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Harold Jordon
Harold Jordon died Saturday at the age of 75.
Graveside services
will be 2 p.m. Monday at Stroud Cemetery. Arrangements are under the direction of Parks Brothers Funeral Home, Stroud
Juanita B. Dodd
Shawnee resident Juanita B. Dodd died Wednesday in her home at the age of 72.
She was born Nov. 27, 1928, in Shawnee to Lawrence and Laura Addington. She attended the Immanuel Baptist Church and retired from the Shawnee Medical Center Clinic.
She was preceded in death by her parents; two sisters, Elizabeth Whitfield and Ruby J. Addington; three brothers, Charles, Lee Roy and Votra Addington; and one grandson, Jason Hatfield.
Survivors include three daughters and sons-in-law: Reneta and Bill Atrach, McAllen, Texas; Elizabeth and John Trifiletti, Miami, Fla.; Mary and Doug Hatfield, Flower Mound, Texas; six grandchildren, two sisters, one half sister and several nieces and nephews.
Services will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Roesch-Walker Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Richard Dickinson officiating. Burial will follow at the Fairview Cemetery.
Elizabeth Anne Daron
Elizabeth Anne Daron was born May 8, 2001. She died a day later in Oklahoma City.
She was the daughter of Charles and Shanin (McKey) Daron of Norman.
Her father is the 1991 graduate of Auburn High School, a 1997 graduate of the University of Oklahoma and is employed by Sight and Sound.
Her mother is a 1993 graduate of Tecumseh High School, a 2000 graduate of OU Law School and is an attorney with Foshee and Yaffe in Oklahoma City.
She was preceded in death by her grandmother and great-grandfather.
Survivors include her parents, grandparents, Doc and Frieda McKey, Shawnee, and Harlow and Carol Daron of Auburn; great-grandmother, three aunts and two uncles.
Graveside services will be 10 a.m. Saturday at the New Hope Cemetery with the Rev. Ken Huddleston officiating. Burial will be under the direction of Cooper Funeral Home of Tecumseh.
Ralph Tevis Ferguson
Former Stroud resident Ralph Tevis "Ted" Ferguson, Bethany, died Wednesday in Oklahoma City. He was 89.
Ferguson was born Jan. 30, 1912, in Wheeler, Ark., to William Burk and Sarah Elizabeth (Bynum) Ferguson.
He lived in the Stroud and Depew area from 1968 to 1994, moving from Denver City, Texas. He had lived in Bethany since 1994.
He was a member of the Chapel of Faith Church, Stroud, and attended the Victory Church of the Nazarene in Warr Acres.
The oilfield worker and farmer married Una Hazel Hugheitt on Aug. 20, 1936, near Tokio, Texas. She preceded him in death in March 1990.
He also was preceded in death by his son, Virgil Odis Ferguson, his parents, three brothers and a sister.
Survivors include his son and daughter-in-law, Olen and Barbara Ferguson, Warr Acres; two grandchildren, four great-grandchildren and many other relatives and friends.
Services will be 2 p.m. today at Parks Brothers Funeral Chapel, Stroud, with the Rev. Bobby Ferguson officiating. Burial will be in the Stroud Cemetery.
George Clifford Collier
George Clifford Collier of Wewoka died Wednesday at an Oklahoma City hospital. He was 70.
Collier was born Dec. 16, 1930, in Seminole to Cecil Clifford and Myrtle (Cooper) Collier. He married Kathryn McKenzie on Jan. 1, 1954, in Anadarko.
The lifelong Seminole resident joined the U.S. Navy in 1950 and was in the Air Force from 1956-74. He served in the Korean conflict in the 45th Division.
He retired from the military and worked as a fork lift operator at Wrangler from 1977 until his retirement in 1994.
Collier attended East Central University where he received his bachelor of arts degree in 1977.
He was preceded in death by his parents and a brother, Bill Collier, Dec. 19, 1997.
Survivors include his wife, Kathryn Collier, of the home; son, Tim Collier, Bloomington, Ill.; two grandchildren, Michael Clifford Collier and Robert Duane Collier; three great-grandchildren, Skye Nicole Collier, Machenzie Rose Collier, Alexis Deanna Collier; two sisters, Flora Parker, Aurora, Ore.; Carolyn Taylor, Levant, Maine; sister-in-law, Judy Collier, Wewoka; and many other relatives and friends.
Services will be 2 p.m. Saturday at Swearingen Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Steve Cline officiating. Burial will be in Rest Haven Memorial Gardens.
Charles F. Hamman
Charles F. Hamman, 79, died March 31 at a Big Springs, Texas, hospital.
Hamman was born Nov. 14, 1921, in Tecumseh to Clyde and Grace Hamman.
A graduate of Tecumseh schools and Oklahoma State University, he spent his career in the agriculture and ranching industries developing businesses in California, Texas and Oklahoma. He served in the Navy Underwater Demolition Teams during World War II. He was an ensign and squad leader on Team 13, where he earned the Silver Star for his team's action at Iwo Jima.
Survivors include Ron Hamman and his wife, Melissa, and their children Molly, Beth and Ben of Arlington, Texas; Chris Hamman and his wife, Donna, of San Jose, Calif.; Debbie Kimbrough and her children Grant, John and Amanda, of Tulsa.
Graveside services with full military honors were held April 4 at Fort Sam Houston Cemetery with FBI Chaplain Schwanenberg officiating.
Opal Martin Hilton Ables
Former Maud and Shawnee resident Opal Martin Hilton Ables, Midwest City, died Thursday at the age of 84 in her home.
Born Sept. 14, 1916, in Maud, she was the daughter of William Calvin and Grace Bodkin Martin. She attended Maud High School and married Fred Hilton in 1938.
The Hiltons lived in Oklahoma City until they moved to Shawnee in 1966. They owned and operated Hilton's TV and Appliances until his death in December 1967.
She married Darrell Ables in 1970. He preceded her in death in 1974.
She also was preceded in death by her parents, one brother, Curtis Martin, and one sister, Leta Aday Davis.
Survivors include two sisters: Gladyce Young, Shawnee; Maggie Thrailkill, Norman; four nieces: Jan Grant-Johnson, Sue Baucom, Anita M. Lockwood and Jacqueline Strozier Roberts; three nephews: Gary Thrailkill, Monte Joe Thrailkill and Steve Young.
Graveside services will be 2 p.m. Saturday at the Tecumseh Cemetery under the direction of Roesch-Walker Funeral Home. The Rev. Arthur Scrutchins will officiate. Memorials may be made to Hospice Quality Care of Del City.
Gertrude M. Tull
Gertrude M. Tull of Pilot Point, Texas, died Wednesday in Pilot Point.
Services will be 1 p.m. Saturday at Resthaven Funeral Home. Burial will be in Resthaven Memorial Park. Other information is pending.
Roy Ernest Yates
Roy Ernest Yates, Chandler, died Friday in Chandler. He was 91.
He was born Oct. 31, 1909, in Missouri, the son of Alex Edward and Bessie Lee (Mayfield) Yates.
Yates was a mechanic in Chandler for many years.
His parents, two wives, Anna Frances Yates and Alice Ruth Yates, one son and one sister preceded him in death.
Surviving are his daughter, Donell Flanagan of Signal Mountain, Tenn.; son Robert Yates of Florida; three brothers, three sisters, three grandchildren, five great-grandchildren, as well as other relatives and friends.
Graveside services will be 1 p.m. Monday at Oak Park Cemetery, Chandler, with the Rev. Lorenzo Jacobs and the Rev. Lee Lee Lewis officiating.
Arrangements are under the direction of Parks Brothers Funeral Service, Chandler.
Arra Marie Johnson
Arra Marie Johnson, 75, Tecumseh, died Saturday at Mission Hill Memorial Hospital.
The former Ponca City resident was born Feb. 11, 1926, in Bunch, Okla. She was the daughter of Johnny Alvin and Pearlie (Smith) Robertson. In 1944, she graduated as valedictorian of Fairfax High School.
On July 12, 1946, she married Louie Edward Johnson in Ponca City. Mrs. Johnson, a homemaker, lived there until 1991, when she moved to Tecumseh.
Mrs. Johnson was a member of Philadelphia Church of God of Edmond and was involved with the World Wide Church of God.
Preceding her in death were her husband and parents.
Survivors include her daughter and son-in-law, Linda and Ron Harrison of Tecumseh; three sons and two daughters-in-law, Gary and Dean Johnson and Johnny Johnson, all of Ponca City, and Danny and Tammy Johnson of Newkirk; her brother, J.D. Robertson of Dewey; a sister, Joan Farmer, Dewey; 12 grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren, and numerous nieces and nephews.
A graveside service will be 2 p.m. Monday at Resthaven Memorial Park Cemetery. Gerald Flurry will officiate. Arrangements are under the direction of Trout Funeral Home, Ponca City.
