Rachel Mae Dildine-Young

Rachel Mae Dildine-Young, was born May 11, 1942 in Colcord, OK to Silas and Nina (Morgan) Dildine. She passed away July 12, 2023 at the age of 81. She was a long-time resident of Stroud, OK and an Oklahoma native. Rachel was preceded in death by her husband, Gordon Young.

Velma Taylor

Velma Taylor was born August 19, 1943 to Freddie Tubbs and Virginia Boykin in the little country settlement in Payson, Oklahoma six miles North of Meeker, Oklahoma. Velma was the oldest of five children. West of Payson Velma attended the St. Paul Baptist Church in Meeker.

Bonnie Francis

Bonnie Francis was born June 9, 1952 in Council Bluffs, Iowa. She passed away July 13, 2023 in Meeker at the age of 71. Bonnie was a home wonderful homemaker for her husband and children.

Francis “Joye” Henderson

Frances “Joye” Henderson age 92, of Meeker, Oklahoma passed away on July 16, 2023. Joye was born to Jim and Thelma Bruza on May 31, 1931, at home on a little country farm in Aydelotte, OK. She graduated from Meeker with honors and chose Meeker as her lifelong home.

Vivian “Florence” Adams

Vivian “Florene” Adams, 78, a resident of Blue Springs, MO passed away peacefully Monday, July 10, 2023 at St. Mary’s Medical Center in Blue Springs, MO. She was born November 3, 1944 to Floyd and Dorothy (Hamilton) Tipton in Kendrick, OK.

60th Anniversary

Ola Bon and Charlotte Fouquet will celebrate 60 years of marriage this month. Ola Bon, the son of Genese and Dollie Fouquet, graduated from Prague High School and was introduced by a Tinker co-worker to his daughter, Charlotte, who graduated from Verden High School.

Two face charges in death

A woman from Wellston and a man from Iowa have been formally charged in connection with the death of a Carney area man. Each faces three felonies. Each is being held in the Lincoln County Jail in Chandler without bond.

Town Talk

I’m writing to you this week from Southaven, Mississippi where I’ve come to watch Gideon play some baseball and hang out with Lincoln and August at the concession stand. I’ve watched baseball all my life but never really knew much about the game.

Weekend get-away trip

My wife Pat and I journeyed down to our little place at the lake this past weekend. It was the first time since last fall that we had been able to go down there. Normally we drive down either late Friday afternoon or early evening and come back on Sunday.

1952 Rollei

I could hear the camera whispering to me in a German accent heavy with sauerkraut and bratwurst. “Buy me,” it said. “Buy me. You know you should.” And so I did, and here’s the story of how that came to pass.