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Contributing Writer The $5 million Soper Road Project has been in the making for 12 years and its official culmination came just a few days before former Choctaw County Dist. 1 Commissioner Ronnie Thompson’s term came to an end.

Graveside services for Jerry Wayne Hunter, of Hugo, Okla., will be held at 2 p.m. Jan. 5, 2023 at Miller & Miller Funeral Chapel. Jerry passed away Dec. 31, 2022, at the age of 75. Jerry Wayne Hunter was born on March 7, 1947, in Hugo, Okla., the son of Buck and Pauline Hunter. He was preceded in death by his parents; sister, Patsy Thompson; brothers: Charles Edward, Jr., John Hunter, Jimmie Hunter and Doyle Hunter.

Graveside services for William Edward “Ed” Arthur, of Shawnee, Okla., were held at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Jan.

Coriene Grimsley, age 87, of Levelland, passed from this life to her Eternal Home on Friday, Dec. 30, 2022. Funeral services were held at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2022, at First Baptist Church in Levelland. Interment was at 2 p.m. at Muleshoe Memorial Park Cemetery. Coriene was born Aug. 11, 1935, in Parmer County, Texas, to Hazel Edward and Gladys Brown Wimberley. She married Mark Grimsley on Oct. 31, 1953 in Muleshoe, Texas. During their 69 years of marriage, they lived in Muleshoe; Hereford; Soper, Okla.; and in Levelland. Coriene worked as an administrative assistant in Muleshoe ISD, Hereford ISD, and Hugo City ISD. She was a member of First Baptist Church, Levelland, where she was a member of the Sonshine Choir.

Funeral services for Dr. Robert Lee Feagan, of Paris, Texas, were held at 2 p.m.

Funeral services for Eddie Joe Fagan, Sr., of Valliant, Okla., will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, Jan. 6, 2023 at Miller & Miller Funeral Home in Valliant. Eddie passed away Jan. 1, 2023, at the age of 73.

Family-led memorial services for Michael Justin Wilson, of Boswell, Okla., were held at 2 p.m. Dec.

Memorial services for Tisha Ann (Webster) Reece, of Fort Towson, Okla., were held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Jan.