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Judy Mellissa Morsette
Jul 22, 2020
Judy Mellissa Morsette, 68, of Eufaula, passed away on July 22, 2020 at the St. Francis Hospital in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Judy was born on October 20, 1951 in Talihina, Oklahoma, the daughter of Chester Fields and Edna (Holuby) Belcher. She attended Jones Academy and Sequoyah High School graduating in 1969. She received a Bachelor's Degree in Teaching from Bacone...
Larry Gawf
Jul 19, 2020
Larry Dean Gawf, 69, of Eufaula, passed away Sunday, July 19, 2020, at his home. Larry was born on February 12, 1951, in Eufaula, Oklahoma the son of Samuel Madison and Hazel Catherine (Woods) Gawf. He was a member of the Eufaula First Christian Church. Larry loved to eat out for all meals and was a frequent customer at...
Helen "Thomas" Grigsby
Jul 11, 2020
Helen “Thomas” Grigsby, 96, of Checotah, passed away Saturday, July 11, 2020, at her home surrounded by family. Helen was born on December 28, 1923, in Bower, Oklahoma, the daughter of Dewey and Linda (Beck) Thomas. On December 30, 1941, Helen married L.J. “Son” Grigsby. They were happily married for fifty years. Helen loved children which is why she...
Oliver Beaver
Jul 11, 2020
Oliver Beaver, 87, of Eufaula, passed away on July 11, 2020 at the Clarehouse in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Oliver was born March 21, 1933 in Eufaula, Oklahoma to Winfred and Mae (Braxton) Beaver. Oliver was part of the archery club in his younger years. He attended Lindsey Chapel Schools. In 1951, Oliver married Mamie Vickery. They were married for twenty-seven...
Houston Newton
Jul 10, 2020
Houston Newton, 93, of Eufaula, passed away Friday, July 10, 2020, at the Jack C. Montgomery VA Hospital. Houston was born on January 13, 1927, in Eufaula, Oklahoma the son of Artie Lee and Willie (Jones) Newton. He attended Red Bud and Union Grove (Pull tight) schools. Houston enlisted in the United States Army on May 7, 1945. He...
Chester Eugene Mcgirt
Jul 9, 2020
Chester "Gene" Eugene McGirt, 62, of Mounds, passed away Thursday, July 9, 2020, in Tulsa. Chester was born on October 9, 1957, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma the son of Chester and Betty Mae (Francis) McGirt. He graduated from Eufaula High School in 1976. He then enlisted in the National Guard. In October 2004, Chester married Stephanie Michelle Marshall in...
Joyce Virginia Gawf
Jul 7, 2020
Joyce Virginia Gawf, 84, of Muskogee, passed away on July 7, 2020 at the St. John's Hospital in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Joyce was born on October 30, 1935 in Artussee, Oklahoma to Alfred and Ida Marie (White) Montgomery. She attended Artussee Schools and graduated from Eufaula High School. She attended beauty school in Shawnee. On January 25, 1954, Joyce married...
Connie Marie Henderson
Jul 7, 2020
Connie Marie Henderson, 74, of Checotah, passed away on July 7, 2020 in Muskogee, Oklahoma. Connie was born on December 6, 1945 in Willmar, MN to Edward James and Blanche Marie (Olson) Erickson. She graduated from Dorsey High School in Los Angeles, CA. Connie attended UCLA. She was a member of the Good Shepherd Lutheran Church. Survivors include: her...
Roy Allen Langford Sr
Jun 28, 2020
Roy Allen Langford, Sr., 72, of Oklahoma City, passed away Sunday, June 28, 2020, at his home. Roy was born on November 15, 1947, in Snyder, Oklahoma, the son of Charles F Woodand Jessie May Kirk Langford. He graduated from high school in California. Roy liked motorcycles, traveling and life. he worked as a truck driver for fifteen years....
Barbara Ann Burkhart
Jun 26, 2020
Barbara Ann Burkhart, 73, of Eufaula, passed away on June 26, 2020 at her home. Barbara was born on June 10, 1947 in Hays, Kansas to James L. Sr. and Armella Ann Edwards. She attended Marion High School in Hays Kansas and graduated from Great Bend High School in 1965. Barbara received her Associate's Degree from Barton Community College....
Fred B. Jackson
Jun 26, 2020
Fred Blanton Jackson, 93, of Eufaula, passed away on June 26, 2020 at his home. Fred was born on October 21, 1926 in Wellington, Kansas to Jasper Andrew, Sr. and Margaret Alto Jackson. He graduated from Classen High School in 1944. While attending Classen High School, Fred was active in band and orchestra, where he played lead trumpet from...
Dennis Baldwin
Jun 24, 2020
Dennis Baldwin, 85, of Eufaula, passed away on June 24, 2020 at the St. Francis Hospital in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Dennis was born on February 19, 1935 in Calvin, Oklahoma the son of William "Bill" and Opal May (Clark) Baldwin. He attended Calvin Public Schools. On October 7, 1997, Dennis married Fay Johnson in Las Vegas, Nevada. He worked at...
Elsie Florene Harris
Jun 21, 2020
Elsie Florene Harris, 91, of Eufaula, passed away Sunday, June 21, 2020, at her home. Elsie was born on July 22, 1928, in Cedar Glades, Arkansas, the daughter of Vena Levena Riley. She attended school in Redden, Oklahoma. She married George Clayburn in 1946. To this union two sons, George Dennis and Marlin, were born. She later married Arvel...
Syble Dean Shropshire
Jun 20, 2020
Syble Dean Shropshire, 90, of Claremore, Oklahoma, passed away Saturday, June 20, 2020, at the Claremore Nursing Home. Syble was born July 2, 1929, in Patrick, Oklahoma, the daughter of James Manley and Josephine Leflore Long Buie. She attended Canadian Public Schools. Syble married John David Shropshire on October 31, 1953, in Eufaula. To this union two children were...
Dorothy W Boyer
Jun 20, 2020
Dorothy Wahneta Boyer, 92, of Eufaula, passed away on June 20, 2020 at the McAlester Regional Health Center. Dorothy was born on September 27, 1927 to Louis William and Hazel LaJoy (Rattan) Hardison. On January 2, 1982, she married David Boyer. They were happily married for 38 years. Dorothy worked as a x-ray technician at the hospitals in Eufaula,...
Gerotha Sue Epley
Jun 19, 2020
Gerotha Sue Epley, 74, of Eufaula, passed away Friday, June 19, 2020, at her home. Sue was born on February 2, 1946, in Enterprise, Oklahoma the daughter of Berry Lee and Alice (Baker) Thomas. She attended from Canadian High School. She lived in McAlester from 1970-1989 and moved to Longtown where she was living when she passed. Sue was...
Cody Shawn Meeks
Jun 14, 2020
Cody Shawn Meeks, 28, of Eufaula, passed away on June 14, 2020 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Cody was born on December 3, 1991 in Talihina, Oklahoma to Michael Shawn and Alisa Ann (Mangrum) Meeks. He attended McAlester Public Schools. Cody loved to fish, hunt, and spend time with his family. Survivors include: his mother, Alisa Meeks, of Eufaula; father, Michael...
Orvel Ools
Jun 12, 2020
71-year-old Orvel Ools known as KO, and to his loved ones Papa, was born July 13th, 1948 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. During the afternoon of June 12th, 2020 in his home of Crowder OK, surrounded by loved ones, angels took papa to meet Jesus at the pearly gates. Upon arriving at those gates Papa was greeted by his brother...
David Deval Pierce
Jun 8, 2020
A precious baby boy, David DeVal Pierce, was born to Clarence Lee Pierce Sr. and Lou Jean Pierce on December 7, 1961. He attended Eufaula High School where he graduated in 1979. David joined Wayland Baptist Church at an early age. David worked several jobs including the City of Checotah on the trash service, remodeling homes with George Foreman,...
Dave Alan Williams
Jun 8, 2020
Dave Alan Williams, 57, of Eufaula, passed away Monday, June 8, 2020, after a long battle with brain cancer in Eufaula. Dave was born on March 22, 1963, in Muskogee, Oklahoma, the son of JD and Bonnie Sue Williams. He attended grade school in Stidham and graduated from Eufaula High School in 1981. He received an Associate's Degree from...
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