Carl Annanders

Carl Ray Annanders passed away January 3, 2024. He was born August 13, 1947 in Shawnee, OK to C. W. and Audrey Sybil (Riddle) Annanders. Carl attended New Hope and Tecumseh schools. He married Juanita Kay Fisk on October 19, 1967 in Lander, WY. Carl was a mechanic for Bob Townsend Ford.

Betty Lou Wood

Betty Lou Wood, 89, of Tecumseh, Oklahoma passed away Tuesday, January 2, 2024 in Seminole, OK. She was born July 8, 1934 to Roy A and Corda (Everett) Hanks in Stratford, OK. Betty was raised in Stratford and attended Corley and Stratford Public Schools.

Iris Matthews

Iris “Irlene” Matthews passed away on Dec. 24, 2023. Irlene was born Oct. 5, 1941, in Sasakwa to Harold and Iris McClead. She graduated Class of 1959 from Sasakwa High. Irlene married George Graves, Jr. in Feb. 1961.

Barbara Melott

Barbara June (Sanders) Melott passed away on Dec. 23, 2023. Barbara was born Aug. 11, 1939 in Tecumseh, OK to Noah Benjamin and Mabel Girldean (Tanner) Sanders. Barbara’s nickname was “Barbie June” and she attended Black school and graduated from Bethel High School in 1957.

Henryetta Ellis

Henryetta Ellis passed away on Dec. 22, 2023. Henryetta was born on Oct. 14, 1952, to Henry and Helen Marie Blanchard in Little Axe, OK. She married Leroy Ellis on Aug. 27, 1970, in Shawnee, OK.

Kevin “Karl” McGraw

Kevin Karl McGraw passed away on Dec. 23, 2023. Karl was born on Sept. 16, 1952, in Shawnee, OK, to William and Reba (Engler) McGraw. Karl graduated from Shawnee High School and then went on to attend St. Gregory’s College. He obtained an Associate’s Degree in Accounting at OSU in Stillwater, OK.

Amatha Fack

Amatha Rose Fack passed away on Dec. 24, 2023. Amatha was born Sept. 12, 2023, in Shawnee, OK, to Tanya Hunt and Phillip Fack.

Edgar “Gene” Austin

Gene Austin, of Caddo, OK, passed away on Tuesday, December 26, 2023. Gene was born Aug. 29, 1943, to Edgar and Mary (Smith) Austin. Gene was raised in Caney, McLoud, Midwest City, Oklahoma City, and Caddo, OK. He graduated from Caney, OK, in 1961. On Aug.

Thomas Early

Thomas Early passed away on Dec. 21, 2023. He was born January 17, 1947, to William and Geraldine (Byars) Early in Albuquerque, NM. Thomas was raised in Midwest City and attended Carl Albert High School.

Maxine Ann Warren Marzuola

Maxine Ann Warren Marzuola, 93, of Ponca City, OK, passed away on Dec. 28, 2023. She was born Sept. 9, 1930, in Dow, OK, to Cecil Roger and Julia Persiani Warren. Maxine graduated from Haileyville High School in Haileyville, OK. She married Louis Marzuola, Jr., on July 28, 1951.