Obituaries

Christine “Christy” Sams

Christine “Christy” Sams passed away September 5, 2022. She was born February 21, 1965 to Russell Bruce and Aileen (Little Axe) Ellis in Shawnee, OK. Christy graduated in 1983 from Shawnee High School. She lived most of her adult life in Tecumseh.

Amanda Michelle Hollingshead

Amanda Michelle Hollingshead passed away on September 5, 2022 in Arkansas. She was born March 29, 1982 in Shawnee, OK to David and Joanie (Gokey) Scovel. Amanda graduated from Tecumseh High School in 2000.

John L. Wilson

John L. Wi l s o n passed away on August 30, 2022. John was born on September 15, 1949 in Poteau, OK. He was a 1967 graduate of Great Bend High School in Great Bend, Kansas. He graduated from OBU in 1971 and earned his master’s degree from UCO in 1977.

Barbara Ellen Davis

Barbara Ellen Davis passed away on August 26, 2022. Barbara was born November 21, 1946 to Ralph and Lavon Davis. She earned a degree in Music Education from Oklahoma Baptist University.

Billie Gayle Foster Williams

Billie Gayle Foster Williams passed away August 23, 2022. Billie Gayle was born to Beulah and Walter Gayle Foster September 2, 1925.
Max E. Brown

Max E. Brown

Max E. Brown

Max E. Brown, age 93, of Tecumseh, OK passed from this life on Thursday, August 25, 2022 in Shawnee, OK. He was born February 23, 1929 in Shawnee to Duffy Lewis and Mary (Waggoner) Brown.

Thomas Ray Peace-McGinnis

Thomas Ray (Big Tom) Peace-McGinnis passed away on August 27, 2022. Thomas was born on March 3, 1956, to Viola Randle and Jim Pearce in Idabel, Oklahoma.

Lucille Catherine Stevens

Lucille Catherine Stevens passed away on August 28, 2022. “Cathy” was born to parents Moses Skeen IV and Frances Elizabeth Fite Skeen on March 8, 1936, in Pauls Valley, OK. She graduated from Shawnee High School in 1954. Cathy retired from real estate in 1990.
Michael “Mike”  Willaby

Michael “Mike” Willaby

Michael “Mike” Willaby

Michael “Mike” Willaby, 61, of Albert Lea, MN, passed away on August 20, 2022, at St. Mary’s, Rochester, MN. Michael was born May 21, 1961, in Albert Lea, MN to Clarence Willaby and Margie (Waalkens) Buckmaster. On April 10, 1982, he married Donna Flattum.

Patricia “Pat” Nan Cunningham

Patricia “Pat” Nan Cunningham, passed away August 20, 2022. Pat was born on October 23, 1955 in Wichita Falls, Texas to Thomas Herald “TH” Cunningham and Antionetta (Hicks) Cunningham.