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SHERRELL, BONNIE V - JAY OK SHERRIN, KENNETH W - WESTVILLE OK SHILLING, RICHARD A - COLCORD OK SHOFFNER, CARROLL M - VINITA OK SHORT, LEE - JAY OK


SILBERZAHN, BRENDA - ROSE OK SILER, KEITH - MIAMI OK SIMMONS, BERYL - COLCORD, OK SINGLETON, GEORGE W - TULSA OK SINGLETON, LARRY - FAYETTEVILLE AR SISSON, MARION - KANSAS OK SKAISTIS, BRUCE E (JUDY) - TULSA OK SKEELS, ELAINE - MIAMI OK SKINNER, MIKE W - KETCHUM OK SKOCDOPOLE, JOHN R - ADAIR OK SLAVEN, PEGGY J - TULSA OK SLAYMAKER, LAWRENCE J - GROVE SLOAN, KENNETH R - CLAREMORE OK SLY, JOHN W - CHELSEA OK SMALLEY, BEN F - JAY OK SMART, CHARLES - MELBA ID SMITH, ADAIR A - GROVE OK SMITH, CLARENECE D - NEOSHO MO SMITH, CLYDE L - FORT SMITH AR SMITH, DON V - VINITA OK SMITH, JUDY A - SALINA OK SMITH, ROBERTA A - MIAMI OK SMITH, SAMUEL T - AFTON OK SMITH, STERLING L - VINITA OK SMITH, YVONNE - LAWTON OK SNEED, EVERETT - CARL JUNCTION MO SNIPES, JAMES J - TULSA OK SNOWBIRD FARM LLC - WATTS OK SNYDER, BONNIE - WYANDOTTE OK SOLITUDE FARM LLC - WATTS OK SOONER FARM LLC - WATTS OK SOOTER, DONALD - GROVE OK SORBER, KATHLEEN - CLAREMORE OK SOUTHERN, ANCEL - SALINA OK SPARKS, LLOYD - KETCHUM OK SPENCER, GARY - EDMOND OK SPENCER, JOHN - LOCUST GROVE OK SPRABERY, CAROL A - MIAMI OK STAGGS, WANDA - FAIRLAND OK STAIGER, WAYNE W - TULSA OK STALWART ENERGY SYSTEM - TULSA OK STANDEFORD, AMOS A - DISNEY OK STARR, VERLYNN S - SALINA OK STATE FINANCIAL SERVICE - TULSA OK STATE SAVINGS BANK - BEDFORD IA STATTON, CARL L - CHELSEA OK STEELE, MICHAEL W - MIAMI OK STEFANOFF, LEON D - BIXBY OK STEVENSON, BOYD M - EUCHA OK STEWART, W T - STILWELL OK STIVERS, TONY A - SALINA OK STONE, GERALD - AFTON OK STONE, RICHARD L - AFTON OK STONEBURNER, RON - LOCUST GROVE STONECIPHER, CINDY L - KANSAS OK STONECIPHER, N A - GROVE OK STORIE, MARY L - COLCORD OK STOUT, BILL D - GROVE OK


STOUT, VERNON L - GROVE OK STP CHEROKEE INC - OKLAHOMA CITY OK STROUD, JOHNNY W - GROVE OK STUEFEN, CORY E - WYANDOTTE OK STUMPFF, KEITH M - TULSA OK SUKMAN, R R MD - MIAMI OK SULLIVAN, EARL G - GROVE OK SURMONT, JOHN B - AFTON OK SUTTLE, EARL R - GROVE OK SWANSON, ROBERT L - LENAPAH OK SWATZENDRUBER, BARBARA E - ADAIR OK SWICEGOOD, REBA - COLCORD OK SWINNEY, JIM L - CORPUS CHRISTI TX SYLSBERRY, RALPH R - PRYOR, OK T MOBILE CELL TOWERS STORE - SPOKANE WA TACKER, MYRTLE A - MAYSVILLE AR TACKER, SHELLY R - JAY OK TAFT, SHERMAN M - PRYOR OK TAKACS, FRANK - GROVE OK TALBURT, JAMES R - KETCHUM OK TANNER, CLIFF - GROVE OK TAYLOR, ART - AFTON OK TAYLOR, BILLY E - CHELSEA OK TAYLOR, DEBBIE J - CHELSEA OK TAYLOR, FRED L - TYRONE NM TAYLOR, JOHN M JR- OAKRIDGE OR TAYLOR, LULA - S COFFEYVILLE OK TAYLOR, RAY - WINFIELD KS TEATS, CHADWICK, SALINA OK THE MOORING - BIXBY OK THE TOWRY CO - TULSA OK THE WILLIAMS CO - TULSA OK THOMAS, DARREN - VINITA OK THOMAS, JOAN - ROSE OK THOMPSON, JACK R - MIAMI OK THOMPSON, MIKE W - INOLA OK THOMPSON, ROY - COLCORD OK THORMAN, B L - GROVE OK THREE BEARS FAMILY DINING - LANGLEY OK THREEN, ALBERT G - SALINA OK THROWER, GREG B - GROVE OK THUERAUF, BERNARD - SPRINDALE AR THULIN, LISSA G - MIAMI OK TIGER, CARL A - LANGLEY OK TILLMAN, EDMOND E - PRYOR OK TINDAL, MICHAEL P - BATON ROUGE LA TIRRES, ANTONIO - MIAMI OK TISDALE, ALVAN R - WYANDOTTE OK TITSWORTH, LARRY M - BRANSON WEST MO TODHUNTER, CHARLES L - JENKS OK TOOHEY, MELISSA - MONKEY ISLAND OK TOWNSEND, ADA R - ORLANDO FL TOWRY GAYLE - PACE FL TOWRY, GAYLE - TULSA OK TRIEBEL, C A - WELCH OK TRIGG, BETTY J - JONES OK TRIMBLE, LEROY A - CATOOSA OK TROSPER, JAMES S - GROVE OK TROUTMAN, ROBERT A - AFTON OK TROW, T E - HARTSHORNE OK TUCKER, DUANE - VINITA OK


TUCKER, FORREST H - LOCUST GROVE OK TUELL, WAYNE - VINITA OK


TUGMON, CHERI L - BLUEJACKET OK TULLIS, CHUCK - GROVE OK TUNE, JOHN - QUAPAW OK TURLINGTON, ED - OAKS OK TURNER, DEBRA A - CLAREMORE OK TURNER, HOWARD L - MIAMI OK TURNER, LARRY L - AFTON OK TURNER, NICHOLE - AFTON OK TYLER, G R - WICHITA KS


UMSCHEID, MICHAEL J - GROVE OK UNDERWOOD, ETHEL C - GROVE OK UNGERLAND, ELLEN - TULSA OK VANG, CHU F - KANSAS OK VANG, REGINALD - ROSE OK VANOVER, LARRY D - WELCH OK VANSANDT, V - DISNEY OK VAUGHN, NATHAN D - KETCHUM OK VAUGHN, SHEILA D - LOCUST GROVE OK VAUGHT, CHRISTOPHER M - JAY OK VENIS, THOMAS N - AFTON OK VERETTE, ULRIC - COLCORD OK VIELE, TONY - OKLAHOMA CITY OK WACHTMAN, DON - OCHELATA OK WAGGONER, DAMON - KANSAS OK WAGGONER, TOMMY J - NEODESHA KS WAITS, TROY - COLCORD OK WAKEFIELD, F H - GROVE OK WALKER, RUTH - VINITA OK WALTON, CHARLES W - COLCORD OK WARD, STEPHEN - MANCHESTER MO WARE, FRED - GROVE OK WARKENTIN, KEITH W - VINITA OK WARNER, MINNIE - COLCORD OK WARREN, JENNIFER - ROSE OK WARREN, MARY A - GROVE OK WATLEY, NORMAN E - PRYOR OK WATT, JOE D - LANGLEY OK WATTERS, AARON - ARKANSAS CITY KS WATTS, AVERY F - JOPLIN MO WAUL, RON - EDMOND OK WEATHERS, DARRELL M - GROVE OK WEAVER, ORVILLE - WELCH OK WEAVER, SHEILA - CHELSEA OK WEBB, JESSIE - BIG CABIN OK WEBB, JOHN L - AFTON OK WEBSTER, B L JR - KANSAS OK WEDELL, KEITH - COLCORD OK WELCH STOCKYARDS INC - WELCH OK WELCH, BRENDA G - SALINA OK WELLENSIEK, R J - EUREKA KS WELLS, CINDY - VINITA OK WELLS, ELLIS - ALTAMONT KS WELLS, WILLIAM - VINITA OK WELSH, ROBERT J - DISNEY OK WEST, C D - GROVE OK WEST, RONNIE G - BUFFALO OK WHEELER, BILLY R - KANSAS OK WHITE CHAPEL COTTAGES - MIAMI OK WHITE, BETTY V - CHELSEA OK WHITE, KIM - GROVE OK WHITETREE, GORDON M - WYANDOTTE OK WHITMIRE, JERAD P - COLCORD OK WICKLIFFE, BILL - VINITA OK


Kinion recalls life before electricity...


there, too, but they’ve long been converted over to electric by Bessie’s husband, Clarence.


Clarence was a hard-worker and resourceful. He sold cream back in the days of hand-crank cream separators and then sold milk once electric separators came along. Obtain- ing electric milkers helped further boost production. Clarence has been gone since 1966 when a second heart attack claimed his life. He was only 48. He had his first heart attack at age 37. There was a lot of damage from that first episode and he wasn’t able to work hay like


WIGGINS, GARY A - COLCORD OK WILKERSON, BETTY - COLCORD OK WILLHOITE, MIKE D - SALINA OK WILLIAMS PIPELINE CO - TULSA OK WILLIAMS, BEN C - PRYOR OK WILLIAMS, CHARLES W - COLCORD OK WILLIAMS, JANNETT N - JAY OK WILLIAMS, JOHN H - CHELSEA OK WILLIAMS, KELLY - CHELSEA OK WILLIAMS, KENNETH R - BROKEN ARROW OK


WILLIAMS, RANDY L - GROVE OK WILLIAMS, ROLLA W - LOCUST GROVE OK


WILLIAMSON, CAROLYN S - GROVE OK WILLIS, DERRYL J - TULSA OK WILLIS, JIM L - JAY OK WILLYARD, ALFRED R - PRYOR, OK WILLYARD, JODY A - PRYOR OK WILSON, CLYDE W - COLCORD OK WILSON, HAZEL L - JAY OK WILSON, JOHNNY S - ADAIR OK WILSON, RAYMOND - EUCHA OK WILSON, RETTA ENGLAND - PASO ROBLES CA


WILSON, RONALD C - LOCUST GROVE OK


WILSON, RONALD K - GROVE OK WILSON, TOM C - KANSAS OK WINDLE, BRYAN - GROVE OK WINFIELD, MARY E - JAY OK WOLF, BONNIE - GROVE OK WOLFE, ROBERT C - KETCHUM OK WOLFE, THOMAS - KANSAS OK WOOD, EUGENE N JR - AFTON OK WOOD, JAMES M - CARL JUNCTION MO WOOD, JAMES R - COLCORD OK WOODS, W R - TULSA OK


WOOLMAN PROPERTIES LLC - TULSA OK


WOOLMAN, DENNY L - TULSA OK WORK CREW SERVICES - FORT SMITH AR


WORK CREW SERVICES - FORT SMITH AR


WRIGHT, MATTHEW E - WACO TX WYLY, JERRY W - OAKS OK WYNN, TOM L - DISNEY, OK WYRE, FRANK O - COLCORD OK WYRICK, DOROTHY - QUAPAW OK XIONG, NAOCHA - JAY OK YANG, POR - ROSE OK YARNELL, JERRY - GROVE OK YEUBANKS, MARKITA K - AFTON OK YOAKUM, JUDITH - GROVE OK YORDI, RON H - OKLAHOMA CITY OK YOUNG, ADRIS - MEMPHIS TN YOUNG, DARRELL P - SALINA OK YOUNG, MELVIN R - WYANDOTTE OK ZAJIC, RICHARD M - GROVE OK ZERBEL, STEVEN R - AFTON OK ZUMSTEIN, DENNA K - PRYOR OK ZUMSTEIN, PRESTON - PEORIA AZ


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before, but the good Lord saw fit to give him some good years. Folks around the Pryor area may remember Clarence from the egg route he ran for several years.


Bessie has suffered more than her share of loss. She has dealt with the passing of many loved ones over the years, including the tragic death of son Jimmie, who was fatally kicked in the chest by a horse on the day of his 33rd birthday.


She lost three of her best friends in the past year. “Tomorrow is not a promise,” she reminds.


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