OBITUARIES
Local obituaries in Edmond, OK
Gregory D. Shields
Dec 4, 2021
Gregory D. Shields
January 7, 1953 – December 4, 2021
Gregory D. Shields passed away December 4, 2021, in Oklahoma City, OK.
His battle with a very aggressive form of cancer demonstrated his courage and fearlessness as he maintained his positive spirit and stayed strong and mentally sharp until the very end.
...Robert Lee Young, Jr.
Dec 3, 2021
Robert Lee Young, Jr.
January 4, 1951 – December 3, 2021
Robert Lee Young, Jr. was born January 4, 1951 in Springdale, Arkansas and was welcomed by his parents Robert Lee Young, Sr. and Kitty Violet Young. He graduated from Killeen High School and obtained an associate degree from Central Texas College. He married Sheryl...
Helen Louise Walker
Dec 3, 2021
Helen Louise Walker
1923 – 2021
Helen Louise Walker (nee Anderson), 98, passed away December 3, 2021, in Edmond, Okla. Helen is preceded in death by her husband of 59 years James Lindsey Walker and her son-in-law Dan Rash. She is survived by her sister Kathryn Jackson of Arlington, Texas; her son James L. Walker,...
Judy Ann Forrester
Nov 30, 2021
Judy Ann Forrester
1948-2021
Judy Ann Forrester passed from this world to share eternity with her Lord on November 30, 2021, after courageously living with Alzheimer's disease for several years.
Judy was born on March 16, 1948, to Sam and Violet Hendrix in Bartlesville, OK. Judy joined big sister Jane and...
Marcus Duane Adair
Nov 30, 2021
1940 – 2021
Marcus Duane Adair (aka Uncle Dee/Grampy), age 81, of Edmond, Oklahoma, died on November 30, 2021, at his home. Duane was born on August 6, 1940, in Shattuck, OK, to Marcus and Mary Adair. Duane was a great man, generous landlord, and a committed husband to Carrie Adair for 30 years. He was the...
Marilyn J. Fisher Long
Nov 27, 2021
Marilyn J. Fisher Long
August 4, 1929 – November 27, 2021
Marilyn Joyce Fisher-Long, 92, of Oklahoma City passed away on Saturday, November 27, 2021.
Marilyn was born August 4, 1929, in Wichita, Kansas to Charles and Embaline Reynolds. She enjoyed sewing and painting as well as playing bridge with her many friends....
Dorothy Elizabeth Tebow
Nov 27, 2021
Dorothy Elizabeth Tebow
April 24, 1934 – November 27, 2021
Dorothy Elizabeth Hand Tebow began her earthly journey April 24, 1934, and fulfilled her tour on earth November 27, 2021. She was a lifelong member of the Oklahoma City area, graduating from Classen High School and attending the University of Oklahoma where she became a...
Clarence Lesley Cudd
Nov 27, 2021
Clarence Lesley Cudd
1925-2021
"For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven: a time to be born and a time to die . . ." (Ecclesiastes 3:1-2).
Clarence Lesley Cudd was born July 23, 1925, in the family farm house near Wilson, OK,...
Gaines S. Ballew Jr.
Nov 26, 2021
Gaines S. Ballew Jr.
1930 – 2021
Gaines S. Ballew, Jr was born in Cookson, Oklahoma where Lake Tenkiller is today on August 11, 1930. His parents were Samuel Gaines Ballew, Sr. and Clatie Lee Jolliff and younger brother William Cecil Ballew. He teased that he went to "Cookson University" before going to Central High...
Virginia Louise Allen Gibson
Nov 22, 2021
Virginia Louise Allen Gibson
1944-2021
Virginia Louise Allen Gibson was born on March 18, 1944 in Oklahoma City. Her parents were Everett and Jackie Allen and her two siblings were a sister, Carolyn, and a brother, Sam. Virginia graduated from Edmond High School in 1962 and married the love of her life, Carl Gibson, that...
Henry Wong
Nov 20, 2021
Henry Wong
1958 – 2021
Henry Wong passed away peacefully on November 20, 2021, surrounded by his family after fighting with immense willpower 14 years of recurring cancer. He was born July 8, 1958 in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia. Several years after he graduated from high school, he came to the United States to pursue...
Dat Tuan Le
Nov 20, 2021
Dat Tuan Le
1963-2021
Dat Tuan Le was born January 30, 1963 in South Saigon, Vietnam. Dat was raised with his parents, three brothers, and four sisters in a loving Catholic home. As the eldest sibling, his parents were worried he would be killed at a young age or forced to convert to communism. Under...
Geary Lynn Welch
Nov 18, 2021
1960 – 2021
Geary Lynn Welch, age 61 of Edmond, passed away on November 18, 2021. Geary was born on March 8, 1960, in Dallas, Texas to Virginia Lou (Holbrook) and Roy Welch. He was a graduate of Klein High School in Spring, Texas and attended Sam Houston State University receiving a BA in Business.
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Geary Lynn Welch
Nov 18, 2021
Geary Lynn Welch
1960 – 2021
Obituary to come.
Services will be held Saturday, December 4, 2021 at the Matthews Funeral Home Chapel starting at 2:00PM.
Hugh Taylor Burns
Nov 17, 2021
Hugh Taylor Burns
1959 – 2021
Obituary to come.
Services will be held Friday, December 3, 2021 at the Matthews Funeral Home Chapel starting at 2:00PM.
Hugh Taylor Burns
Nov 17, 2021
1959 – 2021
Hugh "Taylor" Burns, age 61, passed away at home on November 17 th , 2021.
Taylor was born December 27, 1959 in Arkansas City, Kansas to Theodore Taylor Burns and Juanita May Pappan. Taylor met his first wife Marie Singleton and they married on June 2, 1981, in Amarillo, Texas and moved...

