Right: Students at Gingerbread Preschool celebrated Circus Day last week. Pictured are: Kevin Cory, Ensley Gibbs, Nora Mitchell, Kaden Bowling, Spencer Debo, Callen Gravitt, Melissa Tollett, Kadence Dickieson, Haley Allen, Baeya Jackson, Carper Self, Leedey Duncan, Kaybreigh Billy, Kyston Cox, Korbin Chumley, Kendall Day, Katie Faust, Kennedi Casella, Jaxtyn Taylor, Hudson Houchen, Miyahni Starlin, Avery Anderson, Kutter Wincehster. Rodeo clown Kevin Cory read a story and took the boys and girls on a fun train ride. They all dressed up, had delicious snacks and a day of fun games.

The Iris Garden Club of Hugo met on March 28 for its regular monthly meeting at Burnside community room. President Harolynn Wofford called the meeting to order and asked Rick Lowrance to open with prayer.

THE CHILDREN, grandchildren and great-grandchildren announce the 66th wedding anniversary of Charles and Gracie Turner. The couple was married on April 12 in Hugo..

The Choctaw Nation Princess and Royalty Program is beginning plans for the 2022-23 princess pageants in each of its 12 districts. All contestants must be between the ages of 8-22 years old and compete in their respective division: Little Miss - 8-12 years old; Junior Miss - 13-17 years old; and Miss Choctaw Nation - 18-22 years old.

Billie Naomi Greene, age 89, of Lake City, Fla., went to her Heavenly home on April 1, 2022 at Suwannee Valley Care Center. She was born in Elizabethton, Tenn., on Dec. 28, 1932, to the late Vernon Riddle Cordell and Hazel Opal Matherly. Billie grew up in a small east Tennessee community and graduated from Elizabethton High School. She was a beautiful woman from the inside out who accepted Jesus Christ as her Lord and Savior in her teens and lived a life that reflected her deep conviction to Him. She married the love of her life, Mack Greene, in June of 1952. They enjoyed an extraordinary life together, traveling extensively with the National Park Service where Mack was employed many years. Perhaps her most incredible memory was having tea with Eleanor Roosevelt when they lived in Hyde Park, N.Y., but that’s hard to say as there were countless memories she shared throughout her sweet life. Billie was a talented seamstress, and her handiwork was flawless. She was most passionate about her family; being a devoted wife and loving mother to her two children. She and Mack were married 35 years when he passed at the age of 62. Billie remained healthy and independent until her last days. She was a member of Elim Baptist Church in Ft. White and Fort White United Methodist Church. She thoroughly enjoyed attending church services to praise, worship, be filled and grow, along with spending precious time fellowshipping with her church family. Billie loved unconditionally and her legacy is that she was genuinely loved by everyone who knew her. Well done, faithful servant. Billie was preceded in death by her beloved husband, Mack C. Greene, Jr.; parents, Vernon “Pat” Cordell and Hazel MacLaren; her grandparents and all her aunts and uncles.

Funeral services for Kent Aurthur Bacon, of Boswell, Okla., will be at 2 p.m. April 15, 2022 at Boswell School gymnasium.

Family-led memorial services for Dennis Charles Smith, of Yale, Okla., will be held at 3 p.m. Saturday, April 16, 2022 at First Assembly of God Church in Valliant, Okla. Dennis passed away April 8, 2022, at the age of 51.

Funeral services for Esther Hill, of Durant, Okla., were held at 2 p.m. April 7, 2022 at Miller & Miller Funeral Home.

Funeral services for Mary Jo Pierce were held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, April 13, 2022 at First Baptist Church in Boswel, Okla., with Jim Gentry officiating. Burial followed at Restland Cemetery in Boswell. Mary Jo went to be with the Lord on Saturday, April 9, 2022 in Boswell, at the age of 95.

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