Obituaries

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Ray Akins

 

The Chickasha Express-Star
1 March 2005
Graveside service for RAY AKINS, 84, of Chickasha, Oklahoma will be held at 1:30 p.m., Wednesday, March 2, 2005 at the Fairlawn Cemetery, Chickasha.
Ray Akins, native resident of Chickasha, died peacefully surrounded by his loving family, at home, February 26, 2005. Ray and his twin sister, Ruth Talbert, were about to celebrate their 85th birthday, March 4th.
He was one of twelve children born on a farm north of Chickasha. He grew up in and around Chickasha and married Bernice Whitfield in November 1943.
He worked at WB Flying School until it closed. He then went to work at Chickasha Milling Company driving a truck coast to coast until they closed. He went to work for 19th Seed Company as a foreman landscaping highways and off ramps until he retired in 1985.
He was much loved by his two children, Dennis Akins, Chickasha and Sandy Akins-Pickard, Silt, Colorado.
He shared his humor, love and optimistic views as well as his ability to turn a flip on the trampoline with his grandchildren Renee Akins-Miller, Eric Akins and Samantha Pickard and his great grandchildren TJ, Dannielle, Abby, Chance and Carson.
Ray was well known for his generous nature and willingness to help anyone in need. He supplied vegetables to all his friends and looked forward to the spring to start his planting.
He and his brothers named many trails in and around Creede, Colorado where they spent summers jeeping and fishing. He spent happy days traveling in his motor home to Arizona and Mexico, where he never met a stranger.
He was an elder in his church at Northside Church of Christ. He helped build the church in Creede, Colorado and had friends in churches from here to California.
He will be greatly missed by all his family and friends, but remembered always for his love of life and dedication to help anyone in need.
He was a loved dad, grandfather, brother, and neighbor.
Survivors include his wife, Bernice Akins; one son, Dennis Akins and wife LeAnn; one daughter, Sandy Akins-Pickard and husband Rick; two brothers, Monroe Akins and Delbert Akins; five sisters, Colleen Talbert, Ruth Talbert, Virgie Brantley, Margie Akins and Anita Sparks; three grandchildren and five great grandchildren.
Interment will be in the Fairlawn Cemetery under the direction of Sevier Funeral Home. 
 

 

 

Ethel Lee Akins

 

Chickasha Express-Star,
Wed., Sept. 25, 1985
Funeral for ETHEL LEE AKINS, 85, of Chickasha, will be 3:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 27, 1985, in Northside Church of Christ, with Harrall Helf of Northside Church of Christ officiating.
Mrs. Akins was born on Feb 19, 1900, in Morehead, Ky., to William and Clarinda Cocheran, and died on Tues, Sept 24, 1985, in Grady Memorial Hospital in Chickasha.
She married Lee Akins on March 16, 1919 in Cement.
Mrs. Akins was preceded in death by her parents, W.W. and Clarinda Cocheran; by her husband, Lee, in 1974; by one grandson, Donald Ray Smith; by three sisters, Nora White, Corda Payne, Effie Hammrick; and by two brothers, Allie and Hollie Cocheran.
Mrs. Akins was a member of the Northside Church of Christ.
Survivors include five sons, Robert of Sentinel, Monroe and Charles, both of Cement, Ray and Delbert both of Chickasha; seven daughters, Anita Sparks of Mangum, Frankie Smith of Cement, Ruth Talbert, Colene Talbert,
Virgie Brantley, Margie Akins and Lela Akins, all of Chickasha; one sister, Lula Elliott of Searcy, Ark; one brother, Wick Cocheran, of Cement; 29 grandchildren; 30 great grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
Interment will be Fairlawn Cemetery under the direction of Sevier Funeral Home.
 

 

 

 

 

David Alan Aebischer

 

David Alan Aebischer, 49, went home to be with his Lord on Thursday April 13, 2006. He lost a short battle with pancreatic cancer; when he left this world he was surrounded by his family and loved ones.

David attended Capitol Hill and U.S. Grant High Schools, and worked in construction for many years before becoming disabled.

David is survived by his wife Patsy of the home who will miss him dearly, one daughter Heather Whittaker. and two granddaughters Mackenzie and Reghan, his parents Lenin and Dortha Aebischer, a brother Darrell & his wife Debbie, a sister Diana George and her husband Dennis, stepdaughter Jessica Shropshire and partner Stacey Yarbrough of Noble, step-son Reginald Shropshire and wife Tina of Wilmington, NC, and their children Sarah, Scarlett, and Alexander. David is also survived by numerous lifelong friends who called him 'Abe' or 'Little Buddy', many nieces, nephews, and a huge church family. David also leaves behind some special Chow-Chows Ebony and Pee-Wee that he adored and loved. Special thanks to the nurses and staff of the 9th floor of Southwest Medical Center and Dr. Craig Engles for great care.

A Funeral service honoring David's life will be held at 2:00 P.M. Monday at the Southern Hills Baptist Church (8601 S. Penn.), where David was baptized. Burial will follow the church service at Fairlawn Cemetery in Chickasha. Caskets, Inc. 4985 SE 29th, Del City 677-7455

Published in The Oklahoman on 4/16/2006.  

 

 

 

Lu Ella Cole Brown

Lu Ella Cole Brown, age 85, of Chickasha, Oklahoma passed away at home from this life to join her Heavenly Father on May 16, 2008. She was born in Wynnewood, Oklahoma on July 28, 1922 to John and Ella Cole and graduated from Alex High School in 1941 and attended Draughonís Business School.

Lu Ella and Roger Brown were married on September 8, 1962, in Oklahoma City. She worked at the Blanchard Bank from 1950 to 1956, then moved to Oklahoma City in 1957 and was employed by May Avenue Bank, now Union Bank. She retired in 1971 and moved to Lewisville, Texas and was a member of the Highland Village Baptist Church. At the time of her death she was a resident of Chickasha.

She is survived by her husband Roger of Chickasha, OK, sister and brother-in-law Louise and Bill Byers of OKC, two grandsons, Keith Freeman, Chris Freeman and his wife Lisa of Blanchard, OK, five great grandkids, Jamie, Kristi, Lindsey, Ryan, and Tanner, two step grandsons, Chris and Ryan Weekes, five great-great grandkids, Quintin, Payton, Brooke, Stevie, and Adrianne, and several nephews, nieces, and cousins. Preceding her in death were her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John (Ella) Cole, daughter LaRue and husband Del Ray Freeman, brothers Elmer, Jewel, Roland, and Pete Cole.

Funeral services were under the direction of Eisenhour Funeral Home in Blanchard on May 19, 2008 at 2:00 P.M., Monday at the Eisenhour Chapel in Blanchard with Pastor Vaughn Wand officiating. She was laid to rest at Blanchard Cemetery.

 

James Ezra Swalley

County Name: Grady

State: OK

Newspaper: The Verden News

Date: 9/29/33

Submitters Name: Kristy Fox

Obit: JAMES EZRA SWALLEY

James Ezra Swalley passed away at his home at Delaware , Oklahoma , Saturday, September 23, 1933 and was brought to Verden for burial.

The funeral service was held at the Methodist church here Monday afternoon with Rev. C. W. Taylor officiating and interment made in the Verden Cemetery.

Mr. Swalley was an old pioneer settler of this community and lived here until a few year ago when he moved to Delaware , Oklahoma .

James Ezra Swalley was born in Pike county, Missouri , September 10, 1869, being 64 years and 8 days old at the time of his departure. He was united in marriage to Miss Ada Layton at Union City, Oklahoma , to this union five boys were born, two who preceded him in death.

 

J. S. Davison's Death

Chickasha, I. T. Jan 9 - J. s. Davison, a prominent cattleman of this place, died this afternoon. Marshal Tucker had gone to his house to arrest him on a charge. He requested the officer to allow him to speak to his family. The officer stepped outside an instant. Two pistol shots rang out. One ball passed through the head, the other through the chest. He leaves a wife and one daughter.
Dallas Morning News
1/10/1900
 

 



Rough Rider Found Dead

Guthrie, OK, Feb. 15 - C. E. Howard, a member of the Oklahoma battalion of Roosevelt's Rough Riders during the Spanish-American War was found dead in bed at his home in Chickasha, a victim of heart disease. He was 26 years old.
The Dallas Morning News
2/16/1902




Veteran Dead at Chickasha

Chickasha, I. T. June 28 - G. W. Booth, aged 66, died yesterday of pneumonia. He was a Confederate veteran and a member of the Joe Shelby Camp of this city.
Dallas Morning News
6/30/1902




Florence Welsh Burned to Death
Little Girl's Clothes Caught Fire - The Mother Badly Burned

Chickasha, I. T., March 25 - Mrs. R. A. Welsh, wife of the Frisco section foreman, living at Laverty, ten miles west of Chickasha, burned some trash in her back yard yesterday. She stepped into the house for a moment, leaving her little daughter, Florence, 4 years old, and brother, 5 years old, in the yard to watch the fire. The little girl's clothing caught fire, and though the boy did everything possible to save her, the child was horribly burned and died five hours later in awful agony. The mother was attracted by the screams of the children, and in attempting to save her little one she was herself badly burned about the face and hands.
Dallas Morning News
3/26/1903




Chickasha Woman Dies In The East

Chickasha, I. T., July 8 - The death on July 4 of Mrs. M. L. R Givin, wife of the late Rev. Given, a Presbyterian minister and wealthy Kiowa Indian of Chickasha, is announced from Madison, Conn. Mrs. Givin left here last August to enter a Connecticut sanitarium, where she died.
Dallas Morning News
7/9/1903




Stewart Child Burned To Death
Tent Catches Fire and Baby Perishes in Flames

Chickasha, I. T., Oct. 18 - A man and his wife named Stewart, movers, yesterday left their two children, a boy of 7 and a girl of 2 years, in their tent ten miles southwest of Chickasha while they went to pick cotton. A gust of wind blew the camp fire into the then, setting fire to everything. The little boy battled bravely against the flames and tried to save his sister but finally ran to the field. When the father came the camp was burned and with it the little girl.
The Dallas Morning News
10/19/1903




Brakeman James Olive Buried

Chickasha, I. T., Sept. 12 - The remains of James Olive, who was killed in a railroad accident at Enid, were brought here and interred with Masonic rites today. He was a brakeman on the Billings branch of the Rock Island and met his death while coupling cars. He was 28 years of age and leaves a wife and one child.
Dallas Morning News
9/13/1904




Negro Shot and Killed

Chickasha, I. T., Dec. 19 - Henry Smith, colored, about 19 years of age, was shot and killed here yesterday afternoon. Oscar Wells is under arrest.
Dallas Morning News
12/20/1904




Job Kelly Killed in Storm
Farmer Boy Near Chickasha Crushed By Falling Timbers

Chickasha, I. T., Aug. 7 - A destructive windstorm swept over this section last night four miles west of town. Job Kelly, a 14-year-old farmer boy, was killed by falling timbers from a house that was blown down. The other members of the family escaped by going to the dugout.

A number of light structures were demolished by the storm.
Dallas Morning News
8/8/1905


Dora Creason

Mrs. Dora Creason, aged 19 years, of 2506 Hanna avenue, North Fort Worth, died this afternoon. The deceased was the daughter of A. D. Rogers of North Fort Worth. Her husband was killed in a railroad wreck about three years ago. The remains will be shipped to Chickasha in the morning by Undertaker L. P. Robertson.
Dallas Morning News
2/22/1907





Irene (Pinkston) Aber

MRS. O. E. ABER PASSES AWAY

At an early hour last Sunday morning Mrs. O. E. Aber passed from her suffering to the great beyond after a remarkable fight against overwhelming odds, despite untiring efforts of medical skill and tender nursing of loved ones. The end came three days after a second operation on August 22, two weeks after the first operation, at which time Mrs. Aber gave promise of ultimate recovery. During the first terrible ordeal and for a week following, she bore up under suffering that would have daunted many, showing through it all an implicit faith in God and a trust in surgical skill that touched the hearts of those who came in contact with her. She expressed confidence that she would soon be at home with friend’s and received their visits with a cheerfulness that commanded admiration from all. But it had been ordained that she was never to be permitted to leave her bed in the hospital and when it was decreed that a second operation must be performed, there was little hope that the weakened system could withstand the ordeal, and the end was not unexpected.
The body was brought to this city where the funeral services were conducted from her home at the residence of Mrs. J.W. Aber, Monday afternoon. Rev. Hogan of the Baptist church of Lindsay preaching the sermon. Interment was made in the Minco cemetery Monday afternoon, the funeral cortege being composed of over forty teams.
Irene Pinkston Aber was the eldest daughter of D.W. Pinkston, and was married to Orville E. Aber on October 4, 1909 She was 21 years of age on August 11. As a daughter and as a wife she possessed all those attributes of mind and heart that make an ideal life in her associations, and as a friend she did not forget in the hour when the shadows were growing long and the pitcher at the fountain was soon to be broken. Why she had to bear such a cross yet seemly in vain, will not be known this side of eternity, yet there must be some great purpose through which we are not yet permitted to see. And her life suffering and death may have been seeds sown in soil that will bring forth the fruit of inspiration to higher ideals in this life with their ultimate reward in life to be..Who Know?
{Minco Minstrel - August 30, 1912 - Transcribed and Submitted by Nancy Charlton}