The busiest shopping week of the year is upon us, but this year’s event will have a big “asterisk” beside it because of mostly bad influences brought into play by the international COVID-19 virus that insists on hanging around long past its welcome.

Janie “Skeet” (Morris) Johnson,76, passed from this life on Nov. 22, 2020, in Rattan, Okla.

Graveside services for Greta Joan (Nabors) Bruner, of Hugo, Okla., were held at 1 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 21, 2020 at Many Springs Baptist Church in Holdenville, Okla. Greta passed away Nov. 18, 2020, at the age of 88.

Funeral services for Billy Ray Mitchell, of Hugo, Okla., will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 28, 2020 at South Central District Building. Billy passed away Nov. 18, 2020 at his home, at the age of 85.

Homegoing services for Vanessa Olivia Scroggins-Teague were held at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Nov.

A private memorial service for Roger Dale Morris, who passed away Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2020 in Lawton, Okla., at the age of 67, will be held a a later date.

Graveside services for Lonnie Lynn McClanahan, of Hugo, Okla., were held at 10 a.m. Nov.

Funeral services for Jeffrey Brian Kopp, of Rattan, Okla., were held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov.

Graveside services for Jon Lon Ferguson, of Hugo, Okla., were held at 12 p.m. Nov.

In what has been one of the most unprecedented years in history, there are still hardworking people achieving their goals, new doors of opportunity opening, and worthwhile reasons to celebrate. In fact, right now, there are more than 1,100 reasons to celebrate –– one for each student at University of the Cumberlands who earned a college degree this summer! Bradley Maxwell of Hugo, Okla., recently completed his Bachelor of Science in Psychology at Cumberlands..