Latest
I talked to a man today, an 80+-year-old man. I asked him if there was anything I can get him while this Coronavirus scare was gripping America.
Read more
Karen Sue Jackson was born on September 3rd, 1940 to Robert Floyd Jackson and Elsie Etoile (Rogers) Jackson in Coalgate, Oklahoma and was called home April 5th, 2020 at the age of 79. She was raised and attended school in Coldwater, Kansas until the mid 1950s and returned with her family back to Oklahoma settling in the town of Lehigh and attending high school at Coalgate. After graduating Edison High School in Tulsa in 1958, she attended Draughon’s Business School in Oklahoma City.
Read moreAs of Tuesday morning, April 14, Coal County has still dodged the Coronavirus bullet. That does not mean, however, that we are out of the woods just yet; numbers for Oklahoma continue to rise daily.
Read more
Graveside services for Randall Eugene Jackson, a Fortville, IN resident, formerly of Atoka,OK, were held Friday, April 10, 2020 at 1:00 p.m. at Mill Creek Cemetery in Mill Creek, OK with Bro. Joey Lansdale officiating. Arrangements were under the direction of Brown’s Funeral Service of Atoka.
Read more
Sunday, April 19, marks the 25th anniversary of the bombing of the Alfred R. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City. The 1995 bombing killed 168 people, including 19 children, and injured hundreds more in what was then the deadliest terrorist attack on U.S. soil.
Read moreGraveside services for Elwanda Maxine (Thomas) Williams, a Shawnee, OK resident, formerly a long-time Atoka, OK resident, were held Tuesday, April 14, 2020 at 2:00 p.m. at Ward’s Chapel Cemetery in Atoka, OK with Bro. Tom Hargrave officiating. Brown’s Funeral Service of Atoka was in charge of arrangements.
Read more