Showing posts with label 1959 – August 31. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1959 – August 31. Show all posts

Tuesday, September 3, 2019

Obituary - Deborah "June Bug" Hall October 7, 1959 – August 31, 2019

Deborah "June Bug" Hall

October 7, 1959August 31, 2019
 Obituary of Deborah "June Bug" Hall
 
Funeral services for Deborah June “June Bug” Carey-Hall will be held on Friday, September 6th, 2019 at 10:00 Am with Brother Sam Keener officiating. Her visitation will be held on Thursday, September 5th, 2019 beginning at 1:00 Pm until 6:00 PM at Reed-Culver Funeral Home. She will be laid to rest at Keener Cemetery in Lost City, OK. Online condolences for her family may be left at www.reedculver.com.
Pallbearers for Deborah include Ronald Carey, Rodney Carey, Merle “Squirrel” Ledbetter, and Tommy Bridges.
Deborah June “June Bug” Carey-Hall was born on Wednesday, October 7th, 1959 in Tahlequah, OK, the daughter of Geneva (Welch) Dirteater. She had three brothers and three sisters, Rodney, David, Ronald, Donna, Connie, and Eva, Deborah was the youngest girl. She grew up in Cherokee County, where she loved to play basketball and softball for Lost City and Hulbert Schools. At age 18 she had a baby boy, Larry Joe Bowlin. She was a loving mother, working many jobs to make ends meet. She worked at Sequoyah State Park as the Park Office Manager. In 1990, she met Jeff Hall from Ankeny, IA and she married her best friend in 1993, living in Tahlequah, OK for the past 18 years. She worked at both WW Hastings and Northeastern Health Care as a medical transcriptionist, a job she thoroughly enjoyed. Whenever she wasn’t working, you could find June Bug 4-wheeling, and meeting up with family and friends camping, usually at the lake or Clear Creek. She wasn’t the kind that minded a little dirt and was quite the daredevil. 1994 found her with a diagnosis of Lupus, it was hard for her to accept, and there were days that she struggled, but she never gave up. She always took care of the family that mattered more to her than life itself. In 2009 she was blessed with a grandson, Benton Joe Bowlin. He was her ray of sunshine and she was so proud to be his Grandma. Spending time with him was always very special for her. As part of her bucket list, Deborah took her family on a trip to the mountains of Colorado. Camping and four wheeling along the way to 4 Corners and the Grand Canyon area. She loved being out doors and wanted Benton to have memories of summer vacation with his family. Deborah and Jeff moved to the Woodall area in 2008, and spent the last 11 years in the house they adored. She never lost her faith in God, never gave up on getting her health under control, positive to the end, that was the fighter in Deborah. The Lord called this remarkable wife, sister, mother and Grandmother home from her labors on Saturday, August 31st, 2019 in Tahlequah with those she loved close by. She was 59 years old and will be greatly missed.
She is preceded in death by her mother, father, grandparents, and many aunts and uncles.
Those left to cherish her memory include her husband Jeffrey Hall of the home and her son, Joe Bowlin of Amarillo, TX. She leaves her brothers and sisters, Rodney Carey, David Ledbetter and wife Susan all of Hulbert, OK, Ronald Carey of Tahlequah, Donna Nichols and husband David of Tulsa, Connie Carey and companion Tommy Bridges of Tulsa, and Eva Hildreth and husband Keith of Durham, NC. She leaves one aunt, Drew Pratt of Claremore, OK. She will live on in her grandson, Bento Joe Bowlin of Woodall, OK, as well as many nieces, nephews, cousins and a host of friends and loved ones.


  • PALLBEARERS

  • Ronald Carey, Honorary
  • Rodney Carey, Honorary
  • Merle "Squirrel" Ledbetter, Honorary
  • Tommy Bridges, Honorary

6 September

Funeral Service

10:00 am
Reed-Culver Funeral Home
117 West Delaware Street
Tahlequah, OK 74464

For updates, contact:
Reed Culver Funeral Home
117 W. Delaware Dr.
Tahlequah, OK 74464
P: (918) 456-2551
F: (918) 456-0533

Obituary - Dewayne Martin McMurtrey January 15, 1959 – August 31, 2019

Dewayne Martin McMurtrey

January 15, 1959August 31, 2019
 Obituary of Dewayne Martin McMurtrey
 
Funeral services for Dewayne M. McMurtrey will be held on Friday, September 6th, 2019 at 2:00 PM at Reed-Culver Chapel with Pastor David Isaacs officiating. His family will receive visitors on Thursday, September 5th, 2019 beginning at 2:00 PM until 7:00 PM at Reed-Culver Funeral Home. He will be laid to rest at Tahlequah City Cemetery. Online condolences for his family may be left at www.reedculver.com.
Pallbearers include Kelvin Hale, Mark Whittington, Stephen McMurtrey, Tyler McMurtrey, Nathan Christie, and Nick Christie. Honorary pallbearers include Suezanne McMurtrey, Ryan McMurtrey, Kyle McMurtrey, Daniel Cochran, Paul Cochran, and Matt Cochran.
Dewayne Martin McMurtrey was born on Thursday, January 15th, 1959 in Topeka, KS, the son of Herman Ray and Retta Sue (Duncan) McMurtrey. He grew up with two sisters, Debra and Diane. He graduated Stilwell High School in 1977 and then obtained his Bachelor's degree from Northeastern State University. He had one son Stephen McMurtrey from his first marriage. He married Susan Hale and together they raised a family of one daughter Suezanne. He made his living as an Electrical Engineer working for the FAA, a job he thoroughly enjoyed. He was always working for his children, coaching baseball and soccer for his son and his daughter’s softball team for over 8 years. In one of his more recent past times he enjoyed throwing knives with his daughter. He loved the great outdoors, and there you could find him hunting, going on hunting trips with his father and son, smoking meat or planning an outdoor BBQ. He enjoyed studying, some of his favorite subjects being calligraphy, Spanish and Greek language, and of course, his Bible which he read from cover to cover twice over the past year. He loved OU football, playing board games with his family, bowling, and the annual Daddy-Daughter Dance with Suezanne. He was always happy just to spend quality time at home with his family, they were his pride and joy. A Christian by faith, he attended the Bethel Community Church. The Lord called this good and faithful servant home from his labors on Saturday, August 31st, 2019 in Sallisaw, OK with his loved ones close by. He was 60 years old and will not be forgotten soon.
He is preceded in death by his mother, father, and his grandparents.
Those left to cherish his memory include his wife Susan McMurtrey of the Yukon, OK, and his children, Stephen Dewayne McMurtrey and wife Mary of Sapulpa, OK, and Suezanne Marie McMurtrey of Yukon, OK. He leaves his two sisters, Debra Christie of Vian, OK, and Diane Cochran and husband Rex of Harrison, AR. He lives on in his three grandsons, Tyler James McMurtrey, Ryan Parker McMurtrey and Kyle Brayden McMurtrey, as well as many nieces, nephews, cousins and a host of friends and loved ones.



  • PALLBEARERS

  • Kevin Hale
  • Mark Whittington
  • Stephen McMurtrey
  • Tyler McMurtrey
  • Nathan Christie
  • Nick Christie
  • Ryan McMurtrey, Honorary
  • Kyle McMurtrey, Honorary
  • Daniel Cochran, Honorary
  • Paul Cochran, Honorary
  • Matt Cochran, Honorary
  • Suezanne McMurtrey, Honorary
 6 September

Funeral Service

2:00 pm
Reed-Culver Funeral Home
117 West Delaware Street
Tahlequah, OK 74464

For updates, contact:
Reed Culver Funeral Home
117 W. Delaware Dr.
Tahlequah, OK 74464
P: (918) 456-2551
F: (918) 456-0533