Obituaries
Gary Leroy Haynes
Mar 15, 2024
Gary Leroy (Best) Haynes of Shawnee, Oklahoma, passed away Friday, March 15, 2024, after a lengthy battle with COPD, emphysema, and complex heart disease. He was born on August 20, 1970, in Marietta, Ohio, to Gerald and Mary (McGrew) Best.
Gary spent his early childhood playing along the banks of the Ohio River. At the age of 10 years, he was...
Gary Samuel Hart
Mar 13, 2024
Gary Samuel Hart of Tecumseh, Oklahoma, passed away Wednesday, March 13, 2024, at the age of 73. He was born in Shawnee, Oklahoma, on September 30, 1950, to Frank Hart and Joy (Ward) Hart.
Gary had a career as a wielder in the fabrication industry. He was married to Patricia (Garretson) Hart for over 40 years. He enjoyed fishing, hunting,...
Betty Eunice (Mikish) Pliler
Mar 12, 2024
Betty Eunice (Mikish) Pliler of Tecumseh, Oklahoma, passed away on Tuesday, March 12, 2024, at the age of 90. She was born in Yukon, Oklahoma, on September 29, 1933, to Wesley M. Trch and Mary (Smrcka) Trch.
Betty was blessed with two daughters, Terri and Sandra. She was married to Benny Mikish from July 4, 1970, until his death on February...
Cheryl Jean Taylor
Mar 9, 2024
Cheryl Jean Taylor entered the gates of heaven, March 9, 2024, to go home to Jesus. She was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, on January 14, 1943, to Marvin and Golden Sewell.
Cheryl was a loving wife, mother, sister, and aunt. She enjoyed spending time with her family, traveling, crafting, gardening, drawing, and playing dominoes (which she almost always won). She...
Amy Dawn Prock
Mar 8, 2024
Amy Dawn Prock, 38, of Shawnee, Oklahoma, passed away on March 8, 2024, after a short battle with cancer. She was born in Ada, Oklahoma, on September 6, 1985, to Lester and Linda (Gollihare) Prock.
After graduation from Shawnee High School in 2005, Amy landed a job as a day care teacher, which was followed by a position at the Shawnee...
O'Dale Junior Miller
Feb 26, 2024
O’Dale Junior Miller, 42, of Shawnee, Oklahoma, passed away on February 26, 2024, after a long illness of type 1 diabetes since he was 15 years old. He had been on dialysis for the last 2 years due to complications of diabetes. He was born on January 13, 1982, to Olan and Phyllis (Butler) Miller in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
Before graduating...
Marcia Ann Johnson
Feb 24, 2024
Marcia Ann Johnson, 78, of Prague, Oklahoma, passed away Saturday, February 24, 2024. She was born in Jackson, Michigan, on December 4, 1945, to Elvis Clifton Rodgers and Elouise (Frizzell) Rodgers.
Marcia was a claims auditor for Towers and Perrin for twenty years and she traveled all over the country for her work. She lived in many different states—Wyoming, Montana, Arkansas,...
Stephen Clyde Zachary
Feb 21, 2024
Stephen Clyde Zachary, 64, of Shawnee, Oklahoma (formerly of Hartshorne, Oklahoma), passed away on Wednesday, February 21, 2024, after a short six-week battle with “soft tissue sarcoma” cancer. He was born in Comanche, Oklahoma, on September 25, 1959, to Ruth Roberts Zachary.
While attending Hartshorne High School, Stephen worked for OAI in Hartshorne, Oklahoma. After graduating from high school in 1977,...
Delbert Craig Winstead
Feb 20, 2024
Delbert Craig Winstead was born on January 23, 1959, in Santa Ana, California to Thomas and Wilma Dean Winstead. He moved to Oklahoma in 1971.
Alongside his twin brother Darrell, Delbert began working at Harrah High School when they turned 17. Harrah High School became home to them, and 48 years later, Delbert was still working there at the time of...
Bobbie Marie Brackeen
Feb 18, 2024
Bobbie Marie Brackeen of Shawnee, Oklahoma, passed away on February 18, 2024. She was 80 years old.
Bobbie was born on October 25, 1943, in Chickasha, Oklahoma, to Robert and Marie Roysden.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Marie and Robert Roysden and her brother, Walt Roysden.
Bobbie is survived by her husband, Dennis; children--Mike Burch, Zachary Burch and wife,...
Royce Vernon Barnett
Feb 15, 2024
On February 15, 2024, Royce Vernon Barnett entered the gates of Heaven in his home, surrounded by family, after 84 years of a life well lived.
Vernon was born on August 17, 1939, in Alex, OK, to Evadean and Acie Barnett. He grew up in Oklahoma City and later moved to Pink, Oklahoma. He was one of five children.
In 1956,...
Dr. Roger Henderson Hadley
Feb 14, 2024
Dr. Roger Henderson Hadley, professor emeritus at Oklahoma Baptist University, passed away Wednesday, February 14, 2024. He was born in Upland, California, August 9, 1946, to Euler Henderson Hadley and Betty Roden Hadley. Roger spent his early childhood in Baldwin Park, California, before moving to Joplin, Missouri, where he graduated high school in 1964. In 1968 he graduated from what...
Millie Viola Mitchell
Feb 12, 2024
Millie Viola Mitchell, 84, of Bethel Oklahoma passed away on February 12, 2024.
Millie Viola Mitchell, or best known as Pat or Mamaw was born on August 23, 1941. Pat went to Geronimo Schools where she met her lifelong love Billy Mitchell aka Billy Goat.
Bill and Pat Mitchell were married for 67 years, and they enjoyed a life together of fishing, working,...
Jamie L. Mitchell
Feb 8, 2024
Jamie LeAnn Mitchell, lovingly known as "Sis," passed away on February 8, 2024, at the age of 44, in Shawnee, Oklahoma. She was born on August 18, 1979. Jamie's family and friends mourn the loss of a remarkable woman who touched the lives of all who knew her.
Jamie was adored by everyone she encountered. Her kind and compassionate nature left...
Dale Lynn Ping
Feb 3, 2024
Dale Lynn Ping, age 59, of Choctaw, Oklahoma, passed away on February 3, 2024. He was born in Coos Bay, Oregon, on October 17, 1964, to Lester Ping and Margaret (Pointer) Ping.
Dale worked as a laborer at various places—Shadetree Mechanics, Mike’s Corner Store, and a muffler shop. He also drove trucks for a circus, CRST, Warner and J.B. Hunt....
Chevis Shenold Sharp
Jan 29, 2024
Chevis Shenold Sharp was born on January 30, 1973, to Cletta Joyce Sharp and Glenn Ray Banks in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He was the oldest of five children and was also known as “Chev Roc”. Chevis grew up in Oklahoma City, later moved to Seminole, Oklahoma, and then to Shawnee where he attended Shawnee High School. In the earlier years...
Deborah Ann Belvin
Jan 19, 2024
Deborah “Debbie” Ann Belvin of Shawnee, Oklahoma, passed away on January 19, 2024, at the age of 61. She was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, to Elvus Kishketon, Sr. and Doris Ann (Rich) Kishketon on July 4, 1962.
Debbie loved her husband, her daughters, and her many grandchildren a great deal. She was a friend to many, and she was...
Virginia Lea Scott
Jan 15, 2024
In loving memory of Virginia Lea Scott:
Virginia Lea Scott, born on September 12, 1931, peacefully left us on January 15, 2024. Preceded in death by her parents Phoenix Jack McClain, Myrtle McClain (Murray), husbands Billy Joe Bumgardner and John G. Scott, and granddaughter Nicola Williams.
She is survived by her three beloved children: Clu Scott, Rose Williams (Lonnie), and Glenda Koops...
Lynnette Lee Mickelson
Jan 13, 2024
Lynnette Lee Mickelson, 63, of Shawnee, Oklahoma, passed away on January 13, 2024, after a long battle with lung cancer. She was born in Akron, Colorado, on November 19, 1960, to Kenneth and Eris Lee. She was one of eleven children.
After graduating from Perkins County High School, Lynnette went to Kearney State College and graduated with an associate degree in...
Raven Nicole Thompson
Jan 11, 2024
Raven Nichole Thompson, 36, of Tecumseh, Oklahoma, passed away, tragically, on January 11, 2024. She was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, on May 31, 1987, to Rodney Youngblood and Selena Virginia (Thompson) Carter.
Raven graduated from Bethel High School in 2005 and her first job was working in a nursing home as a nurse’s aide. In 2020, she met Orlando...
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