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News
Attention Coalgate School Parents
Dear Parents, Guardians and Community Member, Over the next few months Coalgate Public Schools will be working to develop a facilities plan for our district. We would like to have input from our district stakeholders, as we develop this plan.
Sports
Peyton Airington
Peyton Nicole Airington is the daughter of Rivers and Markus Airington of Coalgate, OK. She is the granddaughter of Mechel and Gary Joe Lovelace of Carrizozo, NM, and the late Jack Webb of Tushka, OK; Joy and Tony Airington of Lehigh, OK; and Billie K. Airington of Coalgate, OK.
Columns
The Butterfield Stage
It all started with the movie “Stagecoach” we had seen at the Friday night movie in Centrahoma. We knew all about the Butterfield Stage. John Wayne was the driver. But the famous line only existed about 4 years. Later, books were written, movies made and stories were born.
A Remarkable Day with “The Girls”
There were four of them that day, sisters named Lora, Cora, Dora and Ruth, and my dad went too. I loaded them all up in my motorhome and we headed East toward what had been home at one time for them. They did not know how to get down there any more but I did, so away we went to Kennedy, Oklahoma.
Obituaries
Graveside Service Held for Sharon “Gayle” Eakins
Graveside services for Sharon “Gayle” Eakins, a Lehigh, OK resident, were held Friday, September 18, 2026 at 10:00 a.m. at Lehigh Cemetery in Lehigh, OK with arrangements under the direction of Brown’s Funeral Service of Atoka, OK.Ms.
Wanda Lee Ingram
Graveside services for Wanda Lee Ingram, a Coalgate resident, will be held Friday, October 9, 2026 at 11:00 o’clock a.m. at the Coalgate Cemetery with Pastor Cody Cook officiating. Brown’s Funeral Service of Coalgate is in charge of arrangements.