HHS Class of `53 Plans 60th Reunion

FATHERS WERE TREATED LIKE ROYALTY FRIDAY AT THE HOLDENVILLE INDIAN COMMUNITY CENTER. They were served a delicious roast beef dinner and banana pudding
for dessert. The Tribune Publisher also got in on the feast. Those enjoying the Father’s Day celebration were (seated) Jim Wortman, Sam York, and Kenneth McGirt. (standing) Floyd
Hill, Roley Johnson, and Stanley Birdcreek.
Holdenville TRIBUNE
VOLUME 13, NUMBER 28 HUGHES COUNTY, OKLAHOMA 1 SECTION 50¢ WEDNESDAY, JUNE 19, 2013
HHS Class of ’53 Plans 60th Reunion
“You’re never too old to enjoy says class member John Bill Martin
Our good friend and 1953 HHS graduate John Bill Martin is an outstanding
writer.
Nita Wallinger recently sent us a column Mr. Martin had written
for the Choctaw Times and we wanted to share it with our readers today.
Around town—Never too old to enjoy by John Martin
(Staff Writer)
I am almost consumed with details in helping plan
the 60th reunion of the Holdenville High School
Class of 1953, scheduled for the last of this
month. Alas, of the 63 bright-eyed youngsters
who walked across that stage 60 years ago,
only 37 of us are left and some of them can’t
come because of physical limitations.
So while my current allegiances involve
red and white (McCloud), blue and white
(Harrah), crimson and gray (Carl Albert)
and a recent addition, maroon and gray for
Edmond Memorial, surely you’ll pardon
me while I bleed blue and gold for the
next few weeks.
One of the things the HHS Class of
1953 has always been most proud is that
our mascot is the Wolverine. Unlike,
when my dad was wrestling for dear ole’
HHS in the early 30’s, they were called
the Frogs. (Can’t you just hear the cheerleaders, “Jump, Frogs, Jump!”)
I don’t know how, but we managed to get
through our busy schedules without the assistance of cell phones, but we did. However, they have reared their ugly (and invasive)
heads during our most recent reunions.
I began my journalism career while a sophomore at HHS where I penned a weekly HHS
Campus Chatter column for the Holdenville
Daily News for a whopping 10 cents per column
inch. Which meant the more I wrote, the more I got
paid. That may have been where I acquired my taste for
LONGGGGGGGG stories.
This is a copy of a list I read at our 50th reunion. I’m banking that not many of my buddies will remember anything about what
happened 50 years ago. Anyway, it was written by a lady named Regina Brett of
Cleveland, Ohio, who was 90 at the time.
Here is a list of 45 lessons she had learned from life.
l. Life isn’t fair, but it’s still good.
2. When in doubt, just take the next small step.
3. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone.
4. Your job won’t take care of you when you are sick. Your friends and parents
will. Stay in touch.
5. Pay off your credit cards every month.
6. You don’t have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.
7. Cry with someone. It’s more healing than crying alone.
8. It’s OK to get angry with God. He can take it.
9. Save for retirement starting with your first paycheck.
10. When it comes to chocolate, resistance is futile.
11. Make peace with your past so it won’t screw up the present.
12. It’s OK to let your children see you cry.
13. Don’t compare your life to others. You have no idea what
their journey is all about.
14. If a relationship has to be a secret, you shouldn’t be
in it.
15. Everything can change in the blink of an eye. But
don’t worry; God never blinks.
16. Take a deep breath. It calms the mind.
17. Get rid of anything that isn’t useful, beautiful
or joyful.
18. Whatever doesn’t kill you really does make
you stronger.
19. It’s never too late to have a happy childhood.
But the second one is up to you and no one else.
20. When it comes to going after what you love
in life, don’t take no for an answer.
21. Burn the candles, use the nice sheets, wear
the fancy lingerie. Don’t save it for a special occasion. Today is special.
22. Over prepare, then go with the flow.
23. Be eccentric now. Don’t wait for old age to
wear purple.
24. The most important sex organ is the brain.
25. No one is in charge of your happiness but
you.
26. Frame every so-called disaster with these
words; “”In five years, will this matter?”
27. Always choose life.
28. forgive everyone everything.
29. What other people think of you is none of your
business.
30. Time heals almost everything. Give time time.
31. However good or bad a situation is, it will change.
32. Don’t take yourself so seriously. No one else does.
33. Believe in miracles.
34. God lover you because of who God is, not because of anything you
did or didn’t do.
35. Don’t audit life. Show up and make the most of it now.
36. Growing old beats the alternative—dying young.
37. Your children get only one childhood.
38. All that truly matters in the end is that you loved.
39. Get outside every day. Miracles are waiting everywhere.
40. If we all threw our problems in a pile and saw everyone else’s, we’d grab ours
back.
41. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.
42. The best is yet to come . . .
43. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.
44. Yield.
45. “Life isn’t tied with a bow, but it’s still a gift.”
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My wife told me this past week that she had heard about a new
store for senior women called “Grandma Vickie’s Secret.”
It has the same stuff as the other lingerie places except the elastic
has been replaced with steel cables.
—CC—
Speaking of “seniors”, I really enjoyed the following. It speaks
for a lot of us “old timers.”
Excuse Us
Excuse us if we drive too slowly in front of you. We’re taking our
time and enjoying the scenery. Have you looked at it lately?
Excuse us if we offer our help when you don’t need it. It’s not
because we think you can’t do something, it’s because we’d like to
see if we still can.
Excuse us if we talk too much about our ailments. We’d love to talk
about other things, but no one asks us those questions anymore.
Excuse us if we don’t walk fast enough in front of you at airports,
malls, and grocery stores. In our heads we are running (and we’re
leaving you in our dust).
Excuse us if we prefer to watch old movies and comedies. We’re
from a generation where the good guys won and the comedy wasn’t
blue. And we liked it better that way.
Excuse us if we want to be spoken to with respect. We were taught
to respect our elders, and we have been looking forward to finally
being treated that way ourselves. It’s been a long time coming. So
do us a favor and let us enjoy it.
Excuse us if we ask you to call a little more often. Hearing your
voice, even for only a minute, makes our day.
Excuse us if we don’t understand body piercing. We’re not out
of it. We just get enough piercing from our weekly B-12 shots or
insulin injections and can’t understand why anyone would want to
voluntarily get stuck with needles.
Excuse us if it takes us a little extra time to rise from a sitting
position. If our knees are weak, it’s from a lifetime of hard work. In
our day, we admired that in a person.
Excuse us if we forget to wipe our mouths. There’s a chance
someone wiped yours plenty of times when you were little.
Excuse us if when you visit, we don’t seem to want to let you go.
We know we’ll have to, we just like to stretch out the moment as
long as possible.
Excuse us if we ask for a hug. It reminds us how much we’re
loved and that’s better than the newest miracle drug on the market.
—CC—
I was listening to a minister this past week and his sermon was
on “Whatever happened to old fashioned courtesy?”
Some things you just don’t hear much any more, such as please
and thank you, and yes, sir and no, sir.
And your chance of finding a child with good manners is about the
same as your chance of winning the lottery . . . actually it is not just
the youngsters, it is also us adults.
I heard a friend say this past week that if you see a man open the
car door for a woman you know it is for one of two reasons. Either
the car is new or the woman is new.
Good manners are not only the right thing but they can also come
in handy. For example . . .
Little Brandon Smith had just been put to bed for the 22nd time, and
his mother’s patience was wearing thin. “If I hear you call ‘Mom’
one more time, you’ll be punished,” she warned him sternly.
For a while it was quiet and then a small voice called from the top
of the stairs, “Mrs. Smith? Can I please have a drink of water?”
—CC—
And since we are talking about courtesy and integrity today, I
want to share the following story. Dave Meurer writes . . .
“The boys need to be at school extra early tomorrow for that
project,” I mentioned casually to Donna one evening as we were
getting into bed. “Plus, the weather report says we are going to have
a nasty storm first thing. Fortunately for you, I am going to be the
thoughtful and compassionate husband in the morning.”
“Thanks, hon,” she grinned.
“Don’t mention it,” I replied.
Unusually alert, considering the lateness of the hour, Donna
immediately noticed that the alarm clock had been moved to her
side of the bed.
“What is this doing here?” she asked suspiciously.
“Like I said, the kids have to go to school early,” I replied.
“You just told me YOU were going to take them!” she retorted.
“No, I said I was going to be thoughtful and compassionate,” I
corrected. “Part of being a good husband is doing what is in the best
interest of your spouse. I’m just trying to be helpful.”
“I am completely confused,” Donna replied. “Are you saying you
are or are not planning to take the kids to school?”
“Hon, I would love to drive the kids to school. But as husbands
and fathers, we men have a special obligation to the character
development of our families. Like it or not, God has given us this
role. I think getting up early to take the kids will help develop your
character. I am willing to give up this valuable character-building
opportunity so that you can grow as a person,” I explained.
“Oh, now I get it,” she replied, slapping her hand on her forehead.
“This is all for my own good! And heaven knows you don’t need any
character development! Why, you have more character in your left
nostril than I have in my entire body. You are a walking festival of
character! A veritable character factory, belching excess virtue out
of your character smokestack!”
I blushed at the flattery.
“Well, I don’t know if I’d go quite that far, but you are getting the
general idea,” I said.
“Oh, but I’ve only just begun!” she exclaimed. “You have so much
surplus character that you could ship it to India and dole it out to
underprivileged children! We could sell your superfluous character
by the pound at huge discount warehouses! Soon, the entire nation
would be awash in all the extra character you have been wasting all
these years!”
“Donna, if I didn’t know better, I would kind of suspect that you’re getting a little bit sarcastic,” I said
suspiciously.
“Not at all,” she replied. “Your extra character is the talk of the town. In fact, at church last week
Pastor Paul came up to me and asked, “How do you manage to live with that character?’”
“You know, I could sort of take that two ways,” I mused.
“You can figure out which way he meant it as you drive the kids to school tomorrow,” she replied,
handing me the alarm clock.
Vital Marriage Point: Some women are very resistant to character development.
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Who: American Indian Youth ages 10-15 years old
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Down Memory Lane....The Year Was 1936
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Service Held For
Ronna Jean Richards
Memorial services for Ronna Jean Richards, 59, of Enid,
was 10 a.m. Thursday, June 13,
2013, at Walker Funeral Chapel, Shawnee, and 10 a.m. Saturday, June 15, 2013, at Oakwood Christian Church, Enid,
with Alan Seibel officiating.
Arrangements were by Walker
Funeral Service, Shawnee.
Ronna was born October 24,
1953, in Cushing to Kent Payne
and Jeanne Payne-Littrell and
died Sunday, June 10, 2013, in
Oklahoma City.
She attended Shawnee High
School.
On June 30, 1973, she married Glenn Richards in Shawnee, Oklahoma.
She was an avid golfer, with
three holes-in-one, and loved
being Nana to six grandchildren.
Ronna was administrative
assistant with United Way of
Enid and Northwest Oklahoma.
She was a member of Oakwood
Christian Church and Pheasant Run Golf Course, organizing numerous fundraisers in
the community through United
Way.
Surviving are her husband,
Glenn; son, Ryan Richards and
his wife, Kristi; Daughter, Leslie
Brown and her husband, Seth;
mother, Jeanne Payne-Littrell
and stepfather, Tom Littrell;
brothers, Artie Payne and his
wife, Jerri, and Kent Payne, Jr.
and his wife, Denise; grandchildren, Reagan Richards and
Ethan, Nick, Emaleth, Eli and
Savannah Brown; and numerous aunts, uncles, nieces and
nephews.
She was preceded in death
by her father, Kent Payne, and
grandparents, Arthur and Lucile
Sanderson and Loyd and Maud
Payne.
The family has designated
United Way of Enid and Northwest Oklahoma as appropriate
for memorials.
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Lamar New Age News
by Maxine Welch
June 10 we had our site council meeting.
June 14 we gave all the fathers
a pair of sock and a candy bar
for their Father’s Day gift.
June 18 we had bingo.
June 24 will be our Volunteer
Appreciation Day. It will start
at 11:00 o’clock. I would like
all my volunteers to be here if
possible.
I have a surprise for all my
volunteers.
June 26 Health Back will be
here to do blood pressure checks.
This is also our birthday dinner
and our pillow give away.
I would like to invite anyone
who is 60 or older to come join
us for lunch. We serve at 12:00
o’clock. Call and let me know
you want to come so I can order
a meal just for you.
LPXLP
We have a good walking area
and exercise equipment to use;
computer games to play; dominoes every day; painting once a
week on Wednesday from 1 til
4; also sewing. Come join us
and have a lot of fun.
Atwood
Reunion
The annual Atwood School reunion
will be Saturday, June 29th, in the
Lowell Wilkerson Community Center.
The building will open at noon.
A potluck dinner will be shared at
5:30 followed by a short planning
session for 2014. During dinner the
class of 1963 will be honored on their
50th anniversary. Bring your favorite
dish and enjoy the day.
For further information contact
Imogene [Leach] Harrington at 405380-6036 or Jerry Shepherd 405-4011257
Service Held For Don Graham
Donald “Don” Wallace Graham, Lamar, went
ville CB Club in the 1970s and went by the
to be with his Lord and Savior Friday evening,
handle ‘Lil Abner. Don enjoyed photography,
June 14, 2013, after battling pancamping, canoeing the Illinois
creatic cancer.
River, fishing, attending music
Born a twin on November
festivals, playing computer card
24, 1945, in Richmond, Calif.
games and lively domino games
to Cecil Edward and Dovie Mae
with anyone who cared to chalGraham, he moved with his
lenge him. Don was a member
parents and brothers, Edward,
of the Carson Baptist Church.
ALL YELLOW PANTONE
Bruce and David to Holdenville
He was preceded in death by
three months later. He graduated
his parents, and brothers Edward
from Holdenville High School
and David.
in 1966. In March l969 Don met
Don is lovingly survived by his
the love of his life, Gwendylyn
wife, Gwen of the home; daughJones. They were married on
ter and son-in-law Dawnyal and
June 20, 1969. They went on to
Jeffery Hill, Holdenville; sons,
have three children, Dawnyal,
Dustin Graham of Moore, and
Jeremy and Dustin.
Jeremy Graham, Tulsa; brothDon worked for the Holdener and sister-in-law Bruce and
ville Daily News for 30 years as press foreman
Betsy Graham, Little Elm, Texas; sister-in-law
and circulation manager. He received the Quarter
Cheryl Graham, Lamar; sister-in-law Diane
Century Club Award from the Oklahoma Press
Graham Rochelle, Illinois; grandchildren LilAssociation for 25 years of service to the newslian, William and Nathaniel Hill, Holdenville
paper business in 2009. Don also worked at the
and Christopher Hill, Waynoka, and Hunter
Grand Theater in high school, the Wewoka ThePearson, Holdenville; a host of nieces, nephater and owned the Holdenville Theater in the
ews, family and friends.
1990s. Other jobs he held throughout the years
A memorial service was held at 10 a.m.
included Lone Star Steel Company, Cain’s CofWednesday, June 19th, at the Carson Baptist
Church. Pallbearers were Dustin Graham, Tony
fee, Chrysler Corporation, brick layer assistant,
Bevelhymer, Kevin Newton, Brad Madron, Namaintenance at the Seminole County Fair, and
than Long, Oda Jones, Shawn Brock, and Jeff
Walmart. After retiring from Walmart in 2007,
Hill. Honorary Pallbearers were grandsons NaDon enjoyed spending time with his grandkids,
thaniel, William and Christopher Hill, Hunter
working outdoors, and helping out with security
Pearson, Heath Thompson, Eric Thompson,
every year at the Woody Guthrie Folk Festival
Jeremiah Graham and Christian Graham, and
in Okemah.
Paul Jones.
He was a founding member of the Holden-
Service Held For Elaine Pulchny
vice was held 11:00 a.m. Monday, June 17th, at Hudson Phillips Funeral Home Chapel under
the direction of Hudson Phillips
Funeral Home.
Elaine was born July 22,
1948 in El Reno, Oklahoma to
Oakley and Bonnie Edith Abner.
She graduated from El Reno
High School and later graduated
from Rose State. Elaine worked
for Seminole Hospital as a Respiratory Therapist. She enjoyed
her family and friends, spending
Bonnie Elaine Pulchny
time with her grandson, going to
passed away at her home in
the beach, reading, and anything
Holdenville. A Memorial Ser-
to do with George Strait.
Elaine is preceded in death
by her parents, husband Don
Jerry Pulchny; and two sisters,
Carolyn Pulchny and Linda
June Abner.
She is survived by her children, Julia Elaine Allen and her
husband James of Tampa, Florida, and Paul and wife Leeann
Pulchny of Enid, Oklahoma;
grandson Sawyer Allen; two
brothers, Kendall Abner and
wife Darla of El Reno, and Arnold and wife Lori Abner of El
Reno;and numerous other relatives and friends.
Service Held For Judy Hammer
Judyth Carol ‘Judy’ Hammer passed away
in Seminole, Oklahoma on Thursday, June 13,
2013, at the age of 71 years.
Judy was the daughter of R. G. Sartors and
Susie (Coatney) Sartors, born
on July 4, 1941 in Asher, Oklahoma. She was brought up in
Hughes and Seminole Counties,
in Okemah, Holdenville, and
Wewoka. She was a 1959 graduate of Excelser High School
near Cromwell.
She worked at various occupations - in Wewoka at Muir’s
Meat Plant, at an electronics
machine shop that wired circuit boards for aircraft and for
NASA, in Okemah as a home
health aide, and raising four
children. She lived in different places in Oklahoma and had
lived for the past few years in Seminole, but always considered Holdenville her home. Judy was creative and artistic, and her interests were many and varied. She was especially
fond of horses. Her dad raised them, Judy rode
them as often as possible, and loved being in-
volved with anything Rodeo, including Rodeo
Queen pageants. She loved to embroider and
draw, enjoyed listening to all kinds of music,
loved eating circus peanuts, and
loved spending time with her
family. She was of the Church of
Christ faith.
Judy is preceded in death by
her parents, R. G. and Susie Sartors.
She is survived by her four
children, Roger Douglas of Bowlegs, Billy Douglas and wife
Janet of Wewoka, Gina Donica
and husband Charles of Stillwater, and Dori Hartmeir of Tulsa;
nine grandchildren and eight
great grandchildren; two sisters,
Patty Fariss and husband Harold
of Holdenville, and Janet Youngblood and husband Mark of Tulsa; nieces and nephews, other relatives, and
many friends.
Graveside services were held at 10:00 a.m.
on Monday, June 17th, and Judy was laid to rest
in the Oakwood Cemetery at Wewoka, under
direction of Fisher Funeral Home of Holdenville. www.fisherfh.net
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Down Memory Lane.....
Kathy’s
Past & Present
Gert’s Notes 2006
Had a fairly good game night at
Linda’s house. I didn’t think it was
very nice. Linda, being the hostess, and her and Rusty beating me
and Arjean 4 to 3. However, my
partner Arjean shot the Moon and
made it.
Helen and Glenda beat Wynema
and Jeanne 3 to 1. Helen shot the
Moon and mad it. Johnnie Helen
and Melba beat Sue and Geraldine
4 to 2, but I tell you, Geraldine and
Sue have come a long way and are
still the life of the party.
Most of our members are on
Weight Watchers, and I guess the
rest of us should be.
Next meeting is at Jeanne’s
house.
I saw Vickey (Smith) Jones at
Imogene Wooten’s birthday party.
She introduced me to her husband
Ray (quite a character). He told me
when he went to school at Moss, he
was voted Sentinel of the FFA. He
said he didn’t know what that was,
but someone told him it was some
kind of a guard. Well, he said the
only thing they had to guard was
watermelons.
He said there were seven kids in
his family, and his folks had to pay
six of them to be good, but he was
good for nothing.
Nice to meet you, Ray. You’re
my kind of people.
My fellow domino player, Johnnie Helen Shelley, went to be fingerprinted and so help me they
could not get any fingerprints. She
said she told her daughters she had
always worked her fingers to the
bone taking care of them. Now,
I guess they will believe it. They
finally got her thumbprints.
By the way, she is a good photographer.
When Imogene (Cotton) Wooten
was in school at Spaulding, one of
her young friends came up to her
and said, “Imogene, I can’t be your
best friend anymore; we’re moving to California, so I guess I will
be a movie star.”
Had a good visit with Lavern
(Mackey) Barnes. She keeps in
touch with a lot of the old school
friends. She had just gotten off the
phone with Rose Marie (Lowther)
West, who, by the way, promises to
come to the next school reunion.
I always enjoy visiting with Lavern.
I was just reminiscing about
some of my old friends—the Knight
family. I can’t remember their
dad’s name, but they called them
mom “Muddie.” Their dad was a
brother to my uncle Lee Knight,
who was married to my mother’s
sister Mattie (Holt) Knight. They
lived at Stuart. Muddie had 6 children. I remember Elmo, Jack, Billy Joe, Joyce (married Sonny Vollers), Betty Jane, who was my age,
and Mary Jean, the baby. If anyone
remembers the Knight family and
knows their whereabouts, please
let me know.
Monday was not a good day for
me. Besides losing at dominoes,
I got up, took a bath, put on my
nice, starched jean and shirt. I really cleaned up good. Then I went
to brush my teeth and put “Cortizone” on my toothbrush. It looked
just like my Colgate toothpaste.
Then I went to the Senior Citizens Center where I thought they
were having a meeting of the Prescription Drug program. When I
got there, a little before 10 a.m., I
thought, “Boy! I’m lucky. There
are lots of parking spaces,” so I get
out, go in and all I see are Jeannette
Slaughter, her sister-in-law; Also,
Herb Brooks and a couple of other
people I didn’t know so I go back
to the kitchen and ask, “Where is
everyone?” They informed me the
Service Held For
Marclee Collins
meeting was last Friday.
I came home, called Geraldine
and asked her why she didn’t tell
me. She said she thought it was
Monday, so I felt a little better.
Lavern told me she wished Leo
“Meatball” King had gone on with
his art as he was really good. I had
forgotten that, so, “Leo, if you still
have any of your art work, bring it
so we can see it.”
Want to say “Hi” to Marion and
Annabelle Clawson. Marion is a
wealth of information.
I just happened to think, the
Knights had a cousin, Neal
Knight.
Had a really good church service Sunday. Tammy Hodge had
her grandson Ryan there, and my
great-great-grandson Joshua was
there, and we sang “Happy Birthday” to them.
Me, Meredith and Geraldine
want to send a big THANKS to
Jeannette Slaughter.
If anyone has any old tales or
anything they want printed, please
let me know, and I will be happy
to print them.
Me and Meredith went down
the alley yesterday to see if the old
watering trough was still there,
and, sure enough, it is. Meredith
was talking about the time they
were having a parade, and he and
Harrell Brown were walking down
the alley. There was one horse
hooked to a wagon so they unhooked him and rode him down to
Main and got in the parade. They
got down about Stanford Drug and
some man hollered and said, “You
little so and so. What are you doing on my horse? You get it back
where you got it, right now.”
They tried to explain to him they
just wanted to be in the parade.
Meredith said he guessed he just
was not cut out to be a cowboy.
He bought a horse from my
brother Bontie Abernathy when
we lived at Yeager, and it hated
him every time he got on it. It
threw him against the barn. Penny, Bill and all the little kids could
ride him—everyone but Meredith.
He finally told my brother Gene
to take it to the Sale Barn and sell
it. Gene did. He sold it for $15.00
on a credit. We never got any
money for it so we went out of the
horse business.
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The Year Was 1963
Boy Scout Week
Seen in Special
Local Windows
Five of Holdenville’s businesses have “very special” window displays this week in honor
of Boy Scout Week, announced
Cub Master, Bob Willis, Saturday. “Two of the businesses have
two Cub Scout Den’s handiwork
in their display windows,” he
added.
In the center display window
at Lee Weatherred Paint and Wall
LEGAL NOTICE
NOTICE OF APPLICATION TO USE GROUNDWATER
Jerry L. & Kathryn Webber of PO Box 151, Holdenville, OK 74848 have filed an
application, #2013-534, with the Oklahoma Water Resources Board (Board) for a
permit to use 50 acre-feet of groundwater per year. The groundwater is proposed to be
used for irrigation and taken from 71.1 acres located in the N2 NE of Section 18, T7N,
R10EIM, Hughes County. The water is to be withdrawn from one (1) well located in same
Section 18, and used in Hughes County, Oklahoma, as more specifically described in the
application. Use of groundwater is governed by Sections 1020.1 and following of Title 82
of the Oklahoma Statutes and rules of the Board, Oklahoma Administrative Code (OAC),
Title 785, Chapter 30.
Protests to the application must be in writing and received by the Board at the address
listed below and by the applicant at the address listed above no later than July 15, 2013,
and contain the following: (1) name, address, and telephone number of the interested
person; (2) the particular application number to which the protest relates; (3) specific
information to show how approval of the application proposed may directly and adversely
affect legally protected interests of the person filing the protest; and (4) a statement of
the relief sought by the interested person. A person who sends a letter containing only a
general objection or comment will not be deemed to be a party, but the letter will be made
part of the permanent record.
If a protest that meets the requirements listed in the paragraph above is filed with
both the applicant and Board, a hearing on this application will be scheduled and the
applicant and protestant(s) will be advised of the hearing date. Protestants or their
representatives must appear at the hearing and present the protest to be considered.
Hearings are governed by Section 309 of Title 75 and Section 1020.8 of Title 82 of
the Oklahoma Statutes, and the rules of Board, OAC Title 785, chapters 4 and 30. If
you have any questions, please contact Mary Nell Brueggen at (405) 530-8800. Board
mailing address: Oklahoma Water Resources Board, Planning & Management Division,
3800 N. Classen Blvd., Oklahoma City, OK 73118-2881. Board fax number: (405) 5308900.
(Published in The Holdenville Tribune on June 19 and 26, 2013)
LEGAL NOTICE
IN THE DISTRICT COURT
OF HUGHES COUNTY
STATE OF OKLAHOMA
Case No. P-1987-38
In the Matter of the Estate of: LILLIE COSAR STIDHAM, FB Creek, Roll No. 5492,
Deceased.
ORDER FOR AND NOTICE OF HEARING APPLICATION FOR APPOINTMENT OF
PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE AND LETTERS TESTAMENTARY
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED AND NOTICE IS HEREBY given that Teresa Bert has filed
in this Court an application to appoint her as the Personal Representative of the estate
of Lillie Cosar Stidham, deceased, and issued Letters Testamentary to her. Said hearing
of the same has been fixed by the Judge of the Court for the 5 day of July, 2013, at 9:00
o’clock a.m. at the courtroom of the Honorable Gordon Allen, Judge of the District Court,
in the District Court of Hughes County, Holdenville, Oklahoma, and all persons interested
in the estate of Lillie Cosar Stidham, deceased, are notified then and there to appear and
show cause, if they have any why said Application should not be granted and why Teresa
Bert should not be appointed as the Personal Representative of the Estate of Lillie Cosar
Stidham, deceased, and why Letters Testamentary should not issue to Teresa Bert.
Dated this 14th day of June, 2013.
B. Gordon Allen
Judge of the District Court
Approved As To Form:
s) Peary L. Robertson
Robertson Law Offices, PLLC
P.O. Box 2336
Seminole, OK 74818
Tel: 405-382-7300
Fax: 405-382-2887
Attorney for Teresa Bert
(Published in The Holdenville Tribune on June 19, 2013)
LEGAL NOTICE
IN THE DISTRICT COURT
OF HUGHES COUNTY
STATE OF OKLAHOMA
No. PB-2013-33
In the Matter of the Estate of TILLEY LUCILLE TRUBA and BERRY KENNETH LEWIS,
Deceased Persons.
COMBINED NOTICE
CREDITORS; NOTICE OF PETITION FOR SUMMARY ADMINISTRATION, HEARING
ON THE FINAL ACCOUNT, DISTRIBUTION OF ESTATE AND DISCHARGE
NOTICE IS HEREBY given to all persons interested in the Estate of Tilley Lucille Truba
and Berry Kenneth Lewis, both Deceased persons, that on June 12, 2013, Chris Lewis of
North Carolina, filed a Petition for Summary Administration in the District Court of Hughes
County, OK.
Tilley Lucille Truba departed this life on March 13, 2001 in Pontotoc County, Oklahoma.
Berry Kenneth Lewis, hereinafter referred to as “Decedent Berry” departed this life on April
19, 2012 in Cary, North Carolina at the age of ninety-one.
TO ALL CREDITORS: All creditors having claims against the above named Decedents
are required to present with a description of all security interest/collateral to Petitioner’s
attorney by: July 18th, 2013, or their claim will be forever barred.
Notice is hereby given that on August 5, 2013 at 11:00 A.M. before Judge Gordon
Allen, Hughes County Courthouse, Holdenville, Oklahoma this Petition will be heard and all
interested persons may appear.
All objections to the Petition must be filed in writing not less than 10 days before the
hearing date to the Hughes County clerk with a copy sent to Petitioner’s attorney. If no
timely objections, said right shall be waived. If an objection is filed timely, the Court will
determine whether summary proceedings are appropriate and, if so, whether the Estate
will be distributed and to whom the Estate will be distributed.
CONTACT:
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(Published in The Holdenville Tribune on June June 19 and 26, 2013)
Legal Notice
All persons having claims of indebtedness against the City of Holdenville, Oklahoma are
hereby notified that a purchase order or contract must be recorded in the office of the
City Clerk, covering all debts now unpaid and incurred during the period beginning July 1,
2012 and ending June 30, 2013 or said account shall be void and forever barred.
Amanda Walker, City Clerk/Treasurer
(Published in the Holdenville Tribune June 19 and 26, 2013)
LEGAL NOTICE
IN THE DISTRICT COURT
OF HUGHES COUNTY
STATE OF OKLAHOMA
Case No. PB-2012-50
In the Matter of the Estate of JAMES RUDOLPH McGIRT, Deceased.
NOTICE OF HEARING FINAL ACCOUNT AND PETITION FOR DISTRIBUTION AND
DISCHARGE IN THE ESTATE JAMES RUDOLPH McGIRT
Notice is hereby given that John Randolph Feeney, Personal Representative of the
Estate of James Rudolph McGirt filed in this Court his Final Account of the Administration
of said estate, and his Petition for Distribution of said estate and for final discharge of
said Personal Representative, the hearing of the same has been fixed by the Judge
of said Court for 9:00 o’clock a.m. on the 26th day of June, 2013, at the Courtroom of
said Court in the Hughes County Courthouse in Holdenville, Oklahoma, and all persons
interested in said estate are notified then and there to appear and show cause, if any
they have, why the said account should not be settled and allowed, the heirs of James
Rudolph McGirt, deceased, determined, and said estates distributed, and the Personal
Representative discharged.
Witness my hand this 7th day of June, 2013.
s) B. Gordon Allen
Judge of the District Court
Robert L. Irby
Attorney at Law
104 North Broadway
P.O. Box 955
Holdenville, OK 74848
(405) 379-5429
(Published in The Holdenville Tribune on June 12 and 19, 2013)
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Paper Store, Den Three with
Mrs. Bill Epperley, Den Mother,
and Mrs. John Bunch, Assistant
Mother, has the left hand display
as your face the window. On the
right hand is the display for Den
Seven, with Mrs. J.B. Smith,
Den Mother, and Mrs. Tommy
Summy, Assistant.
Den Eight, with Mrs. Jesse
Barbre, Den Mother and Mrs.
J.C. Meek, Assistant, has their
display in the Oklahoma Gas
and Electric Company show
room window.
Mrs. James Lee, Den Mother,
and Mrs. Charles Hickerson, Assistant Den Mother, of Den Nine
have their display in the window
of Hull’s School Supply Store.
Den Ten, with Mrs. Robert
V. Willis, Den Mother, has a
display in Foster’s Rexall Drug
display windows.
Also having their display of
handiwork in the window at
the OG&E office are the Cubs
from Den Four, with Mrs. Dale
Jenkins, Den Mother, and Mrs.
Orvel Thomas, Assistant Den
Mother.
Den One, with Mrs. Roy Kincaid Jr., Den Mother and Mrs.
Wayne Wilson, Assistant Den
Mother, has a display in the window of the OG&E Company.
“We want to thank these merchants for allowing the Denners
to place a display of their handiwork in their windows and to
invite all who happen to be
downtown to make the rounds
and see the Cub Scouts’ work,”
Willis said.
Patsy Ann Adair Weds
F. Urban Whitehead
In January Ceremony
In a ceremony at 8 p.m. January 26 in the Texas Banner
Church of God, Miss Patsy Ann
Adair, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Marvin Adair Jr., became the
bride of Frank Urban Whitehead, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Whitehead, Bastrop, LA.
Wedding music was presented by Miss Roberta Shropshire.
She accompanied Mrs. Mary
Raunikar who sang “Always”
and “Because.”
Nuptial vows were exchanged
before an altar of sevenbranched candelabra with palm
trees on either side of baskets
of white gladioli. The Rev. R.J.
Edwards of Moore officiated at
the double-ring ceremony.
Escorted to the altar by her
father, the bride wore a formal
length gown of slipper satin designed with a bodice of Chantilly
lace, long sleeves which tapered
to a point at the wrist and with
a Sabrina neckline. Her fingertip veil was fastened to a matching pillbox hat and she carried a
white Bible topped with a white
orchid edged with white fluffs.
Miss Judy Adair, sister of
the bride, was maid-of-honor.
Bridesmaids were cousins of the
bride, Miss Linda Jackson and
Miss Jacqueline Edwards. Miss
Nancy Edwards lighted the candles.
The attendants wore identical
dresses of emerald green satin,
styled with long sleeves and
bell-shaped skirts with matching pillbox hats. Their nosegays
were feathered white mums.
Brenda Adair was flower girl.
Her dress was identical to that
of the bride and attendants. She
carried a basket of white satin
lace with white mums.
Arthur January served the
bridegroom as best man. Ushers
were Jackie Brown and Richard
Jackson.
Mrs. Adair chose for her
daughter’s wedding a dress of
antique gold wool crepe with
brown accessories. Her corsage
was a white mum.
After the wedding a reception was held in the home of
the bride’s parents. The bride’s
table was covered with net over
pink cloth, draped at the corners
and fastened with white frosted
wedding bells. The three tiered
wedding cake was topped with a
miniature bride and groom and a
silver punch bowl completed the
table appointments.
Mrs. Patsy Stringfellow was in
charge of the guest book.
Mrs. Whitehead chose for her
going-away costume a dress of
maize wool crepe with brown
accessories. Her corsage was the
orchid from her bride’s bouquet.
The bride was a 1961 graduate
of Moss High School. She was
formerly employed at the First
National Bank in Holdenville.
The couple has established
their home in Holdenville.
Mrs. Nick Trail
Is Club
Program Leader
The Holdenville Child Study
Club met recently in the home
of Mrs. Earnest Fuller with Mrs.
Bruce Agan as co-hostess.
Mrs. Nick Trail presented the
program on “How Shall We
Rear Our Children in the Space
Age?”
Present were Mrs. Milo
Pierce, Mrs. Allen Burns, Mrs.
Elmo Ward, Mrs. Norb Smith,
Mrs. Bill Janes, Mrs. Jim Phillips, Mrs. Mel Oldham, Mrs.
Fred Rowden, Mrs. Roy Enos,
Mrs. Robert Dolton, Mrs. Boyd
McGugan, Mrs. Newman Gibbs,
Mrs. Frank Samborski, Mrs.
Trail, Mrs. Richard Dobbin, Mrs.
James Frost, and the hostesses,
Mrs. Fuller and Mrs. Agan.
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LEGAL NOTICE
IN THE DISTRICT COURT
OF HUGHES COUNTY
STATE OF OKLAHOMA
Case No. FB-13-5
In the Matter of the Approval of Oil and Gas Lease by Restricted Indian Heir of Samuel
Bear, Full Blood Creek Indian, Roll No. 7198, Deceased.
FIRST AMENDED NOTICE OF HEARING PETITION FOR APPROVAL OF OIL AND
GAS LEASES
Notice is hereby given that on the 14th day of June, 2013, the heirs of Samuel Bear,
Full Blood Creek Indian Roll No. 7198, being not less than one-half degree Indian blood
of the Five Civilized Tribes, filed their verified Petition herein praying for the approval of
their executed Oil and Gas Leases for a term of three years and as long thereafter as
oil, gas and other minerals are produced in paying quantities, upon all her right, title and
interest in and to the oil, gas and other minerals and mineral rights in, to and under the
following described lands, said lands being a portion of the allotment of Samuel Bear,
Full Blood Creek Indian Roll No. 7198, deceased, to-wit:
The Northwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter (NW/4 SE/4) of Section Twelve (12),
Township Six (6) North, Range Ten (10) East
to Reagan Smith Energy Solutions, Inc. for a cash bonus consideration of $275.00
per acre, paid-up, which Lease provides for a 3/16th royalty for Petitioner’s interest and a
three year term, and said Petition has been set for hearing on the 11th day of July, 2013,
at 10:00 a.m. in the District Courtroom of the Hughes County Courthouse, Holdenville,
Oklahoma, at which time and place competitive bidding will be had thereon in open court
and the Oil and Gas Lease, as above described, will be approved in the above named
lessee, or in the name of the person paying the highest and best cash sum therefore,
plus attorney fees and court costs.
Dated this 14th day of June, 2013.
B. Gordon Allen
JUDGE OF THE DISTRICT COURT
Monica M. Griffin, OBA #24106
ST. JOHN, GRIFFIN, & KRIEG, P.L.L.C.
1219 Classen Drive
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73103
(405) 242-2700/FAX (405) 600-3400
ATTORNEYS FOR PETITIONER
(Published in The Holdenville Tribune on June 19, 2013)
LEGAL NOTICE
IN THE DISTRICT COURT
IN AND FOR
HUGHES COUNTY
STATE OF OKLAHOMA
CASE NO. FD-2013-32
In RE the Marriage of: JONES, SUZANNE M. JONES, Petitioner,
Vs
IAN S. JONES, Respondent.
PUBLICATION NOTICE
THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA TO: IAN S. JONES,
Take notice that you have been sued in the above named Court by Petitioner, alleging
the grounds of incompatibility and praying for a dissolution of the marriage of the parties.
You must answer the Petition on or before the 1st day of August, 2013, and deliver a copy
to the Petitioner at 8656 E. 1202, Dustin, OK 74839-9131, or the petition will be taken as
true and a dissolution of the marriage of the parties and other relief sought will be granted
to the Petitioner, including but not limited to: an award and distribution to the Petitioner
of: Clothing, Personal Effects and Property already divided and in her possession, and
an award to Respondent of Clothing, Personal Effects and Property already divided and
in his possession.
WITNESS my hand and seal of Hughes County District Court this 18th day of June,
2013.
Patty Tilley, Court Clerk,
s) Patty Tilley
Court Clerk
(SEAL)
(Published in The Holdenville Tribune on June 19, 26 and July 3, 2013)
HOLDENVILLE TRIBUNE—JUNE 19, 2013—PAGE 7
from
Dayna’s Desk
DAYNA’S DESK
Alumni week-end is just
one week away. Jo Dawna
Welch Smith told us that the
school will be open Friday
June 28th, from 2-5 to allow
HHS grads to take a trip down
memory lane.
Saturday the HHS cafeteria
will be open from 10 to 2 for
visitation. There will be a short
business meeting at noon.
Victor and Carol Pryor will
host the class of 1953 Friday
evening at their home.
We also know that the class
of 1963 will be gathering for
their 50th reunion.
We have been looking
back at 1953 and found several
interesting stories. Here are
two of my favorites.
BILLYE GENTRY, PRIZE
BEAUTY; HOBBS TOT WINS
by Ketha Jean Bollinger
Words failed Billye Gentry
when asked how she felt after
being selected for the title of
Miss Holdenville over five
other candidates at the official
opening of the municipal
swimming pool Friday night.
Sharing the limelight with
Miss Gentry was Susie Hobbs,
three-year-old daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Jack Hobbs, who was
chosen from 14 entries of Miss
Tomorrow, which included the
age group between three and
13.
Mrs. Hobbs said that Susie
really wasn’t excited over the
activities last night but she sure
was getting a lot of fun out of
showing the neighbors her
loving cup.
The girls were presented
loving cups and season tickets
to the swimming pool by
Mayor Roy Cook.
Billye, who is the daughter
of Mrs. Virgie Gentry, was
entered in the contest by Eckles
and Stirman. A graduating
senior this year, she plans to
enter Tulsa university this fall.
She is five feet, seven
inches tall and weighs 129
pounds. A blonde with green
eyes, Billye’s measurements
are: bust 34, waist 24, and
hips 37.
At present no plans have
been made to enter her in the
Miss Oklahoma contest, which
will start in the near future.
Judges for the contest
were Willard Darks, Wetumka
Councilman, and Alex Adwan,
News editor of The Wewoka
Times. Both judges agreed
that it was a hard job to choose
the winner.
Other contestants in the
Miss Holdenville contest
were Shearn Siler, Beverly
Kennerly, Martha Fay Sandlin,
Paula Sue Kennerly, Lynn
Moore, Nancy Bronaugh and
Paula Ruth Nelson.
Contestants in the Miss
Tomorrow contest included
Francis White, Paula Kay
Barnes, Heather Huse, Rhonda
Lee Rounsaville, Pamela Jean
Clayton, Martha Foster, Diane
Hayden and Linda Reos.
POSSIBLE TRAGEDY
AVERTED BY CHILD’S
FAILURE TO PANIC
Susan Moore played a
game last summer in which she
would pull a “drowning” friend
from the water. Wednesday
afternoon she had a chance to
put the experience gained into
practice.
Several children were
swimming in a private pool at
the Owen Rives home when
excitement caused one child
to cry out that Mary Kathryn
Lucas was drowning. The
children had been playing in
the pool under supervision and
Mary jumped onto a life jacket
which bobbed from under her.
Although she was only a
few feet from the bank, no one
made an attempt to help her
out. Susan was aware that she
might really be drowning and
jumped into the pool in her
street clothes to help Mary to
the bank.
Mrs. Rives then assisted her
in getting out of the water and
found no medical treatment was
necessary. After the incident
was over Susan said she thought
Mary may have been able to
get back to the bank but wasn’t
certain.
Both the girls are in the fifth
grade at Central school.
—DD—
Reunion time is our favorite
time of the year. I will always
appreciate Marilyn Majors for
organizing the event.
The first reunion was held
in 1973 at Stroup Park. It was
a covered dish luncheon and
about eighty people attended.
The first organizational
meeting was held at the home
of Maxine Abernathy Ford.
Those attending were Gertrude
Robinson, Lorene Walker,
Marilyn Majors and Maxine.
The first year was great and
the reunion grew each year. At
one time there were over 500
HHS grads that attended the
event.
Attendance has been down
the last few years and the
alumni committee would like
for any of our readers to share
their ideas on how to improve
it.
We really need to keep it
going!
—DD—
We heard from our good
friend Joyce McCosar this
week. She is doing good
but doesn’t get out much
anymore.
She told us that she no
longer drives but friends made
sure she goes where and when
she need to.
It was so good to hear from
her.
—DD—
We’ve heard from several
of our subscribers and wanted
to share their notes with you.
We always love to hear from
you and appreciate your kind
words.
Dear Bill and Dayna,
Thanks for your reminder
that it was time to renew my
subscription. How time has
flown! Doesn’t seem as if a
year has passed.
Here’s my check for another
year of paper delivery—we do
enjoy perusing every page.
Fondly, June French
Holloway
Hello Dayna:
Enclosed is my check for
the Tribune. Really do enjoy
this paper.
Looking forward to the
HHS Class Reunion at the end
Continued on Page 9
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HOLDENVILLE TRIBUNE—JUNE 19, 2013—PAGE 9
from
Dayna’s Desk
Continued from Page 7
of this month and visiting with
old friends and classmates.
Hoping to have a long
visit with Beth. Received the
sweetest card from her recently.
Also, looking forward to seeing
you and Bill.
Peace be with you and your
family.
Juanita Carlton Hays
I would like to subscribe
to you newspaper. I am a ’53
grad and my sister Pat Clark
and Brother Bob keep telling
me I need to take it. Thanks,
Kay Johnson
Hi Bill and Dayna!
Sorry for the non-renewal,
but here it is. See you at at
Vic’s on June 28th. Mike Agan
Dayna and Bill,
Please
renew
my
subscription for another year.
Thanks for a good paper!
Love,
Aunt Patsy (Leewright)
Davis
whom the children called by
their first names, and the kids,
Richard, Lois, Edith (Dink),
Curtis (Poakun) and the first
set of twins, Glendel Ray
(Peanuts) and Gloria Faye
(Popcorn). Other neighbors
were “Aunt” Martha Musser
and her batchelor son Oscar,
My dearly-loved “Hoscar”,
their youngest daughter Annie,
all of whom were lifelong
friends.
I remember the first bridge
that crossed the creek, too. I
made many a trip across it as
Mother went to and fro from
house to garden carrying me on
one hip and a sack of vegetables
on the other accompanied by
the dogs. The bridge also went
to and fro, swinging alarmingly
over what seemed like the
Grand Canyon.
We returned to Buffalo at the
end of the year, and lost touch
with many of the Bohannon
folks, the Williamses included.
Still so many memories linger
of a time and place and a way
of life long gone.
Yours truly,
Maurine Parker Chisum
P.S. I remember Chief
Rolling Cloud very well; he,
his friends and family often
visited Pete Carcongis’ Star
Café, where I worked for
several years.
Does anyone remember the
Osceola Four, a gospel quartet
of young Indian men, two of
whom were Jimmy Beaver
and Jimmy Dreadfulwater? I
believe they were Creek.
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Please
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the hometown news and we
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The obituary of Gloria
Ruiz sent me for a long walk
down Memory Lane recalling
the year the Dave Parker
family spent on Coney Boggy
at Bohannon as tenants of the
J.W. Hundley farm. I was three
years old.
Editor’s Note: Maurine,
Our closest neighbors were
George and Frankie Williams, Thank you so much for your
kind letter and the pleasant
memories you shared with
Strothers
us. I made a call to my good
friend Leona Buck Brooks
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12 Moon Players Enjoy Food and Fun!
We had 12 “Moon” players
tonight at Game Night and 1 really good score keeper! Shirley Hardwick brought chocolate cake and Sharon Dilday
brought stuffed celery and
crackers! YUM! Thank You
Ladies ! It was all delicious!!
At table # 1 - Shirley shot the
moon and went down, down,
down! Sharon shot the moon
and went down, down, down!! But in the long run Glenda
Smith and Loita Sharp won 2
games. Shirley and Sharon won
5 games. Glenda and Loita left
crying. Sharon and Shirley left
laughing! Guess who the score
keeper was. Geraldine also
went around serving the crackers and celery but she didn’t get
any tips so she just left us high
and dry and went back to keeping score!
At table # 3 - Joyce Yates and
Lynn Marquis won 2 games. Lynn had a bad day and finished
with a bad game night! They
got beat by Norma Summy and
Sue Wood who won 4 games. Actually it was nip and tuck
all night long. But if you don’t
get a good hand, then you can’t
play them although we did bid
too high hoping that the partner
would have the double that we
needed only to discover that the
opponent had it! Oops!!
At table #2 - Jean Phillips
and Arjean Williams played
against Rusty Jones and Naomi
Tomlinson. They were having
so much fun that they were still
playing when the rest of us left! Jean shot the moon twice and
made it both times! Way to go
Jean! Rusty shot the moon and
didn’t make it. Ouch! Naomi
shot the moon and made it! No wonder they kept playing! They were really getting good
hands!
Win or loose, we all had a
good time! Come and join us
next week. You will have a
good time, I promise!
See ya then,
Funeral services will be held
Thursday, June 20 at 11 a.m. for
Lorene Roberts
Grissom at Living Water Church
in Wetumka with
Rev. Renee Ross
and Rev. Don
Williamson officiating.
Ms. Grissom
was born Dec. 7,
1922 in Hughes
County to Arch
Roberts
and
Mary Winters
Roberts and died
June 15, 2013 in
Oklahoma City
at the age of 90.
Raised in the Fairview community near Wetumka, she at-
tended the Fairview School.
While there she met Caswell
“Gube” Grissom.
She was a high
school basketball
star and caught
his attention. He
became her high
school sweetheart
and they were
married
May
23, 1942. They
made their lifelong home in the
Wetumka area.
Gube preceded
her in death Jan.
19, 2000.
For
several
years, Ms. Grissom was employed at Seamproof
in Holdenville and Oktronics in
Okemah. Later, she and Gube
owned and operated Grissom
Catfish Farm near Holdenville.
She also raised and sold Chinese
Pugs and Boston Terrier puppies. She enjoyed Saturday night
dancing at the Circle S Club but
she also enjoyed being outdoors.
She loved to garden, especially
caring for her rose bushes and
watching hummingbirds. Ms.
Grissom was passionate about
going to yard sales. A day hardly
went by that she didn’t watch
Fox News to keep up with world
news and affairs.
She was also preceded in death
by her son Richard on March 5,
2007 and a by her siblings, Otria
Roberts, Nelson Roberts, Luther
Roberts and Jewell Cordoni.
Survivors include her children,
Janice Sundberg and husband
Don of Coulterville, CA. and
Dewayne Grissom of Holdenville; a daughter-in-law, Donna
Grissom of Wewoka; her sister,
Gladys Luce of El Dorado, KS.;
seven grandchildren, 10 great
grandchildren; along with several nieces and nephews, other
relatives and many friends.
Pallbearers will be Patrick
Grissom, Devin Grissom, John
Chastain, Don Sundberg, Landyn Oliver and Jerry Oliver.
Honorary pallbearer will be Archie Cordoni.
Interment will be in the Yeager
Cemetery under the direction of
Williamson-Spradlin Funeral
Home of Wetumka.
Service Thursday For
Lorene Roberts Grissom
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Gerty
Reunion
Gerty will be holding their
annual Reunion Day on Saturday,
June 29th. Doors will open at the
Community Center at 10:00 a.m.
Please bring a covered dish and
enjoy visiting and eating with
friends, neighbors and former
classmates.