HERITAGE RETIREMENT CENTER CELEBRATES CHRISTMAS.

HERITAGE RETIREMENT CENTER CELEBRATES CHRISTMAS.

At the December 3, 2024 meeting the Holdenville Lions Club were called to order by President Lion Lori Woods. After the flag salute and invocation, the minutes were read and approved and the Treasurer’s report was also read and approved. Old Business included previous President Lion Jack Bush handing out the Cowboy Cash pin to Lion Lori Woods, the Mission 1.5 pin and the 40 year membership chevron to Larry Miller.

Forget New Year’s Resolutions, how about a recipe for a peace-filled life? 1. Take a 10-30 minute walk (run) every day.

Recently a man we know died in his nineties, after serving in the military until he retired and then had a long career as a police officer until retirement again. Jimmy covered his beat not in a patrol car or on foot, but on the back of a horse. At one point, he became a training officer for young police cadets, teaching young men and women how to do their job with the help of their faithful, four-footed companion.

Jim Priest is CEO of Goodwill Industries of Central Oklahoma and can be reached at jpriest@okgoodwill.org. New Year’s Resolve Years ago I taught a Sunday School class in December on the topic of setting goals for the new year.

At the December 17th Holdenville City Council meeting, Holdenville General Hospital (HGH) CEO Steve Stewart provided an update on hospital operations, offering insights into successes and challenges from November.

Ruby Christene Wagoner passed away in Holdenville, Oklahoma on Tuesday, December 24, 2024, at the age of 94 years. Ruby is the daughter of Jess and Neoma (Ervin) Skipworth, born on January 26, 1930, in Holdenville, Oklahoma. She was brought up in Lamar and attended Lamar schools through the eleventh grade. She was married to Alfred ‘Dub’ Wagoner on February 11, 1948, in Holdenville, and they lived their entire lives in the Lamar community. Ruby worked eighteen years at Holdenville General Hospital in housekeeping and laundry, while helping her husband work and maintain their farm. In her spare time she enjoyed crochet, embroidery, and baking. She was a member of the Lamar Pentecostal Church. She loved the Lord, her family, and her home. She is preceded in death by her parents, Jess and Neoma Skipworth; her husband of sixty-nine years, Dub Wagoner, on September 4, 2017; two sisters, Lucille Bain and Nadine McCoy; and one brother, Jesse Skipworth. She is survived by one sister, Janice Helt of Hydro, and numerous nieces, nephews, other relatives, and many friends. Funeral services were held on Monday, December 30th, 2:00pm at Lamar Pentecostal Church, and Ruby was laid to rest at Lamar Cemetery. Rev. Larry Chesser is the officiating minister. Pallbearers were Butch Skipworth, Jamie Skipworth, John Bain, and Kevin Martin.

David Glenn Harden, age 72, passed away Sunday, December 29, 2024, in Oklahoma City. He was born May 5, 1952 in Holdenville, Oklahoma to William Arther Harden and Dona Dean (Burns) Harden. He married Karla Jane Bible on March 13, 1971 in Gerty, Oklahoma.

Patricia Gail (Harrington) Heath left her earthly life to enter her heavenly home Wednesday, December 25th, 2024 at her home in Edmond, Oklahoma at the age of 61. Patricia was born January 22, 1963 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma to Lee Otto Harrington and Imogene (Leach) Harrington.