Sunny days and clear nights are in the forecast all the way through your Columbus Day weekend. High temperatures will mostly range from 80 to 85 degrees in the afternoon, with a few low 90s expected. I do see some cooler weather next week with highs in the 70s from Oct. 14-19. Dry weather is going to go on for quite a while it looks like.

Annette (Peters) Smith, 81, returned to her heavenly home after a valiant battle with a long illness on Oct. 1, 2020. The devotion of her friends and her firm faith in God supported her in her struggle and ultimately gave her peace.

Funeral services for Terry Neil Oakes were held at 10 a.m. Oct.

Funeral services for Randall Robertson will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday, Oct.

Funeral services for Carrie Mae Johnson, of Fort Towson, Okla., will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 10, 2020 at South Central District Building. Carrie passed away Sept. 30, 2020 at her home, at the age of 92.

Funeral services for William Vandever, of Fort Towson, Okla., will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, Oct.

Homer Freddy Garrison, 75, of Paris, passed away Monday, Sept. 28, 2020 in Paris Regional Medical Center.

Graveside services for Janie Oney, of Valliant, Okla., were held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Sept.

Sonya K. Floyd, age 61, passed away suddenly on Wednesday, Sept.

From time to time, a review of history sends us back into the annals in search of details that were meaningful in the formation of our native lands here in Choctaw County. Only a few early explorers were adept at keeping daily journals as did French explorer John Benard Baptiste de la Harpe.