Published: September 09, 2009 11:06 am      

Archive Obituaries 9-9-09

WYLIE WEBSTER

ROFF-Services for Wylie Payne Webster, 72, Roff, are 2 p.m. Thursday at Lightning Ridge Baptist Church, the Rev. Dean Stone will officiate. Burial will follow at Lightning Ridge Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m. Wednesday at Criswell Funeral Home.

Mr. Webster died Saturday, Sept. 5, 2009, at a local hospital. He was born Nov. 8, 1936 at Lightning Ridge to Blaine Bliss and Lillie Mae Coffey Webster. He lived in this area all his life and attended Lightning Ridge grade school and graduated from Vanoss High School. He attended East Central University for two years.

He married June Stephens on June 9, 1955. He later married Linda Nye on March 25, 1962. He married Dora Cross in 1999. She preceded him in death January 2008. Mr. Webster was a farmer and had served as state president of the Young Farmers Association in 1975.

Survivors include two daughters, Elizabeth Ann Melson, Tucson, Ariz., and Susan Marie Pinley and husband David Glen Pinley, Ada; two sons, Donnie Gene Higginbotham, Ada and Woody Woodrow Burnes and wife Judy, Little Axe; a son-in-law, John Luna, Pea Ridge, Ark., and grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents, one son, Johnny Leo Burnes and a daughter, Georganna May Webster Luna.

Bearers will be grandsons, Kenny Nault, Kevin Pinley, Donnie Higginbotham II, Shannon Nault, Ryan Johnson, Johnathan Burns and sons-in-law, David Pinley and John Luna. Honorary bearers will be Ryan Temple, John Cross, Breann Pinley, Angela Higginbotham, Brittany Burnes, Tori Luna, Kristy Nault, Michelle Nault and Jennifer Cummings.

Online condolences may be expressed at www.adaeveningnews.com.

Criswell Funeral Home, Ada



LEON BROWNEN

STONEWALL-Services for Marvin Leon Brownen, 88, Stonewall are 11 a.m. Monday, Sept. 14, 2009 at Faith Assembly of God Church in Ada, the Rev. Greg Pollard will officiate. Burial will follow at Highland Cemetery in Stonewall.

Mr. Brownen died Saturday, Sept. 5, 2009 at his home.

Criswell Funeral Home, Ada



MARIE WILLIS

ADA-Services for Mary Marie Willis, 87, Ada, are 2 p.m. Thursday at Criswell Funeral Home Chapel, Dr. Rusty Fuller and the Rev. Ray Talbott will officiate. Burial will follow at Highland Cemetery in Stonewall. The family will receive friends from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m. Wednesday at Criswell Funeral Home.

Mrs. Willis died Monday, Sept. 7, 2009 at Ada. She was born June 21, 1922 at Decatur, Texas to S. J. and Gladys Davis Isenberg. She attended school in Texas.

She married B. M. Willis on March 4, 1947 at Tishomingo, Okla. She and her family moved to Ada in October 1967 from Wapanucka. Mrs. Willis was a homemaker and a longtime member of Oak Avenue Baptist Church. She was a babysitter in her home and a church nursery worker at Trinity Baptist Church for 19 years.

Survivors include her husband, B. M. Willis, of the home; four daughters, Ruby Seamster, Ada, Adean Mathis, Wapanucka, Ima Jean Winton, Stonewall and Ann Willis, Portland, Texas; two sons, Neal Willis, Dumas, Texas and Danny Willis, Dumas, Texas; one brother, Gene Isenberg, Porter, Texas; five grandsons; two granddaughters; and seven great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by nine brothers and sisters.

Bearers will be Greg and D. R. Willis, Matt Willis, Landon Winton, Leyton Winton, and Stan Lemons. Honorary bearers will be Bill Timothy and Dennis Story.

Online condolences may be expressed at www.adaeveningnews.com.

Criswell Funeral Home, Ada



VIRGIE McGALLIARD

ADA — Funeral services for Virgie McGalliard, 84, Ada, are pending with Smith-Phillips Funeral Home. She died Wednesday, Sept. 09, 2009, ar Ada.



HOWARD SIDES

TISHOMINGO — Funeral Services for Howard Glenn Sides, 70, of Tishomingo were Tuesday, Sept. 8, at Clark Funeral Chapel. Burial followed in Condon Grove Cemetery in Milburn. Mr. Sides died Saturday, Sept. 5, at Mercy Memorial Health Center in Ardmore.

Howard was born June 2, 1939 in Princeton, Texas to James F. Sides and Lillian Payne Sides. He lived in this area for most of his life and was retired as a commercial and residential painter.

He was preceded in death by his parents and two brothers, Edward Sides and Jimmy Don Sides.

Howard is survived by his son, James Sides of Tishomingo; two daughters, Glenda Mann, of the home and Tina Dickerson of Tishomingo; his brother, Melvin Sides of Quintana, Texas; his sister, Laura Mahler of Weatherford, Texas; seven grandchildren, LaWana, Wylie and Jessie Sides, Cameron and Kierra Mann, Ashley Kucera and Harley Dickerson; one great-grandchild and other relatives.

Bearers for the service will be Willard Thomas, Lowell Mahler, Larry Krebbs, David Pruitt, Chad Pruitt and Josh Rhynes.

Online condolences may be made at clarkfuneralservice.net and at www.adaeveningnews.com.

Clark Funeral Service, Tishomingo



ALFREDA MULDROW

ELSBERRY, Mo. — Funeral services for Alfreda June Muldrow of St. Charles, Mo. will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 12, at Carter-Ricks Funeral Home in Elsberry, Mo. The Rev. Chris Polski, pastor of Trinity Presbyterian Church in St. Louis, Mo. will officiate with burial in Star Hope Cemetery near Elsberry. Bearers will be Gilbert Watts, Cannon Watts, Gerald Heras, Bill Gomez, Bob Stone and Chad Stone.

Mrs. Muldrow, 85, died Monday morning, Sept. 7, 2009 at St. Joseph Health Center in St. Charles. Born on June 23, 1924 in Ada, OK, she was the daughter of Paul W. and Thelma Sullivan Holley. She earned a Bachelor of Science Degree from East Central University in Ada, Okla.; and her Masters Degree in Industrial Psychology from Oklahoma A&M (now Oklahoma State University) in Stillwater, OK. She married Howard Kent Muldrow May 9, 1964 in St. Louis. Mrs. Muldrow was a longtime member of the Star Hope Baptist Church near Elsberry, Mo.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Paul and Thelma Holley; and one sister, Rosemary Robinson.

Survivors include her husband of 45 years, Howard Muldrow of St. Charles; and their son, Kyle Muldrow and his wife, Elvia, of Laguna Hills, Calif.; one brother, Dr. Paul Sullivan Holley and wife, Judy, of Denver, Colo.; one niece, Holley Izard and her husband, Gale, of Greenville, Texas; several other relatives, her church family and many friends.

Visitation will be from 10 a.m. until time of the service at 11 a.m. Saturday at Carter-Ricks Funeral Home in Elsberry.

Memorials may be made to the Baptist Home in Ironton, Mo. in care of Carter-Ricks Funeral Home, 107 South Fifth Street, Elsberry, MO 63343.

Online condolences may be made at www.carterricksfuneralhome.com or at www.adaeveningnews.com.

Carter-Ricks Funeral Home, Elsberry, Missouri



ROGER BODDY

YUMA, Ariz. — Services for former Stratford resident Roger Boddy, 68, will be Friday, Sept. 11, at Christ Lutheran Church in Yuma, Ariz. Mr. Boddy died Sept. 6 in Yuma.

Yuma Mortuary, Yuma, Arizona



LEE CARTER

SULPHUR — Services for Lee Russell Carter, 70, are 2 p.m. Friday at Hale’s Krien Memorial Chapel in Sulphur. Mr. Carter died Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2009.

Hale’s Krien Funeral Home, Sulphur



VIE AVERY

SULPHUR — Services for Angie “Vie” Avery, 90, are 2 p.m. Saturday at Chapel of Faith in Stroud. Ms. Avery died Friday, Sept. 4, 2009.

Hale’s Krien Funeral Home, Sulphur



DEANA VINSON

ALLEN — A memorial service for Deana Vinson, 42, of Allen, will be held 11 a.m. Thursday at Bethel Free Will Baptist Church in Allen. Ms. Vinson died Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2009 at a local hospital. Per her wishes, her body was donated to science. Ms. Vinson was born June 2, 1967 in Van Nuys, Calif.