Published: May 18, 2009 11:57 am      

Archive Obituaries, May 18, 2009

JUDY DODD

WANETTE — Graveside services for Judy Carol (Ward) Dodd, 55, of Tuskahoma, will be Tuesday, May 19 at 1 p.m. at Wanette Cemetery. T.J. Willingham will officiate.

Ms. Dodd was born Nov. 24, 1953 at Ada to Fred and Winonia (Rycroft) Ward. She died May 16 at Tuskahoma. She attended school and graduated from Vanoss High School in 1971.

Ms. Dodd married Marvin Ddd at Annapolis, Md., Feb. 29, 1980. She resided in Tuskahoma for the last 15 years.

Survivors include her husband, Marvin Dodd of the home; four sons, Marvin Dodd Jr., Gypsum Colo., Michael Dodd, Elizabeth Town, Ky., David Dodd, Leander, Texas, and Ian Dodd of Brookville, Md.; three brothers, Eddie Ward, Konawa, Bill Ward, Stratford, Tommy Ward, Tecumseh; seven sisters, Ellene Meek, Ada, Shirley Hutto, Dothan, Ala., Pauline Beaty, Pauls Valley, Martha Hubbard, Pauls Valley, Linda Keeling, Galey, Romona McMillian, Wetumka, Nora Young, Dublin, Texas; and six grandchildren.

Pickard Funeral Home, Stratford



PAULINE TATUM

ADA — Services for Pauline Tatum, 86, Ada, are pending with Criswell Funeral Home. Mrs. Tatum died Saturday, May 16, 2009 at her son’s home.

Criswell Funeral Home, Ada



CREED SMITHEE

STONEWALL-Services for Creed Lee Smithee, 21, Stonewall, will be 2 p.m. Tuesday at Criswell Funeral Home Chapel, Rev. Tony Peak will officiate. Mr. Smithee died May 16, 2009, near Stonewall.

He was born February 13, 1988, at Rockford, Ill., to Richard Lee and Vicky Ruth Shipley Smithee. He lived most of his life in the Stonewall area, attending school in Ada and Stonewall and was employed in maintenance and housekeeping at a local nursing home. He was of the Baptist faith.

Survivors include his mother, Vicky Smithee, Stonewall; a brother, Ricky Joe Smithee, of Shawnee; a sister, Brandi Dickinson and husband Andrew, Shawnee; uncles, Tommy Hendley, Michael Hendley and wife Kimberly, all of Stonewall, and Jim Smithee, Stratford; aunts, Deborah Hendley, Pickett, and Billie Dean and husband Robert, Stonewall; three nieces and three nephews; his fiance’, Cara Lane, of the home; and numerous other family members and friends.

He was preceded in death by his uncle, Gary Shipley and his grandmother, Billie Dean Henley.

Criswell Funeral Home, Ada



NORMA ROSS

SULPHUR — Services for Norma Lee Ross, 80, Sulphur, are pending with Krien Funeral Home. She died Sunday, May 17, at Oklahoma City.

Krien Funeral Home, Sulphur