Ponca City, Oklahoma Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Ponca City, Oklahoma & Surrounding Areas
Recent Obituaries
Jay Warner, Jr.
Apr 9, 2013
Jay M. Warner, 88, of Ponca City, went to be with the Lord, Tuesday, April 9, 2013 at Integris Baptist Hospital in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Jay M. Warner Jr. was born October 1st, 1924 to Jay M. and Carrie Belt Warner in Ponca City, Oklahoma. He served his country in the US Army during World War II from 19431945....
Christine Holmes
Apr 6, 2013
Christine E. Holmes, 80, of Ponca City, passed away Saturday, April 6, 2013 in Wellington, KS. Christine was born on February 17, 1933 in Tahlequah, OK. She and William Bill Holmes were married on April 26, 1950 in Tahlequah. Bill passed away on February 21, 2009. They moved to Ponca City in 1953, she was of the Baptist Faith,...
Miles Seward
Apr 3, 2013
Miles Albert Seward Miles Albert Seward, resident of Ponca City, passed Wednesday, April 3, 2013 at his home in the Osage. He was 70 years of age. Miles was born February 7, 1943 at Oilton, Oklahoma, Creek County, the son of Albert John Seward and Cleo Inez Jones Seward. His early education was in the Middle Enterprise School East...
Noble Mears Sr.
Mar 26, 2013
Noble Bruce Mears Sr., longtime resident of Ponca City, passed Tuesday, March 26, 2013 at the Ponca City Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. He was 93 years of age. Noble was born January 30, 1920 in a log cabin at Caney, Oklahoma. He was the son of Thomas Murphy Mears and Lela Janetta Beall Mears. He received his early education...
Carolyn Evans
Mar 26, 2013
Carolyn Evans, longtime resident of Ponca City, passed Tuesday, March 26, 2013 at Via Christi Village. She was 85 years of age. Carolyn was born June 17, 1927 in Grandfield, Oklahoma, the daughter of William Thomas Clarke and Mae Ross Clarke. She attended the Ponca City Schools and was a graduate of PoHi. She was married to Harry Lee...
Mary Hammans
Mar 23, 2013
Mary Lou Hammans, 79, of Ponca City, passed away Saturday, March 23, 2013 at her residence. Mary Lou was born on May 21, 1933 in Inglewood, CA to Charles A. and Emma Hislop Rhodes. She moved to Ponca City in 1950. Married Robert Lee Bob Hammans on December 13, 1951 in Ponca City. He passed away on November 28,...
Flora Nash
Mar 21, 2013
Flora Irene Nash, 88, of Ponca City, passed away Thursday, March 21, 2013 at Ponca City Medical Center. Flora was born on September 2, 1924 in Drumright, OK to Elijah and Mima James Ashcraft. She attended Drumright Schools, member of the Free Will Baptist Church in Ponca City. Married to Elza Eldridge Nash on October 6, 1941 in Drumright,...
Joseph Leclair
Mar 4, 2013
Joseph LeClair, 44, of Ponca City, passed away Monday, March 4, 2013 at Ponca City Medical Center. Joe was born on January 22, 1969 in Claremore, OK to Jesse and Mable BlueBack LeClair. Joe was a lifelong area resident, liked to play dominoes, chess and shinny. Joe was a general laborer in construction. Joe was preceded in death by...
Evelyn Abel
Mar 3, 2013
Evelyn Crews Abel, 91, of Ponca City, passed away Sunday March 3, 2013 in Tulsa. Evelyn was born on October 27, 1921 in Mounds, OK to Alonzo Odor and Maud Annalee Campbell Crews. She was raised and went to school in Blackwell. Evelyn married Clifford Abel on July 23, 1938 in Seminole, OK. They lived in many interesting places...
Kent Endicott
Feb 28, 2013
Kent Alan Endicott, former longtime resident of Ponca City, passed Thursday, February 28, 2013 in Oklahoma City. He was 55 years of age. Kent was born May 9, 1957 in Ponca City, the son of Melvin F. Endicott and Betty Jo Salmon Endicott. Kent attended Woodlands Grade School, East Jr. High and was a 1976 graduate of Ponca City...
William Echols, Sr
Feb 26, 2013
William Earl Bill Echols, SR,68, passed away Tuesday, February 26, 2013 at Ponca City Medical Center. Bill was born on December 18, 1944 in Ragland, Alabama to Joe and Jane Foster Echols. Bill was an oilfield worker, truck driver and was able to do just about anything. Bill married Mila Faye Hill in Houston, TX. Bill was preceded in...
Patricia Warnock
Feb 26, 2013
Patricia Ann PAT Warnock, 71, of Ponca City, passed away Tuesday, February 26, 2013 at her home. Pat was born on January 27, 1942 in Coffeyville, KS to Charles Seth and Iva Lee McVey Atkins. Pat had lived in many places, she moved to Ponca City in 1982 from the west. She had been a nurses aide at the...
Alice Brown
Feb 25, 2013
Alice Marie Brown Alice Marie Brown, resident of Ponca City, passed Monday, February 25, 2013 at the Ponca City Medical Center. She was 50 years of age. Alice was born June 10, 1962 in Pawnee, Oklahoma, the daughter of Eugene Stanley Brown Sr. and Mava Roy Brown. She attended the Ponca City Schools. She was a member of the...
Norma Bellmard
Feb 24, 2013
Norma Louise Bellmard, resident of Ponca City, passed Sunday, February 24, 2013 at the Ponca City Medical Center. She was 85 years of age. Norma was born October 25, 1927 near Ponca City, the daughter of Henry Hank Simmons and Nora Pringle Simmons. She was married to Ray Jonus Nelson on April 3, 1947 in Ponca City. In earlier...
Kenneth Miles
Feb 20, 2013
Kenneth James Ken Miles passed away at his home on February 20th, 2013. He was ninety years old. His life and his victory over death will be celebrated at the First Baptist Church in Ponca City on Saturday, February 23rd at 2:00 p.m. Internment will follow at IOOF Cemetery under the direction of Grace Memorial Chapel. Ken began a...
Clara Hudspeth
Feb 18, 2013
Clara Ann Hudspeth, resident of Ponca City, passed Monday, February 18, 2013 at the Ponca City Medical Center. She was 76 years of age. Clara was born October 16, 1936 at Okmulgee, Oklahoma, the daughter of Virgil Ballard and Mary Hayden Ballard, known as Papa and Nanny. She married JB Hall on May 16, 1953. The couple lived in...
Mable Leclair
Feb 17, 2013
Mable BlueBack LeClair passed away on Sunday, February 17, 2013 at the age of 74. She was born on September 22, 1938 to Harry Walter BlueBack and Ethel Burrt BlueBack. She attended Pawnee Indian School and was employed for many years with Jeans Cafe, Jeans Lasso, and Wimpys as a cook. Her favorite pastime was spending time at the...
Michael Rollins Jr.
Feb 12, 2013
Michael Douglas Rollins Jr., former Ponca City and Blackwell area resident, passed Tuesday, February 12, 2013 in Tulsa. He was 41 years of age. Michael was born August 22, 1971 in Tulsa, the son of Michael Douglas Rollins Sr. and Debra Ann Paige Rollins Colburn. The family lived in Stonebluff, Oklahoma with Michael attending school in Haskell, Oklahoma. The...
Travell Carnes
Feb 10, 2013
Travell Dashon Carnes, resident of Ponca City, passed February 10, 2013 as a result of an automobile accident. He was 23 years of age. Travell was born September 14, 1989 in Ponca City, the son of Jessie Johnson and Elaine Carnes Johnson. He was a 2008 graduate of Ponca City High School. He was employed the past five years...




