Obituaries

Memorial services for Betty June Selvidge were held Monday, May 30, 2022, at Church of Christ in Hinton with Jimie-Wray Mead and James Cudd officiating. Services were entrusted to Turner Funeral Home, Hinton.

Betty was born March 4, 1932, to Sam O. Thomas and Bonnie Katherine Honey in the house on her family farm 18 miles east of Hinton. Doctor A.F. Hobbs drove out to the farm in his Model A Ford to make the delivery before Highway 37 was constructed.

Betty passed away Thursday, May 26, 2022, in Weatherford at the age of 90.

A memorial service for Rollie Lee Johnson will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, June 4 at Huber-Benson Funeral Home.

Rollie died May 31, 2022, at Arbor House in Mustang. He was born May 19, 1937, in St. Edward, Nebraska. He served in the U.S. Army as a customs and immigration inspector before his marriage to Janice Weach on March 14, 1964, in Los Angeles, Calif. They lived in various places before returning to El Reno to be near family.

A wake for Russell Keith Lumpmouth was held Thursday, May 26 in the Benson Memorial Chapel, with funeral services on Friday, May 27 at Wesley United Methodist Church with Pastor Allen Carson and Vernon Yarholar officiating. Burial was in the El Reno Cemetery under the direction of Huber-Benson Funeral Home.

Keith died May 22, 2022, at St. Anthony Hospital in Oklahoma City. He was born April 12, 1964, in Lawton. He was raised in El Reno, graduating from El Reno High School in 1982. He was a truck driver mostly in the oil field industry and a member of the Native American Church.

Joel Dewayne Wakefield, 70, of Chandler, passed away Saturday, May 21, 2022, in Oklahoma City. Joel was born June 12, 1951, in El Reno to Jack Wakefield and Carrie (McAffee) Wakefield and lived there until he moved to Chandler in 1989. Joel married his high school sweetheart, Carol Owens in February 1971.

He worked for the railroad for 10 years and joined the 45th Infantry Brigade 1970 where he served 38 years. Joel retired from active duty as a Master Sergeant (E-8) in 2009 after serving one year in Iraq during Iraqi Freedom.

An all-night wake for James Daniel Whitlow will be held Monday, May 30 at the Concho Emergency Response Center beginning at 7 p.m. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, with interment at the Concho Indian Cemetery. Services are under the direction of Huber-Benson Funeral Home. His aunt, Rev. Joan Swallow, will officiate the wake and funeral services.

James passed away May 18, 2022, at his home in Northglenn, Colo. He was born June 14, 1956, in Chicago, Ill. He was raised in Kingfisher but also lived in Tulsa, El Reno and Denver, Colo.

Douglas Campbell, 84, of El Reno, passed away May 21, 2022. He was born Sept. 23, 1937, in Geary to Bert (Eagle Bird) and Myra (White Buffalo) Campbell.

He was one of the original members of the Star Hawk Society. He was also one of the original parents who first started the graduation banquet for Kingfisher High School graduates.

Douglas was also one of the designing persons for the Cheyenne and Arapaho emblem that is used today. He also worked on the Alaskan pipeline in the 1970s.