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The Wallace Byrd Middle School Student Council is sponsoring a food collection for families that do not have the means to enjoy a festive Thanksgiving dinner.
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HOSPITAL BOND ELECTION— First time voter Patrick Kingston exercising his right to vote. A senior at Coalgate High School, Patrick voted at the Coal County Election Board on Friday during the two-day early voting period. 63 voters cast in-person absentee ballots on Thursday, November 4, and 91 cast ballots on Friday, November 5, (Editor’s note: Election results were not available at press time for this week’s paper. Results posted Tuesday evening on social media and will be published in the November 17 paper.)
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Graveside services for Kimberly Denice Byrd will be held Monday, November 15, 2021 at 10:00 a.m. at Coalgate Cemetery.
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Funeral services for Minnie Ruth (Thompson) Newberry, a Coalgate resident, will be Thursday, November 11, 2021 at 10:00 a.m. at Brown’s Funeral Chapel in Coalgate with Bro. Richard Magby officiating, assisted by Bobby Thompson. Burial will be in Wardville Cemetery with Brown’s Funeral Service of Coalgate in charge of arrangements.
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Funeral services for Lois Francis (Keeler) Livingston, a Lehigh resident, will be held Wednesday (today), November 10, 2021 at 2:00 p.m. at Brown’s Funeral Chapel in Coalgate with Paula Carney officiating assisted by Cheryl Weeden. Burial will be in Moore Cemetery in Clarita, OK with Brown’s Funeral Service of Coalgate in charge of arrangements.
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Coalgate firefighter/Coal County Emergency Management Director Berney Blue with his beautiful Dalmatians, wife Chayenne and 3-month-old daughter Skyler, and firefighter-in-training son, 2-year-old Asher.
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On September 29, the U.S. Senate unanimously passed a bipartisan resolution introduced by Senators Jim Inhofe (R-OK), Jerry Moran (R. Kansas), Jon Tester (D-Montana), Jack reed (D-Rhode Island) and Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) to honor the centennial of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery.
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