Ricky Dover age 67 went home to be with the Lord Thursday, July 22, 2021 at his home in Calvin, Oklahoma. He was born on July 5, 1954 to Leroy and Flossie (Allen) Dover in Dinuba, California.

Queston Dwight Yarbrough passed away Saturday, August 14th, 2021 at Mercy Hospital in Ada, Oklahoma at the age of 70. Queston was born December 30th, 1950 in Gerty, Oklahoma to Jesse Jackson Yarbrough and Ninnie Mae Woodall Elliott.

Funeral service for Carolyn Lavern Branscum was held Saturday, August 14, 2021 at 2:30 PM at the Harrah Church of Christ, Harrah, Oklahoma. Interment followed at the Highland Cemetery in Okemah, Oklahoma. Carolyn Lavern Branscum was born February 19, 1949 in Hanna, Wyoming to Fred Nathaniel Carson and Oletta Merle (Gee) Carson. She passed away Sunday, August 8, 2021 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma at the age of 72. Carolyn was a resident of Harrah, Oklahoma and was retired educator and homemaker. She received a bachelor’s degree in English from East Central University and later a master’s degree in Special Education with an emphasis in reading from ECU. Carolyn taught at numerous schools throughout her career including, Calvin, Holdenville, Buffalo Valley, Wilburton, Bethel and McLoud Public Schools before retiring in 1997. On December 19, 1970, in Okemah, Oklahoma, she married James Branscum. Carolyn enjoyed gardening, painting, studying her bible and cooking. Most of all she loved spending time with her grandchildren and family. Carolyn will be dearly missed by so many. She is preceded in death by her parents; two brothers, Fred Carson and Delano Carson; two sisters, Vivian Wiley and Sandra Dancosse and one half-sister, Violet Dunaway. Survivors include her husband, James of the home in Harrah; her son, Adam Rhett Branscum and wife Brittany of Houston, Texas; her daughter, Aaron Racheyl Walker and husband Lee of Newalla, Oklahoma; one sister, Virginia Hossfeld of Niagara Falls, New York and five grandchildren, Rylee Drew Walker and Duke Crossley, Carson Keziah Walker, Laine Idella Walker, Rhett James Branscum and Adeline Mae Branscum. Serving as active pallbearers will be Perry Wynn, Darrin Carson, Duke Crosley, Kakio Richardson, Tim Carson and David Mahoney. Services were under the direction of Parks Brothers Funeral Home of Okemah, Oklahoma and officiated by Dr. Sidney Carter and Bro. David Mahoney.

Bonnie Lounell Wheeler of Shawnee, passed away on Sunday, August 8, 2021 at the age of 69. Bonnie, the daughter of Raymond and Bonnie (Russell) Lanham, was born September 18, 1951 in Stuart.

Dale Dean Jennings passed away at his home in Norman, Oklahoma on Saturday evening, August 7, 2021, at the age of 86 years. Dale was the son of Floyd Jennings Sr.

Katherine Dawn Brown passed away at her home north of Holdenville, Oklahoma on Saturday, July 31, 2021, at the age of 35 years. Katherine was the daughter of Kenneth Brown and Deborah (Bruner) Clark, born on June 19, 1986 in Claremore, Oklahoma.

Ethel Leme Thompson passed away in Holdenville on Friday, July 30, 2021, at the age of 84 years. Ethel Leme was the daughter of Barney and Bessie (Moores) Thompson, born on January 28, 1937 in Chicota, Texas.

Funeral services for Joyce Ann Bear were held Saturday, July 31, 2021 at 10:00 AM at the Tookparfka Baptist Church of Calvin, Oklahoma. Interment followed at the Calvin Cemetery. Wake services were held Friday, 6:00 – 8:00 PM at the Parks Brothers Funeral Home Chapel in Wetumka, Oklahoma.

Michaele Renee Alvarez-Ward passed away on Friday, July 30, 2021, at her home in Prague Oklahoma at the age of 52. Michaele was born January 20, 1969 in Topeka, Kansas to Fernando Alvarez and Ruth Hupp Alvarez.

Brunson Lee Harjo passed away Tuesday, July 27, 2021 in Seminole, Oklahoma at the age of 20. Brunson was born January 5, 2001 in Ada, Oklahoma to Herman Harjo and Lori Brunson.