Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Walters & Temple in Oklahoma

Horace John Poolaw

Horace John Poolaw

Jan 10, 2012

Horace John Poolaw was born to Mose Edward and Jennie (Titchywy) Poolaw on August 21, 1944 in Lawton, Oklahoma and passed from this life on January 10, 2012 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, at the age of 67 years 4 months and 20 days. John or "Slim" as he was known to his family and friends grew up at Walters, OK....

Teresa Lynn Speir

Teresa Lynn Speir

Jan 8, 2012

Teresa Lynn (Gallagher) Speir was born in Columbus, Ohio on December 21, 1959 to Doris L. & William J. Gallagher and went to be with Jesus January 8, 2012 in Devol, OK. Teresa graduated from St. Frances DeSales High School, Columbus, OH, 1977. After becoming a mom, she poured every part of her heart and soul into raising her children...

Billy Jack Lee

Billy Jack Lee

Jan 7, 2012

Jack went to his Heavenly home on Saturday, January 7, 2012, after an extended illness. Private burial, was under the direction of Hart-Wyatt Funeral Home, was at Walters Cemetery with Brother Roger Noland assisting. Billy Jack Lee was born June 12, 1934, east of Walters in the Valley View community, to Henry Clyde and Lena Bell (Fletcher) Lee. The family...

Roy Lee Ressel

Roy Lee Ressel

Jan 6, 2012

Roy grew up at Randlett, graduating from Big Pasture High School and then attending Oklahoma State University receiving a BS in Animal Science. He had a 34 year career with City of Wichita Falls as the Environmental Health Coordinator. Upon retirement he opened a small business in Randlett. He married Debbie Cook Holder in June of 2004 at Clovis, NM....

Charley Leon Underwood

Charley Leon Underwood

Jan 4, 2012

Charley was born April 3, 1922, at Randlett, OK to Raymond "Dutch" and Maude Underwood and was called home on January 4, 2012 from his home near Randlett. He married Nina Mae Countryman on January 30, 1946. He was a member of the Eastern Star and Masonic Lodge. He served in the Army as an MP in WWII, then worked...

Julia Dee Johnson

Julia Dee Johnson

Jan 3, 2012

Julia Dee (Wilson) Hart Johnson was born January 3, 1917 to Lon and Dollie Wilson in Denton Co., TX and departed this life in Lawton, OK on January 3, 2012 at the age of 95 years to the day. Julia Dee attended school at Union Valley School after the family moved to Oklahoma. Through the years she worked for John...

Fern Pauline Gillispie

Fern Pauline Gillispie

Jan 3, 2012

Fern Pauline (Wallace) Gillispie was born November 5, 1923 on a farm outside of Hasting, OK to J.O. "Oll" and Rosie (Nipper) Wallace and went to be with her Lord and Savior on January 3, 2012 at Waurika, OK at the age of 88 years, 1 month and 29 days. She graduated from Temple High School in 1941, helping her...

Martha Ruth Pevey

Martha Ruth Pevey

Jan 3, 2012

Martha Ruth Pevey was born to Goodner Johnston and Bertie Clyde (Avery) Gibson on November 13, 1939, at Lisbon, Texas and departed this life on January 3, 2012, at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, at the age of 72 years, 1 month and 20 days. She grew up and attended school in Irving, TX. She married Verlie Williams. He preceded her in...

Patricia Ann Holliman

Patricia Ann Holliman

Dec 30, 2011

Patricia Ann (Prater) Holliman was born to J B and Lois Faye (Cain) Prater on June 9, 1941 at Temple, OK and departed this life in Lawton, OK on January 3, 2012 at the age of 70 years, 6 months and 25 days. Pat grew up Temple. She married, moving to Walters and then onto Randlett. She eventually settled in...

Anna Mildred Witt

Anna Mildred Witt

Dec 30, 2011

Anna Mildred (Carpenter) Witt was born to John Thomas and Maggie Mae (Washburn) Carpenter on March 4, 1918 at Isadore, OK and departed this life in Lawton, OK on December 30, 2011, at the age of 93 years, 9 months and 26 days. Mildred grew up in the Isadore Farming Community in Southwest Oklahoma. She attended Hollister Schools before going...

Clarabell Brown

Clarabell Brown

Dec 26, 2011

Clarabell (Claiborne) Brown was born to Robert B. and Mamie S. (Wells) Claiborne in Walters, OK on May 25, 1917 and departed this life in Temple, OK on December 26, 2011 at the age of 94 years, 7 months and 1 day. Clarabell attended South Mountain View rural school in Cotton County to the eighth grade, and graduated from Walters...

Clarence Clow Fletcher

Clarence Clow Fletcher

Dec 26, 2011

Clarence Clow "Bugs" Fletcher, Jr. was born to Clarence Sr. and Mary Lena (Snyder) Fletcher on March 29, 1929, at Walters, OK and departed this life southwest of Walters on December 26, 2011, at the age of 82 years, 8 months and 27 days. Bugs grew up at Walters, graduating from WHS is in 1947. He then went on to...

Patricia Ann Abels

Patricia Ann Abels

Dec 25, 2011

Patricia Ann Abels was born April 23, 1951 at Cedar City, Utah and departed this life in Walters, OK on December 25, 2011 at the age of 60 years, 8 months and 2 days. Pat grew up in Utah graduating from Blanding High School in 1969 and then attending college in Provo for a year. She had moved to Washington...

Olga Viola Daniel

Olga Viola Daniel

Dec 25, 2011

Olga's family consisting of her mother and father and three older siblings moved from Illinois in 1908 after Oklahoma became a state. Her father had never owned a gun until moving to the wild country. Olga was born on February 27, 1917 to Joseph and Clara Melissa Kirkpatrick Tilley on a farm south of Hulen, Oklahoma. The family moved to...

Dorothy Virginia Shaw

Dorothy Virginia Shaw

Dec 1, 2011

Dorothy Virginia Stogner Shaw, 89, died peacefully in her sleep following surgery for hip replacement on Thursday, Dec. 1st, 2011, at Southwestern Medical Center in Lawton, Ok. Mrs. Shaw was born May 18, 1922, in Temple, Oklahoma, to Lou Allie Jones and John Newton Stogner, who had come to Oklahoma from Taylor, Mississippi. She was the second youngest of 8...

LaVada Ruth Wauqua

LaVada Ruth Wauqua

Nov 30, 2011

LaVada Ruth (Valdez) Wauqua was born to Willington and Ida Lee (Tabbytosavit) Valdez on May 4, 1951 at Lawton Indian Hospital and departed this life on November 30, 2011 at the age of 60 years, 6 months and 26 days. LaVada grew up southwest of Walters and attended school at Temple. She has made Walters her home through the years,...

Elmer Lee Jarvis

Elmer Lee Jarvis

Nov 30, 2011

Elmer Lee "Pop" Jarvis was born to Walter Lee and Laura Mae (Wright) Jarvis on July 19, 1921 at Atoka, OK and departed this life on November 30, 2011 at Duncan, OK, at the age of 90 years, 4 months and 11 days. Elmer grew up at Atoka until his early 20's, moving with the family to Tipton, OK, where...

Dottie Christine Johnson

Dottie Christine Johnson

Nov 22, 2011

Dottie Christine (Dyer) Johnson was born to Charlie Harvey and Lula Caroline (Cribbs) Dyer on January 21, 1917 at Vernon, TX and departed this life at her home in rural Comanche, OK on November 22, 2011 at the age of 94 years, 10 months and 1 day. Dottie grew up at Vernon, TX, until moving with her family at the...

Brent Dwayne Barbe

Brent Dwayne Barbe

Nov 15, 2011

Brent Dwayne Barbe was born to Wayne Roy and Gloria Joyce (Montgomery) Barbe on October 20, 1959 at Lawton, OK and departed this life in Lawton on November 15, 2011 at the age of 52 years and 26 days. Brent grew up in the Duncan and Comanche area before moving with his family to Lawton in 1968, graduating from Lawton...

Shirley Sims

Shirley Sims

Nov 3, 2011

Shirley passed away on Thursday, November 3, 2011 in Lubbock, Texas. Her body was willed to Texas Tech University Medical Center. Shirley was born August 14, 1938 in Walters, OK to Tine and Laverda (Cooper) Mustain. She was baptized in the Temple Church of Christ on April 25th, 1954. She graduated from Temple High School in May 1956 and soon...