February 2021

Both El Reno teams had games with Guthrie called off due to COVID-19 issues inside GHS’ program. The home games will be made up Feb. 8 with normal tipoff times.

Taytim Woods made nine straight free throws in overtime as Union City High School’s girls basketball team snapped a four-game losing streak with a 43-33 win over Alex.

Union City improved to 5-8 on the season.

Woods missed her first free-throw attempt in the extra period before the game-sealing free throws. Makenzie DeLong added a free throw and Woods a 2-point basket as the Tigers outscored Alex 12-2 in overtime.

LAWSUITS

Conn Appliances Inc. vs. Audree Phillips for $1,647.16 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

Crown Asset Management LLC vs. Tandi J. Rowe for $1,729.71 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

Tinker Federal Credit Union vs. Marcus L. Tartsah for $4,447.85 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

Cavalry SPV I LLC vs. Jennifer L. Rodriguez for $1,137.15 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

Brian Keith Davis, 60, passed away after a long and courageous 18-month battle against cancer on Jan. 27, 2021, with his family at his side.

Brian was born April 29, 1960, at Camp Hanford Army Hospital in Richland, Wash., to Lloyd and Velva Davis.

He grew up in El Reno and went on to marry Theresa Hodges, celebrating 35 years of marriage on Dec. 5, 2020. 

Brian retired from Oklahoma Natural Gas after 20 years and then went on to be an independent contract pipeline inspector from Arkansas to Texas to Wyoming until his cancer diagnosis.

Billy Earn Chapman died peacefully at his home in El Reno on Jan. 27, 2021, with his family by his side.

Billy was born Aug. 27, 1930, in Bromide. A longtime resident of El Reno, he worked at Pan-Tex Cleaners for many years before retiring. In 1952, he married the love of his life, Bina Janice Faler, who survives him. 

Billy was an avid fisherman and a member of the Oklahoma Bass Association of the Deaf.

Graveside service for Delmond Wayne Gawhega Jr. will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at the Concho Cemetery. Visitation will be from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. Thursday in the Benson Memorial Chapel. Services are under the direction of Huber-Benson Funeral Home.

Delmond died Jan. 24, 2021, at his home in Hammon. He was born May 30, 1974, in Clinton and was raised in El Reno, later moving to Ethete, Wyo. He returned to Oklahoma two years ago. Bubba was a carpenter and attended the Indian Baptist Church in El Reno.

Regina Coffey Alig passed away peacefully on Jan. 24, 2021, in Houston, Texas. She was born July 22, 1944, in Pasadena, Calif., to Eugene and Lucille (Hufnagel) Coffey, both from Okarche. Regina was the oldest of nine children. She and her siblings grew up on the Naval Ordinance Test Station at China Lake, Calif., where her father served in the U.S. Navy and later as a civilian engineer.