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BLANKETS OF LOVE — The Coalgate High School baseball team delivered brand new blankets to every resident in the Manor on Valentine’s Day. The blankets were donated by citizens of the community during a drive sponsored by the Wildcat team. Shown from left (front) - Jay Todd, Payton Hilfer, Jody Trevathan, Mark Reed, Dax Childers; (back) - Trevin Loudermilk, Conner Davidson, Cade Cometti, Coach Phillip Wilkinson, Trey Wilkinson, Gavin Blue, Easton Wilkinson, Assistant Coach JW Stanley. Not pictured - Caleb West, Tristan Trevathan, Kolten Magby, Tison Franklin, Ryfle Gold. (photo submitted)
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2021-2022 NATIONAL JUNIOR HONOR SOCIETY INDUCTEES — Wallace Byrd Middle School students inducted into the National Junior Honor Society included Easton Wilkinson, Kamryn Wilkinson and Jett Burris, from left. Not pictured – Makayla Brown, Ezekiel Marlow. (Note: This photo was published in the February 23 paper with Jett Burris’s name listed incorrectly. Our apologies to Jett and his family.)
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Services for Connie J. (Shockey) Spears, a Coalgate resident, will be held Saturday, March 5, 2022 at 2:00 p.m. at Brown’s Funeral Chapel in Coalgate. Arrangements are under the direction of Brown’s Funeral Service of Coalgate.
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Services for Betty Francis (Carrell) Coplen, a Coalgate resident, will be held Sunday, March 6, 2022 at 2:00 p.m. at Brown’s Funeral Chapel in Coalgate with David Meek officiating. Family night will be Saturday evening, 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at the Chapel.
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Eddie “Beano” Dean Stark, 73, of Lehigh, Oklahoma passed away peacefully on February 26, 2022, in Durant, Oklahoma.
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Funeral services for Beverly JoAn (Fawver) Lane, a longtime Atoka, OK resident, will be held Wednesday, (today), March 2, 2022 at 2:00 p.m. at Brown’s Funeral Chapel in Atoka with Bro. Bartt Bradford officiating. Burial will be in Mt. Olive Cemetery in Stringtown, OK with Brown’s Funeral Service of Atoka in charge of arrangements.
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Dozens of firefighters and other emergency services responded to a wildfire east of Coalgate the evening of Tuesday, February 15.
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