Obituaries

Services celebrating and remembering the life of Billye “Jean” Rowland will be 1:00 p.m., Monday, September 21, 2020 at the First Baptist Church in Chelsea. Burial will follow at Woodlawn Cemetery in Claremore. 500+ Visitation bred cows will be and 1-5, pairs.

Services – Friday, September 4, 2020 – 11:00 a.m. Rolfe Memorial Chapel Oklahoma City, OK Rev. Dr. John A. Reed, Jr. Pastor Fairview Baptist Church Officiating Interment – Clearview Cemetery Services un the Direction of Rolfe Funeral Home, Inc.

John Raymond Jaris, Jr., 78, died Friday, August 28, 2020, at his home in Dustin, Oklahoma. John was born on April 18, 1942 in Houston, Texas to John Raymond Jaracezski, Sr. and Meda Elvira Morris. He attended Catholic schools in Houston before graduating Texas A&M in 1964.

Edward Lee ‘Eddie’ Robison passed away at his home in Wetumka, Oklahoma on Wednesday, September 2, 2020, at the age of 63 years. Eddie was born in Holdenville, Oklahoma on July 11, 1957, to Alonzo & Ruby Louise (Moulder) Robison.

Byrd Workman was born October 18, 1943 in Logan, West Virginia to Bird and Ruth (Johnson) Workman. He passed away Wednesday, September 2, 2020 in Enid, Oklahoma at the age of 76. Mr. Workman had been a resident of the Okemah area for more than 20 years.

Debra Ann Epperley, age 68, passed away peacefully at her home with her family close by on September 1, 2020. She was born May 12, 1952, in Holdenville, Oklahoma, to Mary Gwendolyn English. Debra married her high school sweetheart Hal Denny Epperley in June of 1970.

Dorothy Dean ‘Dot’ Jones passed away in Oklahoma City on Thursday, September 3, 2020, at the age of 86 years. Dorothy was the daughter of William Thomas ‘W. T.’ Stites & Thula Pearl (Cunningham) Stites, born on July 23, 1934, in Wetumka, Oklahoma.

Clyde ‘Dinky’ Boyd was born February 1, 1940, to Claude & Betty Boyd in Tatums, Oklahoma, one of their twelve children. He passed away in Holdenville, Oklahoma on August 28, 2020, at the age of 80 years. He met and married Roxie Ann. They had four children.

Robin Ray Buck, age 61 departed this life on Tuesday, September 1, 2020 at his home in Wewoka, OK. He was born in Holdenville, OK on September 21, 1958 to Nathan (Wahoo) Buck Jr. and Norma Jean (Sharp) Buck. He graduated from South Garland High School in Garland, TX.

Winey Ann West passed away Saturday, August 29th, 2020 at St. Francis hospital in Tulsa, Oklahoma at the age of 66. Winey was born June 29th, 1954 in Holdenville, Oklahoma to Harry Moppin and Mary Francis (Wood) Jim. Winey graduated high school from Hartshorne.