Obituaries

Debra Gail Fielding-Jackson

Debra Gail Fielding-Jackson passed away on March 20, 2024. Debra was born on March 1, 1954 in Indio, CA to George Olin Blue and Gladys Louise (Prater) Blue. She graduated from Shawnee High School in 1972.

Paulla O’Mohundro Robison

Paulla Ann O’Mohundro Robison passed away on early March 23, 2024 after a brief battle with Pancreatic cancer. Paulla was born on November 3, 1961 to Ethel Frances Ward and Johnathon Alton O’Mohundro in Houston, TX.

Gerald “Jerry” Morgan Jenkins

Gerald “Jerry” Morgan Jenkins passed away on March 23, 2024.He was born August 31, 1935 in Hulbert, OK to Daniel and Emma (Baker) Jenkins. Jerry proudly served his country in the U.S. Army for three years spending 13 months in Korea.He married Doyce Ann Pressley on November 22, 1956 in Reno, NV.

Patricia “Diane” Hogue

Patricia “ Diane” Hogue, of Tecumseh, OK, passed away March 24, 2024.Diane was born September 22, 1953, in Shawnee, OK to Robert “Bob” and Thelma (Nichols) Benton. She graduated from Shawnee High School in 1971. She married Charley “Sonny” Hogue.

Monnie Wright

Monnie L. Wright passed away March 7, 2024.Monnie was born on June 15, 1943 to R.B. and Maymie Gentry, in Non, OK. She was a 1961 graduate of Tecumseh High School.Monnie began working for the State of Oklahoma after high school and retired after 34 years.

Jim P. Curtis

Jim P. Curtis passed away Mar. 10, 2024.Jim was born May 26, 1950 in Ada, OK to E.T. Curtis and Jacquelea (Shelton) Curtis. He graduated from Shawnee High School and later earned a Master’s Degree from Southeastern.

Muriel Lavon (Head) Rose

Muriel Lavon (Head) Rose passed away Mar. 10, 2024. She was born on Dec. 5, 1945 to James Edmond and Iva Rosetta (Grove) Head in Bethel Acres, OK. Muriel graduated Shawnee High School in 1964.She married Jimmy Edwin Rose on Dec. 10, 1966.

Claude Wayne Henderson

Claude Wayne Henderson passed away Mar. 11, 2024 after long suffering Alzheimers Dementia.Claude was born in Tahoka, TX on Mar. 19, 1945 to Charles Leo and Beulah Jean Henderson. He attended Tecumseh Public Schools through his childhood and graduated from U.S. Grant High School in 1963.

Barbara Allen Harris

Barbara Allen Harris passed away on Mar. 2, 2024. Barbara was born on Sept. 17, 1941, in Denison, TX to Cecil and Amy Jackson.

Gail T. Hocker

Gail Thomas Hocker passed away on Feb. 28, 2024.Gail was born July 20, 1941 in Boonville, Mo. When she was a teenager, her family moved to Shawnee, where she met and fell in love with Phillip Hocker at Shawnee High. The two were married in 1962.