John "Red" F. Perry
Aug 8, 2013
Mr. John F. "Red" Perry, age 49 and a resident of Okmulgee, Oklahoma, passed away on Thursday, August 8, 2013 in Perry, Oklahoma. The journey begins on November 22, 1963, a beautiful red head baby boy was born to Joann Perry and Charles Selmon, and they named him John Fitzgerald Perry. At an impressionable age, John attended Mt. Zion Church...
Shirley Ann Powell
Aug 8, 2013
It all began in Omaha, Nebraska, when Sam and Nola Mae [Lincoln] Barnum celebrated the birth of a daughter on December 8, 1948. She was named Shirley Ann. Shirley spent her early years in Moffett, Oklahoma and attended school there as well as Fort Smith, Arkansas, before the family moved to the Muskogee area. She graduated from Historic Manual Training...
Wendell Deneer Baird
Aug 6, 2013
On November 3, 1962 a baby boy was born to Wendell & Joyce Baird. They named him Wendell Deneer Baird. Wendell attended Manchester Elementary School, Bret Hart Middle School, and Washington High School in Los Angeles, California. He accepted Christ and was baptized at New Pleasant Baptist Church in Los Angeles under the direction of Rev. Melvin Hill. Wendell later...
Geneva Warrior
Aug 3, 2013
On January 6, 1931, a beautiful daughter was born from the union of Clarence Lamar and Beaulah Mae Holiday. The precious daughter was given the name of Geneva Lamar. The only child conceived in this union, she was born and raised in Checotah, Oklahoma and was baptized at the Eastside First Baptist Church. She served the Lord faithfully as an...
Adolph Curtis Wilson, Sr.
Aug 2, 2013
A Great Life to Celebrate, and Remember! On June 26, 1940, in Okmulgee, Oklahoma Varnell and Katherine Wilson, husband and wife were blessed with their only child, a little boy who was loved and cherished by both parents. The name of Adolph Curtis Wilson was given to this beloved child. Adolph started school in Okmulgee, Oklahoma and attended Banneker Elementary...
Jasper Youngblood
Aug 1, 2013
On Thursday, August 1, 2013, God's will was done. The gates of Heaven were opened and another flower was placed in God's perfect garden. Jasper Youngblood, Jr., was born on October 2, 1941 from the union of the late Jasper and Sedalia Youngblood. Jasper attended school in Moffett, Oklahoma. He also attended school in Fort Gibson, Oklahoma after relocating to...
Rev. Henry Austin Brent
Jul 30, 2013
Services for Rev. Henry Brent will be Saturday August 10, 2013 at 10AM at Greater Union Baptist Church in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Friends may visit Rev. Brent in peaceful repose on Friday from 10AM until 7PM in Tulsa.
Elbertha Turner
Jul 29, 2013
Services for Elbertha Turner will be Tuesday August 6, 2013 at 11AM at St. John AME Church in Tulsa. Ms. Turner, in her 68th season entered Eternal Rest Monday Evening July 29, 2013 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Friends may visit her as she peacefully rests in the All Faiths Chapel in Tulsa on Monday 12Noon until 7PM.
Paul Young
Jul 28, 2013
One man's blueprint for living made a difference in the civil rights movement in the 1960s, and it guides his path still today. It is grounded in the belief that all humans are created equal, that all have worth, that God's will is being done. Paul Young grew up in Shawnee and attended Dunbar Heights School, where he cultivated a...
Ernest E. Coulter
Jul 27, 2013
Ernest Eugene Coulter was born on October 11, 1930, the son of John and Mattie [Clemmons] Jennings in Fort Gibson, Oklahoma. He attended school and grew up in Fort Gibson. After school, he served his country honorably in the United States Army during the Korean Conflict. In 1952, he met a lovely young lady who caught his eye. They fell...
Lester "L.J." Raynard Mahone
Jul 22, 2013
Lester Ranard Mahone-Maxwell was born on October 8, 1988, from the union of Lester Raynard Maxwell and Charlotte Michelle Mahone in Muskogee, Oklahoma. Lester was lovingly known as "L.J." during his life and grew up in Muskogee. He attended the Muskogee Public School System and graduated from Muskogee High School in May of 2006. "L.J." furthered his education at Langston...
Gene Edward Lasley
Jul 21, 2013
Deacon Gene Lasley, in his 81st year, "stepped into Sunday School in Glory" on Sunday morning, July 21, 2013, with his loving family near his side to witness. In the beginning……… Gene E Lasley was born on Thursday, April 21, 1932 in Ft. Gibson, OK to James (Jimmy) Lasley and Estella Nero-Lasley. He was the only child born to this...
Kori Riko Drew
Jul 19, 2013
Mr. Kori Drew, in his 25th year, surrendered his soul on Friday, July 19, 2013 from Okmulgee. On March 23, 1988, a handsome bundle of joy was born and named Kori Riko Drew. He was later nicknamed "DrewBoy". Kori grew up in Okmulgee, where he attended Okmulgee Public schools and also worked various jobs during his life. Some of his...
Richard Daniel Clark
Jul 18, 2013
On the 1st day of July in 1950, a son was born to Emanuel and Vernice Brazil Clark. This baby boy was named Richard Daniel Clark. Richard grew up on the family farm in the Tolon Community Southwest of Beggs, Oklahoma with his parents, two brothers Leo and William Ronnie, three sisters Vernetta, Rosetta, and Lubertha. He joined Greater Mt....
Levi Walter Harlin, Jr.
Jul 9, 2013
Levi Walter Harlin Jr., in his 70th season, traded his "Cross for a Crown" on July 9, 2013. On May 7, 1943 a beautiful baby boy was born to the late Levi Sr. and Nolan Harlin in Chouteau, Oklahoma. He was the first born of four children. Growing up in Claremore, Oklahoma Levi accepted Christ at an early age. Levi...
Gladys Ophelia Bizzell
Jul 9, 2013
Gladys Ophelia Reynolds the first daughter born on September 7th, 1941 in Red Bird, Oklahoma to G.W. Reynolds, Jr. and Velma Humphrey Reynolds. Gladys attended Miller Washington High School in Red Bird, Oklahoma and graduated in 1959. She confessed her hope in Christ at an early age and joined the Wharton Chapel AME church and later united with the First...
Mary Alice Tease-Williams
Jul 5, 2013
A Seasonal Snapshot of…… Mary Alice Tease-Williams Blessed Life ~Her Spring Mary Tease was the first daughter born to the late Ralph and Attie Bell Arrington-Tease on a bright and sunny Sunday Morning in September 1951. What love she brought to this young couple and her older brother, Ersell. And the love she brought continued…. ~Her Summer Mary confessed her...
Raphael Dyon Bagby
Jul 5, 2013
On January 31, 1986, a beautiful baby boy was born to Reena Bagby and Jonathan Daugherty. She named him Raphael Dion Bagby. Dion proved to be an energetic child, full of life, happiness and spontaneity. Terry Knight, who helped raise Dion beginning at the age of 6, was instrumental in his development into a man. At the age of 13,...
Phyllis Jean Burton
Jul 3, 2013
Services for Phyllis Jean Burton, a resident of Red Bird, Oklahoma are currently pending.
Steven Edward Chandler
Jul 3, 2013
Services for Mr. Steven Edward Chandler will be Tuesday July 9, 2013 at 11AM inside our All Faiths Chapel in Tulsa. Interment will follow at 1PM at Fort Gibson National Cemetery will Military Honors.
