 at the St. Francis Hospital in Tulsa, Oklahoma with his family by his side. Steve was born on July 10, 1950 in Anderson, Indiana to Robert and Barbara (Hilligoss) Bentley. He attended school in Anderson, Indiana. Steve enlisted in the United States Marine Corp on February...
Doshia Lou Graves
Sep 28, 2021
Doshia Lou Graves, 75, of Crowder, Oklahoma, passed away Tuesday, September 28, 2021, at her home. Doshia was born on February 2, 1946, in Enterprise, Oklahoma, the daughter of Berry and Alice (Baker) Thomas. Doshia worked as a teacher at McAlester Public Schools for over ten years. She was a member of the First Free Will Baptist Church of...
Anna Mae Miller
Sep 27, 2021
Anna Mae Miller was a mother, a factory worker, a shop steward, a union leader, a grandmother, a Democrat and a Christian. She passed away at the age of 95 on September 27, 2021, in Eufaula, Oklahoma. Born on Bald Hill in Stidham, Oklahoma, on December 31, 1925, she was the youngest daughter of Alfred W. and Josephine Ella...
Donald Hugh Layman, Sr.
Sep 25, 2021
On September 25th in the early morning hours, my dad, Donald "Slick" Layman Sr,. turned off his lawnmower one last time at the age of 70 years young. The Lord decided it was time for him to hang that "gone fishing" sign on the front door and reunite with my mom for eternal fishing trips to Bunny Creek ....
Don
Sep 24, 2021
Gordon Lawrence Grider II "Don" was born on January 19, 1951 and received his angel wings at his home on September 24, 2021. He was 70 years old. Don lived on Lake Eufaula, Oklahoma. He was born to Gordon Lawrence and Clara Louise Grider in Oklahoma City. He graduated from Southeast High School in 1969. He joined the Army...
Debbie Ann Francis
Sep 20, 2021
Debbie Ann Francis, 61, of Eufaula, passed away on September 20, 2021 in Henryetta, Oklahoma. Debbie was born on December 19, 1959 in Casa Grande, Arizona, the daughter of George Francis and Charlene Georgetta (Tobler) Wilson. She attended school at Hanna, Oklahoma. Debbie was a CNA/CMA. She worked at the Eufaula Manor and Fountainview Manor Nursing Homes for a...
Lois Evelyn Burns
Sep 20, 2021
Lois Evelyn (Salters) Burns, 96, of Eufaula, Oklahoma, passed away Monday, September 20, 2021, at her home. Lois was born on November 11, 1924, in Artussee, Oklahoma, the daughter of Miles Clayton and Carrie Leona McCain Salters. She attended Artussee School. Lois married Raymond Theodore Burns on November 4, 1943. They were happily married for seventy-seven years. She worked...
Jack R Lockeby
Sep 19, 2021
Jack Randolph Lockeby, 90, of Eufaula, Oklahoma, passed away Sunday, September 19, 2021, at the Norman VA Center. Jack was born on June 18, 1931, in Charlotteville, Canada, the son of Henry Washington and Bethel Randolph Wood. He married Joyce Boncille Talbott on July 20, 1951, in Oklahoma City. He worked as a boat propeller service man for many years.
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Bud
Sep 19, 2021
Howard "Bud" M. Simpson, 88, of Shawnee passed away on September 19, 2021 at the Belfair Memory Care Center in Shawnee. Bud was born on February 25, 1933 in Yale, Oklahoma, the son of Howard and Ruth Haskell (Paris) Simpson. He graduated from Yale High School in 1952. He was an avid collector of rocks and fossils. On May...
Pauline Lee
Sep 18, 2021
Pauline Lee, 91, of McAlester, Oklahoma, passed away Saturday, September 18, 2021, at the Mitchell Manor Nursing Home. Pauline was born on December 12, 1929, in Dibble, Oklahoma, the daughter of Manford Wesley and Bertie Mae (Wilkey) Lee. She graduated from Dibble High School in 1948. Pauline worked as a store clerk all over the east coast. She also...
Mike
Sep 9, 2021
Rest In Peace, Mike... Michael Dell "Mike" Jackson, 68, of Tulsa, Oklahoma, transitioned Thursday, September 9, 2021, at the OSU Select Specialty Hospital of Tulsa. Mike was born on June 5, 1953, in Eufaula, Oklahoma, the second born son of ten to George "Sam" and Johnnie Mae (Shaver) Jackson. He graduated from Eufaula High School in the class of...
Felicia Rene Marshall-Postoak
Sep 8, 2021
Felicia Rene Marshall-Postoak, 43, of Okemah, Oklahoma, passed away Wednesday, September 8, 2021, at her home. Felicia was born on September 22, 1977, in Dallas, Texas, the daughter of Phillip Hendrix, Jr. and May Marshall. She graduated from Shawnee High School in 1995. Felicia resided in the Eufaula/Okemah area most of her adult life. She enjoyed listening to music...
Jake
Sep 7, 2021
Jacob Jackson of Eufaula, Oklahoma, passed away at the age of 67 on September 7, 2021, at his home. He was born in Weleetka, Oklahoma, on August 22, 1954, to Timothy O. and Luella Mae (Red) Jackson. Jacob graduated from Weleetka High School in 1972. He received his Bachelor's degree from East Central University and continued his education at...
Norl D. Cochran
Sep 7, 2021
Recently, Norl Cochran was described as a “mountain of a man” by his son, Ron. As Norl was a tall person, some might take this at face value as a reference to his height. In reality, this description is more accurate of the way he lived his life. Substantial. Large. All-encompassing. If he was in a room with you,...
Lula Lorene Buie
Sep 6, 2021
Lula Lorene Buie, 77, of Eufaula, Oklahoma, passed away Monday, September 6, 2021, at the St. Francis Hospital of Muskogee. Lula was born on December 31, 1943, in Crowder, Oklahoma, the daughter of Everett Eugene and Ava (Wood) Boatner. She graduated from McAlester High School in 1962 and attended college in Wilburton. On March 2, 1965, Lula married Earl...

