Celebrating Lives

LUCILE BLACKBURN ADA-Services for Lucile Blackburn, 91, Ada, are 10:00 a.m. Wednesday at Central Church of Christ, Bud Ross will officiate. Burial will follow at Rosedale Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. Tuesday at Criswell Funeral Home. Mrs. Blackburn died Sunday, April 10, 2011 at her home. She was born…

EDITH SMITH ADA-Memorial services for Edith Mary Smith, 81, Ada, are 7:00 p.m. Tuesday at the Ada Nazarene Church, Rev. Jim Knight will officiate. Mrs. Smith died Saturday, April 9, 2011 at a local nursing home. She was born April 1, 1930 in Toledo, Ohio to George and Lila Bell Enyart Connor. She attended Bedford…

PAULA RUTLEDGE ADA-Services for Paula June Rutledge, 66, Ada, are 2:00 p.m. Monday at the First Baptist Church, Dr. Pat Kilby and Rev. John Haynes will officiate. Burial will follow at Swan Hill Cemetery. The family will receive family and friends from 3 to 5 p.m. Sunday afternoon at Criswell Funeral Home. Mrs. Rutledge died…

JEAN CRANFORD SPEERS CANEY-Services for Wilma Jean Cranford Speers, 91, Caney, are 11:00 a.m. Monday at the Criswell Funeral Home Chapel, Rev. Richard Dickerson will officiate. Burial will follow at Memorial Park Cemetery. Mrs. Speers died Thursday, April 7, 2011 at an Atoka hospital. She was born November 9, 1919 in Sulphur, Oklahoma to Joel…

CARL WEST ADA-Graveside services for Carl Henry West, 83, Ada are 11:00 a.m. Monday at the New Bethel Cemetery in Byng, Rev. Earl Hood will officiate. Mr. West died Thursday, April 7, 2011 at a local nursing home. He was born January 28, 1928 in Holdenville, Oklahoma to Charles and Elta Watson West. He married…

JIM TRAHERN ADA-Graveside services for James Ray (Jim) Trahern, 78, Ada, are 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Memorial Park Cemetery, Rev. David Daniel will officiate. The family will receive friends from 5:00 until 7:00 p.m. Monday at Criswell Funeral Home. Mr. Trahern died Thursday, April 7, 2011 at the Oklahoma Heart Hospital in Oklahoma City. He…

OLETA ROWE ALLEN-Graveside services for Oleta Rowe, 76, Allen, are 10:00 a.m. Monday at the Allen Cemetery, Rev. Buddy Drake will officiate. Friends may call at the Allen Chapel from 4:00 p.m. Sunday until service time. Mrs. Rowe died Thursday, April 7, 2011 at her home. She was born July 17, 1934 in Francis, Oklahoma…

ANN KEY ADA-Services for Annie Ruth "Ann" Hendrix Key, 89, Ada, are 10:00 a.m. Thursday at the Criswell Funeral Home Chapel, Rev. Bob Langston will officiate. Burial will follow at Antlers Cemetery. Mrs. Key died Monday, April 4, 2011 at her home. She was born March 18, 1922 in Sulphur Springs, Texas to Lewis Harvey…

FRANCES WOOD TUCSON, ARIZONA-Graveside services for Frances C. Wood, 91, Tucson, Arizona, formerly of Ada are 10:00 a.m. Saturday at Memorial Park Cemetery, Rev. Bob Langston will officiate. Mrs. Wood died Monday, April 4, 2011 in Tucson. She was born January 25, 1920 in Hugo, Oklahoma to Edward Adam and Lily Spradley Clark. She graduated…

FRANCES WOOD TUCSON, ARIZONA-Graveside services for Frances C. Wood, 91, Tucson, Arizona, formerly of Ada are 10:00 a.m. Saturday at Memorial Park Cemetery, Rev. Bob Langston will officiate. Mrs. Wood died Monday, April 4, 2011 in Tucson. She was born January 25, 1920 in Hugo, Oklahoma to Edward Adam and Lily Spradley Clark. She graduated…