Obituaries

The family of Sondra Lee Brandon Belleci announces her peaceful passing on October 9, 2025, in Antioch, California. She was 88 years old.Sondra was born near Cairo, Oklahoma, on July 6, 1937, to Bruce and Hazel Brandon.

Christopher Adam ‘Chris’ Dalinger passed away in Gerty, Oklahoma on Saturday, October 11, 2025, at the age of 45 years.Funeral services will be Saturday, October 18, 2025, 2:00pm at Lighthouse of Prayer in Arpelar, with interment at Blue Ridge Cemetery in Calvin.

Services for JoAnn Ellis, 78, of Ada are 10:00 a.m. Thursday, October 2, 2025, at the Chickasaw Community Center, Pastor Zac Hawkins officiated. Burial followed at Pleasant Grove Cemetery. A wake service was held on Wednesday, October 1, 2025, from 6:00-8:00 p.m. at Criswell Funeral Home. Ms.

Graveside service for DW Sikes, age 89, a lifelong Atoka, OK resident were held Tuesday, October 14, 2025 at 10:00 a.m. at Green Meadows Cemetery in Atoka with Bro. Claude Lovett officiating. Arrangements were under the direction of Brown’s Funeral Service of Atoka.Mr.

Cynthia Pauline Slawson, age 89, of Atoka, Oklahoma, passed away peacefully on October 4, 2025 in Atoka, Oklahoma. She was born on December 2, 1935, in Atoka, Oklahoma, to Paul Sampson Finch Sr. and Ethel May (Courtney) Finch.

Funeral services for Michael Gene Lee, a Tupelo resident, will be Friday, October 3, 2025 at 2:00 p.m. at Brown’s Funeral Chapel in Coalgate with Lauren Thompson officiating. Burial will be in Pleasant Grove Cemetery with Brown’s Funeral Service of Coalgate in charge of arrangements.

Roy Otis Campbell, 76, of Clarita, Oklahoma, passed away on September 20, 2025. Roy was a devout member of the Clarita Methodist Church for the past 30 years and was the son of Annie and Roy Otis Campbell.

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.