Betty Jo Wood
Jul 21, 2015
Wood, Betty Jo, 88, passed away Tuesday, July 21, 2015 in Tulsa, OK. Born June 10, 1927 in Bowden, OK to William Roy and Gladys Alfa (Johnson) Smith. She was the owner of the former Sportsman's Sporting Goods in Tulsa. Long-time member of Asbury United Methodist Church. Preceded in death by her parents; son, Harry Wood. She is survived by...
Anita A. Brown
Jul 20, 2015
Brown, Anita A., 89, of Tulsa, passed away Monday, July 20, 2015. She was born June 11, 1926 in Tulsa, OK to Jess H. and Amallia Allende. During WWII, Anita worked as a riveter. She retired from Zales Jewelry after 40 plus years, then cleaned houses until May of this year. She was a member of Sequoyah Hills Baptist Church...
Wilma Barbour
Jul 20, 2015
Wilma was born June 3, 1928 in Ava, MO to Mackey and Velvie Forrest. She married Lee Roy Barbour in 1946. They met at the Oklahoma BBQ and dance hall, which was later named the Knotty Pine BBQ on Charles Page Blvd. Together they had five children. In 1949, they had a baby girl, Pamela Ann Barbour, and again a...
Brandin Allen Darden
Jul 18, 2015
Darden, Brandin Allen, 31, of Tulsa, passed away Saturday, July 18, 2015. He was born in Tulsa on July 1, 1984 to Michael Allen and Linda Marie Darden. Brandin is survived by his father of TX, grandmother Irene Tate of Tulsa, grandmother Delores Clark of Tulsa, half-brother Michael Darden, uncle James Darden and his wife Lori of Tulsa, aunt Kim...
Denny Wasson
Jul 18, 2015
Obituary for Denny A. Wasson Dennis "Denny" Arthur Wasson was born December 6, 1944 in Tulsa, OK to Arthur Hershel Wasson and Minnie Beatrice "Edna" Guthrie Wasson, who resided in Jenks, OK. Denny entered his Heavenly home at age 70 on Saturday, July 18, 2015 following surgery at St. John Medical Center in Tulsa. While living in Wichita, KS, Denny...
Jimmy (Woody) Dean Woodard
Jul 18, 2015
Jimmy (Woody) Dean Woodard was born on December 12, 1945 in Guthrie, Oklahoma to Alvin and Lela Warren Woodard. He passed away at Clarehouse in Tulsa, Oklahoma on July 18, 2015. Jim was a 1963 graduate of Guthrie High School. He married Earleen Privette on May 30, 1965. The couple had two children, Cindy and Micah. They made their home...
Lonnie Wicker
Jul 17, 2015
Lonnie Wicker, was born, Lonnie Raymond Wicker, III, 69, died July 17, 2015 in Oregon. His long time partner, Velma Gustafson, was by his side. Lonnie grew up in Tulsa. He lost his father as a very early age and dropped out of high school and joined the Navy to help support his mom. He excelled in the Navy, serving...
Betty J. Cochran
Jul 16, 2015
COCHRAN, Betty J., 91, passed away Thursday, July 16, 2015 in Tulsa, OK. Born December 9, 1923 in Tulsa, OK to Earl and Dora (Adams) Jones. She was a secretary for Occidental Oil Company formerly Cities Service Oil Company. She married Milton B. Cochran on June 5, 1948 and they were married for almost 58 years prior to his death...
Carl Terry Bierdeman
Jul 15, 2015
Bierdeman, Carl Terry, known as Terry to his family and childhood friends and as Carl as an adult, was born in St. Louis, MO on April 19, 1928 and grew up in Tulsa, OK. He was a popular wrestler, football player and student class president at Will Rogers High School in Tulsa. His training in the U.S. Air Force led...
Gary E. Woodard
Jul 15, 2015
Gary Woodard, 67, departed this world on July 15, 2015 to be in the presence of the One he loved during his lifetime. Answering the call to preach at the age of sixteen, Gary remained faithful to this calling, serving in ministry all of his life. Gary was the pastor of South Lakewood Baptist Church at the time of his...
Robin Gail Benesh
Jul 14, 2015
Robin Gail Rattray Benesh, 53, went to be with the Lord Jesus Christ on Monday, July 13, 2015. Robin was born on January 8, 1962 in Tulsa, Oklahoma to Bonnie Jean and Claude "Scotty" Rattray. A 1980 graduate of Memorial High School, she went on to the University of Oklahoma and in 1984 earned a bachelor's degree in finance. She...
Patricia Lloyd Deisenroth
Jul 14, 2015
Patricia Lloyd Deisenroth Pat was born December 21, 1926 in Evanston, Illinois. The majority of her adolescent years were spent in Ponca City, Oklahoma, where she graduated from Ponca City High School and was selected Princess Po-Hi by the student body. Following graduation, she attended the University of Oklahoma and Lindenwood College in St. Charles, Missouri. Pat met Malcolm Deisenroth,...
Chris Allen Casebolt
Jul 13, 2015
Chris Allen Casebolt, 59, of Tulsa passed from this life to be with his Lord while at his home on Monday evening, July 13, 2015. Chris was born February 23, 1956, in Muskogee, OK, the second son to Billy Gene and Winnie Faye (Hallum) Casebolt. He lived in Tulsa most of his life and was in ill health the last...
Jerry W. Guthrie
Jul 13, 2015
Jerry Wayne Guthrie was born March 13, 1946 to Joseph and Ople (Graham) Guthrie, in Horatio, Arkansas. Jerry spent his childhood in Mounds, Oklahoma. After graduating from Mounds High School, Jerry worked in the oil fields before joining the U.S. Army in 1964. He served in Germany and the Vietnam War as a Staff Sergeant. After he returned from Vietnam,...
James D. Conley
Jul 12, 2015
Conley, James Donald "Don," 85, died Sunday, July 12, 2015, in Nowata, OK. Don was born in Tulsa, OK on January 28, 1930, to James Everett and Cuba (Simmons) Conley. Don was a 1947 graduate of Central High School. He attended Oklahoma A & M (Oklahoma State University in Stillwater, OK), taking classes in engineering, but left school to join...
Everett Laroque Thomas
Jul 12, 2015
October 10, 1916------------------July 12, 2015 Everett LaRoque Thomas ("Rokie" "Tommy" "E. L.") was born in Paris, Texas to Oma Everett and Larena LaRoque Thomas on October 10, 1916, later moving to Greenville, Texas. Rokie's family moved to Tulsa for the start of his junior year at Central High School. While there, he met his future wife, Dorothy Jane McCully. They...
Ardyth M. Webster
Jul 12, 2015
Ardyth Maxine Vaught Webster was born June 16, 1942 to Bill and Inez Vaught in Tulsa, Oklahoma. She had one sibling, her brother Roger. On October 1, 1960, she and Dick Webster were married in Tahlequah, Oklahoma and then moved to Santa Monica, CA, where they resided until Dick was drafted a year later. Ardyth worked in a bank during...
Florence Ann Holland
Jul 11, 2015
FLORENCE ANN HOLLAND was born in Ponca City, Oklahoma on September 25, 1921, the daughter of Samuel and Florence Collins. She died peacefully in her sleep in Tulsa on July 11, 2015. She was 93 years of age. Flo, as she was known, grew up in Ponca City and graduated from Ponca City High School. Flo then attended Ward-Belmont College...
