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DEATHS FOR: 7/5/2008
TULSA
Bowlin, Kelly L., 41, Whirlpool technician, died June 28. Service 1 p.m. Saturday, Greater Union Baptist Church. Jack's.
Childs, Mary, 100, retired Edison Middle School teacher, died Friday. Services pending. Moore's Eastlawn.
Durkee, James Walter, 87, retired Durkee Heating & Air owner, died Friday. Services pending. Ninde Woodland.
Frank, Lillie Mae, 93, retired business owner, died Friday. Services pending. Moore's Eastlawn.
Lamb, Barbara Lee "Bobbie, " 64, homemaker, died Thursday. Services pending. Mark Griffith-Westwood.
Megehee, Wayland, 77, trucking company terminal manager, died Thursday. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Saturday and service 2 p.m. Sunday, both at Moore's Southlawn Funeral Home, and graveside service 2 p.m. Monday, Tecumseh Cemetery, Tecumseh.
Messina, Michael C., 89, retired truck driver, died Thursday. Visitation noon-6 p.m. Sunday, Reynolds Funeral Service, and rosary 7 p.m. Sunday and funeral Mass 10 a.m. Monday, both at St. Pius X Catholic Church.
Nee, Loretta Hickey "Tootie, " 82, formerly of Tulsa, died Wednesday in Pittsburgh. No local services planned. Stifflers, White Oak, Pa.
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Claremore — Richard Heiligman , 78, retired real estate specialist, died Friday. Services pending. Musgrove-Merriott-Smith, Claremore.
Coweta — Lisa Faye Tyler, 38, homemaker, died Tuesday. Service 2 p.m. Monday, Church of God, Wagoner. Shipman, Wagoner.
Eufaula — Charles Campbell, 60, retired from Tinker Air Force Base, died Friday. Services pending. Garrett Family, Checotah.
Inola — Lillian Ruth Renne, 76, homemaker, died Friday. Services pending. Hayhurst, Broken Arrow.
Kellyville — Leo Virgil Tapp, 85, laborer, died Thursday. Services pending. Green Hill, Sapulpa.
McAlester — Rachael M. Pearcy, 80, seamstress, died Thursday. Visitation 6-8 p.m. Sunday and service 2 p.m. Monday, both at Bishop Funeral Service, and graveside service 3 p.m. Monday, Pryor Cemetery, Pryor.
— Kristopher Michael Sallis, 17, died Thursday. Services pending. Bishop.
Okmulgee — Portia Elizabeth Joy Rutledge, 26, homemaker, died Thursday. Visitation 3-5 p.m. Monday and service 11 a.m. Tuesday, both at McClendon-Winters Funeral Home Chapel.
Sand Springs — Seclina Gardner, 81, retired nutritionist, died Tuesday. Service 2 p.m. Tuesday, Calvary Baptist Church, Sapulpa. Kennedy-Amis-Kennard, Broken Arrow.
Sapulpa — Eugene Barrett, 68, appliance repairman, died Thursday. Services pending. Green Hill.
Stillwater — Robert Carl Cutburth, 60, office supply salesman, died Thursday. Graveside service 10 a.m. Tuesday, Memorial Park Cemetery, Tulsa, and memorial service 2 p.m. Tuesday, Sunnybrook Christian Church. Strode.
Stilwell — Richard Gerald Williamson, 72, machinist, died Friday. Services pending. Green Country, Tahlequah.
U.S.-WORLD
Dan Cook
, a San Antonio sports writer who helped popularize the phrase "the opera ain't over till the fat lady sings," died Thursday in San Antonio. He was 81.
The San Antonio Express-News, for which Cook worked for 51 years, reported that he died after a long illness. Cook was also the sports anchor at San Antonio television station KENS for 44 years.
Cook uttered the now-ubiquitous phrase while discussing an NBA playoff series between the San Antonio Spurs and the Washington Bullets on a 1978 newscast.
The Yale Book of Quotations later concluded it was first quoted in print in 1976, attributed to Texas Tech sports information director Ralph Carpenter, and was a variation on an old Southern saying.
Between his newspaper and television duties, Cook wrote six columns a week and delivered two sports telecasts and two radio commentaries each day. He was also the executive sports editor for the Express-News from 1960 to 1975.
Michael Turner
, a comic book artist who drew covers for major titles such as "Superman/Batman," "The Flash" and "Civil War,'" has died. He was 37.
Turner died June 27 at a Santa Monica, Calif., hospital of complications related to cancer, said Vince Hernandez, editor in chief of Aspen MLT, the Santa Monica publishing company Turner founded in 2003. Turner had battled bone cancer for eight years.
Through his company, Turner created online comic adaptations for the NBC series "Heroes" and published his own titles, including the best-selling "Fathom," a deep-sea story about a female superhero.
He also drew covers for large projects such as DC Comics' "Justice League" and Marvel's "Civil War" and was a regular cover artist for "Superman/Batman" and "The Flash."
"He was definitely one of the most popular and influential comic-book artists working right now," said Andrew Farago, curator of San Francisco's Cartoon Art Museum. "He was very, very much in demand as a cover artist on high-profile projects."
Ryan Liebowitz, general manager of the Golden Apple Comics store in Los Angeles, said Turner's name was synonymous with special-edition covers that often became collectibles. The milestone 500th issue of "Uncanny X-Men," due out next week, will feature a special-edition cover by Turner.
Turner was also known for drawing female comic book characters that evoked both innocence and sex appeal and exuded energy.
In 1994, the budding artist was hired by Century City-based Top Cow Productions after an editor saw his work at the Comic-Con convention in San Diego.
At Top Cow, Turner co-created "Witchblade," a comic about a voluptuous female detective who fights evil after discovering a mystical glove. The comic went on to make Top Cow's name and set the standard for Turner's future work.
Sir Charles Wheeler
, who reported from Washington, Berlin and other capitals during a long and distinguished broadcasting career, died Friday. He was 85.
Wheeler died at his London home of lung cancer, the British Broadcasting Corp. said.
Wheeler covered the Hungarian uprising in 1956, the flight of the Dalai Lama from Tibet in 1959 and the assassination of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. in 1968.
He had continued working for BBC radio until recently, his devotion tempered by his despair at changes in the industry such as the 24-hour TV news channel that he described as the BBC's "worst idea yet."
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