Obituaries

Graveside services Held for Velda Jo (Baker) MayoGraveside services for Velda Jo (Baker) Mayo, a Coalgate resident, were held Saturday, September 13, 2025 at Moore Cemetery in Clarita, OKwithbrotherClaude Lovett officiating. Brown’s Funeral Service of Coalgate was in charge of arrangements.Ms.

Funeral services for Ted Elton May Jr., an Atoka resident, will be held Thursday, September 18, 2025 at 10:00 a.m. at Brown’s Funeral Chapel in Coalgate. Interment will be in Woodman Cemetery. Brown’s Funeral Service of Coalgate is in charge of arrangements.

Thelma Regina Stanberry fell asleep in death on September 13, 2025. She was born on January 13, 1925, to Frank and Maud Heck. Her siblings were J.R., William “Dick”, Henry, Ruby, Frank, Tyrone and James. She married her husband Harold on December 26, 1939.

Richard James Blalock, a Coalgate resident, was born on March 18, 1967, to S.L. and Donna June (Veach) Blalock, at Ardmore, Oklahoma. He passed away on September 4, 2025, at his home in Coalgate, Oklahoma, at the age of 58 years, 5 months and 17 days. Mr.

Visitation for Shannon Wayne Cottrell, a Coalgate resident, were September 4, 2025 from 6:00 pm to 7:30 pmatBrown’sFuneral Chapel, Coalgate, OK, Interment were at Cairo Cemetery.Mr. Cottrell was born January 17, 1976, to Claude David Cottrell and Carolyn Ann (Davis) Reed at Ada, OK.

Justice Floyd Drinnon, Jr. 58, of Coalgate, Oklahoma, passed away on July 8, 2025. He was born on December 12, 1966 in Coalgate, Oklahoma.He loved fishing, noodling, hunting, camping, and most of all, spending time with his family and friends.

Funeral services for Stephan Gregory Ginden, a longtime Atoka resident, were held Tuesday, September 2, 2025 at 10:00 a.m. at Brown’s Funeral Chapel in Atoka with Bro. Joey Lansdale officiating. Burial was in Lehigh Cemetery with Brown’s Funeral Service in charge of arrangements.Mr.

Funeral services for Guy Junior Knight, a long time Lehigh resident, were held Tuesday, September 2, 2025 at 2:00 p.m. at Lehigh Baptist Church with Bro. Richard Magby officiating. Burial was in Lehigh Cemetery with Brown’s Funeral Service of Coalgate in charge of arrangements.Mr.

Helen Louise (Sexton) Mc-Clendon, 92, of Kiowa, passed away Wednesday, August 13, 2025, in Coalgate.The family welcomed friends from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., Sunday, August 17, 2025, at Bishop Funeral Service and Crematory in McAlester.A celebration of Helen’s life was held at 2:00 p.m.

Della Mae (Hart) Faubion, age 75, a Coalgate resident, was born on July 04, 1950, to John and Jewel (Brown) Hart, at Olney, OK and passed away on August 13, 2025 at Coalgate, OK at 75 years, 1 month and 9 days.