Christopher “Clayton” Ray

Christopher “Clayton” Ray passed away Sept. 23, 2025. Clayton was born Jan. 21, 1998, in Shawnee, OK, to Chris Ray and Kimberly Lehenbauer.

Betty Louise (Steward) Zuker

Betty Louise Newsome was born on Mar. 18, 1932, in Fredrick, OK to Walter and Gladys Newsome. She passed peacefully at her home on Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2025 at the age of 93 years. She was orphaned at the age of four and placed in the orphanage in Helena, OK, along with five of her six siblings.

Paul William Simpson

Paul William Simpson passed away Sept. 22, 2025. Paul was born on Dec. 26, 1954, in Shawnee, to Bill and Dorothy Simpson.Paul graduated from Shawnee High School in 1973. On January 14, 1978, Paul married Ruth Ann Fowler at the First Christian Church in Meeker.

Natalee Jade Wissman

Natalee Jade Wissman was born on Sept. 21, 2024. She passed away Aug. 24, 2025, at just 11 months old.Natalee was full of curiosity, always exploring her world with wide eyes and a bright smile. Her laugh was infectious, her spirit funny and sweet.

Randy Gene McCullough, Jr.

Randy Gene McCullough, Jr. passed away on Sept. 22, 2025.

Sarah Genevieve Daugherty

Sarah Genevieve Daugherty, age 20, passed away on Aug. 24, 2025, due to complications of asthma. She was born in Las Vegas, NV, to Christopher Daugherty and Helen Zylstra on July 11, 2005.

Mike Lawson

Mike was born in Shawnee, OK, Jan. 22, 1944, to Robert Ezra Lawson and Theresa Vashti Goodson Lawson.

Bryce Winrow

Bryce Jarode Winrow passed away on Sept. 9, 2025. He was born on Sept. 11, 1983, in Shawnee, OK, to Curtis Cooper and Brenda Whitaker.

Wayne Trotter

Donald Wayne Trotter, 86, of Tecumseh, Oklahoma, passed away peacefully at his home on Sept. 18, 2025, surrounded by loved ones.Wayne was born in York, AL, on Feb. 19, 1939, to Israel and Hazel (Jackson) Trotter.

Janet Whitecotton

Janet (Howell) Whitecotton, 95, passed from this life on Sep. 16, 2025.Janet was born June 17, 1930, in Shawnee, OK to Corliss and Manilla (Chilson) Howell.Janet married Bill Whitecotton, in June of 1948, and they spent 50 beautiful years together.Janet is preceded in death by her parents, Corliss...