Mary Jo Barnett passed away on November 4th, 2025 in Holdenville, Oklahoma. She was born on September 18th, 1963 in Lawton, Oklahoma to Walter and Josephone Wise.

Services for Edna Lynn Frizzell Huffman, 96, of Ada will be 10:00 a.m. Saturday, November 15, 2025, at the Criswell Funeral Home Chapel; Pastor Dan Cusher will officiate. The family will receive friends from 5:00-7:00 p.m. on Friday, November 14th at Criswell Funeral Home.

Earl Dean Cosper passed away Tuesday, October 28, 2025, at Alexandria VA Health Care Center in Pineville, Louisiana at the age of 91. Earl was born September 25, 1934, in Non, Oklahoma to Jesse James Cosper and Jettie Pearl (McCoy) Cosper.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Donald Ray Sims Sr., 81, of Allen, Oklahoma, passed away peacefully on Friday, October 17, 2025. Born on June 9, 1944, in Prague, Oklahoma, born to Berlin Ray Sims and Margaret (Poole) Foster.

Carol Lea Wakeley passed away Monday, October 13, 2025, at her home in Shawnee, Oklahoma, at the age of 74. Carol was born May 25, 1951, in Talihina, Oklahoma, to Ardal Hayes and Frances (Hampton) Hayes.