Celebrating Lives

VALERA COVENTON ADA-Services for Nanny Valera Coventon, 91, Ada, are 2:00 p.m. Thursday at the Criswell Funeral Home, Dr. Rusty Fuller will officiate. Burial follows at Memorial Park Cemetery. Mrs. Coventon died on Monday, April 14, 2008, at an Allen nursing home. She was born February 18, 1917, in Kentucky to Richard and Sally Ann…

BILL SCRIBNER STONEWALL-Services for William Harold "Bill" Scribner, 78, Stonewall, are 2:00 p.m. Tuesday at the Criswell Chapel. Burial will follow at Jesse Cemetery in Stonewall. Mr. Scribner died Saturday, April 12, 2008 at a Coalgate hospital. He was born June 20, 1929 at Russellville, Arkansas to James Wiley and Zelma Moore Scribner. He graduated…

TIM HOLT ADA-There will be a gathering from 2:00 until 4:00 p.m. Tuesday at the Criswell Funeral Home to celebrate the life of Tim Holt, 50, Ada. Mr. Holt died Saturday, April 12, 2008 at his home. He was born March 14, 1958 at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma to Emry and Edith Fern Helms Holt. He…

EMILY BRUMLEY LEXINGTON-Services for Emily Parilee Brumley, 78, Lexington, are 2:00 p.m. Monday at the Criswell Chapel, Dr. Joe Elam officiating. Burial follows at Rosedale Cemetery in Ada. Mrs. Brumley died on Friday, April 11, 2008, at her home. She was born August 19, 1929, at Sasakwa to Carl and Duskey (Barker) Eberle. She attended…

LINDA PEAY ADA-Services for Linda Lee Peay, 64, Ada, are 10:00 a.m. Monday at the Criswell Funeral Home Chapel, Revs. Joe Howry and Ray Talbott will officiate. Burial will follow at Rosedale Cemetery. Ms. Peay died Thursday, April 10, 2008 at a local hospital. She was born July 22, 1943 at Ada, Oklahoma to George…

CHARLES CRANFORD TULSA-Memorial services for Charles Buford Cranford, 80, Tulsa, formerly of the Ada area, are 12:00 noon Monday at the Criswell Funeral Home Chapel, Pastor Bill Carter and Rev. Joe Howry will officiate. Mr. Cranford went to heaven on Thursday, April 10, 2008 at St. Francis Hospital in Tulsa. He was born November 7,…

GENERAL VANDEVER, JR. ADA-Graveside services for General Wood "G.W." Vandever, Jr., 86, Ada, are 11:00 a.m. Saturday at Memorial Park Cemetery, Mr. David Fry will officiate. Mr. Vandever died Wednesday, April 9, 2008 at a local nursing home. He was born September 16, 1921 at Beggs, Oklahoma to General Wood Vandever, Sr. and Mary Elizabeth…

ELLEN DAVIS FITTSTOWN-Services for Mary Ellen Davis, 81, Fittstown, are 10:00 a.m. Saturday at the Pontotoc United Methodist Church, Mr. Hilton Brumfield will officiate. Burial will follow at Pontotoc Cemetery. Mrs. Davis died Wednesday, April 9, 2008 at a local hospital. She was born June 16, 1926 in the Redland Community, near Idabell, Oklahoma to…

VICKI NAIFEH DURANT-Memorial services for Vicki Naifeh, 50, Durant, formerly of Ada, are 11:00 a.m. Saturday at the First Baptist Church in Durant, Revs. Randy Scott and Scott Hamilton will officiate. Vicki passed away Tuesday, April 8, 2008 at a Sherman, Texas hospital. She was born November 13, 1957 in Oklahoma City to T. L.…

MONNIE MARTIN ADA-Graveside services for Monnie Martin, 93, Ada, 10:30 a.m. Thursday at the Pontotoc Cemetery, Rev. Earl Hood will officiate. Mrs. Martin died Tuesday, April 8, 2008 at a local nursing home. She was born September 10, 1914 at Fittstown, Oklahoma to Luke and Amanda Colbert Ross. She attended Pontotoc schools. She married Robert…