Richard Dale Worsham passed away Saturday, October 18, 2025 in Holdenville, Oklahoma at the age of 49. Richard was born June 29, 1976 in Amarillo, Texas to Walter George Worsham Jr.

Wayne Raymond Sanborn passed away Wednesday, October 22nd, 2025, in Tulsa, Oklahoma at the age of 81. Wayne was born March 6th, 1944, in Portland, Maine to Ralph Sanborn and Grace Margaret (Richardson) Howard.

The Holdenville Wolverine defense featured a bend but don’t break theme when they faced a Community Christian School passing attack. The Royals threw the ball around but they could only muster up 7 points before the last play of the game when Holdenville’s reserves gave up a second score of the night.

Our sympathy is extended to the family of Mary Janice Baxter Mary Janice Baxter, 88, of Muskogee, Oklahoma, passed away on Wednesday, October 22, 2025, in Muskogee with her family by her side. She was born on March 6, 1937, in Oakdale, California, to Nelson and Gladys (Sansing) Roberts.

David Kent (Butch) Smith was born May 18, 1951, in Holdenville, Oklahoma, to parents Norb and Nadine Smith. He passed away at his home in Shawnee, Oklahoma, on September 28, 2025.

Navada Pearl Harrington Beard, 84 of Wetumka, OK passed away on October 19, 2025, at the Wellington Parke Retirement Home in OKC. Born in Canadian, OK, April 1, 1941, to Hugh and Pearl Harrington, she attended the Fairview School in Hughes County. She was baptized into Christ when she was 12 years old while living in Wetumka. She graduated from Drumright High School in 1959 where she met and married Eddie Beard. After Eddie graduated from Sunset School of Preaching they worked side by side in ministry for 55 years from Texas to Colorado and finally southwest Oklahoma. Navada worked as a payroll clerk in Beckham Co. for 8 years and 5 years as a church secretary in Mangum. She also owned and ran her own business in Mangum named “Nana’s Nook” in which she sold items on consignment. She was an expert on Laura Ingalls Wilder and Little House on the Prairie. She would dress up like Ma Infant galls and make presentations for school children. She taught children’s Bible classes for many years.

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Pastor, oh Pastor, You speak far and true You speak of God’s word And how he loves me and you. Pastor, oh Pastor You never twist words About how the devil tricked us all And about the lies we’ve heard And so, I say, Pastor, oh Pastor Our Pastor Dane Can you be our pastor once more and lead us to truth that rules and reigns..

“Quote of the Week…..“When I was younger, I could remember anything, whether it happened or not. But now my faculties are decaying, and it soon shall be that I cannot remember anything but the things that actually happened.

MISDEMEANORS Justin Corey Jameson – Furnishing alcoholic beverage to a person under 21 Eddie Earl Mathieu – Driving a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol, Transporting open container of alcoholic beverage Isaac Tumang – Actual physical control of vehicle under the influence, Transporting open container of alcoholic beverage Samantha Machel Harjo – Domestic assault and battery in presence of minor RobertRector–Petit larceny, Disrupt/ prevent/interrupt/ emergency telephone call Shimery Dawn Veach – Possession of controlled dangerous substance, Unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia, Possession of controlled dangerous substance, Transporting open container of alcoholic beverage CIVIL