Celebrating Lives

MINNIE GIPSON PONTOTOC-Services for Minnie Gipson, 86, of Pontotoc are 2:00 p.m. Thursday at the Criswell Funeral Home Chapel, Revs. Allen Beck and Randy Wade will officiate. Burial will follow at Seeley-Blue Cemetery near Connerville. There will be a wake service at Criswell Funeral Home Wednesday at 7:00 p.m. Mrs. Gipson died Sunday, February 26,…

DONNA GERSZEWSKI BYNG-Services for Donna Jean Smith Gerszewski, 50, of Byng are 2:00 p.m. Wednesday at the Criswell Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow at Coalgate Cemetery. Mrs. Gerszewski died Saturday, February 25, 2012 at a local hospital. She was born February 27, 1961 in Coalgate, Oklahoma to Mason Elmer and Emilie Lavina Potter Smith.…

SARAH JANE BURNS Sarah Jane Burns, 32, of Ada Sarah was born June 16, 1979 in Bakersfield, California to James Carl and Debra Sue Henson Burns. She attended Myrtle Avenue Grade School in Lamont, California. She and her family moved to this area in 1994 from Bakersfield. She graduated from Pauls Valley High School. Ms.…

RON PARKS SR. BYNG-Services for Ronnie Jack Parks Sr., 60, Byng, are 10 a.m. Wednesday at Criswell Funeral Home Chapel, Chaplain Rich Putnam will officiate. Burial will follow at New Bethel Cemetery. The family will receive family and friends at Criswell Funeral Home from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday. Mr. Parks died Friday, Feb. 24,…

DON CARMICHAEL OKLAHOMA CITY-Services for Donald Earl Carmichael, 78, of Oklahoma City, formerly of Ada are 2:00 p.m. Saturday at the First Christian Church in Ada, Rev. Ray Moss will officiate. Burial will precede the service at 11:00 Saturday at Rosedale Cemetery in Ada. The family will receive friends from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m.…

JOYCE SCOTT ADA-Services for W. Joyce Scott, 79, of Ada, are 11:00 a.m. Monday at the Criswell Funeral Home Chapel, Rev. Richard Terry will officiate. Burial will follow at Memorial Park Cemetery. Mrs. Scott died Thursday, February 23, 2012 at her home. She was born June 10, 1932 in Franks, Oklahoma to A. N. "Casey"…

CAROLE HODGES ADA-Services for Carole Louann Hodges, 72, of Ada are 2:00 p.m. Monday at the Criswell Funeral Home Chapel, Rev. Bob Langston will officiate. Burial will follow at Oakman Cemetery. Mrs. Hodges died Thursday, February 23, 2012 at an Ardmore hospital. She was born August 11, 1939 in Ada, Oklahoma to William and Dora…

Dortha Clark ADA- Services for Dortha Fern Clark, 80, of Ada, are 2:00 p.m. Monday at the First Free Will Baptist Church, Rev. Ryan Humble will officiate. Burial will follow at Rosedale Cemetery. The family will receive family and friends from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday at Criswell Funeral Home. Mrs. Clark died Thursday, February…

ZACHARY GROSS ROFF-Graveside services for Zachary Tyler Gross, infant son of Christopher Duane Gross and Christie Marie Dempsey are 10:00 a.m. Friday at the Seeley-Blue Cemetery, Mike Gross will officiate. The infant was born and died on Wednesday, February 22, 2012 in Ada. Criswell Funeral Home, Ada

DOROTHY POLLOCK KINGSTON-Services for Dorothy Lee Pollock, 63, of Kingston, formerly of Ada, are 10:00 a.m. Friday at the Criswell Funeral Home Chapel, Rev. Keith Roberts will officiate. Burial will follow at Rosedale Cemetery. A Memorial Service will be held at 10:00 a.m. Saturday at Texoma Baptist Church in Kingston. Mrs. Pollock died Tuesday, February…