The Duncan Banner Memorials and Obituaries

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Duncan, Oklahoma Kenneth W. Payne 1932 — 2024 Funeral service for Kenneth W. Payne, 91 of Duncan, OK will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Monday, May 6, 2024 at Bethel Assembly of God Church, Duncan, OK with Rev. Ronald G. Meador officiating. Mr. Payne passed away on Wednesday, May 1, 2024 at his home in Duncan surrounded by his loving family. Arrangements are under the direction of Lawton Ritter Gray Funeral Home. A special viewing and visitation for family and friends will be held on Sunday, May 5, 2024 from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. at the funeral home. Kenneth was born on September 29, 1932 in Pooleville, Oklahoma to Thomas Lee and Hattie Lee (Lawson) Payne. He married Wanda Lee Smith on September 11, 1968 and was married for 39...

Duncan, Oklahoma Helen L. Peck 1923 — 2024 Funeral Services at Hart-Wyatt Funeral Home Chapel, Walters, OK, Tuesday, April 23 at 10:00 a.m., Rev. Paul Metcalfe Officiating with burial in the Walters Cemetery. Helen LaVerne (Brown) Peck was born to John Thomas "Pete" Brown and Artie Mae (Durbin) Brown on March 31, 1923 in Clyde, TX and departed this life in Duncan, OK on April 18, 2024 at the age of 101 years and 18 days. A few years after her birth the family moved from Clyde to Cotton County, OK. The move was made by way of a cattle drive across the Red River, and with the smaller kids in a car. The family ran Brown Station, located about 5 and a half miles west of Walters on Hwy 5. Brown's Station was a gas station and the area...

Walters, Oklahoma Micheal D. Darnell 1954 — 2024 Mike Darnell was born to Jack and Leta (Stephenson) Darnell on February 27, 1954. He departed this life in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma on Aprill 11, 2024 at the age of 70 years. Graveside Services will be held on Wednesday, April 17, 2024, at 2:00 pm at the Walters Cemetery, with Reverand Roger Nolan officiating. Mike grew up in Walters and graduated from Walters High School in 1973. He married Liz Hathaway in 1975 and they made their home in Edmond, Oklahoma where Mike was employed by Allied Hussman. They later returned to Walters and Mike began his career at Red River Technology in Duncan, Oklahoma as an HVAC instructor for 23 years. Mike then embarked on a new endeavor and obtained his...

Plano, Texas Lois Lucille Lehew 1927 — 2024 Funeral service for Lois Lucille Lehew will be 9:30 a.m. Friday, March 22, 2024 in Becker-Rabon Funeral Home Chapel with Dr. William F. Watkins officiating. Burial will follow in Fort Sill National Cemetery under direction of Becker-Rabon Funeral Home. Lois Lucille Lehew died Tuesday, March 5, 2024 in Dallas, Texas at the age of 96. Lois, the first-born child of the late Lester J. and Katherine Aaron was born On August 5, 1927 in Rankin Illinois. She lived her younger years in Indiana where she attended public schools and worked various jobs. In Indiana, she maintained employment within the restaurant industry, a rubber factory, Nickel Plate Railroad and Balls Brothers Corporation. While...

Marie "Midge" Sevier 1930 — 2024 Graveside Service at the Walters Cemetery, Walters, OK, Tuesday, February 20, 2024 at 2:00 p.m., Ed Eschiti Officiating. A Prayer Service will be held at Hart-Wyatt Funeral Home Chapel, Walters, on Monday Evening at 7:00 p.m. Marie Joyce (Chockpoyah) Sevier, or Midge, was born to Lee and Alice Lorean (Hicks) Chockpoyah on February 26, 1930 in Lawton, OK at the old Indian Hospital and departed this life in Temple, OK on February 14, 2024 at the age of 93 years, 11 months and 19 days. The eldest of 10 children, Midge grew up 8 miles northeast of Walters between the 2 Beaver Creeks. She attended the two-room rural schools of Lone Star and Beaver Ridge, and then Walters High School. She...

Dallas, Texas Charles E. Burgin 1935 — 2024 Charles Edgar Burgin was born to Lotus Bartley Burgin and Ethel Melissa Croy Burgin in Duncan, Oklahoma, on March 15, 1935. He passed away peacefully from this life on January 21, 2024, at his home in Dallas, Texas. Charles was the second youngest of eight siblings (six girls and two boys). The eight Burgin children were raised very modestly in a small three-bedroom house in Duncan, where in his childhood (and through his high school years) Charles worked various assigned jobs in his father's local grocery store, which imbued him at a very young age with a tremendous work ethic and resolute sense of duty and steadfast loyalty to his family, fellow workers, and customers. Charles graduated...

Longview, Texas, Texas John Eubanks 1934 — 2023 John was born June 15, 1934 to Ralph and Ella Eubanks in Marlow, OK. He studied engineering at the University of Oklahoma and was a member of Beta Theta Pi before going to work at Halliburton after graduation. He was a longtime resident of Duncan, OK and a member of First Christian Church and the Harmony Sunday school class. He passed away October 14, 2023 in Longview, TX. He was preceded in death by his parents and brother, Paul Eubanks. He is survived by his wife, Carol, of 61 years, as well as their children Britt (Susan) Eubanks of San Marcos, CA and Jana (Michael) Hickson of Longview, TX, grandchildren Tanner Eubanks and Ashley Eubanks of San Marcos, CA, Taylor Hickson of San Antonio,...

Allen, Texas James Keith Ragland 1924 — 2023 Dr. Jim Ragland, of Allen, Texas, died September 24, 2023 at the age of 99. He was born in Ada, Oklahoma in 1924 to James Jordan Ragland and Zelda Keithley Ragland. He was preceded in death by his wife of almost 70 years, Leola Lee Ragland, his parents, and his sister JoAnn Craddick. He is survived by son James Ragland of Pearland, Texas, daughter Rebecca Cherry of Springfield, Missouri, son John Ragland of Hot Springs, Arkansas, son Steve Ragland of Leonard, Texas, and nephew Joel Engle of Keller, Texas. He is also survived by grandchildren Matthew, Jennifer, Megan, John Clayton, Christina, and Rebekah, and many great-grandchildren and grand-nieces and grand-nephews. He wanted to be an...

Lawton, Oklahoma Dorothy Marie Henson 1937 — 2023 Graveside service for Dorothy Marie Henson will be 1:00 P.M. Thursday, September 28, 2023 at Duncan City Cemetery, Duncan, Oklahoma with Katherine Rainwater, sister-in-law, of Cedar City, Utah officiating. Burial is under the direction of Becker-Rabon Funeral Home. Dorothy Marie Henson, 85, Lawton, Oklahoma passed away Tuesday, September 19, 2023 at her home in Lawton with her daughter and grandson at her side. She was born November 29, 1937 in Corona, California to Clifford and Lois (Berg) Henson. Dorothy was born and raised in Corona, California. She married Burel Rainwater and later married Harold Hutchinson. She first began working for AeroJet General Corporation in California and...

San Leon, Texas Kathleen Lorraine Robinson 1947 — 2023 Kathleen "Kathy" Lorraine Pollard Robinson, 76, passed away Wednesday, September 6, 2023, in San Leon, Texas. She was born July 21, 1947, in Oklahoma City, OK, to parents Alva L. "A.L." Pollard and Wynell Wagnon Pollard. Kathy met her future husband Roy Robinson when they were in 6th grade. He immediately fell in love with her, and their long courtship began. When she was 15 and he was 17, he proposed to her. Kathy and Roy married on August 15, 1969, in Oklahoma after her college graduation. Kathy was a graduate of Harding High School in Oklahoma City, OK. While a student there, she was a leader. Kathy was a member of the Okette Pep Club, including serving as Corresponding Secretary; a...

Vernon, Texas Gerald Edwin Drury 1933 — 2023 Gerald Edwin Drury, 90, died August 31, 2023 in Vernon, Texas. Services will be at Sullivan's Funeral Home Chapel, Vernon, TX, on Tuesday September 5, 2023 at 10am. Visitation will take place on Monday September 4, 2023 from 6p-8p at Sullivan Funeral Home. Gerald was born July 2, 1933 in Olustee, OK to Needham and Beulah Drury. He married Sandra Joy Ingle on August 25, 1956 in Olustee and they established their home in Altus, OK. He worked for 34 years for the Oklahoma Department of Transportation and also farmed raising wheat, cotton, and cattle. Gerald and Joy added two sons to the family in 1961 and 1963. He taught them both how to drive pickups and tractors at a very young age. ...

Duncan, Oklahoma MSgt (Retired) Dwight M. Skinner 1934 — 2023 Funeral services for MSgt (Retired) Dwight M. Skinner will be at 10:00 a.m. Friday, September 1, 2023 in the Becker-Rabon Funeral Home Chapel, Lawton, Oklahoma with Pastor David Shields, Tanglewood Bible Fellowship, Duncan, Oklahoma officiating. Burial with full military honors will be in Fairlawn Cemetery, Snyder, Oklahoma. The service may be viewed by following the livestream link at www.beckerfuneral.com or by visiting the Becker-Rabon Funeral Home Facebook page. MSgt (Retired) Dwight M. Skinner, 88, of Duncan, Oklahoma passed away on Monday, August 28, 2023, in Duncan. He was born on December 20, 1934, in Slocomb, Geneva County, Alabama to Albert Spurgeon and Mamie (Carroll)...

Marlow, Oklahoma Tommy Paul Burk 1936 — 2023 Funeral service, with military honors, for Tommy Paul Burk will be 2:00 p.m. Friday, July 21, 2023 at Antioch Baptist Church south of Lawton, Oklahoma with Rev. Vivian Garza, Pastor officiating. Arrangements are under the direction of Becker-Rabon Funeral Home. Tommy Paul Burk, 87, of Marlow, Oklahoma passed away Friday, July 14, 2023 at his home in Marlow. He was born January 19, 1936 in Lawton, Oklahoma to James Marion and Alta (Bradford) Burk. At age fifteen, Tommy went to live with his brother, Howard, where he began driving a dump truck. He enlisted in the Navy at the young age of 16 and it was during this endeavor that he met and married his first wife, Dora Mae, in Yuma, Arizona....

FORT STOCKTON, Texas William Alfred Condit 1951 — 2023 William "Bill" Alfred Condit, known to most as "Cowboy," passed away on April 9, 2023 in Fort Stockton, Texas. He was born September 2, 1951, in Marlow, Oklahoma, to Royce Edward and Bobby Nell Harrell Condit. He grew up in Duncan, Oklahoma, and was a 1969 graduate of Duncan High School. Cowboy spent many summers as a child at his grandparents' farm in Foster, Oklahoma, where he learned to farm and work cattle. He graduated from Sul Ross State University with a degree in Animal Science. He managed the John Deere Implement stores in Hereford, Dimmitt, Friona, and Pecos, Texas. And he also farmed with his uncle, Paul Condit, for many years in Gaines County. Those who Cowboy leaves...

Walters, Oklahoma Cade Cromwell 1975 — 2023 Funeral Services at First United Methodist Church, Walters, Saturday, April 1, 2023 at 10:00 a.m., Rev. Brantley Tillery officiating under the direction of Hart-Wyatt Funeral Home with burial in the Walters Cemetery. Cade Scherler Cromwell was born June 11, 1975 in Lawton, OK to Roger Stanley and June Ann (Scherler) Cromwell and departed this life in Oklahoma City on March 28, 2023 at the age of 47 years, 9 months and 17 days. Cade grew up at Walters, graduating from Walters High School in 1993. He then attended Southwestern in Weatherford, OK, and eventually attended Red River Vo-Tech. Through an autobody proficiency test he won a scholarship to attend OSU Okmulgee to study his trade....

Duncan, Oklahoma Evelyn Walker 1930 — 2023 Funeral service for Evelyn Walker, 93, of Duncan, Oklahoma will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Monday, April 3, 2023 at St Paul's United Methodist Church, Duncan, Oklahoma with Rev. David Gardner officiating. Mrs. Walker passed away on Tuesday, March 28, 2023 in Ardmore, Oklahoma. Burial will be held at Duncan Municipal Cemetery, Duncan, Oklahoma under the direction of Lawton Ritter Gray Funeral Home. Evelyn was born on February 4, 1930 in Decatur, Texas to John and Mittie Mae Pedigo. She grew up in Paradise, Texas where she attended school, graduating from Paradise High School 1947. She married Glen "Sam" Walker on January 7, 1949. They moved to Duncan, Oklahoma where they lived in 1951...

Yukon, Oklahoma Mable Biffle 1931 — 2023 Funeral service for former Duncan resident, Mable "Babe" Beurleen Pelt Biffle, 91, of Yukon, OK will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Monday, March 13, 2023 at Lawton Ritter Gray Funeral Home Chapel in Lawton, OK with Roy Rochell officiating. Mrs. Biffle passed into the arms of her Lord and Savior on Wednesday, March 8, 2023 in Oklahoma City, OK. A special viewing and visitation for family and friends will be held on Sunday, March 12, 2023 from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. at the funeral home. Babe was born on August 30, 1931 in Idabel, Oklahoma to Avery R. and Lamenteen (Whitaker) Pelt. After the death of her father, she moved to the Waurika area with her mother and sister and graduated from...

Temple, Oklahoma Clovis Kindred 1933 — 2023 Memorial Service at the Temple Cemetery Pavilion, Temple, OK, Saturday, January 6, 2024 at 2:00 p.m. under the direction of Hart-Wyatt Funeral Home. Memorial Donations can be made to the Temple Cemetery Association, P.O. Box 473, Temple, OK 73568. Clovis LaVerne Kindred was born to William Franklin and Lucy Lee (Haygood) Crow on October 15, 1933 in Jester, OK and departed this life in Temple, OK on December 30, 2023 at the age of 90 years, 2 months and 15 days. Living in the Jester community, northwest of Mangum, OK, Clovis moved with her family to Temple, OK in 1939. They then moved to Wichita, KS in 1942 before returning to Temple in 1946. She married George Monroe Kindred on May 18,...

Walters, Oklahoma Dr. Bobby Dee Burch 1926 — 2023 Bobby Dee Burch departed this life on January 16, 2023 at his home east of Walters, OK at the age of 96 yrs. Bobby Dee was born to George Washington Burch and Mose Eller (Ledford) Burch on April 29, 1926 in Comanche County, in the Denton community as the 8th child of 11. He graduated from Central High School in 1944, and served with the Marine Corps, 3rd Division from 1944-1946, seeing WWII action in Guam, Iwo Jima, Chichi Jima, Wake Island, and Saipan. He returned home to Lawton working for Fairmont Creamery before joining his brother Ned at Burch Machine Shop, downtown Lawton. After 20 years working with his brother at the machine shop, Pastor Dan Pruitt witnessed to him, he became a...

Marlow, Oklahoma Ruth Marie Ritter 1949 — 2022 Memorial service for Ruth Marie Ritter, 73, of Marlow, OK will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, January 7, 2023 at Lawton Ritter Gray Funeral Home Chapel with Juan Rodriguez officiating. Mrs. Ritter Passed away on Saturday, December 31, 2022 in Marlow. Ruth was born on January 1, 1949 in Greenfield, Massachusetts to Earl and Nancy (Leaf) Upton. She grew up in Cold Spring, New York where she graduated from High School and received her Bachelor's Degree in Education. She came to Oklahoma in 1976 to be near her sister and attended OU and received her Oklahoma Teaching Degree. She married Richard Ritter on July 8, 1978 and for the next 35 years she taught almost every grade at Lincoln...

Lawton, Oklahoma Dr. David Michael Lindley 1940 — 2022 A service celebrating the life of Dr. David Michael Lindley will be held Tuesday, December 13, 2022 at 2:00 pm at First Christian Church (701 D Ave.) with Rev. Paul Appleby, pastor officiating. Burial will follow at Highland Cemetery under the direction of Becker-Rabon Funeral Home. Dr. David Michael Lindley, 81, passed away at Comanche County Memorial Hospital on December 10, 2022 with loved ones by his side. David was born December 31, 1940 in Duncan, Oklahoma to Dr. E.C. and Helen Lindley. He graduated from Duncan High School in 1959. He attended Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri and pledged Beta Theta Pi fraternity. David transferred to UCO in Edmond where he met his...

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