Coal County Chamber of Commerce today announces Christmas parade and light decorating winners
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A memorial service for Amy Jo (Carpenter) Simonson, a Coalgate resident, will be held Saturday, January 18, 2025 at 10:00 a.m. at Brown’s Funeral Chapel in Coalgate with Pastor Lyle Shipley officiating. Family night will be January 17, 2025 from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at the Chapel. Brown’s Funeral Service of Coalgate is in charge of arrangements.
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Lenus Leon Batchelor, 72, of Tupelo, OK, passed away peacefully on Saturday, December 28, 2024 at his loving daughter’s home, surrounded by his family. Lenus was born on September 19, 1952 in Coalgate, OK to his parents, Leonard Leon Batchelor and Maggie Faye Batchelor (Sanders). He attended and graduated at Olney High School in 1970 and he went on to become a well respected and trusted automotive mechanic and proud fireman for over thirtyfour years.
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Funeral services for Jimmy Dale Wallis, an Atoka resident, were held Friday, January 3, 2025 at Brown’s Funeral Chapel in Atoka with Bro. Jerry Williams and Bro. Ryan Meadows officiating. Burial was in Green Meadows Cemetery in Atoka with Brown’s Funeral Service of Atoka in charge of arrangements. Casketbearers were Lynn Wallis, Brody Wallis, Reese Wallis, Cory Raper, Rowan Raper, Greg Staggs, Trevor Foran, Stefan Brown, and Don Deaton. Honorary bearers were the Atoka Truck Stop Coffee Drinkers.
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Funeral services for Woodie Marie (Hudson) DePasse were held Sunday, January 5, 2025 at 10:00 a.m. at Brown’s Funeral Chapel in Coalgate with Pastor Tom Chaffin officiating. Burial was in Pine Cemetery with Brown’s Funeral Service of Coalgate in charge of arrangements.
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Funeral services for Clifford Lee Ridgway, Jr., a longtime Atoka, OK resident were held Sunday, January 5, 2025 at 2:00 p.m. at Brown’s Funeral Chapel in Atoka with Bro. Jay Willoughby officiating. Brown’s Funeral Service of Atoka was in charge of arrangements.
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Kurtis J. Kirby, 53, Atoka, was arrested shortly after 2:00 a.m. December 28 following a traffic stop at the intersection of Broadway and E. Lafayette. Officer Christian Minyen, a Choctaw Lighthorse Police Officer crosscommissioned with the Coal County Sheriff’s Office, stopped Kirby’s Honda for having a border plate that obstructed the top part of the tag.
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