February 2022

Harold Eldon Turpin went home to Jesus on Jan. 30, 2022, at noontime, just in time for a heavenly tamale! “Turp” was born in Dustin, Oklahoma to Ted Wallace Turpin and Audrey Gilcrease Turpin on May 4, 1933.

Carlos Eugene (Gene) Sears was born in Bristow on Feb. 15, 1931, and passed away Feb. 2, 2022, at the age of 90. Gene moved to El Reno in 1939. He graduated from El Reno High School and married Betty Lou Cunningham on Dec. 17, 1949.

Prior to the game with Kingfisher, El Reno High School girls basketball coach Jennifer Douglas told her players they needed to win the next four games to assure themselves a home regional.

Using both its small and large lineups in the second half, El Reno High School’s boys basketball team held off two comeback attempts by No.11 Piedmont to complete the season sweep of the Wildcats.

Funeral services for Doris Jean Watts of El Reno were held Wednesday at First Pentecostal Church of God, under the direction of Wilson Funeral Home. Doris passed away Jan. 27, 2022, at Mercy Hospital OKC with her family by her side. She was born June 17, 1941, in Edmond.

From the small town of Union City where they first started their playing careers, all the way to state and national Hall of Fame inductions, brothers Lloyd and Wendell Simmons are considered baseball royalty in Oklahoma.

Dorothy Lucille Warren died Jan. 31, 2022, at her home in El Reno. She was born June 3, 1943, in El Reno where she lived most of her life. She was a 1961 graduate of Sacred Heart High School and earned a bachelor of business degree from Central State University.

Breaking the recent chains on offense, Calumet High School’s girls basketball team snapped a three-game losing streak with a 72-23 victory over Crescent. The Chieftains improved to 14-10 on the season with the win.

Lonnie Earl Johnson, 84, of Tuttle, left this earth on Jan. 31, 2022. He was born in Chickasha on April 11, 1937, to Earl and Marie (Hickney) Johnson. Lonnie met and married the love of his life, Linda Joyce Ratliff, sharing 56 years of marriage.

J.D. Riley knocked down a trio of 3-pointers en route to a team-high 30 points as Union City High School’s boys basketball team jumped back into the win column with a 76-42 decision over Cement. The Tigers improved to 13-8 on the season with the win.