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Memorial service for Kitty Lou (Cullum) Tubby, a Coalgate resident, will be held Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 2:00 p.m. at Brown’s Funeral Chapel in Coalgate with Bro. Eddie Hogue officiating. Brown’s Funeral Service of Coalgate is in charge of arrangements.
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David Michael Trail, 65, OklahomaCity,wasborn November 11, 1958, to Bob and Olean Trail. He passed away into the awaiting arms of Jesus on January 19, 2024. David was born with Cerebral Palsy. He never walked. He was confined to a wheelchair his entire life. He also had a speech impediment that made it difficult to communicate. Although he faced many challenges in life, he was a fighter. David loved his family. He loved spending time at home during the holidays. He also loved his birthday celebrations and time with family and friends. He was loved by all who knew him. He was often called a sweetheart. David was an avid watcher of tv shows such as Adam-12 and Emergency. He loved Batman. He could tell you almost every NASA spaceship that orbited space and the astronauts on board, it was rumored when he lived at Enid State School, his favorite astronaut, John Glenn, heard about him and paid him a visit. David became a resident of Reliant Living Center of OKC on January 29, 1981, where he lived for 42 years. Prior to that, he was a resident at Enid state school. David is running with the angels in heaven, no longer bound with crippled legs and feet. He is eating fried chicken and gravy with mom and Kathy, no longer using a feeding tube for nutrition. He’s having conversations with Jesus and talking his ears off, no longer with a speech impediment, probably asking, why me, Lord? He is drawing and painting on canvas, his hands no longer crippled, he can see obstacles he couldn’t see before, no longer blind in his right eye. He is free. David was preceded in death by his mom Olean Trail, sister Kathy Trail. David is survived by his dad, Bob Trail of Jones; sister Rose Sanders and husband Alan of Choctaw; brother Mark Trail and wife Tammy of Choctaw, and numerous nieces, nephews, relatives, and friends. David’s Funeral Service will be at Barnes Friederich Funeral Home Chapel, Thursday, January 25, 2024, at 10:00AM, with an interment at Coalgate Cemetery in Coalgate Oklahoma, at 2:00PM.
Read more(Jan. 8 thru Jan.14) Jose Antonio Jimenez Alamilla, Hobbs, NM – Speeding.
Read moreOscar Dean Campbell, Coalgate, OK – Possession of contraband (marijuana) by an inmate.
Read moreThe Coal County Genealogical Society met in regular session on December 11, 2023. The meeting was called to order at 10:00 a.m. The meetings are held in the genealogy room located in the Coal County Public Library. One book was bought during the quarter. It was Volume II of the Coal County History Book. We still have a few volumes of both Volume I and Volume II. These books make unique gifts for family members who are interested in their family heritage as well as those just interested in local history.
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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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Most Valuable Player. Depends upon the perspective and opinion of the person watching the game. Does he believe that it should be the player who scored the most points? Or is he of the opinion that the MVP can be a player who kept successfully setting up the offense for the one who did all the scoring? Or maybe, it might be the clever and creative coach behind the scenes who taught those players how to be winners? An MVP winner is a varied and ever-moving target – largely depending on the one who is speaking.
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