Published: August 20, 2009 10:30 am      

8-20-09 obituaries

JACK KENDALL

TULSA — Services for Ralph Jackson "Jack" Kendall, 75, were Friday, July 31, 2009, at Moore's Southlawn Chapel in Tulsa. Mr. Kendall died Monday, July 27, 2009, at Tulsa.

Moore's Southlawn Chapel Funeral Home, Tulsa



JOE COFFEE

EDMOND — Services for Joe William Coffee, 66, Edmond, are 2 p.m. Friday at Brown's Funeral Service Chapel, Coalgate. Burial follows at Coalgate Cemetery.

Mr. Coffee died Aug. 17, 2009, at Fort Sill, Okla.

Brown's Funeral Service, Coalgate



FRED RODEN JR.

MILBURN — Funeral services for Fred Cleveland Roden Jr., 67, Milburn, will be 10 a.m. Friday, Aug. 21, 2009, at Connerville First Baptist Church in Connerville. Interment will follow at Connerville Cemetery in Connerville. Officiating will be the Rev. David Browning. Chickasaw Honor Guard will perform military honors.

Mr. Roden died Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2009, at an Oklahoma City hospital. He was born May 3, 1942 in Ada to Fred Cleveland Roden Sr. and Letha Virginia Richmond Roden.

He married Linita Jo Evans on May 4, 1964, at Morris Memorial Baptist Church in Latta.

Mr. Roden was born and raised in Ada, he attended Ada Public Schools while growing up, and he graduated from OSU Tech in Okmulgee with an associate's degree in drafting. He worked as a senior drafter in oilfield refineries and retired Jan. 1, 2007 after many years of service. He was a veteran of the United States Air Force and was associated with the Connerville First Baptist Church.

Survivors include his wife: Linita Roden of the home; one son, Rodney Roden, Guthrie; two daughters, Tonya Roden, Burlington, Colo., and Julie Thomas, Vinita; five brothers: Jerry Roden, Rockwall, Texas, Kenneth Roden, Jacksonville, Fla., Ronald Roden, Wichita, Kan., Paul Roden, Oklahoma City, and Joe Roden, Irving, Texas; three sisters, Carolyn Pannell, Cedar Hills, Texas, Virginia Sue Hankins, Duncanville, Texas, and Mary Pruett, Pauls Valley; 14 grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Fred and Virginia Roden; one daughter, Laurie Roden; and one brother, John Walter Roden.

Bearers are Jerry, Kenneth, Ronald, Paul, and Joe Roden and Joshua Stone.

Online guest books are available at www.phillipsfuneralservice.com and www.adaeveningnews.com.

Smith-Phillips Funeral Home, Ada



EULAH HICKS

ADA — Services for Eulah Williams Hicks, 85, Ada are 2 p.m. Monday at Criswell Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow at Memorial Park Cemetery.

Mrs. Hicks died Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2009, at a local nursing home.

Criswell Funeral Home, Ada



BOBBIE TURNER

ADA — Services for Bobbie J. Turner, 83, Ada, are 10 a.m. Saturday at Criswell Funeral Home Chapel. The Rev. Don Sayre and Dr. Rusty Fuller will officiate. Burial will follow at Memorial Park Cemetery.

Mrs. Turner died Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2009, at her home. She was born July 7, 1926, at Owl Creek, Okla., to Jasper N. and Winnie Wesson Turner.

She attended Union Valley School and graduated from Stonewall High School.

She married Gene Morris in 1943. He died in 1988. She married Bill Turner in 1991.

Mrs. Turner was a monitor technician at Valley View Regional Hospital from 1977 until retiring in 1991. She was a member of Trinity Baptist Church.

Survivors include her husband, Bill Turner, of the home; three daughters, Winifred Watson and husband Paul, Ada, Monte Custer and husband Bob, Rockport, Texas, and Michael Ann Morningstar and husband David, Indiana; one son, Hoyt Morris and wife Ann Hassenfratz, Oklahoma City; four grandchildren, Lori Lundgaard, Beaufort, S.C., Marni Money, Mesa, Ariz., Tack Harrell, Houston, Texas, and Joe Davis, Indiana; and 12 great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by a sister, Wanda Teters.

Criswell Funeral Home, Ada



CHARLES HART JR.

ROFF — Services for Charles Raymond Hart Jr., 51, Roff, are 2 p.m. Friday at Criswell Funeral Home Chapel, the Rev. Ray Talbott officiating. Burial will follow at Lightning Ridge Cemetery. Chickasaw Honor Guard will conduct military honors at the cemetery.

Mr. Hart died Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2009, at a local hospital. He was born May 19, 1958, at Rapid City, S.D., to Charles Raymond and Jimmie Deene Gurley Hart.

He received his General Equivalency Degree from Ada High School.

He married Patricia Annette Anderson on Sept. 23, 1994, at Ada.

Mr. Hart was a staff sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps serving on active duty for 16 years. He was in the military for 28 years. He later was a truck driver for Hill Brothers Trucking and Trans Am Trucking. Mr. Hart was a member of Lightning Ridge Baptist Church.

Survivors include his wife, Patricia Hart, of the home; a daughter, Jessica Austin and husband Roy, Ada; three sons, Johnathan Hart and wife Amy, Ada, Shaun Hart, Ada, and Chad McConnell, Roff; two sisters, Sherri Hunt and husband Lloyd, Okarche and Tina Frye, Ada; one grandson, Charlie Austin; and other relatives and friends.

He was preceded in death by his parents.

Bearers will be Mitchell Hunt, Jason Frye, John Bush, Charles Anderson, Lloyd Hunt and Buck Haines.

Criswell Funeral Home, Ada



RUBY WILLIAMS

ADA — Services for Ruby Williams, 71, Ada are pending with Criswell Funeral Home. Mrs. Williams died Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2009, at a local hospital.

Criswell Funeral Home, Ada