Bob West

ADA - Services for Robert Alan West, 57, Ada, are 11 a.m. Friday at First Presbyterian Church, the Rev. David McCann officiating.

Mr. West died Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2007, at a local hospital.  He was born May 4, 1949, at Houston, Texas, to Houston McCoy West and Doris Bruns West.

He graduated from Oklahoma City University and was a master gemologist. He moved to Ada three years ago from Memphis, Tenn., and was a member of Elks Lodge.  He is a member of First Presbyterian Church.

Survivors include his mother, Doris West, Ada; one brother, Paul West and his wife Janie, Ada; and two nephews, Brent West, Oklahoma City and Scott West, Norman.

He was preceded in death by his father, Houston West on Sept. 26, 1984

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Linda O'Brien

ADA - Services for Linda Sue O'Brien, 54, Ada, are 2: p.m. today at Criswell Funeral Home Chapel, the Rev. John Haynes officiating.  Burial follows at Memorial Park Cemetery.

Ms. O'Brien died Feb. 28, 2004, at the home of her brother, Billy O'Brien.  She was born Aug. 19, 1949 at Ada to Billy L. and Velma Brotherton O'Brien.  She lived in Ada all her life, attending Irving school and graduating from Ada High School.  She also attended East Central University.

Ms. O'Brien was a group marketing representative at Pre-Paid Legal Services, Inc.  She was a Baptist.

She was preceded in death by a daughter, Amber Leanne; and her parents, Bill and Velma O'Brien.

Survivors include three brothers, Billy L. O'Brien, Jr., Ada, Richard Lee O'Brien, Tulsa and Dwayne Keith O'Brien, Brentwood, Tenn; a sister, Carroll Brendle, Ada; five nephews, Jay O'Brien, Kevin O'Brien, Ryan Brendle, Dyland and Dawson O'Brien; nieces, Morgan Brendle and Erin O'Brien; and three great nieces, Breanna, Bridget and Brittany O'Brien.

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Deborah E. Menefee

ADA - Services for Deborah Elayne Menefee 20, Hollywood, Calif., are set for 10:00 a.m. Tuesday in St. Luke's Episcopal Church in Ada.  The Rev. John Ashby will conduct the rites.

Miss Menefee died Saturday afternoon in Los Angeles County Hospital.

She was born in Ada, Feb. 16, 1949.  She graduated from Ada High School and attended East Central State College and the University of Oklahoma.  She was a student at the time of her death.

Survivors include her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bill H. Menefee, Ada, and a brother, Duane Menefee, Hollywood, Calif; grandparents, Mrs. Ethel Hill, Hollister, Calif., and R. S. Menefee, Mt. Vernon, Ill.

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Marilyn Young

ADA - Services for Marilyn L. Young, 36, Route 3, are 10:30 a.m. Tuesday in the chapel of Criswell Funeral Home.  The Revs. Don Venable and Frank Pursley will conduct rites and burial will be at Rosedale Cemetary.

Mrs. Young died Saturday from injuries she received in an auto accident near Lexington. She was born June 14, 1949, in Nebraska, to Joe and Lucille Young Perkins, and returned to Ada in 1981.  She was a graduate of Ada High School and East Central University, and was active in the Church of the Living Word.

On March 29, 1982, she married Ken Young in Texas.

Survivors include her husband, Ken, of the home; three daughters, Nova and Kimberly Horton, both of the home, and Nicole Young, Columbus, Ohio; one son, David Young, Ada; her parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Klicker, Pickett; one sister, Carolyn Williams, Pickett; one half-brother, Bill Perkins, Lake Jem, Fla.; and four half-sisters, Fay Schoen, Jeffersonville, Ind., Rosalie Bruner and Kathryn Klicker, both of Cabol, Mo., and Barbara Jordan, Oklahoma City.

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Billy John "Butch" Compton

ADA - Mr. Compton died Sunday, Nov. 15, 1987.  He was born Feb. 3, 1949 in Santa Ana, Calif., to John F. and Zola Hicks Compton.  He moved to Ada in 1961 from Calif. He served 4 years in the U. S. Navy during the Vietnam War.  On Aug. 12, 1982, he and Rexwana Brumbelow were married in Ada.

Survivors include his wife, Rexwana, of the home; one daughter, Jane Marie Compton, of the home; one son, Billy John Compton, Tecumseh; one step-son, Alan Brumbelow of the home; his mother, Zola Painter, Ada and stepfather, Jim Painter, Ada.  Criswell Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

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Lynda Lambert

STRATFORD - Services for Linda Gail Lambert, 56, Stratford, will be held 10:00 a.m. Tuesday at Pickard Funeral Home Chapel, the Rev. Ed Bray officiating.

Mrs. Lambert died June 24, 2006.  She was born Aug. 31, 1949, at Ada, to Amy Lou and Audry Odell Porter.  She married Sammy Lambert at Durant, Nov. 13, 1969.

She was a beautician and lived all her life in the Ada and Stratford area.  She was of the Baptist faith.

Mrs. Lambert was preceded in death by her father, Audry Porter in 1981.

Survivors include husband Sam Lambert, of the home; two sons, Samuel Albert Lambert Jr., Stratford, and James Weldon and wife Trish Lambert, Kansas City, Mo.; mother, Amy Coventon, Ada; twin brother, Lynn Dale Porter, Ada; one sister, Diana Kay Ragan, Maud; and three grandchildren, Hailey Lambert, Samantha Lambert and Adam Blake.

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Steve Wheeler

ADA - Memorial Services for Steve Wheeler, 40, Stuart, Fla. and formerly of Ada, wil be 11 a.m. Monday at Criswell Funeral Home Chapel, John O'Dell conducting rites.  Burial will be at Rosedale Cemetery.

Mr. Wheeler died Dec. 31, 1989 in Stuart, Fla.  He was born July 23, 1949 in Ada to Pat and Nadine McDowell Wheeler.  He attended Ada schools, East Central State College, and Southwestern State College School of Pharmacy.  He worked at Salerno Auto Parts in Stuart.

Survivors include his mother, Nadine Wheeler, Ada; one sister Lin Sanders, Ada; one nephew and several aunts and uncles.

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Maxine Butler

ADA - Services for Margie Maxine Butler, 49, Ada are noon Thursday in Oak Avenue Baptist Church, the Revs. James Evans and J.W. Burrow officiating.  Burial follows in Rosedale Cemetery.

Miss Butler died March 10, 1997, at her home.  She was born Oct. 26, 1947, at Ada to C.A. and Nellie Marie Harless Butler.

She lived here all her life and attended Ada Schools.  She was a member of Oak Avenue Baptist Church.

Survivors include her parents, C.A. and Nellie Butler; three sisters, Loretta Steele, Ada, Marie Lovin, Roff, and Carolyn McCown, Wichita, Kan.; and a brother, Wes Butler, Beggs.

Bearers are members of her Sunday School class, the BYKO-TA class, Floyd Holman, Gary Christopher, David Evans, Rick Stettler, Leman Holloway and Claude Miller.

Criswell Funeral Home is in charge of the services.

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Dane Henry

LAKE JACKSON, Texas - Services for Dane S. Henry, 51, Lake Jackson, Texas, formerly of Ada, Okla., are 11 a.m. Thursday at Criswell Chapel, Ada, Floyd Kaiser officiating.  Burial follows at Memorial Park Cemetery, Ada.

Mr. Henry died July 27, 2001, at Lake Jackson.  He was born Oct. 4, 1949, at Ada, to Julian and Beth Fuller Henry.

He attended Willard school and graduated from Ada High School.  He also attended East Central University, the University of Oklahoma, and graduated from Oklahoma State University Tech at Okmulgee, Okla.

He was employed with Phillips Petroleum Co. at Sweeney, Texas, for 20 years.  He served in the U.S. Navy during the Vietnam era, serving on the aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy.  He married Debbee Henry.

Survivors include his wife, Debbee Henry, of the home; two daughters, Lisa Henry and Jennifer Weise, both of the home; and his parents, Julian "Big" and Beth Henry, Ada.

Bearers include Monte Newcombe, Terry Jordan, Terry Tracy, Marc Etier, Herb Darras and Mike Henry.

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Loretta Pittman Lee

ADA - Services for Loretta Ann Lee, 49, Ada, are 10 a.m. Wednesday at the Ada Church of the Nazarene, the Rev. Stephen Nation officiating.  Burial follows at Rosedale Cemetery.

Mrs. Lee died June 29, 1998 at her home.  She was born March 13, 1949 at Ada, to Vernon and Opal Kellogg Pittman.

She and Terry Lee were married May 13, 1967 at Ada.  She lived in this area all her life and attended Irving Grade School and Ada High School.  She was a homemaker and member of Ada Church of the Nazarene.

Survivors include her husband, Terry Lee, of the home; two sons, Dwyane Lee, Ada, and Michael Lee, Anchorage, Alaska; a daughter, Terri Lee Page, Ada; her mother and stepfather, Opal and Tony Fusco, Ada; a sister, Jean Cox, Ada; a brother, Earl Pittman, Tahlequah, a half-brother, Jack Pittman, California and five grandchildren.

 Criswell Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

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Roger Greenlee

ADA - Services for Roger Dale Greenlee, 51, Ada, are 1 p.m. Wednesday at Criswell Funeral Chapel, the Rev. Cody Freeman officiating.  Burial follows at McGee Cemetery, Stratford.

Mr. Greenlee died Sept. 9, 2000 at an Oklahoma City hospital.  He was born Dec. 1, 1948, at Stratford, to Delmer Luther and Eva Lorene Brewer Greenlee.

He had lived in this area all his life, graduating from Ada High School in 1966.  He had been employed in the oil industry, Hudson Furniture and Southern Oklahoma Livestock Auction.  He was affiliated with the Church of God and was a member of the Ada chapter of AMVETS.  He was a U.S. Navy veteran, serving three tours of duty in Vietnam.

He married Kathryn Sue Teel.

Survivors include his wife, Kathryn Greenlee, Ada; a daughter, Laquisha Youngwolf, Stratford, a son, Cody Joe Greenlee, Sulphur, a stepson, James Ring, Ada; three stepdaughters, Stephanie McClure, Washington, Sherry Dodd, Purcell, and Lisa Denise Dunn, Sulphur; his mother,Eva Lorene Greenlee, Ada; his father, Delmer Luther Greenlee, Ada; a brother, D.L. Greenlee, Ada; two sisters, Sandra Kay Underhill, Ada, and Delma Shirlene Massey, Midwest City; three grandchildren; eight step-grandchildren; and one great-nephew.

Bearers are Tommy Massey, Jr., Willie Greenlee, Shawn Greenlee, Herman Day, James Ring and Larry Delozier.  Honorary bearers are Sherri Underhill, Lissa Underhill, Michelle Shannon, Sharla Hatton, Bobby Wilson, Shelia Shorter, Jimmy Mosler, Tommy Massey, Sr. and Perry Underhill.

Criswell Funeral Home, Ada, is in charge of arrangements.

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Steven Omohundro

ADA - Steve Omohundro was born July 7, 1949, in Texhoma, Okla., and came here in 1963.

An Ada High School graduate, he was a junior at Oklahoma State University.  He was President of the President's Leadership Council at OSU and Social Chairman and house manager of Sigma Nu fraternity.

His activities in high school here included drum major, member of student council, all-district band, National Honor Society, senior Rotarian, Cougar Creations, Rainbow Sweetheart, Youth Court, golf, band, Tri-V, Mu Alpha Theta, J.C.L. and I.U.O.

He was a member of the First United Methodist Church.

Survivors include his parents, Dr. and Mrs. E. R. Muntz; two sisters, Ruth Ann Omohundro of the home and Beverly Ford, Pacific Grove, Calif.; three brothers, Bruce Omohundro, of the home, John Muntz, Duncan and Robert Muntz, San Jose, Calif.; grandfather John L. Grove, Hugo.

Bearers will be Joe Badgett, Edwin Stroud, Keith Young, Robert Sherbert, Richard Roberts and Paul Mayhall.  Honorary bearers will be members of Sigma Nu Fraternity.  In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to a suitable Memorial at the First United Methodist Church.

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Robert Eugene Hayes

Memorial services for Robert Eugene Hayes will be held Saturday afternoon at 2:00 p.m., January 22, 2000 at the Maysville Cemetery.  Arrangements are under the direction of John Williams of Winans Funeral Home, Maysville.

Robert Eugene Hayes was born January 8, 1948 to Robert and Lou Jean Underwood Hayes.  He passed away Monday, January 10, 2000 at Clarksville, Tennessee, at the age of 52 years.

Robert Hayes lived in the Maysville area in the mid-1960's.  He was an excellent high school football player as a running back.  He was a veteran of the Vietnam War serving in the Marines.  Robert had lived in the Tennessee area for the past 15 years.

Survivors include one daughter, Katerina Blankenship of Eva, Tennessee; one son Zackary Hayes, also of Eva, Tennessee; one brother Tommy Hayes of Flower Mound, Texas; and by many aunts and uncles, other family members and friends made throughout the years.

Robert was preceded in death by both parents and a sister, Janet.

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Judy Blackburn Cox

ADA - Services for Judy Cox, 57, Ada are 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at the Central Church of Christ, Bud Ross will officiate and Bill Nelson will assist.  Burial follows at Rosedale Cemetery.

Mrs. Cox died Thursday, May 24, 2007 at a local hospital.  She was born September 13, 1949 at Ada, Oklahoma to H.A. and Lucille Johnson Blackburn.  She lived in this area all her life.

She graduated from Ada High School in 1967 and received a Bachelor's degree from East Central University in 1971.  She also received a Master's degree in Special Education and Public School Administration.

She married Mike Cox on January 27, 1967.  Mrs. Cox taught school at Ada, Tampa, Florida, Wellington, Kansas, Wynnewood, Oklahoma, Baytown, Texas and Casper, Wyoming.  The last fourteen years, she was the Pontotoc Technological Center Director of Business and Industry Services.  She was a member of Central Church of Christ.

Survivors include her husband, Mike Cox, of the home; a daughter, Missy Speed and her husband, Bill., Ada; her parents, H.A. and Lucille Blackburn, Ada; a brother, Stephen Blackburn and wife Becky, Champaign, Illinois; and three grandchildren, Will, Lexie, and Lillie Speed; a niece, Amy Blackburn; a nephew, Clint Blackburn and wife Lauren; and a great nephew, Reese Blackburn.

Bearers will be Larry Bodine, Greg Pierce, Hershel Williams, Eddie Wood, Larry Little and Ronnie Brendle.

The family says those who wish may make memorials to the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation for Cancer Research, 825 NE 13th Street, Oklahoma City

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Jerry Aday

Services for Jerry Wayne Aday, 58, Ada, are 2 p.m. Friday at Morris Memorial Baptist Church, the Revs. Steve Wilburn and Bud Throne will officiate.  Burial will follow at Rosedale Cemetery.

Mr. Aday died Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2007, at his home.  He was born Nov. 14, 1948, at Ada to J. E. and Rachel Abbott Aday.  He graduated from Ada High School and attended East Central University for three years.  He lived in this area all his life.

He married Sue Bigham April 3, 1971, at Ada.  Mr. Aday was a controls technician for Oklahoma Gas & Electric Co. and had been co-owner of Aday's Paint and Body Shop.  He was a member of Morris Memorial Baptist Church.

Survivors include his wife, Sue Aday, of the home; a daughter, Lisa Morrow and husband, Allen, Oklahoma City; a son, Aaron Aday and wife, Lindsey, Bentonville, AR; and a brother, Jack Aday, Ada.

He was preceded in death by his parents.

Bearers will be Bob Jeter, Chuck Bigham, Dave Parker, Tony Bevelhymer, Tom Scroggins, Brian Smith, Aaron Aday and Allen Morrow.

Honorary bearers will be Ronnie Smith, Mark Smith, James Lollar, and the "Guys" at the Seminole OG & E plant.

Criswell Funeral Home, Ada.

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Barbara Woodruff

Services for Barbara Ann deBrito Woodruff, 58, Fort Smith, formerly of Ada, Okla., are 10 a.m. Tuesday at First United Methodist Church in Ada, Dr. George Warren officiating. Burial will follow at Rosedale Cemetery, Ada.  The family will receive friends at Criswell Funeral Home on Monday from 6-8 p.m.

Mrs. Woodruff died Thursday, Aug. 30, 2007, in Fort Smith.  She was born Jan. 31, 1949, at Brooklyn, N.Y. to Belmiro and Marie Gaskins deBrito.

She moved to Ada as a child from North Carolina.  She graduated from Ada High School in 1967 and from East Central University in May, 1980.

Mrs. Woodruff was a health information director at several regional medical centers and a member of the First United Methodist Church.

Survivors include two sons, Ty Barrett and wife Debbie, Fort Smith, and Danny Barrett Jr. and wife, Leana, Tyler, Texas; a sister, Alice deBrito, Miami, Fla.; two granddaughters, Catie Barrett, Fort Smith, and Megan Barrett, Tyler, Texas; and many friends and family members.

Bearers will be Jerry Snow, Wes Moore, James Sutton, Rick Smith, Darrel Massie and Josh Butler.

The family says those who wish may make memorials to the Donald W. Reynolds Cancer Support House, 3324 South M Street, Fort Smith, Ark. 72903 or Peachtree Hospice, 4300 Rogers Ave., Ste. 33, Fort Smith, Ark. 72903

Criswell Funeral Home, Ada.

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