Muskogee County, OK obituaries

Muskogee County, OK Obituaries

Aaron Russell Ashwood
Muskogee - Aaron R. Ashwood, 22, died Thursday (October 21, 1998). Services 2 p.m. Saturday, Lescher-Millsap Funeral Home Chapel.
Note: Son of Charles "Dick" Richard Ashwood I and Betty Ann Malan. Born with hole in heart. Died quietly in his sleep at home. [Tulsa World (OK) - October 23, 1998 - Submitted by Sara Hemp]

Blanche Mae Shackleford Ashwood
Blanche M. Ashwood, 80, homemaker, died Tuesday (April 24, 2001). Services 10 a.m. Saturday, Bradley Funeral Service Chapel.
Note: She was married to John Fredrick Ashwood
[Tulsa World (OK) - April 27, 2001 - Submitted by Sara Hemp]

Clara L. Foreman Ashwood, 1911 -2004
Clara L. Ashwood, 92, lifelong Muskogee County resident died Friday morning in her home.
Clara was born on June 17, 1911 to William H. and Jenny (Clevenger) Foreman where she was raised on her family home place south of Muskogee near Keefeton. Clara was educated at Sequoyah Elementary Schools and later at Muskogee Central High School. The oldest of eight children, Clara returned home to help raise her siblings. On November 16, 1930, she and Robert F. Ashwood were married. Mr. Ashwood preceded her in death on November 17, 1986. During the 1950's Clara was the cook at Sequoyah Schools. For many years Clara operated her family dairy farm south of Muskogee. She was a charter member of the Keefeton Trinity Baptist Church.
In 1967 Clara moved to Muskogee where she joined and became an active member of Immanuel Baptist Church. Mrs. Ashwood sewed and was a seamstress to many in the Muskogee area. She loved making quilts, especially for her children and grandchildren to enjoy. To Clara yard-work was a passion and she always displayed beautiful flowers for enjoyment to her and others.
Mrs. Ashwood was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, two brothers, Bill Foreman and Ralph Foremen and one sister, Hilda Walden.
She is survived by three daughters and sons-in-law, Joyce and Jim Kizzia, Sr. of Ft. Gibson, Nina and Kenneth Wilkins of Rural Copan, OK, Carol and Billy Boyd of Claremore; one son, Bob Ashwood of Claremore; two brothers, Gene Foreman of Keefeton, Kenneth Foreman of Bartlesville; two sister, Zelma Moran of Yukon and Pauline Blagg of Tulsa; eleven grandchildren; twenty great- grandchildren; one great-great grandchild and numerous nieces and nephews.
Funeral Services will be 2:00 P.M. Monday, May 17, 2004 at Immanuel Baptist Church, with Rev. Glen Cox officiating. Interment will follow in Memorial Park Cemetery. Jim Kizzia, Jr., Mark Kizzia, Phillip Kizzia, Stanley Franklin, Lance Boyd, Eric Salmon will be pallbearers.
Funeral services are under the direction of Foster-Petering Funeral Home. [Muskogee Daily Phoenix and Times-Democrat (OK) - May 16, 2004 - Submitted by Sara Hemp]

John Fredrick Ashwood
Muskogee - John F. Ashwood, 82, truck driver, died Wednesday [November 22, 2000]. Services 2 p.m. Monday, First Baptist Church. Bradley.
Note: John is the son of Harry Monroe Ashwood I and Mary Ellis Thompson. [Tulsa World (OK) - November 25, 2000 - Submitted by Sara Hemp]

Harry Monroe Ashwood I
Harry Ashwood, Sr.,78, south of Muskogee, died Sunday morning in a local hospital after an illness of several months.
Funeral arrangements will be announced by Bradley-Agent Funeral Home.
Born March 09, 1883, in Schuyler County, Illinois, he had been a local dairyman for the past 50 years and had been a Muskogee area resident for the past 51 years.
Survivors include his wife Mary Ellis of the home; eight sons, Harry Jr.; Howard T.; John F.; Joe E.; Tom L.; Charles R.; Bill H. and Jack H., all of Muskogee, a daughter, Mrs. Mary Waznaik of Muskogee; 21 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren, and two brothers, Ned of Smithfield, Illinois and John of the home. [Muskogee Times-Democrat, Monday, May 01, 1961 - Submitted by Sara Hemp]

Harry Ashwood, 75, Dies In Muskogee, Okla.
Mrs. Effie Seeley received word Sunday of the death of her brother-in-law, Harry M. Ashwood, 75, formerly of the Rushville vicinity, who died in his home at Muskogee, Okla., Saturday night, following a long illness. He had been engaged in the cattle business there for more than 50 years. Funeral services and burial will take place in Muskogee.
Mr. Ashwood was born in Schuyler county, a son of John and Rose Ashcraft Ashwood. He was married to Ellis Thompson of Ray in 1912 and they moved to Oklahoma shortly afterward.
Surviving are the widow; nine sons, a daughter, and two brothers, Ned of Astoria and John of Muskogee, two sisters, Mrs. Gertrude Peck and Mrs. Elizabeth Crumley, and a brother, Raymond, preceded him in death.
Mrs. Seely and brother, Lee Thompson of Galesburg left Monday to attend the funeral services. Also attending were Mr. and Mrs. William Crum, Mrs. Helen Goldsborough and Ruth of Rushville and Mrs. Albert Markwood of Jacksonville. [Rushville Times, Schuyler Co., IL, May 7, 1961 - Submitted by Sara Hemp]

Horace Raymond Ashwood
Raymond Ashwood Died In Muskogee, Okla., July 2 [1934]
Mrs. Gertrude M. Peck of Ray, and sister Mrs. John Crumley of Morgan county (IL), departed Monday night for Muskogee, Okla., in response to a message announcing the death of their brother, Raymond Ashwood, a former resident of this locality. Mrs. Ashwood, second son of John and Rose Ashwood, was born on a farm near Ray about forty-eight years ago. In early manhood he was joined in marriage to Miss Effie Montooth, who preceded him in death. Besides several grown children, Mr. Ashwood is survived by his father, two sisters, Mrs. Gertrude Peck and Mrs. Elizabeth Crumley, and three brothers Harry Ashwood of Muskogee, Okla., Ned Ashwood of Oakland township, and John Ashwood, Jr., whose place of residence is unknown. [Rushville Times, Schuyler Co., IL, July 4, 1934 - Submitted By: Ida Maack Recu]

Muskogee, Oklahoma paper (Submitted by Sara Hemp)
Raymond Ashwood 48, of Fort Gibson, Oklahoma, died at 215 South Third Street here last night following a lingering illness. He is survived by his widow Fammie, four sons Harold, Robert, Raymond, Jr., and Wayne; five daughters Mrs. Ruth Phelps and Mrs. Mabel Gaylor of Muskogee, Oklahoma; Mrs. Pauline Cox of Wagoner, Oklahoma; Lucille and Mary Etta Ashwood of Fort Gibson, Oklahoma.
Funeral services will be held at 9 o'clock Wednesday morning at the home at Fort Gibson, Oklahoma under the direction of the Lescher Funeral Home, Burial will be in Greenhill Cemetery, Muskogee, Oklahoma.

Joseph Edwin (Edward?) Ashwood
Joe Edwin Ashwood, Jr., 51, of Shamrock ? (Texas) died Wednesday, October 08, 2003. Memorial service will be 1:00 p.m. Saturday, at the Calvary Christian Church in Shamrock with Joe Jernigan, pastor officiating. Cremation was by Rector Funeral Home, 2800 S. Osage St., Amarillo, Texas.
Mr. Ashwood was born in Muskogee, OK. He lived most of his adult life in Tulsa, OK, where he owned and operated Ashwood Deck's, etc. He moved to Shamrock in 1997. He was a Christian and took great pride in his work. He was a very loving husband, father, brother and uncle.
He marries Yvonne Johnson in 1977 in Tulsa, OK.
Survivors include his wife of the home, 3 daughters; Elizabeth Ashwood of Shamrock, Mary Margaret Ashwood of Weatherford, OK and Stephanie Sue Ashwood of Fort Smith, AR., three sisters, Judy Ann Puckett and Jennifer Kaye Sims, both of Sayre, OK. and Joyce Lynn Ferris of Shamrock, TX., two brothers-in-law; Jimmy Johnston and Chris Johnston both of Tulsa, OK, his mother-in-law; Dee
Johnston of Tulsa, OK. Eight nephews and four nieces.
Note: This is a grandson of Harry Monroe Ashwood and Mary Ellis (Thompson) Ashwood. Son of Joseph Edwin (Edward?) Ashwood and Hazel Whittington. [Muskogee Daily Phoenix, Muskogee, Oklahoma, October 09, 2003 - Submitted by Sara Hemp]

Margaret Angeline Ashwood 1915 - 2008
Funeral services for Margaret Angeline Ashwood, 92, of Muskogee will be held at 10:00 a.m. Monday, March 3, 2008, at the First United Methodist Church with Rusty Williams officiating. Burial will be in Greenhill Cemetery under the direction of Lescher-Millsap Funeral Home.
Margaret Angeline Ashwood was born November 11, 1915 in Muskogee, OK, the daughter of Colonel Parker Harris and Minnie Bell (Miller) Harris and died
February 28, 2008 in Muskogee. She married Howard Thompson Ashwood, Sr. on December 24, 1936 in Muskogee. She was a homemaker.
She is preceded in death by her parents; husband, H. T. Ashwood in 1995; and two sisters, Lahoma Evans and Mildred Harris. Survivors include one son, H. T. Ashwood, Jr. and wife Nan of Sapulpa; two daughters, Margaret Ashwood of Muskogee, and Joan Ashwood of Wheat Ridge, CO; seven grandchildren; sixteen great-grandchildren, and nine great-great-grandchildren.
[Muskogee Daily Phoenix, March 01, 2008 - Submitted by Sara Hemp]

Mary Ellis Thompson Ashwood
Mrs. Mary E. Ashwood, 93, of Muskogee died Friday at Muskogee General Hospital. Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Riverside Christian Church. Burial arrangements will be under the direction of Bradley Funeral Home.
Mrs. Ashwood was born May 16, 1889, in Schuyler County, Illinois, and was a homemaker. She was the daughter of James and Florida Thompson and attended school in Ray, Illinois. She married Harry Ashwood April 15, 1911, in Rushville, Illinois and following their marriage moved to Muskogee. She was a longtime member of the Christian Church and a member of the Riverside Christian Church of Muskogee.
Harry Ashwood died April 30, 1961.
Survivors include seven sons, Harry, Tom, H. T. "Bud", C. A. "Dick", John F., and Jack H. all of Muskogee, and William H."Bill" of Guyman, Ok.; one daughter Mary Woziniak, of Muskogee; 37 grandchildren; 50 great-grandchildren; and 12 great-great-grandchildren. [Muskogee Phoenix Newspaper, August 01, 1982 - Submitted by Sara Hemp

Robert Franklin Ashwood
born November 20, 1906 - died November 17,1986
Officiating Ministers: The Reverend Frank Evers, The Reverend John Ashwood
Funeral services for Robert Franklin Ashwood, 79, conducted Thursday, November 20, 1986, at 2:00 P.M. in the Bradley Funeral Home Service Chapel with the Reverends Frank Evans and John Ashwood officiating.
Burial was in Memorial Park Cemetery with Jim Kizza, Jr., Mark Kizza, Phillip Kizza, Stanley Franklin and Lance Boyd serving as pallbearers.
Mr. Ashwood was born November 20, 1906, the son of Effie and Raymond Ashwood in Ray, Illinois. He died Tuesday in Muskogee Regional Medical Center.
He was raised and educated in Ray, Illinois until age 15. He then moved to Muskogee with his parents. On November 16, 1930, he and the former Clara Foreman were married in Muskogee County.
A lifelong dairy farmer, he was a member of Sovereign Grace Church and Oklahoma Dairy Farmers Association.
Family survivors include his wife Clara, of the home; three daughters, Joyce Kizzia of Fort Gibson, OK., Nina Wilkins of South Coffeyville, KS., and Carol Boyd of Claremore, OK.; one son Robert E. Ashwood of the home; one brother Raymond Ashwood of Wagoner, OK.;two sisters Mabel Gaylor of Wagoner, OK.; Lucille Dunaway of Van Nuys, CA.; two half sisters, Marietta Brady of Jenks and Verna Johnson of Wagoner, OK.; 11 grandchildren and 7 great-granchildren. [Submitted by Sara Hemp]

Thomas L. Ashwood, 78, died Wednesday. Services 10 a.m. Saturday, First United Methodist Church (Lescher-Millsap). [Daily Oklahoman, The (Oklahoma City, OK) - February 13, 2004 - Submitted by Sara Hemp]
Thomas L. Ashwood 1925 - 2004
Funeral services for Thomas L. Ashwood, 78, of Muskogee will be held at 10:00 a.m. Saturday, February 14, 2004 at First United Methodist Church with Reverend Diana Cox-Crawford officiating. Pallbearers will be Paul Maher, Marion Tuteral, Ken Meyer, Jack Key, Bob Roe and Hardy Clark. Burial will be in Greenhill Cemetery under the direction of Lescher-Millsap Funeral Home.
Thomas L. Ashwood was born March 26, 1925 in Muskogee, Oklahoma, the son of Harry M. Ashwood and Mary E. (Thompson) Ashwood and died February 11, 2004. He married Bettye Ballou February 14, 1952 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He retired from Brockway Glass Company. He was a member of the First United Methodist Church.
Survivors include his wife Bettye Ashwood of the home; two sons, Thomas Ashwood and wife Nancy of Fort Smith, AR, Albert Ashwood and wife Cindy of Chandler, OK; one daughter Janie Riddle and husband Frank of Muskogee, OK; one sister, Mary Wozniak of Muskogee, OK; two brothers, Dick Ashwood of Muskogee, OK, Jack Ashwood of Wainwright, OK; seven grandchildren, Brian Ashwood, Amy Ashwood, Rachel and Donald Ashwood, Sherman, Tommy and Madison Riddle. [Submitted by Sara Hemp]

Wayne Edward Ashwood
Funeral services for Wayne E. Ashwood, 63, of 4395 Corey Road, White City, Oregon, who died Saturday, (February 1975) will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday in the Conger-Morris Downtown Chapel. The Rev. Robert Leeds of the Freewill Baptist Church of Taft, California, will officiate. Committal will be in Hillcrest Memorial Park. Conger-Morris Funeral Directors are in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Ashwood was born February 21, 1911, in Schuyler County, Illinois, a son of the late Raymond and Effie Ashwood. Mr. Ashwood was a cattle rancher and had lived in the Rogue Valley area for ten years. Survivors include two sons, Charles E. Ashwood, Central Point, OR., Raymond Leon Ashwood of Santa Paula, California.; two brothers, Raymond Ashwood of Wagoner, OK.; Robert Ashwood of Muskogee, OK., four sisters, Mrs. Mabel Gaylor of Wagoner, OK.; Mrs. Verna Bell Johnson of Wagoner, OK.; Mrs. Maryetta Brady of Tulsa, OK.; Mrs. Lucille Dunaway of Van Nuys, CA.; six grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. One brother and one sister preceded him in death. Those who wish may pay their respects until 8:30 o'clock tonight in the Conger-Morris Downtown Chapel. [probably Muskogee Daily Phoenix - submitted by Sara Hemp]

William H. Ashwood
Guymon, Oklahoma
William H. "Bill" Ashwood, 68, died Tuesday, Jan. 12, 1999.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday in Henson-Novak Funeral Home Chapel with Elder Elmer Conley of Booker, Texas, officiating. Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday in Fort Gibson National Cemetery at Muskogee, Okla.
Mr. Ashwood was born in Muskogee. He was an Army veteran of the Korean War. He married Frances Mae Schickling in 1958 in Philadelphia. They moved to Guymon in 1978 from Fairview.
Mr. Ashwood was a speech and hearing teacher in the Fairview and Guymon schools for many years before retiring. He was a member of the United Church of God.
Survivors include his wife; two daughters, Janice Ashwood of Guymon and Deidre Danece Ashwood of Weatherford, Texas; a sister, Mary Wozniak of Muskogee; four brothers, Tommy Ashwood, Dick Ashwood, Johnny Ashwood and Jack Ashwood, all of Muskogee; and a granddaughter.
Friends may call at the funeral home from 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday; from 1 to 8 p.m. Sunday; and until service time on Monday. [Submitted by Sara Hemp]

Bobbie Jean Bonner Nunn
Mrs. Bobbie Jean Bonner Nunn peacefully went home to her God on August 24, 2007. She lived her beliefs of faith, courage, conviction, purpose and action. These values epitomized Mrs. Nunn. She was known as a woman who spoke the truth as daunting as it might have been. She was preceded in death by her husband, Josiah, and daughter, Darla Louise. She is survived by her son, Joe & daughter-in-law, Jan; grandchildren, Trudy, Patch, & Trenton Strickland, Trenton's wife, Tina; & great-grandsons, Tyler & Travis.

Mrs. Nunn was born in Muskogee, OK on September 16, 1924. Her father, Robert Bonner, died when she was 10 yrs. old. Due to circumstances beyond her mother, Ophelia Crawford's control, Mrs. Nunn's aunts became her surrogate mother, especially her aunts, Hattie & Louise. Her children Jewell, Iris & Crawford became Mrs. Nunn's siblings. Because of her childhood, Mrs. Nunn believed that family is not determined by blood alone & brought many into her life.
Mrs. Nunn attended high school in Shawnee & Muskogee, OK and graduated at the age of 17. She attended Orval Price School in Taylor, TX named for her Uncle Orval. Her early college years were spent at black colleges, Prairie View A & M and Tillotson. She received her master's degree from the University of Portland. She was active in school bands and played the saxophone. At a time when black women were chaperoned, Mrs. Nunn formed an all women jazz group that played in jazz and USO clubs throughout Texas. While touring she met her husband, Josiah J. Nunn. Duke Ellington & Count Bassie encouraged Mrs. Nunn to audition for their bands. Lt. Josiah Nunn was preparing to leave to fight in WW II when he asked Bobbie to marry him. She never played the sax again. The music of her life changed certering on her husband, children & community.

Mrs. Nunn was passionate her entire life fighting inequality and racism. Her personal mission was to inspire black women to know their "crown", to get an education, and to make a difference for themselves, their families & community. She and her husband worked tirelessly for civil rights, their church and children. She was the one with fire and ice. He led with quiet conviction and heart. In 1945, she became an involved & lifetime member of the NAACP. She was a lifetime member of the African American Chamber of Commerce and chaired the Education Committee. She was also an active member of the Urban League.

Mrs. Nunn's step-father, Robert G. Ford, & Mrs. Stone became the first black teachers in Portland. In the 1950s when signs in downtown Portland read "White Trade Only" her family pastor, Father Stone, at St. Phillip's Episcopal Church, impacted Mrs. Nunn who loved him for demonstrating the creator's heart to everyone who attended his integrated congregation.

The Nunns were members of the Kappa's fatenity and AKA soroity for nearly 40 years, & were strong proponents of education. The Nunns led distinguished careers as educators & inspired their son, Joe, to follow in their footsteps. The family served over 127 combined years in the Portland Public Schools educating & mentoring thousands of children. Mrs Nunn was one of the first teachers to create a science curriculum for urban children through the Ford Foundation.

A funeral Mass will be held at St. Phillip's Episcopal Church at 11am Friday, September 14, 2007.
[From "The Oregonian", September 9, 2007 of Bobbie Jean Bonner Nunn born in Muskogee, Oklahoma on September 16, 1924 & died August 24, 2007 - submitted by lisamail@verizon.net]

Ruth Gertrude Ashwood Phelps
Funeral services for Mrs. D. B. (Ruth) Phelps, 62, of 226 North 13th, will be announced by Lescher Funeral Home.
Born October 24, 1908, in Schuyler County, Illinois, Mrs. Phelps died Friday morning (February 1981) in the Muskogee General Hospital after a short illness. A resident of Muskogee for 35 years, Mrs. Phelps was a member of the Fairview Baptist Church.
Survives include her husband of the home; a son Richard of Muskogee, OK; four daughters, Cloe French of Haskell, OK; Dorothy Stone of Los Angeles, CA; Wanda Collins of Tulsa, OK and Norma Cole of Muskogee, OK; three brothers, Wayne Ashwood of Medford, OR; Bud Ashwood of Wagoner, OK; and Robert Ashwood of Muskogee, OK; two sisters, Mabel Gaylor of Wagoner, OK and Lucille Dunaway of Van Nuys, CA; 11 grandchildren, and 13 great-grandchildren.
Burial will be in Greenhill Cemetery in Muskogee, OK.
[Muskogee Daily Phoenix - submitted by Sara Hemp] Note: Cloe French and Dorothy Stone were D. B.'s daughters by his first wife. I do not know who is their Mother.