THE OKLAHOMAN NEWS0K.COM 12A TUESDAY, APRIL 26, 2011 METRO STATE Deaths Firemen worked an early morning apartment fire Monday at 12478 Trail Oaks Drive near NW 122 and May Avenue in Oklahoma City. PHOTO BY PAUL B. SOUTHERLAND, THE OKLAHOMAN Apartment dwellers displaced after fire To watch a video about the fire, go to NewsOK.com. lights flickered. The pop happened when a heating unit kicked on, he said.
Fire Deputy Chief Cecil Clay said four upstairs units were destroyed and the four downstairs ones were heavily damaged by smoke and water. The building had no fire walls. No injuries were reported. It took firefighters more than 30 minutes to get the blaze under control as the roof mostly burned away. The fire caused $350,000 damage, Clay said.
Clay said an electrical short is to blame, but exactly what malfunctioned is still being investigated. Firefighters were able to salvage some apartment dwellers' belongings by throwing tarps over items such as TVs and furniture in the downstairs units. The Red Cross assisted 15 people who were displaced by the fire. BY ROBERT MEDLEY Staff Writer rmedleyc3opubco.com Firefighters battled a fire Monday that burned the roof off several apartments near NW U2 and May Avenue. Flames burst through the roof of Aspen Place Apartments, 12478 Trail Oaks Drive, about 6:45 a.m.
Firefighters evacuated the complex and asked for extra crews to keep the fire from spreading to nearby buildings. Natalie Alexander, 24, lived in an apartment next to the unit where the fire started in the attic. Alexander said she was awake and had smelled something burning. She said her daughter, Nyla Jones, 2, was asleep. The man who lived across from her upstairs unit knocked on her door and told her to get out, Alexander said, and she left with the toddler in a blanket.
Alexander lost everything she owned and said she does not have renter's insurance. "It hasn't hit me yet," Alexander said as she stood outside the burned building. "I've got my daughter and I'm good with that." Alexander went to stay with her father, who arrived at the scene. What caused it? The man who said the fire started in the attic space above his apartment did not want to give his name. He told investigators he heard a pop and the EDMOND Doolen, Shelly Lynn, 48, medical practice manager, died Saturday.
Services pending (Crawford, Edmond). Guilliams, Margaret Kathryn, 86, died Sunday. Services pending (Smith Kernke, May, Oklahoma City). Moore, Billy 73, retired from Navy and state Tax Commission, died Saturday. Services 2 p.m.
Thursday (Matthews, Edmond). Smalling, Wade Hampton, 84, retired Phillips Petroleum Co. electrical technician, died Saturday. Services 10:30 a.m. Friday, Edmond Church of Christ (Matthews, Edmond).
Whitney, Ingeborg Edna, SL home-maker, died Saturday. Services pending (Affordable Cremation Service, Oklahoma). EL RENO Brown, Elsie 85, died April 22. Services 2 p.m. Saturday, Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses (Cremation Society, Oklahoma City).
ELMORE CITY Christian, Bobby Dean, 77, rancher, died Saturday. Services 2 p.m. today, Katie Missionary Baptist Church, Katie (Wooster, Elmore). ENID DeWolf, Douglas Wayne, 54, laborer, died Friday. Services 4 p.m.
Wednesday (Amy Stittsworth, Enid). Kunard, Retta Jo, 69, died Saturday. Graveside services 2 p.m. May 6, Enid Cemetery (Henninger-Hinson, Enid). Motkowski, Joseph 72, Vance Air Force Base property officer, died Sunday.
Mass 10 a.m. Thursday, St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church (Ladusau-Evans, Enid). Moulton, Sylvia J. "Babe," 94, died Friday.
Services 10 a.m. Wednesday (Ladusau-Evans, Enid). FORT COBB Goombi, Daniel 27, slot technician, died Monday. Services pending (Smith, Anadarko). FORT GIBSON Timmons, Tommy Gerald, 69, truck driver, died Thursday.
Graveside services 1 p.m. Wednesday, Fort Gibson National Cemetery (Lesch-er-Millsap, Fort Gibson). GUTHRIE Lingerfelt, Marva Pearl (Kiespert), 70, retired assembly worker, died Friday. Services 2 p.m. Wednesday, Our Savior Lutheran Church (Smith-Gallo, Guthrie).
HARRAH Lewis, Robert Homer, 65, painter, died April 15. Private services (Brown's, Luther). HARTSHORNE McClendon, Cynthia, 59, doctor's office manager, died April 20. Graveside services 10:30 a.m. Friday, Elmwood Pavilion (Brumley-Mills Hartshorne, Hartshorne).
HENRYETTA Ferris, Tammy, 45, died Sunday. Services pending (Williamson-Spradlin, Wetumka). Patton, Cheryl, 48, died Saturday. Services pending (Williamson-Spradlin, Wetumka). HUGO Curtis, Emily Kathryn, 80, telephone operator, died Sunday.
Services 1 a.m. Wednesday (Prater-Lampton-Mills Coffey, Hugo). Norris, Jack Richard II, 78, rancher, died Saturday. Graveside services 11 a.m. Wednesday, Mount Olivet Cemetery (Prater-Lampton-Mills Coffey, Hugo).
JONES Petrykanyn, Mary, 97, homemaker, died April 18. Services 10 a.m. Thursday (Smith-Parks, Harrah). KINGFISHER Home, Cena Faye, 78, died Thursday. Services were Monday (Sanders, Kingfisher).
KIOWA Bradshaw, Naomi, 89, telephone operator, died Saturday. Services 1 p.m. Wednesday (Chaney-Harkins, McAlester). KONAWA Whaler, Pamela Sue, 50, convenience store clerk, died Saturday. Services 2 p.m.
Wednesday (Swearingen, Konawa). LAVERNE Caldwell, Rufus Arthur III "Shorty," 70, well logger and engineer, died Sunday. Services 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Laverne Assembly of God (Billings, Woodward). LAWTON Brown, Josie C.
(John), 53, counselor, died Sunday. Services 10 am. Thursday, First Baptist Church (Becker, Lawton). Dever, Ineta 87, died April 21 Services 130 p.m. Thursday (Becker, Lawton).
Morris, Chris, 55, died Saturday. Rosary 6 p.m. today, Becker Memorial Chapel. Mass 11 a.m. Wednesday, Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church (Becker, Lawton).
Newton, Gladys Cleo, 88, died Saturday. Services 130 p.m. Wednesday, Central Baptist Church (Becker, Lawton). Stradley, Kenneth W. 81, police officer, died Saturday.
Services 2 p.m. Wednesday, Letitia Baptist Church (Lawton Ritter Gray, Lawton). LINDSAY McGuire, Karen, 56, retired hair stylist and salon owner, died Saturday. Services 2 p.m. Wednesday (B.G.
Boydston, Lindsay). MADILL Adkins, Ruby 95, died Sunday. Services 10 a.m. Thursday (Watts, Madill). MANGUM Brendle, Janice Ann, 60, teacher, died Friday.
Services 10 a.m. Wednesday, First United Methodist Church (Greer, Mangum). MARIETTA Roberts, Andrew Clark "Andy," 97, retired farmhand, died Sunday. Services 2 p.m. Wednesday (Flanagan-Watts, Marietta).
MIDWEST CITY Pierce, Helen Annette, 69, paralegal, died Sunday. Services 10 a.m. Friday, Sooner East Church of Christ (Bill Eisenhour, Del City). MOORE Hart, Harold 85, died Sunday. Services 2 p.m.
Wednesday (Havenbrook, Norman). Montgomery, George 69, minister, died Saturday. Services 11 a.m. May 7, Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses (Affordable Cremation Service, Oklahoma). Reagan, James Harley "Jim," 72, mechanic, died Sunday.
Private services (John M. Ireland, Moore). Ritter, George Revis, 96, brick mason, died Thursday. Services 2 p.m. today, Brookwood Baptist Church (Vondel L.
Smith and Son South, Oklahoma City). MULDROW Riggs, James Clyde 67, cabinet maker, died Saturday. Services 10 a.m. Thursday, Mineral Springs Baptist Church (Agent, Sallisaw). MUSTANG Russ, Lillian Naomi, 87, died Friday.
Services 1 p.m. Thursday, Chapel of The Good Shepherd (McNeil's, Mustang). NEWALLA Lockett, Gary Lee, 66, Tinker Air Force Base employee, died Sunday. Services 11 a.m. Thursday, Kings-view Free Will Baptist Church, Oklahoma City (John M.
Ireland, Moore). NEWKIRK Hill, Robert F. "Bob," 67, retired president of United Home Insurance died Saturday. Mass 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, St.
Francis of Assisi Catholic Church (Miller-Stahl, Newkirk). NORMAN Ashley, Mildred 96, died Sunday. Graveside services 2 p.m. Thursday, Fairview Cemetery, Shawnee (Havenbrook, Norman). Brumfield, E.
Ray, 81, masonry contractor, died Friday. Services 10 a.m. today (Havenbrook, Norman). Campbell, Robert D. "Bob," 78, died Sunday.
Private services (Cremation Society, Oklahoma City). Leffler, William, 87, died Monday. Services pending (Havenbrook, Norman). OKLAHOMA CITY Andrews, Mable Lola, 72, died Saturday. Services pending (John M.
Ireland, Moore). Bruce, Thelma Marie, 90, home-maker, died Monday. Services 2 p.m. Friday (Smith-Gallo, Guthrie). Crutcher, Detra, 46, died Friday.
Services pending (Rolfe, Oklahoma City). Garrison, Gary Douglas, 47, died Sunday. Services 2 p.m. Thursday (Barnes Friederich, Midwest City). Hirsch Gray, Margaret "Peggy," 66, died Wednesday.
Graveside services 1 p.m. Thursday, Fairlawn Cemetery (Hahn-CookStreet Draper, Oklahoma City). Lundy, Larry, 58, security officer, died April 23. Services 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Draper Park Christian Church (Vondel L.
Smith and Son South, Oklahoma City). Mijares, Hector 70, commercial airline pilot, died Saturday. Services pending (Ford, Midwest City). Nix, David Lee, 84, died Sunday. Services 2 p.m.
Wednesday (Vondel Smith Mortuary North, Oklahoma City). Robinson, Edwin, 83, died Saturday. Services pending (Rolfe, Oklahoma City). Simmons, Carolyn Irene, 80, health care worker, died April 15. No services (Affordable Cremation Service, Oklahoma).
OKMULGEE Young, Alice Roberta, 79, home-maker, died Saturday. Services 11 a.m. Thursday, Third Street Church of Christ (Keith D. Biglow, Muskogee). PORUM Wright, Ernest "Jay," 70, died Friday.
Services 2:30 p.m. Wednesday (King Shearwood, Stigler). ROOSEVELT Files, Bernice, 90, died Sunday. Services 10:30 a.m. Wednesday (Ray and Martha's, Hobart).
SASAKWA Williams, Thelma Faye, 86, home-maker, died Monday. Services 10:30 a.m. Wednesday (Hudson-Phillips, Holdenville). SENTINEL Rozell, Don, 71, died Monday. Services pending (Musick-Varner, Sentinel).
SHATTUCK Hammock, Mary Ellen, 97, nurse, died Friday. Services 10 a.m. Thursday, Church of the Nazarene (Mason, Shattuck). Renner, Clara Rosie, 92, store clerk, died Sunday. Services 10:30 a.m.
Wednesday, First Baptist Church (Mason, Shattuck). SHAWNEE Freeman, Joy, 57, died Wednesday. Services 3 p.m. Thursday, Tecum-seh First Assembly of God (Crawford, Edmond). SPENCER Terry, Vicki Lynn, 54, homemaker, died Saturday.
Services 7 p.m. Wednesday (Eisenhour, Blanchard). STIGLER Whitmer, Velma Lee, 83, secretary, died Friday. Services 10 a.m. Wednesday, First United Methodist Church (Hunn Black Merritt, Eufaula).
Wilkett, James 79, Wilkett Trucking owner, died Sunday. Services 1 p.m. Thursday (Mallory-Martin, Stigler). STUART Long, Edgar "Ed," 97, welder, died Saturday. Services 11 a.m.
Wednesday, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, McAlester (Chaney-Harkins, McAlester). VERDEN Hackworth, Robert Druey, 71, retired from Air Force, died Sunday. Graveside services 11 a.m. Thursday, Laverty Cemetery (Ferguson, Chickasha). WILBURTON Crouch, James, 77, died Monday.
Services pending (Waldrop, Wilburton). YUKON Owens, Jessica Arlene, 40, home-maker, died Sunday. Private services (Integrity, Henryetta). Riggs, Olen Lonnie 85, research chemist, died Sunday. Services 10 a.m.
Thursday, Bethany First Church of the Nazarene (Mercer-Adams, Bethany). Walker, Rhonda Loraine, 42, retail district manager, died Saturday. Services 10 a.m. Wednesday, First Baptist Church (Lockstone, Weath-erford). Organ donor Altman, John 68, Realtor, died Monday.
Services pending (Hale's Krien, Sulphur). Fortner, Beatrice Vera, 89, home-maker and cook, died Sunday. Services 10 a.m. today, Rocky Point Missionary Baptist Church, Lula (Criswell, Ada). ALLEN Kibby, Nettie Lee, 90, seamstress, died Sunday.
Services 1 p.m. today (Fisher, Holdenville). ALTUS Conditt, Edith, 86, died Sunday. Services pending (Lowell-Tims, Altus). Williamson, Eddie Ray 73, died Sunday.
Services pending (Lowell-Tims, Altus). ANADARKO Gonzales, Alecia 84, died Friday. Services 11 a.m. today, Anadarko High School Auditorium (Smith, Anadarko). ARDMORE Feiler, Richard D.
"Rick," 76, retired police officer, died Monday. Services 10 a.m. Wednesday (Harvey-Douglas, Ardmore). ATOKA Clay, Mary Catherine, 83, seamstress, died Monday. Services 10 a.m.
Wednesday, Wards Chapel Baptist Church (Brown's, Atoka). Penner, Joe Bob, 73, logging and truck driver, died Saturday. Services 10 a.m. today, Farris Baptist Church (Brown's, Atoka). Rains, Robert Covey Jr.
"Junior," 78, rancher, died Saturday. Services 2 p.m. Wednesday, Bentley Baptist Church (Brown's, Atoka). BARTLESVILLE McNeill, Jessalyn Elizabeth, 85, died Sunday. Services Thursday in Butterfield, Mo.
(Stumpff, Bartles-ville). Phelps, Dixie Dwana, 74, home-maker, died April 19. Services 1 p.m. Thursday (Stumpff, Bartlesville). BEAVER Kenneck, Eula Faye, 90, nurse, died April 15.
Graveside services 2 p.m. today, Pioneer Cemetery (Clark, Beaver). BETHANY Beck, Zella 93, died April 21 Services 10 a.m. Thursday (Bill Merritt, Bethany). Hutchins, James Alexander, 71, state trooper, died April 14.
Services pending (OK Cremation, Oklahoma City). Troutman, Robert 87, minister, died Sunday. Services 10 a.m. Wednesday, Oklahoma City First Church of the Nazarene (Mercer-Adams, Bethany). BILLINGS Warner, Roy died Sunday.
Services 2 p.m. Wednesday, First Baptist Church (Dugger, Billings). BLACKWELL Barnes, Rama Eleanor Lo, 13, died Friday. Services 2 p.m. Wednesday, Blackwell High School Auditorium (Roberts and Son, Blackwell).
Colwell, Myrtle Helen, 88, home-maker, died Saturday. Graveside services 10 a.m. Wednesday, Blackwell Cemetery (Roberts and Son, Blackwell). Pemberton, Jack Winfred, 89, died Sunday. Services 130 p.m.
Thursday, Blackwell Church of Christ (Roberts and Son, Blackwell). CASTLE Ward, Dovie Garrett, 88, home-maker, died Sunday. Services 2 p.m. Thursday (Parks Brothers, Oke-mah). CHANDLER McCollough, Margaret, 55, home-maker, died Thursday.
Graveside services 2 p.m. Saturday, Oak Park Cemetery (Brown's, Wellston). CHICKASHA Peek, Yvonna Darlene, 62, nurse's aide, died Saturday. Private services (Ferguson, Chickasha). Shockey, Windell Richard, 85, farmer and rancher, died Sunday.
Services 130 p.m. Wednesday, Epworth United Methodist Church (Sevier's Chickasha, Chickasha). CHOCTAW Bell, Earl 86, longshoreman and stockyards worker, died Saturday. Rosary 7 p.m. today, Barnes Frie-derich Funeral Home.
Mass 10 a.m. Wednesday, St. Philip Neri Catholic Church (Barnes Friederich, Midwest City). Holland, Elvin "Breezy," 83, died Friday. Services 2 p.m.
today (Primrose, Norman). COALGATE Johnson, Larry Gene, 56, died Sunday. Services 2 p.m. Wednesday (Brown's, Coalgate). COMANCHE Curtis, Gladys 98, died Saturday.
Services 10 a.m. Thursday (Comanche, Comanche). CORDELL Cooper, George Harold "Hugger," 60, died Sunday. Services 2 p.m. Thursday, Northside Church of Christ (Musick-Varner, Cordell).
Wyatt, Cecile, 93, died Thursday. Graveside services 10 a.m. Wednesday, Sappington Chapel Cemetery (Musick-Varner, Cordell). CUSHING Reavis, Loweta 85, homemaker, died Monday. Services pending (Davis, Cushing).
DILL CITY Whitledge, Latona Ann, 46, factory worker, died Monday. Graveside services 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, South Burns Cemetery (Ray and Martha's, Carnegie). DOW Marcangeli, Tullio E. 92, retired ironworker, died Friday.
Services 2 p.m. today (Brumley-Mills Hart-shorne, Hartshorne). DUNCAN Hinshaw, Albert E. "Al," 77, retired Halliburton Services pilot, died Monday. Services 3 p.m.
Wednesday, First United Methodist Church (Don Grantham, Duncan). DURANT Grantland, Barbara, 74, retired, died Sunday. Services 10 a.m. Wednesday (Brown's, Durant). Heil, Daniel 77, died Friday.
Services 2 p.m. Wednesday, Northwest Church of Christ (Holmes-Coffey-Murray, Durant). Catoosa slaying prompts reward 4i MM 1 Clint Gray Aaron Hughes Kristan Maloy Trio face charges in robbery, assault BY MICHAEL KIMBALL Staff Writer mkimballc3opubco.com CATOOSA The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation is offering a $5,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of whomever is responsible for the 2008 death of a man in Catoosa. Carter Wayne Leach, 32, was found dead in the back of a pickup on April 26, 2008, OSBI spokeswoman Jessica Brown said. Officials reported in 2008 that Leach was last seen alive about a month before his body was found.
Investigators said he was on his way to Tulsa on March 28, 2008, to collect a drug debt and had been dead about four weeks when his body was found wrapped in a shower curtain in the bed of the pickup. The pickup was in the parking lot of the Kicks 66 Truck Stop at 16141 Skelly Drive, Brown said. Investigators have no suspects. Officials ask anyone with information to call the OSBI hot line at (800) 522-8017. Callers may remain anonymous.
BY MICHAEL KIMBALL Staff Writer mkimballc3opubco.com LEXINGTON Police arrested three people in connection with the March 30 robbery of a Lexington convenience store during which the clerk was given a beating described by Police Chief Deana Stan-dridge as the worst she'd ever seen. Aaron Hughes, 25, Clint Gray, 19, and Kristan Maloy, 21, all of Norman, were arrested Thursday on complaints of robbery, assault and battery, and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony, Standridge said Monday. They were booked into the Cleveland County jail. They had not been charged and bail had not been set Monday afternoon. The clerk was released from the hospital after an overnight stay, Standridge said.
He received staples in his head from cuts received when he was pistol -whipped during the robbery. Police accuse Hughes and Gray of robbing the One East convenience store, State Highway 39 and 84th Avenue SE, about 10 p.m. March 30, Standridge said. Investigators accuse Maloy of driving the getaway car. The clerk had indentations in his skull from blows suffered during the beating as the men robbed the store, Standridge said.
Hughes told investigators he chose the store because he thought it didn't have video cameras, but cameras had recently been installed. Investigators think Hughes also planned to begin "a home -invasion spree" in Cleveland County, Standridge said. Records Editor's note: The Oklahoman will publish free birth and adoption announcements as space permits. Include full names of parents, sex of child, and hospital or county of adoption. You can mail the information to The Oklahoman, P.O.
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