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EMMITT, Idaho - Funeral services for former Seminole resident Evelyn Bryant are set for 11 a.m. Friday at Emmitt Cemetery.
Burial will be under the direction of Potter Funeral Chapel.
Bryant died Monday at Emmitt Care Center.
She was born Aug. 9, 1916, in Dennison, Texas, to Robert and Katie (Smith) Ivey.
She grew up in Seminole and attended Seminole High School.
She married Vincent Bryant while still living in Seminole; they moved to Arizona. She also lived in California before moving to Idaho in 1978.
She was preceded in death by her husband; he died in 1993.
Survivors include three children, Phyllis Adcock, Rosemont, Calif., Billy Bryant, Emmitt, and Martha Frazier, Payette, Idaho; three brothers, Bob and Bill Ivey, both of Emmitt, and Ray Ivey, California; three sisters, Anita Strahan, Emmitt, Jean Keener, Rosefield, Calif., and Velma Anson, Seminole; 11 grandchildren and 31 great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents; three brothers, Leon, George and Fred Ivey; and two sisters, Mildred Wright and Margaret Collins.
Rev. Charles Bryant
Funeral services for former Wewoka resident Rev. Charles Edward Bryant Sr., 54, are scheduled for 1 p.m. Saturday at FIrst United Methodist Church, Wewoka.
Rev. E.G. Bert of St. Stephens Missionary Baptist Church, Oklahoma City, will officiate the service. Burial will follow at Westwood Cemetery, Wewoka, under the direction of Myers Mortuary.
Bryant died March 5, 1999 in Oklahoma City.
He was born Sept, 2, 1944 in Calhoun Falls, S.C.
A minister at Little Rose Missionary Baptist Church, Muskogee, Bryant was also a member of Livingston Lodge #175.
He is preceded in death by his parents
He is survived by his wife, Kaye of the home, five daughters, Karissa and Kelsey, of the home, Shanna Hodge, Cleveland, Ohio, Denise Dindy, Tulsa, Michelle Richison, Tahlequah: six sons, Charles and Chase, Wynnewood, Harold Stewart, Atlanta, Ga., Steven Thornhill and Ryan Smith, Oklahoma City, and Edward D. Moore of Lone Grove; brothers, Billy Grant, Anderson, Ga. and M.C. Sanders, Calhoun Falls, S.C.; one sister, Willie Mae Tatum, Calhoun Falls, S.C.; and nine grandchildren.
Gladys Bullard
Funeral services for Seminole native Gladys Bee (Summers) Bullard, 70, are scheduled for 2 p.m. Saturday at Swearingen Funeral Chapel.
Rev. Richard Stillwell will officiate at the service. Burial will follow at Little Cemetery under the direction of Swearingen Funeral Home.
Bullard died Wednesday, March 10, 1999 at University Hospital, Oklahoma City.
She was born July 13, 1928 in Seminole to J.G. and Jessie Lee (Dillard) Summers.
Bullard had resided in Shawnee since 1959.
She retired from Southwestern Bell in 1983 after 24 years of service.
Bullard was a member of Fairview Baptist Church, Earlsboro, and the Telephone Pioneers.
She married Delbert Allen Bullard on July 16, 1943 in Richmond, Calif. He survives her of the home.
She was preceded in death by her parents, four brothers and two sisters.
Other survivors include two sons and daughters-in-law, Larry and Sandra Bullard, Shawnee and Victor and LaQueta Bullard, Marietta; one daughter and son-in-law, Sherrian and Melvin Carter, Shawnee; one sister, Lois Wilkerson, Seminole; two sisters-in-law, Hazel Summers, Seminole, and Sandra Costa, Manteca, Calif.; 14 grandchildren, 18 great-grand-children and a host of nieces and nephews.
Casket bearers are listed as Jerry Corona, Jason Little, Brian Thompson, O.D. Wilkerson, Jimmie Wilkerson and John Carter.
Honorary bearers include Joe Carter and J.D. Carter.
Charles Bundy
Funeral services for former Bowlegs Public School Superintendent Charles Bundy, 58, are scheduled for 2 p.m. Friday at First Pentecostal Holiness Church in Ada.
Rev. Mick Snider, Rev. Roy Robertson and Rev. Lonnie Donaldson will officiate at the services. Burial will follow at Rosedale Cemetery under the direction of Criswell Funeral Home.
Bundy died Wednesday, July 14, 1999 at an Ada Hospital.
He was born Sept. 9, 1940 in Ada to Cleo and Lorene Dansby Bundy.
Bundy graduated from Ada High School, and from East Central University. He received a master’s degree in counseling from Central State University and his Administrator’s Degree from Oklahoma State University.
A veteran, he served in the US Air Force for four years.
Bundy served in public education for 28 years, retiring in 1997 as superintendent of Bowlegs Public Schools after eight years of service.
He attended First Pentecostal Holiness Church, and was a Sunday School teacher for many years.
He married Novella King on June 17, 1962. She survives him of the home.
Other survivors include two sons, Lindel Bundy, Ada and Trent Bundy, Elmore City; two daughters, Larna Bundy, Ada, and Treva Bundy, Bentonville, Ark.; three sisters, Clarene Land, Oklahoma City, Barbara Bess, Seminole and Nelma Groves, Shawnee; two brothers, Billy Bundy, Ada and Mark Bundy, Shawnee; his mother, of Seminole; and five grandchildren.
Ed Burchfiel
Funeral services for former employee of The Seminole Producer and former co-owner of The Wewoka Times Ed Burchfiel, 87, are scheduled for11 a.m. Friday at First Baptist Church in Cordell.
Interment will follow at Lawnview Cemetery under the direction of Loftiss Funeral Home.
Burchfiel died Monday, Nov. 1, 1999.
He was born Nov. 21, 1911, and worked as a journalist for 59 years at 14 different papers.
Burchfiel began his career at the Tulsa World as a 17-year-old office boy. During high school, he worked for The Seminole Producer, and after graduating, went to work for the Bristow Daily Muskogee Daily Phoenix.
Burchfiel left the Phoenix in 1942 to work as a copy editor for the Baltimore Evening Sun. He returned to Oklahoma City in 1943 to take a job with United Press.
In 1947, Burchfiel left United Press to join a partnership. For the next few years, he worked at Claremore, Pauls Valley, Wewoka and Frederick.
Burchfiel was owner or part owner of six of the papers where he worked, including The Wewoka Times.
He purchased the Cordell Beacon in 1969, where he remained as owner and publisher until selling it in 1987.
Burchfiel was the 1983 recipient of the Beachy Musselman Award, was inducted to the Oklahoma Journalism Hall of Fame in 1985 and was presented the H. Milt Phillips Award in 1997.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Maxine, who died May 5, 1999.
Survivors include one daughter, Linda Watkins, Hobart; two grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Maxine Burchfiel
Word was just received of the death of former Wewoka Times-Democrat co-owner Maxine Burchfiel, 77.
Services were held May 8, 1999 in Cordell under the direction of Jack Loftiss Funeral Home.
Burchfiel died Wednesday, May 5, 1999 in Cordell.
She was born Aug. 24, 1921, and received a degree in business and home economics from Southwestern State College.
She was employed as a teacher and at the state department before working for Sohio Petroleum Co.
On Jan. 14, 1956, she married Ed Burchfiel and began her newspaper
career.
Her husband and Ken Reid, both publishers of the Pauls Valley Daily Democrat, purchased the Wewoka Daily Times-Democrat.
The couple operated the Wewoka paper for one year before moving to Pauls Valley to take over operation of the Daily Democrat.
In 1969, the Burchfiels purchased the Cordell Beacon, where they remained until selling it in 1987.
Burchfiel was active in the Cordell community, serving on the board of the Washita County Historical Society and as a member of the Business and Professional Women.
Jack Burchfield
Graveside funeral services for Wewoka native Jack Dempsey Burchfield, 78, of Norman, were held this morning at Maple Grove Cemetery.
Arrangements are under the direction of Primrose Funeral Service, Norman.
Burchfield died Wednesday, Dec. 8, 1999 in Norman.
He was born May 18, 1921 in Wewoka to Paul and Grace (Gray) Burchfield.
Survivors include one sister, Ruth Martin, Shawnee, and one nephew, Rick Martin.
Cynthia Burgess
Graveside services for Seminole native Cynthia Lee Burgess, 39, are scheduled for 11 a.m. Friday at Lasley-Coker family cemetery.
Burgess died Monday, March 29, 1999 at Presbyterian Hospital in Oklahoma City.
She was born Jan. 13, 1960 in Seminole to Russell Chink Burgess and Marjorie Dayton.
Burgess was of the Baptist faith.
Survivors include her father, of Shawnee; three sons, Brandon Lee Bradford, Oklahoma City, Tazman Brannon, Earlsboro, and Anthony Bradford, Oklahoma City; two daughters, Victoria Levon Bradford, Oklahoma City, and Marquita Brannon, Earlsboro; and one sister, Sherry Burgess, Dexter, N.M.
Casket bearers are listed as Joe Bear, Daniel Franco, Anna Franco, Angel Sylvia, Derek Vigil, and Brandon Vigil.
