Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Shawnee, OK and Pottawatomie County

Frances Allene Cash

Frances Allene Cash

Jan 10, 2016

Services will be 3:00 p.m. Friday, January 15, 2016 at Rock Creek Baptist Church with Richard Zimmer and Danny Napier officiating. Burial will follow at Calvary Cemetery. Frances Allene Cash was born November 25, 1933 in Roanoke, Alabama to Stephen Allen and Elsie Blanch (Dollar) Osborne. She attended Hadley High School. On December 27, 1951 she married the love of...

Barbara Jean (Akins) Drew

Barbara Jean (Akins) Drew

Jan 8, 2016

Barbara Jean Akins Drew Barbara Jean Akins Drew, 79, of Shawnee went home to be with her Lord on January 8, 2016. Services will be held at 2:00 P.M. Tuesday, January 12, 2016 at Walker Funeral Service Chapel. Rev. Clint Dawkins officiating. Burial will follow at New Hope Cemetery, Meeker, Oklahoma Barbara was born on May 23, 1936 to Montague...

Bobbie Faye Walls

Bobbie Faye Walls

Jan 6, 2016

Bobbie Faye Walls was born March 2, 1935 to Gaines and Rosella (Dunn) Shults in Bearden, Oklahoma. She died on Wednesday, January 6, 2016 in a Midwest City Hospital. Graveside Services will be Friday, January 8, 2016 at 1:00 P.M. at Fairview Cemetery, with Rev. Larry Sparks officiating. Burial will follow at Fairview. She is survived by: 2 daughters: Cynthia...

Marquetta Louise Williams

Marquetta Louise Williams

Jan 6, 2016

Marquetta Louise Williams Marquetta Louise Williams age 61, of Shawnee died Wednesday, January 6, 2016 at her home. Born to Barry and Sally (Krause) Whitelock. Attended Saline High School in Saline, Michigan. She married Robert (Bob) Williams in June 1999. She was a bus driver for McLoud Schools, cashier for Wal-Mart and did House and Business Cleaning. She is preceded...

Jack Copeland

Jack Copeland

Jan 2, 2016

Jackie (Jack) Phil Copeland, 83, of Macomb, Oklahoma, passed away peacefully January 2, 2016 at Belfair of Shawnee, Oklahoma. A celebration of life service will be held at 10 am on Wednesday, January 6, 2016 at Romulus Baptist Church. Sergio Browning and Tony Black will be officiating. Burial will be at Romulus Cemetery. Jack was born Sept 17, 1932 to...

Leon Wesley Kaskuske

Leon Wesley Kaskuske

Jan 1, 2016

Services will be 10:00 A.M. Saturday, January 2, 2016 at Kickapoo Friends Center in Mcloud. Burial will follow at Kaskuske Family Cemetery. Leon Wesley Kaskuske Sr. was born May 11, 1933 in Mcloud, Oklahoma to Walter and Myrna Kaskuske. He attended school in Dale, OK. He served in the United States Army where he played on the Army basketball team....

Virginia Elizabeth Shaw

Virginia Elizabeth Shaw

Dec 31, 2015

The family will be at Walker Funeral Service to receive friends on Monday from 6:30pm to 8:00pm. Services will be 10:00 A.M. Tuesday, January 5, 2016 at Walker Funeral Service Chapel with Rev. Dave Price and Rev. Ron Baldridge officiating. Burial will follow at New Hope Cemetery in Meeker. Virginia Elizabeth Shaw was born April 16, 1920 in Meeker, Oklahoma...

Britt Jones, Jr.

Britt Jones, Jr.

Dec 31, 2015

Visitation: The family will be at Walker Funeral Service from 5pm to 7pm on Monday to receive friends. Funeral Services will be 2:00 P.M. Tuesday, January 5, 2016 at Mammoth Baptist Church with Rev. Mike Hazelwood officiating. Burial will follow at Bethel Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to Mission:Dignity, Care of Mammoth Baptist Church, P.O. Box...

Loretta Richardson

Loretta Richardson

Dec 30, 2015

Graveside services will be 2:00 p.m. Monday, January 4, 2016 at Dale Cemetery with Doyle Loveland officiating.

Virginia Limke

Virginia Limke

Dec 30, 2015

Graveside services will be 2:30 p.m. Thursday, January 7, 2016 at Fairview Cemetery

David Ray Rice

David Ray Rice

Dec 27, 2015

David Ray Rice went to his heavenly home on December 27, 2015. He was born to Henry and Marie Rice in Colbert, Oklahoma on January 30, 1933. David graduated from Guthrie High School, and attended Northern Oklahoma Junior College on a football scholarship. March 7, 1953, David enlisted in the Air Force where he was stationed in Miko, Japan for...

Maurine E. Shepard

Maurine E. Shepard

Dec 26, 2015

Maurine E. Harvey Smith Shepard was born September 15, 1919, near Annona, in East Texas. She attended schools in the area, where she enjoyed classes and playing sports, especially basketball. She died December 26, 2015, in Shawnee OK. Maurine married Lewis Smith in 1938. They lived in Annona, Kress, and Hart, TX until his death in 1967. They had two...

Billie Sue Herrin

Billie Sue Herrin

Dec 25, 2015

Billie “Sue” (Snider) Herrin, 74, of Shawnee, Oklahoma, died Friday, December 25, 2015 at her home. Services will be 2:00 p.m. Thursday, December 31, 2015 at Walker Funeral Service Chapel with Rev. Eric Wayne Wilburn, Sue’s nephew, officiating. Burial will follow in Fairview Cemetery. The family will be gathering to meet with friends from 5-7 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral...

Juanita Catherine Arrington

Juanita Catherine Arrington

Dec 25, 2015

Juanita Catherine Denton Wilson Arrington, 95, passed away Friday, December 25, 2015 in a local nursing home. She was born January 23, 1920 in Hollis, Oklahoma to Henry Jeptha & Sara Catherine (Adams) Denton. She graduated from Oklahoma A & M (now Okla. State University) in 1942. Juanita taught 8th grade American History at Shawnee Schools from 1961 – 1980....

Lester "Les" Leroy Davis

Lester "Les" Leroy Davis

Dec 24, 2015

Lester “Les” Leroy Davis, former longtime Yukon resident, went to be with his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ in Shawnee, Oklahoma on December 24, 2015, surrounded by many family and friends at the age 73. He was born to Walter and Lydia Davis on May 16, 1942 in Globe, Arizona. He graduated from Capitol Hill in Oklahoma City in 1960...

Ernestine Gravley

Ernestine Gravley

Dec 24, 2015

On December 24, 2015, Alma Ernestine Gravley, age 97, passed away at Retama Manor Care Center in Harlingen, TX, where she had lived for several years. She was born February 4, 1918 in Pope County, Arkansas, to Joseph E. Hudlow and Mary Mullins Hudlow. She attended Belleville High School, Belleville, AR. She married Loupe H. Gravley in January 1940, with...

Marvin Wayne Jordan

Marvin Wayne Jordan

Dec 24, 2015

MARVIN WAYNE JORDAN passed peacefully the morning of Christmas eve in Raleigh, NC where he lived with son Randy Wayne Jordan the last five years. He will be laid to rest next to his mother Zuma Pansy Hibbard Dec. 30th at Fairview Cemetery, in his birthplace, Shawnee Oklahoma. Marvin was preceded in death by his Mother Zuma Hibbard (Shawnee), his...

Marie Nell McCray

Marie Nell McCray

Dec 21, 2015

Marie Nell McCray, 88, of Shawnee, died Monday, December 21, 2015 in a local nursing home. Graveside services will be 2:00 p.m. Thursday, December 24, 2015 at Fairview Cemetery. Marie was born December 9, 1927 in Pottawatomie County to Carl & Laura Frazee. She attended school until the 8th grade. Marie worked at the Log House many years ago, and...

Karen Sledge

Karen Sledge

Dec 18, 2015

Shawnee resident and educator Karen Sledge passed away at her home December 18, 2015. After graduating high school she enlisted in the United States Army, where she was selected as “WAC of the Week” in 1963. She was stationed in Berlin, Germany and Washington D.C. A graduate of E.C.U., she began a career in teaching which spanned 35 years. After...

Melba Carnes Bryan

Melba Carnes Bryan

Dec 16, 2015

Services will be 1:00 P.M. Tuesday, December 22, 2015 at Walker Funeral Service Chapel with Terry Newell officiating. Burial will follow at Resthaven Memorial Park in Shawnee. Melba Carnes Bryan was born June 12, 1927 in Lamar, Oklahoma to Lonnie and Callie Bridges. She graduated from high school in Lamar. On August 14, 1946 she married Melvon Carnes. He preceded...

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