OBITUARIES
Norman Lester Jones
Jul 22, 2021
Memorial service for Claremore resident, Norman Lester Jones will be 11 a.m. Tuesday, July 27, 2021 at MMS-Payne Funeral Home Chapel in Claremore. He passed away at Mercy Hospital in Springfield, MO on July 22, 2021. He was 64 years old. Norman Lester Jones, the son of Frank Lester Jones and Norma Ruth (Nelms) Casey, was born in Tulsa on...
Ted Eugene Steidley
Jul 21, 2021
Ted Steidley passed away on July 21, 2021 He was 83 years old. Ted was born to Theodore and Edna Steidley in Tiawah, Ok. Ted attended Washington Schools, Tiawah Schools, Macintosh Schools and Claremore Schools growing up. After his school years he helped his parents on the family farm and mowed lawns. Over the years he worked at Jack Kissee...
Morgan Dowell
Jul 18, 2021
Service for Grady Morgan Dowell will be 2:00 p.m., Thursday, July 22, 2021 at First United Methodist Church, burial will follow at Woodlawn Cemetery. Friends may visit at the funeral home on Wednesday, July 21 from 2pm-8pm, family will receive visitors from 6pm-8pm. Morgan passed away on Sunday, July 18, 2021. He was 61. Born January 2, 1960 in Claremore,...
Paul Arthur Renaud
Jul 16, 2021
Paul Arthur Renaud passed away on July 16, 2021. He was 89 years old. Paul was born in New Bedford, Massachusetts on August 16th, 1931.He attended St. Anthony Schools in New Bedford. Paul felt that he needed to serve his country and stopped going to school and enlisted in the Army 1948-1952 during the Korean War. He also served in...
Betty Jo Adams
Jul 12, 2021
Graveside service for Betty Jo Adams will be 10:00 a.m., Friday, July 16, 2021 at Oakhaven Memorial Gardens. Betty passed away on Monday, July 12th, 2021. She was 92. Betty Jo Adams was born July 21, 1928 in Celestine, Oklahoma to Jacob F. and Ora (Hodges) Smart, she was one of nine children. On December 20, 1942 she married Beecher...
Mary Lu Bible
Jul 12, 2021
Mary Lu Bible went to be with her Lord and Savior on July 12th with her beloved family by her side at the age of 77. Mary Lu was born on January 29, 1944 to George T., Jr. and Lilly Louise (Morrison) Jarvis. She attended Whitehill and Chelsea Schools, graduating with the CHS class of 1962. On August 24, 1962...
Judy Ladonna Crane
Jul 11, 2021
Judy Ladonna Crane passed away on July 11, 2021 She was 79 years old. Judy was born to Walter and Annabelle (McQueen) Crisp in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Judy and her family moved to Lake Texoma for a couple of years before they planted their roots in Chouteau, Oklahoma. Judy attended Chouteau Public Schools until the 9th grade Shortly after high school...
Thomas Jefferson "Tom" Morgan
Jul 11, 2021
Service for Thomas Jefferson "Tom" Morgan will be 2:00 p.m., Friday, July 16, 2021 at MMS-Payne Funeral Home Chapel, burial will follow at Oakhaven Memorial Gardens. Friends may visit at the funeral home on Thursday, July 15 from 2pm-8pm, with family receiving visitors from 6pm-8pm. Tom passed away on Sunday, July 11, 2021. He was 94. Thomas Jefferson Morgan was...
Frances S. Moore
Jul 9, 2021
Service for Frances S. Moore will be 10:30am, Tuesday, July 13, 2021 at North Park Trinity Baptist Church, burial will follow at Woodlawn Cemetery. Friends may visit at the funeral home on Monday, July 12 from 2pm-8pm, with family receiving visitors from 6pm-8pm. Frances passed away on Friday, July 9, 2021 with family by her side. She was 99. Service...
Murry Wayne Estabrook
Jul 9, 2021
Memorial service for Murry Wayne Estabrook, Sr. will be 10:00 a.m. Saturday, July 24, 2021 at Claremore First United Methodist Church. Visitation will be at MMS-Payne Funeral Home on Friday, July 23, 2021 from 6-8 p.m. Murry was born May 3, 1951 In Muscatine, Iowa, to Murry Alfred Estabrook and Virginia Nadine Estabrook. In 1968, he met the love of...
Edward Eugene Barbee
Jul 7, 2021
Edward Eugene Barbee passed away on July 7th, 2021 at St. Johns Hospital in Tulsa at the age of 76. The son of Cecil and Reba Madden Barbee was born November 13th, 1944in Hoyt, Oklahoma. Around the age of 7 Ed and his family moved Rogers county just outside of Catoosa. He would later attend Verdigris and Catoosa schools. In...
Myrtle Alene Binam
Jul 6, 2021
A graveside service will be held at the Chouteau Cemetery in Chouteau, Oklahoma on Friday at 10:00a.m. Myrtle Alene Binam was born February 27, 1932, in Inola, Oklahoma , to Willis and Grace Honeycutt. She passed peacefully with her children by her side, at the age of 89 on July 6, 2021. She was raised on a farm in Inola...
M.C. Morgan
Jul 2, 2021
M.C. Morgan was born to Lesley and Dove Ann (Winters) Morgan on January 6, 1928 on the family farm in Barber, Arkansas. There he grew up and attended school in a one room school house. After school he worked and took care of the family farm until he moved to Claremore, Oklahoma to work delivering Ice in the 1940s. During...
Wanda Verdell Stokes
Jun 30, 2021
Wanda Verdell Stokes passed away peacefully on June 30, 2021. She was 93 years old. Verdell was born in Seminole, Oklahoma to William Everett Flood and Augusta Elizabeth (Mozier) Flood. Growing up, Verdell and her family moved around Oklahoma in many different towns before settling down in Tulsa, Oklahoma. There she attended Cherokee Public Schools. Verdell had a passion for...
Dwayne Lee Hurst
Jun 28, 2021
Dwayne Lee Hurst passed away on June 28, 2021. He was 55 years old. Dwayne was born to Bennett Ocie Hurst and Terry Lynn Hurst in Glendale, Arizona. Not long after he was born, the family moved to Claremore, Oklahoma where they planted their roots and raised their family. Dwayne attended Sequoyah Public Schools, where he played football and competed...
James Leon Baldwin
Jun 23, 2021
Funeral service for James Baldwin will be 1:00 p.m., Wednesday, June 39, 2021 at First Baptist Church, Inola, Oklahoma. Friends may visit at the funeral home on Tuesday, June 29 from 2pm -8pm, with family receiving visitors from 6pm-8pm. James Leon Baldwin passed from his earthly life and into his heavenly home on Wednesday, June 23rd, 2021 at the age...
Jay "J.D." Denver Williams
Jun 22, 2021
Jay Denver Williams peacefully departed this earth on June 22, 2021, surrounded by loved ones. Jay was born in Inola, OK on July 27, 1949 to Stella (Williams) Whitten and Jim Williams, both of which have preceded him in death. He spent most of his life “fixing” things. From lawnmowers to heavy equipment, he could make just about anything run...
Leonard Leon Yates
Jun 22, 2021
Lenny passed from this life on June 22, 2021 at the age of 67. The son of Leon and Elaine Yates was born on October 10, 1953 in Wagner, OK. Leonard attended Justus and Claremore Schools. On May 25, 1973 he married the love of his life, Ellen Ivon Kizer. They made their home in Claremore. From reading electric meters,...
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