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Drenda Leaniece Stark, an Atoka resident, passed away December 23, 2022 at Durant, OK at the age of 63 years, 10 months and 26 days. She was born January 27, 1959 to James and Molly (Griffin) Smith at Ft. Worth, TX. Drenda attended Tushka High School and later went on to Southeastern Oklahoma State University receiving a Master’s Degree in early childhood education. She was a school teacher at Coalgate Public Schools. Drenda married Louis Edward Stark December 14, 1979 at First Baptist Church of Atoka. They celebrated 44 wonderful years of marriage. Drenda loved spending time with her family.
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Services for Stella Lou (Ables) Winningham, a Coalgate resident, were held Wednesday, (today) December 28, 2022 at 11:00 a.m. at Brown’s Funeral Chapel in Coalgate with Jeff Roebuck officiating. Brown’s Funeral Service was in charge of arrangements.
Read moreFuneral services for Richard Doyle Traylor, a Coalgate resident, will be Thursday, December 29, 2022 at 2:00 p.m. at Brown’s Funeral Chapel in Coalgate. Burial will be in Centrahoma Cemetery. (There will not be a family night.)
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Old timers visiting Allen often ask me “what has happened to downtown Allen?” They are referring of course to our missing stores downtown. They are gone and I don’t think they’ll be back. I wrote an article some years ago and the lead was this: “One by one, the lights are winking out in rural America.” I was referring to the hundreds of little towns in the USA that have mostly vanished.
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Jim Priest is CEO of Goodwill Industries of Central Oklahoma and can be reached at jpriest@okgoodwill.org.
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