Douglas Deel passed away peacefully on April 24, 2024 at his home in Bokchito, Oklahoma, at the age of 92. He was born on July 1, 1931, in Pirtle, Oklahoma to Dallas Leon (Shorty) and Gladys Maurine (Rhinehart) Deel. He married Georgia Juanita Browning on November 17, 1950 in Bokchito. They were married over 70 years before her passing. Douglas’s life was a testament to the values of hard work and devotion to family. The only son in a family with three girls, his father felt it important to teach him how to farm and make a living. First learning how to plow with a team of mules until recently baling hay with today’s round balers, Douglas had seen a lot of change.

Jean Pershica, of Durant, Oklahoma, passed away on April 24, 2024, at the age of 72. She was born on September 29, 1951, to Clyde Lester and Erma Thelma (McDaniel) Cox in Durant, Oklahoma.

Madge (Fort) Carrington,, a resident of Carmichael, CA, passed away peacefully on Sunday, March 24, 2024, at the age of 88. Madge was born on August 13, 1935, in Greenville, NC to Dr. Marion Kirkland Fort and Jeanette Moore Fort.

Cleo Vails, of Durant, passed away peacefully at home on April 14, 2024, at the age of 85. Born on September 27, 1938, to Jesse James and Pearl (Manners) Buttram, Cleo married Connie Gene Vails on June 4, 1955 in Durant, Oklahoma.

William H. Rogers entered this life on July 1, 1939, in El Paso, Texas to parents Bethel Henry and Henrietta Fanny (Taylor) Rogers. William entered the Gates of Heaven on Thursday April 11, 2024, in Ardmore, Oklahoma at the age of 84. William graduated from Ysleta High School and Kiamichi Vo Tech EMT program in Durant, Oklahoma. He proudly served his Country in the United States Navy and later in the United States Army in the Vietnam Conflict and retired in 1971 after 21 years of service. He married Patrecia Ann Hampton on November 1, 2007, in Antlers, Oklahoma and they have been blessed with 16 years of marriage. He worked as a mechanic specializing in watercraft engines, EMT for Marshall County, Fire Chief for Lake Texoma, 1st Responder for Marshall County, and was a mechanic for Clyde Beatty Circus.