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ADA — Services for Ella Hisaw, 95, Ada, are pending with Criswell Funeral Home. She died Oct. 6, 2005, at a local hospital.
BOBBY SWEAT
LULA — Services for Bobby Joe Sweat, 78, Lula, are pending with Criswell Funeral Home. He died Oct. 6, 2005, at his home.
BILL ROBERTS
TECUMSEH — Services for Bill Roberts, 73, Tecumseh, are 2 p.m. Thursday at Highland Church of Christ, Brett McKnight and Bob Anderson officiating. Burial follows at Tecumseh Cemetery.
Mr. Roberts was born April 15, 1932, at Adell, to Pryde Merritt and Rollo Mae (Burlison) Roberts. He started first grade at Tecumseh, and was a 1950 graduate of Tecumseh High School. While in high school, he participated in football, track, boxing and FFA. He then attended Poteau Junior College for one year and transferred to East Central State College in 1951 on a football scholarship. Following his military service, he resumed his education at East Central in January of 1955, where he played football for the East Central Tigers once again and graduated in January of 1957.
He served with the U.S. Army at Korea from November of 1952, until September of 1954, where he received a Purple Heart. Following his military service, he entered the Army National Guard. He received his Lt. Commission in 1962 and retired in 1992 as a Captain in the Oklahoma National Guard 45th Infantry Division.
He married Jody Whitsett in October of 1952. He taught and coached at Tecumseh High School for several years and in 1961, he taught at South Rock Creek one semester after the new building was completed. At the beginning of the 1964-1965 school year, he became principal and served in that position until his retirement Dec. 31, 1987. He also preached for the Church of Christ for 28 years and served as the pulpit minister in Tribbey for seven years and then in Earlsboro from 1966-1994.
Mr. Roberts was a past president and active member of the Tecumseh High School Alumni Association; the American Legion; a founding member of the Tecumseh Roundup Club; Oklahoma Educators Association; Pottawatomie County Retired Teachers Association; and actively involved as a surrogate parent at Central Oklahoma Juvenile Center, where he also served as a mentor and a Citizen Advisory Board member.
He was preceded in death by his parents; one great-grandson, Cade Lozano; and two sisters, Theresa Shirey and Alma Logsdon.
Survivors include his wife, Jody Roberts, of the Home; two daughters, Tamara Lawson and husband Buddy, Shawnee, and Lisa Wise and husband Tom, Lititz, Pa.; one son, Merritt Roberts and wife Denise, Guthrie; one sister, Juanita Mongold and husband Jim, Shawnee; one brother, Ron Roberts and wife Joyce, Poteau; ten grandchildren, Heather and Chad Bowlan, Shani and Ted Kruljac, 
Preston and Julie French, Tara and Carlos Lozano, Bethany Welden, Chelsey Weldon, Sierra Welden, Ridge Roberts, Rachel Roberts and Reed Roberts; eight great-grandchildren; and numerous other relatives and friends.
The family says that those who wish may make memorials to the Tecumseh Alumni Association or Alzheimer’s Association.
Cooper Funeral Home
MARION LEWIS
DALLAS, Texas — Services for Marion Talmadge Lewis, 44, Dallas, are 10 a.m. Thursday at Hudson-Phillips Funeral Chapel, Holdenville, Okla. He died Sept. 29, 2005.
Hudson-Phillips Funeral Home, Holdenville, Okla.
BILLY SANDERS
OKLAHOMA CITY — Services for Billy Eugene Sanders, 78, Oklahoma City, are 2 p.m. Thursday at Hudson-Phillips Funeral Chapel, Holdenville. Burial follows at Atwood Cemetery, Atwood. He died Oct. 3, 2005.
Hudson-Phillips Funeral Home, Holdenville
MODEAN LAMSON
ADA — Services for Modean Lamson, 81, Ada, are 10 a.m. Friday, at the First United Methodist Church, Dr. George Warren officiating. Burial follows at Memorial Park Cemetery.
Mrs. Lamson died Oct. 3, 2005, at a local nursing home. She was born June 2, 1924, at Kanima, Okla., to William M. and Sarah Denton Meek. She graduated from Okmulgee High School and attended Wichita State University.
She married Thomas B. Lamson June 4, 1950, at Wichita, Kan. Mrs. Lamson was a medical technician at Valley View Regional Hospital from 1967 until her retirement in 1978. Formerly, she was employed with the Sugg Clinic from 1953 until 1960. Mrs. Lamson was a member of the First United Methodist Church, a member of the United Methodist Women, taught Sunday School for 3-year-olds, and was a volunteer at Ballard Nursing Home for many years.
Survivors include her husband, Tom Lamson, of the home; one son, Tom Lamson, Jr. and wife Joan, Oklahoma City; one daughter, Sheila Winemiller and husband Jake, Sterling, Neb.; five grandchildren, Mollie Brue, Norman, Kearby Lamson, Edmond, Jack Winemiller, Hannah Winemiller and Johnson Winemiller, all of Sterling, Neb.; two sisters, Norma Jean Smith, Bartlesville, and Lela Olds, Blanchard; and one brother, Damon Meek, Houston, Texas.
The family says those who wish may make memorials to the First United Methodist Church, P. O. Box 566, Ada, OK 74820.
Criswell Funeral Home
W. A. BALLARD
ADA — Services for W. A. Ballard, 82, Ada, are pending with Criswell Funeral Home. He died Oct. 5, 2005, at his home.
Criswell Funeral Home
LORICE COLLIER
TULSA — Services for Lorice Wanda Collier, 84, Tulsa, formerly of Ada, are 2 p.m. Thursday at the Criswell Funeral Home Chapel, Carl Johnson officiating. Burial follows at Memorial Park Cemetery, Ada.
Mrs. Collier died Oct. 1, 2005, at Tulsa. She was born Oct. 5, 1920, at Stonewall, to C. F. and Minnie Burnett Billings. She lived in the Stonewall and Ada area all her life, graduating from Ada High School in 1938. She also attended East Central University.
She married Carroll Collier Jan. 17, 1942. He died Aug. 25, 2000. Mrs. Collier was a homemaker, and an active member of the First Baptist Church for over 50 years. She was a member of the Lydia Sunday School Class and she worked in the children’s department and Bible School. She was also a Den Mother in Cub Scouts and worked with the Campfire Girls.
Survivors include a daughter, Karen Collier, Tulsa; two sons, Don Collier, Caney, Kan., and Terry Collier, Tulsa; a sister, Betty Zanola, Norman; and five grandchildren, Lynn Kavulich, Richard Taliaferro, Kathy Collier, Amber Collier and Ashton Collier.
Bearers are Doug Kavulich, Chris Kalbach and Richard Taliaferro.
Honorary bearer is Aubrey Bain.
Criswell Funeral Home, Ada
JERRY NORTHCUTT
SULPHUR — Services for Jerry Dale Northcutt, 73, Sulphur, are 3 p.m. Wednesday at Calvary Baptist Church. He died Oct. 2, 2005, at Oklahoma City.
Clagg Funeral Home
MODEAN LAMSON
ADA — Services for Modean Lamson, 81, Ada, are pending with Criswell Funeral Home. She died Monday, Oct. 3, 2005, at a local nursing home.
Criswell Funeral Home
RAY TURPIN
STONEWALL — Services for G. Ray Turpin, 64, Stonewall, are pending with Criswell Funeral Home. He died Oct. 3, 2005, at an Oklahoma City hospital.
Criswell Funeral Home, Ada
BILL ROBERTS
TECUMSEH — Services for Bill Roberts, 73, Tecumseh, are 2 p.m. Thursday at Highland Church of Christ. Burial follows at Tecumseh Cemetery.
Mr. Roberts died Oct. 2, 2005, at Tecumseh.
Cooper Funeral Home, Tecumseh
LORICE COLLIER
TULSA — Services for Lorice Billings Collier, 84, Tulsa, formerly of Ada, are pending with Criswell Funeral Home. Mrs. Collier died Saturday, Oct. 1, 2005 at her home.
PHILLIP HOUCK SR.
BISHOPVILLE, S.C. — Services for Phillip Eugene Houck Sr., 65, Bishopville, formerly of Ada, Okla., were Sept. 19, 2005, at Hancock-Elmore-Hill Funeral Home, Bishopville. Burial was in Piedmont Cemetery.
Mr. Houck died Sept. 16, at his home.
KATHERINE DUNCAN
HICKORY — Services for Katherine Carlson Duncan, 39, Hickory, are 11 a.m. Monday at the Seventh-day Adventist Church, Davis. She died Sept. 29, 2005.
Clagg Funeral Home, Sulphur
LEOLA COLLIER
OKLAHOMA CITY — Services for Leola “Lee” M. Collier, 89, Oklahoma City, are 2 p.m. Monday at Sunny Lane Cemetery, Del City.
Mrs. Collier died Sept. 29, 2005, at Oklahoma City. She was born Feb. 20, 1916, at Frisco, Okla., to William H. and Clara Turner Chronister.
She married Percy “Red” Edward Collier in 1951. She moved from Ada to the Oklahoma City area in 1982.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; four brothers, Bob, Herb, Tom and Jack Chronister; two half-brothers, Jim and Carl Turner; a sister, Mattie Williams; and a stepson, Percy Collier.
Survivors include a three stepdaughters, Ann, Elizabeth and Margy; a sister, Myrtle Ann Rose, Valley Brook; and numerous nieces, nephews, and other relatives and friends.
Bill Eisenhour Funeral Homes, Del City
CARL RACKLEY
SHAWNEE — Services for Carl Allen Rackley, 61, Shawnee, are 2 p.m. Monday at the Downtown Pentecostal Holiness Church, Shawnee, the Rev. Ron Baldridge officiating. Burial follows at Resthaven Memorial Park.
Mr. Rackley died Sept. 29, 2005, at Ada. He was born Nov. 16, 1943, at Shawnee, to Leo J. and Lelvia Nuckols Rackley.
He graduated from Shawnee High School in 1961 and served six years in the 95th Army Reserve. He retired from Wolverine Tube, Shawnee, after 27 years of service, where he was a production supervisor. Prior to Wolverine, he worked as a carpenter with his father and brother-in-law, Bill Johnson. He was a member of the Downtown Pentecostal Holiness Church.
He married Sherry Lynn Thurmanat the Downtown Pentecostal Holiness Church, Shawnee, June 26, 1965.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Leo and Lelvia Rackley; mother and father-in-law, Melvin and Beulah Thurman; a sister, Anna Rose; a brother, Jesse Rackley; and a grandson, Collin Ryan Haley.
Survivors include his wife, Sherry, of the home; two daughters, Diana Lynn Young and husband Greg, Shawnee, and Reneé Allen and husband Carl, Ada; three grandchildren, Maegan, Erika and Zachary; a sister, Edith Johnson and husband Bill, Shawnee; three brothers-in-law, Ronnie Thurman and wife Vicki, Wanette, Donnie Thurman and wife Karen, and Bill Rose and wife Cathy, all of Shawnee; a sister-in-law, Dixie Rackley, Shawnee; and numerous other relatives and friends.
Walker Funeral Service
