Private services for Robert James “Lil Rocc” Meely will be held in the Concho Cemetery under the direction of Huber-Benson Funeral Home.
Lil Rocc died April 12, 2020, in El Reno. He was born Dec. 4, 1979, in Oklahoma City. He lived most of his life in El Reno and worked in maintenance at Concho.
Metta Bernice Norton, 96, of Salida, Colo., passed away April 8, 2020, at Columbine Manor Care Center in Salida where she had resided the past year.
Bernice was born Aug. 21, 1923, in El Reno. She grew up and attended public schools in El Reno, and after graduation, moved to Wichita, Kan., where she spent most of her adult life.
Bernice had been employed with Beech Aircraft, Dillard’s and the Veterans Administration. She returned to El Reno after retirement and volunteered at Russell-Murray Hospice Thrift Store for several years.
Due to a higher demand for COVID-19 testing at the Yukon satellite office, the Canadian County Health Department will be holding a drive-up test location on Friday.
The testing will be done at Yukon’s Middle School from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. No appointment will be needed to get tested for the virus, but residents will need to show some symptoms.
Officers from the Yukon Police Department and deputies from the Canadian County Sheriff’s office will be on site for traffic control.
Downtown El Reno looks very different.
Parking lots are empty, as are the sidewalks. Very few cars are parked on the streets in front of storefronts.
Between the somewhat recent bust in the energy industry and now the fallout from COVID-19, a serious toll has been taken on El Reno’s historic downtown district.
More than 20 downtown shops and offices have shut their doors. At least a dozen of these will not operate in any capacity until the quarantine is lifted.
