Geraldine “Gerri” Smith

Geraldine “Gerri” Smith, long time resident of Chandler, Okla., passed away on July 20, 2021 at the age of 91. Gerri was born August 10, 1929 in Pauls Valley, Okla., to Wes and Mae (Ward) Pruitt. She married A.A.

Linda Jane (Buehner) Rhodes

Linda Jane (Buehner) Rhodes, 69, formerly of Chandler, was born to Frank Joseph and Matilda Mary (Gramc) Buehner on March 8, 1952, in Geneva, Ohio. She died Sunday, July 18, 2021, at her home on Grand Lake.

Mark Kevin Watkins

Mark Kevin Watkins was born October 27, 1961 in Shawnee, Okla. He entered his eternal home July 17, 2021 at the age of 59. Mark grew up in Meeker where he graduated from Meeker High School in 1979. He then attended Northwestern Oklahoma State University on a baseball scholarship.

ParaLee Louise Richardson

ParaLee Louise (Franklin) Richardson was born July 16, 1935, in Wellston and died Sunday, July 25, 2021, in Davenport. She was 86 years old. Richardson was a 1953 graduate of Chandler High School.

Marcelino Mickey Arvizu

Marcelino Mickey Arvizu was born August 21, 1983, in Stroud and died Sunday, July 25, 2021. He was 37 years old. Arvizu, a 2002 Stroud High School graduate, served in the Army/Army National Guard. He was preceded in death by his maternal grandparents.

Mary Letta Hicks

Mary Letta (Lamb) Hicks was born May 31, 1943, in Wichita Falls, Texas, and died Sunday, July 25, 2021. She was 78 years old. Hicks, a 1961 graduate of Tryon High School, was a homemaker and ran a home daycare.

Carolyn Ann “Robinette” Buchanan

Carolyn Ann “Robinette” Buchanan, age 80, of Medford Okla., passed away Tuesday, July 21, 2021, at the Integris Bass Hospital in Enid, Okla. Carolyn was born on May 21, 1941, in Bellbrook, Ohio. She was the daughter of the late Annie Sue “Walker” Beegle and Wesley Ellsworth Beegle.

Janice Rush

Janice Rush of Davenport was born January 11, 1937, in New York, N.Y., and died Wednesday, July 14, 2021. She was 84 years old. Rush, daughter of John R. Coots and Barbara Bicknell Coots, married Marvin Rush in Feb. 1955.

Carol Louise Nicholson

Carol Louise Nicholson was born February 1, 1938, in Adrian, Mich., and died Wednesday, July 14, 2021, in Houston, Mo. She was 83 years old. The daughter of Earl and Lucille (Hiftline) Ries, she married Jerry Borton in 1959.

Gwendolyn Whitecotton

Gwendolyn Whitecotton was born January 2, 1939, in Escanaba, Mich. She died Thursday, July 1, 2021, at the age of 82 years. Whitecotton, the daughter of Samuel S. Stepp and Frances M. (Posenke) Stepp, married Raymon Whitecotton on September 14, 1957, in Henryetta, Okla.