Derek Johnson

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Derek Ray Johnson was born on January 24, 1984 in Ada, Oklahoma to Anthony “Andy” Johnson. He passed away on Sunday, June 20, 2021 in Wewoka at the age of 37.
Derek Johnson

Pictures from the Past

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Coy Robinson, Ollene Abernathy, and Spencer Pettite at an HHS alumni reunion. Joe and Norma Greenly with Marge and John Crump at an American Legion meeting.
Pictures from the Past

Brothers Remember D-Day Invasion

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Ubert and Lampton “L.C.” Terrell were a couple of country boys who developed deadly aim so they could put meat on the table during their hardscrabble childhood in northwest Louisiana’s Red River Parish.
Brothers Remember D-Day Invasion

2021 Spring Car Show Winners

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Although the 2021 Spring Car Show in now in the rearview mirror, the Holdenville Chamber of Commerce is already working on the Fall Car Show, which is a major part of the annual Fall Festival. They invite vendors and fundraisers to contact the Chamber and make arrangements for a booth at the Fall Festival, which is scheduled for the traditional first Saturday of October, which will be October 2.

Services Held for Wewoka Resident and Pulitzer Prize Winner Vance Tremble

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Vance Henry Trimble (born July 6, 1913) is an American journalist. He won a Pulitzer Prize for national reporting in recognition of his exposure of nepotism and payroll abuse in the U.S. Congress. Trimble has worked in the newspaper business for over fifty years. Trimble was inducted into the Oklahoma Journalism Hall of Fame in 1974. He has published numerous books since his retirement.
	Services Held for Wewoka Resident and Pulitzer Prize Winner Vance Tremble

Toni Diane Roby

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Toni Diane Roby, 54, of Denison, Texas passed away Monday, June 14, 2021 at her home in Ada, Oklahoma. Toni was born August 15, 1967 to Mary Louise Smith and James Marvin Dailey in Denison, Texas. She was later adopted by George and Jackie Blakely around the age of 6 years old. Toni was a Chickasaw
Toni Diane Roby

Services held for Wayne Robinson

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Wayne Robinson, 85, of Montgomery, Texas, passed away on June 23, 2021 at his home surrounded by his loved ones. Wayne was born February 26, 1936 in Holdenville, Oklahoma to O.
Services held for Wayne Robinson

Around Town...by John Bill Martin

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This is a mental fitness evaluation for people who are considering retirement or for those already retired and might be experiencing second thoughts. If you get one right, you are doing OK. If you get none right, you might better go for counseling. (I’ll meet you there).