Obituaries

Funeral services for Damion C. Hayes were held Saturday at Wesley United Methodist Church with Dr. Larry E. Collins II officiating.

Damion passed away Oct. 3, 2019. He was born March 30, 1988. He graduated from El Reno High School in 2006.

Damion was very active in sports, particularly in basketball where he was the starting point guard for the EHS basketball team.

He was employed in the gaming industry for many years, serving as a security guard, cashier and drop count technician.

Memorial services for Edmond Dean Gordon of El Reno will be held at 2 p.m. Monday, Oct. 14, 2019, at Faith Family Church with Rev. Paul Roach officiating. Interment of cremains will be in the Calumet Cemetery. Cremation arrangements are under the direction of Wilson Funeral Home.

Allen Floyd Spencer Jr. passed away Sept. 28, 2019. He was born Feb. 3, 1962, in Burbank, Calif., to Allen and Lulubelle (Pigorsch) Spencer.

Some of Allen’s hobbies were fishing and riding motorcycles and he truly loved being outdoors. He worked as a surveyor for the state transportation highway department for 30 years. His last project was Highway 81 between El Reno and Union City.

He was preceded in death by his father, Allen Spencer Sr. 

Grace Lowe, 106, formerly of Burden, Kan., died Oct. 5, 2019, at Cumbernauld Village in Winfield, Kan. Mrs. Lowe was born June 13, 1913, on a farm southeast of Atlanta, Kan., to Claude and Georgia (Bright) Womacks. She received her early education at Baltimore District Grade School and graduated from Atlanta High School in 1931. After graduation, she worked in a combined cafe-grocery store and the bank.

Funeral services for Dena Mae Davis of El Reno will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday in the Wilson Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Adam Pearson of Bible Baptist Church officiating. Interment will be in the Calumet Cemetery. Services are under the direction of Wilson Funeral Home.

Dena passed away Oct. 5, 2019, at Grace Living Center in El Reno. She was born Aug. 2, 1926, in Omega and came to El Reno in 1996. She had attended the Omega Christian Church in Watonga.

James Bradley Wright, born in Edmond on Nov. 5, 1963, to James Stephen Wright and Rebecca Morrison Garcia, passed away Oct. 4, 2019, in Oklahoma City.

Brad was raised in Union City, graduating from Union City High School in 1982, and attended SWOSU.

He married Brenda Wolf in 1995 and had one son, Brian Anthony. Brad was an avid sports fan and loved the Atlanta Braves and OU Sooners.

Viewing and visitation for Mary Ann White will be held at Sunrise Missionary Baptist Church on Friday, Oct. 11, 2019, from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.

Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 12, 2019, at Sunrise Missionary Baptist Church with Rev. Robert Prout officiating. Interment will be in the El Reno Cemetery. Services are under the direction of Wilson Funeral Home.

Mrs. White passed away Oct. 4, 2019, at St. Anthony’s Hospital in El Reno. She was born Dec. 1, 1942, in El Reno. Mary was a lifetime El Reno resident and graduate of Booker T. Washington School.

Wake service for Lucille Lela Bear Emmert will be held at 7 p.m. Thursday at First Free Will Baptist Church.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday at First Free Will with burial in the Concho Cemetery. Services are under the direction of Huber-Benson Funeral Home.