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OKLAHOMA CITY – Funeral services for Wewoka native Tony Ramsey are scheduled for 10 a.m. Monday in the Mercer-Adams Chapel, 3925 N. Asbury in Bethany.
Ramsey was found dead in his paint and body shop at the age of 41.
The cause of death could not yet be determined.
Ramsey was born Sept. 15, 1960 in Wewoka to Raymond and Betty (Glass) Ramsey.
He married Betty Wiggins on Dec. 7, 1990.
He served in the United States Army as a ranger in the 101st Airborne Division.
Ramsey had owned his own paint and body shop in Oklahoma City for the past three years.
He is survived by his wife, Betty Ramsey; three daughters, Shonda Griffin of Oklahoma City, Marisa Ramsey of Cromwell, and Carrie Wendlandt of Oklahoma City; two sons, Jason Luper of Bethany and Anthony Ramsey of Oklahoma City; eight grandchildren; his parents of Wewoka; two sisters, Teresa Smith of Dallas, Texas and Kim Rogers of Wetumka; and one brother, Mike Ramsey of Seminole.
Estelle Raper
Graveside funeral services for former Konawa resident Estelle Raper are scheduled for 11 a.m. Monday at Vamoosa Cemetery.
Services are under the direction of Swearingen Funeral Home.
Raper died Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2002 at her home in Houston, Texas at the age of 91.
She was born July 3, 1911 in Maud to V.V. and Annie (Scroggins) Raper.
She was a school teacher in the Rio Granda Valley area at Raymondville, Mercedes, and Kerryville High Schools.
Raper was Presbyterian.
She was a past member of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, American Association of University Women, and Delta Kappa Gamma.
She graduated from Horace Mann High School on the campus of East Central Oklahoma Teachers College in Ada in 1928.
Raper earned her Bachelor’s Degree from Texas A&I University in 1939 and a Master’s Degree from there in 1951.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Clarence Raper.
She is survived by one daughter, Natalie Parker Chanslor of Houston, Texas; one son, Charles Loney of Texas City, Texas; four grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
Memorials may be made to the Delta Kappa Gamma Educational Foundation at P.O. Box 1589, Austin, Texas, 78767.
Marie Hardin Reese
Graveside funeral services for Marie M. Hardin Reese are scheduled for 2 p.m. Wednesday at Little Cemetery.
Rev. Carl Whitfield will officiate; burial will be under the direction of Swearingen Funeral Home.
Reese died Saturday at Seminole Medical Center at the age of 81.
She was born July 20, 1921, in Miami to James and Ethel Birmingham.
She lived most of her life in Seminole County, where she was a homemaker and a retired tavern owner.
Reese was of the Baptist faith.
She was married to L.W. Reese, who died in 1993.
She was also preceded in death by her parents; two sons, Wallace Warner and Michael Hardin; and one grandson, Scott Warner.
Survivors include two sons, Jimmy Hardin, Texas, and B.C. Hardin of Wewoka; three daughters, Givonna Carter, Meeker, Sally Elkins and Linda Malone, both of Seminole; 11 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
Bobbie J. Reeves
Graveside funeral services for Bobbie J. Reeves are scheduled for 12 p.m. Tuesday at Resthaven Memorial Park.
Rev. Carl Whitfield is set to officiate.
The family will gather in the home of Pat Neer of Tecumseh.
Services are under the direction of Swearingen Funeral Home.
Reeves died Friday, Feb. 1, 2002 in Dallas at the age of 66.
She was born Feb. 29, 1936 in Seminole to Theodore and Winifred "Gwen" (Sims) Barrett.
She married Clarence Doyle Reeves on April 9, 1955 in Seminole.
Reeves was a homemaker and graduated from Varnum High School.
She was preceded in death by her father.
She is survived by her mother of Tecumseh; her husband; two daughters, Mia Goodwin of Dallas and Trina Ward of Austin, Texas; one son, Russell Reeves of Kansas City, Kan.; four sisters, June Hale of Las Animas, Colo., Dorris Freeman of East Point, Mich., Patricia Neer of Tecumseh, and Starla Southerland of Sapulpa; one brother, Teddy Barrett of Littleton, Colo.; and six grandchildren.
H.C. ‘Tony’ Regian
Funeral services for Seminole resident H.C. "Tony" Regian are scheduled for 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Swearingen Funeral Home Chapel.
Rev. Eddy Russell is set to officiate.
Burial is to follow at Little Cemetery under the direction of Swearingen Funeral Home.
Regian died Sunday, June 30, 2002 at his home after a short battle with cancer.
He was 58.
He moved to Seminole two years ago from Booneville, Ark.
Regian was born June 9, 1944 in Oxnard, Calif. to James Regian Sr. and Cora O. (Cabitt) Regian.
He was a rancher.
He was preceded in death by his mother; one sister, Lucille Carver; and one brother, Carroll Jean Regian.
Regian is survived by his father of Booneville, Ark.; his former spouse, Bobbie Regian of Seminole; four daughters, Devon Waildch of Minnesota, Lisa A. Belot of Florida, Lori Smith and Debbie Godwin, both of Seminole; three brothers, Willie Regian of Lawton, and Leonard Regian and James Regian Jr., both of Blyhte, Calif.; one sister, Flora M. Marshal of Blyhte, Calif.; 16 grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
Juanita Renton
Funeral services for Juanita Margaret Renton are scheduled for 2 p.m. Saturday at Swearingen Funeral Home Chapel.
Robert Lee Parker is set to officiate.
Burial is to follow at Little Cemetery under the direction of Swearingen Funeral Home.
Juanita died Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2002 at Seminole Medical Center at the age of 82.
She was born July 17, 1919 in Shawnee to William T. and Ida May (Ray) Lackey.
She married Darril "Joe" Watson in 1934.
He preceded her in death in 1974.
Juanita married Bill M. Renton on Dec. 1, 1978.
He preceded her in death in March of 1994.
She retired from Pioneer Nursing Home.
Juanita was a member of the Church of Latter Day Saints and the American Legion Auxiliary.
She was preceded in death by both husbands; one daughter, Pat Sharp; two grandsons, Stoney Southern and Rickey Dean Watson; and two brothers, William "Tom" and Jim C. Lackey.
She is survived by one daughter, Kathy Southern of Seminole; one son, Joe Gary Watson of Sapulpa; eight stepchildren; seven grandchildren, Kelly McGirt of Tecumseh, Shana Southern of Holdenville, Tammy Whitfield of Mt. Pleasant, Texas, and Rhonda Hamilton, Sheila Phillips, Michelle Bliss and Melissa Fisher, all of Sapulpa; two sisters, Erma J. Sheppard of Enterprise, Ala., and Leota Mears of Tulsa; and 17 great-grandchildren.
Casket bearers are to be members of Seminole American Legion.
Prince F. Reynolds
Funeral services for Prince Freeling Reynolds are scheduled for 2 p.m. Wednesday at Historic Strothers Chapel.
Dr. Gary Fangmann is set to officiate.
A full military honors burial is to follow Maple Grove Cemetery under the direction of Swearingen Funeral Home.
Prince died Saturday, Jan. 12, 2002 in Wewoka at the age of 82.
He was born Sept. 15, 1919 on a farm between Seminole and Wewoka to Dan and Rose (Chataginer) Reynolds.
His grandmother, Martha Jane Floyd, was a pioneer of Tidmore and early day Seminole.
Prince moved to Seminole when he was a baby and graduated from Seminole High School in 1940.
He joined the Air Force after 32 years.
He served in the European Theater and in the South Pacific.
Prince’s plane was shot down over the Philippines and crash-landed at Clarke Air Force Base.
He served in World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War.
He was in the line trainer department for a number of years and was stationed at the Pentagon where he taught his older brother, Andy, and a number of generals to fly the link trainer.
Prince retired to Diamond Head, Miss. where he lived until about six months ago when he moved back to Seminole.
He attended First Baptist Church in Seminole.
He attended the Flirty 30’s and Fabulous 40’s reunion at Seminole High School in October.
Prince was preceded in death by his father, Dan Reynolds; mother, Rose Reynolds Johnson; two brothers, Andy Reynolds and Leroy Reynolds; and his grandmother, Martha Floyd.
He is survived by one son, Gary Reynolds of Ada; three brothers, Dan Reynolds of Seminole, Oscar Clifton of Guthrie, and Bruce Johnson of Moore; two sisters, Edna Reynolds Gourley of San Francisco of Calif. and Willie Estelle Moore of Saratoga, Calif.; four nieces, Diana Reynolds Sullivan of Seminole, Danette Lee Reynolds of Bakersfield, Calif., Andrea Dailey of Arizona, and Karen Alter of Colorado; three nephews, Tommy Reynolds of Colorado, Danny Gourley of California and Terry Anthony of Arkansas; and special friends, Mary Bice of Mississippi, Faye Price of Seminole and Nancy Carbitcher of Bowlegs.
Casket bearers are Robert Johnson, Jeremy Johnson, Phillips Roberson, Melvin Roberson, Cliff Schultz, and Jeremy Babb.
Honorary bearers are Noble Hays, Don Pinkerton and Jim White.
