Obituaries

Recent Obituaries in Pryor, Mayes County, Oklahoma

Obituaries in the Pryor, Mayes County area reflect the community’s diversity and history. They share stories of people from many backgrounds—some leaders, some helpers, all part of what makes Pryor what it is today.

Anna Holley

Anna Holley

Dec 22, 2012

Anna Carlene Holley, 68, of Chouteau, passed away on Saturday, December 22, 2012 in Pryor, Oklahoma. She was born on May 1, 1944, the daughter of Guy and Anna Maberry. Anna loved to make crafts and enjoyed painting china. She worked as a home designer and she especially loved to make cakes and to decorate them. She...

Virginia Budder

Virginia Budder

Dec 22, 2012

Virginia Lee Budder, 64, of Salina, passed away on Saturday, December 22, 2012 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. She was born on November 21, 1948 in Kenwood, Oklahoma, the daughter of John Budder and Lucy O'Field. She loved spending time with her family and playing dominoes with her sisters. Virginia enjoyed doing crossword puzzles, gardening and she especially loved...

Ned Boney

Ned Boney

Dec 19, 2012

Ned Boney, 70, of Spavinaw, Oklahoma, passed away on Wednesday, December 21, 2012 in Spavinaw. He was born on December 18, 1933 in Salina, Oklahoma, the son of Esiah Boney and Lillie (King) Boney. He was self employed working several trades most of his life. He enjoyed and was an accomplished fiddle player. He enjoyed fishing and...

Gary Miller

Gary Miller

Dec 17, 2012

Gary W. Miller, 64, of Pryor, Oklahoma, passed away on Monday, December 17, 2012 in Pryor, Oklahoma. He was born on June 10, 1948 in Buffalo, Oklahoma, the son of Bev Miller and Naydeen (Franklin) Miller. He married Debra Jean Rice on December 16, 1972 in Buffalo, Oklahoma. Gary retired from Northeastern Electric Coop in 2007 after...

Mason Morrow

Mason Morrow

Dec 16, 2012

Mason Michael Morrow, 20, of Pryor, Oklahoma, passed away on Friday, December 14, 2012 in Pryor, Oklahoma. He was born on April 8, 1992 in Claremore, Oklahoma, the son of Russell Dean Morrow and Deborah Barringer. He enjoyed listening to and writing music, designing T-shirts and enjoyed taking care of animals. Mason loved his family and friends....

George Chuckluck Sr.

George Chuckluck Sr.

Dec 15, 2012

George Lee Chuckluck Sr., 77, of Salina, Oklahoma, passed away on Saturday, December 15, 2012 in Pryor, Oklahoma. He was born on October 25, 1935 in Claremore, Oklahoma, the son of Bridge Chuckluck and Annie (Beaver) Chuckluck. He was self employed as a hot tar roofer and in lawn care. He married Virginia Sue Leaf on October...

Wanda Hollis

Wanda Hollis

Dec 15, 2012

Wanda Gene (Hughes) Hollis, 82, of Pryor, passed away on Saturday, December 15, 2012 in Claremore, Oklahoma. She was born on December 18, 1929 in Stilwell, Oklahoma, the daughter of George Hughes and Effie Mae (Franklin) Hughes. She married James Wilbur Hollis on August 19, 1946 in Columbus, Kansas at a Baptist minister's home. Wanda worked for...

Kitty Massey

Kitty Massey

Dec 14, 2012

Kitty Sue (Nelson) Massey, 46, of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, passed away on Friday, December 14, 2012. She was born on February 6, 1966 in Pryor, Oklahoma, the daughter of Perry O. Nelson and Zadie (McKinney) Nelson. She married Robert Massey on September 23, 1995 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Kitty worked for Nelson Nissan Mazda in Broken Arrow in...

Ruth Cook

Ruth Cook

Dec 10, 2012

(Nancy) Ruth (Yount) Nave Cook, 92, passed away on Monday, December 10, 2012 in Salina, Oklahoma. She was born to Mary (Archer) Young and Frederic A. Yount in Centerville, Iowa on June 30, 1920. At the age of 8, the family moved to Mexico, Missouri where she attended Mexico High School through her junior year. She worked...

Darvell Roberts

Darvell Roberts

Dec 9, 2012

Darvell "Doc" Roberts, 77, of Mize, MS and formerly of Pryor, OK passed away on Sunday December 9, 2012 in Jackson, Mississippi after a courageous struggle with multiple cancers. Darvell was born May 11, 1935 in Pumpkin Center, Mississippi, the son of Johnny and Lola Roberts. They moved the family to a 104 acre farm near Mize,...

Henry Buck

Henry Buck

Dec 8, 2012

Henry James Buck, 67, of Tulsa, Oklahoma, passed away on Saturday, December 8, 2012 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He was born on March 21, 1945 in Kenwood, Oklahoma, the son of Noah Buck and Sally Lacy. He worked as a welder for Superior Hard Surfacing Company. Henry enjoyed watching sports and attending Church. He will be so very...

Dorris Brown

Dorris Brown

Dec 1, 2012

Dorris Brown, 99, of Pryor, Oklahoma, passed away on December 1, 2012 at her home. She was born on January 6, 1913 in Mounds, Oklahoma, the daughter of Travis James Cowan and Martha Elizabeth (Freeman) Cowan. She married Raymond C. Brown on June 5, 1931 in Westville, Oklahoma and made a wonderful life together to which three...

Lucy Louderback

Lucy Louderback

Nov 28, 2012

Lucy Lee Lenox Louderback was born October 11, 1927 in Claremore, Oklahoma to Audie Whisenhunt Lenox and Bert E. Lenox of Inola, Oklahoma. She departed this life on November 28, 2012. She was 85 years old. Lucy Lee had lived in Findley, Ohio approximately 10 years. She was married to Charles Louderback at the First Baptist Church...

Sherman Smith

Sherman Smith

Nov 26, 2012

Sherman Lee Smith, 76, of Pryor, Oklahoma, passed away on Monday, November 26, 2012 at his home in Pryor. He was born on January 23, 1936 in Modesto, California, the son of Roy L. Smith and Della M. (Kerns) Smith. He married Nettie Meadows on July 31, 1965 in Adair, Oklahoma. Sherman worked for many years as...

Walter Mueller

Walter Mueller

Nov 25, 2012

No obituary found for this tribute. Previous Events Visitation Wednesday, November 28, 2012 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM Shipman's Funeral & Cremation Service

1204 N. E. 1st Street Pryor, OK 74361

Service Thursday, November 29, 2012 2:00 PM St. John's Lutheran Church

607 S. E. 9th Pryor, OK 74361

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Vernie Scott

Vernie Scott

Nov 25, 2012

Vernie Ronald Scott, 71, of Big Cabin, Oklahoma, passed away on Sunday, November 25, 2012 at his home. He was born on July 7, 1941 in Leedy, Oklahoma, the son of John V. Scott and Edith Louise (Stoll) Scott. Vernie married Frankie Louise Wheeler on August 21, 1961 in Big Cabin, Oklahoma and made a wonderful life...

Carol Wilson

Carol Wilson

Nov 24, 2012

Carol Faye (Cope) Wilson, 57, of Wagoner, Oklahoma, passed away on Saturday, November 24, 2012 in Wagoner. She was born on January 3, 1955 in Regensburg, Germany, the daughter of Raymond H. Cope and Delnia (Staley) Chenvert, Carol enjoyed being outside enjoying nature in our local parks. She enjoyed fishing and spending time with her family and...

Laverne Watkins

Laverne Watkins

Nov 21, 2012

Laverne R. Watkins, 78, of Pryor, Oklahoma, passed away on Wednesday, November 21, 2012 at her home in Pryor. Laverne was born on June 9, 1934 in Mayes County, the daughter of D. H. and Ona Whorton. Laverne graduated from Pryor High School in 1952 and was married to Jerry Watkins that same year. They moved to...

Mary Davis

Mary Davis

Nov 21, 2012

Mary Christine Davis, 80, of Bixby, Oklahoma, passed away on Wednesday, November 21, 2012 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. She was born on May 12, 1932 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, the daughter of Felix Reece and Girtie Ester (Morrison) Reece. She married John Louis Davis spent her life making a home for her family. She was a member of the...

Dorothy Drake

Dorothy Drake

Nov 20, 2012

Dorothy Drake, 79 of Pryor, Oklahoma, passed away on Tuesday, November 20, 2012 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Arrangements are pending with Shipman's Funeral Cremation Service.

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