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Phyllis Jean Hearn age 81, passed away Sunday, January 28, 2024 in Holdenville, OK. She was born December 23, 1942 in Wewoka, OK to W.A. Horne and Ruth (Rutherford) Horne.
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A memorial service for Donald Ray Bowman will be held Saturday, February 3, 2024 at 1:00 PM at the Parks Brothers Funeral Home Chapel in Wetumka, Oklahoma with Bro. John Roberts officiating.
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Funeral services for Jesse D. Givens were held Saturday, January 26, 2024 at 1:00 PM at the Kialegee Life Center of Wetumka. A prayer service was held Thursday, 6:00 – 8:00 PM at the Parks Brothers Funeral Home Chapel in Wetumka. Wake services were Friday at the Kialegee Life Center at 7:00 PM.
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A NEW KING AND QUEEN HAVE BEEN CROWNED IN CALVIN!
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It is generally believed that the 1918 flu epidemic infected 500 million people. The actual death toll is unknown but thought to be between 40 and 50 million. Our country was tangled up in WWI and this deadly flu killed as many of our young men and boys in the service as those that fell on the battlefields. President Wilson was "begged" to take actions such as limiting large gatherings and other emergency measures to help control the spread of this debilitating disease. He wouldn't even do a press release about it for fear of our German enemies learning how hard we had been hit by this deadly flu. And there was politics in 1918 too.
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