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Funeral services for longtime Seminole resident Thelma G. (Blankenship) McConnell are scheduled for 2 p.m. Thursday at First Baptist Church in Bowlegs.
Rev. Glenn Peck and Rev. Jason Yarbrough will officiate at the service. Burial will follow at Oakwood Cemetery in Wewoka under the direction of Swearingen Funeral Home.
McConnell died Monday, Oct. 4, 1999 at Shawnee Regional Hospital.
She was born June 22, 1918 in Bradley, Ark. to William B. and Rosie Ella (Franks) Blankenship.
A homemaker, she was married to Earl C. McConnell on May 26, 1934 in Lewisville, Ark.
He preceded her in death on Oct. 8, 1976.
McConnell was also preceded in death by three daughters, Dorothy Heover, Modene Upton and Betty Holder; one son, Harold McConnell; two grandsons and several brothers and sisters.
Survivors include three sons, Marvin McConnell, Lawton, Billy McConnell, Seminole, and Bobby McConnell, Maud; five daughters, Joyce Plato, Bogata, Texas, Helen Hearrell, Italy, Vivian Carter, Las Vegas, Nev., Norma Jean Moore and Jo Ann Richards, both of Seminole; 26 grandchildren, 32 great-grand-children and one great-great-grand-child.
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Betty McCormick
Graveside services for longtime Seminole resident Betty June (Scott) McCormick, 69, are scheduled for 2 p.m. Saturday at Little Cemetery.
Rev. Charles Troglin and Rev. Marion Hadsell will officiate at the service. Arrangements are under the direction of Swearingen Funeral home.
McCormick died Tuesday, March 2, 1999 at Seminole Medical Center.
She was born June 14, 1929 in Bristow to Dorothy (Whitehead) and Alvin Thomas Scott.
She moved to Seminole 50 years ago from Bristow.
A homemaker, McCormick also worked at Wrangler, and was a member of the Assembly of God Church.
She married Glen McCormick Sept. 26, 1949 in Seminole. He preceded her in death March 1, 1975.
McCormick was also preceded in death by her parents; one daughter, Sara McCormick; and one granddaughter.
Survivors include three sons, Joe Rich McCormick, Wolf, Glen Thomas McCormick, Boley, and Terry Don McCormick, Shawnee; two sisters, Mary Ellen Raffety and Jean Hoover, both of Shawnee; and nine grandchildren.
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Gilbert "Snake" McCulley
Funeral services for Seminole County native Gilbert Lee "Snake" McCulley, 46, were held today at Sand Creek Eufaula Baptist Church.
Rev. Houston Tiger and Rev. Sandy Harjo officiated at the service.
Interment followed at Oakwood Cemetery under the direction of Stout Funeral Home.
McCulley died Friday, Jan. 22, 1999 at his home in Duncan.
He was born Aug. 1, 1952 in Seminole County to Frank and Effie (Harjo) McCulley.
He attended school in Compton, Calif., before moving back to Oklahoma in 1965. A veteran, he joined the US Army in February 1970 and receive his orders to go to Vietnam.
McCulley was discharged Dec. 24, 1971.
He lived in Dustin for over 21 years, and in Oklahoma City for a short time.
A traditional singer, he enjoyed the Creek-Seminole songs.
McCulley married his high school sweetheart Minnie Lewis on Dec. 11, 1970 in Wewoka. She survives him of the home.
Other survivors include six children, Loushannon Howard, Tulsa, Rhina McCulley, Houston, Texas, Akeyah McCulley, Tulsa, Zachary McCulley, Oklahoma City, Charity McCulley and Gilbert Hok`kolen McCulley, both of the home.
Also surviving him were 10 brothers and sisters, Lottie Mae Coody, Hollywood, Fla., Jessie Leader, Bristow, Mary Jo Bear, Mason, Leon Harjo, Joyce Alexander and Evelyn Barron, all of Oklahoma City, Kenneth Frank McCulley, Konawa, Celena Sanchez, also of Oklahoma City, Marilyn McCulley, Konawa and Edwin McCulley, Sand Springs; and six grandchildren.
Pallbearers were Dennis Pigeon, Mark Smith, Dewayne Miller, Dale Mahan and Danny Lindsey.
Honorary bearers were his nephews.
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Norma McDaniel
Funeral services for Norma Jean McDaniel, 64, daughter of Wewoka resident Lizzie Factor, are tentatively scheduled for 2 p.m. Saturday at Many Springs Indian Baptist Church near Holdenville.
Burial is set to follow at the McCosar family cemetery under the direction of Hudson Funeral Home.
McDaniel died Thursday, Sept. 2, 1999 at Jane Phillips Hospital in Bartlesville.
She was born April 4, 1935 in Hughes County to Lizzie Factor.
Raised in Hughes County by her grandmother, Nellie McCosar, McDaniel had lived in Denver, Colo., before settling in Pawhuska.
A homemaker, she was a member of the Many Springs Indian Baptist Church.
She was married to Lymon McDaniels; he survives her of the home.
McDaniels was preceded in death by one daughter, Ruby Procter.
Other survivors include her mother; four daughters, Audrey, of Perry, Andrea, of the home, Amber, of Lawton and Angela, Pawhuska; and one son, David, of Stillwater.
She was also survived by brothers and sisters, David Factor, Wewoka, James Factor, Oklahoma City, Max Factor, Muskogee, Ruth Walker, Tecumseh, Buck Factor, Wetumka and Yvonne Jim, Wewoka; 13 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.
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James Edward McGee
LUBBOCK, TEXAS - James Edward McGee, 19, son and grandson of several former Seminole County residents, died Friday night in a one-car accident when his car skidded and hit a house in Lubbock.
According to the report by Lubbock Police Department Media Relations representative Bill Morgan, McGee’s 1992 Honda Civic four-door car was driving south on a main thoroughfare when he ran a full-red light.
Speed indicators in place at the intersection clocked him at 84 mph through the intersection, a 45-mile-per-hour zone.
While the north side of the intersection was a five lane street, the south side had yet to be widened and was still only two lanes.
Morgan said McGee was in the far right lane of the five lane while going through the intersection, and overcorrected to stay on the road.
The car apparently went airborne, turning 90 degrees clockwise in the air, and landed sideways in the backyard of a house a block away.
The speed of the car kept it traveling sideways in the yard, leaving trenches eight feet long as it headed for the house.
Just before impact, the car flipped up, and the hood, top and trunk lid of the car impacted the house with the force of a bomb.
Police and bystanders said that the impact was so hard, mud flew from the car, over the house and hit a pickup parked at the curb of the house, denting the side.
Extensive damage was done to the dining room and kitchen wall of the house.
McGee was partially ejected from the vehicle and was killed upon impact.
According to Morgan, there was no indication of alcohol involved.
Funeral services for McGee were held this morning at Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in Lubbock.
Bishop Thomas Ashdown officiated at the service. Arrangements were under the direction of Sanders Funeral Home.
Burial is scheduled for 1 p.m. Tuesday at the Tiger Family Cemetery, where his great-grandparents are buried.
Burial arrangements are under the direction of Swearingen Funeral Home.
He was born March 27, 1980 in Lawton to Jim McGee and Donna Jolene Taylor.
His family moved to Lubbock one month after his birth, and he graduated from Monterey High School in 1998.
McGee was employed as a waiter at the Four Points Sheraton in the Lubbock area.
Survivors include his mother, of Lubbock, and father, also of Lubbock; one brother, Jeremy McGee, Lubbock; and grandparents Gloria Davis, Electra, Texas and Liz Eustace, Lubbock.
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Melinda McGirt
Funeral services for former Wewoka resident Melinda Mae McGirt, 23, were held Monday at River of Life Church.
Rev. Walter McGirt and Rev. Danny Faulkner officiated at the services. Interment followed at the McGirt family cemetery in Sasakwa under the direction of Stout Funeral Home.
McGirt died Friday, Feb. 5, 1999 at Jackson County Memorial Hospital in Altus.
She was born Dec. 23, 1975 at Mission Hill Hospital, Shawnee, to Shirley McGirt and Alex Tiger.
She attended Wewoka and Seminole Schools for most of her life, graduating from Capital Hill Schools in 1995.
After graduation, she remained in Wewoka until March of 1996, then moving to Oklahoma City and to Altus in 1998.
McGirt was preceded in death by one brother, Chiley McGirt in 1976; two sisters, Racheal Tiger in 1984 and Flora McGirt in 1986; and one grandmother, Flora Johnson McGirt on April 11, 1985.
Survivors include her mother in Oklahoma City; her father of Hominy; one sister, Kelli McGirt, Oklahoma City; two brothers, Jerrod Tiger, and Virgil Tiger Jr., both of Holdenville; Grandparents Jimmie McGirt, Wewoka and Mary Tiger Burgess, Konawa.
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