HICKS A. SMTH, JR. ADA-Services for Hicks Avery Smith, Jr., 86, Ada, are 2:00 p.m. Wednesday at the First United Methodist Church in Ada, Dr. George Warren, Rev. Bob Langston and Dr. Roberto Escamilla will officiate. Burial will follow at Rosedale Cemetery. Full Military Honors will be conducted at the cemetery. Mr. Smith died Monday,…

R. B. TARWATER ADA-Services for R. B. Tarwater, 88, Ada, are 11:00 a.m. Wednesday at the Criswell Funeral Home Chapel, Rev. Joe T. Dixon will officiate. Burial will follow at Rosedale Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. Tuesday at Criswell Funeral Home. Mr. Tarwater died Sunday, September 14, 2008…

DONALD SUTTON ADA-Graveside services for Donald Edward Sutton, 75, Ada, are 10:00 a.m. Wednesday at Rosedale Cemetery, Rev. Frank Trent will officiate. Mr. Sutton died Sunday, September 14, 2008 at a local nursing home. He was born November 17, 1932 at Beebe, Oklahoma to Pleas W. and Myrtle May Kirby Sutton. He lived in this…

XYLA RICHARDSON HOUSTON, TEXAS-Graveside services for Xyla Constance Richardson, 92, Houston, Texas, formerly of Ada, are 11:00 a.m. Saturday at Rosedale Cemetery. Mrs. Richardson died Sunday, September 14, 2008 at a Houston, Texas hospital. She was born April 20, 1916 near Pauls Valley, Oklahoma to Alvin and Sallie Driskill Murdock. She graduated from Paoli High…

FRANK FOUNTAIN ADA-Services for Frank Dwain Fountain, 74, Ada, are 2:00 p.m. Tuesday at First Baptist Church, Dr. Pat Kilby and Rev. John Haynes officiating. Burial follows at Rosedale Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 5:00 – 7:00 pm Monday at Criswell Funeral Home. Mr. Fountain died on Saturday, September 13, 2008, at his…

BRENDA CLARK FITTSTOWN-Services for Brenda Joyce Clark, 55, Fittstown, are 10:00 a.m. Tuesday at the Criswell Funeral Home Chapel, Rev. Ken Huneycutt will officiate. Burial will follow at Cedar Grove Cemetery in Francis. Mrs. Clark died Saturday, September 13, 2008 at a Shawnee hospital. She was born September 8, 1953 at Ada, Oklahoma to Harold…

MARIANNA OKANEY CENTRAHOMA-A private family memorial service is planned at a later date for Marianna Paola Okaney, 80, Centrahoma. Mrs. Okaney died on Thursday, September 11, 2008, at a Coalgate hospital. She was born August 24, 1928, in Transylvania, Europe, to Yuri and Mary Elana Okaney. She attended school in Europe. She later moved to…

SHERRY JACKSON ADA-Services for Sherry June Jackson, 50, Ada, are 10:00 a.m. Saturday at Ada Church of the Nazarene, Revs. Stephen Nation and Bob Davis officiating. Burial follows at Highland Cemetery, Stonewall. Mrs. Jackson died on Wednesday, September 10, 2008, at a local hospital. She was born November 23, 1957, in Ada to Robert A.…

KATIE CALVERT CLEVELAND, OKLAHOMA-Services for Katie Lynn Calvert, infant daughter of Michael Kelly Calvert and Brandy Shulanberger, are 2:00 p.m. Friday at the Criswell Chapel, Floyd Kaiser officiating. Burial follows at Vamoosa Cemetery. Katie was born and died on Tuesday, September 9, 2008, at a Tulsa hospital. Survivors include her parents, Michael Kelly Calvert and…

FRIEDA LEININGER ADA-Frieda Leininger, 78, Ada, died on Tuesday, September 9, 2008. She was born July 14, 1930, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to John and Frieda Hankins Marsden. She moved to Ada about 27 years ago from Williamstown, New Jersey. She attended school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and was a press operator for a phonograph record company.…