Obituaries

Mar 8, 2017

Elvin Smith, 81, of Duncan passed away Wednesday, March 8, 2017 in the Comanche County Memorial Hospital. Services will be 10:00 AM Wednesday in the Antioch Baptist Church. Interment will be in the Old Post Cemetery on Ft. Sill under the direction of the Bailes-Polk Funeral Home. Elvin was born December 8, 1935 in Coushatta, Louisiana the son of...

Feb 19, 2017

Feb 16, 2017

Randy Earl McClennen, 59, of Comanche passed away Thursday, February 16th, 2017 in the Duncan Regional Hospital. Memorial services will be 2:00 PM Monday, February 27, 2017 in the Bailes-Polk Funeral Home Chapel. Randy was born April 16, 1957 at Machias, Maine the son of Ronald Walton and Rosalie Doreen (Guptill) McClennen. He married Deborah Adams on August 2,...

Feb 11, 2017

Jimmy Edward Taylor, 63, of Velma passed away Saturday, February 11th, 2017 at his residence. Services will be 2:00 PM Thursday in the Bailes - Polk Funeral Home Chapel with Reverend Charles McConnell officiating. Interment will follow in the Duncan Cemetery. The family will receive friends for visitation at the funeral home from 6-8 PM. Jimmy was born December...

Jan 25, 2017

Jan 16, 2017

Donna Lois O'Neal, 71, of Duncan passed away Monday, January 16, 2017 in the Duncan Regional Hospital. Services will be 11:00 AM Friday in the Bailes-Polk Funeral Home Chapel with Ladd Polk Officiating. Interment will follow in the Duncan Cemetery under the direction of the Bailes-Polk Funeral Home. Viewing will be 9 AM to 8 PM on Thursday. Donna...

Jan 15, 2017

Barbara Nell Davis, 77, of Duncan passed away Sunday, January 15, 2017 in the Elk Crossing Nursing and Rehab. Services will be 2:00 PM in the First Baptist Church with Pastor Garry Davis and Ed Bingham officiating. Interment will follow in the Duncan Cemetery under the direction of the Bailes-Polk Funeral Home. The family will receive friends for visitation...

Jan 12, 2017

She died, like she lived . . . a Christian. Betty Colleen Criswell, 67, of Duncan went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Thursday, January 12, 2017 at her home surrounded by her loving family. “I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course. I have kept the faith.” 2 Timothy 4:7 (KJV). Services...

Jan 10, 2017

Robert Hesbrook, 45, of Duncan passed away Tuesday, January 10th, 2017 at his home in Duncan. Robert was born the son of Warner Hesbrook, Sr. and Lois Marie (Stults) Hesbrook. He enjoyed listening to music, dancing and was a member of the Graceway Baptist Church. He was preceded in death by his father, and three brothers. Survivors include his...

Dec 31, 2016

Douglas Winston Jones, 68, of Duncan passed away Saturday, December 31, 2016 at his home in Duncan. Memorial services will be 10:30 AM Thursday at the West Side Christian Church in Duncan with Reverend Terry Schlein officiating. Douglas was born January 28, 1948 in Big Spring, Texas to Floyd "Jack" Ray and Robbye Louise (Jeter) Jones. He and Linda...

Dec 29, 2016

Willie Mae (Rogers) Johnson, 92, of Duncan, Oklahoma passed away Thursday, December 29, 2016 in the Duncan Regional Hospital. Services will be 1:00 PM Thursday, January 5, 2016 in the Antioch Baptist Church with Reverend Ronald Boyd officiating. Interment will be in the Henderson Harris Cemetery under the direction of the Bailes-Polk Funeral Home. The family will receive friends...

Dec 19, 2016

Esther B. Rowley, 88, of Duncan, Oklahoma a former longtime Canadian, Texas resident passed away Monday, December 19th, 2016 in the Duncan Regional Hospital. Services will be 9:00 AM Friday in the Bible Baptist Church with Pastor Jeremy Taylor officiating. Interment service will be 3:30 PM in the Edith Ford Cemetery at Canadian, Texas under the direction of Bailes-Polk...

Dec 17, 2016

Dec 16, 2016

Dec 11, 2016

William Arthur "Bill" Link, 58, of Las Vegas, Nevada passed away December 11, 2016 in the Veterans Hospital in Las Vegas, Nevada. Bill was born February 11, 1958 in Bay City, Michigan the son of William Sherman and Sheila Ann (Richardson) Link. He grew up in Midland, Michigan and graduated from the Midland High School in 1977 where he...

Dec 9, 2016

Jimmie Dee Hanson, 88, of Duncan passed away Friday, December 9, 2016 in the Country Club Care Nursing Center. Services will be 1:00 PM Monday in the Unity Baptist Church with Reverend Tracy Wilson officiating. Interment will be in the Marlow Cemetery under the direction of the Bailes-Polk Funeral Home. Jimmie was born February 23, 1928 in Duncan, Oklahoma...

Dec 2, 2016

Ludmila Mileant passed away at the age of 78 in Duncan Oklahoma, on December 3, 2016 after succumbing to cancer. Services will be 10AM Tuesday in the Bailes-Polk Funeral Home Chapel with Reverend Arnold Nelson officiating, followed by a traditional Russian Orthodox service beginning at 11:00 AM officiated by Father Jeremy Davis. Interment will follow in the Fairlawn Cemetery...

Nov 27, 2016

Dorothy Ellen Scott went to be with the Lord and reunite with the love of her life, Adrian, on Nov. 24, 2016. She was born Dorothy Johnson on Oct. 14, 1926, to George and Ida Johnson in Geronimo, Oklahoma, one of 15 children. She and Adrian married in Duncan, Oklahoma, on Jan. 14, 1945, and lived in Duncan until...

Nov 20, 2016

Nov 20, 2016

Shirley Ann Taliaferro, 81, of Duncan passed away peacefully to meet her Lord and Savior Sunday, November 20, 2016, at her home with her family by her side. Services will be 10:00 AM Saturday in the Immanuel Baptist Church with Reverend Jack Robbins officiating. Interment will be at the Duncan Cemetery under the direction of the Bailes-Polk Funeral Home....