Michael Lee Haggard

Michael Lee Haggard was born August 11, 1951 in Oklahoma City to Kenneth and Charlene (McCamey) Haggard. He passed away August 18, 2023 at the age of 72. Michael grew up in Wellston where he attended school graduating with the Wellston High School Class of 1969.

Earl Ray Blakley

Earl Blakley-Ft. Worth, TX. Jan. 6, 1935-July 31, 2023 Earl Ray Blakley passed into the arms of Jesus on Monday, July 31st, 2023. He was born in Kendrick Oklahoma to H.C. Blakley and Lola Sutton. Earl Ray graduated from Kendrick High School in 1952. He attended Oklahoma A&M, graduating in 1956.

Vertrice Mae Smith

Vertrice Mae Smith was born March 8, 1929 to Royal and Edith (Cremean) Waller in Lima, Ohio. She passed away August 12, 2023 in Wellston, Oklahoma at the age of 94. Vertrice grew up in Ohio. She married Dillard Smith in New Mexico in 1946. They moved to Oklahoma and raised seven children together.

Leota S. Ward

Meeker resident Leota S. Ward, age 96, departed this life on August 13, 2023 in Shawnee. Leota was born near Little Axe, Oklahoma in rural Cleveland County on October 27th, 1926, to Warner E. and Murial A. (Martin) Wilkerson.

Terry Jane Crofford

Terry Jane Crofford, 73, of Stroud, OK passed away on Tuesday, August 01, 2023, in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. Terry was born on March 27, 1950, to Harold and Emma Jane Soward in Mt. Vernon, Illinois. She was a 1968 graduate of Stroud High School. She attended church at Stroud First Baptist.

Helen LaVerne Armitage

Helen LaVerne (La-Hue) Armitage of Meeker, Oklahoma, passed away on August 6, 2023, in Meeker, Oklahoma, at the age of 76 years. Helen (Nanny) was born on March 27, 1947, in Shawnee, Oklahoma. She was the daughter of Lloyd and Marie (Paris) Lahue.

Brian Russell Burke

Brian Russell Burke, a loving father, husband, son, brother and friend passed away unexpectedly at the age of 36 in the early hours of July 29 in a tragic car accident.

Keith “Buster” Gilliam

Keith “Buster” Gilliam was born April 8, 1957 to Mamie Lois Pool Wildensten and Harold Gilliam in Oakland, California and passed away on August 1, 2023 in Chandler, Oklahoma at the age of 66 years.

Betty Jo Waters

Betty Jo Waters was born on September 24, 1926 east of Davenport, OK and passed to be with her Lord Sunday, July 30, 2023 at home east of Davenport, OK at the age of 96. Betty, the daughter of Archie D and Prudibelle (Scott) Oliver was a long-time resident of Davenport.

Wanda Dixie Hayes

Wanda Dixie Hayes was born April 3, 1937 southwest of Wellston, to Charles and Rosa (Bell) Sullivan. She passed away August 1, 2023 in Chandler at the age of 86. Wanda married Lowell Don Hayes in December of 1956 and they raised two sons together.