System Mechanic - Clean, repair, protect, and speed up your PC!Genevieve Fast
Genevieve Rhesa Brown Fast, 86, died on Monday at Seminole Municipal Hospital. Graveside services are set for 11 a.m. Thursday at White Chapel Memorial Gardens in Wichita, Kan., under the direction of Swearingen Funeral Home. Rick Cline will officiate.
Fast was born July 3, l911 in Augusta, Kan., to David Landsdowne and Emma (Clause) Landsdowne.
She moved to Seminole seven years ago from Wichita where she had resided for 79 years.
She is preceded in death by her parents; first husband Clyde Brown in 1970; and by her second husband, Ezra Fast in l990.
Fast was a homemaker and a member of the Church of Christ.
Survivors include three stepsons, John Fast of Dallas, David Fast of Corpus Christi, and Robert Fast of Denver; and three step-daughters, Linda Snow of Seminole, Sandra Moore of Moore and Nancy Golden of Huntington Beach, Calif.; and five step-grandchildren.
7/16/97
Darryl Fisher
Darryl Wayne Fisher, 41, died at his home in Eufaula. Memorial services are set for 2 p.m. Thursday at Merritt Funeral Service Chapel in Eufaula.
Fisher was born Nov. 18, l955 in Seminole to Bill Fisher and Opal (Fisher) Bellows.
He is survived by his mother and step-father, Opal and Alvin Bellows of Eufaula; two children, Sherri Ann Arnold, Kingston; and April Rene Fisher of Louisville, Texas; a sister, Janice Kay Murphy, Meda, Ark.; stepsister, Brenda Jeane Walker of Denton, Texas; a step-brother, Michael Grant Bellows of Louisville, Texas.
He was preceded in death by his father, Bill Fisher, and his grandparents.
7/16/97
Jerry Flanagan
Jerry Pat Flanagan, 61, died on Tuesday in Oklahoma City. Funeral services are scheduled for 10 a.m. Friday at the Bill Merritt Memorial Chapel in Bethany.
He was born May 25, 1936 to Eugene and Frances Godfrey Flanagan in El Reno.
He lived in Seminole through high school. He played football for Seminole and remained close to his teammates over the years.
He graduated from Oklahoma State University with a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering in l958.
He was a member of the Acacia Fraternity. He retired from Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. in l986.
He established FCI which he presided over for the last 10 years. He was a member of St. Mark’s Methodist Church and was a member of the Royal Order of the Moose in Yukon.
Flanagan is survived by his wife, Nelda of the home; two sons, Sean Flanagan of Bethany and Kelly Flanagan of Decatur, Texas; one daughter, Carrie Flanagan of Bethany; one brother, Mike Flanagan of Denver; and three grandchildren.
He is preceded in death by his parents and one brother, Jim Flanagan.
6/19/97
Patsy Gillham
Patsy Ruth (Prewitt) Gillham, 56, died on Friday at St. Anthony Hospital in Oklahoma City. Funeral services are scheduled for 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Trinity Baptist Church in Maud. Rev. Robert Ingram will officiate.
Burial will follow at Konawa Cemetery under the direction of Knight Funeral Home in Maud.
Gillham was born Feb. 25, l941 in Konawa to Robert E. Prewitt and Irene (Snider) Prewitt.
She lived most of her life in Maud, St. Louis and Konawa areas.
She retired one month ago due to health reasons from the Oncology Department at Cancer Care Center at Shawnee Regional Hospital in Shawnee.
She was preceded in death by her parents and one brother, Paul Prewitt.
Survivors include one son, Steven Gillham of Oklahoma City, one daughter Sherry McCracken of Maud, three brothers, Bob Prewitt of Shawnee, Tom Prewitt of Eufaula and Roy Prewitt of Konawa, and two grandchildren.
7/27/97
Billy Joe Gray
Funeral services for former Bowlegs resident Billy Joe Gray, 63, were held Monday at Frye’s Funeral Chapel in Blythe, Calif.
He was born Dec. 17, 1933 in Hazel, Okla. to Alva and Lela Gray. They preceded him in death.
Gray was a veteran of the Korean War and a steel construction worker.
He is also preceded in death by one son, Michael Gray; two brothers, Lafollette M. Gray and J.L. (Cotton) Gray; and one sister, Geneva Gray.
Survivors include his wife, Gloria Gray, of the home; four sons, Kenneth Flippo, Chino, Calif., Terry Gray, Long Beach, Calif., Billy Joe Gray Jr., Lake Havasu City, Ariz., and Jackie Gray, Atlanta, Ga.; three daughters, LaDonna Flippo, Ehrenberg, Ariz., Judy Peterson, Mitchell, Okla., and Marilyn Farris; two brothers and sisters-in-law, Sterling and Cleo Gray, Midwest City, Alva Lynn Gray, Konawa; two sisters and brother-in-law, Mrs. Charley Weaver, Bowlegs and Shirley and Donald Linn, Sanger, Texas; and one sister-in-law, Irene Gray, Oklahoma City.
Other survivors include 11 grandchildren, nine great-grandchildren, and several nieces and nephews.
8-27-97
Jessica Gregg
Funeral services for Jessica Lynn Gregg, 9, will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday at the First United Methodist Church in Wetumka.
Rev. Kelvin Mosley will officiate the services.
Burial will be in the Wetumka Cemetery under the direction of Williamson Funeral Home of Wetumka.
Gregg died Wednesday in Seminole.
She was born June 3, 1988 in Ada to Kevin and Gwenda (Thompson) Gregg.
Gregg spent her early years in Holdenville where she began school. She moved with her family to Seminole three years ago.
She was preceded in death by her grandfather, Richard Gregg,
Survivors include her parents, three brothers, Kevin Jr., Douglas and Dustin Gregg, all of the home; three grandparents, Patricia Gregg, Seminole, and Jim and Melba Thompson, Holdenville; and three great-grandparents, Rose Thompson, Holdenville, Helen McCoy, Wetumka and Katheryn Peters, Seminole.
Pallbearers will be Tommy Howell, Brad Bohannon, John Carlisle, Kevin Roberts, Sean Carlisle, and Carl Krouse.
8-29-97
Norma Hale
Funeral services for Seminole resident Norma Joyce Tarpley Hale, 64, will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Stout Funeral Home Chapel.
Minister Glen Eaves will officiate the closed casket services.
Burial will be at Oakwood Cemetery in Wewoka.
Hale died Wednesday at Norman Regional Hospital.
She was born May 29, 1933 in Holdenville to Roy Francis and Bertha (Eaves) Tarpley.
Hale was raised in Hughes and Seminole Counties. She was president of the American Legion Ladies Auxiliary Unit 204.
She married Lawnie Wilburn Hale on Jan. 8, 1949. He preceded her in death.
Hale was also preceded in death by her parents, one sister, Inez Tarpley; and three brothers, George, Chelsea and Ed Tarpley.
Survivors include three children, Sharon (Hale) Post, Seminole, Donna (Hale) Houck, Ft. Worth, Texas, and Jerrie (Hale) Price, Oklahoma City; four brothers, Marvin Tarpley, Hollis, Jack Tarpley and Odell Tarpley, both of Wewoka, and Verlin Tarpley, Norman; two sisters, Mary Lou Watters, Sasakwa, and Wanda Hand, Wewoka.
Other survivors include five grandchildren, Scott Houck, Adam Houck, Stacy Post Suldovsky, Julie Price Harris, and Janice Price Wingfield; three great-grandchildren, Brock Lee Harris, Ashley Marie Harris, and Shelby Wingfield; and a special friend, Loyd Sneed, Seminole.
8-29-97
Bonnie Harjo
Bonnie Mae Harjo, 65, died on Friday at Mercy Hospital in Oklahoma City. Funeral services are set for 2 p.m. Tuesday at Middlecreek #2 Indian Baptist Church. Reverends Allison Phillips and Jimmy Anderson will officiate.
Burial will follow at Church Cemetery in Holdenville under the direction of Swearingen Funeral Home.
Wake services are scheduled for Sunday night 6-8 p.m. at Swearingen Funeral Chapel.
Harjo was born Nov. 4, 1931 in Bowlegs to Dave Walker and Ruth Wise Walker. She married V. V. Harjo on Feb. 18, 1950 in Ada.
She lived in Bowlegs until moving to San Francisco in l950. She returned to Bowlegs in l961.
She was a secretary for the Seminole State College Library and was a member of the Middlecreek #2 Indian Baptist Church.
Harjo is preceded in death by her husband who died in l991, her parents, a sister, Betty Henshaw, and three children, Vincent, Colleen and Brenda Harjo.
She is survived by two sons, Glen Harjo of Oklahoma City, Anthony Wayne Harjo of Bowlegs; two daughters, Cynthia Yerby of Wolf and Christi Harjo of Midwest City.
Other survivors include two brothers, Alfred Walker of Seminole and Wallace Johnson of Calvin.
Casket bearers include Gene Harjo, James Lewis, Harry Walker, Charlie Miller, Bennie Boykin, Wayne Bailey.
Honorary casket bearers include Donald Bailey, Charlie Bailey, James McAlvain, Mike Brown, Jim Mitchell and Danny Gomez.
7/27/97
