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Coalgate Schools Hosts Meet the Teacher Night

Coalgate Schools Hosts Meet the Teacher Night

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Tupleo Schools Hosts Meet and Greet for Students

Meet and Greet Pictures by Gina Fortner

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Service Held for Willie Donald “Buddy” Watkins

Funeral services for Willie Donald “Buddy” Watkins, 85, of Ada were held at 1:00 p.m., Tuesday August 12, 2025, at the First Methodist Church of Ada. Dustin Wilhite (nephew) officiated the service. The family received friends from 5:00-7:00 p.m. on Monday August 11, 2025 at Criswell Funeral Home.

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Coal County Sheriff Under Investigation; Sheriff Denies Allegations

COALGATE — The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation (OSBI) has opened an investigation into Coal County Sheriff Jason Smith following a reported domestic dispute in Coalgate and multiple allegations of workplace misconduct, including sexual harassment and creating a hostile work environment.

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TUPELO ATHLETICS HOSTED THEIR ANNUAL ALUMNI SOFTBALL AND BASEBALL GAMES SATURDAY

Pictured above are Back Row L-R: Shay McCollum, Everly Airington, Anna Lochridge, Darla Stevenson, Lauren Thompson, Sage Foreman, Valerie Smith, Gina Fortner, Kaci Teel, Breonna DAguanno, Kayley Ybarra.

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Sally Jean Kimsey

A private burial was held at Wardville Cemetery recently for Sally Jean Kimsey. Sally, a Wardville resident, was born on March 19, 1953 to Ray Bernard and Ruby May (Hooe) Williams, at McAlester, OK and passed away July 29, 2025 at Coalgate, OK at the age of 72 years, 4 months and 10 days. Sally graduated from Kiowa High School and obtained her Bachelor’s Degree at the Oklahoma State University. She was a member of the Methodist Church and enjoyed ranching and fishing.

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Darrin Jay Loudermilk

Funeral services for Darrin Jay Laudermilk will be held Thursday, August 7, 2025 at 1:00 p.m. at Brown’s Funeral Chapel in Coalgate with Prentiss Reves officiating. Burial will be in Byrd’s Prairie Cemetery with Brown’s Funeral service in charge of arrangements. Darrin Jay Laudermilk was born August 2, 1959, in Dallas, Texas, and passed away July 19th, 2025, at the age of 65 at his home in Wickes, Arkansas.

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Barbara Cameron-Stuart

Funeral services for Barbara June (Hampton) Cameron-Stuart, a McAlester resident, was held Saturday, August 2, 2025 at 10:00 a.m. at Coalgate First Baptist Church with Pastor Jim Lewis officiating. Family night was Friday evening 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. and burial was in Moore cemetery in Clarita. Brown’s Funeral Service of Coalgate was in charge of arrangements. Mrs. Cameron- Stuart was born on July 27, 1954, to Charles Loy and Valencia Mae (Davidson) Hampton, at their home in Olney, Oklahoma. She passed away on July 21, 2025, at Ada, Oklahoma, at the age of 70 years, 11 months and 24 days. Barbara attended Olney School. She spent the first half of her life married to Fred Hall and together they raised their children, Jim and Sandra. But not just their children, Barbara took in many children and loved them like her own. She later married Gordon Cameron-Stuart on June 23, 1981, at Vernon, Texas. They were blessed with 29 years together before his passing on February 3, 2011. She worked various jobs through the years from being a counselor at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary where she helped inmates reacclimate into society, to getting her CDL and driving a truck all over the U.S. She managed several EZ Mart stores in McAlester, managed the Greyhound Bus Station in McAlester and also owned and operated the cab company in McAlester before her retirement.

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