Celebrating Lives

EDWARD HALVERSON ADA-Services for Edward S. Halverson, 106, Ada, are 10:00 a.m. Wednesday at the Criswell Funeral Home Chapel, Dr. Pat Kilby will officiate. Burial will follow at Memorial Park Cemetery. Mr. Halverson died Sunday, January 13, 2008 at an Ada nursing home. He was born May 20, 1901 at Maple Hill, Kansas to Louis…

KEN LYTTON ADA-Graveside services for Kenneth Carroll Lytton, 75, Ada are 1:00 p.m. Monday at Rosedale Cemetery, Rev. Tom Hargrave will officiate. Mr. Lytton died Friday, January 11, 2008 at a local nursing home. He was born June 30, 1932 at Edna, West Virginia to Lawrence Morgan and Effie Eberly Lytton. He came to the…

ANN BRIANS Mary Ann Brians, 52, of Ada Mrs. Brians died Friday, January 11, 2008 at her home. She was born January 17, 1955 at Ada, Oklahoma to James A. and Pauline Dobbins Huffman. She attended Ada schools and lived in the Ada area all her life. She married Bobby C. Brians. He preceded her…

BETTYE DEES BRISTOW-Services for Bettye Jo Dees, 82, Bristow, formerly of Ada, are 2:00 p.m. Tuesday at the Criswell Funeral Home Chapel, Dr. Rusty Fuller will officiate. Burial will follow at Memorial Park Cemetery. Mrs. Dees died Friday, January 11, 2008 at a Bristow nursing home. She was born May 5, 1925 at Stonewall, Oklahoma…

DORA CROSS ADA-Graveside services for Dora Faye Cross, 76, Ada, are 1:00 p.m. Saturday at the Pontotoc Cemetery in Pontotoc, Oklahoma, Ron Carrell will officiate. Mrs. Cross died Thursday, January 10, 2008 at a local hospital. She was born June 6, 1931 at Pontotoc, Oklahoma to Alec and Myrtle Boatright Snoddy. She attended Jesse and…

BAXTER GRAY STRATFORD-Services for Baxter Gray, 75, Stratford, are 10:00 a.m. Saturday at the Criswell Funeral Home Chapel, Rev. Lewis Perry will officiate. Burial will follow at McGee Cemetery in Stratford. Mr. Gray died Thursday, January 10, 2008 at an Ada hospital. He was born July 8, 1932 at Stratford, Oklahoma to James Barney and…

LOIS BRASHEARS ADA-Services for Lois Edna Brashears, 90, Ada, are 10:00 a.m. Friday at the First Assembly of God Church, Rev. Jimmy Keith will officiate. Burial will follow at Highland Cemetery in Stonewall. The family will receive friends from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. Thursday at the Criswell Funeral Home. Mrs. Brashears died Wednesday, January…

THOMAS GILLIAM ADA-Graveside services for Thomas Edgar Gilliam, 43, Ada, are 2:00 p.m. Friday at Rosedale Cemetery, Rev. Wayne Rowe will officiate. Mr. Gilliam died Wednesday, January 9, 2008 at a Shawnee hospital. He was born September 24, 1964 at Ada, Oklahoma to Thomas G. and Lawanda Joyce Beach Gilliam. He attended Byng schools and…

ORVAL BRUSTER ROFF-Services for Orval Ray Bruster, 83, Roff, are 2:00 p.m. Friday at the First Baptist Church, Ada, Revs. Tony Folger, Shawn Priddy, and Albert May will officiate. Burial will follow at East Hill Cemetery. Tinker Honor Guard will conduct military honors at the cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6:00 p.m. until…

Gordon G. Marcum, Sr. Gordon Marcum, Sr. a World Champion Skeet Shooter, of Midland died in his sleep on Tuesday, January 8, 2008 at 89. He was born in Cairo, Oklahoma on October 11, 1918 into the family of Bessie Hayhurst and Claude Marcum. He graduated from Capital Hill High School in Oklahoma City and…