Obituaries

Services for Wanda Janette Blankenship, 89, of Allen were 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, July 8 , at the Church of God of Prophecy in Allen, Rev. Ed Rutherford officiated. Burial followed at Allen Cemetery.

Born April 22, 1934 in Atwood, Oklahoma to Orbra and Mildred (Langley) Wilbanks, Colena Lee (Wilbanks) Huffstutlar passed into glory on July 1, 2020. She married the love of her life, Don Huffstutlar, on February 22, 1953 at McAlester, Oklahoma.

David Austin Crawshaw passed away Sunday, April 19, 2020 at his home in Calvin surrounded by his family. He was 62 years of age.

Alice Jane (Sockey) Dorrough, 55, of St. Louis, Oklahoma resident, passed away, Wednesday, June 3, 2020 Shawnee, Oklahoma. Alice was born May 1, 1965 in Flint, Michigan to James Byron Sockey, Sr. and Lurlie Ann (Bolen) Sockey.

Ina Lee Stringfellow passed away Wednesday, June 10, 2020 at Holdenville General Hospital at the age of 92.

Berta Ruth DeShields was born to Marks and Leah Vanarsdall (Durham) on May 26,1923, in Holdenville, Oklahoma. She was raised west of Holdenville and graduated from Holdenville Public Schools, class of 1941.

Velma Louise Smith passed away Friday, May 22, 2020 at Walnut Grove Living Center in McAlester, Oklahoma at the age of 94.

Funeral service for Pastor Stanley Eugene Smith, 74, of Ada will be 2:00 p.m. Monday, May 18th, at Asbury United Methodist Church, Ada. Interment will  follow in the Steedman Cemetery, east of Ada. Revs. Osbourne Roberts and Lester Tims will officiate.

Graveside services will be held at Citra Cemetery on Thursday, May 14 , at 10:00 a.m. with Bro. Darrell Boyd officiating.

Graveside services for John R. Oglesbee, M.D., will be held this Saturday, May 9 , at 1:30 p.m., in the Non Cemetery; Pastor Fred Stewart will officiate.