Rita Harris

Rita Jean Harris passed away Feb. 22, 2025. Rita was born on Oct. 27,1943 in Shawnee, OK. She graduated from Shawnee High School in 1961. On Mar. 9, 1962, she married John Harris at Trinity Baptist Church in Shawnee, Ok.

Linda Kay Terry

Linda Kay Terry passed away on Mar. 1, 2025, after an unexpected battle with lymphoma.Linda was born on Feb. 21, 1943, to Earl Wayne and Odessa Jean Ellette in Shawnee, OK. She graduated from Okemah High School in 1962.She married Charles Terry on May 15, 1965.

Randy K. Humphrey

Randy K. Humphrey passed away Mar. 1, 2025.Randy was born on Mar. 16, 1948, in Shawnee, OK, to Fred and Cleta Joy (Fox) Humphrey.He graduated from Tecumseh High School in 1965, then from East Central State College in 1970. After college he began teaching at Tecumseh High School.

Thurman Ray Simpson

Thurman Ray Simpson passed away on Feb. 28, 2025.He was born on Dec. 5, 1968, to Rudolph Simpson and Shirley (Spoon) Simpson. Thurman started building powerlines at the age of 16 and continued this line of work for numerous companies until his death.

Neal Motley

William “Neal” Motley passed away on Feb. 24, 2025, after a courageous battle with lewy body dementia.Neal was born in Shawnee, OK, on Aug. 16, 1961, to Jerry Paul and Willis Faye (Parker) Motley.

James Countz

James Alexander Countz passed awat Feb. 21, 2025.James was born in London, AR. to Lawrence Alexander and Mary Alice (Spillers) Countz. He married Lucy Ann Earhart on Dec. 5, 1960, in Oklahoma City.

Dickie Herron

Dickie Herron joined his parents and his wife, Dorothy, on February 16, 2025, at the age of 79. He was born in Shawnee, OK on July 23, 1945, to Coy and Mary (Knight) Herron. He was raised in Shawnee. He married Dorothy Dibler on Feb. 8, 1963.

Donald L. Cleere

Donald L. Cleere, 91, was born Dec. 19, 1933, in Earlsboro, OK and passed away Feb. 15, 2025, at Parkwest Medical Center. He lived most all his life in Earlsboro, except for the last 10 years when he moved to Harriman, Tennessee, to be close to his son, Mike and family.

Doris Nell Linduff Ficke Blakley

Doris Nell Linduff Ficke Blakley, 87, of Bethel OK. passed on Feb. 24, 2025 after a long battle with dementia. Doris was born Dec. 8, 1937 near Tecumseh, OK. She was a proud graduate of Tecumseh High School, Class of 1956.

Krystal Mae Smith

Krystal Mae Smith passed away on Feb. 6, 2025. Krystal was born on Oct. 14, 1972 in Shawnee, OK to her parents, Robert and Myra Newton.One of her great achievements in life was nurturing the growth of her second and third grade students at McLoud Elementary.