JULY 2003 JULY 1: Gieck
Ralph Herman Gieck 97, of Charlottesville, Va. formally of Altus, died Monday June 30, 2003 at his home in Charlottesville, Va. Arrangements with Hill & Wood Funeral Home in Charlottesville, Va. are incomplete. Walters
Betty Margaret Walters, 68, died Friday, June 27, 2003 at Ulysses, Kan. Services were held today at the First Baptist Church in Granite. The Rev. Arol Steverson officiated. Interment was held at the Brinkman Cemetery. Arrangements were under the direction of Greer Funeral Home in Granite.
JULY 2: No Obituaries Today
JULY 3: Caudell
Caudell J.W. "Red" Caudell, 74, Duke, died Wednesday, July 2, 2003 at the Grace Living Center in Altus. Graveside services will be 2 p.m. Saturday at the Rock Cemetery in Duke with the Rev. Roy Jaye officiating under the direction of Kincannon Funeral Home. A memorial fund has been established at the Farmers and Merchants Bank in Duke. Cummins
Jessie Lorene Cummins, 83, died Tuesday, July 1, 2003 at Harmon Memorial Hospital. Services will be 2 p.m. Thursday, July 3, 2003 at Stewart Funeral Service chapel with the Rev. Al Mixon officiating. Burial will follow at Fairmount Cemetery. Services are under the direction of Stewart Funeral Service. Hughes
Minerva Hughes, 58, Edmond, died Wednesday, July 2, 2003. Funeral services schedule for 10 a.m. Saturday, July 5, 2003 in the Memorial Chapel of Kincannon Funeral Home. Local arrangements are under the direction of Kincannon Funeral Home.
JULY 4: Hughes
Minerva Hughes, 58, Edmond, died Wednesday, July 2, 2003. Funeral services schedule for 10 a.m. Saturday, July 5, 2003 in the Memorial Chapel of Kincannon Funeral Home. Local arrangements are under the direction of Kincannon Funeral Home. Walker
Zeta Mae Walker was born June 24, 1922 at Carter to Ellard Anderton and Jewel Breeze Anderton and died at Mercy Hospital in Oklahoma City July 1, 2003 at the age of 81. Funeral services were held Thursday at the First Baptist Church in Carter, with John Rodgers officiating. Interment was to follow in Carter Cemetery under the direction of People's Funeral Home, Lone Wolf. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorial contributions to the: American Cancer Society, 8400 Silver Crossing, Suite H, Oklahoma City, OK 73132 Or the American Heart Association Memorial Processing Center, P.O. Box 1653, Topeka, KS 66601-1653 Or the Carter Cemetery, Carter, OK 73627.
JULY 7: Cardenas
Sebero Cardenas, 67, Altus, died Sunday, July 5, 2003 at his home. Kincannon Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Colhouer
Faye Colhouer, 92, died July 6, 2003 at English Village Manor Nursing Home. Services are pending with Lowell-Tims Funeral Home. Churchwell
Wilton "Ray" Churchwell, 75, Blair, died July 4, 2003 at Integris Baptist Hospital in Oklahoma City. Services have been set for 2 p.m. Tuesday, July 8, 2003 at the Lowell-Tims Funeral Home Chapel. The Rev. Randy Mitchell and the Rev. Gene Foreman will officiate and interment will follow at the Altus City Cemetery. Gribble
Fred Gribble, 86, Altus, died Saturday, July 5, 2003. A graveside funeral service has been scheduled for 11 a.m. Tuesday at the Eldorado Cemetery with the Rev. Doug Burr officiating. Funeral arrangements are under the direction of the Kincannon Funeral Home. Lauen
E.C. "Gene" Lauen died July 6, 2003 at Comanche County Memorial Hospital at the age of 76. Services will be 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 9, 2003 at the Martha Road Baptist Church in Martha with Ernest Simpson officiating. Services are under the direction of Peoples Funeral Home of Lone Wolf. Petty
Graveside services for Opal L. Petty, 84, of Tipton were held today at the Tipton Municipal Cemetery with the Rev. Charles Calvin officiating. She died Friday, July 4, 2003 at the Frederick Memorial Hospital. Arrangements are under the direction of Gray Gish Tipton Funeral Home in Tipton.
JULY 8: Colhouer
Faye Colhouer died July 6, 2003 in Altus. Graveside services are scheduled for Wednesday at 4 p.m. at the Navajo Cemetery with Charles Waugh officiating. Arrangements are under the direction of Lowell-Tims Funeral Home. McAuliffe
J.J. "Mac" McAuliffe, 91, retired pharmacist, died June 28, 2003 in Oklahoma City. Moon
Margarette Veda Tillery Moon died July 6, 2003 in Oklahoma City at the age of 94. A memorial service was held today at the First United Methodist Church of Altus. Myers
Betty Cerise Myers, 67, died July 5, 2003 at the home of her sister in Mangum. Funeral services were held today at the First Baptist Church in Vinson. Interment was to follow at Vinson Cave Creek Cemetery. Stewart Funeral Service is in charge of arrangements.
JULY 9: Hodge
Robert "Bob" Hodge, 75, died Tuesday, July 8, 2003 at Baptist Hospital in Oklahoma City. Graveside services will be 10 a.m. Thursday at the Warren Cemetery with Charles Waugh officiating. Arrangements are under the direction of Kincannon Funeral Home. Moon
Margarette Veda Tillery Moon died July 6, 2003 in Oklahoma City at the age of 94. A memorial service was held Tuesday at the First United Methodist Church of Altus. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the music department of the First United Methodist Church or to the charity of your choice in her honor. Perry
Dorothy Alma Perry was born July 12, 1913 in Ellinwood, Kansas to Henry and Mary (Schroeder) Miller and died July 8, 2003 in Hobart at the age of 89. Services will be, Friday at 10:30 a.m. at St. John's Lutheran Church in Lone Wolf with Rev. Ronald Boelte officiating. Interment will be in the Hobart Rose Cemetery under the direction of People's Co-Operative Funeral Home.
JULY 11: Driver
Oran Lee Driver, 84, of Eldorado, died July 9, 2003. Services are set for 2 p.m. Saturday at the First Baptist Church of Eldorado. The Rev. Alan Egerton, pastor of Baptist Church in Childress, Texas and the Rev. Pete Wylie will officiate and interment will follow at the Eldorado City Cemetery. Arrangements are entrusted to Patterson Greer Funeral Home in Hollis. Hodge
Robert "Bob" Hodge, 75, died Tuesday, July 8, 2003 at Baptist Hospital in Oklahoma City. Graveside services were held Thursday, July 10, 2003 at the Warren Cemetery with Charles Waugh officiating. Arrangements were under the direction of Kincannon Funeral Home. Smith
Velma Lois Smith, 85, of Stone Mountain, Ga. died on July 8, 2003 at Medi Brook Nursing Center. Funeral services were held Friday at Greer Funeral Home Chapel in Mangum at 2 p.m. Eddie Beard and Roger Todd officiated. Interment followed at the Roselawn Cemetery in Mangum. Arrangements are under the direction of Greer Funeral Home in Mangum.
JULY 13: Allen Funeral services for Lonnie D. Allen will be conducted Monday at 10:30 a.m. at the First Baptist Church of Elk City with Dr. Russell Duck officiating. Interment will follow at the Fairlawn Cemetery of Elk City under the direction of the Martin Funeral Home. Reid
Richard "Dick" Reid died Friday, July 11, 2003. Services are pending with Lowell-Tims Funeral Home. Wolfe
Funeral services for Virgie Wolfe, 82, Tipton, are pending with Tipton Funeral Home. She died Saturday, July 12, 2003 at the Frederick Nursing Center after a long illness.
JULY 14: Hodgkinson
Services for Rebecca Evelyn Hodgkinson are pending with Lowell Tims Funeral Home. Mefford
Services for Hazel Mefford are pending with Kincannon Funeral Home. Trammell
Services for Roy Trammell are pending with Kincannon Funeral Home. Wolfe
Funeral service for Virgie Pauline Wolfe, 82, Tipton, were held this morning at the Assembly of God Church in Tipton with the Rev. Jack LaFountain of Harvest Church of God, Nashville, Tenn. officiating. She died Saturday in the Frederick Memorial Nursing Care Center. Burial was to follow at he Tipton Municipal Cemetery under the direction of Tipton Funeral Home. Memorial contributions can be made to the charity of the donor's choice in loving memory of Virgie Pauline Wolfe.
JULY 15: Hodgkinson
Rebecca Evelyn Hodgkinson died July 12, 2003 in Shawnee. Graveside services are scheduled for 9 a.m. Wednesday at the Altus Cemetery. Memorials may be made to Hospice. Lowell-Tims Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Leonard
Funeral services for Odessa Leonard, 97, formerly of Altus, will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Hodge Funeral Home in Fletcher with Dave Mahan of Athens, Texas, officiating. Graveside services at the Altus City Cemetery will be at 3 p.m. Wednesday under the direction of Hodge Funeral Home. Reid
Richard P. Reid, 67, a well known registered land surveyor and community volunteer, died Friday, July 11, 2003. Memorials in honor of Dick Reid may be made to the Heartland of Southwest Oklahoma United Way, Inc. P.O. Box 462, Altus, Oklahoma, 73522. Services have been scheduled for 10 a.m. Thursday, at the Lowell-Tims Chapel with Father Ernest W. Cockrell officiating, assisted by Reverend Haynes Dugan. Interment will follow in the Altus City Cemetery with Lowell-Tims Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. Stegall
Annie Agnes (Bell) Stegall, 92, of Hollis died Sunday, July 12, 2003 at Harmon Memorial Hospital in Hollis. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday at the Hollis Church of Christ with the Rev. Bill Osborne officiating. Interment will be at the Gould Cemetery under the direction of Patterson Greer Funeral Home. The family requested memorials be made to Westview Boys Home or the Gould Cemetery. Sibley
Cora Earlene Sibley, 48, died July 9, 2003 after a long illness. Memorial services are pending. Young
Haden Ewing Young was born October 4, 1912 to James Haden Young and Georgia Annie Canterberry Young at Sedan, second of eight children, and died July 13, 2003 at the age of 90 .
JULY 16: Beal
Bobbie Joe Beal, 74, of Mangum, died July 14, 2003, at his home after a long illness. Funeral services were held today at the Assembly of Jesus Christ in Mangum with Mildred Gable, pastor, officiating. Burial will follow at Cave Creek Cemetery. Arrangements are with Stewart Funeral Service, Mangum. Mefford
Hazel E. Mefford, 90, died Sunday July 13, 2003 at B.S.A. Hospice in Amarillo, Texas. Graveside Funeral Services were held today at the Eldorado Cemetery with the Rev. Doug Allen officiating. Services are under the direction of the Kincannon Funeral Home. Simonton
Alma Simonton, 87, of Hollis died at her home Monday, July 14, 2003. Funeral services for Alma Simonton will be 10 a.m. Thursday at the Patterson Greer Chapel in Hollis with the Rev. Mark Farr officiating. Interment will follow at the Childress Cemetery in Childress, Texas. Trammell
Roy Junior Trammell died July 13, 2003, at the Integris Baptist Hospital in Oklahoma City at the age of 77. Services were to be held today at 2 p.m. at the First Baptist Church of Eldorado with the Rev. Billy Hall and the Rev. Pete Wylie officiating. Burial will be at the Eldorado Cemetery under the direction of Kincannon Funeral Home. The family request that instead of flowers please make contributions to the Eldorado Public school in memory of Roy Trammell. JULY 17: Houpe
James T. (Jim) Houpe, 58, died Tuesday, July 15, 2003 at Jackson County Memorial Hospital. A service was held at the First United Methodist Church in Mangum with the Rev. Elbert Shumaker. Interment will be at the Riverside. Arrangements are with Greer Funeral Home of Mangum. Manning
Funeral service for Iva Juanita Manning, age 85, of Fredrick, will be held 10:00 a.m. Friday in the Gray Gish Funeral Home Chapel, with Rev. Joe May, and Rev. Pete Wylie, officiating. Manning died July 15, 2003, in a Frederick nursing care center. Burial will at the Frederick Memorial Cemetery under the direction of Gray Gish Funeral Home. Parris
Funeral service for Betty Lorene Parris, age 57, of Burkburnett, Texas, formerly of Frederick, were held Thursday in the Gray Gish Funeral Home Chapel, with Rev. Pete Wylie, officiating. Parris died Monday, July 14, 2003 at her home in Burkburnett, Texas. Burial was to be at the Frederick Memorial Cemetery under the direction of Gray Gish Funeral Home in Frederick. Memorial contributions may be made to the Tipton Home, Box 370, Tipton, Oklahoma, 73570. JULY 18: Allen
Verlin D. "Buddy" Allen, 79, Altus, died Thursday morning, July 17, 2003 at Jackson County Memorial. Memorial services will be held at a later date under the direction of Kincannon Funeral Home. Rutherford
Juanita Pauline Rutherford, 78, died June 14, 2003 after a long illness. Graveside services were held at Fort Bliss National Cemetery. Memorial Contributions may be made to the American Lung Association or to a charity of your choice. ©Altus Times 2003