Following the Great “Snowklahomapocalypse of 2021,” the sub-zero temperatures have retreated, the snow has quickly melted, and Holdenville residents will have some warmer weather this week to finish pruning their shrubs for spring or gathering dead limbs and branches before the city-wide brush pickup begins next week on March 1.

Comments to: andybowman839@gmail.com Coffeetimecolumn.com The little rural church always held its annual summer Bible School for kids. Each mid-morning, loud and boisterous honyocks were let outside for a few minutes for snacks and exercise.

Good morning to you. Hope you have enjoyed this beautiful snow but I am ready to see dry land again. I don’t remember it ever being this cold and so many days of snow. Springtime sure sounds good now! For our Bible reading today, let’s look at John 13: verses 1-9: (1) Now before the feast of the Passover, when JESUS knew that HIS hour was come that HE should depart out of this world unto the FATHER, having loved HIS own which were in the world, HE loved them unto the end; (2) And supper being ended, the devil having now put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son, to betray HIM; (3) JESUS know that the FATHER had given all things into HIS hands, and that HE was come from GOD, and went to GOD; (4) HE riseth from supper, and laid aside HIS garments; and took a towel, and girded HIMSELF. (5) After that HE poureth water into a bason, and began to wash the disciples’ feet, and to wipe them with the towel wherewith HE was girded. (6) Then cometh HE to Simon Peter: and Peter said unto HIM, LORD, dost THOU wash my feet? (7) JESUS answered and said unto him, What I do thou knowest not now; but thou shalt know hereafter. (8) Peter saith to HIM, THOU shalt never wash my feet. JESUS answered him, If I wash thee not, thou hast no part with Me. (9) Simon Peter saith unto HIM, LORD, not my feet only, but also my hands and my head.

We’ve all seen a little kid holding on to a toy, refusing to share, and yelling “MINE!” Sometimes it’s cute but most of the time it’s annoying. We usually end up intervening, prying their little fingers from the item and telling the kid to “let go”.

Mon: Chicken salad, tomato soup, fruit cocktail, crackers, peanut butter cake w/chocolate frosting and milk Tues: Tater tot casserole, zucchini & tomato seasoned corn, cherry crisp and milk Wed: Hearty potato & ham soup, seasoned broccoli hominy w/cheese sauce, French bread, fruit gelatin salad and milk Thurs: Chicken fry, mashed potatoes w/gravy, Spanish green beans, roll, no bake cookie and milk Fri: Sloppy Joe, mac & cheese, fried okra, sherbet and milk.

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Funeral services for Curtis Jackson King were held Friday, February 19, 2021 at 10:00 AM at the Greenleaf Baptist Church near Okemah. Interment followed at the Greenleaf Church Cemetery. Wake services were held Thursday, February 18, 2021 at 7:00 PM also at the church. Curtis Jackson King was born July 25, 1965 in Wewoka, Oklahoma to Wiley and Mary King. He passed away Saturday, February 13, 2021 in Tulsa, Oklahoma at the age of 55. Curtis was a graduate of Holdenville High School and worked as a pipe-liner and truck driver. He enjoyed drawing, fishing, hunting, helping out the community and, more than anything else, hanging out with his kids. On January 25, 2014; he married Lenora Hamilton. He is preceded in death by his parents; one sister, one brother and a nephew. Survivors include his wife, Lenora King of the home; one son, Jeremy Burgess and wife Josephine Isom; three step-sons, Matthew, Joseph and David Hamilton-King; t w o step-daughters, Lisa and Kathrin Hamilton-King; grandchildren, Lexy and Alex Burgess; one brother, Amon King and wife Linda; sister, Lucille Joshua; nieces and nephews, Aaron, Dahnichia, Geremey and Damian King; Boogie Joshua, Betty and Stanley Harjo and Leroy Joshua Jr. and his uncle Edward Harjo. Serving as active pallbearers were members of the Gar Creek Ceremonial Grounds. Services were under the direction of Parks Brothers Funeral Home.

Roy Edward Madden, a resident of Weleetka, passed away Tuesday, February 2nd, 2021 in Weleetka, OK at the age of 73. He was born September 15, 1947 in Holdenville, OK to Leonard Ray Madden and Hazel Jean (Mangrum) Clark. He was preceded in death by his parents. Roy Madden was born and raised in the heart of cowboy country in Holdenville, OK. He lived life to his fullest with so many achievements and accolades it’s impossible to list them all. Right out of high school he wanted to serve his country, so he enlisted in the U.S.A.F. After his service to his country, he had a goal in mind. He went to work for the Dept of Defense and packed up and moved to of all places a little town called 29 Palms, California in middle of the Mojave Desert. This is where he started another chapter in a storied life. That’s where he found the love of his life, his cowgirl mermaid and his loving wife of over 40 years Lisa Madden.