Funeral services for Novella Jane Boykin, of Mustang, Okla., were held at 1 p.m. March 26, 2022 at Miller & Miller Funeral Home Chapel.

Funeral services for Audrey Phyllis (Harding) Salas, of Boswell, Okla., were held at 2 p.m. March 30, 2022 at St.

Funeral services for Benjamine “Ben” Franklin Jordan, Jr., of Smithville, Okla., will be at 1 p.m. March 25, 2022 at Smithville Rodeo Arena in Smithville. Benjamine passed away March 19, 2022, at the age of 90.

Doris G. Ross passed away at her home on Friday, March 18, 2022, in Hugo, Okla. She was 79. Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, March 23, 2022 at the Prater-Lampton-Mills and Coffey Funeral Home in Hugo. Interment followed at the Mt. Olivet Cemetery in Hugo with the Rev. Gene Wilson officiating.

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

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.

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

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.

Ambrose Chester Estep was born Sept. 14, 1933 in Ashville, Ohio, and passed away on Feb.