Obituaries

Jeanne Elizabeth Parker Holt was born July 20, 1941, in Tampa, Fla., and passed away on March 23, 2026, In Kingfisher.She was born to George Parker and Julia Hall Parker.On Aug. 9, 1970, Jeanne married the love of her life, George Holt in Savannah, Ga.

Michelle Rene Acuff, beloved wife, mother, daughter, sister and aunt, passed away peacefully on Sunday, March 22, 2026, at Baptist Medical Center in Oklahoma City.She leaves behind a legacy of warmth, generosity and devoted love for her faith, family, friends and the many students whose lives she...

Funeral service for Christine Hall, 71, of Okarche, will be 2 p.m. Friday, March 27, in Center of Family Love gymnasium with Guy Hickerson officiating.

Funeral services for Wanda Choate, 88, were Monday, March 23, at Hennessey Public School Auditorium officiated by Jimmy Berkenbile.Burial followed at Hennessey Cemetery under the direction of Cordry-Gritz Funeral Home.Wanda was born in Kingfisher on Sept. 5, 1937, to George and Lorraine Roberts...

Charles “Chuck” Russell Jr. of Dover when asked recently what he was up to during a chance service station visit reported he was working on his late parents’ house.Then he pulled out his iPhone and showed a photo of the baby bottles his mother kept after his and his two sisters’ childhood.He found...

Mark David Smith passed away peacefully at home on March 17, 2026, at the age of 65. He was born Jan. 28, 1961, in Kingfisher to Kenneth and Jo Ann (née Tharp) Smith.

Doris Ann (Biehler) Winter passed away peacefully on March 13, 2026.

Bobby Vernon “Curly” Corwin, 88, passed away on March 15, 2026, leaving behind a legacy of hard work, music, laughter and deep love for his family.He was born on April 22, 1937, to Everett Andrew Corwin and Stella Mae Chaney Corwin and graduated from Smith Center High School in Smith Center, Kan.,...

Georgia Marie Banther Durst was born March 22, 1944, in Joplin, Mo., and passed away March 15, 2026, in Richardson, Texas.She was born to Margaret Green-Spor and Thomas Dykes. Her mother preceded her in death in 2006. Georgia attended Neosho High School in Neosho, Mo.

Lois Lu Killebrew, 90, of Tipton, mother of Susan Haynie of Kingfisher, died Thursday, March 12, 2026, at the Jackson County Memorial Hospital in Altus.Lois Lu (Lomax) Killebrew was born on Aug. 4, 1935, in San Antonio, Texas, to Earl and Lois (Roberts) Lomax.