http://www.tulsaworld.comThe latest news and information from the Tulsa World.5Copyright 2013, World Publishing Co. All rights reserved.J.D. “Scotty” Scott was Oneok’s chairman, chief executive officer and president when he retired./article.aspx/Former_Oneok_CEO_JD_Scott_dies_at_81/20130509_11_forme_80072?rss_lnk=58DAVID HARPER World Staff WriterThu, 09 May 2013 18:38:57 CDTWilliam Riley 'Bill' Boyce, whose acting career included four feature films, dozens of television shows and scores of commercials, died April 29 at his home in Tulsa. He was 81./article.aspx/From_farming_to_filming_Oklahoma_native_Bill_Boyce/20130507_11_A13_CUTLIN324753?rss_lnk=58TIM STANLEY World Staff WriterTue, 07 May 2013 05:23:02 CDTServices are pending with Moore’s Southlawn Funeral Home./article.aspx/Former_Williams_CEO_John_H_Williams_dies_at_94/20130501_11_forme_85753?rss_lnk=58CELESTE WILLIAMS World Staff WriterWed, 01 May 2013 23:26:43 CDT'Big skies, flat land and long drives with the radio.'/article.aspx/Daniel_Lang_1931_2013_Renowned_artist_native_Tulsan/20130428_11_A20_CUTLIN926009?rss_lnk=58TIM STANLEY World Staff WriterSun, 28 Apr 2013 05:45:01 CDTThe Tulsan's fight to overcome his own disabilities inspired a community./article.aspx/Services_set_for_Nate_Waters_advocate_for_disabled/20130423_11_servi_72897?rss_lnk=58TIM STANLEY World Staff WriterTue, 23 Apr 2013 19:59:18 CDTFor a young mind preoccupied with dreams of baseball glory, it was a high, hard reality check./article.aspx/Rites_planned_for_Sand_Springs_businessman_youth_mentor/20130411_11_A13_CUTLIN559461?rss_lnk=58TIM STANLEY World Staff WriterThu, 11 Apr 2013 03:07:42 CDTA former football player who still reminisced about how much he had 'loved to hit,' John Kulla eventually found another way to channel some of that energy./article.aspx/Rites_today_for_Mannford_coach_educator_John_Kulla/20130410_11_A13_CUTLIN516407?rss_lnk=58TIM STANLEY World Staff WriterWed, 10 Apr 2013 02:40:49 CDTPresumably, the good nurses at St. Simeon's Episcopal Home in Tulsa knew how to do their jobs./article.aspx/Betsy_Bird_1922_2013_Former_Navy_nurse_WWII_veteran/20130407_11_A15_CUTLIN196450?rss_lnk=58TIM STANLEY World Staff WriterSun, 07 Apr 2013 05:49:37 CDTIt wasn't the way Robbie Boman would have written her story if she'd had the choice./article.aspx/Rites_held_for_former_Bixby_Bulletin_editor_Robbie/20130403_11_A11_ULNSbf85477?rss_lnk=58TIM STANLEY World Staff WriterWed, 03 Apr 2013 04:53:35 CDTIt seemed like a long shot in 1977 - a black man making it as a barber in a largely white area of Tulsa./article.aspx/Curtis_Jones_1955_2013_Convict_turned_barber_gained/20130331_11_A16_CUTLIN671035?rss_lnk=58TIM STANLEY World Staff WriterSun, 31 Mar 2013 05:36:50 CDTJust a few names provided by families, no addresses, were all Bill Mitchell had to go on./article.aspx/Longtime_KTUL_channel_8_reporter_Bill_Mitchell_dies/20130330_11_A19_CUTLIN975720?rss_lnk=58TIM STANLEY World Staff WriterSat, 30 Mar 2013 06:00:29 CDTSome lay on the ground; others, for support, clung to the compound's fence./article.aspx/Warren_Hansen_1922_2013_WWII_veteran_longtime_Getty/20130327_11_A11_ULNSar663346?rss_lnk=58TIM STANLEY World Staff WriterWed, 27 Mar 2013 03:21:27 CDTThe chicken fried steak on Al Gebbs' menu was his one concession to Oklahoma tastes./article.aspx/Al_Gebbs_1924_2013_Creole_restaurant_owner_brought/20130324_11_A17_CUTLIN708942?rss_lnk=58TIM STANLEY World Staff WriterSun, 24 Mar 2013 04:47:37 CDTBill Mitchell, longtime award-winning senior news reporter for Tulsa's KTUL-Channel 8, died Friday after a lengthy illness, the television station reported./article.aspx/Longtime_KTUL_Channel_8_reporter_Bill_Mitchell_dies/20130323_11_A16_CUTLIN307813?rss_lnk=58TIM STANLEY World Staff WriterSat, 23 Mar 2013 06:07:44 CDTRay Kirk felt strongly that his community owed a great debt to the Oklahoma School for the Blind./article.aspx/Longtime_Oklahoma_School_for_the_Blind_advocate_Ray/20130321_11_A13_CUTLIN12273?rss_lnk=58TIM STANLEY World Staff WriterThu, 21 Mar 2013 04:34:28 CDTHe had his eye-mask, his toy nunchuks and now, a super-cool nickname./article.aspx/Rites_Saturday_for_Sperry_boy_6_who_fought_cancer/20130320_11_A11_CUTLIN302670?rss_lnk=58TIM STANLEY World Staff WriterWed, 20 Mar 2013 03:34:08 CDTDoenges Memorial Stadium wasn't quite the Major Leagues./article.aspx/Mike_Sauter_1948_2013_Longtime_Bartlesville_sports/20130317_11_A15_CUTLIN920670?rss_lnk=58TIM STANLEY World Staff WriterSun, 17 Mar 2013 03:15:23 CDTFor much of his life, education was Marvin Martin's livelihood./article.aspx/Rites_set_for_former_Webster_coach_Marvin_Martin/20130315_11_A11_CUTLIN529453?rss_lnk=58TIM STANLEY World Staff WriterFri, 15 Mar 2013 05:38:09 CDTTurning down available tables, especially in such close proximity to those mouth-watering aromas, could not have been easy./article.aspx/Longtime_Jamils_Silver_Flame_waiter_Leon_Crawley_dies/20130314_11_A15_CUTLIN670073?rss_lnk=58TIM STANLEY World Staff WriterThu, 14 Mar 2013 04:05:17 CDTFor Warren Werling, the annual Tulsa Akdar Shrine Circus always packed in plenty of thrills./article.aspx/Warren_Werling_Shriner_and_volunteer_took_pride_in/20130312_11_A11_CUTLIN275339?rss_lnk=58TIM STANLEY World Staff WriterTue, 12 Mar 2013 03:20:37 CDTAs a pet lover, Myra Worley seemed to bond with every dog she met. But one breed - newshound - stood out above all others./article.aspx/Myra_Worley_1945_2013_Dedicated_Pets_Helping_People/20130310_11_A15_UISMao259494?rss_lnk=58TIM STANLEY World Staff WriterSun, 10 Mar 2013 03:58:52 CDTStill very much the school counselor at heart, Wanda Lemley was surprised at how much her second career continued to bring out that side./article.aspx/Wanda_Lemley_1929_2013_Longtime_Tulsa_educator_who/20130308_11_A13_CUTLIN248612?rss_lnk=58TIM STANLEY World Staff WriterFri, 08 Mar 2013 05:52:06 CDTWhether Tulsa's image was good or bad, Fred Setser realized, was not the question./article.aspx/Fred_Setser_1929_2013_Civic_minded_bank_exec_who_helped/20130306_11_A13_CUTLIN294446?rss_lnk=58TIM STANLEY World Staff WriterWed, 06 Mar 2013 03:44:10 CDTThe Fourth of July event in Tulsa was billed as a celebration. But the actual mood - more thoughtful and subdued - can be detected in Roy Stuart's words./article.aspx/Roy_Stuart_1920_2013_TU_football_star_WWII_veteran/20130303_11_A16_ULNSot229043?rss_lnk=58TIM STANLEY World Staff WriterSun, 03 Mar 2013 05:41:33 CDTOverlooking the ninth and 18th greens with the downtown Tulsa skyline as a panoramic backdrop, the view from the big lounge picture window never got old to Chico Medina./article.aspx/Longtime_Southern_Hills_bartender_Isidro_Chico_Medina/20130301_11_A13_CUTLIN967705?rss_lnk=58TIM STANLEY World Staff WriterFri, 01 Mar 2013 05:07:40 CDTWhen he was elected to Tulsa's City Commission in 1958, Bob Leikam was part of a heralded youth movement in city government./article.aspx/Former_City_Commissioner_Bob_Leikam_dies_at_86/20130227_11_A11_CUTLIN331862?rss_lnk=58TIM STANLEY World Staff WriterWed, 27 Feb 2013 03:21:33 CDTAlthough many a house would be saved thanks to his efforts, Tulsa firefighter Billy Joe Reeves also knew how to bring the house down when the occasion called for it./article.aspx/Billy_Joe_Reeves_1928_2013_Local_firefighter_musician/20130224_11_A16_CUTLIN259651?rss_lnk=58TIM STANLEY World Staff WriterSun, 24 Feb 2013 02:58:33 CDTLouise Pond had taught English but not math. Yet the numbers - 1,200 students to one principal - still must have struck her as a little one-sided./article.aspx/Longtime_Sand_Springs_educator_Louise_Pond_dies_at/20130223_11_A15_CUTLIN872470?rss_lnk=58TIM STANLEY World Staff WriterSat, 23 Feb 2013 06:12:29 CDTBorn into a well-known Tulsa musical family, Norma Dennie Leshie wasted no time in finding an audience of her own./article.aspx/Noted_Tulsa_pianist_and_music_teacher_Norma_Dennie/20130222_11_A13_CUTLIN966090?rss_lnk=58TIM STANLEY World Staff WriterFri, 22 Feb 2013 05:38:14 CDTEven three or four decades removed, Pat Ward's former chemistry students can still rattle it off on command: 'Me Eat Peanut Butter.'/article.aspx/Beloved_East_Central_chemistry_teacher_Pat_Weird_Ward/20130221_11_A11_CUTLIN613079?rss_lnk=58TIM STANLEY World Staff WriterThu, 21 Feb 2013 09:51:26 CDT