Funeral services for Chester Lee Higgins, of Hugo, Okla., were held at 10 a.m. April 4, 2023 at Miller & Miller Funeral Chapel.

Funeral services for Randy Wren Allen, of Hugo, Okla., were held at 2 p.m. April 3, 2023 at Miller & Miller Funeral Home.

Janie Arnita (House) Young, 76, of McAlester, passed away Wednesday, March 22, 2023 in her home surrounded by her family. A funeral service was held at 10 a.m.

Margaret Ann Knox Chafin breathed her last breath on Sunday morning, March 26, 2023, at the age of 93, just three years and three days after her husband, Billy Chafin passed to a much better life. Born Margaret Ann Knox to Robert Peter (Pete) Knox and Mary Ethel Patton Knox in the early hours of June 12, 1929, just a short time before the world entered the great depression in November of that year.

Funeral services for Ju Nell Watkins, of Beaver, Okla., were held at 2 p.m. Friday, March 25, 2023 at Miller & Miller Funeral Home.

Funeral services for Emma Jean Knight, of Fort Towson, Oklahoma., will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, April 1, 2023 at South Central District Building in Hugo. Emma passed away March 25, 2023, at the age of 91.

Pastor Barry Poche passed from this life to eternity on Wednesday, March 22, 2023, surrounded by family in Ft. Smith, Ark., at the age of 75.

Funeral services for James Rodney Dawson, of Boswell, Okla., were held at 10 a.m. March 28, 2023 at Miller & Miller Funeral Chapel.

Family visitation for Larry Holder will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, March 30, 2023 at the Mt. Olive Funeral Home Chapel in Hugo, Okla. Larry passed away Saturday, March 25, 2023 in Durant, Okla., at the age of 80.

A small gathering of family and friends will meet at 1 p.m. April 22, 2023 at Springs Chapel Cemetery in Hugo, Okla., for a memorial service for Kaylee Hart Middleton.