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John Vinson, 89 years old, of Kerrville, Texas unexpectedly traveled to meet his heavenly father on January 3, 2023.
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Services for Dora Leona Wilson, 96, of Allen were 10:00 a.m. Saturday, December 31st, at the Criswell Funeral Home Chapel, Chaplain Susan Ayers officiated. Burial follows at the Allen Cemetery.
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Robert Jack Hammonds was called home on December 30, 2022 surrounded by family at the age of 85, Bob was born in Allen on January 7, 1937 to Jack and Mabel (Allen) Hammonds. Bob married Patricia Ann Hayes on July 1, 1958. They were married for 64 wonderful years. Bob spent most of his time after he retired from truck driving making multiple trips to and from his garden. He loved watching basketball, eating Sunday dinner with family, attending his home church, the Atwood Baptist, and impatiently waiting on the next planting season. Bob served in the Oklahoma National Guard and U.S. Navy. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge of Allen, Oklahoma and was a Deacon at Atwood Baptist Church.
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Martha Suzanne McInroy-Phillips was born on November 29, 1936, at Valley View Hospital in Ada, Oklahoma. She departed this life to be with her Lord and Savior on December 30, 2022. Her parents were Wilson James McInroy and Hope Patterson-McInroy. She married Gilbert Wayne Phillips on October 25, 1954.
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A celebration of the life of Eva Crabtree will be held Saturday, January 14th, 2:00 p.m., at the Allen First Baptist Church. Mrs. Crabtree passed away in the early hours of January 3, 2023 at the age of 99. A full obituary will be in next week’s Allen Advocate.
Read moreLinda Lee Evett Olsen, 85, of Marysville, went home to be with the Lord on December 7, 2022. She was born in Allen, Oklahoma, on January 14, 1937, to Hollie and Moselle Evett. Linda was raised in Allen by her grandmother until age 14, before moving up to live with her mother and stepfather in Mukilteo, Washington as a teenager.
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Mary Joyce McCullar, 88, lifelong resident of the Hartshorne area, passed away on Friday, December 2, 2022.
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Judy Carrol Hoover passed away Saturday, November 12, 2022, at Mercy Medical Center in Oklahoma City at the age of 78.
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