LCJ newsletter 8-15-2024

Thursday's newsletter

Daily Bible verse

Each of you should give what you have decided in your heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.

2 Corinthians 9:7

Heavener school cafeteria menu

Breakfast: Cereal and toast

Lunch: Turkey sandwiches

Blast from the past

A view of Heavener’s Harvey Stadium in the late 1960s or early 1970s before the renovation in the 1980s

Graveside service for Delma Irene Moody set

Graveside service for Delma Irene Moody, 94, of Cameron is 10 a.m. Friday at the Fairhill Cemetery in Cameron with Jim Cook and Elmor Bowden officiating.

Services are under the direction of Evans & Miller Funeral Home of Poteau, Oklahoma.

Visitation is from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home.

She was born Jan. 19, 1930 in Cameron to Eleana (Brooks) Pierce and James Pierce and passed away Aug. 12, 2024 in Cameron.  

Survivors include her children Troy Nicholes Moody Sr. and wife Pam, Martha Self, Lorria Moody and Ella Rouviere; grandchildren Billy Self, Marsha Rameriz-Coyote, Troy Moody Jr., Christopher Moody, Natasha Heatherington, Dustin Moody and Micah Pierce; and 27 great grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Troy Lee Moody; daughter, Patty Moody; son, Joseph Rouviere; stepson, Richard Moody; sister, Blanch Pierce; brothers F.L. Pierce, and Jr. Pierce; granddaughter, KC Moody.

Pallbearers are Chris Moody Sr., Chris Moody Jr., Jeremy Moody, Troy Moody Sr., Micha Pierce, Dustin Moody and Troy Nicholas Moody Jr. Honorary pallbearers are Dennis Hairson, Zackiyuari Ramirez-Coyote, Jack Lamberson and Bobby Browning. 

You may leave an online message at www.evansandmillerfuneralhome.com. 

Jennifer Kay Duggins

Funeral services for Jennifer Kay Duggins, 47, of Kansas City, Missouri were Wednesday at Mallory-Martin Funeral Home Chapel in Spiro with Reverend Vernon Stone officiating.

Burial followed at Spiro City Cemetery, under the direction of Mallory-Martin Funeral Home.
Jen was born March 12, 1977 in Fort Smith, Arkansas to Patricia Kay Sebo and Gerald Wayne Burnett and passed away Aug. 8, 2024 in Kansas City, Missouri. 

She married Dave Duggins Dec. 21, 2001 in Fort Smith, Arkansas and was a member of Gashland Baptist Church and of the Southern Baptist Faith. Jen loved her animals, reading, and shopping for purses and shoes..

Survivors include her husband, Dave Duggins; sister Kim Ford and husband Chris; brother Wayne Burnett and wife Misty; nieces Kelsey Summers, Kayla Burnett, Kyra Burnett, Britney Devine and Megan Ford; sister-in-law Tammy Kallhoff and husband Steve; brother-in-law John Duggins and wife Nancy, numerous other cousins, relatives and friends.

Jennifer was preceded in death by her parents and sister-in-law, Trena Holland.

Pallbearers were Wayne Burnett, T.J. Rust, Timothy Rust, Tommy Rust, Kelsey Summers, Chris Ford, Hayden Devine, and Tyler Sebo. Honorary Pallbearer will be Steve Kallhoff.
You may leave an online message at www.MalloryMartinFuneralHomeSpiro.com.

Linda Lowrimore

Funeral services for Linda Sue (Mayabb) Lowrimore, 75, of Spiro were Wednesday at Mallory-Martin Chapel in Spiro with Pastor Keith Wilson and Pastor Dale Lowrimore officiating.

Burial followed at Fairview Cemetery in Panama, under the direction of Mallory-Martin Funeral Home.

Linda was born May 30, 1949 in Mena, Arkansas to Ruby (Armstrong) Mayabb and Huston Mayabb and passed away Aug. 10, 2024 in Spiro.  She married Samuel J. Lowrimore Oct. 24, 1970 in Watson and was a member of Lakeview Missionary Baptist Church, and a proud member of the Auxiliary Post 4884.

Survivors include her sister, Sharon Williams; best friend, Kathy Rogers; nieces Sara Emmert, Tina Gibson and Liz Bond; nephews Jeremy Parnell, Josh Hamby, Scotty Mayabb, Terry Mayabb and Jerry Mayabb; great nieces, Kayleigh Emmert, Laney Emmert and Shawnee Drummonds; great nephews Caleb Emmert, Kelsey Gibson and Hunter Gibson; sister-in-law, Bernice Lowrimore Barkley, and numerous extended family and loved ones.

She was preceded in death by her husband; her parents; son, Justen Lowrimore; brother, James Mayabb; sisters, Karen Hamby and Lola Woods.

Pallbearers were Todd Lowrimore, Leon Lowrimore, Casey Lowrimore, Dale Lowrimore, Jackie Dale Lowrimore, Kevin Knight, Jeremy Parnell, Josh Hamby, Hunter Gibson, Caleb Emmert and Terry Mayabb.

You may leave an online message at www.MalloryMartinFuneralHomeSpiro.com.

Rita Gale Wiley

Funeral service for Rita Gale Wiley, 64, of Fanshawe is 2 p.m. Friday at Freewill Baptist in Fanshawe with Gary Willett officiating.

Burial will follow at Hicks Chapel Cemetery in Fanshawe, under the direction of Evans & Miller Funeral Home of Poteau.

She was born Nov. 27, 1959 in Hodgen to Pearlie (Bost) Wiley and Sylvester Wiley and passed away Aug. 12, 2024 in Poteau.  

Survivors include her daughter Christina Gale Hess and husband Michael; sisters Joann Wiley and Roxane Wiley; brother, Joey Wiley and wife June; parents Sylvester and Pearlie Wiley; and grandchildren, Christopher Hess and Aiden Hess.

She was preceded in death by her niece, Erica Jean Wiley. 

Visitation is from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. 

Pallbearers are Michael Hess, Caston Ballew, Tom Raymond, Jerry Earls, Joey Wiley and Heath McKurter. 

Honorary Pallbearers will be her grandsons. 

You may leave an online message at www.evansandmillerfuneralhome.com.

Kimberly Lewis

Funeral services for Kimberly Renea Lewis, 59, of Pocola was Monday at the Trinity Baptist Church in Pocola with Pastor Jeffery Beshears officiating.

Burial followed at Grace Lawn Cemetery in Tuckermann, Arkansas, under the direction of Evans & Miller Funeral Home of Pocola.

She was born July 13, 1965 in Newport, Arkansas to Bertha Louise (Morris) Thomas and Kimberlin Bruce Rupe and passed away Aug. 6, 2024 in Fort Smith, Arkansas.  

Survivors include her children Cheryl L. Lewis and husband Jamie Lewis, Katheryn L. Chapman and husband Daniel Chapman; son, Jeffery Dane York, Jr.; sister Elle Nutter Jones and husband Roger Jones; grandchildren; step-brothers John Mark Thomas and James Michael Delaney; step-sisters Jean Marie Lapham and Judith Ann Mullins; and a sister, Angela Carrick.

She was preceded in death by her father, Kimberlin Bruce "Jack" Rupe; and brother, Kenneth Bruce Rupe.

You may leave an online message at www.evansandmillerfuneralhome.com.