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Funeral services for Joyce Ann Bear were held Saturday, July 31, 2021 at 10:00 AM at the Tookparfka Baptist Church of Calvin, Oklahoma. Interment followed at the Calvin Cemetery. Wake services were held Friday, 6:00 – 8:00 PM at the Parks Brothers Funeral Home Chapel in Wetumka, Oklahoma.
Read moreThe Hughes County Commissioners met for their regular weekly meeting Monday Aug. 2, 2021. Those present were Gary Phillips-Chairman, Coal Dilday-Vice Chairman, Tommy Peak-Member, Angela Brooks-County Clerk, Morgan Adams-County Commissioner Secretary, Mike Dockery Emergency Management, and Joe and Jane Moore of Atwood.
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February 15, 1940 – July 13, 2021
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Sales tax revenue returns for Hughes County were mixed in the latest report. Wetumka, Calvin, Stuart, Atwood and Yeager all showed an increase in business, while Holdenville, Dustin and Gerty saw a decrease in the latest report.
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David and Erika Storts were married on August 7th, 1991 at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Tx.
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Maybe it’s because we have had a little hot weather or maybe it’s just that time of the year. It couldn’t possibly be that some of us are getting a little older. But anyway, Al Wilburn, who doesn’t seem to have a problem with either one, nevertheless has some sug-gestions on how to improve the quality of our lives.
Read moreMany of us who still go to Sunday School are studying a part of the Old Testament called Ecclesiastes. Not only can we not spell it, we in the “Cemetery” Class have a hard time trying to comprehend the teachings of the old teacher (Solomon). But we try. This morning I got out of bed and walked toward my kitchen where my wife was fixing our breakfast. She had our TV tuned to channel 25 and it was saying something about the “heartbreak of erectile disfunction.” That was the same commercial that had played the morning before. Yep. Just like in Ecclesiastes, it too had already been. And my breakfast was on the stove.
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