Obituary Listings
Obituaries

Dennis Ray Gillham
Oct 27, 2015
Dennis was born on April 29, 1948 in Honolulu, Hawaii to Melvin Leslie and Betty Louise (George) Gillham. He graduated from John Marshal High School in Britton, Oklahoma. On March 24, 2005 Dennis married Pamela Joy Anderson. They were happily married for over ten years. He worked in maintenance at the Oklahoma Baptist Hospital and as a truck driver....
Nellie Lucille Renfrow
Oct 22, 2015
Nellie Lucille Renfrow, 86, of Sand Springs, Oklahoma, passed away on October 22, 2015 at home. Nellie was born on April 7, 1929 in Boynton, Oklahoma to Frank and Joanna (Cloud) Miller. She attended college in Independence, Kansas for two years. On January 31, 1947, Nellie married Wymath "WC" Cecil Renfrow, who preceded her in death on June 6,...
Mary Louise Sams
Oct 17, 2015
Mary Louise Sams, 75, of Checotah, passed away Saturday, October 17, 2015 at the Eastar Health System in Muskogee. Mary was born on May 14, 1940, in Wagoner, Oklahoma the daughter of Roy and Alice (Allen) Pergeson. She graduated from high school in California. She returned to Oklahoma and later worked as a cashier for Wal-Mart for twenty plus...
Jeanne Buehner
Oct 2, 2015
Mildred "Jeanne" Buehner, 70, of Eufaula, passed away Friday, October 2, 2015 at her home. Jeanne was born on October 16, 1944, in Oakland, California, the daughter of Ronald Delmer and Mildred (McIntosh) Murray. She studied art at the Barton County Community College. On February 14, 1995, Jeanne married James Edward (Jim) Buehner in Oklahoma City. She worked as...
L.V. Smith
Oct 1, 2015
L.V. was born on January 19, 1951 in Eufaula, Oklahoma to Monte and Louella (Rock) Smith. He attended school at Eufaula. On January 20, 1973, L.V. married Becky Porter, who preceded him in death on August 5, 2014. They were happily married for over forty-one years. He worked as the plumbing supervisor for Creek Nation for over twenty years....
Jo Ann Triplett
Sep 30, 2015
Jo Ann Triplett, 82, of Checotah, passed away Wednesday, September 30, 2015 at the Eastar Health Systems. Jo Ann was born on June 23, 1933, in Kinta, Oklahoma the daughter of Troy Homer and Ruby Marie (Farrell) Cummings. She graduated from Kinta High School. Jo Ann worked for Southwestern Bell for 5 years from 1952-1956. On February 26, 1954,...
Michael Jerome Smith
Sep 30, 2015
Michael Jerome (Mike) Smith was born on April 24, 1948 to Emanuel and Lassie Smith. He grew up in Eufaula and other than traveling for work was happy to call McIntosh County his home. Mike had a long career as a heavy equipment operator working on oil and gas pipelines and traveled within the U.S. and even to Australia...
Dorothy Faye Blevins
Sep 22, 2015
Dorothy Faye Blevins, 90, of Eufaula, passed away Tuesday, September 22, 2015 at the Eufaula Manor Nursing Home. Dorothy was born on May 23, 1925, in Haskell, Oklahoma the daughter of Hubert Stanley and Delpha Mae (Smith) Grady. On August 30, 1945, Dorothy married William Stanley Blevins. He preceded her in death on May 22, 1991. She attended the...
Nathaniel "Peanut" Grayson
Sep 21, 2015
Nathaniel Lee "Peanut" Grayson, Sr., 60, of Eufaula, passed away, Monday, September 21, 2015 at the Eufaula Manor Nursing Home. Nathaniel was born on October 2, 1955 in Tahlequah, Oklahoma the son of Junior and Sue Ann (Deer) Grayson. He graduated from Eufaula High School in 1974. He worked for the Eufaula Indian Community. He was a member of...
Raymond Gray Duke
Sep 21, 2015
Raymond Gray Duke, Jr., of Porum Landing, passed away on September 21, 2015, at Eufaula Manor in Eufaula, OK, at the age of 69. Ray was the first of three children born to Raymond, Sr. and Thelma Duke. He was born at MacDill Field Air Force Base in Tampa, Florida, and the family later settled in Oklahoma City. He...
Karen Deanne Gawf
Sep 12, 2015
Karen Deanne Gawf, 42, of Eufaula, passed away Saturday, September 12, 2015 in Muskogee. Karen was born on May 19, 1973, in Muskogee, Oklahoma the daughter of William Charles and Sherlyn Faye (Hoosier) Gawf. She attended Eufaula Public Schools. She was a member of the Assembly of God Church. Survivors include: her mother, Sherlyn Hoosier Gawf of Eufaula; her...
Walter Kris Hoss
Sep 4, 2015
Walter Kris Hoss, 61, of Broken Bow, passed away on September 4, 2015 at his home. Kris was born on Janyary 12, 1954 in Altus, Oklahoma to Ralph Haland and Fern (Burdine) Hoss. He served in the United States Marine Corp for four years. He worked as an electrician for the United States Army Corp. of Engineers. Kris was...

Lois Leveta Hogue
Sep 3, 2015
Lois was born on January 3, 1929, in Eufaula, Oklahoma the daughter of Andrew Walter and Lotti (Douglas) Burns. She attended Eufaula Public Schools. She worked as a cafeteria cook for the Kerman School District in Kerman, California for over twenty years. On June 26, 1947, Lois married Arthur Hogue in Mendota, California. He preceded her in death in...
David Paul Willmon
Aug 30, 2015
David was born on October 7, 1961 in Bakersfield, California to J.D. and Vernona Faye (Duke) Willmon. He graduated from Eufaula High School in 1980 and attended Oklahoma State University. David worked in the coal mines with his dad for several years. On October 7, 1988, he married Pamela Sue Brittain in Okmulgee, Oklahoma. They were happily married for...
Bobbie Sue Solesbee
Aug 30, 2015
Bobbie was born on January 9, 1931 in Pierce, Oklahoma to Albert and Ethel (Prater) Morgan. Bobbie graduated from Checotah High School, where she played basketball and was on the State Championship Team of 1946-1947. In 1968, she married Berry Solesbee, who preceded her in death in 1998. They were happily married for over thirty years. Bobbie worked as...

James Ward Davis
Aug 20, 2015
James was born on October 12, 1933 in Mellette, Oklahoma the son of Ambris Lee and Virgie Beulah (Locke) Davis. He attended school at Shell Creek and East Liberty. He worked in Arizona at many cotton gins and later worked for McIntosh County in Oklahoma for six years. James also ran his own custom hay baling business. On November...