Funeral services for Andrew (Andy) Sellers, 63, of Tahlequah, Oklahoma were Wednesday, June 15, 2005, at the Cedar Tree Tabernacle in Briggs, Oklahoma. Rev. Clayton Sellers officiated. Dicky Sellers, John Sellers, Shawn Crittenden, Ron Hamby, Danny Decker, and Jerry Knight served as pall bearers. Honorary pall bearers were Jerry Sellers, Danny Green, and Percy Sellers. Interment followed in the Cedar Tree Cemetery under the care of Green Country Funeral Home.
Andy was born on June 29, 1941, the son P.M. "Red" and Mary Groundhog Sellers in Tahlequah, Oklahoma. The Lord called him home on June 12, 2005, from Tulsa, Oklahoma.
A life long resident of Cherokee County, Andy was a 1959 graduate of Tahlequah High School and served 2 1/2 years in the U.S. Army. He was a board member of the Adair County Indian Credit Association.
Following 20 years of service to the Tahlequah Police Department Andy retired as a lieutenant. Also during those 20 years, he maintained a second job working for Sooner TV in Tahlequah. He then served two terms, eight years, as Cherokee County Sheriff.
Family was important to Andy. He and his family sang gospel for many years. He loved to sing with family and friends. The last seven years he traveled and sang gospel with the group "The Rubber Band." Andy enjoyed sports including boxing, motorcycle riding and fitness/weight lifting to mention a few.
Predeceasing Andy are his parents, a son Darrell Wayne "Rusty" Sellers and a step son Stephen Burrough.
Cherishing his memory are his wife Rita of the home; two daughters, Jolene Owens and Bud of Dewey, Oklahoma and Andrea of the home; three sons, Scott Sellers and wife, Gloria, of Bartlesville, Oklahoma, Mike Sellers and wife, Carolyn, of Welling, Oklahoma, and David Jones and wife, Brandy, of Bartlesville; stepchildren David Burrough and wife, Jennifer, and Renae Chidester and Robert all of Pryor, Oklahoma; two sisters, Mary Jo Hare and husband, Jerry, of Tahlequah and Betty Sellers of Welling; four brothers, Percy and wife, Dorris, Jerry and wife, Faye, John and wife, Pam, and Dicky and wife, Glenda, all of Tahlequah; 14 grandchildren, three great grandsons, nieces, nephews and a host of other family members, friends and loved ones.
Andy was born on June 29, 1941, the son P.M. "Red" and Mary Groundhog Sellers in Tahlequah, Oklahoma. The Lord called him home on June 12, 2005, from Tulsa, Oklahoma.
A life long resident of Cherokee County, Andy was a 1959 graduate of Tahlequah High School and served 2 1/2 years in the U.S. Army. He was a board member of the Adair County Indian Credit Association.
Following 20 years of service to the Tahlequah Police Department Andy retired as a lieutenant. Also during those 20 years, he maintained a second job working for Sooner TV in Tahlequah. He then served two terms, eight years, as Cherokee County Sheriff.
Family was important to Andy. He and his family sang gospel for many years. He loved to sing with family and friends. The last seven years he traveled and sang gospel with the group "The Rubber Band." Andy enjoyed sports including boxing, motorcycle riding and fitness/weight lifting to mention a few.
Predeceasing Andy are his parents, a son Darrell Wayne "Rusty" Sellers and a step son Stephen Burrough.
Cherishing his memory are his wife Rita of the home; two daughters, Jolene Owens and Bud of Dewey, Oklahoma and Andrea of the home; three sons, Scott Sellers and wife, Gloria, of Bartlesville, Oklahoma, Mike Sellers and wife, Carolyn, of Welling, Oklahoma, and David Jones and wife, Brandy, of Bartlesville; stepchildren David Burrough and wife, Jennifer, and Renae Chidester and Robert all of Pryor, Oklahoma; two sisters, Mary Jo Hare and husband, Jerry, of Tahlequah and Betty Sellers of Welling; four brothers, Percy and wife, Dorris, Jerry and wife, Faye, John and wife, Pam, and Dicky and wife, Glenda, all of Tahlequah; 14 grandchildren, three great grandsons, nieces, nephews and a host of other family members, friends and loved ones.
Funeral services for Andrew (Andy) Sellers, 63, of Tahlequah, Oklahoma were Wednesday, June 15, 2005, at the Cedar Tree Tabernacle in Briggs, Oklahoma. Rev. Clayton Sellers officiated. Dicky Sellers, John Sellers, Shawn Crittenden, Ron Hamby, Danny Decker, and Jerry Knight served as pall bearers. Honorary pall bearers were Jerry Sellers, Danny Green, and Percy Sellers. Interment followed in the Cedar Tree Cemetery under the care of Green Country Funeral Home.
Andy was born on June 29, 1941, the son P.M. "Red" and Mary Groundhog Sellers in Tahlequah, Oklahoma. The Lord called him home on June 12, 2005, from Tulsa, Oklahoma.
A life long resident of Cherokee County, Andy was a 1959 graduate of Tahlequah High School and served 2 1/2 years in the U.S. Army. He was a board member of the Adair County Indian Credit Association.
Following 20 years of service to the Tahlequah Police Department Andy retired as a lieutenant. Also during those 20 years, he maintained a second job working for Sooner TV in Tahlequah. He then served two terms, eight years, as Cherokee County Sheriff.
Family was important to Andy. He and his family sang gospel for many years. He loved to sing with family and friends. The last seven years he traveled and sang gospel with the group "The Rubber Band." Andy enjoyed sports including boxing, motorcycle riding and fitness/weight lifting to mention a few.
Predeceasing Andy are his parents, a son Darrell Wayne "Rusty" Sellers and a step son Stephen Burrough.
Cherishing his memory are his wife Rita of the home; two daughters, Jolene Owens and Bud of Dewey, Oklahoma and Andrea of the home; three sons, Scott Sellers and wife, Gloria, of Bartlesville, Oklahoma, Mike Sellers and wife, Carolyn, of Welling, Oklahoma, and David Jones and wife, Brandy, of Bartlesville; stepchildren David Burrough and wife, Jennifer, and Renae Chidester and Robert all of Pryor, Oklahoma; two sisters, Mary Jo Hare and husband, Jerry, of Tahlequah and Betty Sellers of Welling; four brothers, Percy and wife, Dorris, Jerry and wife, Faye, John and wife, Pam, and Dicky and wife, Glenda, all of Tahlequah; 14 grandchildren, three great grandsons, nieces, nephews and a host of other family members, friends and loved ones.
Andy was born on June 29, 1941, the son P.M. "Red" and Mary Groundhog Sellers in Tahlequah, Oklahoma. The Lord called him home on June 12, 2005, from Tulsa, Oklahoma.
A life long resident of Cherokee County, Andy was a 1959 graduate of Tahlequah High School and served 2 1/2 years in the U.S. Army. He was a board member of the Adair County Indian Credit Association.
Following 20 years of service to the Tahlequah Police Department Andy retired as a lieutenant. Also during those 20 years, he maintained a second job working for Sooner TV in Tahlequah. He then served two terms, eight years, as Cherokee County Sheriff.
Family was important to Andy. He and his family sang gospel for many years. He loved to sing with family and friends. The last seven years he traveled and sang gospel with the group "The Rubber Band." Andy enjoyed sports including boxing, motorcycle riding and fitness/weight lifting to mention a few.
Predeceasing Andy are his parents, a son Darrell Wayne "Rusty" Sellers and a step son Stephen Burrough.
Cherishing his memory are his wife Rita of the home; two daughters, Jolene Owens and Bud of Dewey, Oklahoma and Andrea of the home; three sons, Scott Sellers and wife, Gloria, of Bartlesville, Oklahoma, Mike Sellers and wife, Carolyn, of Welling, Oklahoma, and David Jones and wife, Brandy, of Bartlesville; stepchildren David Burrough and wife, Jennifer, and Renae Chidester and Robert all of Pryor, Oklahoma; two sisters, Mary Jo Hare and husband, Jerry, of Tahlequah and Betty Sellers of Welling; four brothers, Percy and wife, Dorris, Jerry and wife, Faye, John and wife, Pam, and Dicky and wife, Glenda, all of Tahlequah; 14 grandchildren, three great grandsons, nieces, nephews and a host of other family members, friends and loved ones.
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