Obituaries

Rob Essary

Rob Essary, 71, of Clinton died Wednesday, July 22, 2020, at Cordell Christian Home. A memorial service will be held in the spring.

STATE DEATHS

From the Oklahoman CARNEGIE Vance, Mattie Colleen: 92, homemaker, died July 18. Services 1 p.m. Thursday, First Baptist Church (Ray and Martha’s, Carnegie). DEL CITY McLaughlin, Doris Mae: 95, died July 17. Services 10 a.m. Friday, Sunnylane Southern Baptist Church, Oklahoma City (John M.
Betty Black

Betty Black

Betty Black

Suffering no more and in peace at last, Betty Lou Birkle Black, 76, of Clinton, OK passed away Monday, July 20, 2020 and in the care of Kiesau-Lee Funeral Home. Daughter of Joe E Birkle, Sr and Lillian Ester Schultz Birkle, Betty was born October 9, 1943 in Shattuck, OK.

John R. Martin

A graveside service will be held for John R. Martin, 83, of Verden at 11 a.m. Friday in the Lawnview Cemetery in Cordell. Martin died Monday, July 20, 2020, in the Oklahoma Heart Hospital.

STATE DEATHS

DEL CITY Williams, James Elbert: 84, died July 18. Graveside services 10 a.m. Thursday, Arlington Memory Gardens, Midwest City (Bill Eisenhour, Del City). NORMAN Malone, Martin: 72, retired construction and project manager, died July 17. Graveside services were Tuesday, Hillside Cemetery, N.
Johnie Thomas

Johnie Thomas

Johnie Thomas

Johnie Clayton Thomas, 92, of Elk City, Oklahoma, was born on April 22, 1928, in Butler, Oklahoma. He was the son of Miles Arthur and Lilly (Frazier) Thomas.
Martha Kelley

Martha Kelley

Martha Kelley

Graveside services for Martha Kelley, 89, Clinton resident were held at 9 a.m., Monday, July 20, 2020 in the Parkersburg Cemetery. Martha W. Kelley was born December 9, 1930, to John F. Wolf and Sophia Dorothy (Reinschmiedt) Wolf in Bessie, Okla.

STATE DEATHS

BETHANY Clark, John Peter “J.C.”: 65, Dagwell Dixie sales and service, died July 11. Memorial services were Sunday (Mercer-Adams, Bethany). EDMOND Havens, John S.: 89, hydrologist, died July 15. No services (Matthews, Edmond). HENNESSEY Ferrell, J.

Joe May

A Celebration of Life for Joe Dan May 86 year old Hydro, OK resident will be held in The Chapel of Lockstone Funeral Home on Wednesday, July 22, 2020 at 2:00 P.M. Joe was born at his family’s home near Barnitz Creek in Custer County on March 27, 1934.

Charles Guy

A private service will be held for Charles Guy, 67, of Custer City. He died Wednesday, July 15, 2020, in his Custer City home. Services are under the direction of Kiesau-Lee Funeral Home.