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Jim Priest is CEO of Goodwill Industries of Central Oklahoma and can be reached at jpriest@okgoodwill.
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Grandma lay in the hospital bed, a shadow of the vital, energetic woman she had been just a year ago. Her strong hands that were endlessly involved in her family’s life, providing, comforting, and disciplining, now lay listlessly on the bed cover, thin and fragile. Eyes that always had been sparkling with life and occasionally sparking with irritation when one of her grandchildren had been “acting the fool” now were clouded with pain and fatigue. Her famous silver cloud of hair that she always wore in a short halo around her head? Long gone in the garbage heap of life, along with her energy and zest for life.
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Funeral services for Johnnie Brenda (Fanning) Burns, a lifelong Lehigh resident, were held Saturday, December 23, 2023 at 10:00 a.m. at Brown’s Funeral Chapel in Coalgate with Jeff Roebuck officiating. Burial was in Lehigh Cemetery with Brown’s Funeral Service of Coalgate in charge of arrangements.
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Funeral services for Mary Magdalene (Gwinn) Davidson, a Coalgate resident were held Wednesday, December 27, 2023 at 2:00 p.m. at Brown’s Funeral Chapel in Coalgate with Justin McKinney officiating, assisted by Greg Davidson. Burial was in Moore Cemetery with Brown’s Funeral Service of Coalgate in charge of arrangements.
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Funeral services for Nem D. Wafford, a Wapanucka resident, will be held Friday, December 29, 2023 at 2:00 p.m. at Brown’s Funeral Chapel in Atoka, OK with Pastor Claudie Buie officiating. Burial was in Wells Valley Cemetery with Brown’s Funeral Service of Atoka in charge of arrangements.
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