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Funeral services for Christine "Sweet Pea" Ackerman will be held Wednesday, February 24, 2016 at 2:00 PM at the Parks Brothers Funeral Home Chapel in Okemah. Interment will follow at the Castle Cemetery.
Christine Ackerman was born August 12, 1968 in Claremore, Oklahoma to Jerry Wayne Johnson and Jo Ann (Long) Johnson. She passed away Friday, February 19, 2016 at her home in Okemah at the age of 47.
Christine had been a resident of the Okemah area most all of her life. She worked as a home health care worker. She and Don Dave Ackerman were married Marcy 27, 1998 in Henryetta, Oklahoma.
She is preceded in death by her parents and one brother, Jerry P. Johnson.
Survivors include her husband, Don Dave Ackerman of Okemah; two sons, Johnathan Johnson of Okemah and Cody and Jess Johnson of Okemah; four daughters, Kristin Johnson of Okemah, Melinda Woodruff of Okemah, Feather Ackerman of Okemah and Rebecca Ackerman of Cromwell; two brothers, Marvin Johnson of Okemah and Trampas Johnson of Wetumka, Oklahoma; four sisters, Terri Tillery of Okemah, Linda Williamson of Okemah, Barbara Smith of Okemah and Kimberly Billings of Castle, Oklahoma and 10 grandchildren.
Serving as pallbearers will be Jonathan Woodruff, Austin Billings, Steven Tillery, Wayne Williamson, Jerry Williamson and Josh Mosley.
Services will be under the direction of Parks Brothers Funeral Home, Okemah and officiated by Bro. Mark and Sis. Terita Rich.
Linda L. Liles
Linda L. Liles quietly passed away Tuesday afternoon, August 16, 2016, with her children by her side.
She was survived by her husband, Ralph, of Seminole; her son, Dwayne, of Oklahoma City; daughter, Kathy, of Missouri; eight grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
The services are pending.
Nave Abbiss
Former Seminole County Deputy Nave Edward` "Eddie" Abbiss passed away Tuesday Feb. 3, 2009 at Elmwood Nursing Home after a long illness. He was 63 years of age.
Funeral Services are scheduled for 2 p.m. Friday Feb. 6, 2009 at Stout-Phillips Funeral Chapel with Rev. Willie Williams officiating, and interment to follow at Oakwood Cemetery.
He was born July 3, 1945, in San Diego, Calif., to Nave Junior and Nancy Alice (Casteel) Abbiss. He graduated from Wewoka High School in 1965.
Eddie and Judy Ann Grimes were married Feb. 24, 1968, in Wewoka, and to this marriage two children were born.
Eddie served in the US Air Force during the Viet Nam conflict. He was employed by Seminole County as a Deputy for a number of years.
He and his wife Judy owned and operated Bob' Donut Shop for a number of years. He was employed by the U.S. Post Office as Mail carrier, in Wewoka.
Eddie was a member of First Christian Church, in Wewoka. He had also been a Troop Leader for the Boy's Scout Pack #425. He loved bowling, fishing, hunting, camping, and training his K-9 dogs He loved his pets.
Survivors include his wife, Judy, of the Home; sons Charles Todd Abbiss, of Wewoka, Joseph Eugene Abbiss and wife Jodi, of Midwest City; grandchildren Anya Knight, of Wewoka, Alexis Gentry, of Spaulding, and Reylli Abbiss, of Wewoka; two great-grandchildren; sister, Nancy Cook, of Claremore; and other relatives and friends. He will be greatly missed by all who knew him.
Eddie is preceded in death by his parents.
. Arrangements by Stout-Phillips Funeral Home
Emery Yeager
Emery Yeager was born to William Moses Yeager and Juanita Mitchell Yeager in Seminole, Okla. on Nov. 10, 1944.
He passed away on Wednesday, April 1, 2015, at the age of 70 years and 4 months.
He is survived by his wife Jeannie Yeager and daughter, Toni Yeager Birmingham, her husband Gary and their four children, Braden, Casey, Taylor and Alex Birmingham.
He was preceded in death by a son, Jeffery Andrew Yeager.
He is survived by two brothers and one sister; William Steve and Patricia Yeager of Seminole, Okla., Foster Flint Yeager of Wewoka Okla., Marshalene and Jerry Harjo of Seminole, Okla., and many nieces, nephews and other family.
Emery was wounded in combat in 1967 in Vietnam.
He served honorably in the US Army for 25 years.
He also was employed as a Dept. of Army civilian for a number of years.
He worked at DECA in East Kelly and the Provost Marshal’s office at Fort Sam Houston.
We will miss him dearly. Visitation will take place in the Sunset Funeral home chapel Monday April 6, 2015 at 1:00pm with funeral services beginning at 3:00 p.m.
Interment will take place in the Sunset Memorial Park.
Arlis Yott
Arlis Louis Yott, age 74 and a resident of Vamoosa, Oklahoma passed away on Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2015 at his home.
Funeral services are scheduled for 11:00 a.m. Monday, Feb. 9, 2015 at Vamoosa Baptist Church, and Rev. Kevin Duck and Rev. Bruce Sanders will officiate.
Burial will follow at Vamoosa Cemetery.
Pallbearers are the grandsons, Russell Yott, Jason Yott, Taylor Yott, Matt Dean, Eric Holloway, and Gage Bean.
Arlis was born April 15, 1940 to George and Florence (Herriman) Yott at Asher, Okla.
He married Ernestine Scroggin on Aug. 19, 1961 at the Assembly of God Church in Konawa, Okla.
He worked twenty-two years for OG&E before retiring in 1994.
He is survived by his wife of 53 years, Ernestine Yott of the home; four sons, Kenneth Yott of Konawa, Wayne Yott of Konawa, Wesley Yott of Asher, and Waylon Yott of Konawa; two brothers, Darrell Yott of Asher, and Raymond Yott of Macomb, Oklahoma; three sisters, Georgie Tryon of Edmond, Oklahoma, Lucy Glenn and Linda Craft, both of Shawnee, Oklahoma; ten grandchildren and eight great grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents, George and Florence Yott; one sister, Ruby Leabo; and three brothers, Marvin, David and Gene Yott.
Arlis Yott
Arlis Louis Yott, age 74 and a resident of Vamoosa, Okla. passed away on Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2015 at his home.
Funeral services were at 11:00 a.m. Monday, Feb. 9, 2015 at Vamoosa Baptist Church, and Rev. Kevin Duck and Rev. Bruce Sanders will officiate.
Burial will follow at Vamoosa Cemetery.
Pallbearers are the grandsons, Russell Yott, Jason Yott, Taylor Yott, Matt Dean, Eric Holloway, and Gage Bean.
Arlis was born April 15, 1940 to George and Florence (Herriman) Yott at Asher, Okla.
He married Ernestine Scroggin on Aug. 19, 1961 at the Assembly of God Church in Konawa, Okla.
He worked twenty-two years for OG&E before retiring in 1994.
He is survived by his wife of fifty-three years, Ernestine Yott of the home; four sons, Kenneth and Janet Yott of Konawa, Wayne and Cheryl Yott of Konawa, Wesley and Rebecca Yott of Asher, and Waylon and Michelle Yott of Konawa; two brothers, Darrell Yott of Asher, and Raymond Yott of Macomb, Okla.; three sisters, Georgie Tryon of Edmond, Okla., Lucy Glenn and Linda Craft, both of Shawnee, Okla.; ten grandchildren, Breanne Dean, Samantha Yott, Russell Yott, Jason Yott, Taylor Yott, Maci Yott, all of Konawa, Jerry Yott and Gabby Yott of Asher, Cassie Holloway and Trae Graham of Ada; and eight great grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents, George and Florence Yott; one sister, Ruby Leabo; and three brothers, Marvin, David and Gene Yott.
John V. Lewis
Monday, Jan. 19, 2015, might have been the day the music died for the family of John V. Lewis – if he hadn’t long ago instilled it into the hearts of each and every member.
Although the Seminole musician died Monday at the age of 86, from time to time his children, their children and grandchildren will feel a little music in their souls and know where it came from.
John was born Sept. 29, 1928, in Yell County, Ark., and started teaching himself music almost immediately.
"He could play anything, " his son said.
Harmonica, guitar, piano, fiddle, banjo and later electric keyboard, all surrendered to John’s talent.
He loved music, God and family with all his soul, and took his children to church every time the doors were open – for every meeting, every service, every revival, every gospel singing.
John never made a living with his music; in fact, his children remember him paying for airtime at KWSH when they were a young, struggling family, so he could share the gospel music he loved with those within the air waves of Seminole County.
He started every program with the song, "This Little Light of Mine" and he let his light shine as God had bidden him to.
To support himself and his family, John had been a mule skinner, moving logs with a mule team, and later a sharecropper in Yell County.
He married Wilma Ross on Oct. 26, 1948. Together they came to Seminole County in 1953 to better his employment opportunities.
With their two little daughters, Barbara four and Anna, one month old, the family lived in the gas station south of Seminole that John managed.
After a couple of years, John went to work at Independent Tank, learning the art of welding.
Later he worked for Frac Tanks, Inc., which became the Terry Co.
Sons Ricky and John M. Lewis joined the family, and they followed the oilfield to Enid, Hennessey and Drumright before returning to Seminole in 1968.
John worked for Wills Concrete, D&B Garage, then opened his own welding shop and truck repair, which he ran until his retirement in 1992 when Wilma became ill.
He took care of Wilma until her death. If he wasn’t home sleeping he was at the nursing home taking care of her.
John encouraged his family in their musical endeavors and they played together and with friends in the garage, the living room, outdoors under the stars.
"The neighbors either hated us or loved us, " John’s son said.
After his retirement, John toured area nursing homes, loading speakers, microphones, keyboard and hand-scrawled gospel music into his old Thunderbird to share his love of music and the Lord.
It was clear to anyone who met him that his love for his family was equal to his love of music and God; a quiet smile lit his face whenever he talked about them or shared a new photo.
"Do you KNOW how much God loves you?" he asked each one, often.
He was a member of the Lighthouse Tabernacle at the time of his death.
As he grew older, long after the death of his wife, Wilma, in September, 1994, and children, Anna and Ricky, he began to suffer from memory loss, but even then his family was the most vital part of his life.
John’s family helped to keep him in his home as long as possible, which was important to him and to them.
He entered Seminole Care and Rehabilitation in June 2014, one of the nursing homes where he had played his music for so many years, and died there Monday.
Funeral services are scheduled for 1 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 24, 2015, at Swearingen Funeral Chapel.
Family will receive guests Saturday morning 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
Jeff Nance, pastor of Temple of Praise, will officiate.
Burial will follow at Resthaven Memorial Gardens in Shawnee.
He is preceded in death by his parents, Samuel Newton and Moarnin Emily (Loudermilk) Lewis; a baby daughter, Linda, who died back in Yell County; his wife; and two grown children, Anna and Ricky; two grandchildren, Stephen Hill and Brandon Hail; three brothers, William Broyles, Sylvester Howard and Jones Lewis; and four sisters, Margaret Ross, Bell Heath, Florence McDonald and Dollie May Lewis.
Pallbearers will be Billy Hill Jr., Shannon Lewis, Booth Scates, Donald Emmitt, Zane Feken and Mike White.
He leaves to cherish his memory one son and daughter-in-law, John M. and Laurie Lewis of Bowlegs; one daughter and son-in-law, Barbara and James Hail of Hennessey; six grandchildren, Tonya Scates, Billy Hill Jr., Charity Wright, Elizabeth Hile, Jeff Lewis, and Shannon Lewis; 14 great-grandchildren Booth Scates III, Karson Scates, Brice Hill, Blake Hill, Brock Hill, Chase Mullins, Carys Mullins, Conner Hile, Caleb Hile, Jacob Lewis, Abigail Lewis, Jordan Lewis, Kalee Lewis and Payton Lewis; two great-great-grandchildren, Paislee Hill and Chesnee Hill; special caregiver Rose Rosamond; as well as many dear nephews, nieces and other family, friends; and all who love gospel as he did.
