Celebrating Lives

REBECCA NELSON NORMAN-Services for Rebecca Faye Martin Nelson, 55, Norman, formerly of the Ada area are 2:00 p.m. Saturday at Blue Baptist Church at Connerville, Rev. Gayland Cannon will officiate. Burial will follow at Seeley Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 7:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. Friday at Criswell Funeral Home. Mrs. Nelson died…

GLADYS SMITH ADA-Graveside services for Gladys LaVeta Smith, 94, Ada, are 1:00 p.m. Monday at I. O. O. F. Cemetery in Ponca City, Rev. George Carson officiating. The family will receive friends from 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. Sunday at Criswell Funeral Home. Mrs. Smith died on Thursday, June 18, 2009, at a local nursing home.…

KENNETH FAULKENBERRY ADA-Graveside services for Kenneth Wayne Faulkenberry, 69, Ada, are 10:00 a.m. Saturday at Memorial Park Cemetery, Rev. Earl Hood will officiate. Mr. Faulkenberry died Thursday, June 18, 2009 at his home. He was born August 4, 1939 at Ontario, California to Lester and Pauline Yarberry Faulkenberry. He attended school in Ontarion, California. Mr.…

NELSON BELL ADA-Services for Nelson Dwight Bell, 70, Ada are 10:00 a.m. Wednesday at the First Christian Church, Revs. Vicki Crooks and Zac Christian will officiate. Mr. Bell died Wednesday, June 17, 2009 at his home. He was born March 12, 1939 at McCamey, Texas to Buford K. and Helen Mann Bell. He graduated from…

W. L. HARRIS HOBBS, NEW MEXICO-Graveside services for Winford Lowell "W. L." Harris, 89, Hobbs, New Mexico, formerly of Ada are 10:00 a.m. Tuesday at Memorial Park Cemetery, Rev. John Haynes will officiate. The family will receive friends from 8:00 a.m. until 9:30 a.m. Tuesday at Criswell Funeral Home. Mr. Harris died Monday, June 15,…

BENNIE WALKER ADA-Services for Bennie Rae Walker, 77, Ada, are 2:00 p.m. Wednesday at the Union Hill Baptist Church, Revs. Sonny Stewart, Steve Gardner and James Stewart will officiate. Burial will follow at Memorial Park Cemetery. The Chickasaw Honor Guard will conduct military honors at the cemetery. The family will receive friends from 7:00 p.m.…

CINDI SANDERS SEVERN, MARYLAND-Graveside services for Cindi Sanders, 51, Severn, Maryland, formerly of Ada and Del City, Oklahoma are 11:00 a.m. Saturday at Maxwell Cemetery, Darrell Phillips and Kendall Martin will officiate. Ms. Sanders died Monday, June 15, 2009 at a Baltimore, Maryland hospital. She was born April 3, 1958 at Coalgate, Oklahoma to Jerry…

EDDIE FILES BARTLESVILLE-Services for Edward Eugene "Eddie" Files, 49, Bartlesville, formerly of Ada, are 10:00 a.m. Tuesday at the Criswell Funeral Home Chapel, Rev. Frank Trent will officiate. Burial will follow at Highland Cemetery in Stonewall. Mr. Files died Saturday, June 13, 2009 at a Bartlesville hospital. He was born May 11, 1960 at Tulsa,…

RODNEY SIMPSON Rodney Allen Simpson, 20, of Ada, formerly of Jacksonville, Missouri Mr. Simpson died Saturday, June 13, 2009 near Connerville, Oklahoma. He was born October 23, 1988 in Oklahoma City to Rodney Allen Smith and Carrie Ann DeLong. He attended school in Moberly, Missouri. Survivors include his mother, Carrie Gardner, Jacksonville, Missouri; his fiancé,…

BILL JORREY HOT SPRINGS, ARKANSAS-Memorial services for Wilfred Leslie "Bill" Jorrey, 80, Hot Springs, Arkansas will be held at a later date. Mr. Jorrey died Friday, June 12, 2009 at his home in Ada. He was born June 8, 1929 at Salisbury Center, New York to Robert M. and Elizabeth Snell Jorrey. He graduated from…