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Benjamin Allen Cuccio Foster
Benjamin Allen Cuccio Foster, infant son of Joan Fay
Cuccio and Morris Foster, passed away February 2, 2004 at Norman
Regional Hospital. No services are scheduled at this time.
Arrangements are under the direction of Havenbrook Funeral Home
in Norman.
Benjamin was preceded in death by his maternal grandmother,
Sue Cuccio and paternal grandfather Wade Foster. He is survived by
his parents of the home; sister, Emma Grace Cuccio Foster, of the
home; maternal grandparents, Allen “B. J.” & Lou Cuccio of
Norman; paternal grandmother, Mary Alice Foster of Stillwater;
Aunt, Anne Cuccio of Norman and Uncle, Clay Foster of Olympia,
Washington.
“Tommie” Bannie Jo Heard
“Tommie” Bannie Jo Heard, age 93, passed
away February 15th, 2004 at Presbyterian
Hospital after a short illness. The family is
forever grateful for the wonderful caregivers who
made her life so much better during the last few
years. Tommie was born March 2nd, 1910 in
Corley, Oklahoma to Joseph Bannister & Martha
Altah Winn. She was one of eleven children.
She and nine of her siblings would become
public school teachers. She attended Horace
Mann High School in Ada and graduated from East Central College
in 1932 with a double major in English and Spanish. On April 18,
1942 she married William Wesley Heard in Norman, Oklahoma.
Tommie gave birth to twin daughters, Wanda Kay & Linda Sue, the
first twins to be born at Norman Hospital on March 18, 1943. Then
on March 25, 1946 she gave birth to Warren Edward in Lawton Ok.
Tommie had a servant’s heart and many friends enjoyed gifts of
cakes, canned jellies and other goodies. She also gave the gift of song
by teaching her children to sing three part harmony with a friend
when the twins were five years old. She would take the children to
sing for those who were home bound or in the hospital. Tommie was
also an accomplished seamstress. She learned of a latent gift for
painting when she was in her early seventies. She entered her first
painting at the Oklahoma State Fair and won a blue ribbon. She was
a dedicated Christian and was a member of the Western Hills Church
of Christ in Lawton, OK. She taught elementary school in Geronimo,
OK. She also taught elementary school at Sullivan Village, and Park
Lane in the Lawton School District. She was preceded in death by
her parents, nine of her brothers and sisters, husband William Wesley
Heard, and her son-In law James Robert Moore. She is survived by
her sister Jewell Jane Nelson, three children Linda Brumley and her
husband David of Hamilton Alabama, Wanda Moore of Colorado
Springs, Colorado, Warren Heard and his wife Marilynn of Moore,
Oklahoma, her grandchildren, Kayrn Brumley, Murfreesboro, TN,
Dave Brumley and his wife Joy of Muscle Shoals, AL, Tammy Moore
Sellers and her husband Steve of Coatsville, IN, Chris Moore, April
Moore Stark and her husband David, Aaron Moore and his wife
Shannon, Heidi Moore Shockley and her husband Erich, all of
Colorado Springs, CO, Titus Heard of Los Angeles, CA, Matthew
Heard, Holly Heard Sangree and her husband Christian, Levi Heard,
Micah Heard, and Benjamin Heard, all of Oklahoma City. Tommie
is also survived by ten great grandchildren and many nieces and
nephews.
Funeral Services will be held at 10:00 A.M., Thursday,
February 19, 2004 at Western Hills Church , 401 SW. 44th in
Oklahoma City. Graveside Services will follow at 3:00 P.M.,
Thursday at the Flower Mound Cemetery in Lawton, Oklahoma.
Services are under the direction of Havenbrook Funeral Home of
Norman, Oklahoma.
She would want us to include a footnote. “By hook or
by crook”, she beat the whole lot of them regularly at canasta.
Forrest Herron, Jr.
Forrest Herron, Jr., 79, of Norman,
Oklahoma died Saturday, February 28,
2004, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
Funeral Services will be held at 2:00 p.m.,
Wednesday, March 3, 2004, at the
Havenbrook Funeral Home Chapel in
Norman, Oklahoma with Reverend Joe
Handcock officiating. Interment
will
follow at the Norman IOOF Cemetery in
Norman with full Military Honors.
Services are under the direction of
Havenbrook Funeral Home of Norman.
Mr. Herron was born August 6, 1924, to Forrest, Sr. and
Grethel Vanbibber Herron in Moon, Oklahoma and grew up in
Norman. He served in the Navy during WWII and was on active duty
in the South Pacific. After leaving the Navy, he enlisted in the
National Guard and later joined th Air Force, where he served in the
Korean Conflict. Forrest was stationed at Randolf A. F. B., Texas
when ordered to Vietnam in June of 1965, on Special Assignment,
where he served as supply Sergeant for Military Assistance Command
under General Westmorland. He was wounded in January of 1966,
when a terrorist bomb exploded in Saigon for which he received the
Purple Heart. He retired in 1973, as SMSGT from the Air Force.
Mr. Herron was preceded in death by his parents; and a
brother, Lewis Herron. He is survived by three sons, David Herron,
James Herron and Jon Herron; two brothers, Marcus Harron and wife,
Neva, of Oklahoma City, OK and Lawrence Harron and wife, Carole,
of Newton, KS; one sister, Ethel Milley, of Albuquerque, N.M.; a
double cousin, Zenora Drdman and husband, of Chandler AZ and
many nieces and nephews.
Neil McPherson
Neil McPherson, 85, of Norman,
Oklahoma, died Monday, February 2, 2004, in
Norman, Oklahoma. Funeral Services will be
held at 2:00 P.M., Thursday, February 5, 2004
at Immanuel Baptist Church, 210 S. Cockrel in
Norman with Reverend Ken Huddleston
officiating. Interment will follow at the Hillside
Cemetery in Purcell, Oklahoma. Services are under the direction of
Havenbrook Funeral Home of Norman, Oklahoma.
Mr. McPherson was born December 3, 1918 in Wayne,
Oklahoma, to L.F. and Evie (Sanderson) McPherson. He graduated
from Washington High School. He worked for American Iron for
twenty-three years and then with the Federal Aviation Administration
in Oklahoma City until 1984. Mr. McPherson was a veteran of
World War II serving with the U.S. Army Air Corp Mr. McPherson
was preceded in death by his parents, L.F. and Evie McPherson; two
brothers, Ray of Paris, Arkansas, and Lynn of Wolforth, Texas; and
two sisters, Merlene Waggoner of Blanchard and Mae Staggs of
Washington, Oklahoma. Survivors include his wife, Nona of the
home; two daughters, Jan Evanoff of Phoenix, Arizona and Nora
Emery of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; two brothers, Gene McPherson
of Goldsby, Oklahoma and Leon McPherson of Norman; five
grandchildren; eleven great-grandchildren; and a number of nephews,
nieces and many friends.
Billie Adell Riddell
Billie Adell Riddell, 70, of Noble,
Oklahoma, died Sunday, February 15,
2004 in Noble, Oklahoma. Funeral
Services will be held at 2:00 P.M.,
Thursday, February 19, 2004 at
Havenbrook Funeral Home Chapel with
WHO officiating. Interment will follow
at the Sunset Memorial Park Cemetery in
Norman, Oklahoma. Pallbearers are
James Johnson, Lionel Mullins, Randall
Johnson, Padrick Johnson, Kyle Turner and Ryan Thomas. Services
are under the direction of Havenbrook Funeral Home of Norman,
Oklahoma.
Mrs. Riddell was born January 2, 1934 in Oklahoma City,
Oklahoma, to Sidney and Odessa Lankford. She married James
Riddell on March 13, 1964 in Huntington Beach, California. Mrs.
Riddell was self-employed as a bookkeeper for a number of years.
She was a member of the Moose Lodge in Norman and served
previously on the Board of Trustees for the City of Noble. M r s .
Riddell was preceded in death by her parents, husband, one daughter
and son, and brother. Survivors include two sons, Farriel Thomas Jr.
of Noble, OK and Randall Scott Thomas of New Mexico; three
daughters, Billie Frances Popso and husband, Joseph of Florence,
NJ., Jane Ann Hall and husband, Gary of Stuttgart, AR; and Shannon
Johnson of Ft. Worth, TX; sister, Dorothy Day of California; three
brothers, Doyle Day of Moore, OK; Tommy Day and Danny Day; and
fifteen grandchildren and thirteen great-grandchildren.
