Obituaries

Dec 26, 2015

Carl Dean Sellers was born April 11, 1947 and passed away at his home in Velma on December 26th, 2015. Carl Dean, affectionately known as "Bull" or "Bull Dean" was a well-known character in the Velma area having lived there most of his life. Bull was a truck driver, dozer operator, shade-tree mechanic and jack of all trades who...

Dec 22, 2015

Funeral service for VIckie Arlene Burton, 60 of Duncan, Oklahoma is pending with Bailes - Polk Funeral Home. She died on Tuesday, December 22, 2015, in Duncan, Oklahoma.

Dec 22, 2015

Gary Ward Underwood, 60, of Duncan passed away Tuesday, December 22, 2015 at his home in Duncan. Services will be 2:00 PM in the Bethel Assembly of God Church with Reverend Ron Meador officiating and Reverend Jon Reeves assisting. Interment will be in the Duncan Cemetery under the direction of the Bailes-Polk Funeral Home. Gary was born January 27,...

Dec 20, 2015

Charles Purtle Graves, 60, of Duncan, Oklahoma passed away Sunday, December 20th, 2015 in the Duncan Regional Hospital. Services will be 10:00 AM Wednesday in the Bailes-Polk Funeral Home with Reverend Tracy Wilson officiating. Interment will be in the Duncan Cemetery under the direction of the Bailes-Polk Funeral Home. Charles was born January 26th, 1955 at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma...

Dec 16, 2015

Janice Marie Green, 56, of Duncan passed away Wednesday, December 16, 2015 at her home in Duncan. Services will be 4:00 PM Monday in the Faith Church with Reverend David Marrow officiating. Services are under the Direction of the Bailes-Polk Funeral Home. Visitation will Thursday and Friday from 9 AM to 8 PM and the family will receive friends...

Dec 8, 2015

Virginia Lee "Gin" Wright, 76, of Duncan passed away Tuesday, December 8, 2015 in the Comanche County Memorial Hospital. Services will be 10:00 AM Friday in the Bethel Assembly of God Church with Reverend Ron Meador officiating. Interment will be in the Duncan Cemetery under the direction of the Bailes-Polk Funeral Home. The family will receive friends for visitation...

Nov 30, 2015

Charles Clifton Taylor, 50, of Duncan passed away Monday, November 30, 2015 at his home in Duncan. Services will be 11:00 AM Wednesday in the Bailes-Polk Funeral Home with Reverend Charles McConnell officiating. Interment will be in the Duncan Cemetery. The family will receive friends for visitation at the funeral home from 5-7 Tuesday. Clifton was born June 24,...

Nov 30, 2015

Alvin Edgar "Eddie" Carpenter, 67, of Duncan passed away Monday, November 30, 2015 at his home in Duncan. Eddie was born November 4, 1948 at Duncan, Oklahoma the son of Clarence Carpenter, Sr. and Virginia (Graham) Carpenter. He and Elizabeth Anderson were married at Fox, Oklahoma on August 22, 1992. He was a member of the Immanuel Baptist Church,...

Nov 18, 2015

Jeffery Charles "Jeff" Darity, 54. of Velma passed away Wednesday, November 18, 2015 in the Duncan Regional Hospital. Graveside services will be 1:00 PM Saturday in the New Velma Cemetery under the direction of the Bailes-Polk Funeral Home. Jeff is survived by several family members from the Velma Area. Online condolences may be made at www.bailespolk.com

Nov 3, 2015

Bert Allen Sherwin, 56, of Duncan passed away Tuesday, November 3, 2015 in the Duncan Regional Hospital. There will be no Visitation at the Funeral Home. He will be entombed with his mother in Mississippi. Bert was born November 21, 1958 at New Orleans, Louisiana the son of Douglas Sherwin, Sr. and Pearl (Martin) Sherwin. He worked for Halliburton...

Nov 3, 2015

Nov 1, 2015

Mary Ruth Cooper, 81, of Duncan passed away Sunday, November 1st, 2015 in the Duncan Regional Hospital. Funeral services will be 10:00 AM Wednesday in the Eastside Church of Christ with Ron Stough officiating. Interment services will be 2:00 PM in the Temple Cemetery under the direction of the Bailes-Polk Funeral Home. The family will receive friends for visitation...

Oct 6, 2015

Daniel A. Bowen, 92, of Wichita Falls, Texas passed away Tuesday, October 6, 2015 in the Southwest Medical Center in Lawton. Graveside services will be 11:00 AM Friday in the Duncan Cemetery with Reverend Chris Percival officiating. Services are under the direction of the Bailes-Polk Funeral Home. Daniel was born January 4, 1923 at Corum, Oklahoma the son of...

Oct 4, 2015

Armetha Richard was born on March 26, 1931 in Elmore City, Oklahoma to Steve and Myrtle Buckner and departed this life Sunday, October 4th 2015 in the Norman Health Plex in Norman, Oklahoma. Services will be 1:00 PM Friday in the Antioch Baptist Church with Pastor Ronald Boyd officiating. Interment will be in the Henderson Harris Cemetery under the...

Sep 27, 2015

Sebastian Medina, 85, of Duncan passed away Sunday, September 27, 2015 in the Duncan Regional Hospital. Services be 2:00 PM Thursday in the Assumption Catholic Church with Father Joseph David officiating and Deacon Manuel Garcia assisting. Interment will be held at a later date in Mexico. Sebastian was born February 25, 1930 at Rioverde, Mexico the son of Masimitiano...

Sep 17, 2015

Mary L. Jones, 80, of Duncan went to be with her Lord and Savior Thursday, September 17, 2015 in the Country Club Care Center in Duncan. Service will be 2:00 PM Monday in the New Hope Baptist Church West with Reverend Randy Southerland officiating. Interment will be in the Duncan Cemetery under the direction of the Bailes-Polk Funeral Home....

Sep 1, 2015

Robert Frank Hyde, 72, of Duncan passed away Tuesday, September 1, 2015 at his home in Duncan. Memorial Services will be 10:00 AM Saturday in the Parkview Baptist Church with Reverend Steve Gillispie officiating. Interment will follow in the Duncan Cemetery under the direction of the Bailes-Polk Funeral Home. Robert was born September 25, 1942 at Ardmore, Oklahoma the...

Aug 24, 2015

Dale Dean Chisum, 59, of Duncan passed away Monday, August 24, 2015 in the Duncan Regional Hospital. Memorial services will be 11:00 AM Wednesday in the Bailes-Polk Funeral Home Chapel with Reverend John Little UPCI officiating. Interment will follow in the Wynnewood Cemetery. Dale was born January 5, 1956 at Duncan, Oklahoma the son of Orvil Andrew and Lona...

Aug 12, 2015

Olga Minnie Korsgard, 96, of Duncan passed away Wednesday, August 12, 2015 in the West Wind Assisted Living in Marlow, Oklahoma. Olga was born June 4, 1919 at Denton County, Texas the daughter of Willie and Martha (Infelt) Wolters. She graduated from the Lewisville High School in Lewisville, Texas. She and Roy Korsgard were married in Denton County, Texas...

Jul 30, 2015

Linda Carolyn Wharton, 67, of Duncan, OK passed away Thursday, July 30, 2015 at Duncan Regional Hospital. Linda was born January 8, 1948 in Duncan, OK to Lorena B. and Billy C. Butler. She was married to Kenneth Wharton in Duncan on June 22, 1968. She was a faithful member of Bethel Assembly of God. She was preceded in...