Author: LeAnn Brewster

Funeral services for Gene McCaskill were conducted Wednesday, November 21, 2012 at 10:00 a.m. from the Martin Funeral Chapel with Rev. David Worsham officiating. Interment will follow in the Cheyenne Cemetery under the direction of the Martin Funeral Home of Elk City. Charles Eugene McCaskill was born October 31, 1932 in Roger Mills County to…

Services for Wayne Milburn, 59, of Cheyenne, OK will be at 1:00 p.m. Friday, August 19, 2011 at the First Christian Church in Canadian, TX with Rev. John Milkeraitis, officiating. Burial will be in Edith Ford Memorial Cemetery in Canadian, TX under the direction of Hughs Funeral Home of Canadian, TX. Wayne was born February…

Died at her home near Evelyn, Monday, January 12, 1908 at 1 p.m., Mary G. Beloved wife of J. Lee Freeman. The remains were shipped to Jefferson, Texas, the childhood home of the deceased. Besides a husband she leaves a father and mother, a sister and a host of friends to mourn her loss. Mrs.…

Junior Vaughan’s graveside services were Tuesday, August 18th at Durham. It was a memorable and beautiful service. The clear skies and the wind swept prairie provided a view for miles and miles and miles in all directions. His constant companion and friend, his dog, Rowdy, was seated on the front row amongst a large crowd…

Donald Joe Cole was born October 15, 1939 to Lee and Odeca (Morton) Cole in Cheyenne, Oklahoma. He passed away August 9, 2015 in Torrance, California.Donald is survived by his loving wife of 49 years, Sumiko and his pride and joy, only son Randy and wife Tina and three step children all of California. Donald…

Graveside services were held Tuesday, August 18, 2015 at 11 a.m. at Fairview Cemetery officiated by Pastor Alex Costea. Burial at the Fairview Cemetery at Durham, Oklahoma were under the direction of the Rose Chapel Funeral Service of Cheyenne, OK.Cheyenne Star, Aug. 20, 2015

Sylvia Bullard Moad was born October 9, 1925 on the family homeplace near Crawford, Oklahoma to Bess and Hester Lee “Heck” Bullard. She passed away August 18, 2015 at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma at the age of 89 years, ten months, and nine days. Sylvia attended school at Bellview and Crawford. After graduating from high school,…

Pauline Vay Lippencott was born February 18, 1927 in Durham, Oklahoma to Betty and Henry Porter, Sr. She passed away August 16, 2015 at her home in Cheyenne, Oklahoma at the age of 88 years, 5 months and 28 days.Pauline grew up on the farm northwest of Durham that her grandfather homesteaded. She attended and…

Samuel Donald “Sammy” Weir was born October 29, 1962 in Springdale, Arkansas to Paula Lucille and Donald Wayne Weir. He passed away August 14, 2015 at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma at the age of 52 years, 9 months and 15days.Sammy grew up in Arkansas, Arizona and Elk City, Oklahoma. He graduated from Canute High School in…

Mrs. C.H. Dow died in her home near Cheyenne October 21, 1909. She leaves a husband and four small children besides a host of friends to mourn her loss.The Sweetwater Breeze “Grimes News” November 4, 1909

The news came over the phone that the wife of T.S. Wilson, formerly of the Prentiss neighborhood, but now of Sayre, dropped dead of heart failure Thursday morning.The Sweetwater Breeze, November 18, 1901

Bud Owen’s family was being moved to Cheyenne last week from Roll, Oklahoma. In passing a farm house a dog ran out into the road frightening the team of mules causing them to run. Mrs. Owens and a six month old baby were thrown from the wagon, the baby being killed and the mother badly…