May 2022

Graveside services for Jewel Dean (Green) Marsh will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday, May 11 at the El Reno Cemetery. Services are under the direction of Wilson Funeral Home. Jewel, 92, of El Reno, died May 4, 2022, in Tulsa following heart and kidney failure.

A prayer service for Dorothy Ann Brothers was held Monday evening at Sacred Heart Church, with Mass of Christian Burial held Tuesday morning at Sacred Heart with Father Lance Warren and Deacon Lloyd Menz officiating.

A wake for Walter Roe Hamilton Jr. was held Tuesday evening at the Concho Emergency Response Center. Funeral services are set for 2 p.m. Wednesday, also at the Emergency Response Center with Rev. Waylan Upchego officiating.

Memorial service for Carol Sue Brown Wall will be held at Wilson Funeral Home on Saturday, May 14 at 1:30 p.m. Sue was born Aug. 18, 1942, in Dalhart, Texas, and passed away April 22, 2022, in El Reno.

Funeral services for Joseph Charles (J.C.) Carroll were held Tuesday, May 10, 2022, at First Baptist Church of Hinton with Rev. Keith Gillham and Rev. Steve Murray officiating. Burial was in the Hinton Cemetery under the direction of Turner Funeral Home, Hinton.

Graveside services for Thurman Ray Williams of El Reno were held May 5 at the Tecumseh Cemetery under the direction of Huber-Benson Funeral Home. Ray passed away April 29, 2022. He was born Sept. 14, 1941, in Shawnee.

LAWSUITS Christina Hernandez-Cassady vs. CC Transports and Consulting Services LLC for $15,000 for alleged damages.

Property is being sought to move the Canadian County Health Department in El Reno. County health officials have applied for $10 million in federal COVID-19 stimulus funds awarded to Canadian County.

El Reno native and acclaimed author Brandon Hobson has been awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship, one of the most prestigious honors bestowed on a writer, historian, scholar or artist. The award is the second garnered by Hobson this year.

Smash Week raises money through $20 student passes to different events and donations from the community and area businesses. Money raised this year will be donated to Tishomingo High School, which lost six students earlier this year in a car accident.