Solomon R. Stoneroad

Funeral services for Solomon R. “White Turkey” Stoneroad, 83, Clinton resident, will be at 11 a.m. Saturday in the Abundant Life Church at S. 18th and Hayes in Clinton, officiated by Rev. Delfred “Bunny” Whitecrow and Rev. Lois Wilson.

There will be a traditional wake service from 7 until 10 p.m. Friday at the Abundant Life Church.

He was affectionately known as “John Wayne” by his family and “Stoney” by his Clinton Veterans Center family.

Stoneroad died Sunday, Feb. 22, 2015, in the Deaconess Hospital in Oklahoma City. He was born March 19, 1931 in Clinton, the son of Clarence Eugene Stoneroad and Ruby (Bearshield) Stoneroad.

He attended Clinton schools and the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes’ Concho School.

He entered the U.S. Army in 1949 and became a member of the 82nd Airborne while serving in the Korean Conflict and served for three terms thereafter and was honorably discharged in January of 1963.

Solomon had been a resident of the Clinton Veterans Center for the past several years.

He was a proud member of the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes, the American Legion and VFW, and he was the middle weight boxing champ of the West Coast in 1956. He was a member and played in the “Soldiers” of Misfortune Band.

Preceding him in death were his parents; two children, Rueben and Sharon Stoneroad; two brothers, Leroy and Victor Stoneroad; a half-brother, Sam Rivers; as well as Leonard and Happy Happy Woman Magpie Stoneroad and Minita Twins.

Survivors include a sister, Eleanor Stoneroad White Crow, of Elk City; half-sister, Mary Lou Stoneroad; and many sister  cousins, including Mary L. Billy and Sophia A. Billy Tiger, of El Reno; along with numerous nieces and nephews.

Burial will follow in the Clinton Cemetery, under the direction of Kiesau-Lee Funeral Home of Clinton.