Jimmy Beaird

Jimmy Beaird was born to Curley and Gertrude (Hornbeak) Beaird on July 28, 1957, in Los Angeles, Calif. He died Monday, February 14, 2022, in Cushing, Okla., at the age of 64 years. Jimmy, a 1975 graduate of Stroud High School, built houses and cars and worked for TRW in Redondo Beach, Calif.

Carol Ann Small Gamel

Carol Ann Small Gamel of Depew, Okla., was born December 13, 1941, in Washington, Ind. She died Saturday, February 19, 2022, in Tulsa, Okla. She was 80 years old. Gamel, the daughter of Robert Marion and Vivian Terry Small, married Ron Gamel on November 9, 1967, in Opa-locka, Fla.

Helen Louise Wiley

Helen Louise (Witt) Wiley was born July 9, 1938, in Oakland, Calif. She died Wednesday, February 23, 2022, in Lawton, Okla., at the age of 83. Wiley, the daughter of George Louis and Hazel Bell (Pettit) Witt, married Dewey A. Wiley on June 18, 1955, in Reno, Nev.

Linda (Clover) Neal

Linda (Clover) Neal, 71, of Mansfield, Texas and a former resident of Chandler, Okla., passed away Feb. 21, 2022, at Mansfield Methodist Hospital in Mansfield, Texas, of complications from lung cancer. Linda was born Sept. 9, 1950, in Stroud, Okla., to H.E. and Mary (Simpson) Clover.

COLLEGE BRIEFS

Rogers State University Officials at Rogers State University in Claremore, Okla., have announced the President’s and Dean’s Honor Rolls for the fall 2021 semester. Parker Bailey of Prague qualified for the President’s Honor Roll with a 4.0 grade point average.

Marvin Thomas Carter

Marvin “Bud” Thomas Carter of Wellston was born to Marvin and Sherry Carter of Newalla, Okla., on December 25, 1965, in Lawton, Okla. He died Sunday, February 27, 2022, at the age of 56 years. Bud worked as Director of Civil for Aerial Tower.

Mary Louise Montignac

Mary Louise Montignac of Chandler was born June 8, 1935, in Los Angeles, Calif., and died Wednesday, February 9, 2022. She was 86 years old. Montignac, the daughter of Robert and Virginia Craig, met her husband John Montignac in 1956.

Stabbing suspect arrested in Payne County

Lincoln County officers with assistance from the Payne County Sheriff’s Office arrested a subject recently involved in an alleged stabbing in Lincoln County. As a result, Joshua Chad Arnett, 39, of Stillwater, was formally charged Feb.

A visitor

Sunday afternoon I was at the dining room table, working on this week’s edition of the newspaper. J.R. the camerabreaking cat jumped on the window sill, crouched and started staring at something outside between the air conditioner and the dining room wall. J.R.

Town Talk

Can you believe March is already here? I was driving down Main Street Tuesday morning and noticed the few straggling dead flowers in our downtown flowerpots. Town Talk is anxious to get those filled with gorgeous spring flowers which helps Stroud look alive.