Pontotoc County Oklahoma
Obits
| Gene Dean, 38, of Roff passed away Oct.
14 at 10 p.m. at a local hospital. Funeral services were held Oct.
15th at 3 p.m. at Lightening Ridge, internment in the cemetery
there. Criswell Funeral home in charge. The deceased is
survived by his wife and three children, his mother Mrs. Dean, four
brothers and two sisters. Source: Ada Weekly News Oct. 20, 1938 |
| Mrs. Anna Dyer, 55, of Oakman, passed
away May 27 at 11 p.m. at a local hospital. Funeral services were
held Sunday, May 29, at 2 p.m. at Steedman, interment in the Steedman
cemetery. Criswell Funeral home in charge. Mrs. Dyer is
survived by a daughter, Mrs. Stick. Source: Ada Weekly News June 2, 1938 |
| John Dyer, 18, living at Center, passed
away at his home Saturday morning. Funeral services will be held at
the home Sunday afternoon at 3:30 p.m. Rev. Megehee officiating.
Burial in the home cemetery. Keith funeral home in
charge. Source: Ada Weekly News Oct 20, 1938 |
| John Wesley Hodges, small son of Mr. and
Mrs. D. W. Hodges, 614 W 10th St., passed away Oct 15 at a local hospital
at 12:30 a.m. Funeral services were held Oct 15 at 3:30 p.m. from
the chapel of the Criswell Funeral Home, Rev. Holland officiating;
interment in Rosedale cemetery. The deceased is survived by his parents,
two brothers, Gene and David, and his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Rex
Reed. Source: Ada Weekly News Oct. 20, 1938 |
| Lottie Louise Hickey. 9, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Herman B. Hickey, died Monday night at the home, 703 West
Nineteenth. Funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon at
2:30 o'clock from the First Baptist Church, Dr. C. C. Morris
officiating. Burial in Rosedale cemetery, Keith Funeral Chapel in
charge. Lottie leaves her parents, a sister, Anna Mae, and two
brothers, Herman, Jr., and Paul Dean Hickey. Source: Ada Weekly News June 2, 1938 |
| Barbara Louise Lillard, 4, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Lillard, Ada, Route 4, died at the home Monday.
Funeral services were held Tuesday at 3 p.m., from the home, Rev. Tom
Jerry of the Nazarene church officiating; burial in Five Mile cemetery,
Keith's in charge. Surviving are the parents, two sisters and a
brother. Source: Ada Weekly News June 2, 1938 |
| Miss Sadie Bell McKeel, 13 year old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. W. McKeel of Roff, Ok died in the local
hospital shortly after 3 o'clock Friday afternoon. The body was
taken to Roff where funeral services were held at 10 o'clock Sunday
morning. Burial will take place in East Hill cemetery at that
place. Mr. McKeel is a brother of Dr. Sam A. and J. F. McKeel of
this city. Source: Ada Weekly News Feb. 16, 1922 |
| Mrs. Mary Pitt, 79, of Hickory passed
away May 28 at 7:30 a.m. at a local hospital. Funeral services will
be held Sunday, May 28, at 2:30 p.m. at the Sunshine school house, Rev.
Burch officiating. Interment in the cemetery there. Criswell
Funeral home in charge. Mrs. Pitt is survived by her husband, G. A.
Pitt, two sons, Marshall Pitt of Montana and George M. Pitt of Vanoss, and
two daughters, Mrs. Maud Kenner of Lubbock, Texas and Mrs. May Tinsley of
Hickory. Source: Ada Weekly News June 2, 1938 |
| Mrs. Barbara Scott, 21, of Ada, Rt. 1,
passed away May 26 at 11:30 p.m., at a local hospital. Funeral
services were held Friday afternoon at 2:00 p.m., from the chapel of the
Criswell Funeral Home. Rev. Teague officiating, interment in
Rosedale cemetery. Mrs. Scott is survived by her husband, L. D.
Scott; a daughter, Laura Beth; her father Earley Davis; two brothers,
Tarzan and Paul Davis, and a sister Jo Ann Walker. Source: Ada Weekly News June 2, 1938 |