LaVerne “Bobbie” Brandley, 99, surrounded by family at home, left her earthly life to meet her beloved Jesus in Heaven on April 9, 2022.
Bobbie was born in 1923 in Minco, Oklahoma, the youngest of 10 children. Her parents, Charles and Lena Johnson crossed the Red River in a covered wagon with their three oldest children, leaving Texas to start a new life in Oklahoma.
Funeral services for Terri L. Burleigh will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday in the Benson Memorial Chapel, with burial following in the El Reno Cemetery. Services are under the direction of Huber-Benson Funeral Home.
Terri died April 3, 2022, in El Reno. She was born Jan. 17, 1962, in Oklahoma City. She was a graduate of El Reno High School and attended Canadian Valley Vo-Tech and University of Central Oklahoma.
She worked as an accounting manager for an insurance company and was a member of the Greater Mt. Olive Baptist Church in Oklahoma City.
MARRIAGE LICENSES
Garrison Andrew Kingery, 28; Alexis Brooke Busby, 23.
Antone LaJuan Prince, 42; Jacquelyn Shunta Gordon, 37.
Douglas Henry Cook, 53; Laurie Ann Brown, 52.
Mason Allen Smith, 26; Kailee Nicole Graves, 22.
Noah Cameron Webster, 24; Makenna Kamryn Burge, 22.
Wayne Preston Foster Jr., 50; Michelle Lucille Sermersheim, 43.
Clinton Harold Jenkins, 29; Watona Lee Swift, 33.
Oron E. Harper Jr., 74; Creta Schuneman, 74.
Joshua Eugene Hines, 26; Alyssa Paige Ramirez, 28.
Losing both its battles with a strong south wind and Kingfisher, El Reno High School’s tennis teams dropped to 1-2 on the dual season with a 5-2 loss to the Yellowjackets.
El Reno posted a 2-2 record on the girls side, losing both singles matches. Kambry Maifield fell 2-6/0-6 to Sydney Watkins at No.1 singles and Yui Kasahara lost to Kami Hamilton at No.2 singles 3-6/0-6.
El Reno High School hosted a freshman tournament at Crimson Creek Golf Course last week with the Indians placing third with a nine-hole team score of 242.
Team members and scores were Skylar Ayers (49), Trinity Black (56), Makenna Curtis (66), Kayla Wieland (70), Addysen Ashford (69), Amya Eaglenest (70), Samantha Johnson (70) and Emma Eisenhower (65).
Mayor Matt White told about 30 people Tuesday night he wasn’t going to ’tell them what they wanted to hear” concerning a planned drilling operation near their homes.
“But I’m going to tell you the truth,” he said. “I’m not going to lie.”
He then went on to say other than requiring some city-mandated protections, there is nothing the municipal government can do to stop the oil and gas operation.
When Steve Maddox approached the city council with the proposal of creating an El Reno Film Commission with $10,000 in start-up money, it seemed to be an idea whose time had come.
El Reno has had some success in landing motion film projects over the years and that has ramped up more recently with the addition of state incentives for the industry.
Those incentives, coupled with shutdowns in Hollywood brought on by the COVID pandemic, have seen productions such as American Underdog and Stillwater choose El Reno to film portions of these and other cinematic creations.
El Reno police took a man armed with a handgun into custody March 29 after he allegedly threatened people inside a home at 511 North R.
Major Kirk Dickerson said police were called to the residence shortly before 10:30 a.m. after receiving reports a man with a firearm was involved in an altercation that was being broadcast live on Facebook.
When officers arrived they reported finding Quantrell Ladon Steele, 24, standing in the street outside the residence. Steele indicated he had just come from the residence.
Ross Seed Company was busy shuffling and watering plants in preparation for its Plant Daze sale which started Thursday and runs through Saturday.
El Reno hired a new firm to manage its water and wastewater operations.
In a special city council meeting at noon on Tuesday, council voted 4-0 to hire Inframark to manage both systems.
Councilman Peter Stapperfend was absent from the meeting.
Council gave City Manager Matt Sandidge and City Attorney Jana Knott the green light to work out the details of the contract with Inframark.
It’s expected much of the contract will be in place by the end of the month when the existing contract with the current operator, Veolia, expires.
