Celebrating Lives

SHIRLEY COUNTS FRANCIS-Services for Shirley June Counts, 67, Francis, are 11:00 a.m. Friday at the Criswell Funeral Home Chapel, Rev. Rodger Arter will officiate. Burial will follow at Cedar Grove Cemetery in Francis. Ms. Counts died Tuesday, January 8, 2008 at an Oklahoma City hospital. She was born June 23, 1940 at Roff, Oklahoma to…

BEAULAH KENNEDY ADA-Graveside services for Beaulah Myrl Kennedy, 89, Ada, are 1:00 p.m. Monday, January 14, 2008 at Memorial Park Cemetery. Mrs. Kennedy died Monday, January 7, 2008 at a local nursing home. She was born August 24, 1918 at Ada, Oklahoma to Bruce and Addie Dyer Click. She lived in this area most of…

HELEN M. WHITE TULSA-Graveside services for Helen M. "Nonnie" White, 93, Tulsa, formerly of Ada, are 11:30 a.m. Thursday at Memorial Park Cemetery, Rev. Bob Langston will officiate. Mrs. White died Sunday, January 6, 2008 at a Tulsa care center. She was born on August 31, 1914 in Ada to Frank and Dellie Dora Bartley…

VELMA HENDERSON ADA-Graveside services for Velma L. Henderson, 92, Ada, are 10:00 a.m. Tuesday at Rosedale Cemetery, Rev. Randy Golden will officiate. The Family will receive friends Monday evening from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at Criswell Funeral Home. Mrs. Henderson died Saturday, January 5, 2008 at a local hospital. She was born March 21,…

MASON PATTERSON ADA-Services for Mason James Patterson, age 1 month, Ada, are 10:00 A.M. Wednesday at the Criswell Chapel, Rev. Barry Worcester officiating. Burial follows at Rosedale Cemetery. Mason died on Friday, January 4, 2008, at his home. He was born November 26, 2007, at Ada to James Raymond Patterson and Kelly Michelle Dewberry. Survivors…

ANN WATHAM ADA-Services for Ann Gwendolyn Watham, 53, Ada, are 2:00 p.m. Wednesday at the Criswell Funeral Home Chapel, Rev. Wilma Ledbetter will officiate. Burial will follow at Highland Cemetery in Stonewall. Ms. Watham died Sunday, January 4, 2009 at a Stonewall nursing home. She was born May 1, 1955 at Stockton, California to Raymond…

ERNEST MASON ALLEN-Graveside services for Ernest L. Mason, 93, Allen, are 2:00 p.m. Wednesday at Black Rock Cemetery, Rev. James Lawrence officiating. The Chickasaw Honor Guard will conduct military honors at the cemetery. Mr. Mason died Friday, January 4, 2008 at a local nursing home. He was born December 15, 1914 at Grass Valley, California.…

NELL SHAW STONEWALL-Services for Nell Truitt Shaw, 90, Stonewall, are 2:00 p.m. Tuesday at Stonewall First Baptist Church, Revs. Gary Jamar and Ed Blackledge, and Mr. Clem McSpadden officiating. Burial follows at Highland Cemetery, Stonewall. The family will receive friends from 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. Monday at Criswell Funeral Home. Mrs. Shaw died on Friday,…

PAUL CUNNINGHAM ADA, OKLAHOMA-No services are planned at this time for Samuel Paul Cunningham, 91, Ada, formerly of Elkins, Arkansas. Mr. Cunningham died Tuesday, January 1, 2008 at an Ada nursing home. He was born May 20, 1916 in the McGee Community, near Stratford, Oklahoma to West L. and Lella Myrtle Dill Cunningham. He attended…

HELEN MIDDLETON ADA-Services for Helen Kathleen Cooper Middleton, 89, Kennedale, TX are 2:00 p.m. Thursday at the First Baptist Church of Kennedale, Rev. Thomas R. Beddow will officiate. Burial will follow at Sardis Cemetery in Midlothian, Texas. Mrs. Middleton died Monday, December 31, 2007 at a local hospital. She was born January 18, 1916 at…