Obituaries

Services are pending with Criswell Funeral Home, Ada, for Allen resident Robert Bottom. Bob passed away Monday, July 28th, at his home. Survivors include his wife, Sanda Bottom, of the home.

Services for Billy Frank Crow, age 84, an Atoka resident for most of his life, were 10:00 am Wednesday, July 30th, at Brown’s Funeral Chapel, Atoka, with Bro. Jerry Williams, David Lassiter, and Sam Rodriguez officiating. Interment followed at Butler Cemetery, Lane, Oklahoma.

Services for Arlan Cecil Wilson, 80, of Gerty were 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, July 30th, at Harmony Missionary Baptist Church in Gerty; Rev. Walter Kuhlman and Roger Cupps officiated.

Dana Gayle (Prince) Miller was a Ratliff City resident and was born on May 30, 1975 to Ricky Dewayne Prince and Carol Janette Bullard, at Ada, Oklahoma. Dana passed away on July 27, 2023 at Coalgate, at the age of 48 years, 1 month and 27 days.

Roy Oliver May was born October 23, 1939 in Greeley, Oklahoma, the son of Clifford and Rhetta Jane (Carter) May. He passed from this life on July 7, 2025.

Harold “Bruce” Merriman, 69, an Atwood farmer and rancher passed away on Sunday, July 13, 2025, at Hillcrest Medical Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma surrounded by family.

Darryl Gene Prince passed away unexpectedly on July 3, 2025 after a summer evening doing what he loved best - spending quality time with people he loved. Darryl Prince (66) was born February 28th 1959 in Hobbs, New Mexico to Clarence William Prince and Sybal Jean Prince (Whittington).

Funeral services for Clyde Leach of Ada will be Tuesday, July 8th, 1:00 p.m., at the First United Methodist Church, 129 West 14th, Ada.

Linda Kay Krumholz passed away peacefully at her home on June 29, 2025, surrounded by many loved ones. She was born on December 2, 1961, to Lee Edward Andrews and Clota Meryl Bolding Andrews.

With the first Saturday in July falling in the holiday weekend, the Allen Masonic Lodge has made the decision to cancel the July breakfast. Monthly breakfasts will resume on August 2nd.