Obituaries

Shirley Cristelee (Taylor) Lee McAdoo passed away in Holdenville, Oklahoma on Sunday morning, January 3, 2021, at the age of 84 years. Shirley was the daughter of Alton Jewel Taylor and Era (Westerman) Taylor, born on May 27, 1936, in Wewoka, Oklahoma.

Services for Betty Jo Mitchell, 84, of Allen are 11:00 a.m. Wednesday at the Richmond Avenue Free Will Baptist Church in Allen. Rev. Buddy Drake will officiate. Burial will follow at Allen Cemetery. Family and friends may call at the Allen Chapel from 4:00 Tuesday until service time.

Doyle Bane passed from this life on Friday, January 1, 2021. Doyle was born in Holdenville, Oklahoma on October 29, 1938. He grew up in the Spaulding area as a young boy before moving with the family to the Seminole area.

Melinda Ann Childers passed away in Holdenville, Oklahoma on December 31, 2020, at the age of 57 years. Melinda was the daughter of Bill and Mary (Pullen) Curlee, born on March 21, 1963, in Wewoka, Oklahoma. She was brought up and attended schools in Bowlegs.

Tarry Ann (Howard) Epperley passed away from this life on December 31, 2020, surrounded by her family and loved ones. Tarry was born in Portland, Oregon and was raised mostly in the Holdenville area, and that’s where she fell in love and married Gary Nolan Epperley.

Emmer Lee Viola Taylor Loggins passed away on December 24, 2020. Viewing and visitation will be held at Williamson-Spradlin Funeral Home on Friday, January 8, 2021 from 10:00am until 8:00pm.

March 28, 1947 - December 16, 2020 Visitation Monday, December 28, 2020 12:00 PM - 8:00 PM Butler-Stumpff & Dyer Funeral Home Tulsa, OK 74104 Tulsa, OK 74104 Graveside Service Tuesday, December 29, 2020 11:00 AM Fairlawn Cemetery - Weleetka, Oklahoma Brenda Joyce Alford was born March 28,...

Sympathy is to the families of Eugene “Goon” Golden. Goon passed from this life on Wednesday. Funeral services will be held on Thursday, December 31 st at the Weleetka High School gymnasium at 1:00 p.m. Burial will follow at the Northfork Cemetery in Clearview. Oklahoma.

James Lewis ‘Jim’ Waters passed from this life Wednesday, December 23, 2020, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma at the age of 84 years. Jim was one of sixteen children born to Allen Waters and Gladys (Agans) Waters on October 4, 1936 at Indianapolis, Indiana.

Rita Louise Bynum, age 73, of Holdenville passed away in the Heritage Village Nursing on December 27, 2020. She was born in Oklahoma City July 10, 1947 to Calvin Fox and Billie Wade Fox.