Graveside services for Howard Martin Hess were held Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2025 at Valliant Cemetery.

Memorial services for Eddie James Damron, of Hugo, Okla., will be held at 2 p.m. Nov.

Traci Lea Byrd was born to Barbara and Geary Byrd on April 27, 1972 in Hugo, Okla. She graduated from Hugo High School in 1990 and went on to study business at the Trinity University in San Antonio.

Memorial services for Darlene Rickman, of Hugo, Okla., were held Nov. 1, 2025 at Miller & Miller Funeral Home.

Jimmie Rae Taylor, of Soper, Okla., passed from this life on Sunday, Oct. 26, 2025, at his home in the country surrounded by his family, at the age of 97.

Michael Dean Forbus passed away on Saturday, Nov. 1, 2025, at his home in Messer at the age of 73.

Funeral services for Judy K. Anderson Smith, of Valliant, Okla., were held Wednesday, Nov.

Funeral services for Michael Don Wilson will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, Nov.

Richard “Dick” R. Hefton, former editor and publisher of Oklahoma County Newspapers, Inc., passed away Oct.

Funeral services for Jo Ellen Jackson, of Boswell, Okla., were held Oct. 29, 2025 at Victory Life Church in Boswell.