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Aprivate family celebration will be held Sunday, February 5, 2023 at 12:00 p.m. for Shirley Marie McKendrick, a Caney resident, who was raised in Atoka County and lived in Hugo and Coalgate. She was born May 10, 1950 to Joseph and Christine Marie (Allen) Campbell at Talihina, OK and passed away January 26, 2023 at her home in Caney, OK at the age of 72 years, 8 months and 16 days. She attended High Hill School and graduated from Atoka High School in 1969. Shirley was a seamstress and worked for Blue Bell/Wrangler. She married Allen Frank McKendrick October 8, 1970 at Atoka. They celebrated 47 years of marriage before his passing in 2017. Shirley was a member of New Zion Methodist Church. She enjoyed gardening, painting, knitting and cooking whatever they wanted for the grandchildren.
Read moreFuneral service for Delbert Lee White, a Coalgate resident, (was raised around the Kenefic area but lived in Oklahoma, Mississippi and Texas), was held Monday, January 23, 2023 at 2:00 p.m. at Brown’s Funeral Chapel in Atoka with Rev. Harold Brewer, Bro. Jim Lyons and Rev. Jim Noble officiating. Burial was in Center Hill Cemetery in Atoka with Brown’s Funeral Service of Atoka in charge of arrangements.
Read moreFuneral services for Edith Earlene Fomby, a lifelong Atoka, OK resident, were held Saturday, January 21, 2023 at 2:00 p.m. at Brown’s Funeral Chapel in Atoka with Bro. Joey Lansdale officiating. Burial was in Fomby Family Cemetery in Atoka with Brown’s Funeral Service in charge of arrangements.
Read moreFuneral services for Dr. Larry Carlton Key, a Lane resident, will be held Friday, January 20, 2023 at 11:00 a.m. at the First United Methodist Church in Coalgate with Pastor Lyle Shipley officiating. Family night is Thursday evening 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Arrangements are under the direction of Brown’s Funeral Service of Coalgate.
Read moreElla May Byers died peacefully, surrounded by her family on January 15, 2023. Born in Olney, Oklahoma, on May 23, 1938 to Roy and Lucinda Lee, she grew up in the Coalgate, OK area and moved to Lewis, Kansas with her family in 1956. In 1968 the family moved to Dodge City.
Read moreFuneral services for Jean Neal Servais, a Coalgate resident, will be held Friday, January 27, 2023 at 11:00 a.m. at St. Peters Episcopal Church in Coalgate with Bishop Poulson Reed and Reverend Jim Bragg officiating. Arrangements are under the direction of Brown’s Funeral Service of Coalgate.
Read moreGraveside services for Diania Sue (Lancaster) Linam , a Coalgate resident, will be held Friday, January 27, 2023 at 2:00 p.m. at McCarty Cemetery, Coalgate, OK with Bro. Eddie Hogue officiating. Family night will be Thursday, 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Brown’s Funeral Service of Coalgate is in charge of arrangements.
Read moreServices for Richard Paul Jarrett, a Phillips resident, will be held Saturday, February 4, 2023 at 2:00 p.m.a at Brown’s Funeral Chapel in Coalgate with Bro. Eddie Hogue officiating. Brown’s Funeral Service is in charge of arrangements.
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