A City Treasure: Longtime Resident, Raymond Overall, Shares Memories of his Time in Okemah
By Alanna Bradley ONL Reporter If a community is fortunate, they may have a resident like Raymond Overall. Described by Mayor Mike Fuller as a city treasure, Overall has seen the hands of time pass for nearly a century over the community of Okemah. While things have changed…
Read MoreIt’s in the Air: The Spirit of Woody Guthrie Lives on in the Magic of Woody Fest
By Alanna Bradley ONL Reporter Fifty-four years after his death, the spirit of Woody Guthrie, in the place he called home, Okemah, still floats through the air. It is in the wind that blows through the rolling hills of eastern Oklahoma, it is above the streets of Okemah and in the nighttime air at the…
Read MoreCommunity Rallies Behind Well-Known Resident Diagnosed With Breast Cancer
Community Rallies Behind Well-Known Resident Diagnosed With Breast Cancer By Alanna Bradley ONL Reporter For years Peggiann Combs has given herself to the community of Okemah in numerous ways. Now, residents of Okemah are looking for a way to give back to Combs as she battles a grim cancer diagnosis. “They gave her three months…
Read MoreWanda Lee Butler
Wanda Lee “Mema Butter” Butler, 88, of Shawnee passed away on Friday, April 2, 2021 in Shawnee. She was born on October 4, 1932 in Okemah to John B. and Nellie (Crawford) Ricketts. Wanda grew up in Cromwell. She lived in other places but, most of her life in Shawnee. She graduated from Butner High…
Read MoreWarren O. Baldridge
Graveside services for Warren O. Baldridge will be held Thursday, April 8, 2021 at 2:00 PM at the Okfuskee Cemetery. Warren O. Baldridge was born October 22, 1939 in Okfuskee County to Alfred and Evelyn (Allstott) Baldridge. He passed away Tuesday, April 6, 2021 in Tulsa at the age of 81. Warren grew up in…
Read MoreFred L. Carson
Funeral services for Fred L. Carson were held Wednesday, April 7, 2021 at 2:00 PM at the Parks Brothers Funeral Home Chapel in Okemah. Interment will follow at the Highland Cemetery in Okemah. Fred L. Carson was born January 1, 1951 in Hanna, Wy. to Fred N. and Oletta Merle Carson. He passed away Friday,…
Read MoreMelissa Marie Battaglia
Funeral services for Melissa Marie Battaglia were Monday, April 5, 2021 at 2:00 PM at the Okemah Church of Christ with Bro. Richard Foster officiating. Melissa Marie Battaglia was born August 14, 1963 in Okemah to O. Mac Smith and Marilyn (Coker) Smith. She passed away Thursday, April 1, 2021 in Okemah at the age…
Read MoreLois A. Gormly
Graveside services for Lois A. Gormly were held Tuesday, April 6, 2021 at 2:00 PM at the Okmulgee Cemetery. Lois A. Gormly was born January 5, 1942 in Konawa, Okla. to George and Lois Morrow. She passed away Thursday, April 1, 2021 at her home in Okfuskee at the age of 79. Lois was a…
Read MoreBearden school bond issues passes; County School Board Members elected
Election results are in for several races held in Okfuskee County on Tuesday, April 6. Results at this time are considered unofficial until Friday at 5 p.m. when the Election Board meets to certify the results. A proposition in the Bearden Public School District passed with 81.82 percent of the ballots passed. A total of…
Read MoreJimmy Dale Crosby
Funeral services for Jimmy Dale Crosby were Friday, March 12, 2021 at 10:00 AM at the Parks Brothers Funeral Home Chapel in Okemah. Interment followed at the Morse Cemetery. Jimmy Dale Crosby was born February 26, 1936 in Okemah to Robert F. “Frank” Crosby and Sylvia Jane (Smiley) Crosby. He passed away Tuesday, March 9,…
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