Shirley Ann Cockrell

A graveside service will be held for Shirley Ann Cockrell at 9:30 a.m., Tuesday, August 18, 2020, at Stroud Cemetery. Arrangements are under the direction of Parks Brothers Funeral Service in Stroud. Cockrell was born September 13, 1926, in Avant, Okla.

Gerald Zimpel

Gerald “Jerry” Zimpel was born September 30, 1938, and died Sunday, August 9, 2020. He was 81 years old and the husband of Donnell Zimpel of Stroud. Services will be held at a later date. A full obituary will be published at that time.

Sharon Kay Cochran

Sharon Kay Cochran was born to Lee and Charlotte (Harper) Bobo on January 7, 1953, in Cushing, Okla. She died Saturday, August 1, 2020, at her home in Oklahoma City. She was 67 years old. Cochran worked as a data entry clerk.

Avery Marie Reynolds

Avery Marie Reynolds was born to Wesley Reynolds and Lisa (Hoover) Reynolds on April 1, 2011, in Stillwater, Okla. She died Wednesday, July 29, 2020, in Oklahoma City, Okla. She was nine years old. Avery was a student at Vandever Elementary School in Broken Arrow, Okla.

Donald Gene Brown

Donald Gene Brown was born to George Antoine and Macel Irene (Shawver) Brown on August 27, 1933, in Geary, Okla. He died Saturday, August 8, 2020, at the age of 86 years.

Billy Lee Ray Gessner

Billy Lee Ray Gessner was born to Anthony “Ray” Gessner and June Simmons on August 26, 1953, in Oakhurst, Okla. He died Friday, June 5, 2020, in McLoud, Okla. He was 66 years old. His parents preceded him in death. Survivors include his half sisters, Kelly Jantzen Smith of Hominy, Okla.

Albert Carl Lorenz Jr.

Albert Carl Lorenz, Jr. of Muskogee, Okla., passed away on July 26, 2020. A.C., as his friends and family knew him, was born on November 25, 1938 to Albert Sr. and Anna Lorenz in Wellston, Okla.

Marion Rice

A memorial celebrating the life of Marion Rice will be held 2 p.m., Friday, August 7, 2020, at First Baptist Church of Chandler. Rice requested that attendees wear colorful clothing and not black. Final arrangements were under the direction of John Ireland Funeral Home in Moore.

Lanea Pauline Baker

Lanea Pauline Baker was born October 15, 1937, in Los Angeles, Calif. She died Saturday, August 1, 2020, in Davenport at the age of 82 years. She graduated from Excelsior High School in Norwalk, Calif., and worked for Boeing.

Phyllis Joan Foster

Phyllis Joan (Cox) Foster was born November 14, 1930, at her family’s home near Seminole, Okla. She died Wednesday, July 8, 2020, in Shawnee, Okla., at the age of 89 years. Foster, the daughter of Joe and Velma Cox, married James “Frog” Foster in June 1953.