Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Walters & Temple in Oklahoma

Margaret Bridgers

Margaret Bridgers

Jan 2, 2014

Margaret Bridgers, 90,Walters, OK Margaret (Knight) Bridgers was born to John Bryant and Augusta Belle (Ruffin) Knight on February 7, 1923 at Crowell, TX and departed this life at her home northeast of Walters, OK on January 5, 2014 at the age of 90 years, 10 months and 29 days. Margaret grew up in Cotton and Stephens Counties. She married...

Ruby Jo Villarreal

Ruby Jo Villarreal

Dec 29, 2013

Ruby Jo (Hanes) Villarreal was born to Delbert Houston and Jacqueline Eva (Cook) Hanes on January 9, 1941 at Oklahoma City, OK and departed this life in Lawton, OK on December 29, 2013 at the age of 72 years, 11 months and 20 days. Ruby grew up at Grandfield, OK, but finished her last few years of high school in...

Reeford Ray Darter

Reeford Ray Darter

Dec 28, 2013

Reeford Ray Darter was born to O.H. and Faith Elizabeth (Jamison) Darter on December 11, 1929 at Temple, OK and departed this life in Temple on December 28, 2013. Reeford grew up in the Taylor Store Community east of Randlett, OK. He attended Taylor School through the 8th grade then graduated from Temple High School in 1947. He married Peggy...

Frankie Dee Sturdivant

Frankie Dee Sturdivant

Dec 26, 2013

Frankie Dee Sturdivant was born to Dwaine Patrick and Frankie (Townsend) Cole on March 21, 1925 at Drumright, OK and departed this life in Temple, OK on December 26, 2013 at the age of 88 years, 9 months and 5 days. Frankie grew up in Oklahoma and West Virginia. She settled in Oklahoma City 1948 where she was employed at...

Linda Y. Smith

Linda Y. Smith

Dec 25, 2013

Linda Y. (Claxton) Smith was born to Homer Don and Ruby Fern (Davis) Claxton on August 25, 1959 at Salem, OR and departed this life on December 25, 2013 in Walters, OK at the age of 54 years and 4 months. Coming from Oregon with her family at age 11, Linda finished school at Walters with the Class of 1977....

Freddie Jim Houston

Freddie Jim Houston

Dec 19, 2013

Freddie Jim Houston was born to Fred Stewart and Opal Pearl (Lowe) Houston on October 23, 1939 at Ringling, OK and departed this life in Oklahoma City on December 19, 2013 at the age of 74 years, 1 month and 26 days. Freddie grew up at Walters. He married Betty Lou Thompson on May 19, 1959 at First Baptist Church...

Vivian Annie Barbe

Vivian Annie Barbe

Dec 15, 2013

Vivian Annie (Turner) Barbe was born to John Presley and Mary Alice (Thompson) Turner on February 23, 1921 at the Stanfield Ranch, Cashion, TX and departed this life in Temple, OK on December 15, 2013 at the age of 92 years, 9 months and 22 days. Vi grew up west of Walters. She attended Pecan Grove School where she met...

Betty Jo Wilson

Betty Jo Wilson

Dec 12, 2013

Betty Jo (Smith) Sides Wilson was born to William Lawrence and Alma Mae (Foster) Smith on February 28, 1937, in rural Walters, OK and departed this life in Walters on December 12, 2013 at the age of 76 years, 9 months and 14 days. Betty grew up in the Walters area. She married Marvin "Sonny" Sides on May 25, 1957...

Linda Mae Stapp

Linda Mae Stapp

Dec 11, 2013

Linda Mae "Sissy" Stapp was born to Buford Lee and Dora Mae (Walker) Stapp on February 26, 1964 at Lawton, OK and departed this life in Marlow, OK on December 11, 2013 at the age of 49 years, 9 months and 15 days. Sissy grew up at Walters with her parents. She eventually moved to Parkview Manor Nursing Home 1990...

Eva Juanita Youree

Eva Juanita Youree

Dec 10, 2013

Eva Juanita (Phillips) Youree was born on October 27, 1924, to James Floyd Phillips and Amy Eliza (Smith) Phillips and passed from this life on December 10, 2013 in Kentfield, California. Juanita's natural mother, Amy Phillips, passed away in a fire when Juanita was only a few years old. Her father, Floyd, later married Ethel (Batsell) Phillips, and Juanita was...

Connie Kay Glenn

Connie Kay Glenn

Dec 9, 2013

Connie Kay (Roberts) Glenn was born to JW "Dub" and Merila Mae (Rogers) Roberts on November 8, 1946 at Blanchard, OK and departed this life at Comanche, OK on December 9, 2013 at the age of 67 years, 1 month and 1 day. Coming from Blanchard, OK at the age of 3, Connie grew up at Walters, graduating from WHS...

Ivan Tompkins

Ivan Tompkins

Dec 9, 2013

Ivan Tompkins died in Mercy Hospital in Kingfisher, Oklahoma, Monday, December 9, 2013, at the age of 94. He was born in EI Reno, Oklahoma, on March 16, 1919, to Mattie and Isaac Winfield Tompkins. He was preceded in death by his wife, Oneda Laverne Tompkins, on November 20, 2002. Ivan and Laverne were married November 20, 1941, at the...

Julie McCraw Magers

Julie McCraw Magers

Dec 5, 2013

C. Julie (Harris) McCraw Magers was born to Olin Bob and Annie Marie (Shelton) Harris on August 9, 1958 at Fort Worth, TX and departed this life in Louisville, KY on December 5, 2013 at the age of 55 years, 3 months and 26 days. Julie grew up at Grand Saline, TX and Cotton County, OK. She has made her...

Edith Evelyn Urice

Edith Evelyn Urice

Dec 2, 2013

Edith Evelyn (Recer) Urice was born to James Franklin and Ida Mae(Striplin) Recer on November 23, 1920 west of Hulen, OK and departed this life in Lawton, OK, on December 2, 2013 at the age of 93 years and 9 days. Edith grew up west of Hulen and graduated from Lawton High School. She married Harold Donald Urice on June...

Clyde Lee Chemah, Jr

Clyde Lee Chemah, Jr

Nov 29, 2013

Clyde Lee "Zooner" Chemah, Jr. was born to Clyde Lee and Virgie Lee Mason Chemah on June 23, 1974 at Lawton, OK and departed this life on November 29, 2013 at Walters, OK at the age of 39 years, 5 months and 6 days. Zooner grew up at Walters and attended Walters Schools. Over the years he worked in lawn...

Elva Jean Potts

Elva Jean Potts

Nov 29, 2013

Elva Jean "Elvina" Permansu Potts was born December 31, 1932, to Benjamin and Clara Tooahnitpah Permansu at Walters, OK and departed this life on November 29, 2013, at Lawton, OK at the age of 80 years, 10 months and 29 days. Elvina grew up west of Walters and married Fred Lynn Potts on June 14, 1952 at Wichita Falls, TX....

Frankie Valdez

Frankie Valdez

Nov 25, 2013

Ralph Frankie Valdez was born to Ralph and Daisy Jane (Tabbytosavit) Valdez on June 16, 1949 at Lawton, OK and departed this life in Walters, OK on November 25, 2013 at the age of 64 years, 5 months and 9 days. Frankie grew up at Walters, graduating from WHS in 1967. He married Linda Sue Crank on March 8, 1968...

Diane Wofford

Diane Wofford

Nov 21, 2013

Vicki Diana (Powell) Wofford was born to Lewis Sylvester and Pearl Virginia (Gribble) Powell on August 10, 1955 at Boise, ID and departed this life in Lawton, OK on November 21, 2013 at the age of 58 years, 3 months and 11 days. Diane grew up at Shawnee, OK. She married William Porter "Willie" Wofford on September 30, 1974 and...

Charles Ray Baker

Charles Ray Baker

Nov 20, 2013

Charles Ray Baker was born to Frank and Dorothy (Covington) Baker on June 8, 1933 at Pauls Valley, OK and departed this life in Lawton, OK on November 20, 2013 at the age of 80 years, 5 months and 12 days. Charles grew up in the Temple and Walters area of Southwest Oklahoma. He married Dorothy Lee Kosechata on August...

Ida Lee Valdez

Ida Lee Valdez

Nov 20, 2013

Ida Lee "Granny" Valdez was born to Samuel and Edith (Poco) Tabbytosavit on April 8, 1931, west of Walters, OK and departed this life in Lawton, OK on November 20, 2013 at the age of 82 years, 7 months and 12 days. Ida grew up in the Emerson Community west of Walters. She married Willington Valdez in January of 1949....