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After the active weather pattern on Monday and gusty winds during the early part of the week, we are going to see much better conditions for Thursday and Friday and it will continue into early next week with sunny days and a major warming trend.

Velma Lou Abney-Sangster passed away peacefully with her family in Winnsboro, Texas, in her 90th year of life on March 17, 2022. She was born Jan. 16, 1932 and raised in Hugo, Okla., for 89 years where she was able to raise her family from a quaint home nestled in a neighborhood full of friends. She was the beloved wife of the late Gene Sangster and the loved mother of Diane Davis and Allen Dale McLemore. She is survived by nine of her 11 siblings: JD Abney, JC Abney, Leo Abney, JR Abney, Ed Abney, James Abney, Dorothy Hitchcock, Lula Mae Hardaway and Janice Boyett. She was preceded in death by her two sisters: Evalena Benton and Jene McDaniel. Velma’s family continued to flourish with four grandchildren: Shannon Hamby, Crystal Caddell, Briana McLemore and Heather Edge; 10 great-grandchildren: Jaiden, Quentin, Raelynn, Maelyn, Gabriel, Kinley, Tori, Aiden, Devan and River, and one great-great-granddaughter, Pilot.

Celebration of Life services for Henry C. Lyles, Jr.

Funeral services for Haralyn Crews Shatswell were held at 2 p.m. Saturday, March 19, 2022 at the Mt. Olivet Cemetery in Hugo, Okla., with Pastor Jamie Stevenson of the Southside Baptist Church officiating. Haralyn passed away Monday, March 14, 2022 in Denison, Texas, at the age of 88.

Robert Walter Talley, Sr., of Honey Grove, Texas, passed away March 17, 2022, at the age of 68. Robert Walter Talley, Sr.