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Christmas activities in December were announced this week by the Coal County Chamber of Commerce.
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Charles Kirk Loudermilk, a Coalgate resident, passed away November 16, 2021 at Coalgate at the age of 57 years, 10 months and 1 day. He was born January 15, 1964 to Charles Seward and Linda Faye (Graham) Loudermilk at North Ridge, CA. Kirk attended Olney High School and served in the National Guard. He married Cynthia Delene Airington and worked as a ranch hand. Kirk was of the Pentecostal faith. He loved fishing, camping and hunting with his nieces and nephews. He was known to them as Uncle Smurf. Kirk was a hard worker and enjoyed spending time with family and friends and reading the Bible.
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I love this time of year. Most of us have so much to be thankful for. I really enjoy getting together with the family (most of them). Thanksgiving also brings back a lot of memories. As a child we would all gather at my grandparents where my grandmother had prepared a feast. This was before cell phones, so we actually talked to each other at the table. Before dessert the men would go into the living room to talk and smoke. We youngsters would go outside to play basketball or ride bikes.
Read moreThanksgiving is all about food, family, friends, and festivity.
Read moreThe 2021 Coalgate Wildcat football season was arguably their best of the past three years.
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ORWP hosted their annual meeting recently at the Durant Library and the turnout was impressive. Elected officials in attendance were Rep Eddy Dempsey (Garvin), Rep Jim Grego (Rep-17), Rep Justin Humphrey (Lane), Sen David Bullard (Durant), Sen George Burns (Pollard) and Commissioner Ron Boyer (Bryan County). Guest speakers and presentations were given by Chief Gary Batton and his science staff from the Water Resource Department of the Choctaw Nation. A warm welcome was extended to Secretary of Energy & Environment Ken Wagner who has fallen in love with southeastern Oklahoma.
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I spent my first two years of college in Nashville, TN, which I considered as getting my education in “The South.”
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