A gathering for family and friends of Melinda Douglas will be held Tuesday, November 1st, 2022 from 6:00 pm until 8:00 pm at Craddock Funeral Home. A private Memorial Service is scheduled for Wednesday, November 2nd, 2022, with Roy Vinson and Lawrence Anderson officiating.
Evelyn Taylor-Johnson, 96, of Ardmore, died Sunday, Oct. 30, at her home.
Albert “Al” McKay was born January 20, 1932, in Parks, AR, to the late John Caro and Dora (Williams) McKay. He passed away on Wednesday, October 26, 2022, in Norman, at the age of 90 years, 9 months and 6 days.
Funeral services for William Lewis Foster of Shady Dale will be held at 2 p.m., Monday, October 31, 2022, at the First Baptist Church in Marietta with Pastor Shane Norton officiating. Interment will follow at the Lakeview Cemetery in Marietta.
Funeral services for Marjorie Winifred Greenwood of Marietta will be held at 2 p.m., Tuesday, November 1, 2022, at the Flanagan- Watts Funeral Home Chapel in Marietta with Lawrence Anderson officiating. Interment will follow at the Lakeview Cemetery in Marietta.
Stephan Mark Woodruff was born 10 January 1965 to Howard and Jean Woodruff. He lived in the Ardmore, Oklahoma area, spending a good majority of his childhood growing up and working on the family ranch in Ringling the Circle Cross. It was here he developed his love of hunting and riding. A good weekend was riding off on the ranch with only his dog and gun. He later became a skilled bow hunter stalking deer, wild pigs, and turkey from sunrise to sunset. There was not a day which passed that his bow was still on the bow rack. Stephan attended Ardmore High School graduating with the Class of 1983. He participated in many sports swimming, cross country, and baseball excelling in them. He also enjoyed golf and football as well as gaming. Stephan briefly attended college before enlisting in the Army on 22 May 1990, being stationed first at JBER in Alaska then Ft. Bragg in North Carolina. He was honorably discharged on 14 April 1995 with the rank of sergeant. He was also a member of American Legion Post 0381 in Brandywine, Maryland. After his military service, Stephan drove trucks before finally settling into a career as a lineman. Eventually he became a foreman for his crews working in the oil fields on high voltage lines. He worked first for Lynn Boyer Inc. then moved to Sooner Electric Company and earned his master electrician’s license. Stephan passed away on 6 October 2022 and leaves behind his beloved children Cortlan, Hayley, Carson and Olivia as well as a brother Howard Woodruff, II, of Norman, OK; and sisters May (Rebecca) Sovo and her husband Lenn of Elgin, OK; Midge Deere and her husband John of Ardmore, OK; and Kimberly Woodruff Drain and her husband John of Invercargill, New
Lone Grove - Melody Kathrine Horsman, of Lone Grove, departed this life on October 22, 2022 at Mercy Memorial Hospital of Ardmore at the age of 69 years. Graveside services are scheduled for 2:00 P.M.
Larry Russell Shiplet was born March 27, 1945 in Tulsa, Oklahoma to Lawrence Elbert Shiplet and Lillian Carmie (Gaddis) Shiplet. He died peacefully on October 21, 2022 in Oklahoma City, OK.
James Kenneth Lewis Jr., known to most as J.R. age 59, of Ravia, passed away at his home on October 25, 2022.
Donna Lorraine Hurt Wilkinson passed away quietly in her sleep on October 26, 2022, at University Village Memory Care in Round Rock, Texas. Donna was born in Ardmore, Okla., on September 5, 1938, to Reggie Hurt and Norma Carey Hurt. Donna spent all of her childhood years in Healdton, Okla., as she used to say, “from the cradle roll on” graduating from Healdton High School with the class of 1956 as the salutatorian. Donna was an accomplished musician and received scholarship offers from Oklahoma Baptist University and Oklahoma University. She chose OBU and spent 3 years there as a member of the award-winning Bison Glee Club and the Bisonettes girls’ quartet. On June 13, 1959, her life changed forever as she married Tary Wilkinson, a Healdton HS graduate of 1954 and became an Army wife. Donna was not only the typical Army wife, keeping the home fires burning, but served in many other areas as the family traveled where the service sent them. In Alaska, while stationed at Fort Richardson, both of her children were born at Elmendorf Air Force Base, and she assumed the role of motherhood. At Fort Rucker, Alabama, Fort Stewart, Georgia, and Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, she served as a substitute teacher in the military dependent school system. At Fort Stewart, she taught private vocal and piano lessons and was the choir director at the First Baptist Church in Hinesville, Georgia. In 1974, while at Fort Rucker, she completed her final year of college receiving her degree in Music Education at Troy State University. She later completed her master’s degree in counseling at Central Texas College and educational counseling certification at Southwest Texas State University. Donna retired from the Killeen Independent School District after twenty years in 1997, having served as a junior high school choir director, a counselor, and a 5th grade teacher. In 1998, she and Tary moved to the Berry Cheek area in Georgetown, Texas. Although unable to play golf because of after effect