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On the morning of February 14, 2021, Ola Inez Qualls, 94, of Corpus Christi went to be with her Lord. Inez (she really didn’t like to be called Ola) was born in 1926 in Weston, Texas to Tom and Lillian (Pope) Bell and at the tender age of 3 weeks made her trip to Allen, Oklahoma where she was raised. Although born in Texas she always considered herself an Okie to the core.
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Frances Ann Herrod was born February 8, 1955 in Holdenville, Oklahoma to Robert and Louise (McCosar) Herrod. She passed from this life on February 26, 2021 in Ada, Oklahoma at the age of 66.
Read moreWalker Ray (Corky) my wife Pat and I made a drive down to Eastern Oklahoma some years ago. Our destination was Maxie Cemetery, about a mile off US-270 a few miles this side of Wister, Oklahoma. We went there to place some new gravestones — the main one marking our grandfather George Washington Boyd’s grave. He was my mom’s dad and he died young in the great pandemic of 1918. May 17 of 1918 to be exact. There was the grave of my great Uncle there too and his was illegible too. So we replaced his too. His name was Mike Boyd. The old sandstones had faded away so bad you could not read the hand chiseled names and dates on them. Corky believed, as did I that families should see to things like this. Neglected graves can become “lost.”
Read moreShop now online or visit the main library from March 8 to 11. Family night March 11 during Parent/Teacher Conferences, 3:00 to 8:30 pm.
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