Jessie Faye Baker Johnson
Jessie Faye Baker Johnson was born on April 17, 1923 to Jess and Hattie May Middaugh Baker in Sulphur.
Mrs. Johnson passed away on March 18, 2001 in Boswell Memorial Hospital in Sun City, Ariz.
She was married to Louis Johnson on July 6, 1940. Louis and a son, Don, preceded her in death.
Mrs. Faye worked in the Morenci Post Office for 32 years retiring in 1981.
After retiring she and her husband lived in Atlanta, Austin, Ada and Davis, before moving to Phoenix in 1998 to live near her daughter, Deanna.
Deanna and her husband, John, a granddaughter, Natalie Scott and her husband, Gary Bechtol and a number of nieces and nephews, survive her.
Bertha Fay Sise
Services for Bertha Fay Sise, 82, were held Sunday, July 29, 2001, at 2:00 p.m. at the First Baptist Church in Davis with Rev. James Densman, Rev. Finis Steelman and Dr. David Eggenberg, officiating.
Interment was at the Green Hill Cemetery under the direction of Fox Funeral Home.
Mrs. Sise was born October 14, 1918 in Tishomingo to Rev. Otto and Clara (Mayes) Wade.
She died July 26, 2001 in Davis.
On December 26, 1933, she married Emmett Sise in Paul's Valley.
He preceded her in death in 1995.
Mrs. Sise was a homemaker until she started working as a nurse at Hale's Nursing Home in the early 1950's.
She was one of the First nurses employed at Arbuckle Hospital in 1961.
After working there for 10 years she began working at the Veterans Center and retired from there in 1979.
Later, she gave home care to many of the elderly in Murray County.
Mrs. Sise was a 23-year cancer survivor and was active in the "Relay For Life"
Mrs. Sise is survived by two daughters, Juanita Jones and her husband, Royce Dale, Davis, and Audrey Suge McCaskill Baugh and her husband, Ronnie, Davis; three grandchildren, Marita Jones Carver and her husband, Rick, Norman, Stan Jones and his wife, Daleen, Davis; Wade McCaskill and his wife, Kim, Davis; seven great grandchildren, Colton Carver, Rachel, Mackenzie, Hunter and Cooper Jones, and Ryder and Mavarick McCaskill; one sister Norene Morgan, Davis.
Pallbearers were Randy Moore, Red Reading, Buddy Vinyard, Jimmie Primrose, Dick Jones, and Billy Royce Kesler.
Lene Kesler
Services for Lene Kesler, 89, were held Tuesday, July 31, 2001 at 2:00 p.m. at the Cowley-Krien Funeral Chapel with Dan Clark officiating.
Interment was at the Oaklawn Cemetery under the direction of Cowley-Krien Funeral Home.
Mrs. Kesler was born December 22, 1911 in McMinnville, Tenn., to Thomas Wesley Bratcher and Donia Gribbles.
She died July 28, 2001.
On May 8, 1929, she married Lloyd David Kesler in Tishomingo.
Mrs. Kesler moved to Oklahoma at a very young age.
After she and Lloyd were married they lived in Wanette where all three of their children were born.
The couple lived for a short time in Paul's Valley then moved to Sulphur in 1948 where she lived the remainder of her life.
She was a very loving, wife, mother, and grandmother.
Mrs. Kesler is survived by her husband, Lloyd, of the home; two sons, L.D. Kesler and his wife, Doris, and Royce Kesler and his wife, Zelma, all of Sulphur; one daughter, Shirley Biggers and her husband, Mickey, Bethany; eight grandchildren, Ronnie Kesler, Ricky Kesler, Lisa McDonald, Becky Doty and Gary Kesler, all of Sulphur, Larry Kesler, Del City, and Candi and Mike Biggers, Oklahoma City; 11 great grandchildren; two sisters-in-law, Virginia Bratcher, Sulphur and Minnie Bratcher, Ozark, Ark.; and many nieces and nephews.
Mrs. Kesler was preceded in death by her parents; four brothers, LeRoy (Doc), Eylus, Lidge, and Robert (Abb) Bratcher; two sisters, Bertha Passons and Clara Gribble
Pallbearers were Ronnie Kesler, Ricky Kesler, Larry Kesler, Gary Kesler, Michael Biggers and Bryan McDonald.
Honorary pallbearers were Kris Kesler, Chad Kesler, Aaron Kesler, Drew McDonald and Brandon McDonald.
Robert B. Greenlaw
Memorial services were held for Robert B. Greenlaw, 65, Saturday, July 28, 2001 at the Fox Funeral Chapel, with Rev. Eddie Malphurs officiating.
Mr. Greenlaw was born October 2, 1935 in Ridgewood, N.J. to Herbert and Carolyn Bryson Greenlaw.
He died July 24, 2001 in Sulphur.
On April, 4 1964 he married Elsa Hoglund in New Jersey.
Mr. Greenlaw was a geology major at the University of Virginia and after further study worked as a cartographer and later as a quality control and engineering lab manger.
He also worked in the fields of gas chromatography, as well as working with fluid power, hydraulics and electronics.
He enjoyed classical music and jazz. His hobbies included photography, geology and fossil collecting.
He also enjoyed the study of astronomy, ancient world history and especially American history.
His study of the Bible was extensive often referencing Biblical Hebrew.
Mr. Greenlaw is survived by his wife, Elsa, of the home, one son and daughter-in-law, William and Davina Greenlaw, Frisco, Texas and two grandsons, Hunter and Connor.
He is also survived by his mother, Carolyn Greenlaw and a step-grandson, Preston Crumpton.
