OBITUARIES
Lillian E. Burns
May 22, 2012
Funeral service for Lillian E. Burns will be held 2:00 p.m. Friday, May 25, 2012 at the Musgrove-Merriott-Smith Chapel in Claremore. Pastor Mike Clark will officiate. Burial will follow at Wards Grove Cemetery. Lillian Burns passed away Tuesday, May 22, 2012 in Claremore at the age of 96. The daughter of Donald and Martha Wright Whiteside was born January 30,...
Oren Ray Knight
May 22, 2012
Graveside service for Oren Ray Knight will be held 10:00 a.m. Friday, May 25, 2012 at Woodlawn Cemetery of Claremore. Pastor Bill Ascol of Bethel Baptist Church Owasso will officiate. Military honors will be conducted by the U.S. Air Force. Visitation will be Thursday, May 24, 2012 from 1-7 p.m., and family will greet friends from 6-7 p.m. Mr. Knight...
Robert Joseph Green
May 21, 2012
Graveside service for Robert Joseph Green will be 10 a.m., Friday, May 25, 2012, at Winganon Cemetery with Pastor Bernadean Carter officiating. Military honors will be conducted by the U.S. Navy. Burial will follow under the direction of Chelsea Funeral Home & Crematory. Visitation will be held at the funeral home Thurs. 1-6 p.m. Robert died Mon., May 21, 2012,...
Bobby D. Girten
May 20, 2012
Funeral service for Bobby D. Girten will be held Thursday, May 24, 2012 at the Chelsea First Baptist Church. Pastor Eddy Bob Mathews will officiate. Burial will follow at the Chelsea Cemetery under the direction of the Chelsea Funeral Home and Crematory. Bobby passed away Sunday, May 20, 2012 in Rochester, Minnesota at the age of 66. The son of...
Leta May Mitchell
May 13, 2012
Funeral service for Chelsea resident, Leta May Mitchell, will be 10 a.m., Wed., May 16, at First Baptist Church of Chelsea with Pastor Jay McAlister officiating. Burial will follow in Chelsea Cemetery under the direction of Chelsea Funeral Home and Crematory. Visitation will be held at the funeral home Tues. from 1-8 p.m., and family will greet friends from 6-8...
Pug Leathers
May 11, 2012
Funeral service for Freda Fern "Pug" Leathers will be 2 p.m., Wed., May 16, at Epworth United Methodist Church, Chelsea, with Rev. Lester Mullis officiating. Burial will follow at Chelsea Cemetery under the direction of Chelsea Funeral Home & Crematory. Visitation will be held at the funeral home Wed. 9 a.m.-noon. Pug died Fri., May 11, 2012, at Forrest Manor...
James Arthur McDonald
May 9, 2012
Graveside service for James Arthur "Jim" McDonald will be 2 p.m., Mon., May 14, at Fairview Cemetery, Vinita, with Rev. Weldon Foster officiating. Burial will follow under the direction of Musgrove-Merriott-Smith Funeral Service & Crematory. Visitation will be held at the funeral home Mon. 9 a.m.-noon. Jim died Wed., May 9, 2012, at Rolling Hills Care Center, Catoosa, at the...
Elizabeth Louise Powders
May 8, 2012
Elizabeth Louise “Betty” Powders, 86, of Claremore died Tuesday, May 8th, 2012 . She was born in Eugene, Oregon to Fred and Ruby Bloomer on September 5, 1925 and was welcomed into the home by a brother, Lawrence. Betty spent her early years in Eugene and traveling in the summers with her family to her father’s worksites. During the summer...
William Wilson McBeath Jr.
May 5, 2012
Funeral service for William Wilson "Bill" McBeath, Jr. will be 10 a.m., Thurs., May 10, at the Musgrove-Merriott-Smith Chapel with Rev. Janelle Brammer officiating. Graveside service with military honors by the U.S. Air Force will be held at 3:30 p.m. at Mount Comfort Cemetery, Springfield, MO. Visitation will be held at the funeral home Wed. 1-8 p.m., and family will...
Gaylen Scott Leathers
Apr 28, 2012
Memorial service for Gaylen Scott Leathers will be 2 p.m., Wed., May 2, at Epworth United Methodist Church, Chelsea, with Rev. Darrell Cox officiating. Gaylen passed from this earth on Sat., April 28, 2012, at Legacy Health and Rehab in Ft. Smith, AR, at the age of 47. The son of James Robert "Sonny" Leathers, Sr., and Priscilla D. (Chapman)...
Betty Corn Brown
Apr 23, 2012
Memorial service for Betty Lee (Corn) Brown will be 2 p.m., Tues., May 1, at the Musgrove-Merriott-Smith Chapel. Betty died Mon., April 23, 2012, at Wood Manor Nursing Home at the age of 79. The daughter of Verna and Vesta (Lee) Francisco was born Jan. 1, 1933, in Rocky Comfort, MO. While in high school she enjoyed playing basketball and...
Rachel Elizabeth Thompson
Apr 23, 2012
Funeral service for Rachel Elizabeth Thompson will be 2 p.m., Fri., April 27, at the First Christian Church of Chelsea with Rev. Richard Billings officiating. Burial will follow at Chelsea Cemetery under the direction of Chelsea Funeral Home & Crematory. She died Monday, April 23, 2012, at Sequoyah Pointe Nursing Home, Owasso, at the age of 88. The daughter of...
Charles Robert Neely
Apr 22, 2012
Funeral service for Charles Robert Neely will be 2 p.m., Thurs., April 26, at Claremore Assembly of God. Burial will follow at Woodlawn Cemetery under the direction of Musgrove-Merriott-Smith Funeral Service & Crematory. Visitation will be held at the funeral home Wed. 1-8 p.m., and family will greet friends 6-8 p.m. He passed away Sunday April 22, 2012 at the...
Albert Raymond Akerman
Apr 22, 2012
Albert Raymond Akerman, 74, of Claremore, OK passed away peacefully Sunday, April 22, 2012 surrounded by family. Al was born May 18, 1937 in Ramondville, Texas, the fourth of nine children to Patrick Frank and Lucy Mae (Canfield) Akerman. As a child his family moved to Shawnee, OK where he attended elementary school at Sr. Benedict's and graduated from high...
Edward Allen Peterson
Apr 21, 2012
Memorial service for Edward Allen Peterson will be 10 a.m., Sat., April 28, at First Baptist Church, Chelsea, with Rev. Gerald Biswell officiating. Interment will be 2 p.m., Fri., April 27, at Ft. Gibson National Cemetery. Military honors performed by the U.S. Army. Arrangements are under the direction of Musgrove-Merriott-Smith Funeral Service & Crematory. Ed died Sat., April 21, 2012,...
Ellen Parker
Apr 18, 2012
Funeral service for Ellen White Parker will be 11 a.m., Fri., April 20, at the Musgrove-Merriott-Smith Chapel with Brother Sam Nichols officiating. Burial will follow at Floral Haven Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be held at the funeral home Thurs. 1-5 p.m. Ellen died Wed., April 18, 2012, at her home at the age of 79. The daughter of Gordon Franklin...



