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James B. Bean
Tecumseh resident James B. Bean, 83, died Wednesday, Aug. 17, in Tecumseh.
He was born July 4, 1922, on a dairy farm in Hutchison, Kan., to Luther A. and Lula (Becannon) Bean.
He attended school in Kansas and later Breese College.
On May 16, 1948, he married Lou Ward in Bethany.
During World War II he served with the U.S. Army in the European Campaign. Following his military service, he lived in Oklahoma City from 1946 to 1973. He then moved to Tecumseh and has lived there since that time.
James worked at Tinker Air Force Base for 20 years, retiring in 1967. After that he operated a gravel truck and worked for the Oklahoma City school district and bought and sold furniture. After moving to Tecumseh, he began working at Wilcox Motor Supply and remained there until his retirement.
He was a member of the Myrtle Lodge in Oklahoma City and later the Tecumseh Masonic Lodge. He was 33rd Degree Mason, a recipient of the 50 year pin; a member of Knights Templer and active in the Boy Scouts and the First Church of the Nazarene of Shawnee.
He enjoyed scuba diving, archery, quail hunting, fishing and playing a variety of musical instruments.
He was preceded in death by his parents and brother, Joseph N. Bean.
Survivors include his wife, Lou Bean of the home; two sons, Larry J. Bean of Macomb and James D. Bean of Konawa; two daughters, Meredith L. Miller of Tecumseh and Naomi Ruth Osborn of Midwest City; nine grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.
Service will be 2 p.m. today at Cooper Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Chad Brodrick, First Assembly of God, officiating. Burial will follow at Resthaven Memorial Gardens, Oklahoma City.
Cooper Funeral Home of Tecumseh is directing arrangements.
Lee E. Dockrey
Longtime Shawnee resident Lee E. Dockrey, 77, passed away Thursday, Aug. 18, in Shawnee.
He was born June 21, 1928, in Harjo to Bob and Mae West Dockrey. He was a 1946 graduate of Harjo High School. He served twice in the U.S. Army, serving in Korea.
Lee was married in July, 1954, to Laveda Faye Souders. She preceded him in death Aug. 14, 2002.
He retired from Tinker Air Force base in April 1987. Lee loved baseball and umpired youth baseball for several years. He enjoyed watching girls softball, listening to western swing and gospel music, Nostalgia, his longtime friends, family and his beloved little dog "Sammy". He volunteered building churches and attended Mt. Pleasant, sharing as a deacon in earlier years, Johnson Church of God and Blackburn Chapel.
Survivors include one son and daughter-in-law, Robert and Terrell Dockrey of Shawnee; daughter and son-in-law, Lisa and Mike Claytor of Fort Smith, Ark.; brother, Gerald Dockrey of Wewoka; sister, Geneva Black of Earlsboro; grandchildren, Chris Dockrey of Lawrence, Kan., Malita Green, Candace Bruner, Theodore Dockrey and Joseph Dockrey all of Shawnee, Nathan Claytor of Tahlequah, and John Claytor of Fort Smith, Ark; great-grandchildren, Shaniah and Saylor Green, Laveda Dockrey and Benjamin Brumen.
Service will be 2 p.m. Saturday at Johnson Church of God with the Rev. Charles Higgins officiating. Burial will follow at Johnson Cemetery under the direction of Swearingen Furneral Home in Seminole.
Pallbearers will be his grandsons and his granddaughters' spouses.
Arthur Ellis Gibson
Former Shawnee resident Arthur Ellis Gibson, 66, passed away Dec. 17, 2004 in Bakersfield, Calif..
He was born May 30, 1939, to Albert and Anne Gibson. Art lived in Shawnee until he graduated high school. He then joined the U.S. Air Force. He retired from White Sands New Mexico Missile Range and moved to Bakersfield.
He is preceded in death by his parents; sister Gloria Cooksey and brothers, Leo and Clyde Gibson.
Survivors include his son, the Rev. Arthur Ellis Gibson II; granddaughter, Jessica Lynn Gibson; brother, Bill Gibson; numerous nieces and nephews.
Graveside memorial service will be 10 a.m. Saturday at Fairview Cemetery, Shawnee, with the Rev. Arthur E. Gibson II officiating.
Beulah M. (Brown) Williams
Former Shawnee resident Beulah M. (Brown) Williams, 86, of Wichita, Kan., died Aug. 17.
She was a retired clothes presser and a member of the Sac & Fox Native American tribe.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Kenneth; brothers, Edgar and Herman Brown, and Lucien and Maurice Wakolee, and adopted daughter Rebecca Roubidoux.
Survivors include her children, Larry W. Brown of Wichita and Tawana E. Gutierrez of Wichita; adopted children, Martin Stsarr, Margarette Ellis, Vera Walker, Beatrice Blachard, and Lavina Mahardy; brothers, Harry Brown of Shawnee, and Harold Brown of Horton, Kan.; grandchildren, Kimberly Gutierrez, Vincent Gutierrez, Stewart Brown, April Perez, Billy Freeman, Travis Brown, And Bill Sarber; 15 great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren; four nephews and 10 nieces.
A visitation will be from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Thursday in Watson's Garden Chapel.
Service will be Saturday morning at the Wakolee Cemetery, Shawnee.
Charles William Thomas
Shawnee resident Charles William Thomas, 86, died Wednesday, Aug. 17, at a local nursing home.
Service will be 10 a.m. Saturday at Central Church of Christ, 10th and Bell, with the Rev. Dwyane Dennis officiating.
Gaskill Funeral Home of Shawnee is directing arrangements.
Mary E. Anderson
Shawnee resident Mary E. "Beth" Anderson, 89, died Tuesday, Feb. 15, in Shawnee.
She was born Oct. 6, 1915, in Texarkana, Ark., to Earl Bailey and Helen (Bentley) Vaughan.
She was reared and educated in the Fort Worth, Texas, area, graduating from Central High School, now known as Paschall High School, in 1932. She attended one year at Texarkana Junior College before earning her bachelor of arts from Mary Harden Baylor College. She also attended Baylor University. She studied engineering drafting in Dallas, Texas. She attended classes at Oklahoma Baptist University and The University of Oklahoma to finish a degree in education.
She moved to Dallas and worked for an advertising artist for a year before going to work at the Dallas Times Herald in their advertising department. She was employed by an airplane factory in Grand Prairie for a short time before working for Atlantic Refining Co. in their engineering drafting department during World War II. She started teaching in 1961 at Shawnee Junior High School, where she taught history, science and earth science. She retired from the Shawnee Public Schools in 1980 and continued her education at OBU.
On April 2, 1938, she married Boyd Harrison Anderson in Dallas, Texas.
She was a member of St. Paul's United Methodist Church, Wesleyan Circle of the United Methodist Women, the 3F Club and the Fidelis Sunday school class. She also was a member of the Oklahoma Retired Teachers Association, the National Retired Teachers Association, AARP and Alpha Delta Kappa.
She was preceded in death by her parents and aunt and uncle, Jane and Raymond Bentley.
Survivors include her daughter, Patricia D. Anderson of LaGrange, Ga.; son and daughter-in-law, Jon Alan and Cindy Anderson of Richardson, Texas; five grandchildren, Eric Anthony Bangs of El Paso, Texas, Michelle Lynn and Bill Gillaspy of Shawnee, Mary Margret Bangs of LaGrange, Ga., Elizabeth Ann Anderson and Susan Elaine Anderson, both of Richardson, Texas; two great-grandchildren; and one cousin.
Memorials may be made to the St. Paul's United Methodist Church Building Blessings Fund or Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation.
Service will be 10 a.m. Friday at St. Paul's United Methodist Church with the Rev. Rockford Johnson officiating. Burial will be 3 p.m. Saturday at Hillcrest Memorial Cemetery in Texarkana.
Resthaven Funeral Home is directing arrangements.
Phillip Eric Nicholson
Seminole resident Phillip Eric Nicholson, 64, died Tuesday, Feb. 15, in Seminole.
Graveside service will be 10:30 a.m. Friday at Thrace Cemetery near Bowlegs with the Rev. Roy Robertson officiating.
Swearingen Funeral Home is directing arrangements.
Jim Paxson
Former Shawnee and Tecumseh resident Jim Paxson, 66, of Choctaw died Monday, Feb. 14, in Shawnee.
He was born April 26, 1938, to Harold and Clara Paxson. He was reared in Earlsboro, lived most of his adult life in Shawnee and Tecumsh and had lived in Choctaw for the past two years.
On Dec. 3, 1964, he married Rose Mary O'Bright. She preceded him in death on Nov. 28, 1993. He then married June Hand on Memorial Day, 2003.
Paxson worked as a truck driver for Up-to-Date Laundry, retiring in 1988. He then opened Paxson's Daylight Donuts in McLoud in 1996 and Dad's Old-Fashioned Hamburgers in 1999.
He was a member of New Hope Baptist Church.
He also was preceded in death by his parents; a grandson, Jarad Maxwell; three brothers, Joe, Virgil and Gene Paxson; and a sister, Joyce Smith.
Survivors include his wife, June Paxson of the home; five sons and their spouses, Larry and Carla Maxwell of Tecumseh, Jimmy and Vickie Maxwell of Ada, Randy and Shereri Paxson of Farmington, N.M., Johnny and Terri Paxson of Tecumseh, and Clint and Laurie Paxson of Tecumseh; two daughters and sons-in-law, Joanie and Lin Delossantos and Donna and Tony Fullbright, all of Tecumseh; five stepchildren and their spouses, Woody and Penny Earl of Washington, Kenneth and Linda Patrick of Choctaw, Wesley and Shirley Earl of Luther, Luquita and Kenneth Newer of El Reno and Rusty Earl of Choctaw; 19 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren; two sisters, Ruby Cambell of Shawnee and Nina Montgomery of Tecumseh.
Service will be 10 a.m. Friday at Cooper Funeral Chapel with the Rev. John Mixon and the Rev. David Dick officiating. Burial will follow at Calvary Cemetery.
Cooper Funeral Home of Tecumseh is directing arrangements.
Lonnie Joe Standlee
Shawnee resident Lonnie Joe Standlee, 46, died Monday, Feb. 14, at a Meeker nursing home.
He was born Nov. 4, 1958, in Shawnee to Aonnie Standlee and Norma (Greer) Standlee Head.
He graduated from Meeker High School in 1977.
He was employed by Wal-Mart.
He was a member of the First Baptist Church of Prague.
He was preceded in death by his father; and grandparents, Tom and Dorthy Standlee, and Richard Greer.
Survivors include his mother and stepfather, Norma and Dwayne Head of Shawnee; two brothers and sisters-in-law, Mark and Gena Standlee of Prague, and Rodney and Lorri Standlee of Meeker; grandmother, Erma Greer; and nieces; nephews and other family and friends.
Service will be 2 p.m. today at the chapel of Walker Funeral Service with the Rev. Tim Emmons officiating. Burial will be at Rossville Cemetery.
Walker Funeral Service is directing arrangements.
Pearl Evelyn Jackson
Konawa resident Pearl Evelyn Jackson, 88, died Monday, Feb. 14, at an Ada nursing home.
Service will be 10 a.m. Thursday at Pickard-Swearingen Funeral Chapel with Richard Winters officiating. Burial will be at Vamoosa.
Pickard-Swearingen Funeral Home is directing arrangements.
