Ila Maxine Bell

Ila Maxine Bell was born to Sam and Amy (Leedy) Auxier on February 23, 1934, in El Reno, Okla. She died Friday, November 27, 2020, at the age of 86 years. Bell graduated from high school in 1952 in Hydro, Okla.

Robert Daniel Cook

Robert “Bobby” Daniel Cook of Stroud was born to Melvin and Velma Cook on May 16, 1950, in Sayre, Okla. He died Thursday, November 26, 2020, in Oklahoma City at the age of 70 years. Bobby, formerly of Meeker, retired from Tinker Air Force Base in Midwest City, Okla., after 37 years service.

Almeta Roy Harris

Almeta Roy Harris, formerly of Stroud, was born December 1, 1933. She died Wednesday, November 18, 2020, in Carnegie, Okla., at the age of 86 years. Harris, the daughter of Louis Sr. and Angeline Makes Noise Roy, married Ron Harris Sr. on February 22, 1955.

Donald Lee Jones

Donald Lee Jones was born August 19, 1943, in Jones, Okla. He died Saturday, November 21, 2020, in Edmond, Okla., at the age of 77 years. Jones, the son of Paul Lee and Velma (Lindsey) Jones, married Linda Buzzard in 1963.

Joseph Robert Cornett

Joseph Robert Cornett of Collinsville, Okla., was born to Henry Clay and Verna Lou “Bonnie” (Christian) Cornett on March 28, 1966, in Austin, Texas. He died Saturday, November 28, 2020, in Owasso, Okla., at the age of 54 years.

Nellie Navarro

Nellie Navarro was born August 13, 1927, in Annex, Texas, and died Sunday, November 22, 2020, in Stillwater, Okla. She was 93 years old. Navarro was preceded in death by her parents; her husband John Navarro; and three children, Billy Navarro, Ben Navarro and Lorenzo Navarro.

Ruth Meradith DeSilver

Ruth Louise Meradith was born July 22, 1933 to Paul and Justine Coyle Meradith in Taylor Ridge, IL., a small town only six miles from the Mississippi River.

William Joseph “Bill” Jarvis

William Joseph “Bill” Jarvis, Chandler, Oklahoma, resident was born June 30, 1935, at St. Mary’s Infirmary in McAlester, Oklahoma. He departed this life on November 17, 2020, in Chandler, at the age of 85 years. Bill was the son of A.M. and Edna (Hagel) Jarvis. He graduated high school at St.

Michael Kent Smith

Michael Kent Smith was born July 25, 1967, in Chandler and died Monday, November 16, 2020. He was 53 years old. Smith was the son of Carolyn Sue Blakley and stepfather Bud Blakley and Bob Dewayne Smith and stepmother Elaine Smith.

Evelyn Billie James

Evelyn Billie James of Meeker was born May 11, 1947, in Grover, Colo. She died Saturday, November 14, 2020, in Shawnee, Okla., at the age of 73 years. James, the daughter of Harry William Hartwell and Pauline Iona Eversole, married Coy James on March 27, 1989.