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Tahlequah, Oklahoma Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Tahlequah, Oklahoma & Surrounding Areas

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Lyle Dockwell

Lyle Dockwell

Jun 9, 2018

Lyle Marvin Dockwell, 94, of Tahlequah, Oklahoma passed away peacefully at the Cherokee County Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Tahlequah on June 9, 2018. He was born March 19, 1924 in Freeborn County, Minnesota, the fourth of eight children of the late George and Marie (Jacobsen) Dockwell. As a toddler, he moved with his family to the Coulter, Iowa...

Tony Stephens

Tony Stephens

Jun 6, 2018

Tony Wayne Stephens passed from this life on June 6, 2018 in Tahlequah, OK at 81 years of age. Tony was born January 13, 1937 to Harry Wayne Stephens and Bertha Marain Stephens west of Tahlequah, OK. The night he was born it was snowing and his dad had to plow the road to make the way for Dr....

Zora Mayes

Zora Mayes

May 15, 2018

Zora Helen Jones Mayes the daughter of Omar and Helen Jones was born February 6, 1940 in Lusk, Wyoming and departed this life on May 15, 2018 at the Cherokee County Nursing Home at the age of 78 years. Zora loved to read, travel, plant flowers, cook and paint. She also loved to playing Domino's with her friends. She...

Billy Spradlin

Billy Spradlin

May 15, 2018

Billy Lawton Spradlin the son of Walter Lawton and Wilma Louise (Thompson) Spradlin was born April 29, 1945 in Cherokee County and departed this life after a lengthy battle of illness on May 14, 2018 in Tahlequah, Oklahoma at the age of 73 years and 15 days. Bill enjoyed life and he loved his family. He enjoyed spending time...

Clifford Wheeler

Clifford Wheeler

May 11, 2018

Born in Athens, Texas on August 20, 1933 to Verda Hayden and Arter Columbus Wheeler, Clifford Eugene Wheeler spent his formative years in Lubbock. Leaving school at an early age, he began his search for a better life than he had in Post-Depression Era West Texas. Enlisting in the US Air Force on November 27, 2951, he served his...

Ricky Crow

Ricky Crow

May 1, 2018

Ricky Dale Crow Sr. the son of Thomas Jefferson and Geneva Bell (Bolding) Crow was born January 24, 1956 in Tahlequah, Oklahoma and departed this life on May 1, 2018 in Tahlequah, Oklahoma at the age of 62 years, 3 months and 7 days. Ricky enjoyed life and he loved the outdoors. He loved hunting, fishing, running trot lines,...

Pauline Jennings

Pauline Jennings

Apr 27, 2018

Pauline Velma Jennings the daughter of George and Lottie Mae (Davis) Hicks was born June 10, 1931 in Moody, Oklahoma and departed this life on April 27, 2018 in Tahlequah, Oklahoma at the age of 86 years, 10 months and 17 days. Pauline enjoyed life and she loved her family. She enjoyed gardening, camping and her role as a...

Bobbie Powell

Bobbie Powell

Apr 25, 2018

Bobbie Faye Powell the daughter of Thomas Ray and Alice (Jordan) Scott was born April 26, 1944 in Tahlequah, Oklahoma and she departed this life on April 25, 2018 in Muskogee, Oklahoma one day shy of her 74th birthday. Bobbie enjoyed life and loved helping people. She volunteered for many different organizations. She was a member of General Baptist...

Callie Ferrell

Callie Ferrell

Apr 24, 2018

Callie Ferrell the daughter of Robert and Viola (Cole) Green was born January 1, 1922 in Cherokee County, Oklahoma and departed this life on April 24, 2018 in Tahlequah, Oklahoma at the age of 96 years, 3 months and 23 days. Callie enjoyed her role as a wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother. She loved to cook and she...

Sherman Silcox

Sherman Silcox

Apr 16, 2018

Sherman D. Silcox was born October 16, 1942 in Colcord, Oklahoma and departed this life on April 16, 2018 in Tahlequah, Oklahoma at the age of 75 years and 6 months. Sherman loved being outside and fishing. He liked working puzzle books, watching westerns on TV and playing with his dog in his free time. He also enjoyed singing...

Jessie Coulter

Jessie Coulter

Apr 12, 2018

Reflections of the life of Jessie Coulter On September 8, 1935 God sent us one of his angels, Jessie Mae Coulter. Born in Hulbert, Oklahoma to Jess Cooper and EuWala Sanders Cooper. Jessie received her educational training at Lincoln High School. Jessie later went to work for Owens Brockway where she worked for 17 years before retiring. Jessie met,...

Lee Coke

Lee Coke

Apr 8, 2018

Lee Edward Coke Jr. the son of Lee and Iva Lee (Younger) Coke was born December 15, 1940 in Park Hill, Oklahoma and departed this life on April 8, 2018 in Muskogee, Oklahoma at the age of 77 years, 3 months and 24 days. Lee enjoyed the simple things in life. He loved to fish, especially for catfish, and...

Gale Swank

Gale Swank

Apr 5, 2018

Gale Marie Swank the daughter of Med Conrad and Lena (Bell) Conrad was born on March 25, 1952 in Webber Falls, Oklahoma and departed this life on April 5, 2018 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Gale enjoyed life and loved her family. She loved her boys and one of her greatest joys was being a grandma. She enjoyed spending her time...

Mary Joice

Mary Joice

Apr 3, 2018

Mary Magdalene Joice the daughter of Raymond Milliron and Dellia Dodson was born on June 15, 1960 in Tulsa, Oklahoma and departed this life on April 3, 2018 in Stilwell, Oklahoma. Mary enjoyed life and loved her family. Her grandbabies were her everything! She loved to cook and you could always find her in the kitchen cooking steak and...

Angela Cockrum

Angela Cockrum

Mar 31, 2018

Angela Dawn Cockrum the daughter of Mack Ray Cockrum and Dorthy Jean (Smith) Maxey was born July 5, 1961 in Muskogee, Oklahoma and departed this life on March 31, 2018 in Bentonville, Arkansas at the age of 56 years, 8 months and 16 days. Angela was a free spirit and loved life. There were several words that described her...

James Edwards

James Edwards

Mar 29, 2018

James Henry Edwards, the son of James Henry and Rose (Dodson) Edwards, was born on April 19, 1929 in Alma, Arkansas and departed this life on March 29, 2018 in Tahlequah, Oklahoma at the age of 88. Jim grew up in Oklahoma and graduated from Muskogee Central High School in 1947. He entered the United States Army National Guard...

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