OBITUARIES

Edward Armond Boydston

Jan 26, 2016

Edward Armond Boydston 1923-2016 Edward Armond Boydston went to his heavenly reward on Tuesday, January 26, 2016. Funeral services will be at Matthews Funeral Home, 601 S. Kelly Avenue in Edmond, Oklahoma on Saturday, January 30, 2016 at 10:00 a.m. Family visitation will be held on Friday evening, January 29, 2016 from 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. at Matthews Funeral...

Harvey Belcher

Jan 26, 2016

Harvey Belcher 1931-2016 Private family services.

Wilma Louise Ford

Jan 24, 2016

Wilma Louise Ford 1935-2016 Louise Ford, 80, passed away peacefully , Sunday, January 24 th . She was born in Coalgate, Oklahoma to Enszley Dock and Ruby Mae Burleson. She met her husband Buford Ford at the age of 18 and they were married on Sept 27, 1953. They had three children, Deborah Elaine Bagwell, Pamela Annette Ford, and Buford...

Thomas Stephen “Steve” Gallant

Jan 22, 2016

Thomas Stephen "Steve" Gallant 1951-2016 Steve Gallant 64 of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma passed away January 22, 2016. Steve was born in Kansas City, Missouri on August 25th, 1951 to Beverly and Thomas Gallant. Steve worked as an home builder as well as an entrepreneur and business owner in the oil, gas and energy industries. Steve enjoyed being with his family,...

Leaun “Bud” Manning

Jan 21, 2016

Leaun "Bud" Manning

1925-2016

Leaun "Bud" Clifford Manning, 90, died Thursday, January 21, 2016. He was born June 5, 1925 in Yale, Oklahoma. Bud was a WWII veteran in the U.S. Army. He was a retired union carpenter, local 329. He enjoyed life on his farm while tending to his cattle and his dogs. Bud was...

Billye J Thompson

Jan 18, 2016

Billye J Thompson 1922-2016

Billye graduated from Classen High School in 1940, she began secretarial work and went on to owning her own travel agency. She was preceded in death by her oldest granddaughter Kathy. She is survived by her children Nelva & Mike Morgan, Dwight & Kathy, Tracy & Mary Thompson; Grandchildren, Darin, Aaron, Mardi, & Sean Thompson,...

Dwight Miller

Jan 18, 2016

Dwight Miller 1946-2016 Dwight Miller, 69, of Edmond, OK passed away on January 18, 2016. He was born on February 21, 1946 to Herb and Bea Miller in Cumberland, MD. Dwight attended Parkville High School in Parkville, MD where he was a member of the marching band and orchestra. He married Donna Barnett on Sept. 9, 1967 in Middle River,...

Ragina Kay Knedler

Jan 18, 2016

Ragina Kay Knedler 1954-2016 Ragina Kay (Woolbright) Knedler, 61 of Edmond passed away Monday, January 18, 2016. She was born December 16, 1954 in Poteau, Oklahoma to Novy R. Woolbright and Vera Jean (Butler) Woolbright. Following graduation from Enid High School she attended Oklahoma Christian University and Phillips University, where she obtained a bachelor's degree in music education and a...

Darlene Mcvay

Jan 15, 2016

Darlene McVay 1936-2016 Darlene June McVay, 79, Edmond, OK, passed away on January 15, 2016. She was born on March 21, 1936 to Delilah and Gordon Brown. She was a life long resident of Edmond and made many friends. She graduated from Edmond High School in 1954 and went on to obtain her bachelors degree from Central State University. She...

Albert Hulsey

Jan 15, 2016

Albert Hulsey 1936-2016 Albert Hulsey born January 3, 1936 in Paris, Arkansas passed away Friday, January 15, 2016 surrounded by his family and friends at Mercy Hospital in Oklahoma City. Albert's mother died during the birth of Albert and his twin brother. The twins were raised by their mother's sister Irene and her husband Oscar in Frederick, Oklahoma. Albert was...

Albert Hulsey

Jan 15, 2016

Albert Hulsey 1936-2016 Albert Hulsey born January 3, 1936 in Paris, Arkansas passed away Friday, January 15, 2016 at Mercy Hospital in Oklahoma City. Albert's mother died during the birth of Albert and his twin brother. The twins were raised by their mother's sister Irene and her husband Oscar in Frederick, Oklahoma. Albert was a star football player at Frederick...

Evelyn May Lindsey

Jan 14, 2016

Evelyn May Lindsey 1926-2016 Evelyn May Lindsey was born September 8, 1926 in Enid, Oklahoma. She went to join her Lord and Savior the morning of Thursday, January 14, 2016 at Integris Hospice House. Evelyn was a member of First Baptist Church of Edmond. She was preceded in death by her daughter Blanche Ann Calvert, her husband Eugene D. Lindsey...

Vernon Cunningham

Jan 14, 2016

Vernon Cunningham 1939-2016 Funeral Services will be held 11:00 AM, Tuesday January 19th, at the Edmond First Church of the Nazarene.  Burial will follow at 2:30 PM, in Davenport Cemetery, of Davenport, Oklahoma.

Larry Don Campbell

Jan 11, 2016

Larry Don Campbell 1941-2016

On the evening of January 11, 2016, Larry passed away after a brief battle with cancer while being attended by caring staff members at the Oklahoma Heart Hospital-North in Oklahoma City. He was with his nephews when he passed. Larry was 74 years old.

Larry was born in the town of Iowa Park,...

Jack C. Anderson

Jan 11, 2016

Jack C. Anderson 1936-2016 Jack C. Anderson passed away January 11, 2016. He was born January 10, 1936, in Casper, Wyoming, to Johnnie D. Anderson and Helen M. Witherspoon Anderson. The family moved from Wyoming to Thrall, KS where he attended grade school, graduating from Hamilton Kansas High School. He attended Emporia State Teachers College, Emporia, KS; Arkansas City Junior...

Kenneth Aaron Simmons

Jan 11, 2016

Kenneth Aaron Simmons 1943 –2016 Kenneth Simmons passed away Jan. 11, 2016 in Edmond. He was born in Oklahoma City on March, 22 1943. He grew up in Claflin, Kansas and went to OCC for college. Later he got a Masters in Accounting and in Education at Central State, now the University of Central Oklahoma. He was a Certified Public...

Bryan “Bud” Mckinley

Jan 11, 2016

Bryan "Bud" McKinley 1942-2016 Bryan (Bud) Lee McKinley was born on April 25, 1942 in Oklahoma City. He died at his home in Edmond, OK on January 11, 2016. Bud was preceded in death by his parents, Roy Lee and Dorotha McKinley of Edmond, Doris Pierce of Edmond, and his wife, Judy, also of Edmond. Bud is survived by his...

David John Preston

Jan 9, 2016

David J. Preston 1942-2016 David John Preston passed away on Saturday, January 9, 2016. He was born April 8, 1942 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa to Mildridge "Jinx" Preston and Libbie Zrudsky Preston. He spent 30 years in law enforcement, including 10 years in Iowa as a police officer in Solon, Iowa and as a deputy sheriff in Johnson County, Iowa...

Daniel Rash

Jan 7, 2016

December 8, 1947 – January 7, 2016

Danny "Daniel" Wayne Rash, 68, died Thursday, January 7, 2016, in Oklahoma City following a brief battle with cancer. He was born on December 8, 1947, in Hot Springs, Ark., to Albert Dale and Elsie Irene (Fikes). After graduating from Hot Springs High School in 1965, Dan earned a Bachelor of...

Mary Patricia Hermes

Jan 6, 2016

Mary Patricia Hermes 1943-2016 Mary Patricia Hermes, 72, of Edmond, OK, passed away Wednesday, January 6th in Edmond, Oklahoma. Mary was born in Dallas, TX on July 4, 1943, to Gerald and Marian (Eileen) Minor. Mary was an active member of the Westwood Church of Christ in Edmond, OK, where she helped lead a prison ministry. She loved to cook,...