Okemah library offering free financial kits
April is National Financial Literacy Month and to celebrate, the Oklahoma Jump$tart Coalition is observing Money Smart Week, April 21-28. Helping to promote financial education statewide, the Oklahoma Society of Certified Public Accountants (OSCPA) is offering free Financial Fitness Kits through public libraries, including the Okemah Public Library, Tinker Federal Credit Union branches and online…
Read MoreAnna Lou Gordon
Funeral services for Anna Lou Gordon will be held Friday, April 13, 2018 at 10 a.m. at the Weleetka First Baptist Church in Weleetka, Okla. Interment will follow at the Weleetka Hillcrest Cemetery. Ann Lou Gordon was born Jan. 1, 1933 to Ewing Jones and Lena Mae (Johnson) Jones. She passed away Monday, April 9,…
Read MoreJoanne McKinney
Joanne McKinney, 89, died peacefully in her home on March 31, 2018 surrounded by her family and devoted caretakers, Jessica and Robyn. Born in Okemah to Jim and Floris Hudson, Joanne was preceded in death by her loving husband of 68 years, K.R. McKinney and her dear sister, Roberta. Joanne leaves her son Jim, daughter…
Read MoreJames Wayne Hodges
James (Jami) Wayne Hodges passed away Jan. 17, 2018. He is the son of the late Mary and Gurney Hodges of Okemah. Mr. Hodges family will host a celebration of his life in June. He was 50 years old at time of death. He is survived by his four children of Colorado. A more formal…
Read MoreEvelyn Faye Been
Funeral services for Evelyn Faye Been were held Monday, April 9, 2018 at 2 p.m. at the Freewill Baptist Church in Okemah. Interment followed at the Welty Cemetery. Evelyn Faye Been was born April 21, 1934 in Arkansas to Cecil and Jewel (Penwell) Kelly. She passed away Friday, April 6, 2018 in Seminole, Okla. at…
Read MoreWanda Lue West
Funeral services for Wanda Lue West will be held Thursday, April 5, 2018 at 2 p.m. at the Prairie Spring Baptist Church in Okemah. Interment will follow at the West Anderson Cemetery in Okemah. Wake services were held Wednesday, 7 p.m. at the Prairie Spring Church. Wanda Lue West was born January 5, 1949 in…
Read MoreBobby Ford Choate
Bobby Ford Choate was born June 6, 1929 in Luther, Okla. to Bonnie and Ruby Choate. He passed away Tuesday, March 27, 2018 in Oklahoma City at the age of 88. Mr. Choate grew up as a sharecropper’s son until the age of 14 when he left home to the Texas panhandle to farm and…
Read MoreWilliam Logan
William Ralphel Logan, passed away peacefully at his home in Paden, Okla. on March 3, 2018 at the age of 80. William was born September 4, 1937 in Tulare, Calif. to Buryle and Mabel (McElwain) Logan. He grew up and attended schools in Sacramento, Calif. On Sept. 27, 1958 William married Zenobia (Bachnofer) Logan, the…
Read MoreOkfuskee County Success from the Field
Donnie Nero Restores Family Farm Donnie and Shirley Nero moved to Clearview, Okla., which is an original Historical Black Town, to return to Shirley’s family farm. Donnie, retired President of Connors State College, started working with the Okfuskee Conservation District, the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), and the Farm Service Agency (FSA) in 2002 to…
Read MoreAmos Phillips
Funeral service for Amos Lincoln Phillips were held Monday, March 26, 2018 at 2 p.m. at the Parks Brothers Funeral Home Chapel in Okemah. Interment followed at the Unussee / Harjochee / Phillips Family Cemetery in Okemah. A wake service was held Sunday, March 25, at the funeral home chapel from 6 – 8 p.m.…
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