OBITUARIES

Randy Sue Chaney

Randy Sue Chaney

Dec 21, 2021

Service for Randy Chaney will be 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, December 28, 2021 at MMS-Payne Funeral Home Chapel, burial will follow at Oakhaven Memorial Gardens. Friends may visit at the funeral home on Monday, December 27, from 1pm-5pm. Randy Sue (Burd) Chaney was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma on December 29, 1947 to Everett and Hattie Mabel Burd. Randy went to be...

Dustin Michael Tucker

Dustin Michael Tucker

Dec 20, 2021

Funeral service for Dustin Tucker will be held, 11:00 a.m. Monday, January 3, 2022 at Cedar Point Church. Burial will follow at Wards Grove Cemetery. Dustin Micheal Tucker passed away on Monday, December 20, 2021 at the age of 31. The son of Jeremy Barbee and Lena (Tucker) Leach was born February 7th, 1990 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He was raised...

Darrill Gene Scott

Darrill Gene Scott

Dec 17, 2021

Funeral service for Darrill Scott will be 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, December 22, 2021, at Eastern Hills Baptist Church, Claremore. Burial will follow at Woodlawn Cemetery. Visitation will be at MMS-Payne Funeral Home on Tuesday, December 21, from 1-7 p.m.; family will greet friends from 5-7 p.m. Darrill Gene Scott was born June 7, 1962 in Muskogee, Oklahoma, to Donny and...

Helen Regina Riffe

Helen Regina Riffe

Dec 11, 2021

Graveside service for Helen Riffe will be 11:00 a.m., Wednesday, December 22, 2021 at Tyrone Cemetery, Tyrone, Oklahoma. Friends may visit at the funeral home on Sunday, December 19, from 1pm-6pm, with family receiving visitors from 4pm-6pm. A memorial Service for Helen will be 10:00 a.m., Monday, January 10, 2022 at First Baptist Church. Helen Regina (Bonner) Riffe went to...

Kenneth Alvin Davis

Kenneth Alvin Davis

Dec 11, 2021

Graveside for Kenneth Alvin Davis will be 3:00 p.m., Thursday, December 16, 2021 at Oakhaven Memorial Gardens, Claremore. Kenneth passed away at his home in Florida on Saturday, December 11, 2021. He was 74. Born July 1, 1947 in Deridder, Louisiana, to Glenmo Davis and Hazel (Shores) Davis, Ken attended schools in Shreveport. He joined the Navy following his high...

Margaret Ann Murawski

Margaret Ann Murawski

Dec 11, 2021

Margaret Ann “Peggy” Murawski 82, of Claremore passed away Saturday December 11, 2021. She was born in Housatonic, Massachusetts January 9, 1939 to Stephen and Rita Boldyga. Peggy was the oldest and only girl out of 3 children. She graduated Valedictorian from high school in 1956. After graduating, she attended St Luke School of Nursing where she graduated in 1958,...

Kathern Marie Tackett-Williams

Kathern Marie Tackett-Williams

Dec 9, 2021

Kathern “Kathy” Williams of Catoosa, Nurse for OU Pediatric Clinic in Tulsa for 37 ½ years, went to be with The Lord Thursday, Dec 9, 2021. Kathern Marie Williams was born in Haskell Oklahoma on November 24, 1952, to James and Minnie Tackett. Kathy was the 3rd of 4 children, Siblings are Ron Tackett, Brenda Caudle and Beverly Seabourne. Kathy...

Ed Meacham

Ed Meacham

Dec 9, 2021

Service for Ed Meacham will be 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, December 14, 2021 at Redeemer Lutheran Church; burial will follow at Woodlawn Cemetery, under the direction of MMS-Payne Funeral Home. Friends may visit at the funeral home on Monday, December 13, 2021, from 1pm-8pm, with family receiving visitors from 6 pm-8 pm. Ed Meacham passed away at his home on December...

Janice Maxine Woodson

Janice Maxine Woodson

Dec 9, 2021

Service for Janice Maxine Woodson will be 10:00 a.m., Tuesday, December 14, 2021 at Riverview Baptist Church, Bixby; burial will be at 2:00 p.m., at Woodlawn Cemetery. Janice Woodson passed away on December 9, 2021. She was 81. Born August 24, 1940 in Catoosa, Oklahoma to Leonard Vic Gable and Thema Irene (Piguet) Gable, Janice attended school in Claremore, graduating...

Beulah Irene Harris

Beulah Irene Harris

Dec 7, 2021

Irene Harris was born in Seattle Washington on October 24, 1931 to Richard and Bertha Smith. The youngest of three children, the family moved to the Seattle suburbs of Ballard and later Edmonds, Washington to accommodate Irene’s love of horses and dreams of owning one. Irene was an excellent student and talented musician as a child, graduating from high school...

Leon Riley Dawson

Leon Riley Dawson

Dec 4, 2021

Services for Leon R. Dawson will be 10:00 a.m. Thursday December 9th, 2021 at the Assembly of god Church in Chelsea, Oklahoma. Leon Dawson,81, died Saturday, December 4th, 2021 at the Oklahoma Heart Institute in Tulsa, Ok. He was born on July 18th, 1940 in Coodys Bluff, Oklahoma the son of HArvey William Dawson and Thelma G. Odle. He married...

Sharion Ellen Hicks

Sharion Ellen Hicks

Dec 4, 2021

Sharion Ellen Hicks was born on Sept. 28, 1947 in Ponca City, OK along with her twin brother Marion Neighbors. She went to meet her Lord & Savior on Dec. 4, 2021 at the age of 74. She spent her early childhood in Hominy, OK before moving to Tulsa, OK where she graduated from McClain High School in Tulsa with...

Samantha Lee Woodall

Samantha Lee Woodall

Dec 2, 2021

Funeral service for Samantha Woodall will be held 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, December 8, 2021 at First Baptist Church of Inola. In honor of Samantha's bright life the family request everyone wear bright colors to her service. Burial will follow at the Choteau West Cemetery. Samantha Lee Woodall was passed away on December 2nd, 2021 at the age of 22. The...

Gary Casto Knight

Gary Casto Knight

Nov 29, 2021

Services for Gary Casto Knight will be at 2:00pm on Thursday, December 9, 2021 at Sequoyah Baptist Church (Sequoyah) 16451 OK-66, Claremore, OK 74017. Gary passed away unexpectedly at his home in Owasso on Monday, November 29, 2021. He was 63 years old. Gary was born on December 20, 1957 in Bartlesville, OK to Coleman Knight and Laddie Moore-Knight. Gary...

Georgia Ann Fleeger

Georgia Ann Fleeger

Nov 29, 2021

Graveside service for Georgia Ann Fleeger will be 2:00 p.m., Thursday, December 2, 2021 at Memorial Park Cemetery. Friends may visit at the funeral home on Wednesday, December 1 from 2pm-8pm, with family receiving visitors from 6pm-8pm. Georgia passed away peacefully at home surrounded by family on Monday morning November 29, 2021. She was 85. Georgia was born November 16,...

Lee Ray Shouse

Lee Ray Shouse

Nov 29, 2021

Funeral service for Chelsea resident Lee Shouse will be 10:00 a.m. Friday, December 3 at Chelsea First Baptist Church. Burial will follow at Chelsea Cemetery. Visitation will be 1-8 p.m. Thursday, December 2 at Chelsea Funeral Home and Cremation Service. Family will greet friends from 5-7 p.m. Lee passed away at his home in Chelsea on Monday, November 29, 2021....

Billie Sue Green

Billie Sue Green

Nov 27, 2021

A Memorial Service will be held at the First Baptist Church in Chelsea on Friday, December 3, 2021 at 2:00 p.m. Billie was born to Bruce and Reba Martin October 11, 1942. She attended Charleston Public Schools and graduated in the class of 1961. One evening at a Football game in Charleston she met the love of her life, Tom...

Naomi Lynch

Naomi Lynch

Nov 23, 2021

Naomi Hallyjane Layton was born on March 29, 1934 to Clarence E. And Ruth A. (Atkins) Layton in Vinita, Oklahoma. She grew up on a farm on the Rogers/Nowata County line northwest of Chelsea and attended Chelsea Public Schools where she was a studious academic. During World War II, her father ran the Gano Oil Company Station in Chelsea while...

Michael Andrew Massey

Michael Andrew Massey

Nov 20, 2021

Memorial service for Michael Andrew Massey will be 4:30 p.m., Tuesday, November 23, 2021 at MMS-Payne Funeral Home Chapel. Michael passed away on Saturday, November 20, 2021. He was 67. Michael Andrew Massey was born December 30, 1953 in Charleston, West Virginia to Bobby Gene and Wanda Lee (Hornsby) Massey. He grew up and received his education in Seth, Virginia,...

Thelma JoAnn Smith

Thelma JoAnn Smith

Nov 20, 2021

November 20, 2021, surrounded by her family, Thelma JoAnn Smith was reunited with the love of her life, Hal Leroy Smith, who preceded her in death. She leaves behind her son Christopher and his wife Michelle, and their children Jacob, Allison and Mason; Son Virgil, his daughter Sydni and husband Colton Failing and her first great grandchild, Paige. Thelma JoAnn...