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.

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

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.

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.

Leslie Anne (Wheat) Griffin passed away at St. Francis Hospital in Tulsa, Oklahoma on Monday, May 24, 2021, at the age of 62 years.

If there ever was a day in the American calendar that invites reflection, it’s Memorial Day. Over the course of our country’s history, hundreds of thousands of Americans—most of them young and with decades of life still ahead of them—made the ultimate sacrifice.

Our longtime friend, H.B. Jones of Calvin may be the last WWII Veteran in Hughes County. He served in Fleet Air Wing 1 of the United States Navy, seeing action in the South Pacific. In my visit with H.B., he told me when he joined the service, they said they couldn’t accept him without his full name. He told them that H.B. was the only name he ever knew so they put quotes around “H” “B” and accepted him. His mom and dad, Hester and Mary lived in the Blue Ridge community outside of Calvin. Hester was a WWI Veteran. H.B. has a framed copy of a letter sent to him by President Harry Truman which reads as follows:

MAY 26TH, 2021 JUDGE CHRISTOPHER ANDERSON 8:30 AM Chrystal Shaw—indebtedness Nathan Buck—indebtedness Coody A. Nickolas—indebtedness Bethany Spradlin—entry & detainer Michael McCaulley—entry & detainer 11:30 AM Adrieane M.

FELONY Johnny Ray Avery— arson, second degree MARRIAGES Jeffrey Benjamin Whitsell, Holdenville and Sydni Larae Hudson, Ada CIVIL First United Bank & Trust vs. Kenneth Horace Walker—replevin U.S.

Johnny Ray Avery—arson first degree; carry or possess firearm by convicted felon; receive, possess or conceal stolen property; possession of controlled substance Clifford Andrew Bayles—grand larceny; malicious injury or destruction of property less than $1,000 Darian Ty Farris— obstructing officer; resisting executive officer, escape from arrest or detention for misdemeanor Mitchell Dewayne Hartley—writ Elizabeth Leota Hooper—damaging or tampering with vehicle; falsely personate another Zachary Dylan Jackson—murder in the first degree Holly Loftis—5 day sanction for drug court Johnnie Lee Maxwell Junior—sanction for violation of bond conditions Stacy McGirt—writ Dylan Lane Moore—co-signer for bond came off bond Jerrod Wayne Tiger—public intoxication Caleb Manuel Wise—assault and battery; malicious injury or destruction of property less than $1,000.