Celebrating Lives

Services for Raelee Michelle Burns, 41, of Ada are 2:00 p.m. Friday, June 30, 2023 at Criswell Funeral Home. Raelee passed away June 24, 2023 at her home.  She was born April 28, 1982 in Ardmore, OK to Ronald Lee Runyan and Rhonda Janell McKim.  She was raised by her mother and Billy Farmer. Raelee…

Aminah Currie Services for Aminah Nakila Currie, 46, of Ada are 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, June 27, 2023 at the Criswell Funeral Home Chapel, Charlene Parker Blue will officiate. Burial will follow at Pleasant Hill Cemetery. Aminah Nakila Currie was born in Tulsa Oklahoma on August 28, 1976, the second daughter to the union of Martha…

Services for Floyd Booker, 62, of Ada are 11:00 a.m. Monday, June 26, 2023 at the Criswell Funeral Home Chapel, Rev. Ronnie Amous will officiate. Burial will follow at Westwood Cemetery in Wewoka. Dinner will be served at the Chickasaw Nation Community Center following the service at 3:30.  A wake service will be held at…

Mrs. Wanda Lou Snyder, daughter of the late Gladys Callen and John "Babe" Balthrop was born on August 25, 1936, in Ada, OK.  She attended Byng Public Schools where she played competitive softball and basketball under the hall of fame coach, Bertha Frank-Teague.  She became a high school graduate from Byng High School in 1954.…

Jimmy Joe Hall, 96 of Ada, passed away Wednesday at a local hospital after a short illness.  He was born in Heavener, Oklahoma, Jan. 6, 1927. He married June Williams in 1950.  He was a retired administrator in the petroleum industry. Survivors are his wife June, a daughter Elizabeth J. Hall, a granddaughter Jane Price…

Alyene Sims Alyene Sims went to be with the Lord on June 14, 2023 in Sherman, Texas. Funeral Services are under the direction of Criswell Funeral Home and will be held on Wednesday, June 21, 2023 at 2:00 P.M. at the Southwest Church of Christ. Mr. Floyd Kaiser and Mr. Butch Platt will be officiating.…

Johnny Brassfield, Jr. left his earthly home on June 13, 2023 at the age of 93. He was born on April 16, 1930 in Davis, Oklahoma to Johnie Brassfield Sr. and Lena May Brassfield. In his early years, he went with his family to San Diego during the war effort where he lived on Pacific…

Dorothy Golden Turner was born on November 2, 1928 in Drumright, OK to Paul and Bertha Turner.   She lived in Oklahoma and moved to California as a child.  She met and married Harold Ford and had two children, Patti and Paul. Dorothy worked for the Canteen Corporation in California as a food service provider.…

Elizabeth (Liz) Ann Frasher Lee, 61, of Durant, passed from this life on Sunday, June 11 in Ada.  A Celebration of Life Service will be held at 2:00 p.m. Friday, June 16th at Criswell Funeral Home Chapel, Ada, led by John Burnett, Chaplain, Mercy Hospital, Ada. Cremation services are under the direction of Criswell Funeral…

Services for Jimmy Edmond Hawkins, 43, of Ada are 10:00 a.m. Friday, June 16, 2023 at Criswell Funeral Home.  A wake service will be held from 6:00-8:00 p.m. Thursday, June 15 at Criswell Funeral Home. Mr. Hawkins passed away Sunday, June 11, 2023 at OU Medical Center.  He was born May 7, 1980 in Alexandria,…