Obituaries

Jan 12, 2023

Her Smile

Though her smile is gone forever and her hand I cannot touch I still have so many memories Of the one I loved so much. Her memory is now my keepsake Which with I'll never part. God has her in her keeping I have her in my heart. Sadly missed, but never forgotten.

Jan 11, 2023

His Journey's Just Begun

By Ellen Brenneman

Don't think of him as gone away his journey's just begun, life holds so many facets this earth is only one. Just think of him as resting from the sorrows and the tears in a place of warmth and comfort where there are no days and...

Jan 9, 2023

William Franklin Barnett, 80 years of age born April 3, 1942, in Carney, OK, was the third child of eight children born to Goldie Irene Barnett and Ernie Barnett Sr. His mother, father and three siblings proceeded him in death. He grew up in Dudley and then Luther, OK, going to school at Washington High School and graduating from...

Jan 7, 2023

Felicia Rene Jefferson was born on December 6, 1962 to Betty and Doug Pendarvis. She was the eldest of five children and raised in Spencer as well as Oklahoma City, OK where she attended Star Spencer High School.

Felicia loved sports. She was an exceptional gymnast and was also the captain of her high school cheerleading squad....

Jan 5, 2023

Love Lives On

Those we love remain with us for love itself lives on, and cherished memories never fade because a loved one's gone. Those we love can never be more than a thought apart, far as long as there is memory, they'll live on in the heart.

Jan 4, 2023

Charles R. Johnson was born on February 15, 1942 in Ardmore, OK. He was the first child to Raymond C. Johnson and Mae Ellen Johnston.

Raised in Ardmore, OK Charles graduated from Ardmore Douglas 1959, where he played football and won a state championship with his team. He attended Langston University where he played football winning a...

Jan 2, 2023

Barbara Eugene Coleman was born December 28, 1934 in Holdenville, OK to Booker T. Bruner Sr. and Angetta Shaw. She is preceded in death by her siblings, Booker T. Bruner Jr. and Eunetta Monroe, and her youngest son, Keith Coleman.

Barbara was homeschooled by her Aunt Eunetta, a traveling educator who took her on the road with...

Dec 31, 2022

The beloved daughter of Cleva Upchurch and the late Willie Norvell Pickens-Upchurch entered eternal peace on December 31, 2022. Bulena Upchurch transitioned at Mercy Memorial Hospital in Oklahoma City, OK. She was born August 6, 1949, in Ardmore, OK. She attended Dunbar Elementary and Douglass High School until 1963 when the family moved to California. While in Ardmore, she...

Dec 26, 2022

Maybelle Thomas Fisher was born on December 2, 1932, to Thomas H. Thomas and Ella Turner in Sasakwa, OK, located in Seminole County. She was the oldest sibling in the home wither father, having lost her mother at a young age, and often took on a more mature role to help raise her at a younger sisters and brothers....

Dec 22, 2022

Darla Sue "Curtis" Smart was born on March 21, 1938 in the small town of Cresent, OK to the late Charlie and Armetha Curtis. She was the eighth child of ten. Darla affectionately known as Dollie Sue by her family and friends, accepted Christ at a early age and received her early education at Douglass High School in Cresent,...

Dec 22, 2022

He Heard The Call of His Country

He heard the call of his country; And answered it brave and true; "I'll be a man to do or die;| I'm going to help them through."

The Great Commander has written his name;| On the roll of him who gave; His Only Begotten Son; And...

Dec 22, 2022

Zenisha Shrye-Shurna Calloway (Nisha) was born August 8, 1980 to Norma Lewis and the late Michael S. Calloway in Broger, TX. Zenisha is preceded in death by her grandparents James and Charlie Jones, her Aunt Shirley Hinds and Brother Marcello Jones. Nisha attended Rogers Middle School and graduated from Star Spencer High School '98. After HS Zenisha knew that...

Dec 21, 2022

Dione Haskell Prince was born on October 7, 1986 to Linda D. Madison-Cox and Haskell Ray Prince of Oklahoma City, OK. Dione went to be with the Lord and reunite with his love one's on December 21, 2022. Dione is preceded in death by his mother, Linda Cox, his father Haskell Prince, his brother Walter Lee Cox Jr., his...

Dec 20, 2022

Prayer of Faith

We trust that beyond absence there is a presence. That beyond the pain there can be healing. That beyond the brokenness there can be wholeness. That beyond the anger there may be peace. That beyond the hurting there may be forgiveness. That beyond the silence there may be the word. That beyond the word...

Dec 16, 2022

Victoria Goode, daughter of James and Crystal Goode, was born on October4, 1995, in Oklahoma City. She left behind three siblings, Daemen King, the late James Jacob Goode, and Dominic Goode.

Victoria lived a large portion of her early life in Oklahoma and graduated from John Marshall HS in 2014. She then attended Redlands Community College for...

Dec 15, 2022

Joy Lynn (Horton) Robinson was born May 13, 1959, in Oklahoma City, OK to Rozella and Glenn Horton. She grew up in Spencer, OK with her siblings and grandmother. Joy attended Dunjee High School. Later, in life she met and married Joe Robinson of Shreveport, LA in which they started a family. Joy lived up to her name. She...

Dec 13, 2022

There is No Light Without a Dawning

No winter without a spring And beyond the dark horizon Our hearts will once more sing… For those who leave us for a while Have only gone away Out of a restless, care worn world Into a brighter day.

By Helen Steiner Rice

Dec 12, 2022

He ended his worldly journey

to walk amongst the angels,

side by side with God.

So celebrate this perfectly

imperfect, worldly man,

last name Smith, first name Michael

Dec 10, 2022

Life

Life is just a stepping-stone A pause before we make it home A simple place to rest and be,

Until we reach eternity. Everyone has a life journey, A path to take with lots to see God guides our steps along the way, But we were never meant to stay.

Dec 8, 2022

She Shall Be Praised

Who can find a virtuous woman? For her price is far above rubies. Strength and honor are her clothing; and she shall rejoice in time to come. She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue is the law of kindness. She looketh well to the ways of her household,...