Obituary Listings
Obituaries
Richard Lee Hampton
May 15, 2015
Richard Lee Hampton, 53, of Eufaula, passed away Friday, May 15, 2015 at his home. Richard was born on April 29, 1962, in Wagoner, Oklahoma the son of Richard and Sue (Neal) Hampton. He graduated from Eufaula High School in 1981. On December 13, 1999, Richard married Sandra Benson in Fort Smith, Arkansas. He was a loving husband and...

Charles "Junior" Robert Colbert
May 7, 2015
Junior was born on September 29, 1974 in Tahlequah, Oklahoma to Charles Robert Sr. and Frances Alice (Melovidov) Colbert. In 1992, he graduated from Coronado High School in Scottsdale, Arizona. Junior worked as an Academic Advisor at the Rio Salado Community College. Survivors include: his parents, Charles Sr. and Frances Colbert, of Eufaula, OK; brother, Gregory Colbert; sister, DeAnna...

Robert Ricky Haggard
May 4, 2015
Robert Ricky "Rick" Haggard Sr., 64, of Eufaula, passed away Monday, May 4, 2015 in Tulsa. Rick was born on August 12, 1950, in Fame, Oklahoma the son of John Douglas and Linda Marie (Rose) Haggard. He graduated with the last senior graduating class from Stidham High School in 1967. He then attended Connors State College. He was an...

John L. Ware
May 4, 2015
John was born on August 17, 1924 in Longville, LA to William John and Pearl (Ramsey) Ware. His family moved to Oklahoma when he was six years old. He attended school in Minco, Oklahoma. John married Mary Grigsby on January 30, 1943 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. They were happily married for over seventy-two years. He served in the United...
Violet Christine Sumner
May 4, 2015
Violet Christine Sumner, 70, of Eufaula, passed away on May 4, 2015 at the McAlester Regional Medical Center. Violet was born on February 2, 1945 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma to Edith Cameron. On February 2, 1964, she married John Hammer Chenoweth, who preceded her in death in 1980. They were happily married for over sixteen years. Violet worked as...

Barry Ray Ives
Apr 28, 2015
Barry Ray Ives, 49, of Eufaula, passed away on April 28, 2015 at his home. Barry was born on April 11, 1966 in Princeton, Texas to Harry and Jessie (Seabolt) Ives. He attended school mostly in Princeton, Texas. He owned and operated Star"s Chimney Service. Survivors include: his partner, Starlet, of the home; son, Justin Ives, of Josephine, TX;...
Nancy Sue Parnosky
Apr 18, 2015
Nancy was born on August 8, 1926, in Wetumka, Oklahoma the daughter of Butler and Alice (Burner) Fields. She attended Bacone High School. She married Willie Parnosky. They were married for twenty-five years. She later married Samuel LeRoy Strayhorn. They were married for twenty years. Nancy was of the Baptist faith. Survivors include: her son, Ivan Willie Parnosky and...

Anthony Timothy Pena
Apr 17, 2015
Anthony was born on September 19, 1960 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma to Jose and Liza (Timothy) Pena. He attended school at Capitol Hill Schools in Oklahoma City. Anthony was a general laborer, working odd jobs. He was a member of the Crossroads Baptist Church. Survivors include: aunts and uncles: Jack and Stella Feeling, of Eufaula, OK; Frank and Ella...

Helen Marie Singleton
Apr 10, 2015
Helen was born on November 19, 1937 in Vivian, Oklahoma to Fay Oscar and Lois (Hughes) King. She attended Deere"s Chapel School and graduated from Eufaula High School in 1955. On January 17, 1958, Helen married Billy Joe Singleton, who preceded her in death on November 19, 2009. They were happily married for over fifty-one years. They lived in...

Wilma Jean Clendening
Apr 4, 2015
Wilma was born on October 23, 1937 in Ankeny, Iowa to Edward C. and Elsie L. (Jasper) Knight. She attended Elkhart Schools in Elkhart, Iowa. On July 2, 1960 Wilma married Charles R. Clendening, who preceded her in death on September 29, 1994. They were married for thirty-four years. She worked as a secretary and waitress. Wilma lived all...

Mildred Louise Truman
Apr 4, 2015
Mildred Louise Truman, 85, of Indianola passed away Saturday, April 4, 2015 at her daughter"s home in Canadian. Mildred was born on September 6, 1929, in Nicholas County, West Virginia, the daughter of Wallace Richmond Sr. and Velda Lorena (Hudson) Morris. She attended elementary school at Dixie Grade School. On November 19, 1949, Mildred married Calvin Truman. They were...

Thomas Lee Martin
Apr 3, 2015
Thomas was born on March 13, 1929 in #42 Area Eufaula, Oklahoma to General Lee and Ellen Mae (Brown) Martin. He attended first through eighth grade at Mellette and ninth through twelfth at Eufaula High School, graduating in 1949. Thomas served in the United States Army. In July 1955, he married Edith Darlene Kollman. They were happily married for...
Richard Allen Rickman
Mar 29, 2015
Richard was born on December 11, 1944 in Pontiac, Michigan to Cleo and Betty Juanita (Lado-Ross-Fonders) Rickman. He attended school in Tennessee. Rick worked in commercial printing for over fifty years. He owned and operated Cherokee Labels and Printing in Eufaula. Rick married Charlotte Ann Thouvenel on October 3, 1998 in Eureka Springs, Arkansas. They were happily married for...
Stewart Sheldon Ludwig
Mar 19, 2015
Stu was born on December 22, 1938 in East Chicago, Indiana to Jack Sheldon and Wanda (Goe) Ludwig. He graduated from VMI High School in Albany, NY. Stu worked as a life insurance agent. In 1964, he married Peg E. Tallmadge. They were married for twelve years. Stu served for four years in the United States Marine Corp. On...

Delores Ann Johnson
Mar 15, 2015
Delores was born on November 17, 1934 in Checotah, Oklahoma – "a mile and a half south of her house" – this is what she was told by her parents Roy and Betty Ellis when she once asked where she was born. She was the youngest of 6 children. After graduating high school she traveled to San Diego, California...

Bobby "Bob" Joe Roberts
Mar 14, 2015
Bobby Joe Roberts, 77, of Eufaula, passed away Saturday, March 14, 2015 at his home. Bobby was born on February 21, 1938, in Wetumka, Oklahoma the son of (Toby) Joe and (Dolly) Martha Ester (Thompson) Roberts. He graduated from Wetumka High School in 1956. He attended the University of Central Oklahoma. Bobby enlisted in the U.S. Army where he...
Billy G Cox
Mar 11, 2015
Billy Cox, 54, of Eufaula passed away Wednesday, March 11, 2015 at his home. Billy was born on July 26, 1960, in McAlester, Oklahoma the son of Arlis Cox and Eva Mae Shatswell. He graduated from high school in 1975 in Bishop, California. He moved back to Eufaula in 1975. Billy worked as a cook and did oilfield work....
Elton James Lancaster
Mar 6, 2015
Elton James Lancaster, 57, of Stidham passed away Friday, March 6, 2015 at the St. John Medical Center of Tulsa. Elton was born on October 30, 1957 in Ada, Oklahoma the son of Ernest James and Nova Dallas (Johns) Lancaster. He graduated from Vanoss High School in 1975. On April 5, 1980, Elton married Carolyn Sue Zachary at the...