Category: Obituaries

Lorita Johnson Lorita Johnson was born April 12, 1929, near Grimes, Oklahoma, to Duward Edward and Dorothy Lea (Martin) Johnson. She passed away August 23, 2016, at Elk City, Oklahoma, at the age of 87 years, 4 months and 11 days. Lorita grew up in the Grimes community and attended school at Sunny Point during…

Roy Oliver Holland Roy Oliver Holland was born November 18, 1933 in Delhi, Oklahoma to Lawrence B. and Amie Jane (Davis) Holland. He passed away August 23, 2016 at his home near Sweetwater, Oklahoma at the age of 82 years, 9 months and 5 days. Roy lived in Delhi until he was in the 10th…

  Funeral services for Leslie Baley Smith, Cheyenne, were held Monday at 11 a.m., January 22, 1973, in the First Baptist Church with Rev. Lloyd Martin officiating. Born in Grayson County, Texas, August 28, 1906, Mr. Smith came to Cheyenne in November 1971 from Ft. Worth, Texas. He was married November 3, 1928 in Sayre,…

Marie LeGrand was born October 28, 1938 in Berlin, Oklahoma to Omega Larabee and Paul Edward Moorhead. She passed away August 19, 2016 at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma at the age of 77 years, 9 months and 21 days. At an early age Marie moved with her parents to the San Diego, California area where she…

Charles Leon Sumpter was born December 11, 1934 in Brownsville, Texas to Myrtle Mae and Emerson Dosher Sumpter. He passed away August 15, 2016 in Amarillo, Texas at the age of 81 years, 8 months and 4 days. Charles grew up in western Oklahoma, south Texas and New Mexico. He enlisted in the Army at…

Funeral services were conducted Monday morning, July 31, in the Crawford gymnasium for Raymond Edward “Bill” Wilson of the Crawford community. Rev. Richard G. Benefield, pastor of the First United Methodist Church of Cheyenne, officiated. Raymond Edward “Bill” Wilson was born December 2, 1904 in Roger Mills County and departed this life July 28, 1972…

Dr. James Eugene Bell, 53 year old Cheyenne man, was killed in a one-car accident at 11:15 p.m. Wednesday, November 14, 1973, one and one-half miles south of Cheyenne on SH 283, Oklahoma Highway Patrol spokesman confirmed. Bell was southbound on SH 283 when he apparently lost control of his 1965 Pontiac and ran off…

Funeral services for Mr. Champ F. Maddux were conducted last Friday afternoon in the First United Methodist Church in Cheyenne. Officiating ministers were Rev. Richard G. Benefield, pastor and Father James Carroll of Chicago, son-in-law of Mr. Maddux. Champ F. Maddux was born in Cheyenne June 1, 1901 and departed this life February 28, 1973…

Funeral services for Mrs. Bessie Simison McColgin, Oklahoma’s first woman to serve in the House of Representatives, was held Friday at 10 a.m. in the Reydon Community Building with Rev. Richard Benefield of Reydon officiating. She was 97 years old. An Oklahoma resident six  years before statehood, she was known as a dedicated civic and…

It is with deep feeling of sorrow that we chronicle the death of John J. Joyce, a pioneer of the west. Mr. Joyce was born in Galveston Texas, Aug 14, 1855 and was married to Valera Rucker at Mobeetie, Texas and came to Roger Mills County in April 1892, and made his home here ever…

Mary Jane Blackketter was born on the family farm in Roger Mills County, Oklahoma to Roy D. and Lena (Shockey) Blackketter on February 13, 1944. She passed this life on August 11, 2016 at the age of 72 years at Elk City, Oklahoma. Mary loved living on the farm doing chores, helping her parents and…

Clyde Kenneth Riegel was born December 11, 1913 and died July 22, 1916. Interment took place in the Union Chapel Cemetery. Bro. Will Stephens conducted the service and brought words of comfort to the parents. Cheyenne Star, July 27, 1916