OBITUARIES
Ennis Dean Smith
Oct 29, 2020
Ennis Dean Smith was born in Hulbert, OK on June 1, 1932. He passed peacefully on October 29, 2020 in Catoosa, OK. Ennis was the 4th of 12 children born to Frank and Daisy Smith. He lived in Inola for 35 years, then married Opal English on April 10th, 1970, and moved to Sequoyah. Ennis worked at American Airlines for...
Frances Ellen Dennis
Oct 26, 2020
Frances (Roberts) Boyd Dennis was born January 11, 1935 in Rainsville, IN to Raleigh and Lydia (Lucas) Roberts. She was 85 years old and entered her Heavenly Home October 26, 2020. Frances married Jim Boyd in 1952 and made their home in the Chelsea area raising four children. Occupations included sewing factory, food service supervisor, printer press operator at Rogers...
Linda Carol Henry
Oct 25, 2020
Linda Carol Henry passed away in her home in Chelsea on October 25, 2020, she was 77. Linda was born on October 1, 1943 in Memphis, Tennessee to parents Charles Marshall Shattuck and Lois Imagene (Buckner) Shattuck. On April 16, 1980 she married Rickey Lee Henry. Linda was a homemaker and caregiver who loved gardening, traveling with her husband, going...
Henry Leon Robinson
Oct 25, 2020
Henry Leon Robinson passed away on October 25, 2020. He was 64 years old. Leon was born to James and Beulah Robinson in Seneca, Missouri. Leon grew up in the Seneca area throughout his childhood, graduating from Seneca High School with the class of 1974. When Leon was 18 years old, he met the love of his life, Rennah Kay...
Roy Lynn Roberts
Oct 23, 2020
Service for Roy Lynn Roberts will be 10:00 a.m, Tuesday, October 27, 2020 at MMS-Payne Funeral Home Chapel, burial will follow at Fairview Cemetery, Talala. Friends may visit at the funeral home on Monday, October 26, 2020 from 1pm-8pm. Roy passed away at his home on Friday, October 23rd, 2020, at the age of 77. The son of Charley H....
Wanda Lea Rice
Oct 23, 2020
Wanda Lea Rice passed away on October 23, 2020, she was 85 years old. Wanda was born in Foyil, Oklahoma on August 6th, 1935 to Edward Norway Burns and Retha Irene Burns. Wanda grew up in the Foyil area all her life. In Her younger years she attended Foyil Public Schools and was an all star basketball player. She loved...
Judith Rose Koster
Oct 22, 2020
Judith Rose Koster passed away peacefully and surrounded by loved ones October 22, 2020, at her home. She was 78 years young. Judi spent her final years being a nanny, crocheting and eating at her favorite places. She was a strong woman remembered for saying quite a bit, but mostly for things like, “Tighten up your boot straps” and “This...
Barbara Sue Cooper
Oct 20, 2020
Funeral service for Barbara Sue Cooper will be held 10:00 a.m. Monday, October 26, 2020 at the MMS-Payne Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow at Hogan Cemetery in Locust Grove. Visitation will be held on Sunday, October 25, 2020 from 3-6 p.m. Sue passed away on Tuesday, October 20th, 2020 at the age of 81. The daughter of Robert "Bus"...
Beverly Jean Hough
Oct 19, 2020
Beverly Jean Hough, 88, passed away Monday, October 19, 2020 at St. Francis Hospital in Tulsa. She leaves; her son, Bruce Donald, her daughters, Debbie Calcote, Denise McClure, Darlene Anderson; 11 grandchildren; 21 great grandchildren. Born in Lincoln, Nebraska, and raised in Catoosa, Oklahoma, she was the daughter of Don Eigle and Bonnie Copenhaver Eigle. After graduating from Catoosa High...
John Ross Mizer
Oct 18, 2020
A memorial service for John Ross Mizer will be 10 a.m., Monday October 26, at Foyil Assembly of God Church, followed by a graveside service at 2 p.m. at Winganon Cemetery with Rev. Jack Damico officiating. Burial will be under the direction of the Chelsea Funeral Home and Crematory. John passed away Sunday, October 18,2020 at the age of 86. John was the...
Ollie Virginia Donley
Oct 18, 2020
Ollie Virginia Donley on Sunday, October 18, 2020, with her beloved family around her, was called Home by the Lord. She was 77. She was born October 10, 1943 in Lake Providence, LA. She was raised in Texarkana, AR, and graduated Arkansas High school in 1961. She attended Southern State College, later Texarkana Beauty School and Texarkana Business school. She...
Homer Lee Chasteen
Oct 15, 2020
Homer Lee Chasteen passed away at his home in Inola on October 15, 2020, at the age of 83. Homer was born to Jack Chasteen and Zelma Leo (Carter), Chasteen on July 21, 1937 in Sikeston, Missouri. Homer met and later married Bertha Jean (Dotson) on August 27, 1955 in Tahlequah, Oklahoma. Homer was a Self Employed Welder and enjoyed...
Phillis Jean Wells
Oct 15, 2020
Phillis Jean Wells passed away on October 15th, 2020, she was 74 years old. Phillis was born to Johnson and Lucille Vann on August 9th, 1946 in Vian, Ok Phillis and her family moved to Claremore, Ok in 1951 she attended Claremore Schools and enjoyed going to Emmanuel Baptist Church as a kid with her family. Phillis enjoyed a lot...
Samuel "Sam" Weeks O'Fields
Oct 14, 2020
Samuel Weeks O’Fields was born on March 10, 1934 in Delaware County, Oklahoma to Joe William O’Fields and Ollie Mockicin O’Fields. He departed from this life on October 15, 2020 in Tulsa, Oklahoma at the age of 86. Samuel was known affectionately by his close family as “Sonny”. After the death of their mother, Sam and his two younger sisters,...
Walter Charles Hailey
Oct 14, 2020
Private family services will be held for Claremore resident, Walter Hailey. Friends may visit at MMS-Payne Funeral Home in Claremore on Sunday, October 18, 2020, from 3-6 pm. Walter passed away Wednesday, October 14, 2020, at the age of 90. Walter Charles Hailey was born October 31, 1929 in Andrews County, MO. He was the son of Cleo Marland Hailey...
Kenneth James Blair Sr.
Oct 13, 2020
Service for Kenneth James Blair, Sr. will be 11:00 a.m., Monday, October 19, 2020 at Bethel Free Holiness Church, Chelsea, burial will follow at Dawes Cemetery. Visitation will be from 1pm-6pm Sunday, October 18, 2020 at Roland Free Holiness Church, Roland, Oklahoma. Kenneth passed away on Tuesday, October 13, 2020. He was 73. Born March 20, 1947 in Galena, Missouri...
Jonathan Victor Leslie
Oct 10, 2020
Jonathan Victor Leslie passed away on October 10th, 2020. He was 27 years old. John was born to Jeff and Jennifer Leslie on March 12th, 1993 in Claremore, Oklahoma. John spent his life growing up in Chelsea, Oklahoma, where he attended Calvary Lighthouse Christian Academy. He loved to collect knives, was learning to play guitar, and his favorite colors were...
Debra Irene Reynolds
Oct 10, 2020
A reception will be held in her honor on Sunday, October 18th, her 71st birthday at the First United Methodist Church Fellowship Hall in Claremore at 3:00 pm. In lieu of flowers Debi has requested donations to be made in her honor to FUMC Missions, 1615 N HWY 88, Claremore, OK. 74017. Debra Irene Sprow Raper Reynolds went to be...