Annie Mae Chiles
Oct 7, 2012
Annie Mae Preston-Chiles was born on March 3, 1912 to Mitt and Austis Preston in Harold, Arkansas. She was preceded in death by both parents, husband, Deacon Willie D. Chiles, brother; A.B. Preston. In 1942, Mother Chiles moved to Oklahoma City, meeting and marrying the love of her life, Willie D. Chiles, and together they nurtured and loved all children...
Helen Faye Jarmon-Bennett
Sep 27, 2012
Helen Faye Jarmon Bennett entered this life on April 4, 1932 to Edgar Evans and Lucy Luvenia Jarmon in Guthrie, Oklahoma. She was preceded in death by both parents, brother Charles Evans, special aunt: Pearl Rogers Jarmon. She graduated from Favor High School in 1949. She attended Robinson Chapel, AME Church (SE of Guthrie, OK). Later she became a member...
Paul Ralph Turner, Sr.
Sep 27, 2012
Paul Ralph Turner Sr. was born December 10, 1929, to Levi and Jennie V. Durley-Turner, in Guthrie, Oklahoma. Paul was very young, just one year-old when his mother passed away. Paul and his sister were raised by Mollie Durley and his Aunt, Hallie Durley-Law-home. He attended elementary school in Logan County and high school in Guthrie, OK, shortly after he...
Carl Cephas Smith
Sep 23, 2012
Carl Cephas Smith was born March 10, 1944 in Wynnewood, Oklahoma to Timothy Sr. and Gertie M. Smith. He was the third of nine children born to this union. Little did they know, not only would he become a blessing to them, he would also be a blessing to so many others. Carl Cephas accepted Christ at an early age....
Vertis L. Shaver
Sep 22, 2012
I'm Free Don't grieve for me, for now I'm free I'm following the path God has laid you see. I took His hand when I heard him call I turned my back and left it all. I could not stay another day To laugh, to love, to work, to play. Tasks left undone must stay that way I found that...
Thelma Avonne King-Beshears
Sep 19, 2012
Thelma was born to the parentage of teh late William Clarence and Addie Rogers King. She was the youngest of ten children born to this union. She was reared in the community known as Pleasant Valley, near Kingfisher, Oklahoma. She received her education in the Pleasant Valley community and her dad was one of her teachers. After graduating high school,...
Seretha Johnson
Sep 12, 2012
Seretha Johnson was born on March 27, 1922 to Sandy and Sallie Johnson in Castle, Oklahoma. She received her education at Boley High School in Boley, Oklahoma. She became a christian at an early age, at Parish Spring Baptist Church. She was later baptized and attended Northeast Church of Christ. She moved to Oklahoma City, OK, met and married Herbert...
Ke'Mariyon Davon Lambert
Sep 11, 2012
There Is A Special Angel There is a special Angel in Heaven that is part of me. It is not where I wanted him but where God wanted him to be. He was here but just a moment like a night time shooting star. And though he is in Heaven he isn't very far. He touched the heart of many...
Ida M. Barnes-Washington
Sep 8, 2012
Ida M. Barnes-Washington was born in Lawton, OK. She was one of five children born to Willie and Eula Barnes. She was the mother of three children, Emmitt Washington, Bryvin (Laura) Durham, and Blairohn (Cindy) Grant. She was preceded in death by her mother Eula, father Willie Barnes, older sister Shirley, and husband William Grant. She was baptized at an...
Mamie Kate Thompson
Sep 2, 2012
Mamie Kate Thompson was born October 16, 1905 to Dennis and Lillie Anderson in Paris, TX. She attended school in Paris, Texas. At an early age she accepted Christ and united with Mt. Canaan Baptist Church in 1952. Mamie and her parents later moved to Oklahoma City, OK, and they united with Mt. Carmel Baptist Church. Later Mamie moved her...
Phillip Ray Washington-Doolin
Sep 1, 2012
Phillip Ray Washington-Doolin was born December 9, 1978 to Eldridge M. and Joyce L. Washington-Doolin. He professed his belief in Christ at a young age and became a member of St. James A.M.E. Church, Arcadia, OK. Phillip attended school in the Oklahoma City Public School System. As an adult he was very committed to his talent in music. He was...
David Carl Hannah
Aug 29, 2012
David Carl Hannah was born on May 24, 1953 to David and Mattil Hannah of Oklahoma City, OK. He was preceded in death by both parents, his sister Sharon (Scott) Hannah, brother James "Herb" Hannah. Daughter; Crystal Hannah. He accepted Christ at an early age and united with Mt. Carmel Baptist Church. He graduated from Douglas High School in Oklahoma...
Ronald Lee Boone Sr.
Aug 27, 2012
Ronald Lee Boone was born March 30, 1963 to Carl and Deborah (Alexander) Boone. Ronald is preceded in death by his maternal grandparents, Bibb and E.B. (Brown)- Alexander. Paternal grandparents, Will and Jesse (Gardner) Boone, second father Leon Sweet. Ronald accepted Christ as his personal Savior and united with Loving St. James Baptist Church, Spencer, Oklahoma. He attended Parker Elementary,...
Bertha J. Reece-Newton
Aug 27, 2012
Bertha Joseph Reece was born June 10, 1917 to Beulah Joseph and James Pete in Villeplate, LA. Her family moved to Okmulgee and Muskogee, Oklahoma, and she attended elementary school in Okmulgee, OK. Later the family moved to Oklahoma City, and she attended Douglass High School. She is preceded in death by both parents, husbands, Ivy Reece, Sr., and Jesse...
Tommie Lee Harmon
Aug 16, 2012
The Road Not Taken Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth; Then took the other, as just as fair And having perhaps the better claim, Because it was grassy and...
Tabetha Marie White
Aug 8, 2012
Life is but a Stopping Place Life is but a stopping place, A pause in what's to be, A resting place along the road, to sweet eternity. We all have different journeys, Different paths along the way, We all were meant to learn some things, but never meant to stay... Our destination is a place, Far greater than we know....
Athlene Hill
Aug 8, 2012
Athelene Payne-Hill was born July 7, 1925 in Porterm Oklahoma to James Payne and Ida Dennis. Their bundle of joy, Athelene, one of thirteen children, was born into this world. Her parents, husband, four sisters, eight brothers, two children and two great grandchildren preceded her in death. Athelene attended school in Pierce, Oklahoma. She met and married the love of...
Ella Mae Myers
Aug 6, 2012
Ella Mae Myers was born July 17, 1928 in Grayson, Oklahoma to Adam and Sarah Pete. She was the eighth child of ten children. Her mother, father and eight siblings preceded her in death. She received her education in Oklahoma. She left Oklahoma and went to Chicago, Illinois. After a period, she moved to Los Angeles, California where she was...
Ralph Edward Ellis
Aug 6, 2012
Ralph Edward Ellis was born February 2, 1941 in Oklahoma City, OK. Ralph was the fourth of ten children born to Casper Ellis and Johnnie Mae Sanders Ellis. Both parents, one brother and three sisters preceded him in death. He received his early childhood education in Oklahoma City, having graduated from Frederick A. Douglass High School. After obtaining his Bacherlor's...