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Tammi Lynn Jordan-Fletcher
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Tammi Lynn Jordan-Fletcher,
42, passed away March 11, 2014
at her home. Born October 5,
1971, she was preceded in death
by her father Jay Brewer and
her grandmother, Grace Coleman. She is survived by her
husband, John Fletcher; her
mother, Geraldine Forsythe; her
children, Misty Dawn Eaglin and
husband, Ryan, Ashley Marie
Jordan, and Hayden Dale Watson; step-children, Joshua and
Josiah Fletcher; her siblings,
Michael Jacobs, Ronald Jacobs
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and wife, Beverly, and Anthony
Forsythe and wife Dee Dee; two
grandsons, Tristan and Jrue Eaglin; four nephews; one greatniece and one great-nephew.
In celebration of Tammi’s
life, a memorial service will
be held on Friday, March 14,
2014, at 1:00 p.m., at Members
of Christ Church, 401 S. 41st
St., West Avenue, Tulsa, OK,
Pastor Buster Goodman oiciating. Tami is much loved by
her children and family, and
will be gone but not forgotten.
Juanita Imogene Garnick
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Funeral service for Juanita Imogene
Garnick will be held on Saturday, March
15, 2014, at 10:00 a.m. in the Faith United
Methodist Church, 7431 E. 91st Street,
Tulsa, OK, with Pastor Erma Pregler oiciating. Graveside service for Juanita will be
held in Hugo, OK on Saturday, March 15,
2014, at 3:30 p.m. in the Darrough Pavilion
at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. Juanita passed away
while surrounded by family on Wednesday,
March 12, 2014, in Tulsa, OK, at the age of 93.
Juanita Imogene Garnick was born January 7, 1921, in Haworth, Oklahoma, the
daughter of Darius Willis and Edyth Martha (Yeargin) Wilson. She was proud of
her Choctaw heritage and attended many
of the tribal events throughout the years.
Juanita had lived in the Hugo area for
many years and graduated from Southeastern University in Durant, OK. She taught
school in Oklahoma for four years before
moving to Alaska where she taught school
for another 26 years. Juanita married Ed
Garnick in March of 1956 in Juno, Alaska.
Juanita moved back to Oklahoma in
1974 and lived in Yukon, OK before moving to Hugo in 1980. She had lived the
past few years in Tulsa to be near family. She was a member of the United
Methodist Church, Choctaw County Library Board, the P.E.O Sisterhood, Pierian
Club, and the Order of the Eastern Star.
Juanita was preceded in death by her parents; three sisters, Elnora Crain, Dura Pool,
Dorothy Fay Jeferson; two brothers, D.W
Wilson and Woodroow Wilson. She is survived by her sister, Margaret Dietrich; nieces
and nephews include Judy Baggett of Dallas,
TX, Joel Baggett and Greg Baggett, both of
Tulsa, OK, and Charles Baggett of Hugo, OK.
The family has requested that donations
be made in her memory to Goodland Children’s Home, P.O. Box 1056, Hugo, OK 74743.
Local arrangements in Tulsa are under
the direction of the Smith Family Funeral
Home, 1208 S. Main, Sapulpa, OK. Family
and friends are invited to sign the guest book
or send private condolences to the family at
www.mtoliveh.com.
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Sean A. Breeden
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Age 41, went home
to be with his Lord on
Thursday, March 6, 2014.
Sean was born on December 11, 1972 to R.
Stirling and Brenda Bailey Breeden of Charlotte,
NC. He graduated from
Olympic High School in
1991. Sean attended Oklahoma State University
and had been employed
by SimplexGrinnell for
approximately nineteen
years. He was a generous,
caring man who loved life
and loved his family. He
would go out of his way
to help others in any way
that he possibly could. In
addition to his parents, he
is survived by his sisters,
Laura Breeden of Charlotte and Kristie Pruitt
and her husband, Anthony of Gastonia; nephews,
Patrick Compton of Honolulu, Hawaii, Daniel and
Stirling Osborne of Rock
Hill, SC; and niece, Kira
Pruitt of Gastonia, NC.
Visitation will be held at
1:00 pm before the Memorial Service at 2:00 pm on
Saturday, March 15, 2014,
at Pleasant Hill Presbyterian Church, 15000 York
Rd., Charlotte. NC 28278.
Arrangements by Direct
Funeral Services, 2919
4th St. NW, Albuquerque, NM, 505-343-8008.
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TULSA
Benfer, Remington Tyler, infant
son of Britni and Aaron Benfer,
died Tuesday. Services pending. Stumpf, Nowata.
Brown, Anthony Dewitt, 38,
caregiver, died March 5.
Visitation 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Friday,
Crown Hill Memorial Chapel,
and service 11 a.m. Saturday,
North Peoria Church of Christ.
Crown Hill.
Catlett, Craig Warren, 52,
chemical engineer, died
Tuesday. Services pending.
Add’Vantage.
Clark, Michael, 29, construction
worker, died Tuesday. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Friday, Moore’s
Southlawn Funeral Home,
and service 11 a.m. Saturday,
Memorial Baptist Church.
Coldewey, Billie Jean, 84,
teacher, died Wednesday. Services pending. Floral Haven,
Broken Arrow.
Crust, Bobby M., 82, retired
mechanic, died Thursday.
Services pending. Ninde
Brookside.
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BIRTHS
(Tulsans unless indicated)
Peggy V. Helmerich
Women’s Health Center
Melissa Cox and Andrew Walker,
boy.
Da’Waunyé and Nicholas Serna,
girl.
Saint Francis Hospital
Angela and Andrew Bates, Broken
Arrow, boy.
Catherine and Nick Elbabi, Broken
Arrow, girl.
Blair Gordan and Jamel Rucker,
Claremore, girl.
Emily and Alex Hollingsworth, boy.
Katy Kelley and Ryan Angelo,
Okmulgee, boy.
Kristina Potter and Alejandro
Torres, girl.
Yesenia and Carlos Santevenez,
Broken Arrow, boy.
Tasha and Scott Vaughn, Broken
Arrow, boy.
Jennifer and Rob Wilson, girl.
Stephanie and Ryan Wilson,
Mounds, boy.
Saint Francis Hospital South
Mariana Aguinaga and Daniel
Mantes, boy.
April Barbosa and Robert Burton
III, girl.
Emilee Desilvey and Dillon Rose,
boy.
Jessie and Isaac Hatcher, boy.
Denise Morrison and Lemuel
Whitesix, girl.
Rosa Perez and Moices Guona, boy.
Anna Riddell and Josh Farley, boy.
Ashley and Robert Taylor, Bixby, girl.
Kristen and Avery Ward, girl.
Kristine and Casey Weaver, Pryor,
girl.
Gabrielle Zipper and Joseph
Armitage, Sapulpa, girl.
St. John Medical Center
Elizabeth and John Anderson,
McAlester, boy.
Patricia Cagle and William Grieves,
Cleveland, Okla., girl.
Ingrid Canales and Blas Prochez,
girl.
Brandi and Jeremy Carruthers,
Skiatook, boy.
Erin and Christopher Cooper,
Muskogee, boy.
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Minister carried worship,
music across nation, globe
BY TIM STANLEY
GOSPEL THROUGH SONG
World Staf Writer
Doyle Tucker needed his
mother’s help to climb onto
the piano stool.
But once there, his small
ingers knew more or less
what to do.
That was how it started.
Four years old when he irst
played at one of his mother’s home prayer meetings,
Tucker from that moment
forward would always connect the ideas of worship
and music.
The son of “Mother” Grace
Tucker, the late pioneering
pastor and legendary advocate for Tulsa’s poor, Doyle
Tucker would not only work
with his mother throughout
her ministry career but establish himself in ministry as
well, traveling the world to
promote church music and
gospel singing.
The Rev. Doyle Tucker
died March 5 in Vancouver,
British Columbia, Canada,
of complications from brain
cancer. He was 63.
A memorial service is set
for 10 a.m. Saturday at Victory Christian Center in Tulsa.
A Tulsa resident, Tucker
had been traveling on a ministry trip when he had to be
hospitalized.
A community choir will
sing at the service, including
some of Tucker’s own compositions.
The eighth of Grace and
Otis Tucker’s 16 children,
Doyle Tucker was born in
Okmulgee and would graduate from Dunbar High
School there.
From there, he moved to
Tulsa with his parents, and
Doyle Tucker: The son of “Mother” Grace
Tucker, the late pioneering pastor and legendary advocate for Tulsa’s poor, Doyle not only
worked with his mother throughout her career
but also established himself in ministry. He
died March 5 in Canada. A memorial service
is set for Saturday.
would go on to serve in the
Navy.
Learning ministry under
his mother, the irst black
woman to start an independent church in Oklahoma,
Tucker began preaching at
age 13 and for many years
worked closely with his
mother, serving as a youth
leader, music minister and
associate pastor.
He continued to assist his
mother in later years as a
consultant and administrative assistant, coordinating
travel and appearances.
In 1978, Tucker was part of
the organizing staf of Tulsabased Faith Christian Fellowship, a church that grew
into a worldwide ministry
now with an active presence
in 47 countries.
Tucker would continue
to be associated with FCF,
helping to establish music
programs and worship ministries in churches across
the country, conducting
seminars, conferences and
concerts.
A musician and songwriter, he recorded and released
the gospel album “Emancipated” through Tulsa’s
Castle Records, along with
several gospel albums under
his own label.
Over the past two months,
though dying from cancer,
DEATH NOTICES
Davis, Dorothy JoAnn, 79,
homemaker, died Tuesday.
Service 1 p.m. Friday, Southeast Baptist Church. ButlerStumpf.
Dillon, Richard Allen “Rick”
Sr., 62, retired truck driver
and volunteer ireman, died
Thursday. Services pending.
Moore’s Memory.
Drouillard, Anna Louise,
92, teacher, died Tuesday.
Visitation 10 a.m.-5 p.m. and
Rosary 6 p.m. Monday, both
at Moore’s Eastlawn Funeral
Home; and funeral Mass 10
a.m. Tuesday, St. Thomas
More Church. Fitzgerald Ivy.
Gillihan, Richard Lee, 77, died
Wednesday. Services pending.
Reynolds.
Harris, Michael Paul, 35, died
Tuesday. Services pending.
Rose Hill.
Henry, Ruby (Alderman), 95,
homemaker, died Thursday
in Fayetteville, Ark. Services
pending. Ninde Brookside.
Holzkamper, Mary, 38, died
Wednesday. Services pending.
Heath-Griith.
Kerri Fuller, girl.
Sanya and Derrick Gragg, girl.
Casie and Ryan Icks, Owasso, boy.
Sada and Stephen Kahn,
Collinsville, girl.
Kelley and Jonathan Land, Jenks,
girl.
Lucinda and Richmond Ross, Jenks,
boy.
Jessica and David Skalla, Broken
Arrow, boy.
Susan Wilson, Owasso, boy.
Tracy and Kurt Wollenschlager,
Broken Arrow, girl.
St. John Owasso Hospital
Amalie and Travis Sutton, Barnsdall,
girl.
Hillcrest Hospital South
Lindsey Bogle and Josh Billy, Bristow, boy.
Nicole and Ryan Fanning, boy.
Rachel and Robert Finnell, boy.
Kaylee Holloway, Broken Arrow, girl.
Lynnsey and Carl Monk, Pryor, girl.
Sasha Moore-Hoagland and Mick
Hoagland, Charleston, S.C., girl.
Candace Smith, Porter, girl.
Carla and Ben Stinnett, Sapulpa,
boy.
Inglett, Geraldine Marie, 86,
abstractor, died Wednesday.
Services pending. Moore’s
Southlawn.
James, Sandy Kay, age unavailable, died Thursday. Services
pending. Bixby Funeral Service, Bixby.
Lapsley, Shawn Harland, 44,
cook, died Tuesday. Services
pending. Crown Hill.
Lowery, Dorotha Ann “Dottie,”
90, homemaker, died Thursday. Services pending. Ninde
Brookside.
McIntosh, Regina Ann, 52,
died Monday. Visitation
noon-7 p.m. Friday, Keith D.
Biglow Funeral Home, and
service 11 a.m. Saturday,
Northside Church of God in
Christ.
Moore, John Randolph “Randy”
IV, 66, retired from Postal
Service, died Wednesday.
Wake service 6 p.m. Sunday,
Ray & Martha’s Funeral Home,
Carnegie, and service 10 a.m.
Monday, Rainy Mountain
Kiowa Indian Baptist Church,
Mountain View.
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MARRIAGES
(Tulsans unless indicated)
Amanda Baber, 23; Jack Fholer, 22.
Amber Bishop, 31; James Wolfe, 32.
Amber Blaylock. 23, of Glenpool;
Larry Schuttler, 31.
Danielle Bush, 18; Michael Goolsby,
18, both of Broken Arrow.
Ryann Craig, 23, of Sand Springs;
Andrew Moore, 29.
Juanita Gibson, 44; Sonny Hicks,
56, both of Broken Arrow.
Faye Headrick, 26; George Perkins,
53, of Collinsville.
LaChelle Hotfelt, 23; James Eckhart,
24, both of Broken Arrow.
Kariann Hudson, 22; Daniel Bachman, 27, both of Broken Arrow.
Stephanie Jewart, 41, of Broken
Arrow; Jon Donald, 40, of Lemoyne, Pa.
Blair Kesler, 32; Travis Shields, 36.
Stefani Letcher, 26; Jacob Marable,
25.
Stacy Longhorn, 33, Leopolodo
Dominguez, 34.
Veronica Martinez, 27; Salvador
Alcantar, 29.
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Tucker continued to enjoy
singing with his family, including while in the hospital.
“I’m reminded of two
things he said to us,” his
daughter Dara Bryant of
Nashville, Tenn., said. “I
asked him if he wanted us
to stop singing so he could
rest. His response: ‘I don’t
need the kind of rest that’s
brought on by the absence
of music.’ Later, he told us,
‘Nothing can preserve a legacy better than a song.’ ”
The fact that family members have so much of Tucker’s music recorded, and
with it his legacy, is a great
comfort to them now, Bryant
said.
“That’s the way that he
will live on,” she said. “He
can’t help but live on. He put
himself out there so his music and his spirit would live
on through us all.”
Tucker’s survivors include
his wife of 42 years, Lynda
Tucker; seven children,
Doratia Williams, Dalitia
Spaulding, Dara Tucker Bryant, Darlon Tucker, Delon
Tucker, Dianita White and
Diamond Tucker; 26 grandchildren; and three greatgrandchildren.
Tim Stanley 918-581-8385
tim.stanley@tulsaworld.com
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Powell, Helen Marta, 64,
private piano teacher, died
Thursday. Services pending.
Add’Vantage.
Ramirez, Paul Sr., 88, orthopedic technician, died
Tuesday. Visitation 4-6 p.m.
Friday and service 10 a.m.
Saturday, both at Floral
Haven Funeral Home, Broken Arrow.
Renfrow, Leah, 69, died
Thursday. Services pending.
Mark Griffith-Westwood.
Sandidge, David, 57, teacher,
died Tuesday. Services
pending. Kennedy-Midtown.
Sandidge, Kathy, 49, registered nurse, died Tuesday.
Service 11 a.m. Saturday,
Winnetka Heights Baptist
Church. Moore’s Eastlawn.
Schroeder, Michael, 50, died
Feb. 28. Services pending.
Heath-Griffith.
Shepard, Tom, 69, printing business owner, died
Tuesday. Memorial service
1 p.m. Monday, Moore’s
Southlawn Funeral Home
Chapel.
Stephanie Romero, 34; Lloyd Candy
Jr., 40, of Aurora, Colo.
Cheryl Sheets, 56; Laurence Dodge,
62.
Sarah Straugt, 36; Stephen Fowler,
39.
Eugenia Stewart, 44; Joseph Williams, 50.
Amy Weaver, 40; Faustino Blano,
34.
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DIVORCES
ASKED
Alcala, Vickie v. Michael.
Anderson, Nina v. Boyd.
Andreatta, Brittany v. Byrom.
Burson, Billy v. Anna.
Ellingson, Cindy v. Thomas.
Farmer, Jonathan v. Karen.
Hefner, D. v. M.
Hendrix, Amy v. Jefrey.
Hermosillo, Lacy v. Miguel.
Impson, Bobby v. Patricia.
Kruggel, S. v. K.
Lederman, Terri v. Brandon.
Llamas, Abigail v. Jesus Escoto.
Maxwell, D. v. S.
Molinaro, Jennifer v. Eric.
Morris, Keith v. Lori.
Tilly, Louise C., 80, homemaker, died Wednesday. Services
pending. Ninde Brookside.
Ward, Billy James, 84, plumbing mechanical contractor,
died Tuesday. Service 3
p.m. Monday, Floral Haven
Funeral Home Chapel, Broken
Arrow.
Wheeler, Cliford Brian, 53,
truck driver, died Feb. 28.
Memorial service 11 a.m.
Saturday, Summit Park
Full Gospel Church. Mark
Griith-Westwood.
STATE/AREA
Funeral home, church and
cemetery locations are in the city
under which the death notice is
listed unless otherwise noted.
Blackwell — Carolyn Jo Levings, 76, died Wednesday.
Graveside service 4 p.m.
Friday, Blackwell Cemetery.
Roberts & Son.
SEE DEATH NOTICES A13
Moses, Anita v. Terry.
Patterson, Christopher v. Elisabeth
Bennett.
Payne, Arvada v. Bryan Crow.
Rawlins, Tifany v. Edward.
Schoneweis, Debra v. David.
Sesso, S. v. N.
Stevenson, Terry v. Daniel
Vandever, Catherine v. Robert
Pierce.
Verner, Marlon v. Sheronda.
Widowski, Judy v. William.
Williams, Cristi v. Gregory.
GRANTED
Chain, Brent from Amanda.
Chavez, C. from V.
Cole, Charles from Jennifer.
Diaz, Manual IV. from Nancy.
Dunlap, Bruce from Ilknur.
Eylar, Ashley from Johnathan.
Henderson, Dwayne from Latonya.
Hensley, Thaddeus from Jayna.
Inso, Kayce from Seth.
McDonnell, Michael from Judith.
Patat, T. Jr. from G.
Rake, Kathy from Dwight.
Ruiz, Noelia from Gustavo Ramirez.
Shipman. Brittany from Franklin.
Ward, Ryan from Valarie.