Area Obituaries

Elam Parks was born August 8, 1931, the oldest son of Gregory and Effa (Wayman) Parks. He passed away December 31, 2021 in Enid, Oklahoma. His parents moved to a farm southwest of Nash where Elam grew up. He graduated from Nash High School in 1951. After graduation Elam joined the United States Air Force…

Betty Jeanne Weir, “GG”, Cherokee, left her earthly home Wed., December 29, 2021 at the age of 80. Betty was born in St. Louis, Mo. April 27, 1941 to parents, Earl Raymond Stanton and Margery Jean (Schoolcraft) Stanton. She was the youngest of three children. In 1958, she met and married James Murl Ivy. To…

Linda Lou Cushenbery was born to Robert John Failes, Jr. and Esther Bernice Coulter Failes on September 2, 1941 in Cherokee. She was a caring wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother, sister, and friend. She left this world after a brief illness on December 29, 2021 at the age of 80. She grew up five miles…

Wesley Thomas Creasey went home to be with his Lord December 19, 2021 in Oklahoma City.  Wesley was born February 17, 1939 to Daniel Creasey and Mary Moore Creasey in Richmond, Va.     He was the third child of five in his family.  At the age of 17, he joined the United States Army.…

Funeral service celebrating the life of Max H. Green, 89, of Enid will be held on Thursday, December   16, 2021 at 10:00 a.m. at Helena First Christian Church.  Burial will follow at Good Hope Cemetery with arrangements by Lanman Funeral Home, Inc. of Helena.  Visitation will be Wednesday 10:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m. with…

Byron Thomas Morris was born September 9, 1939, to parents Joseph Marion and Ida Mae (Oakley) Morris in Harper County, Kansas, near Argonia, and passed away at St. Mary’s Hospital in Enid, Oklahoma, on November 28, 2021. In the early 1950s, his family moved to Ringwood, Oklahoma, where Byron graduated from Ringwood High School with…

Luvena Ann (LuAnn) Morris was born June 24, 1943, to parents William Judson and Lula Mae (Elliott) Brown in Alfalfa County, Oklahoma, near Jet, and passed away at St. Mary’s Hospital in Enid, Dec. 1, 2021. June 27, 1966, she married the love of her life Byron Thomas Morris. He helped raise her two sons,…

Memorial Service for Susan Carol Doud, 65, of Ringwood will be 2 p.m., Saturday, at the Ringwood Community Center in Ringwood.  Cremation arrangements by Fairview Funeral Home, Inc. Susan Carol Doud was born Oct. 14, 1956 in Coffeyville, Kan. to Enis and Beatrice Willie (Fields) Lytle and passed away at Saint Francis Hospital in Tulsa,…

Funeral Service for Billy Dean McConkey, 75, Fairview, were held Nov. 29, at the Fairview Mennonite Brethren Church followed by burial in the Fairview Cemetery.  Arrangements were by Fairview Funeral Home, Inc. Billy Dean McConkey was born June 8, 1946, in Alva, to Thomas Edison and Vulah Verl (Smith) McConkey and passed away Nov. 23,…

Jerry Robert Blevins was born on Nov. 10, 1940, in Amortia, the son of Robert Hugh Blevins and Vinita A (Holden) Blevins.  Vinita died when Jerry was 18 months old.  Robert married Opal Winans when Jerry was 4 years old.  Opal was the only mother Jerry knew. He passed from this life on Nov. 28,…