Category: Obituaries

Brett Anthony Montgomery, Jr. was born December 26, 1980 in Amarillo, Texas to Donna Lee and Brett Anthony Montgomery, Sr. He passed away April 1, 2014 at Kingfisher, OK at the age of 33 years, three months and five days. Brett lived and grew up in McLean, Texas where he graduated from high school in…

COOPER, IraWord was brought to town Monday evening, August 21, 1899, of a killing in Day County some ten miles ease from Grand, at the ranch of Henry Hamilton. From what we can learn it appears that Hamilton and four other men had a bunch of cattle rounded up near his dugout when he saw…

Russell “Brother” Clay was born March 22, 1927 on the Clay family farm north of Reydon, OK to Cleo Gertrude and James Madison Clay. He passed away on March 18, 2014 in his home at the age of 86 years, eleven months and twenty six days. Russell grew up and attended school in and around…

CLINE, Charles Evert Former Groverland and Jacksonville, California resident Charles Evert Cline died May 3, 2011 at this home in Turlock, CA. He was 87. Charles was born in Reydon, Oklahoma and served in the U.S. Army and moved to California in the late 1940’s. He lived in Jacksonville in the early 1950s and Groverland…

Bessie Lorene King Honeycutt was born on July 19, 1920 in Rankin, OK to Roger Mills County pioneers, Abner “Dutch” Alfred King and Laura Dare King. She went to be with the Lord on April 13, 2014. Bessie made her way into the world just minutes before her twin sister, Bertha. The twins were so…

Jackie Doyle Forbes, 64 year old Gage, Ok resident passed from this life in Oklahoma City, OK on December 6, 2013. Jack was born on June 13, 1949 to Wiliam and Vida Garrett Forbes in Pawnee, OK. The family made their home in Raston, OK.Jack attended Ralston Public School graduating from high school with the…

Lenna Jo (Brown) Purtee, daughter of a Roger Mills County pioneer family, died at the age of 104 in Olympia, Washington on Saturday, February 8, 2014. The former Lenna Brown was born on the family home place on January 24, 1910, the last child of John and Rosa (Dilka) Brown. She attended the Powwow School,…

Ted Martin Estes was born January 7, 1929 in Reydon, Oklahoma to Mae and Forest Estes. he passed away January 15, 2014 at Alamogordo, New Mexico at the age of 85 years and 8 days.Ted grew up north of Reydon, Oklahoma and attended school at Midway and Durham before enlisting in the US Army in…

Betty Ellen Watson was born Fenruary 16, 1943 in Elk City, Oklahoma to Nena Gertrude (Lucas) and Johnny Amos Cannon. She passed away January 10, 2014 at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma at the age of 70 years, 10 months and 24 days.Betty grew up in the Crawford community and graduated from Cheyenne High School in 1961.…

Cleatus Rhodes was born April 4, 1943 in Carnegie, Oklahoma to Maybian Lucy and Othel Conner Rhodes. He passed away December 15, 2013 at his home in Sayre, Oklahoma at the age of 70 years, 8 months and 11 days. As a youngv boy, Ceatus moved around with his family while his father was in…

Florence Faye Lackey Barker was born June 9, 1917 in Sayre, Oklahoma to Frieda and Milton Kurtzey. She passed away January 22, 2014 at the age of 96 years, 7 months and 13 days.Florence grrew up in the Sayre area where she graduated from Sayre High School. After graduation she furthered her education at Oklahoma…

Wesley Hobert York was born January 21, 1924 in Sayre, Oklahoma to William H. and Jessie York and passed away February 23, 2014 at Elk City, Oklahoma at the age of 90 years, one month and two days. Wesley attended school in Crawford and Durham, Oklahoma. He married the love of his life, Ollie Mae…