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Funeral services for Alice Rene (Loudermilk) Johnson, an Alvarado, TX resident will be held Friday, August 16, 2024 at 2:00 p.m. at Brown’s Funeral Chapel in Coalgate with Pastor Forest Hart officiating. Burial will be in Moore Cemetery with Brown’s Funeral Service of Coalgate in charge of arrangements. Mrs. Johnson was born February 11, 1940 to Ray John and Norine Alberta (Hinkle) Loudermilk at Roswell, NM and passed away August 10, 2024 at Mansfield, TX at the age of 84. She received an Associate’s Degree in Communications in 1996. Alice was a singer and songwriter. She was a member of the Calvary Temple Community Church and enjoyed music, poetry and songwriting. Survivors include her brothers, Danny Loudermilk and wife, Carolyn and Tim Loudermilk and wife Marie all of Alvarado, TX; daughter-in-law, Christy Johnson of Meridian, ID; granddaughter, Taylor Johnson of Meridian, ID; father of her sons, Johnny Johnson of Wickenburg, AZ; along with numerous nieces, nephews, cousins and dearly loved friends. She was preceded in death by her parents, Ray John and Norine Alberta (Hinkle) Loudermilk; son, Martin David Johnson; brother, Charles Loudermilk; and sisters, Dorcas Loudermilk, Delores Loudermilk and Lela Loudermilk. Casketbearers will be Markus Woods, Keith Loudermilk, Chris Woods, Chucky Loudermilk, Anthony Loudermilk and Dan Loudermilk; Honorary bearers will be Samuel Bass. Condolences may be sent to the family by email to brownsfscoalgate@sbcglobal.net. Please reference the name of the deceased in your correspondence.
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Funeral services for Zesta Angel (McNeely) Langston, a long time Atoka, OK resident, were held Monday, August 12, 2024 at 12:00 p.m. at Atoka Choctaw Community Building in Atoka with family and friends officiating. Brown’s Funeral Service of Atoka was in charge of arrangements.
Read moreLast Thursday afternoon at 1:30 o’clock the home of Mrs. F.T. Stalder was the scene of a very pleasant occasion when the Beethoven Music club held its last meeting of the year, at which time a delightful three-course luncheon ws served to the club members and Mrs. J.A. Jackson, Mrs. E.B. Garrison, Miss Mildred Wood and Mrs. Sam Wells, special guests. Between courses the following program was given: Vocal solo – Mrs. Edwin Baumert.
Read moreSure, I know the Olympics brought some of you a lot of pleasure. The opening ceremonies were nice. I guess. The hosts (The city of Paris) were gifted with a two week non-stop exhibition subsidized by people like NBC and willing spectators who were looking for a good reason to go to Paris anyway. Actually, I might say right here that there’s enough to see and do in this beautiful and historic city in between spectacular events such as the Olympics to keep their pricy hotels fully occupied. It’s probably a better place to visit when there are no Olympics there than during all the games.
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Division of the human family into two distinct political groups began some 12,000 years ago. Humans existed as members of small bands of nomadic hunter/gatherers. They lived on deer in the mountains in the summer and would go to the beach and live on fish and lobster in winter.
Read moreOne of the first things I learned in Bible School as a youngster in rural Hughes County was that a parable is an earthly story with a Heavenly meaning. And some 85 years later, I know of no time in our Nation’s proud history when all of us could use more Heavenly meanings.
Read moreThe Coalgate School Board held its regular monthly meeting on Monday, with Board President Justin Brown calling the session to order. All board members were in attendance, including Chad Lackey, Tracy Penny, Mark Benedict, and Tommie Stanberry, who led the meeting with an invocation.
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