OBITUARIES
Local Obituaries - Idabel, Oklahoma
William W.C. Cooper
May 31, 2017
William C. "W.C." Cooper, 91, was born February 08, 1926 in Idabel to Wishon Cooper and Emma Whitaker. He passed away Wednesday, May 31, 2017 at Medical City Plano in Plano, Texas.
W.C. attended school at Slater and Booker T. Washington High School in Idabel. He joined the Navy and...
Edward "Pee Wee" Harris
Apr 29, 2017
Edward Harris Jr. (Pee Wee) was born on March 5, 1964 in Idabel, Oklahoma to Eddie and Annie Harris, He died on Saturday, April 29, 2017 in Idabel. He attended Idabel Public Schools. Pee Wee had a passion for being the "life of the party." He loved dancing and making his grandchildren laugh. He also enjoyed fishing and...
Bobby Cornelius Ashley
Apr 29, 2017
Bobby Cornelius Ashley was born May 1, 1937 in Kansas City, Missouri to Shelby Cornelius Ashley and Alma (Lyles) Ashley. He was the second of their two sons. When Bobby was six weeks old, the family moved to Ogden, Utah. Bobby spent his childhood and adolescent years in Kansas City, Missouri, Milwaukee, Wisconsin and Ogden. He graduated from Ogden High...
Charley Odell Shoals
Apr 17, 2017
Charley Odell Shoals was born June 21, 1955 in Idabel, Oklahoma to Luther Lee Shoals, Sr. and the late Lois (Scott), Shoals. He was the seventh of eight children. He departed this life Monday, April 17, 2017 at his home in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He was preceded in death by his mother, Lois Shoals, two brothers, Billy...
Debbie Louise Ezell
Apr 17, 2017
Debbie Louise Ezell was called from labor to reward on April 17, 2017 at the home of her mother-in-law. Debbie was born August 01, 1957 to Virginia Pearson and Halley Gene Clayton in DeQueen, AR.
Debbie attended school in Horatio, AR; she attended E.T Dunlap where she received her Associates degree.
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Barbara Jean Davenport
Apr 17, 2017
Barbara Jean Davenport-Raines was born on September 27, 1957 at Homer G. Phillips Hospital in St. Louis, MO to Florence Jones and James L. Williams. She was raised by her grandmother, Myrtle Eastland-Williams and her aunts, Daphne Williams-Penn and June Williams-Keys.
Barbara was the big sister of the house. She was the baby sitter...
Michael "Mickey" Wayne Welch
Apr 9, 2017
Michael Wayne "Mickey" Welch departed this life on Sunday, April 9, 2017 in Idabel, OK. He was born on March 06, 1958 to Mr. LeRoy Welch Sr. and Ms. Willena Johnson in Idabel, OK.
Michael grew up in the Oak Grove community in Idabel. He accepted CHRIST at an early age and became a...
Ola Mae Hooks
Apr 8, 2017
Mrs. Ola Mae Hooks, the Matriarch and Queen of the Hooks family, claimed her heavenly mansion on Saturday, April 8, 2017, surrounded by her family.
Ola Mae (also known as Mrs. Jessie and Big Mama) was born on October 7, 1922 in Garvin, OK to the late Martin Lewis and Sarah Blacksher-Lewis.
...Ruthel Mcdonald-Hankins
Apr 6, 2017
Ruthel McDonald-Hankins was born June 20, 1932 to the late Mitchell (Shorty) McDonald and Melvina Briley-McDonald. She went home to our heavenly FATHER on April 6, 2017 at Hill's Nursing Home in Idabel, Oklahoma.
She was baptized at an early age and was a member of the Clear Creek Missionary Baptist Church where she...
Alicia Ann (Williams) Whitaker
Apr 2, 2017
On April 2, 2017, the good LORD called home his sweet child, Alicia Ann Williams-Whitaker at OU Medical Center in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. She was born to Phillip D. and Felecia (Williams) Whitaker on October 12, 1996 in Idabel, Oklahoma.
Alicia attended elementary school in Idabel, Oklahoma. In 2010, she and her family relocated...
Jasrael Legacy Jackson
Mar 12, 2017
Jasrael Legacy Jackson, 2 months, of Idabel, passed away Sunday, March 12,2017 at McCurtain Memorial Hospital, Idabel, OK. She was born January 12, 2017, at Idabel. The short time spent here with Jasrael was great. She was truly an angel sent from heaven. God looked down into his garden and chose a beautiful flower to bring home. We are left...
Collin Charles Corcoran
Mar 5, 2017
Collin Charles Corcoran passed away on March 5, 2017 in Broken Bow, Oklahoma. He was born on Dec. 28, 1992 to Jesse and Vicki Corcoran in DeQueen Arkansas.
He was baptized as one of Jehovah's Witnesses on May 1, 2005. He enjoyed working on Kingdom Hall building projects throughout Arkansas and Oklahoma. He also...
Rae' Shonda Michelle Bible-Huddleston
Feb 18, 2017
Rae' Shonda Michelle Bible-Huddleston died suddenly on February 18, 2017 in St. Louis, MO. She was born February 16, 1980 to Maxine Warren and Donald Ray Bible. She attended Idabel Public Schools where she excelled as a scholar and was an outstanding student. She was somewhat of a celebrity as she was known for her excellent ability in...
Anthony Dewayne Fountain
Feb 3, 2017
Anthony "Dewayne" Fountain 53 was born November 23, 1963 to Alice "Faye" Fountain Hall and Willis Dean Warren. Dewayne departed this life on February 3, 2017 at Charleston Methodist Hospital, Desoto, TX, surrounded by his loving family. He grew up in Dallas, TX and attended David W. Carter High School. Dewayne accepted Christ at a young age. He enjoyed washing...
Minnie A Adams
Feb 2, 2017
Minnie Anna Adams, 94, passed away on Thursday, February 2, 2017 at McCurtain Memorial Hospital Idabel, Ok. She was born March 23, 1922 to Henry Napoleon Glass and Anna Elisa Henderson Glass. Minnie grew up in Mandeville, Arkansas and graduated from Ashdown High School in Ashdown, AK. and later moved to Chicago. While in Chicago, IL she met and married...
Darnell Dunlap Dixon
Jan 26, 2017
On Thursday Morning January 26, 2017, as Darnell "Dunlap" Dixon laid in her bed at McCurtain Memorial Hospital in Idabel, OK, God gratefully called his good and faithful servant home to receive her reward.
Darnell was born in DeKalb, Texas on June 6, 1944 to her parents; Tom Dunlap and Sulutie "Runnels" Dunlap ...
Dora Lee Perkins
Jan 20, 2017
Dora Lee Buchanan Perkins was born on July 26, 1939 in Eagletown, OK to Lorayne Everett and Beulah Buchanan.
She married George Washington Perkins on September 21, 1957. She died on January 20, 2017 at her home.
Her husband and family were the loves of her life. She dedicated her...
Vera Hawkins
Jan 3, 2017
Vera Hawkins (Davis) aka "Aunt Baby" entered into eternal peace on Tuesday, January 3, 2017 at Memorial Heights Nursing Home in Idabel. She was born on November 24, 1946 to Jeremiah Davis, Sr. and Mary Muldrew (Davis) in Texarkana, AR.
Later, as a child, Vera moved with her family to Idabel. At a young...
Narvis Allen
Dec 25, 2016
On December 25, 2016 our mother and sister Narvis Jewel Allen was called home to be with her LORD. She was born on June 30, 1949 to the union of Lloyd and Helen Allen in Idabel, OK.
She was preceded in death by her parents Lloyd and Helen Allen; brothers James and Lloyd Allen,...
Ester Helen Hamilton
Dec 24, 2016
Ester H. Hamilton, 75, was born August 11, 1941 to Mary L. Johnson and Ed Hackett in Broken Bow, OK. Ester known to some as "Helen" and to others as "Mother Hamilton" moved to Idabel, Oklahoma at the age of 18. She worked and labored in several households cleaning and ironing for a living, until she was hired...
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