Obituaries

A graveside service for Davis Ray “Bud” Sims will be held for family on Saturday, January 15 , at 10:00 am at the Allen, Oklahoma cemetery with a Celebration of Life to follow at the Criswell Funeral Home Chapel in Ada, Oklahoma at noon.

Services for Gladys Johnson, 73, of Ada, were 11:00 a.m. Monday, January 10 , at the Chickasaw Community Center, Rev. Randy Wade officiated. Burial followed at Steedman Cemetery. A wake was held Sunday, January 9 , from 5:30-7:30 p.m. at Criswell Funeral Home Chapel.

Graveside services will be held Friday, January 21 , in the Kingston Cemetery for Allen resident Leo James Arnold. Mr. Arnold passed away Monday, January 3, 2022. A full obituary will be in a future issue of The Advocate.

Janet Lequita Griffin-Taylor departed this life on Friday, December 31, 2021, at her childhood home in Atwood, Oklahoma at the age of 66.

Harry C. Ellis, born December 2, 1928 in Little Rock, Arkansas to Harrison (Harry) and Addie Maggie Ellis, passed away Tuesday, January 4, 2022.

Graveside services for James Paul Claborn, Sr., 81, of Stonewall were 1:00 p.m. Wednesday, December 22 , at Allen Cemetery, Chap. Susan Ayers officiated.

Funeral services will be held at Criswell Funeral Home, 2:00 Thursday, December 16 , with Rev. Jamie Perry officiating.

Linda Marie McMullen passed away Monday, December 13, 2021 at her home in Horntown, Oklahoma at the age of 61.

Danny Ray Boyd, 70, of Allen, Oklahoma passed away Wednesday, December 8, 2021 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

Carolyn Busby passed away peacefully in her home on Monday, November 29, 2021.