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Private memorial service will be held for A. J. Stanfield who died Tuesday, July 27, 2021, at age 77, at home.
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The African American business and cultural district in Oklahoma City dates to around the turn of the twentieth century. By the 1920s the three hundred block of Northeast Second Street had become known as “Deep Deuce,” “Deep Two,” and “Deep Second.” By day it served as a business district with barbershops, doctors’ offices, beauty shops, clothiers, restaurants, a newspaper office, a cab company, lawyers’ offices, a drugstore, a movie theater, a hardware store, and many other businesses, depending on the decade.
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On July 24 , Shirley Nero led the Tulsa Remote group on their fifth leg of the Thirteenth Incorporated All-Black Towns tour to Tatums, Oklahoma. The group traveled by chartered coach for three hours to arrive and be greeted by Tatums Mayor Ella DeShazer and First Baptist Church Deacon Cedric Baily and many other city officials, former Tatums residents, and guest from Lawton, Ardmore, and Oklahoma City. The group visited the oldest church which is on the National Register of Historic Places, Bedre` Chocolate Factory, and the Chickasaw Nation Welcome Center, and ended the day with a mid-afternoon lunch at Smokin` Joe’s Rib Ranch.
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Cowboy Roy Hall of Wetumka is pleased to announce the release of his first book in a series of three called “The Free Chronicles - Delivered from the Pain of the Past.”
Read moreThe Wetumka Board of Education held their regular meeting, July 6th at 7:00 PM in the Administrative Office Board Room. The following members, administrators, personnel and guests were present: Donna McGee, Rufus Scott, John Curtis, Allen Poole, Donnie Williamson, Nina Maas and Susan Tyra. Elementary Principle, April Brisco stopped in to meet the Board members before the meeting.
Read moreJack Tyree, Jr. passed away July 19, 2021, in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He was born to Jack Tyree, Sr. and Lilly (Berryman) Tyree on November 17, 1926, in Roff, Oklahoma. Visitation will be Thursday, July 22, 2021, at McClendon-Winters Funeral Home Chapel from 1 P.M. to 6:00 P.M. with family greeting friends from 4:00 P.M. to 6:00 P.M. Arrangements have been entrusted to the Mc- Clendon-Winters Funeral Home of Okmulgee.
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Special guest group for the evening was The Erwins.
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