Obituaries

Jacob Matthew Page, 21, of Blackwell, OK, was called home on September 21, 2023. Viewing will be from 12:00 PM to 8:00 PM, Wednesday, September 27, 2023, and 9:00 AM to 8:00 PM, Thursday, September 28, 2023. A Wake Service will be held from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM on Thursday. A Funeral Ceremony will be held at 10:00 AM, Friday, September 29, 2023, at First Baptist Church, with Reverend Michael Taylor officiating. Burial will immediately follow at Resthaven Memorial Park.

Marcella Johnson went to her heavenly home on Friday, September 22, 2023, after fighting a long illness. Marcella was born in Lebanon, MO on April 4, 1947, the daughter of George Burns and Beulah (Frieze) Barnett.

James Leroy Colburn 74 of Blackwell, Oklahoma, entered into eternal rest at his home on September 17th, 2023. He was born to John Clayton Colburn and Jane Ann Sanders Colburn on January 29th, 1949, in Blackwell, Oklahoma.

Melissa Mae Stiles of Blackwell, Oklahoma, passed away Wednesday evening, September 20, 2023, at her home at the age of 85 years. Melissa Mae Stiles was born on June 9, 1938, in Blackwell to Stephen Otto and Evelyn Bernice (Marr) Lute.

William Ralph Bennett was born on November 25, 1933 in Bakersfield, CA to Guy and Ruth Bennett. he went to be with his Savior on September 19, 2023 in Ponca City, OK.

Stevensville, MT - Gene Deon Breneman, 78 in Stevensville MT passed away September 15, 2023, at home surrounded by his family. He was born in Kingman Kansas and raised in Derby, Ks. Proceeded by his father, Paul Allen Breneman, who was police chief in Kingman, KS. and his mother, Laurella Rose White, who worked for Boeing in Wichita and was an avid clarinetist and wonderful mother. Not surprisingly, Gene followed in his mother’s footsteps and has been a musician his entire life.

After a long illness, Virginia Rives Tranbarger, nee Black, passed away peacefully on Sept. 16, 2023.