David Lee Gentry, 76, faded off into his final sunset in life on Wednesday, June 2, 2021, at home in Paris, Texas, after a short battle with cancer. David was born on Nov.
Helen “Genene” Parker, age 81, passed away on June 5, 2021 in Tulsa, Okla. She was born June 21, 1939 to Thomas Coleman and Pelpenea Augusta Brittingham.
Funeral services for Ruby Wallace, of Hugo, Okla., will be held at 10 a.m. June 19, 2021 at Miller & Miller Funeral Home. Interment will follow at Mt. Olivet Cemetery, with Joey Brindley officiating. Ruby passed away June 9, 2021, at the age of 95.
The Youth Advisory Board quarterly conference will be held at 10 a.m. June 19 at the Tvshka Homma Cafeteria on the Capitol grounds. This opportunity is available to all students in eighth through 12th grade and living in the Choctaw Nation territory.
There is no relief in sight for the heat this week across southern Oklahoma with high temperatures near 95 degrees every afternoon and heat index around 100. Lots of sun this week, any showers that would pop up would be very isolated until at least next weekend.
ALEXIS BILLS, DAUGHTER OF KATRINA AND LONDELL BILLS, graduated as Salutatorian from the Hugo class of 2017. In may 2021, she graduated from the University of Oklahoma with distinction and a 3.79 GPA. She was a psychology Pre-Med major, and now has a Bachelor of Science in Psychology.