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ADA Services for Clara Mae Grissom, 67, Ada, are 10 a.m. Thursday at Oil Center Pentecostal Holiness Church, the Revs. Earl Blankenship and Glen Eaves officiating. Burial follows at McGee Cemetery, Stratford.
Mrs. Grissom died April 4, 2004, at Ada. She was born March 2, 1937, in Galey to Curtis Tood and Ruth Wood Blevins.
She and James Howard Grissom were married Nov. 24, 1955, at Artesia, N.M.
Mrs. Grissom was a homemaker and a member of Highway Tabernacle. She had lived in Ada for the past 35 years.
Survivors include her husband, James Howard Grissom, Ada; two sons, Douglas Wayne Grissom and wife Katrina, Marlow, and James Allen Grissom and wife Vickie, Ada; a daughter, Debbie Claborn and husband James Jr., Ada; three brothers, Curtis Blevins, Beeville, Texas, Bob Blevins, Artesia, N.M., and Steve Blevins, Hobbs, N.M.; three sisters, Gayle Patterson, Bridgeport, Texas, Carrie Knowleton and Diann Payne, Artesia, N.M.; six grandsons; and a great-grandson.
Bearers are grandsons Joel Grissom, Clint Clayborn, Chad Clayborn and Mark Grissom; and John Daniel and Wayne Walker.
Honorary bearers are Craig Grissom, Kyle Grissom, Trevor Claborn, and the men of Highway Tabernacle.
Pickard Funeral Home, Stratford
PAULA BURNETT
STRATFORD Services for Paula Elizabeth Burnett, 84, Stratford, are pending with Pickard Funeral Home. She died April 4, 2004.
WILLIE GRIGGS
HOLDENVILLE Services for Willie Ray Griggs, 93, Holdenville, are 2 p.m. Wednesday at Calvary Baptist Church, Holdenville. Burial follows in Holdenville Cemetery.
Mr. Griggs died April 3, 2004.
Hudson-Phillips Funeral Home
FLOYD HOBGOOD
ADA Services for Floyd Hobgood, 89, Ada, are pending with Criswell Funeral Home. Mr. Hobgood died April 5, 2004, at a local hospital.
BETTY LEWIS
ADA Services for Betty Lewis, 82, Ada, are pending with Criswell Funeral Home. Mrs. Lewis died April 6, 2004, at a local hospital.
GEORGE LOWE
WETUMKA Services for George Lowe, 57, Wetumka, are pending with Hudson-Phillips Funeral Home, Holdenville. Mr. Lowe died April 5, 2004.
CLEO MAE McLISH
ADA Services for Cleo Mae McLish, 79, Ada, are 2 p.m. Wednesday at Criswell Funeral Home Chapel, the Rev. Stephen Nation officiating. Burial follows at Rosedale Cemetery.
Mrs. McLish died April 5, 2004, at a local nursing home. She was born Oct. 5, 1924, at McAlester to Walter and Verdie Heady Barnes.
She attended Irving School and Ada High School.
She married Bill McLish June 26, 1967. He died Dec. 29, 1991. She was a homemaker.
Survivors include two daughters, Debbie Meek and husband Robert, Ada, and Loretta Strelko and husband Tom, Stoystown, Pa.; a son, Jerry Roles and wife Jane, Ada; two brothers, Bill Barnes, Utah, and Virgil Shorty Barnes, Ada; one sister, Lois Wilson, Ceres, Calif.; 11 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by a grandson, Scotty Jones, on Oct. 4, 2002.
Bearers are Ronnie Carpenter, Gerald Carpenter, Larry Jones, George King, Jeff King and Chris Hames.
Criswell Funeral Home, Ada
PARKER NOLAND
DAVIS Private family services for 
Parker Shay Noland, infant daughter of Micah and Chrissy Nolland, Davis, were 10 a.m. today at Swan Hill Cemetery, Ada. She was born and died April 3, 2004, in Oklahoma City.
Krien Funeral Home
VERA TOWLER
ADA Graveside services for Vera Ray Bray Towler, 77, Ada, are 2 p.m., Tuesday at Oakman Cemetery, the Rev. Terry Pearce officiating.
Mrs. Towler died April 2, 2004, at an Oklahoma City hospital. She was born May 25, 1926, in Arkansas to Lehman and Martha Lafevers Bray. She retired from Ada Wrangler after 30 years of service. She married Leo Towler at Ada in 1942. He died Dec. 1, 2003. She was also preceded in death by her parents, and a brother, Charles Bray.
Survivors include a daughter, Linda Pearce, Ada; a son, David Towler, Lamar, Ark.; two brothers, James Bray, Ada, and Joe Lee Bray, Plano, Texas; four grandchildren, Michael and Kenneth Pearce, both of Ada, John Towler, Lamar, and Samantha Patterson, Garden City, Mo.; and nine great-grandchildren, Devyn, Michelle and Dawson Pearce, all of Ada,; Brittni and Austin Haungs, Fort Sill, Luke Pearce, Ada, Rebecca Patterson, Harlingen, Texas, and Nikki and Ashley Patterson, both of Garden City.
Smith-Phillips Funeral Home
BETTY WARD
COALGATE Services for Betty Jo Stiles Ward, 65, Coalgate, are 10 a.m. Thursday at Cornerstone Praise and Worship Center in Coalgate, the Rev. Gary Weeden officiating. Burial follows in Ward Family Cemetery.
Brown's Funeral Service
DORIS WASHINGTON
SULPHUR Services for Doris Orlene Washington, 79, Sulphur, are 2 p.m. Thursday at Cowley-Krien Funeral Home Chapel. Burial follows in Dougherty Cemetery.
She died April 4, 2004, at Seminole.
ROBERT WISER
ADA Services for Robert Wiser, 86, Ada, are pending with Smith-Phillips Funeral Home. He died April 5, 2004, at a local hospital.
WILLA MAE DILLMAN
ADA Services for Willa Mae Dillman, 80, Ada, are 10 a.m. Tuesday at Criswell Funeral Home Chapel, the Rev. Dan Campbell officiating. Burial follows at Centrahoma Cemetery.
Mrs. Dillman died April 2, 2004, at a local hospital. She was born July 8, 1923, at Centrahoma to William Henry and Dora Lee VanHoosier Singleton. She attended school at Centrahoma.
She lived in Velma and Marlow before moving to Ada 11 years ago. She worked as a waitress for many years and was a Baptist.
She married Raymond Leon Fox. He preceded her in death in 1956. She later married Loren Dillman in 1963 at Velma. He preceded her in death in 1993.
She was also preceded in death by her parents; a son, Danny Fox in 1987; two granddaughters, Sherri Brown in 1980 and Robin Fox in 1977; a grandson, Jeffery Fox in 1992; a great-granddaughter, Melanie Morse in 1986; three sisters; and two brothers.
Survivors include a daughter, Virginia Fox Brown and husband Jerry, Roseburg, Ore.; three sons, Charles Fox and wife Anita, Harrah, Larry W. Fox and wife Judith, Ada, and Bobby Fox and wife Janet, Lindsay; two sisters, Ida Wilson, Ada and Nell Montgomery, Denison, Texas; three brothers, Walter Singleton, Henry Singleton and wife Hazel, all of Ada and Bill Sneed and wife Peggy, Ontario, Calif.; seven grandchildren;21 great-grandchildren; a great-great-grandson; and numerous nieces and nephews.
Criswell Funeral Home
CLARA GRISSOM
ADA Services for Clara Mae Grissom, 67, Ada, are 10 a.m. Thursday at Oil Center Pentecostal Holiness Church, the Rev. Earl Blankenship officiating. Burial follows at McGee Cemetery. She had lived in Ada for the past 35 years.
Mrs. Grissom died April 4, 2004, at Ada to Curtis Tood and Ruth Wood Blevins.
She and James Howard Grissom were married Nov. 24, 1955, at Artesia, N.M.
Mrs. Grissom was a homemaker and a member of Highway Tabernacle.
Survivors include her husband, James Howard Grissom, Ada; two sons, Douglas Wayne Grissom and wife Katrina, Marlow, and James Allen Grissom and wife Vickie, Ada; a daughter, Debbie Claborn and husband James Jr., Ada; three brothers, Curtis Blevins, Beeville, Texas, Bob Blevins, Artesia, and Steve Blevins, Hobbs, N.M.; three sisters, Gayle Patterson, Bridgeport, Texas, Carrie Knowleton and Diann Payne, Artesia; six grandsons; and a great-grandson.
Bearers are John Daniel, Chad Claborn, Mark Grissom, Wayne Walker and Clint Claborn.
Honorary bearers are Kyle Grissom, Craig Grissom, Trevor Claborn and men of Highway Tabernacle.
Pickard Funeral Home
WILLIAM LAUGHLIN
WICHITA, Kan. Services for William Clifford Laughlin, 96, Wichita, formerly of Ada, Okla., with Criswell Funeral Home, Ada.
He died April 4, 2004, at a Wichita nursing facility.
CLEO MCLISH
ADA Services for Cleo McLish, 79, Ada, are pending with Criswell Funeral Home.
She died April 5, 2004. at a local nursing facility.
PAMELA OWENS
HOLDENVILLE Graveside services for Pamela Susanne Owens, 50, Holdenville, are 2 p.m. Tuesday at Greenleaf Cemetery, southwest of Spaulding.
She died April 3, 2004, at an Ada hospital.
Fisher Funeral Home
