Betty Lou Hall
Funeral services for Betty Lou Hall will be Wednesday, June 20, 2018 at 2:00 PM at the United Pentecostal Church in Okemah. Interment will follow at the Castle Cemetery. Betty Lou Hall was born April 10, 1952 in Tuskegee, Oklahoma to Howard and Ruth (Patterson) Hart. She passed away Friday, June 15, 2018 in Tulsa,…
Read MoreDarrell Brent Cox
Graveside services for Darrell Brent Cox will be held Monday, June 18, 2018 at 10:00 AM at the Westlawn Cemetery in Henryetta, Oklahoma. Darrell Brent Cox was born January 11, 1955 to John and Cleo Gertrude (Irwin) Cox. He passed away Wednesday, June 13, 2018 at his home in Okemah at the age of 63.…
Read MoreCity approves $7.3 million budget
The Okemah City Council held a public hearing on Monday for those who wanted to ask questions about the budget for fiscal year 2018-2019. No public appearances were made during that meeting. In the regularly scheduled City Council meeting held immediately after, the Council approve the budget for a total of $7,325,215. Mayor Mike Fuller…
Read MorePhillip Lois Parker
Funeral services for Phillip Lois Parker were held Wednesday, June 13, 2018 at 10 a.m. at the First Assembly of God Church in Wetumka, Okla. Interment followed at the Wetumka Cemetery with military honors. Phillip Lois Parker was born Sept. 24, 1944 in Wetumka, Okla. to Nin Herman Parker and Maggie Elizabeth (Jones) Parker. He…
Read MoreJanice Faye Balentine
Janice Faye (Chaffin) Balentine passed away Saturday, June 9, 2018 at the age of 69 at her home in Haskell, Okla. Janice as born on Oct. 5, 1948, in Okemah. She was the daughter of Johnnie Lee and Beatrice Faye (Taylor) Chaffin. Janice and Donald Ray Balentine were married Nov. 10, 1963. Her children and…
Read MoreJames Guinn III
James Emerson Guinn, III was born Nov. 29, 1954 in Lynwood, Calif. to James Emerson Guinn, II and Lois Graves. He passed away Wednesday, June 6, 2018 in Stroud, Okla.at the age of 63. Mr. Guinn was resident of Okemah and a 1971 graduate of Okemah High School. He is preceded in death by his…
Read MoreAlex Titsworth
Alex Eugene Titsworth was born Feb. 2, 2010 to Jeffrey and Darla Hart. He departed this life June 6, 2018. He just finished his second-grade year at Oakes Elementary in Okemah. Alex loved going to school and playing with his classmates, he also enjoyed playing ball outside and listening to music. He is survived by…
Read MoreDavid Harjo
Funeral services for David Harjo were held Friday, June 8, 2018 at 2 p.m. at the Creek Chapel Methodist Church in Okemah. Interment followed at the Creek Chapel Cemetery in Okemah. Wake services were Thursday, 6 – 7:30 p.m. at the Parks Brothers Funeral Home Chapel. David Harjo was born April 28, 1960 in Claremore,…
Read MoreTee Up For Tony; Honoring Superintendent Tony Dean
The Okemah Public School Foundation’s 13th Annual Golf Tournament will have a new name this year that will honor the legacy of an educator who embodied Okemah Public Schools. The Foundation’s Annual Golf Tournament will now be called “Tee Up For Tony” in honor of former Okemah superintendent Tony Dean. “No person was more supportive…
Read MoreLocal ODOT crew recognized for workplace safety
Safety and teamwork in highway work zones are critical to seeing that each worker makes it home at the end of the day. At the Monday, June 4 meeting, members of the Oklahoma Transportation Commission and ODOT Executive Director Mike Patterson recognized the crews who demonstrated a continued commitment to safety in the past year…
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