June 2021

A common theme of commemorations of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre was that the event was swept under the rug.

LAWSUITS Discover Bank vs. Roger Swagerty for $1,688.81 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees. Portfolio Recovery Associates LLC vs. Brett McCain for $3,948.31 to pay a debt plus interest, costs and attorney fees.

OKLAHOMA CITY – With a large number of new players on the varsity roster this summer, El Reno head coach Keith Hill went looking for extra games to get added playing time.

Gloria Kathrine Bleigh passed away June 9, 2021, at the age of 86. She was born to Talbert and Ella Grimes on Nov. 11, 1934, on Kickapoo Street in Tecumseh. Gloria and her family moved to El Reno when she was 7.

Gary Dean Stokes, 74, died June 10, 2021, at SSM Health, St. Anthony Hospital-Midtown, Oklahoma City, after tests revealed multiple disease processes following an Ischemic Stroke.

Memorial services for Jerry Parker of El Reno were held Friday, June 11 at Wesley United Methodist Church with Rev. Allen Carson officiating. Jerry passed away in the comfort of his home on June 7, 2021. He was born Feb. 9, 1946, to William and Carmen Parker in Oklahoma City.

Funeral services for Celena Jean “Jeanie” Karty were held Monday in the Benson Memorial Chapel with Thomas Cannon officiating. Burial followed at the Indian Mennonite Cemetery in Canton under the direction of Huber-Benson Funeral Home.

Memorial service for George Ray Mosher of El Reno will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday at First Assembly Church of God with Pastor Mike Moss officiating. Ray died June 7, 2021, in El Reno. He was born June 28, 1966, in Okarche, and attended El Reno High School.

A group of women descended on The Lord’s Harvest last week and they came bearing gifts in the form of more than $17,000 to be used by the food-based ministry to help support the El Reno community. The Power of 100 Canadian County presented founder and director Nikki Pruitt with the oversized check.

Lt. Mike Grimes has seen what a bulletproof vest means during his roughly 50-year career in law enforcement. “I’ve seen them save lives,” Grimes said. That’s why Grimes is again helping to put together a grant application to bring protective vests to the Canadian County Sheriff’s Office.