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Funeral services for Frankie Prince of Lehigh were held Monday, July 20, 2020 at Brown’s Funeral Chapel, Coalgate, Oklahoma at 10:00 a.m. with Rev. Ken Brown officiating. Interment was in the Jump Family Cemetery, Lehigh, OK, with Brown’s Funeral Service in charge of arrangements.
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Funeral Services for E.W. “Dub” Echols, a Tupelo resident were Tuesday, July 21, 2020 at 2:00 p.m. in Brown’s Funeral Chapel with Pastor Eddie Hogue officiating. Interment was in Pleasant Grove, Coal County, OK. with Brown’s Funeral Service in charge of arrangements.
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Pauline Eddings Perry, of Sand Springs, OK, passed away July 15, 2020, at the age of 90. Pauline was born on August 18, 1929, and grew up in Coalgate, OK to parents, Albert Scott Eddings and Clyda Irene (Baughman) Eddings. She was married in 1948 to Charles R. Perry and for most of their married lives, they lived in the Tulsa and Sand Springs area.
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Funeral services for Linda “RoRo” Kay Marley (Lemons) Gentry, an Atoka resident, will be held Saturday, July 25, 2020 at 10:00 a.m. at Brown’s Funeral Chapel in Coalgate with Pastor Joey Lansdale officiating. Burial will be in McCarty Cemetery with Brown’s Funeral Service of Coalgate in charge of arrangements.
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Members of the Coalgate High School Class of 2020 take their seats on the Donald Mike Mayer football field the evening of June 16. The Coronavirus epidemic may have delayed the 2020 graduation, but it didn’t prevent the class from having a very special ceremony on the football field. Seated from left are Charles Canida, Principal, E.E. Emerson Elementary; Roland Fanning, CHS Class of 2001, keynote speaker; Tracy Penney, Coalgate Board of Education; State Rep. David Bullard; Christie Hyatt, Principal, Coalgate High School; Jack Ward, Superintendent, Coalgate Public Schools. At the podium – Angie West, CHS Counselor. The 2020 class consisted of 61 graduates. Additional photos page A-2 and A-5.
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On Thursday, July 9, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that much of eastern Oklahoma is an Indian reservation. The decision could reshape criminal justice in the area by preventing state authorities from prosecuting Native Americans.
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Funeral services for William Chad Welch, a Coalgate resident, were held Monday, July 13, 2020 at 2:00 p.m. at Brown’s Funeral Chapel in Coalgate with Evangelist Marylin Pratt officiating. Interment was in Coalgate Cemetery with Brown’s Funeral Service in charge of arrangements.
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