Published: May 20, 2009 10:56 am      

Archive Obituaries, May 20, 2009

DONALD McGUIRE

NEWALLA — Services for Donald Gene McGuire, 72, Newalla, are 10 a.m. Friday at St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church. Rosary will be 7 p.m. Thursday, May 21, at the church. Burial follows at Pilgrims Rest Cemetery, Newalla.

Mr. McGuire died May 17, 2009.

Bill Eisenhour Southeast Funeral Home, Del City



JACKIE SKELTON

ADA-Services for Jack B. “Jackie” Skelton, Jr., 56, Ada are 10:30 a.m. Thursday at the Criswell Funeral Home Chapel, Bud Ross will officiate. Burial will follow at Elmore City Cemetery with Joe Terrell officiating.

Mr. Skelton died Monday, May 18, 2009 at a local hospital. He was born Sept. 5, 1952 at Chickasha, Oklahoma to Jack B. and Dortha J. Nash Skelton. He attended Sunnyside school in Tulsa and had been a resident of McCall’s Chapel for 47 years.

Survivors include his mother, Dortha Skelton, Ada; a sister, Martha Duncan and husband Todd, Euless, Texas; and a nephew, Michael Duncan and wife Jaime, Edmond.

He was preceded in death by his father, Jack Skelton, Sr., and his grandparents, Mark and Lois Nash, Mattie and Jay Ivy, and Oscar Skelton, Sr.

Bearers will be friends at McCall’s Chapel. Honorary bearers will be JoAnne Whitehead, Jan McCarn and Terry Daniels.

The family says those who wish may make memorials to McCall’s Chapel, 13546 CR 3600, Ada, OK 74820 or the charity of choice.

Criswell Funeral Home, Ada



PAULINE TATUM

ADA-Services for Pauline Turner Tatum, 86, Ada are 2 p.m. Thursday at Morris Memorial Baptist Church, Rev. Gary Jamar will officiate. Burial will follow at Memorial Park Cemetery.

Mrs. Tatum died Saturday, May 16, 2009 at her son’s home. She was born November 8, 1922 at Ada, Oklahoma to Jay Christopher and Ethel Mae Odom Turner. She lived in this area all her life.

She married Dave Sanford Tatum Nov. 15, 1938 in Pontotoc County, Oklahoma. Mr. Tatum preceded her in death. Mrs. Tatum was a labeler for Wrangler/Blue Bell Company in Ada until medical retirement, a charter member of Morris Memorial Baptist Church and a volunteer at the Ada Public Library.

Survivors include a son, Ishmel Tatum and wife Oma, Ada; one daughter, Linda Davis, Oklahoma City; two brothers, Bill Turner and wife Mary, Shelby, IN, and Sam Turner and wife Ruby, Ada; six grandchildren; fourteen great grandchildren; thirteen great great grandchildren; and six great great great grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; a step-daughter, Ethelyne Tatum Arterburn; two sisters, Katherine Shay and Nora Ruth Taylor; a grandson, Punch Houchen; and a granddaughter, Debbie Houchen.

Bearers will be Terry Dunn, Woody Wilson, Mickey Tatum, Jimmy Jackson, Mike Wilkinson, and Bill Turner.

Criswell Funeral Home, Ada



BILL KIDDIE

COALGATE — Services for William "Bill" Turner Kiddie, 65, Lehigh, are 2 p.m. Thursday, May 21, at Brown's Funeral Service Chapel, Coalgate. Burial follows at Lehigh Cemetery.

Mr. Kiddie died May 15, 2009, at Lehigh.

Brown's Funeral Service, Coalgate