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A retirement celebration was held on December 22, 2022 for District Judge, Paula Inge. Several court officials and court employees attended a special luncheon at GonzalezMexican Restaurant in Coalgate. Judge Inge served as District Judge for Coal and Atoka Counties for 10 years. Prior to serving as District Judge, Paula practiced law in the Atoka area. Judge Inge plans to do some traveling and relaxing. Stepping in to fill her shoes as District Judge is D. Clay Mowdy. Judge Mowdy has served Coal and Atoka County as Associate District Judge for 16 years. Judge Mowdy served the Coalgate area as a local attorney before becoming Associate Judge in 2007. Coal and Atoka Counties also welcome Associate District Judge Joe Trail. Judge Trail graduated from University of Oklahoma College of Law in 2015. Mr. Trail served Coal and Atoka Counties as Assistant District Attorney from 2018-2022. Prior to working for the District Attorney’s office he worked in private practice in Ada from 20152018. Both judges were sworn in on January 9, 2023 and a breakfast reception was held in the courtroom in their honor for family and guests attending.
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English arrested on more stalking and protective order violations 47-year-old Earl Danny English Jr. of Coalgate is behind bars in the Coal County jail after disobeying court orders to have no contact with his former girlfriend.
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Funeral 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.
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Funeral 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.
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Funeral 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.
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Ella 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.
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Funeral 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.
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