OBITUARIES

Jan 6, 2020

Mary Lou Benne

1936-2020

Mary Lou Benne was born on November 6, 1936 to Leonard J. and Opal F. Stewart.  She passed away peacefully on January 6, 2020.  She was the second born of nine children and raised in the Britton area of N. Oklahoma City.  In April of 1955 she met and started dating...

Jan 2, 2020

Gary Mike Frans

1942-2020

Born February 24, 1942, and passed on from this life on Thursday, January 2, 2020. Gary went to Hawthorne Elementary, Taft Middle School, graduating from the old Classen High on N.W. 18 th Street in 1960. Gary was always good at math, and in 1964 earned an engineering degree in computer...

Jan 2, 2020

Mary Ruth Harris

1924-2020

Mary Ruth Cornforth Harris, 95, passed away peacefully with her wit and sense of humor intact on January 2, 2020. Mary was born to William Robert Cornforth and Mary Zelpha Branson in Navina, Logan Co, OK. She attended Wesley School of Nursing with her sister Jannie after graduating from Navina High...

Jan 1, 2020

Stephanie Zabrenski Coleman

August 27, 1976 – January 1, 2020

Stephanie Zabrenski Coleman, 43, a beloved wife, mother, daughter, sister and friend to all, lost her year-long battle against stage IV breast cancer on 1 January 2020.

She was born on 27 August 1976, in Takoma Park, Maryland, to Stephen and Lucia Zabrenski...

Dec 30, 2019

Paul Lyman Robinson

1947-2019

Paul Lyman Robinson, age 72, entered peacefully into his eternal rest in the arms of our loving God, on December 30, 2019. A beloved husband and father, he was also a proud and doting grandfather. Paul was born on April 9, 1947, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma to Benjamin and Alma Robinson....

Dec 29, 2019

Howard Glen Williams

1946-2019

Graveside services will be held at 1:00 p.m., Sunday, January 5, 2020 at Oakland Knowles Cemetery in Crescent, OK.

Dec 27, 2019

Ida Elizabeth Barnett

April 15, 1923 – December 27, 2019

Ida Elizabeth (Betty) Barnett (Presnell) was preceeded in her journey home to be with her Lord and Savior by her husband, Roy L. Barnett; her parents, Martin A. and Cora L. (Miller) Presnell; her brothers, Frank Presnell, Howard Presnell, Hyder Presnell, and Edd Presnell; her...

Dec 27, 2019

Mary Ann Davis

1931-2019

Graveside services will be held at 12:00 p.m., Friday, December 27, 2019 at Woodland Cemetery in Cleveland, OK.

Dec 27, 2019

John Andrew Gilpin

1923-2019

John Andrew Gilpin was born March 28, 1923 to John Henry and Sylvia (Williams) Gilpin in Beardstown, Illinois. At the age of 14, John joined the CCC. He was also a veteran of WWII and awarded several medals during his service. John was a truck driver for HJ Jeffries, Bond Bread...

Dec 26, 2019

David Timothy Holder

1951 – 2019

David Timothy Holder, 68, peacefully departed this world, from his home in Edmond, Oklahoma on December 26, 2019. Tim is survived by his wife of 45 years Diana, daughter Amelia (Gregory) Messenger, son Geoffrey, four grandchildren Madeline, Hank, Nathan, and Caroline, siblings, nieces and nephews, God children, and his...

Dec 25, 2019

Douglas Lee Barnes

1949-2019

Wednesday, December 25 th 2019, Douglas Lee Barnes, loving husband, passed away, along with his wife Suzy Barnes, and her mother Madeline Walker.

Doug Barnes was born October 7 th , 1949 to Donald and Phila Barnes in Shelby, Michigan. Doug grew up near Lake Michigan. He often boasted...

Dec 25, 2019

Suzanne Michelle Barnes

1965-2019

Suzanne Michelle Barnes, age 54, tragically passed away on Wednesday, December 25, 2019. She was the youngest of three, born on March 7, 1965, in Fall River, MA, to Gene and Madeleine Walker. In 1974, she and her parents moved from Henrietta, New York, to Edmond, Oklahoma, where she attended Edmond...

Dec 23, 2019

Margie Aline Rickell

1921-2019

Margie Aline Rickell, daughter of George Yowell and Erva Olena Poorbaugh, passed away December 23rd, 2019, age 98. She was married to William F. Rickell, an Army officer and a teacher. They were members of Grace United Methodist Church. She had three children, William S. Rickell, Gary S. Rickell, and Patti...

Dec 23, 2019

Layton Hill

1952 – 2019

A memorial service will be held at Nichols Hills United Methodist Church on Monday, December 23, 2019 at 2:00 P.M.

Dec 19, 2019

Virginia Simms Nixon

1935-2019

Virginia Simms (Grimmett) Nixon, Daughter of Simms Grimmett and Unis (Taylor) Grimmett, was born September 11, 1935, in Monroe, Texas. She departed this life in her sleep on Thursday, December 19, 2019, at her home in Silver Elm Estates, Edmond, Ok, at the age of eighty-four.

United in marriage...

Dec 19, 2019

Elvis Dean Snodgrass

1926 – 2019

Elvis Dean Snodgrass passed away December 19, in his sleep, at home in Edmond. He has just celebrated his 93 rd birthday. He was born to James and Bessie Snodgrass in Blair, OK on December 3, 1926. The son of a sharecropper, he attended Blair schools, excelling on the...

Dec 16, 2019

Sigrid White

1947 – 2019

No services.

Dec 12, 2019

Paul Rhett Randolph

1941-2019

Paul Rhett Randolph, age 78, died on December 12, 2019 in Edmond, Oklahoma. He was born on February 10, 1941 in Pauls Valley, Oklahoma to Sidney Russell Randolph and Lena Belle Bruington Randolph. Services will be held on Monday, December 16 at 10 a.m. at Waterloo Road Baptist Church in Edmond,...

Dec 11, 2019

Janet Faye Garrison "GG"

1935 -2019

Janet Garrison "GG" was born on April 1, 1935 and passed from this earthly world into her heavenly home on December 11, 2019.

Janet was born on April 1, 1935 in Skelton, West Virginia, to Hildred Agee and Frank Ferguson. After the deaths of her parents she...

Dec 10, 2019

Jim Gray

1958-2019

James "Jim" Gray was born on June 21, 1958 in Dubuque, Iowa, and was the fourth of five children born to Robert and Patricia Gray. He went home to be with his Lord and Savior on December 10, 2019.

Jim's family moved to the Enid/Waukomis area, then moved to Edmond...