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Funeral services for Isabela Miriam McPherson-Moore, a Stringtown OK resident, a lifelong Atoka resident except for two years in Laredo, TX, were held Saturday, September 21, 2024 at 2:00 p.m. at Atoka First Baptist Church with Coby Sherill, Bro. Larry Luman, Bro. Ed Miller and Warden Margaret Green officiating. Interment was in Green Meadows Cemetery in Atoka with Brown’s Funeral Service of Atoka in charge of arrangements.
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Osborne Roberts, affectionately known as Ozzie, Oz and Cubby of Cottonwood, OK, entered his Heavenly Home on September 18, 2024, at the age of 79. Born on October 3, 1944, in Talihina, OK, to Eliud and Lee Fannie Roberts, he attended Ahloso Schools and Haskell Junior College. He married the love of his life, Christine Stout, on August 31,1964. They recently celebrated 60 years together.
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The family of Joseph Eugene McClure, a longtime Tupelo resident, will have a Celebration of Life on Saturday, September 28. 2024 at 1:00 p.m. at the Choctaw Community Center in Coalgate. Lunch will follow.
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Funeral services for Elmer Gene Griffith, a Tushka, OK resident, and lifelong Atoka County resident were held Sunday, September 22, 2024 at Brown’s Funeral Chapel in Atoka with Bro. David Kautt officiating. Burial was in Stringtown Cemetery with Brown’s Funeral Service of Atoka in charge of arrangements.
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We celebrated the beautiful life of Alva C. George Sunday, September 22, 2024 at 2:00 p.m. at the Coalgate 45th Infantry Park Community Building. He was born in Perryton, TX to Harold and Nancy George on January 12, 1961. He peacefully passed in his home in Centrahoma, OK on September 17, 2024. Alva graduated in 1980 from Vega High School. Married the love of his life Kathy on June 12, 1980. They had a full 44 years of marriage with many blessings. He served four years in the United States Marine Corps. In 1989, Alva gave his life to Jesus at Lightning Ridge Baptist Church. He loved to fish, the Dallas Cowboys and good ole westerns. He was a simple hardworking man with the biggest heart. He was always the life of the party and had the greatest smile. He left a legacy of honor and love to many generations. He is survived by his wife Kathy George; children, Adrian and Jesse Mason, CW and Shonna George, AJ and Breanna George, Autumn and Shay Haney; 14 grandchildren; 4 great grandchildren; brother Danny George; mother Nancy George; and many more. He is preceded in death by his father Harold George and brothers Joseph George, Harold George Jr, and Robbin George.
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Three suspects are facingchildabusecrimes allegedly committed in Tupelo. The accused parties include Colton Thomas Ross, 28, Coalgate; Eugene Leon Weeks, 54, Coalgate; and Ashleigh Heather Erskin, 37, Tupelo, mother of the alleged victims.
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