OBITUARIES

William F. Poplin

May 2, 2013

William F. Poplin

December 25, 1925 – May 2, 2013

William F. Poplin, 87 of Edmond, Oklahoma was born December 11, 1925 in Oakland, Arkansas t James and Alta (East) Poplin.  He was retired from the U. S. Army.  William passed away on

May 2, 2013 in Oklahoma City.  Graveside services for William...

Lillian J. Hughes

May 2, 2013

Lillian Josephine Hughes 1923-2013

Died 5/2/2013 in Edmond, Oklahoma where she lived near her daughter Janet (Hughes) Knopp and her husband Delbert. Lillian was born in Wyandotte County Kansas and lived most of her adult life in Mission, Kansas, with her husband John J Hughes who preceded her in death in 1993 after which she continued living in Mission...

Montana Sue Pickens

Apr 30, 2013

Montana Sue Pickens August 21, 1994-April 30, 2013 A Love Story… "Your love, God, is my song, and I'll sing it! I'm forever telling everyone how faithful you are. I'll never quit telling the story of your love" – Psalm 89:1 Tuesday April 30 th , Montana, clothed in victory, hopped a train bound for "Glory" and took her rightful...

Walter “John” Werhun, Iii

Apr 27, 2013

Walter "John" Werhun, III 1971-2013 Walter "John" Werhun III, 42, of Edmond, OK passed quietly in his home on April 27, 2013. John was born on January 15, 1971 in Norman, OK to Walt and Patricia Werhun. John served as Captain with the Edmond Fire Dept. He married Joyce (Newkirk) Werhun on August 12, 1995. He enjoyed spending time with...

Nancy Jane Gallop

Apr 25, 2013

Nancy Jane Gallop 1935-2013 Nancy Jane (Strother) Gallop, 77, died quietly at home surrounded by family and friends on Thursday, April 25, 2013. Nancy was born October 21, 1935 in Columbia, South Carolina to Walter and Beulah Strother. She moved to Weatherford, Oklahoma with her family in the summer of 1947. Nancy graduated from Weatherford High School in 1953, and...

Ruth Iris Mclish

Apr 25, 2013

Ruth Iris McLish 1928-2013 Ruth Iris (Lamer) McLish was born October 30, 1928 in Okmulgee, OK to Aloysius and Evelyn Lamer. She passed away at home of natural causes April 25, 2013. Raised in Oklahoma City, she married Cal McLish (CCJCTM) November 24, 1950. A beautiful woman with a beautiful smile, Ruth made a home for her family of five...

Christina Elizabeth Cuneo Pickle

Apr 22, 2013

Christina (Chris) Pickle 1949-2013 Christina (Chris) Elizabeth Cuneo Pickle, 63, completed her courageous battle with cancer on April 22, 2013.  Chris was born August 6, 1949 in Flushing, NY to Roy and Geraldine Cuneo and moved to Oklahoma in 1969.  She is survived by her husband, Tom of Oklahoma City, father, Roy of Lindenhurst, NY, daughter and son-in-law Betsy and...

Phyllis L. Ford

Apr 20, 2013

Phyllis Louise Ford

1923- 2013

Phyllis Louise Ford was born September 6, 1923, in Clinton, Iowa, to Leland and Audrey (Hoxworth) Fuller. She passed from this life Saturday, April 20, 2013, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Phyllis married the love of her life, J.D. Ford, in November, 1945, and they made their home in Guymon, OK....

Brian Patrick Connelly

Apr 15, 2013

Brian P. Connelly 1963-2013 Brian Patrick Connelly, 49, beloved husband, father, son, brother, uncle and close friend to many, passed away on April 15, 2013. Brian was born on October 8, 1963 in Tulsa, Oklahoma to Shirley Ann and John Richard Connelly. Brian earned a bachelor's degree in Business Administration from the University of Central Oklahoma in 1987. He owned...

Carlton “Eddie” Lee

Apr 14, 2013

Carlton "Eddie" Lee 1954-2013 Carlton Edward "Eddie" Lee, age 59, of Edmond, Oklahoma passed away on April 14, 2013 in Oklahoma City. Eddie was born in Louisiana, Missouri on March 10, 1954 to Billy McIver and Wanda Catherine Lee. He graduated from Mooreland High school in 1972 and also from Central State University in 1986 with a Bachelor of Business...

Thomas Elam

Apr 11, 2013

Thomas Elam 1929-2013 Thomas M. Elam 83, of Guthrie, OK. passed away on April 11, 2013. Thomas was born in Kentucky on April 30, 1929, and settled in OK in 1990. Thomas raised and showed Morgan Horses for a living. He enjoyed spending time with family and friends. Thomas is survived by his daughter Delia Dawn Monteiro of Guthrie, OK....

Nancy E. Bennett

Apr 11, 2013

Nancy E. Bennett 1927-2013 Nancy Bennett of Okla. City passed away April 11, 2013 at Epworth Villa.  She was born Sept. 26, 1927 to Leonard and Mary Clement in Des Moines, Iowa.   She grew up in Fayette, Iowa and lived there until moving to Okla. to attend college at Okla. City Univ. Nancy taught math at Putnam City Central Jr....

Janice Loree Gant

Apr 10, 2013

Janice Loree Gant October 29, 1937 – April 10, 2013

Janice Loree Gant, 75, of Edmond, Okla. was born October 29, 1937 in Deer

Creek/Edmond, Okla. to Reuben and Elma (Van Bibber) Schmidt. Jan attended

Pleasant Valley School and graduated from Deer Creek High School. Jan married Donavan Gant on Sept. 4, 1954, in Okla....

Donald Lee Wickens

Apr 9, 2013

Donald Lee Wickens 1934-2013 Donald Lee Wickens, 78, of Edmond, beloved husband, father, grandfather, brother, and friend went home to be with the Lord on April 9, 2013. He was born in Oklahoma City on August 11, 1934 to Idora Belle (Totsy) and Claude Preston Wickens. He and his identical twin brother Ronald grew up in Oklahoma City and graduated...

Marti White

Apr 9, 2013

Marti White June 29, 1955 – April 9. 2013 Marti White was born on June 29, 1955 in St. Louis, Missouri to Vernon and Ruth Bell. She grew up in Cahokia, Illinois and moved to Oklahoma in 1972 to attend Oklahoma Christian College. While there, she met Chuck White and they married in November 1975. Chuck, Marti and their 3...

Barbara Elaine Goodnight

Apr 7, 2013

Barbara Elaine Goodnight

July 16, 1942 – April 7, 2013

Barbara Elaine Goodnight-July 16, 1942 to April 7, 2013-was the daughter of Paul and Flora Weiss of Edmond.  She had one sister, Arwanna Jean Shotts.  She was reared in the Church of Christ at Edmond, Oklahoma where she found her husband of almost 50 years, Ronny...

Vesta L. Albright

Apr 6, 2013

Vesta L. Albright 1921-2013 Albright, Vesta Lois, passed away 6 April 2013 at the Willow Creek Health Care Facility in Guthrie, OK. She was born 1 February 1921 on a farm five and a half miles east of Arapaho, OK to Floyd and Annie Newman. She attended Normal View and Weatherford High School. She married Roy E. Albright on 29...

Margaret O’Bryan Brodnax

Mar 30, 2013

Margaret O'Bryan Brodnax 1932-2013 Margaret O'Bryan Brodnax died March 30, 2013, at home, in Oklahoma City. A memorial service will be held at St. Mary's Episcopal Church, Edmond, Saturday, April 6, at 10 o'clock, with visitation after the service. Margaret's ashes are to be interred at St. Luke's Episcopal Church, Birmingham, Alabama. Born September 26, 1932, to Willie Graves and...

Melvin J. Eldredge

Mar 27, 2013

Melvin Joe Eldredge

1947-2013

Melvin J. Eldredge

Melvin J. Eldredge, long-time resident of Edmond, OK., left this earth to join his heavenly father on March 27, 2013. He was born May 23, 1941 in Oklahoma City, OK., to Melvin D. and Ethel Hudman Eldredge. His family lived in Edmond before moving to Shawnee, OK....

Arnold Lee Courts

Mar 24, 2013

Arnold Lee Courts

September 5, 1934 – March 24, 2013

Arnold Lee Courts, 78, long-time resident of Edmond, went to be with his Lord and Savior on March 24, 2013. Born September 5, 1934, in Okeene, OK, to William and Jennie (Dikkers) Courts, he graduated from Okeene High School in 1952. He married Delores Ann Buckley...