Mar 1, 2023

Lezle Lavone McGehee Pierce Akers, 61, of Okmulgee, Oklahoma, passed away Wednesday, March 1, 2023, at her home. Lezle was born on December 25, 1961, in Seminole, Oklahoma, the daughter of Harold McGehee and Carol Johnson. She graduated from Eufaula High School in 1980. Lezle worked all over the state and in Texas as a waitress. She married Don...

Mar 1, 2023

Bertha D. Black, 91, passed away Wednesday, March 1st, 2023, in Checotah, OK. Bertha was born on April 30th, 1931, to Dennis and Ruth (Murphy) Thurman in Foss, OK. She attended Bower School in elementary and middle school. In 1948, she graduated from Canadian High School. Bertha married Albert A. Black on January 22, 1949, in Fame, OK and...

Feb 19, 2023

Barbara Joe Martin, 85, of Stigler, Oklahoma, passed away Sunday, February 19, 2023, at the McAlester Regional Health Center. Barbara was born on January 1, 1938, in Checotah, Oklahoma, the daughter of Joseph Lindsey and Lera Nora (Green) Brinsfield. She attended school in Blair and Prairie View on Texanna Road. Barbara spent her childhood near Texanna, Oklahoma. Her family...

Feb 15, 2023

Annette Stanley, 70, of Quinton, Oklahoma, passed away Wednesday, February 15, 2023, in Fort Smith, Arkansas. Annette was born on January 4, 1953, in San Antonio, Texas, the daughter of Ivestor Lee and Cymanthia (Jacobs) VanMatre. She graduated from Alma High School in 1971. She raised her two children in Alma until 1983 when she moved to Quinton, Oklahoma....

Feb 15, 2023

Betsy Hill, 69, passed away on Wednesday, February 15th, 2023, in Eufaula, OK. Betsy was born on June 30th, 1953, in Hanna, OK, to Siah and Elizabeth (Phillips) Hill. She graduated from Sequoyah Tahlequah School. Betsy married Nathaniel Grayson Sr. and two children were had from this union. She enjoyed beading, sewing, cooking, fishing, gardening, doing puzzle books, playing...

Feb 10, 2023

William "Bill" Antrum Fox Jr., 98, passed away Friday, February 10th, 2023, in Muskogee, OK. Bill was born on October 25, 1924, in Tulsa, Oklahoma, to William Antrum and Naomi Claire (Barnett) Fox, their only child. He grew up in Tulsa and Enid, Oklahoma, before the family moved to Wichita, Kansas, where his father was foreman in charge of...

Feb 9, 2023

Vickie Rae Allen, 72, of Eufaula, passed away on February 9, 2023 in Muskogee, Oklahoma. Vickie was born on February 22, 1950, in San Diego, California, the daughter of Raymond and Juanita Hoffman. On May 1, 1969, she married Robert "Bob" Allen in Ft. Smith, Arkansas. They were happily married for forty-two years. Vickie Allen loved making hand made...

Feb 8, 2023

Annalee Grace Hackett, 93, passed away Wednesday, February 8th, 2023, in Muskogee, OK. Annalee was born on October 2nd, 1929, in Avery, OK, to James William and Iona Effie (Dickson) Elder. On November 3, 1948, she married William Hackett in Lucien, OK. She worked at Bipo Inc as a supervisor for over ten years. Annalee was a member of...

Feb 6, 2023

John Howard Marshall, 69, passed away Monday, February 6th, 2023, in Eufaula, OK. John was born on August 27th, 1953, to Samuel Tucker and Polly (Francis) Marshall in Tahlequah, OK. He attended Hartshorne High School and Eufaula High School and graduated in 1971. He also attended OSU Okmulgee Tech for heat and air. John worked for Creek Nation for...

Jan 30, 2023

Bonnie Sue Gorby, 78, of Eufaula, Oklahoma, passed away Monday, January 30, 2023, in Tulsa. Bonnie was born on April 23, 1944, in Vivian, Oklahoma, the daughter of Alonzo and Lorene (Brandon) Layman. Sue grew up on her family’s dairy farm and attended Stidham School where she graduated in 1963, she then later in life bought her own land...

Jan 29, 2023

Deborah Lynn Pruitt, 70, of Eufaula, passed away Sunday, January 29, 2023, in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Debbie was born on March 17, 1952, in Burbank, California, the daughter of Raymond Mulkey and Stella Inez (Miller) Bogumill. She attended school in Burbank. She worked at Lucky's in California for two years. On June 11, 1991, Debbie married Emanuel James Pruitt at...

Jan 27, 2023

David Charles Holman was born on August 3, 1949, in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, to George and Gertrude Holman of Holliston, Massachusetts and attended local schools. The family later relocated to California in 1960. David was an over-the-road truck driver for many years and eventually settled in Eufaula, Oklahoma. His favorite pastime was going to the casinos wherever he traveled....

Jan 26, 2023

Charles Ralph (Chuck) Johnson, he was 76, born on April 13,1946 in Richmond, California on a beautiful sunshine day. He entered his heavenly home on Thursday, January 24th,2023, in Eufaula Oklahoma. He left this life peacefully surrounded by family. He was, a loving husband, grandfather, and brother; he was preceded in death by his stepdaughter Ruth Ann Seely, father...

Jan 26, 2023

Willa Earlene Marts, 87, of Checotah, Oklahoma, passed away on Thursday, January 26, 2023, at the Checotah Nursing Center. Earlene was born on October 8, 1935, in Tulsa County, Oklahoma, the daughter of Auzie Holmes and Sadie Chloera (Ryals) Hunter. When growing up on the farm near Bernice, Oklahoma, Earlene loved to take care of all the farm animals...

Jan 25, 2023

George Edwin Freeman, 91, passed away January 25, 2023, in Muskogee. George was born on September 7, 1931, in Francis, Oklahoma, the son of John Lee and Thelma Lorene Nobles Freeman.  George was full of life and loved his family deeply. One of his greatest joys was singing and he would just burst out a song out of nowhere....

Jan 22, 2023

Leanna Rayleen Combes, 30, of Eufaula passed away on Sunday, January 22, 2023 at her home. Leanna was born on July 8, 1992 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. She graduated from Prairie Grove High School in Prairie Grove, Arkansas in 2011. On June 28, 2014, Leanna married Richard Wayne Combes. They were happily together for twelve years and raised four...

Jan 17, 2023

Elener Ingle, 94, of Lavaca, Arkansas, passed away on January 17th.

Elener was born on June 18th, 1928, to Albert and Edna Roden in Clinton, Missouri. Because she was a woman in the mid 1940s with no means, college was not an option for Elener, however she made sure that it was an option for...

Jan 12, 2023

Cynthia Denise Armstrong, 66, passed away Thursday, January 12, 2023, in Muskogee. Denise was born on June 11, 1956, in Conway, South Carolina, the daughter of William L. and Joyce (Montgomery) Gawf. Denise worked as a dental hygienist. She married Lamar Armstrong on August 2, 1980, in Corpus Christi, Texas. They were happily married for forty-two years.

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Jan 10, 2023

Clara Tillman, 80, passed away Tuesday, January 10th, 2023, in Gore, Oklahoma. Clara was born on March 14th, 1942, to Leslie and Opal (Hunter) Phillips, in Braggs, Oklahoma. She graduated from Braggs High School in 1960. On May 5, 1961, Clara married George Hubert Tillman in Muskogee, Oklahoma. They were happily married for sixty-one years. She was a member...

Jan 9, 2023

LaDonna Jean Shults, 68, passed away Monday, January 9th, 2023, in Canadian, OK. LaDonna was born on April 24, 1954, in Duncan, OK, to Carl and Iva Bernice (Wright) Cooley. In 1972, she graduated from Comanche High School. LaDonna married Jack Shults on May 18, 1973, in Duncan, OK. She worked in banking and was the bank vice president...