DOT RIPPEE ALLEN-Services for Dora Faye "Dot" Pierce Rippee, 71, of Allen are 11:00 a.m. Thursday at the Richmond Avenue Free Will Baptist Church, Rev. Buddy Drake will officiate. Burial will follow at the Allen Cemetery. Mrs. Rippee died Monday, April 2, 2012 at her home. She was born August 2, 1940 in McLeansboro, Illinois…

ABBIE HUGHES WEST POINT, NE-Graveside services for Abigail E. Hughes, 15, of West Point, NE, formerly of Piedmont, Oklahoma, are 11:00 a.m. Saturday at Byrd's Prairie Cemetery in Tupelo. Funeral services were held on Thursday, April 5 at the Neilsen Community Center in West Point, NE. Abbie died Sunday, April 1, 2012 at an Omaha,…

EDDIE LOVELIS STONEWALL-Services for Eddie Ray Lovelis, 65, of Stonewall are 2:00 p.m. Friday at the Criswell Funeral Home Chapel, Rev. Richard Dickerson will officiate. Burial will follow at Highland Cemetery in Stonewall. Mr. Lovelis died Sunday, April 1, 2012 at an Oklahoma City hospital. He was born December 15, 1946 in Ada, Oklahoma to…

J.R. JOHNSON ADA-Services for J.R. Johnson, 83, Ada, are 2 p.m. Monday at Criswell Funeral Home Chapel, pastors Don Sayre and David Gray officiating. Burial will follow at Swan Hill Cemetery. The family will receive family and friends at Criswell Funeral Home from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday. Mr. Johnson died Friday, March 30,…

PEGGY WILKERSON ADA-A Celebration of Life Service for Peggy Lou Wilkerson, 83, of Ada will be 11:00 a.m. Monday at the Criswell Funeral Home Chapel. Floyd Kaiser and Rev. Joe Dixon will officiate. The family will receive friends from 6:30 p.m. until 7:30 p.m. Sunday at Criswell Funeral Home. Mrs. Wilkerson died Thursday, March 29,…

ANTHONY WHELCHEL CONNERVILLE-Services for Anthony Ray Whelchel, 43, of Connerville are 2:00 p.m. Saturday at the Criswell Funeral Home Chapel, Rev. Tony Poe will officiate. Burial will follow at the Connerville Cemetery. The Chickasaw Honor Guard will conduct military honors at the cemetery. Mr. Whelchel died Tuesday, March 27, 2012 at a Norman hospital. He…

JUANITA RAINS ADA-Services for Juanita Lucille Rains, 98, of Edmond, formerly of Ada are 2:00 p.m. Thursday at the Rollow Chapel of the First United Methodist Church, Rev. David Daniel will officiate. Burial will follow at Rosedale Cemetery. Mrs. Rains died Monday, March 26, 2012 in Oklahoma City. She was born June 5, 1913 at…

HOMER RICHMOND ADA-Services for Homer Walter Richmond, 81, of Ada, are 2:00 p.m. Friday at the First United Pentecostal Church, Rev. Daniel Johnson will officiate. Burial will follow at Rosedale Cemetery. The Chickasaw Honor Guard will conduct military honors at the cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. Thursday at…

GREGG MCKINNEY ADA-Gregg Alan McKinney, 51, passed away unexpectantly Saturday, March 24, 2012 at a local hospital in the presence of friends. He was born August 17, 1960 in Madison, Wisconsin to Douglas E. and Norma McKinney. He grew up and attended schools in San Bernardino, California. Gregg moved to the Ada area in the…

KARROL ENSEY ADA-Services for Karrol Ann Ensey, 63, of Ada, are 2:00 p.m. Monday at the Covenant Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Rev. Linda Snelling will officiate. Burial will follow at Rosedale Cemetery. Mrs. Ensey died Friday, March 23, 2012 at a local hospital. She was born February 28, 1949 in Ada, Oklahoma to Delbert Lloyd and…