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WALTER LEE MANNING
1916-2005
SOUTHWEST CITY, Mo. - Walter Lee Manning was born August 15, 1916 to Charles Preston Manning and Lydia (Lancaster) Manning. He passed from this earth on March 15, 2005. He is survived by his wife, Oneeta (Youngs) Manning; three sons; Gary Lynn Manning, Galen Lee Manning, and David Layne Manning; along with their wives: Diane, Barbie, and De Manning; nine grandchildren, two step-grandchildren and three great-grandchildren as well as one brother, Rex Manning, one sister, Madge McGrew and a niece, Glenna Barnes, who was raised as a sister following the death of her mother, Geraldine. Walter was preceded in death by his parents, five sisters: Geraldine Robinson, Hazel Smith, Nell Nichols, and twin infant sisters, Shirley and Shelly Manning.
Walter grew up during difficult times when horses and buggies were commonplace and hard physical work was the rule. During World War II, he proudly served his country as an airplane mechanic in the Army Air Force, European theater. Following the war, he returned home and married Oneeta Youngs on January 29, 1948. He then resumed farming on land he purchased on Carr Branch, Cowskin Prairie. In 1957, Walter and Oneeta returned to the family farm on Elk River which had been previously owned by his father, grandfather, and great-grandfather. Six generations of the Manning Family have now lived on that acreage which is listed as a 'Centennial Farm' by the State of Missouri.
Walter’s first love was always farming, but he was also employed for several years as a machinist at Boeing Aircraft in Wichita, KS. During the 1960s, he milled parts for the Saturn V booster rocket that carried the first astronaut to the moon. Walter concentrated on farming for the balance of his life and remained closely involved after he transferred the operation to his sons in the early 90s.
Walter has always been known throughout the community as a great historian with detailed stories from times past. Some of that history has been preserved in various newspaper articles and recordings, but sadly, a wonderful storyteller with a remarkable memory is gone.
Memorial services will be at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, March 19, 2005, at the Full Gospel Church, Southwest City, Missouri, with the Rev. Jeff Jones officiating. Burial will follow at the Manning Family Cemetery. Grandsons will serve as pallbearers.
Arrangements are under the personal care and direction of the Ellis Family Funeral Home, Grove, Oklahoma.
The family requests in lieu of flowers that memorials be directed to the American Cancer Society and St. John's Hospice.
LAVETA J. ROBERTS
1933-2005
MIAMI, Okla. - Laveta Roberts, age 72, died Sunday, March 13, 2005 in Joplin, Mo. The daughter of Roscoe and Echel (Plake) Hollis, she was born on Dececember 7, 1933 in Ottawa County, Okla.
Laveta married Jesse L. Roberts on June 14, 1951. They returned to the Miami area in 1977 from Colorado. She was a member of the Peoria Assembly of God Church near Miami.
Survivors include: husband, Jess Roberts of Miami; four children, Rick Roberts and wife, Jenean of Jay, Okla., Russ Roberts and wife, Leah of Fairbanks, Alaska; Ron Roberts and wife, Cyndi in Las Vegas, Nev.; and Rhonda Anderson and husband, Matt of Fairfield, Calif.; one sister, Barbara Jennings of Miami, Okla.; eleven grandchildren, Heather LeClair and husband, Chad, Brooke, Megan, Brandon, Derek, Dustin, and Jordan Roberts, Shelby, Jessica, Christian, and Andrew James Anderson; one great grandchild, Blake LaClair.
Visitation will be held on Wednesday, March 16, 2005 at 6 p.m. in the funeral home.
Funeral services
will be held at 1 p.m. on Thursday, March 17, 2005 in the Peoria Assembly of God Church. Interment will be in the Council House Cemetery.
Services are under the direction of Worley-Luginbuel Funeral Home in Grove, Okla.
GLENORA GRAY WHITE
1922-2005
GROVE, Okla. - Glendora Gray White, 83 year old Grove resident, passed away Fri., March 11 at the Grove Nursing Center following an extended illness.
Glendora was born Feb. 15, 1922 in Delaware County, Oklahoma to John E. England and Melinda (Summerfield) England. She was a graduate of Grove High School in Vinita. She was a full blood member of the Cherokee Nation.
Glendora was united in marriage to Roy Gray in June of 1945. He preceded her in death in 1969. She was then married to John White and later divorced. Her parents, one brother, Donald England and one sister, Lillian England also preceded her in death.
Surviving family members include: one daughter, Vivian Harris and husband Larry of Grove, four sons; Gene Gray and wife Sonya of Collinsville, Okla., Ron Gray and Gail of Collinsville, Carl Gray and wife Mary of Jay, Jim Gray and wife Edna o f Vinita, two sisters; Wanda Yeatman of Pryor, Okla., Charlene Prince of Oklahoma City, eleven grandchildren; Lisa Dollarhide, Keri Schumann, Cory Gray, Shelly, Carla, Steve, Gina Gray, Lori Sampson, Joni Lafluer, Bo Gray and Glenna Pittzer, and twenty-four great grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Tues., March 15 at the Butler Baptist Church, located south of Grove. Rev. Dolphus Blevins and Rev. John E. Butler will officiate. Interment will be in the Butler Cemetery.
For those wishing to send an online condolence, you may log on to: www.turnerfuneralchapels.com and click obituaries, the deceased name/send condolence.
Services were entrusted to Turner Funeral Chapel, 722 N.W. 46th St., Grove.
MILDRED J. SMOTHERS
1926 -2005
GROVE, Okla. - Mildred J. Smothers, 78, died Fri., March 11 at St. John’s Medical Center in Joplin, Mo.
Mildred June Smothers was born on May 22, 1926 in Garber, Okla. to James G. and Mirian (Dunlavy) Proffitt. She was a secretary for Jenks Public Schools and also worked for schools in Saudi Arabia and Morocco. Mildred loved to spend time with her family, enjoyed water skiing on Grand Lake, traveling, exploring, doing crafts and listening to music.
Survivors include her husband, Hugh; her children, Becke Kidwell of Grove, Neal Smothers of Mandiville, La., Peggy Smothers of Ruidoso, N.M. and Sunni Coombs of Bentonville, Ark.; one sister, Maurine Grahm of Sapulpa, Okla.; one brother, James Proffitt of Florida; and seven grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m., Tues., March 15 at First United Methodist Church, Grove, with Rev. Randy Hamill officiating. Interment will follow at Zena Cemetery.
Memorial contributions may be made to First United Methodist Church Recreation Center equipment.
Services are under the direction of Worley-Luginbuel Funeral Home, Jay.
ORVILLE MILLER
1919-2005
GROVE, Okla. - Orville Miller died Fri., March 11 at Integris Grove General Hospital in Grove at the age of 75.
Mr. Miller was born March 24, 1929 to Everett and Alma Miller of Blackwell, Okla. he served in the United States Army Air-Corps and the Air National Guard. He was in the National Guard in Wichita, Kan., for over 15 years. Mr. Miller worked at the Colbertson Funeral Home in Wichita; he operated heavy machinery at the McConnell Air Force Base in Wichita. He was in R.V. sales at Miller Custom Manufacturing, Wichita, and was also part owner of Sportsman Coach in Wellington, Kan.
At one time he was part owner of Mayflower Travel Trailers and most recently drove a truck for Foreign Cars Unlimited. After moving to Grove, in 1993 from Wichita, he worked as back up captain on the Cherokee Queen river boat. He was very active at the St. Elizabeth Catholic Church in Grove, a member of the Moose Lodge #2033, a member of the Knights of Columbus, and a Cherry Red volunteer at Grove General Hospital.
He married Alice Miller April 18, 1951 at St. Patrick Catholic Church in Kingman, Kan. She preceded him in death. He was also preceded in death by her two sisters, Edith Jones and June Russell and one brother, Glenn Miller. He married Lois June (Townsend) Miller Nov. 11, 995 at St. Elizabeth Catholic Church in Grove, she survives.
Additional survivors include two sons, Curtis Miller and wife Marcia and Mike Miller and wife Mary, all of Wichita. Step-children include Robert Kveurn of Burlson, Tex., Randy Kveurn of Reno, Nev., Sandra Strain of Batesville, Ark., Susan Franklin of Claremore, Okla., Willy Ng of Miami, Okla., and Kim Freeman of Picher, Okla. Three brothers, Harold R. Miller of Redlands, Calif., John E. Miller of Wichita, and Edward E. Miller of Grove. One sister, Virginia lee Denton of Sun City West., Ariz. Sixteen grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren.
Rosary services will be held at 7 p.m. Mon., March 14 at the Worley-Luginbuel Funeral Home in Grove. Funeral Mass will be at 11 a.m. Tues., March 15 at the St. Elizabeth Catholic Church, Grove.
A rosary and funeral mass will be held in Kansas as well. A rosary will be held 6 p.m. Wed., March 16 at the St. Cecilia Catholic Church in Haysville, Kan. Funeral Mass will be held at 10 a.m. Thurs., March 17 at the church. Interment will be at the Resurrection Cemetery in Wichita with military honors. Donations may be made to the St. Elizabeth Catholic Church building fund in Grove.
Services are under the direction of Worley-Lubinbuel Funeral Home in Grove, and Day Funeral Home in Wellington, Kan.
FREDA E. JACKSON
1917 - 2005
LEBANON, Mo. - Freda E. Jackson, 87, died Mon., March 14 at Christian Healthcare Lebanon South, Lebanon.
Freda was born Sept. 21, 1917 to Clyde Phebus and Susy Whipkey Phebus in Fairland, Okla.
She was a homemaker.
She is preceded in death by her parents, first husband, Roy Fisher; second husband, Milford Jackson; one son, Johnny Fisher; one brother, George Phebus; one sister, Lola Phebus; infant sister, Dorothy; and two infant granddaughters, Wynona and Sherry Harrill.
She is survived by three sons; Billy Fisher, Atlanta, Ga., Eddie Fisher, Bullhead City, Az., and Roy Fisher, Jr., Antioch, Calif.; three daughters, Patricia Harrill, Lebanon, Darlene Polly, Springfield, Mo., and Sarah Sue Channing, Dothan, Ala., two brothers Raymond Phebus, Grove, and Dale Phebus, Las Vegas, Nev., one sister, Aronda Scott, Blue Eye, Ark.., fourteen grandchildren, twenty-one great grandchildren and two great great grandchildren.
Visitation will be held in Lebanon Tues., March 15 from 6 to 7 pm.
Services will be held at Council House Friends Church, Wed., March 16 at 1 p.m. Pastor Chuck Townsend will officiate. Burial will follow in the Council House Cemetery.
Funeral directions are under the direction of Thieme-Shadel-Hicks Funeral Service at Colonial Chapel, Lebanon.
MAY ARLINE LAY
1915-2005
VINITA, Okla. - May Arline Lay, 89 year-old, long-time Vinita resident passed away early Sat., Mar. 12 at Craig General Hospital in Vinita. May was born Mar. 19, 1915 in Stockton, Mo., to Ora Lee Achord and Dulcie May (O’Conner) Achord. She was born-again Christian and attended Bunker Hill Baptist Church. May loved her family, her grandchildren, animals, especially horses. She was an avid baker and was known for her sour dough bread.
She married Howard Elmore Lay on Nov. 10, 1932 at the Craig County Courthouse, Vinita. He preceded her in death on Mar. 8, 1985. She was preceded in death by her sons Bub Lay, Bill Lay, infant son Howard Elmore Lay, Jr., and grandson David Lay. Brothers and sisters; Janie Lee Achord, John Rollo Achord, Nellie Dean Stup, Kenneth Ray Achord and Jackie Charles Achord.
May leaves as survivors her sons and daughter-in-law Jim and Sue Lay, Bunt and Beck Lay and daughter-in-law Diane Lay, all of Vinita. Also surviving are nine grandchildren, six great grand children. Five sisters; Marie Kheeland, Faye Kheeland, Mary Stemberger, Bobbie Hill and Pat Escovedo. One brother, Joe Achord. Special cousin Gene O’Conner and numerous nieces and nephews and a host of friends.
The family will gather at Burckhalter Funeral Home on Mon., March 14 from 7 to 8 p.m. to receive friends and relatives.
Funeral services will be held Tues., March 15 at 2 p.m. at Bunker Hill Baptist Church with Dr. Henry Haynes officiating. Interment is to follow at Scott Cemetery. Casket bearers will be Lowell Walker, Bryan Lay, Brent Lay, John Clark Lay, Todd Lay and Travis Gladney.
Arrangements are under the direction of Burckhalter Funeral Home, Vinita.
KYLE FLOYD BROWN
1921-2005
Kyle Floyd Brown, 84, of Colcord, Oklahoma, passed away Tuesday, March 29 at the Northwest Medical Center in Springdale, Arkansas.
Brown was born February 17, 1921 in Hunter, Kansas, a on of Floyd Acton Brown and Alida Petit Brown. He married the late Evelyn Brown, on May 26, 1947 in Siloam Springs, Arkansas; she preceded him in death in 2001. Brown graduated Magna Cum Laude in 1947 from John Brown University with a bachelor's degree in Dairy Science. He served in the Army Air Corps during World War II as a navigational instructor for pilots. After the war, he taught with the Veterans on the Farm training program, teaching veterans how to farm. He then began his own dairy farm near Colcord. He served on the Board of Directors for the Farmer's Co-Op in Siloam Springs, the board for the American Milk Producers, and on the council of American Soil Conservation through the Delaware County Extension Office. He was a member of the First Baptist Church of Kansas, Oklahoma, where he was a deacon and taught the Adult Men's Sunday School class for fifty years.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Evelyn Brown; two sons, Acton and Cecil Brown; and one grandson, Thomas Brown.
Survivors include two daughters, Talitha Lourie of Springdale, Arkansas, and Treva Malone of Muskogee, Oklahoma; two brothers, Dale Brown of Siloam Springs, Arkansas, and Orla Brown of McKinney, Texas; seven grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren.
Visitation will be held at the Backstrom-Pyeatte Funeral Home Chapel from 2-8 p.m. on Friday, April 1.
Services will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, April 2 at the First Baptist Church in Kansas, Oklahoma, with Rev. Jack Jones and Rev. John Crawley officiating. Burial will be conducted at the Kansas Cemetery under the direction of the Backstrom-Pyeatte Funeral Home of Siloam Springs.
