Published: August 23, 2008 07:21 pm            

8-24-08 obituaries

WESLEY HOLLINGSWORTH

LITTLE CITY — Graveside services for Wesley Lewis Hollingsworth, 65, Little City, are 2 p.m. Monday at Dixie Cemetery, Ringling, the Rev. Ron Armitage officiating.

Mr. Hollingsworth died Aug. 21, 2008, at Madill. He was born April 25, 1943, to Woodrow Wilson and Edna Faye Latham Hollingsworth.

He married Barbara Jackson Sept. 11, 1967, at Durant.

Mr. Hollingsworth attended Rexroat High School near Wilson and was in the last class to graduate from the school. He served in the U.S. Navy and Vietnam from 1961-1966. He was of the Baptist faith.

Survivors include his wife, Barbara Louise Hollingsworth, Little City; father, Woodrow Wilson Hollingsworth, Fittstown; two daughters, Mylynda Lou Hollingsworth Stout, Ratliff City, and LaDonna Michele Hollingsworth Himelright, Little City; a son, James Wesley Hollingsworth, Durant; grandchildren, Michael Christopher Waller, Cheyanne Nachelle Himelright and Danyel Brooke Himelright, all of Little City, Alexander Scott Hollingsworth, Durant; two sisters, Betty Hollingsworth Slawson, Wilson, and Kaye Hollingsworth Idleman, Oakland, Okla.

He was preceded in death by his mother, Edna Faye Latham Hollingsworth; and stepmother, Bessie Tooley Hollingsworth.

Bearers are Michael Waller, Brian Himelright, James Hollingsworth and Joe Stout.

Visitation is 6-8 p.m. Sunday at Griffin-Hillcrest Funeral Home.

Condolences may be expressed online at www.adaeveningnews.com.

Griffin Hillcrest Funeral Home, Ardmore



ROBERT TURNER

TULSA — Services for Robert E. Turner, 69, Tulsa, are 2 p.m. Monday, Aug. 25, 2008, at Smith-Phillips Funeral Home, Ada. Burial follows at Memorial Park Cemetery, Ada. Officiating will be the Rev. Jasper Ligon. Chickasaw Honor Guard will provide military honors.

Mr. Turner died Aug. 22, 2008, at a Tulsa hospital. He was born Jan. 4, 1939, at Nashville, Tenn., to Robert Ernest and Ruth Proctor Turner.

He graduated from Smith County High School in Tennessee and attended college at Tennessee Tech. Mr. Turner enlisted in the U.S. Navy and served in the SeaBees from November 1958 to November 1963. He was employed for many years as a representative in the insurance profession. He was a member of Carthage Baptist Church.

He married Peggy Edgar Aug. 29, 1995, in Eureka Springs, Ark.

Survivors include his wife, Peggy Turner, of the home; a son, Robert E. Turner, and his wife Miriam of Clarksville, Tenn.; a stepson, Roger Kitchens and his wife Susan of The Colony, Texas; a stepdaughter, Tamara Kennedy; a brother, Walton Turner and his wife Marlene of Hixson, Tenn.; and three stepgrandchildren, Michael C. Kitchens, Roger Clay Kitchens and his wife Melissa, Margaret Kennedy; and a step-great-grandson, Cole Wayne Kitchens.

Bearers are Walton Turner, Robert Turner, Roger Kitchens and Clay Kitchens.

Smith-Phillips Funeral Home, Ada



BETTY BREWER

ROGERS, Ark. — Graveside services for Betty Lou Anderson Brewer, 83, Rogers, formerly of Ada, Okla., are 11 a.m. Monday at Memorial Park Cemetery, Ada, Leroy Treat officiating.

Mrs. Brewer died July 3, 2008, at Rogers. She was born may 20, 1925, in the home of her parents, Impson Isaac and Allie Margaret Blanton Anderson in Pontotoc County, Okla.

She attended grade school at Summers Chapel, Okla., high school at Vanoss, Okla., and Draughons Business School in Oklahoma City. She was employed during World War II in the defense plants in Shawnee, Okla., and McAlester, Okla. She worked for Valley View Hospital, Ada, Okla., in medical records.

She married Joseph Heaps April 20, 1945, in American Fork, Utah. He died Feb. 24, 1954. She married Charles “Charley” Brewer July 29, 1963, in Sapulpa, Okla.

Survivors include her husband, Charley, of the home; a great-granddaughter, Aryn Bagley, Dallas, Texas; a grandson, Kai and wife Heather, Dallas, Texas; a son, John Brewer, wife, Terri and granddaughter, Libby, all of Lake Worth, Fla.; a niece, Carol Treat and husband Leroy, Ada, Okla.; two nephews, Jim Rutherford and wife Nancy, Nobel, Okla., and Ted Rutherford and wife Bobbie, Stonewall, Okla.

She was preceded in death by her daughter, Patsy Heaps Thomas and granddaughter, Keri Thomas Bagley, her parents, Impson and Allie Anderson and sister Madelon Rutherford.

        

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