Obituaries

Melba Lee (Thompson) West a resident of rural Henryetta went to be with her Lord on Friday, January 22, 2021, in Okmulgee at the age of 92. She was born June 11, 1928, in Wewoka, OK, to Ralph and Beulah (Babb) Thompson

John William Humphrey was born March 4, 1937 in Luther, Oklahoma. He departed this life and entered Heaven on January 23, 2021 in Oklahoma City at the age of 83.

Wanda Jean (Skaggs) McCarty, 91, longtime Seminole, Oklahoma resident, passed away from Covid-19 complications on January 15, 2021 in Seminole, Oklahoma. She was born on September 9, 1929, in Gerty, Oklahoma to Willie and Victoria (Jackson) Skaggs.

Benny Richard Bryant was born September 18, 1938, to Harry Lee and Clettie Irene Hubbell Bryant at their home in Stringtown, Oklahoma. At the age of 82 years, Benny passed away on January 21, 2021, at the VA Medical Center in Muskogee, Oklahoma.

William Joseph Flauding, aka “B.J.”, was born March 21, 1979. He was SUPPOSED to be born near South Haven, Kansas . . . . BUT . . . . Mom was out of town 300 miles away on a trip with her brother, Bob, when B.J. decided to make his appearance in Elkhart, Kansas!

Carlton H. Gray passed away on Thursday, January 14, 2021, at the age of 81 years and 9 months. He was born at home in Steadman, Oklahoma on March 21, 1939 to James Aron and Pauline Weda (Franks) Gray.

James Monroe Griffith passed away Sunday, January 17, 2021, at OU Medical Center in Oklahoma City at the age of 80.

Thomas “Tom” James Spillman, age 87, of Atwood, Oklahoma passed away on Monday, January 18, 2021. He was born April 23, 1933 on a dairy farm in Miami County, Kansas to John Lee Spillman and Gladys May (Welborn) Spillman. He was a graduate of Wellsville High School, where he loved playing football.

Arrangements are pending with Estes-Phillips Funeral Home, Ada, for James E. Roberson, 96. Mr. Roberson passed away Thursday, January 7, 2021, in Ada.

Diana Mae Pringle, 57, of Ada, Oklahoma left us and went to her heavenly home on Wednesday, January 6, 2021.