Obituaries

Graveside services for Margrett Ann Johnston, 85, of Coalgate, were 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, June 17, 2026, at Pleasant Grove Cemetery; Rev. Wesley Thompson officiated.Mrs. Johnston passed away Friday, June 12, 2026, at her home.

The graveside service to celebrate the life of Arthur Lee Blevins, better known as “Buddy”, will be held on Saturday, June 27, at 10 AM at the Centrahoma Cemetery in Centrahoma, OK.Buddy was born on January 21, 1951 in Centrahoma to Willie and Effie Mae Blevins, the eleventh of twelve children.

Funeral services for Joyce L. (Jackson) Kemp were held Friday, June 12, 2026 at McNeil’s Funeral Service in Mustang, OK with Pastor Marty Alvarado officiating. Interment was in Lehigh C e m e t e r y , Lehigh, OK.Mrs. Kemp, age 87, passed away June 8, 2026.

Memorial services for Danny Dewayne Hinkle, age 82 of Atoka will be held June 19, 2026 from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at Brown’s Funeral Chapel in Atoka, OK.Mr. Hinkle passed away at his home on June 10, 2026.

Funeral services for Edith Arlene Smith were held Wednesday, June 10, 2026 at 11:00 a.m. at Coalgate Church of the Nazarene with Pastor Gage Miller officiating.

Lincoln Abraham Hays, age 98, passed away peacefully on May 17, 2026, in Nashville, Tennessee.

Funeral Services for Rosemary Baker Kirk were held held Friday, 5 June at 10:00 am at Brown’s Funeral Service in Coalgate, Oklahoma with her grandnephew Heath Watts officiating.

Violet May (Rutherford) Lick, a Coalgate resident, was born on September 22, 1947, to Bert C. Rutherford and Pearl Faye (Compton) Tisdale, at Oroville, California. She passed away on May 26, 2026, at Ada, Oklahoma, at the age of 78 years, 8 months and 4 days. Violet attended school at Plano.

Memorial services for Gwen Gjovig, 75, of Ada, are Friday, May 22, 2026 at 2:00pm at the Central Church of Christ in Ada; Derrick Tharp will officiate.Mrs. Gjovig passed away Wednesday, May 13, 2026, at her home.

Shirley Laferne Richardson, 90, of Oklahoma City, passed away peacefully at her home on Monday, May 11, 2026.