OBITUARIES - July 31, 2008

August 05, 2008 06:36 pm

— James Michael Jefferson
James Michael Jefferson passed away July 28 in Springfield, Mo. He was born May 19, 1967 in Midwest City where he grew up, with the exception of a few years in Oregon, Ill. James graduated from Midwest City High School in 1985. He then graduated from the University of Oklahoma. James was involved in theatre, including many of his own original productions. It was in the theatre that he met the love of his life, Nanette Simpson of Mustang. They were married on Sept. 5, 1997 and made their home in Mustang/Tuttle. Together they became ordained ministers. In 2007, they moved to Branson, Mo. to work with the Billye Brim Ministries at Prayer Mountain. James enjoyed visiting coffee shops, cooking gourmet meals and most of all ministering to others.
Surviving are his wife, Nanette Jefferson of Blue Eye, Mo.; mother, Linda Little and David of Oregon, Ill.; sister Sheril Abernathy and Stephen, and their daughters, McKaena and Jaely of Midwest City; brother Jesse of Denver; aunts Arla Protzman and Frank of Midwest City; Carol Hager and Tommy of Midwest City; and Brenda Granger and Edward of Oklahoma City; grandparents Dick and Dee Little of Oregon, Ill.; cousins Joe Protzman and Shelley and their daughter Megan, of Choctaw and Regina Hager of Midwest City. He was preceded in death by his grandparents Eddie and Neoma Peck of Midwest City.
There will be a memorial service at Christian Life Fellowship Church in Moore on Thursday, July 31 at 3 p.m. Memorials may be made to the Billye Brim Ministries, PO Box 40, Branson, MO 65615.

Guynel Eugenia Monroe
Services for Guynel Eugenia Monroe, 86, of Minco, were held on Wednesday, July 30 at the First Baptist Church in Minco with burial following at the Evergreen Cemetery in Minco under the direction of Huber-Reynolds Funeral Home of Minco.
Monroe was born August 30, 1921 at Carrollton, Georgia to Ezra and Lonie Eugenia (Howard) Marrow. She died Sunday, July 27, 2008 at Binger.
A homemaker, she lived in the Minco community most all of her life and was a member of the First Baptist Church. She was also a former member of the Minco Trailriders. She married Leland Earl Monroe on September 19, 1942 in Lawton.
She is preceded in death by her parents and husband on Aug. 6, 2002; three children, Terry, Keith, and Karetha Faye; three brothers and sisters-in-law Homer and Vera Marrow, Glen and Betty Marrow, and Alton Marrow; a brother-in-law - Virgil Armstrong, and two sisters-in-law, Peggy Hill and June Marrow.
She is survived by one daughter and son-in-law Jery Lou and Patrick Phelps of Ft. Cobb Lake; one brother and sister-in-law Gene and Dot Marrow; two sisters and a brother-in-law Patsy and Dub Locke of Minco and Mrs. Virgil (Wanetta) Armstrong of Minco; one brother-in-law Joe Hill of Des Moines, Iowa; three grandchildren Denise Phelps, Dena Phelps Friesen and husband Tony, Lana Phelps McKinsey and Fiancee Houston Brittain; seven great grandchildren, Mallory, Morgan, and Corey McMullen Taylor and Casey Friesen and Trey and Madison McKinsey.

Randall Earl Johnson
Graveside services and military honors for Randall Earl Johnson, 85, of Minco, were held on Tuesday, July 29, 2008 at the Friendship Cemetery southwest of Minco under the direction of Huber-Reynolds Funeral Home in Minco.
Johnson was born April 7, 1923 at Jennylind, Ark. to Charles Henry and Janice (Copple) Johnson. He died Friday, July 25, 2008 at the Norman Veteran’s Center.
Johnson moved from Eureka, Calif. back to Minco in the 1970s. He served in the U. S. Navy during WWII and the Korean War as a Seaman First Class. He worked as a custodian for a school in Eureka, Calif. until his return to Minco. He enjoyed helping and participatiing at the Minco Senior Citizen’s Center.
Johnson was preceded in death by his parents, four brothers, Allen, Elwood, Virgil and Clyde Johnson, and three sisters, Opal Ingram, Alice Mitchum and Beulah McCartney.
He is survived by a sister, Betty Jo Sparks of Twin Falls, Idaho and many nieces and nephews.