Obituaries

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. Jim served in the United States Air Force from ‘72 to ‘77.On Aug.

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. She worked as a cashier and a warehouse worker at Western Electric.She was preceded in death by her parents, and two brothers, Lee Jackson and Dale 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.

Ferrell Eugene Fletcher

Shawnee resident Ferrell Fletcher passed on Mar. 4th at home with his loving wife of 58 years and other family and friends.He was born Feb. 27, 1942 at the family farm in Berlin, OK to Virgil E. and Anna Mae (Jobe) Fletcher.

Vell Hall

Vell Hall, age 92, passed away Mar. 4, 2024.He was born Dec. 19, 1931 in Haywood, OK to E. J. and Callie (Lee) Hall. He served in the United States Army during the Korean War. Vell married Georgia Grant Nov. 06, 1962, in Pekin, IL.He worked at Fred Jones Ford until his retirement in 1996.

Toney Prewett

Toney Lee Prewett passed away on Mar. 7th, 2024. Toney was born Jan. 7, 1942, in Hickory, OK.He was the son of John and Clorine Prewett and husband of Deloris Prewett. They shared 65 years of marriage together.

Kimberly D. (Bowen) Holman

Kimberly D. Holman passed away on Mar. 7, 2024.She was born in Shawnee, OK on Mar. 16, 1963. Kimberly graduated from Asher High School in 1981, then attended ECU, where she received her Bachelor of Education, and two master’s degrees in education.Kimberly married Ron Holman on Nov.

Peggy Joyce Askins

Peggy Joyce Corley Askins passed away Mar. 7, 2024. Peggy was born August 1, 1935, in Fame, OK to Evadew Bruce Corley and Carlon C. Corley. After graduating from Stidham High School her family moved to Shawnee, OK so she could attend OK Baptist University.