Michael “Big Mike” Eugene Holman, age 60, passed away Monday, Feb. 1, 2021, at Neosho Memorial Regional Medical Center in Chanute. Mike was born Feb. 16, 1960, to Mary Louise (Morris) Holman in Iola. He…

Margaret Frances (Reed) Raines, age 101, of Iola, died on Saturday, Jan. 30, 2021, while residing at Windsor Place in Iola. She was born on July 28, 1919, in Independence, the daughter of Homer J.…

Dixie Claire Lindsay, 87, formerly of Bush City, died Saturday Jan. 30, 2021, at Windsor Place in Iola. She was born June 5, 1933, in Selma, to Leslie Huggins and Eva (Graves) Huggins.   Dixie…

Bethel Ann Ludlum, age 87, of Elsmore, passed away on Saturday, Jan. 30, 2021. She was born March 20, 1933, in Elk City, to John Piesker and Fannie (Owen) Piesker.  Bethel graduated from Elsmore High…

Carolyn Lee (Dudley) Stewart, 76, died Saturday, Jan. 30, 2021, at Life Care Center of Burlington. She was born Dec. 14, 1944, in Fort Smith, Ark., to Darrell and Verlin (Jackson) Dudley.  Carolyn married Larry…

Forrestt June “F.J.” Simpson, 87, died Saturday, Jan. 30, 2021, at his home in Garden City. He was born June 19, 1933, in Colony, the son of Will Wesley “Bill” and Anona (Yates) Simpson. Forrestt…

Richard Earl Winn, 72, went to be with his Lord and Savior on Friday, Jan. 29, 2021.   He was the first-born child of his parents, Kenneth R. and Betty L. (Stroud) Winn, on June…

Alberta L. (Bert) Searcy, age 95, was born on April 7, 1925, the daughter of John and Hazel (Wilson) Beck, in Chanute, and peacefully went to our Lord on Jan. 16, 2021, at Fresno Guest…

Russell “Rusty” G. Gott, 70, of Collinsville, Okla. was born in Springfield, Mo., on Feb. 18, 1950. He passed away Friday, Jan. 22, 2021, in Tulsa, Okla. Rusty is preceded in death by his mother,…

Ernestine “Tina” Cheney, age 91, Humboldt, passed away on Saturday, Jan. 23, 2021, at Neosho Memorial Regional Hospital in Chanute. Ernestine was born April 29, 1929, in Wetumka, Okla., to Bennie Taylor and Viola (Winston)…