Funeral Services for Gene Pullen were held Thursday, May 27, 2021 at 11:00 AM at the Parks Brothers Funeral Home Chapel in Wetumka, Oklahoma. Interment followed at the Pullen Family Cemetery outside of Wetumka.

The warm summer breeze blows on children’s faces. They stand next to their mentor. Filled with excitement, they wait for the action. Three, two, one, blastoff! A simple bottle rocket flies into the air. The children are filled with joy as their creations come to life.

Charlene Bristow, 56 of Wewoka, Oklahoma passed away on Saturday, May 15, 2021 at Holdenville General Hospital in Holdenville, Oklahoma. She was born on August 10, 1964 in Holdenville, Oklahoma to Charles Dobson and the late Wanda Sherrin Porter.

NEW FACES AT HOLDENVILLE SCHOOLS - The Holdenville Public Schools Board of Education welcomed a group of new teachers whose hiring was approved during the Board’s May 10 meeting. They are (left to right) Shelly Carter, Beverly Sanford, Alicia Gonzalez, Jakob Gunter, Casey Carter, and Brittany Crosby.

Andy was only a green twenty-year-old when he was called to his very first pastorate out in the Panhandle of Oklahoma. Located in a rural isolated community, this tiny church was accustomed to getting “newbies” as its pastor. Preacher-boys needed somewhere to learn pastoring and public speaking, and that church did a fine job of tolerantly being that somewhere.

In 1929 there was a book published about key people in Oklahoma. Four of those people mentioned are from Holdenville.

Danny Claude Jackson passed away at his home in Holdenville on Saturday, May 15, 2021, at the age of 74 years. Danny was the son of William C.

Kamdyn Babb is proud to announce the arrival of her baby brother Grady Wilson Babb who arrived on May 5, 2021 at 12:33 a.m. at the SSM Health St Anthony Hospital in Shawnee.

Wolverine Spring Football Begins The Holdenville High School football coaching staff welcomed over 30 Wolverine athletes to the first day of spring football practices last week. According to the Oklahoma Secondary Schools Activities Association each program can have ten days of practices and Holdenville will finish their allotted workouts this week.

Regina Bell, 90 years young, is a former columnist for the Cleveland (Ohio) Plain Dealer newspaper. This is her report brought to you with her permission.