Published: April 15, 2008 05:00 pm            

Obituaries April 15, 2008

VALERA COVENTON

ADA — Services for Nanny Valera Coventon, 91, Ada, are 2 p.m. Thursday at Criswell Funeral Home. Dr. Rusty Fuller will officiate. Burial follows at Memorial Park Cemetery.

Mrs. Coventon died Monday, April 14, 2008, at an Allen nursing home. She was born Feb. 18, 1917, in Kentucky to Richard and Sally Ann Madison Patrick.

She lived most of her life in Ada. She lived in Oklahoma City for several years and also Lane for several years. She attended Ada elementary schools and graduated from Ada High School. Mrs. Coventon was a homemaker and a member of Trinity Baptist Church.

She married Kennard Franklin Coventon June 12, 1936, at Ada. He died March 31, 1993.

Survivors include a son, Ken Coventon Jr., and wife Tia, Edmond; a daughter, Lou Tollison and husband Robert, Ada; six grandchildren, Kathy Gwinn and husband Ronnie, Ada, Cindy Rains, Ada, Susan Castleberry and husband Robert, Ada, Christina Coventon, Oklahoma City, Kenny Coventon, Oklahoma City, and Jason Coventon, Oklahoma City; 10 great-grandchildren; nine great-great-grandchildren; and a sister, Ann Norton, Guthrie.

She was preceded in death by her husband, a daughter, Carol Lynn Coventon in 1946, a sister, and two brothers.

Bearers will be Andrew Castelberry, Matthew Castleberry, Jacob Castleberry, David Ellis, Jr., Kenny Coventon, and Jason Coventon.

Criswell Funeral Home, Ada



BOB HIGHTOWER

STRATFORD — Memorial services for Bob Hightower, 72, Stratford, are 1 pm. Friday at Primrose Funeral Home Chapel, Norman.

Mr. Hightower died April 11, 2008.

Pickard Funeral Home, Stratford



HEATHER JOHNSTON

KONAWA — Services for Heather Johnston, 23, Asher, are pending with Swearingen Funeral Home, Konawa.

She died April 12, 2008, near Asher.

Swearingen Funeral Home, Konawa



FRANCES HARJO

KONAWA — Services for Frances Pauline Harjo, 71, Konawa, are 2 p.m. Wednesday at Spring Baptist Church in Sasakwa. Burial follows at Davis Family Cemetery, south of Sasakwa.

Mrs. Harjo died April 13, 2008, at Sasakwa.

Swearningen Funeral Home, Konawa

BUCK OWENS

ADA — Services for Johnny “Buck” Owens, 75, Ada, are pending with Criswell Funeral Home. Mr. Owens died Monday, April 14, 2008, at a local hospital.

Criswell Funeral Home, Ada



JUDY BREEDING

SEMINOLE — Services for Judy Ann Breeding, 50, Seminole, are pending with Criswell Funeral Home. Mrs. Breeding died Tuesday, April 15, 2008, at a local hospital.

Criswell Funeral Home, Ada



STEPHANIE SHANK

WILBURTON — Graveside services for Stephanie Dawn Shank, 40, formerly of Wilburton, were 2 p.m. Monday at Centerpoint Cemetery. She died April 10, 2008, at Oklahoma City.

Waldrop Funeral Home, Wilburton

        

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