Author: LeAnn Brewster

Binnie Kay Carter was born April 17, 1942 in Sayre, Oklahoma to Alice and Ben Carnes. She passed away May 7, 2015 at Sayre, Oklahoma at the age of 73 years and twenty days.She moved with her family to Arkansas for a short time before returning to Sayre to make her home. She was married…

Opal Jeanette Means was born January 9, 1934 in Durham, Oklahoma to Minnie and Oliver Means. She passed away May 6, 2015 at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma at the age of 81 years, three months and 27 days.Opal moved with her family to Cheyenne as a child. She attended and graduated from Cheyenne School. She then…

Laquita Joy (Mutschler) Ely, 80, of Cheyenne, Oklahoma was born on December 11, 1934 to William Otto and Cora Frances (Fatheree) Mutschler. Laquita passed away on Wednesday, April 29, 2015 at Hensley Nursing Home in Sayre, Oklahoma. She met and married her best friend and love of her life, Hiram Crockett (H.C.) Ely on October…

Peggy Burks was born December 1, 1959 in Cheyenne, Oklahoma to Thelma and Guy Baker. She passed away April 29, 2015 at her home near Reydon, Oklahoma at the age of 55 years, four months and 28 days.Peggy was raised on the family farm five miles south of Crawford, OK. She attended school at Crawford…

Ray Clark, 87, of Hammon, Oklahoma was born on July 2, 1927 in Elk City, Oklahoma. He was the son of J.H. “Butch” and Josephine (Kern) Clark. Ray passed away on Saturday, April 18, 2015 at his residence surrounded by his loving family. He graduated from Hammon High School, Class of 1945 and then attended…

Robert E. Kerr was born September 20, 1928 in Mayfield, Oklahoma to George and Elsie (Alexander) Kerr. He passed away March 22, 2015 at Clinton, Oklahoma at the age of 85 years, six months and two days.Robert grew up in the Mayfield and Sweetwater communities where he also attended school . After graduation, he enlisted…

Roxie Vivian Harrison Wallace, 74, of Elk City, Oklahoma was born on April 10, 1940 in Cheyenne, Oklahoma. She is the daughter of Bruce and Pearl (Sanford) Harrison. Vivian passed away on Wednesday, April 8, 2015 at Elk City Nursing Home. She attended grade school at Reydon, Oklahoma and attended high school in Allison, Texas.…

Joe Blackketter was born January 29, 1974 in Stroud, Oklahoma, two minutes behind his identical twin brother. He passed away at the Oklahoma Heart Hospital in Oklahoma City on March 30, 2015 at the age of 41.In 1981 he moved to Leedey where he was raised on the farm by his dad. Along with his…

Zettie Kauk was born April 13, 1927 at the family farm north of Butler. She passed from this life Wednesday, April 1, 2015 in Elk City, Oklahoma at the age of 87. She was a member of the Church of Christ in Leedey, but worshipped with the Pioneer Church of Christ in Elk City after…

AGED PIONEER DIES TODAY H.D. Cox, aged pioneer of Cheyenne died at 9:00 a.m. this morning, June 24, 1915 at his home of Bright’s Disease. Mr. Cox was 72 years of age, having been born October 15, 1843 in the state of Illinois. He resided there during his young manhood, after which he moved west,…

Lee Edward Carter, 95 of Dill City, Oklahoma was born on July 1,1919, in Canute, Oklahoma. He is the son of Marvin Mather and Dora Grace (Goodwin) Carter. Lee passed away on March 30, 2015 at the Bellevue Health and Rehab in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He graduated from Canute High School class of 1937. Lee…

Jose “Joe” Antonio Barela, 41, of Canute, Oklahoma was born on January 29, 1974, in Stroud, Oklahoma just two minutes behind is identical twin Bub Barela. He is the son of Carlos Samuel Barela and Terry Dale Harrell (Sallee). Joe passed away on March 30, 2015, at the Oklahoma Heart Hospital in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.…