OBITUARIES
Davey Jon Kiger
Jan 26, 2017
Funeral Service for Davey Jon Kiger was 1:00 p.m. Tuesday, January 31, 2017, at the Chelsea Memorial United Methodist Church with Bro. Stephen Posey officiating. Burial followed at Chelsea Cemetery under the direction of the Chelsea Funeral Home & Cremation Service. Davey passed away Thursday, January, 26, 2017 at the age of 68. The son of Clarence William "P.I." and...
Betty Sue Lowery
Jan 26, 2017
Service for Betty Sue Lowery was 2:00 p.m., Wednesday, February 1, 2017 at Chelsea Funeral Home Chapel. Burial followed at Chelsea Cemetery. Betty passed away on Thursday January 26, 2017 at Hillcrest Hospital in Tulsa. She was 68. Born May 16, 1948 in Chelsea, to Hillard and Charlotte (McGhee) Terry, Betty graduated from Chelsea High School. She worked as a...
Billy Leroy Patton
Jan 22, 2017
Services for Billy Leroy Patton were 1:00 p.m. Thursday, January 26, 2017. at the House of Prayer. Pastor Lynn Jones officiated. Burial followed at Wards Grove Cemetery under the direction of MMS-Payne Funeral Home & Cremation Service. Billy Leroy Patton entered Heaven’s gates on January 22, 2017 at the age of 73. He was born July 1, 1943 to Charley...
Carol Janet Thurman
Jan 22, 2017
Memorial service for Carol Janet Thurman was 1 pm, Saturday, January 28, 2017 at Lifechanger Church in Claremore. Pastor Ted Estes officiated. Carol passed away on January 22, 2017 at the age of 74. Carol Thurman was born to Joseph Houston and Pearl Wilson Houston on November 20, 1942, in Tulsa, Oklahoma.She was raised by her parents in the Turley...
Randy Harrell
Jan 20, 2017
Randy passed away on Friday, January 20, 2017 at OSU Medical Center in Tulsa. Services are pending.
Edith Louise Kindley
Jan 20, 2017
Edith Louise Kindley passed away on Friday, January 20, 2017 at St. Francis Hospital. She was 77. Services will be 10:00a.m., Tuesday, January 24, 2017 at Trinity Baptist Church, Inola, Oklahoma, burial will follow at Highland Cemetery. Friends may visit at the funeral home on Monday, January 23, from 2pm--7pm, family will receive visitors from 5pm-7pm. Memorials may be made...
Olive Loraine Stanley
Jan 19, 2017
Service for Olive Loraine Stanley was 10:30a.m., Monday, January 23, 2017 at MMS-Payne Funeral Home Chapel. Burial was at 4:00p.m., at Pryor Cemetery in Stewart, Oklahoma. Olive passed away on Thursday, January 19, 2017 at Claremore Nursing Home. She was 100. Olive was born February 22, 1916 in Blossom, Texas to William Carrol and Dorcus Minerva (Addy) Watson. She married...
Glen Douglas Barger
Jan 19, 2017
Glen Douglas Barger passed away at St. John Medical Center Thursday, January 19, 2017 with his family by his side. He was 67. Private family services are planned for a later date.
Marilyn Kay Cummins
Jan 15, 2017
Funeral service for Marilyn Kay Cummins will be held 10:00 a.m. Friday, January 20, 2017 at the Inola First United Methodist Church. Pastor Max Adams will officiate. Burial will follow at Highland Cemetery under the direction of the Inola Funeral Home & Crematory. The daughter of Joe Frank and Maxine Cupp Cummins was born August 7, 1948 in Inola. She...
Dorothy Lee Bump
Jan 14, 2017
Funeral service for Dorothy Lee Bump will be held 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, January 19, 2017 at the MMS-Payne Funeral Home Chapel. Pastor Jack DaMico will officiate. Dorothy passed away on Saturday, January 14, 2017 at the age of 78. The daughter of Henry W. and Hazel Eagleton Sumter was born March 1, 1938 in Claremore, Oklahoma. She was raised...
Larry Farnum
Jan 12, 2017
Service for Larry Farnum is scheduled for 2:00 pm on Tuesday January 17th, 2017, at the 1st Baptist Church of Oologah, with MMS – Payne Funeral Home officiating. Larry retired from OXY USA, Cities Service Oil & Gas Co in 1989, after holding various management positions in Information Technology. Larry is survived by his wife of 39 years, Joyce Farnum;...
Alice Frazier
Jan 12, 2017
Funeral service for Alice Dorothy Frazier will be held 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, January 17, 2017 at the Chelsea Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow at White Oak Cemetery. Alice passed away on Thursday, January 12, 2017 at the age of 82. The daughter of John and Maggie Dallas Buffington was born October 2, 1934 in Lucien, Oklahoma. At a very...
A. C. Harrell
Jan 9, 2017
Augustus Clarence (A.C.) Harrell, Jr. was born on August 3, 1925 to Beulah Edith Cobbler Harrell and Augustus Clarence (Gus) Harrell Sr. in Tulsa, Oklahoma at home. The oldest of five, A.C. enjoyed playing sports growing up and excelled in baseball and basketball and graduated from Will Rogers High School in Tulsa, Oklahoma in 1943. Following graduation A.C. enlisted in...
Benae Phillips
Jan 7, 2017
Bara Benae Phillips was born June 6, 1951 in Tulsa Oklahoma to J.T. and Juna Phillips departed this life on January 7, 2017. Her early education was at Oliver Wendell Holmes school in Tulsa, OK. When her family moved to a small ranch in Rogers County she attended elementary school at Justus and Claremore High School. She was very active...
Bobby Vernon Hughes
Jan 6, 2017
Bobby V. Hughes, longtime Tulsa area resident, died peacefully and surrounded by family on Jan. 6 at St. John Hospital after a lengthy battle with Wegener’s Disease. He was 79. A native of Chelsea, he started a career in the newspaper business, working at the weekly Chelsea Reporter while still in high school. After graduation from Chelsea High School he...
James Estes
Jan 5, 2017
Memorial service for James Michael " Mike" Estes will be 2:00p.m., Thursday, January 12, 2017 at MMS-Payne Funeral Home Chapel. Mike passed away on Thursday, January 5, 2017 at Integris Baptist Hospital in Oklahoma City, OK. Mike was born on December 5, 1948 in Nevada, Missouri to Dorothy Louise Estes, and during his infancy, moved to Chelsea, OK, where he...
James Allen Cantrell Jr.
Jan 5, 2017
Memorial services for James Allen Cantrell, Jr. will be 10:00a.m., Wednesday, January 11, 2017 at First United Methodist Church. Dr. Ray Crawford will share words of comfort. James passed away on Thursday, January 5, 2017 at Brookdale Nursing Home in Tulsa. He was 88. Born August 13, 1928 in Allewe, Oklahoma to James Allen Cantrell, Sr. and Lucy Cordelina (Wilson)...
Mark Allen Illingsworth
Jan 4, 2017
Graveside service for Mark Allen Illingsworth will be 10:00a.m., Tuesday, January 10, 2017 at Chelsea Cemetery. Friends may visit at MMS-Payne Funeral Home in Claremore on Monday, January 9, from 1pm--8pm. Mark passed away on Wednesday, January 4, 2017 at his home in Tulsa. Born in Tulsa, Oklahoma on August 8, 1958 to Earl Harvey and Betty Lois(Purdom) Illingsworth, Mark...
Jerry Lee Douglas
Dec 31, 2016
Funeral service for Jerry Lee Douglas will be held on Friday, January 6, 2017 at the First Baptist Church of Chelsea at 2:00 pm. Burial will follow at the Chelsea Cemetery under the direction of the Chelsea Funeral Home & Cremation Service. Visitation will be held on Thursday, January 5, 2017 at the Chelsea Funeral Home Chapel. Family will greet...
Kellye C. Prout
Dec 31, 2016
Service for Kellye C. (Quinton) Prout will be 1pm, Monday, January 9, 2017 at MMS-Payne Funeral Home Chapel. Friends may visit at the funeral home on Sunday, January 8 from 12pm--2pm. Kellye passed away on Saturday, December 31, 2016 at Hillcrest Hospital in Claremore. She was 49. Born at the old Franklin Hospital, in Claremore, on August 29, 1967 to...