Parker Shay Noland
A private family graveside service was held at 10:00 a.m. at Swan Hill Cemetery, Ada on Tuesday, April 6 for Parker Shay Noland, infant daughter of Micah and Chrissy Noland, Davis.
Arrangements were made under the direction of Krien Funeral Home of Davis.
Born on April 3, 2004 at Oklahoma University Medical Center in Oklahoma City, she died the same day.
She is survived by the parents, of the home; grandparents, Larry and Trish Miller, Ada and Jim and Julie Noland, Davis and Marilyn Cleveland, Edmond; great grandparents, Virgil and Martha Miller, Vanoss, Laverne Collins, Ada, Dale and Velma Noland, Davis and a great-grandfather, J. E. Cleveland, Sulphur.
She was preceded in death by great grandparents, Herman Collins and Letha Cleveland.
Doris Orleen Washington
Services for Doris Orleen Washington, 79, Maude, will be held at 2:00 p.m. Thursday, April 8 at the Cowley-Krien Funeral Home Chapel in Sulphur with Rev. Williard McCartney, Jr. officiating.
Interment will be in Dougherty Cemetery.
Born December 3, 1924 in Prague to Wesley and Francis Sykora Pechacek, she died Sunday, April 4, 2004 in a Seminole hospital.
She married James B. Washington on May 3, 1952 in Prague.
She was preceded in death by her mother and father; one brother and one sister.
She was raised in Prague where she graduated from high school.
She attended Draughan's Business School in Tulsa then moved to Oklahoma City.
She lived, worked and raised her family in Oklahoma City, retiring in 1982.
She then moved to the Arbuckle Lake area where she lived the remainder of her life.
Surviving are one son, James Washington, Sulphur; one daughter, Cheryl Washington, Maude; one grandson, George Bailey Washington, Sulphur; two brothers, Charles Pechacek, Seminole and Joe Pechacek, Houston, Texas; three sisters, Laura Bell Varner, Oklahoma City, Betty Seabeck, Wellston and Mary Frances Ainsworth, Oklahoma City.
Pallbearers will be Willie Ferguson, Chuck Belleville, Tommy Pacheack, Peter Pacheack, Marvin Ainsworth, Chuck Fawcett, Roger Fawcett and Larry Seebeck.
Honorary bearer will be Darin Rogers.
Gerald Wayne Goodson
Services for Gerald Wayne Goodson, 38, Loco, were held Monday, April 19 at 10:00 a.m. at the First Baptist Church in Davis with Rev. James Densman officiating.
Interment was in Oaklawn Cemetery, Sulphur with Fox Funeral Home of Davis in charge of arrangements.
Born October 13, 1965 in Wichita, Kan. to Bob Goodson and Mildred McKinney Goodson he died Saturday, April 17, 2004 in Duncan.
He married Lin Gerodias on August 24, 2002 in Davis.
He grew up in Holdenville where he attended school until he moved to Sulphur when he was in the ninth grade.
He graduated from Sulphur High School and attended East Central University in Ada for three years.
He was a real estate agent with Goodson Realty and was a member of the First Baptist Church in Sulphur.
He is survived by his wife, of the home; his mother and step-father, Mildred and Homer Ratchford, Davis and his father and step-mother, Bob and Charlene Goodson, Wapanucka.
Pallbearers were Cheyenne Stanley, Billy Johnson, Elmo Shaw, Bill Lance, Carl Ratchford and Joe Richburg.
Joan Algeo
Born to Samuel David and Dania Mae Algeo on September 21, 1935 in Oklahoma City, Joan Alego died April 17, 2004.
She grew up in the Sulphur/Davis area and lived in Oklahoma City and western Arkansas after she married.
In the late 1980's she moved to the Atoka/Coalgate area where she worked for Rusty's Pawn Shop.
She retired in 2003.
She is survived by Pete Hedgecock, Coalgate; five daughters, Dania Jacobs, Debra Armstrong, Patricia Bryant, Karen Hintz and LaVonda Lewis; 10 grandchildren and 16-great grandchildren; two sisters, Betty West, Sulphur and Darlene Guerrera, Vian and two brothers, Bill Algeo and Donny Ray Lucas, both of Oklahoma City.
She was preceded in death by her parents and a son, Arthur Michael Brown.
Arrangents were under the direction of Bill Eisenhour Funeral Home of Del City.
Alta Mae Akers
Services for Alta Mae Akers, 96, Dougherty, will be held Thursday, April 22 at 10:30 a.m. with Rev. Allen Richardson officiating.
Interment will be in Drake Cemetery with Fox Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Born January 24, 1908 in Birta, Ark. to William Noel Hale and Ida Robinson Hale, she died Monday, April 19, 2004 in Davis.
A homemaker and member of the Dougherty Baptist Church, Mrs. Akers moved to Nebo in 1916 and had lived in Murray County since that time and in Dougherty since 1930.
She enjoyed reading and making quilts.
She is survived by a daughter, Armenta McWethey, Dougherty; four sons, Arlin Dee Akers, Sulphur, Harrel Akers and Johnny Douglas Akers, both of Dougherty and Darrel Akers, Big Canyon; one sister, Dollie Elmina Hale, Castle Rock, Colo.; one brother, David Edward Hale, Dougherty; 10 grandchildren; 20 great grandchildren and one great-great grandchild.
She was preceded in death by her parents, a baby sister and one brother, Johnny Elmer Hale.
Pallbearers will be Monte Lucas, Hubert Fultz, Ray Brooks, John Atteberry, Keith Smith and L.E. Norton.
Viewing is set for Wednesday, April 21 from 3:00 to 8:00 p.m. at the Dougherty Baptist Church
Donna Hunter Evans
Services are pending for Donna Hunter Evans at Cowley-Krien Funeral Home of Sulphur.
Mrs. Evans, 56, died Tuesday, April 20, 2004 at Mercy Memorial Hospital.
Merrill (Mac) V. McKinney
Graveside services for Merrill (Mac) V. McKinney, 80, Mill Creek were held at 2:00 p.m. Monday, April 19 with Bill Green officiating.
Interment was in Oaklawn Cemetery, Sulphur with Cowley-Krien Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Born May 19, 1923 in Georgetown, Ind. to Jesse J. McKinney and Eva M. Keithly McKinney, he died Thursday, April 15, 2004 at Mercy Memorial Hospital in Ardmore.
He married LaWanna Sue Harris on July 20, 1953 in Laredo, Texas.
He was raised in New Carlisae, Ohio and after high school he enlisted in the U.S. Airforce.
He retired after serving 21 years in the Airforce.
He then worked for American Flyers Airline at the Ardmore Air Park.
He moved to Mill Creek in 1964 where he lived the remainder of his life.
He was Christian by faith.
He is survived by his wife, of the home; five daughters, Jamie Harrell, Roff, Kyla Green and her husband, Bill, Little Elm, Texas, Kaye Price, Sulphur, Michelle Jeffcoat and her husband, Jason, Sherman, Texas and Beverly K. Jeter, Alexandria, Va.; 12 grandchildren and six great grandchildren; three brothers, Dempsey McKinney, Springfield, Ohio, Roy (Tut) McKinney, Tuttering, Ohio, and Dale McKinney, New Carlisae, Ohio and one sister, Gladys Clark, Albany, Georgia.
He was preceded in death by his parents and a sister, Wanda Cox.
Oscar Monroe Castleberry
Services for Oscar Monroe Castleberry, 84, Sulphur will be held Saturday, April 24 at 2:00 p.m. at the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses Church with Jim Young officiating.
Arrangements will be under the direction of Clagg Funeral Home.
Born May 22, 1919 in Dolberg to J. W. Castleberry and Bonnie Britt Castleberry, he died Sunday, April 18, 2004 in Davis.
He married Hazel Worley on August 25, 1944 at Ada.
He was a retired truck driver and had lived in the Dolberg and Sulphur areas most of his life.
He attended Sulphur Public Schools and attended Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnessess.
He is survived by his wife, of the home; two daughters, Lynda Haney, Rush Springs and Deborah Amos, Tulsa; two sisters, Margaret Taylor and Catherine Pylot, both of Oklahoma City; six grandchildren and 8 great grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents; a brother, Arthur Castleberry; two sisters, Ethel and Effie Castleberry and two half sisters, Gearldine Castleberry and Willie Lee Doyle.
