Dean Russel Stands passed away on Sunday, December 1, 2019 at the age of 83 years surrounded by his loved ones after battling cancer.  He was born on Sunday, July 19, 1936 in the farmhouse on the “Stands Home Place” north of Seiling, Oklahoma to Russel and Frances (Martin) Stands (descendants of French and German…

James (Jim) Willard Stout, Jr. passed away at Share Medical Center on November 22, 2019 after a 2 year battle with cancer. He was born on May 9,1943 in Cherokee to James Willard Stout, Sr. and Evelyn Benefiel Stout. He is survived by his daughter, Elizabeth (Steve) Thompson, and their five children; one son, lian…

Keith Edward Harmon left this earth with family by his side and entered into his eternal resting place on November 16, 2019. He was born on October 31, 1958 in Plainville, Kansas to Edward Dale and Florence Young Harmon. He married Rashelle Metcalf on April 22, 1983 and to their union two children were born,…

Shirley George, 80, passed away Sunday, November 10, 2019 at home on the farm in Wakita. Shirley Marlene Marsh was born on November 17, 1938 to Alford and Norma Marsh. After graduating from Cherokee High School in 1956 she worked as a telephone operator in Cherokee where she met the love of her life, Ercil…

Phyllis Louise Hammer, 81, passed away peacefully Friday, Oct. 18, 2019 at Integris Bass Hospital in Enid. She was born Dec. 23, 1937 in Enid. Her parents were Brice and Wilma Lowell and she had one brother, Brice Wray Lowell. Phyllis met Larry Dale Hammer when he moved to Fairview in the mid 1950’s and…

Iris Ann Dale was born January 24, 1934 in Manchester, to Everett P. and Beatrice B. (Claflin) Folger. She was one of two children, including her brother, Marvin. Her early years were spent on the Landreth farm until her parents bought the Hughes farm, where she lived through high school graduation at Amorita High School.…

Gary Franklin Cobb, 85, passed away Wednesday, September 25, 2019 at St. Luke’s Hospital, Houston, Texas. He was born June 17th, 1934 in Darlington, Missouri to Otto Nathaniel and Emma B. Hogue Cobb. Gary graduated Plains High School in Plains, Kansas in 1952. After graduation he attended Salt City Business College in Hutchinson, Kansas where…

Deborah Suzanne Hoggard was born to Ortha and Thelma Rae Ream on January 21, 1951 in Bakersfield, California and went to be with the Lord on September 25, 2019 in Enid. She had three sisters, Kay Wright and husband, Morris, Becky Gaisford and husband, Daryl and Rhonda Lyden and boyfriend, Denny Jamison. She went to…

Jim Hodgson passed from this life on September 27, 2019 in Enid. Jim was born September 16, 1937 in Byron to Carl and Bessie Hodgson. He graduated from Wichita East High in 1955 where he was an outstanding four-sport athlete. Jim was married to Betty Lou Hager of Alva, Oklahoma for over 56 years. Jim…

Treva Jane Bright was born July 9, 1926 and returned to the Father September 18, 2019. Born in Cherokee to Benton and Eva Johnson, she was raised in Jet and graduated from high school in 1944. In June 1944 she married Richard L. Bright (Dick). After his discharge from the service, she returned to Cherokee…