Layton Pinkston

Layton Pinkston passed away September 19, 2022. He was born January 1, 1936 to Lavell Pinkston and Carrie B. (Brown) Pinkston. Layton attended Bethel school graduating in 1956. Layton married Helen Bowen on January 15, 1957.

Steven “Steve” P. Morton

Steven “Steve” P. Morton passed away September 24, 2022. He was born August 19, 1964, to Freddie Paul and Linda Kay (Yoder) Morton in Shawnee, Oklahoma. Steve graduated from Bethel High School in 1982. He married Cassie Wortham on June 13, 1987.

Dorothy “Dot” Strickland

Dorothy “Dot” Strickland passed away September 22, 2022. Dot was born on January 20, 1925, in Shawnee, Oklahoma to Allie Beatrice Gregson Hitt and Clyde Bert Hitt. Dot graduated from Shawnee High School in 1943.

Patsy (Pat) Jo Collum Anson

Patsy (Pat) Jo Collum Anson passed away September 1, 2022. Pat was born on May 15,1941, in Maud, OK to James Escar and Mildred Ellen Barrow Collum. She graduated from Tecumseh High School in 1958. Pat was a Hairstylist to many, along with being a “Hug Therapist.

Julie Sue Marks Blackstone

Julie Sue Marks Blackstone passed away September 17, 2022, from glioblastoma, an aggressive brain cancer. Julie Sue Marks Blackstone was born to Dr. John W. Marks and Leta Joyce (Rice) Marks on October 6, 1955, in Beaver, OK. She graduated from Blackwell High School and completed her B.A.

Karen Lucille (Montgomery) Grundy

Karen Lucille (Montgomery) Grundy Karen Lucille (Montgomery) Grundy passed away September 16, 2022. She was born December 20, 1944 to Robert Eugene and Beulah Mae (Bourland) Montgomery in Tecumseh, Oklahoma. She graduated from Tecumseh High School in 1963.

Warren Lewis Summers

Warren Lewis Summers passed away August 30, 2022. He was born on March 24, 1933 in Norman, OK to Tony and Nelly Mae Summers and graduated from Norman High School in 1951. He attended the University of Oklahoma where he was a member of the ROTC and OU rifle team.

Kathryn Sue (Speak) Gansz

Kathryn Sue (Speak) Gansz passed away January 3, 2022. Kathy was born in Shawnee, Oklahoma, on January 22, 1938 to Una Valerie Coker Cerba, then married to Anthony Brady Speak; Una later married George W. Artman, who was a kind and loving father to Kathy and her siblings until his death in 1960.

C. Brandt May

C. Brandt May, passed away Dec. 7, 2021. He was born March 12, 1937 In Shawnee, Oklahoma to Barton and Lois May. He graduated from Oklahoma State University with a Civil Engineering degree in 1959. He started his 32 year career with the Frisco and BNSF Railroads in 1960.

Eunice Marie Primeaux

Eunice Marie Primeaux passed away September 14, 2022. She was born April 17, 1960 to Albert Creek Sr. and Orphia Mae (Johnson) Creek in Lawton, OK. She worked as a nurse’s aide for many years for several nursing homes in the Shawnee and Tecumseh areas.