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William T. Harmon
courtesy of the Hugo Daily News - used with permission

     Funeral services for William T. Harmon of Hugo were held at 1 p.m. Thursday, February 5, 2004, at First Church of the Nazarene, 100 N. H Street, with Rev. Jim Moore officiating. Interment was in Springs Chapel Cemetery.
     Mr. Harmon died Saturday, January 31, 2004, in Hugo. He was 73. He was loved by all who knew him.
     Mt. Olive Funeral Home, Hugo.

     Memorial services for William T. Harmon, of Hugo, will be held at a later date. 
     Mr. Harmon died Saturday, January 31, 2004, in Hugo. He was 73. Mr. Harmon was loved by all who knew him.
     Mt. Olive Funeral Home, Hugo.

J.C. Lemmond
courtesy of the Hugo Daily News - used with permission

Our Dad is walking the streets of gold

     J.C. Lemmond departed this life Feb. 3, 2004, after a brief illness. He was a kind, loving, gentle, genuine and considerate man who always had a smile on his face. He will be greatly missed by his family and friends.
     J.C. was born on August 28, 1920, to Roy & Bessie (Winn) Lemmond in Sawyer, Okla. He lived all of his life in this area.
     He married Ruth Alexander on December 26, 1968, in DeQueen, Ark. He worked at many jobs through the years, working in California, in Wyoming at a CCC Camp, and as a truck driver. J.C. started Lemmond Produce with his brothers in 1947. After he retired from the produce business, he and Ruth worked for the Hugo Daily News delivering the daily paper for several years. He was a member of Oak Grove Baptist Church. He was the oldest member there. Though the past few years his health kept him close to home, he still called Oak Grove his home church. While active at church he was involved in many ministries, among them the jail ministry, youth ministry, and he and his family traveled to Old Mexico where they were involved in missionary work. J.C. loved the Lord and he tried to instill that love and faithfulness into his children.
     J.C. was a World War II veteran. He enlisted in the Air Force and served as an Air Cadet. He then entered the Infantry as a Tech Sergeant. He was on active duty in Germany during the War. He served his country with pride and dignity. He was our "American Hero."
     His favorite pasttime was playing dominoes. His other hobbies were reading westerns, reading his Bible, watching football and gardening. He truly had a "green" thumb. He always said, ÒI should have been a bee.Ó He loved to sniff the scent of the roses. He touched many lives and his life was a testimony to all who knew him.
     J.C. was preceded in death by Ruth Lemmond, his wife of 36 years, on January 13, 2003; his parents Roy & Bessie (Winn) Lemmond; brothers Douglas Lemmond and Joe Jack Lemmond; and brother-in-law Ray Irwin.
     Surviving relatives are sons and daughters-in-law, Ricky and Edith Anderson of Hugo, Jerry and Terrie Anderson of Hugo, Joe and Linda Anderson of Hugo, Rusty and Michelle Lemmond of Blue Springs, Mo.; daughter Elaine Anderson of Goodland, daughters and sons-in-law: Wanda & Paul Lewis of Sawyer, JoAnn & Neal Ashby of Durant, Sharon & Ray Bowman of Cedar Park, Texas, Bessie & Allen Carroll of Hugo, Elizabeth & Brian Stamper of Collinsville, Okla.; brothers and sisters-in-law: Roy G. & Helen Lemmond of Hugo, Delbert & Nancy Lemmond of Hugo; sister Nadine Irwin of Grain Valley, Mo., sister and brother-in-law Mary Lou & Bo Spear of Hugo; 29 grandchildren, 27 great grandchildren, many nieces and nephews.
     Funeral services for J.C. Lemmond of Hugo were held at 10 a.m. Friday, February 6, 2004, at Oak Grove Baptist Church with Rev. Otis Cayton and Rev. Jerry Mayfield officiating. Interment was in Fort Towson Cemetery.
     Mt. Olive Funeral Home, Hugo.
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Frank Brewer, Jr.
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     Funeral services for Frank Brewer, Jr., of Grant, were held at 2 p.m. Monday at West Kiamichi Church of Christ with Bro. Evans officiating. Burial was in Pleasant Hill Cemetery.
     Mr. Brewer died February 2, 2004, at his home. He was 84.
     Surviving relatives: Wife, Estella Brewer of Grant; five sons, Odis Brewer, Thomas Brewer, Floyd Brewer, all of Grant, David Brewer of hugo, Marshall Brewer of Grand Rapids, Mich.; one daughter, LaVern Gabriel of Grant; three sisters, Francis Woodson of Grant, Flossie Jefferson and Florida Love, both of Grand Rapids, Mich.; 18 grandchildren, 25 great grandchildren, several nieces and nephews.
     Rogan Funeral Home.

     Funeral services for Frank Brewer, Jr., 84, of Hugo, are pending with Rogan Funeral Home. Mr. Brewer died February 2, 2004, at his home.

Ellen Louise Collins
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     Funeral services for Ellen Louise Collins of Hugo were held at 1 p.m. Tuesday at McMillan-Satterwhite Funeral Home in Graham, Texas, with Rev. Dale Brooks officiating. Interment will be in Loving Cemetery.
     Mrs. Collins died Friday in Paris, Texas. She was 81.
     She was born February 19, 1922, in Detroit, Texas, and moved to Hugo in 1998 from Graham, Texas. She was a member of the First Baptist Church in Hugo. Her husband, Henry Earl Collins, preceded her in death in 1997.
     Survivors: two sons, James Collins of Graham, Texas, and Henry Collins of Bryson, Texas; two daughters, Barbara Ramsey of Hugo and Lillian Brown of Leesville, S.C.; sister, Lillie Mae McLaughlin of Lewisville, Texas; 11 grandchildren and several great-grandchildren.
     McMillan-Satterwhite Funeral Home, Graham, Texas.

Willie Knight
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     Funeral services for Willie Knight, 57, of Fort Worth, Texas, are pending with Miller & Miller Funeral Home of Hugo. Knight died February 9, 2004, in Fort Worth, Texas.

Cora Lockhart
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     Funeral services for Cora Lockhart, 91, of Hugo, are pending with Rogan Funeral Home. She died February 9, 2004, at Choctaw Memorial Hospital in Hugo.

William Ware
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     Funeral services for William Ware, 94, of Hugo, are pending with Rogan Funeral Home. He died February 10, 2004, at Golden Age Nursing Home in Hugo.

Beatrice Mahaffey
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     Funeral services for Beatrice Mahaffey of Fort Towson will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, January 30, 2004, at Fort Towson Baptist Church. Interment will follow in Fort Towson Cemetery.
     Mrs. Mahaffey died Wednesday, January 28, 2004, in Hugo. She was 78.
     Beatrice was born December 2, 1925, in Palmer, Ark., to Earl and Leona (Inge) West. She married Joe Mahaffey in Powderly, Texas, on December 28, 1948. Beatrice was a member of the Fort Towson First Baptist Church and was a homemaker. She was a lifelong resident of Fort Towson. Beatrice was preceded in death by her parents.
     Beatrice is survived by her husband Joe of Fort Towson; two sons, Wayne Mahaffey and his wife Mary of Centreville, Va., and Michael Mahaffey and his wife Julia of Swink; two daughters, Regina Mahaffey of Mesquite, Texas, and Joyce Boom and her husband David of Lubbock, Texas; and two grandsons.
     The family will receive friends from 4-6 p.m. Thursday, January 29, 2004, at the funeral home chapel.
     Prater-Lampton-Mills & Coffey Funeral Home, Hugo.

Ruby Beatrice Wright
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     Funeral services for Ruby Beatrice Wright of Hugo will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, January 30, 2004, at Mt. Olive Funeral Home Chapel with Father Joe Townsend officiating.
     Mrs. Wright died Monday, January 26, 2004, at Choctaw Memorial Hospital in Hugo. She was 89. 
     Ruby Beatrice Wright was born July 30, 1914, in Soper, Okla., the daughter of James C. Goode and Bessie O. "Ellis" Goode. She had worked as a cook for many years. She was preceded in death by five siblings.

Opal D. Coker
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     Funeral services for Opal D. Coker of Washington, Mich., were held at 5 p.m. Monday, January 26, 2004, at Roth-Muir Funeral Home in Romeo, Mich., with Rev. Robert A. Martin, of the First Congregational Church of Romeo, officiating. Interment will be made at 2 p.m. Monday, February 2, 2004, following a brief graveside service with the Rev. Dean George officiating at the Fort Towson Cemetery in Fort Towson, Okla.
     Mrs. Coker passed away January 23, 2004, in Armada, Mich. She was 94.
     She was born November 14, 1909, in Hopkins, Texas, the daughter of Charley and Vera (Hawkins) Clifton. She married James H, Coker in 1926. She resided for many years in Succasunna, N.J. 
     She is survived by her son & daughter-in-law, Charles & Mary Lou Coker of Washington, Mich.; three grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
     Arrangements are entrusted to the Roth-Muir Funeral Home, Romeo, Mich.

Tammie Virginia (Phillips) Walker
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     Memorial services for Tammie Virginia (Phillips) Walker were held on Saturday, January 17, 2004, at the Christian Outreach Church in Fort Worth, Texas.
     Mrs. Walker died January 13, 2004. She was 43.
     Tammie was born on January 10, 1961, in Salem, Or., the daughter of John E. and Elvie Mary Eli Phillips. She attended elementary school in Grant, Okla. She attended Northwood College in Dallas, Texas, and received a Bachelor's Degree in Business Management. She worked for CPS for 14 years and started working for John Peter Smith Hospital in 1999 as a Patient Registration Trainee.
     Her parents, Sgt. John Ernest and Elvie Mary Eli Phillips, and her husband, Thomas Joseph "T.J." Walker, preceded her in death. 
     Surviving relatives: daughter, Tamara Walker of Fort Worth; brothers, Wayne Phillips of New York, Reginald Phillips, Donnie Phillips and Carl Phillips, all of Fort Worth; uncles and aunts, Ellis and Ernestine Craig of Gay; Fred and Faye Cason of Bluff, and Willis Simmons.
Baker Funeral Home, Fort Worth, Texas.

Ben C. Johnson
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     Graveside services for Ben C. Johnson of Hugo were held at 4 p.m. Saturday, January 31, 2004, at Soper Cemetery with Rev. Greg Hammack officiating.
     Mr. Johnson died Friday, January 30, 2004, in Hugo. He was 87.
     Ben C. Johnson was born September 28, 1916, in Soper, the son of Christopher Columbus Johnson and Eva "Mann" Johnson. He had lived in this area most of his life, working as a farmer. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II. He was preceded in death by one brother, James Johnson.
     Surviving relatives: Sister, Margaret Crouch-Carter of Soper; numerous nieces and nephews.
     Mt. Olive Funeral Home, Hugo.

Jean Smith
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     Funeral services for Jean Smith of Hugo will be held at 1 p.m. Tuesday, February 3, 2004, at the Presbyterian Church in Hugo.
Mrs. Smith died Thursday, January 29, 2004, in Hugo. She was 73.
     Jean was born May 16, 1930, in Hugo, to Robert Lee and Virginia (Needham) Houser. She was a lifelong resident of Hugo and a member of the Presbyterian Church. Jean owned and operated a loan company in Hugo for many years. She was preceded in death by her parents. Jean will be greatly missed.
     She is survived by two sons, Tony Smith and Randy Short of Hugo; two sisters, Helen Louise Redwine of Hugo and Jannie Clark of Rockwall, Texas; three grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
     Information courtesy of Prater-Lampton-Mills & Coffey Funeral Home.