Obituaries

James Monroe Griffith passed away Sunday, January 17, 2021, at OU Medical Center in Oklahoma City at the age of 80. James was born November 30, 1940 in McAlester, Oklahoma to Levi Griffith and Dora Mae Null Griffith. He graduated from Stuart Public School. He served in the US States Army.

Funeral Services for Mekko Robert “Bobby” Lee Yargee will be held Monday, January 18, 2020 at 1:00PM, at the Phillip Deere Roundhouse in Okemah, Ok. Interment will follow at the Deere Family Cemetery in Okemah, Ok.

Carolyn Sue Wheeler passed away in Holdenville, Oklahoma, on Saturday, January 16, 2021, at the age of 78 years. Sue was the daughter of Maude Thomas McCoy and Dazzy Ruth (Davis) McCoy, born on December 2, 1942, in Holdenville, Oklahoma.

Thomas “Tom” James Spillman, age 87, of Atwood, Oklahoma passed away on Monday, January 18, 2021. He was born April 23, 1933 on a dairy farm in Miami County, Kansas to John Lee Spillman and Gladys May (Welborn) Spillman. He was a graduate of Wellsville High School, where he loved playing football.

Mary Lou Smith a longtime resident of Weleetka, Ok passed this life on January 10, 2021 at the age of 84. Born August 13, 1936 on Tuskahoma, OK to Jim and Bertha Dill. Mary Lou was very active in sports during her High School years.

Scoby Anderson, age 67, a resident of rural Henryetta, OK, transitioned, Friday, January 8, 2021 in OSU Medical Center-Tulsa.

Emmer Lee Viola answered, “Present” on Sunday, December 1, 1940 to her mother Mary Liza (Kelough) Taylor and her father Cary “K” Taylor within Okfuskee County in the North Fork community near Clearview, Oklahoma.

Kelvin Bush was born November 28, 1966 in Oklahoma City. He was the second of three children born to parents Peter and Helen Bush.

Laura Mae (King) Henry, a resident of Dustin, passed away Tuesday, January 5th, 2021 in Edmond, OK at the age of 85. She was born March 5, 1935 in Dustin, OK to Jack Spangler King & Vivian (Howard) King.

Private family services will be held for Danny “Dan” L. Flanders. Danny L. Flanders was born May 16, 1944 in Shawnee, Oklahoma to Ralph and Grayce Flanders. He passed away Monday, January 11, 2021 at his home in Okemah at the age of 76.