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Services are pending for Gary Thomas, 58 of Weleetka, Oklahoma with Integrity Funeral Service. He passed away on Sunday, August 22, 2021, in Weleetka, Oklahoma.
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Read moreThe Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals ruled last Thursday that the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in McGirt v. Oklahoma doesn’t apply to past convictions.
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THE WETUMKA CLASS OF 1989 HAS PLACED A GRANITE BENCH AT THE HIGH SCHOOL GYMNASIUM in honor of Robert Jaggars who passed away on July 28th, 2020. Robert was very active in the community and loved sports. He was an avid OU and Dallas Cowboys fan and he loved being a Wetumka Chieftain. He could usually be found at basketball games running the scoreboard and keeping stats, on the sidelines of Chieftain football games, volunteering to coach or just cheering the kids on to victory. He will forever be missed by the community and the Chieftain family but he will never be forgotten.
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Composers of spirituals, “Uncle Wallace” and “Aunt Minerva” Willis were slaves in the old Choctaw Nation area of Oklahoma during the mid-nineteenth century. A Choctaw named Britt Willis owned them. In addition to the usual chores done for the family, Willis hired the couple periodically to Spencer Academy, a Choctaw boys’ school, to help with the work there. They were great favorites of the students during these periods because of the songs they sang while they worked. Uncle Wallace composed “plantation songs” as he worked in the fields. Aunt Minerva would sing along with him when they were asked to perform the songs for the students in the evenings. The songs composed by Uncle Wallace became well-known “spirituals.” “Swing Low, Sweet Chariot,” “Roll, Jordan, Roll,” “Steal Away to Jesus,” “I’m A-Rollin’, I’m A-Rollin’,” and “The Angels Are A-Comin’” are among the most popular and best loved.
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