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Remembering those who passed in 2023
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January 3, 2024
Remembering those who passed in 2023

Many have left us in the past year, but they will never be forgotten by their friends and loved ones.

Here is a list of those who left behind family and friends in 2023. Their obituaries appeared in the Eufaula Indian Journal.

JANUARY

James Clifford Ralston Jan. 29, 1943 – Dec. 26, 2022

Russell Lloyd Reed June 24, 1939 – Jan. 2, 2023

Monte Joe Harris March 29, 1950 – Jan. 5, 2023

Sally Linda Ashby March 17, 1949 – Jan. 7, 2023

Cynthia Denise Armstrong June 11, 1956 – Jan. 12, 2023

Charles Ralph (Chuck) Johnson April 13, 1946 – Jan. 24, 2023

Peggy Steele Ferguson July 26, 1947 – Jan. 25, 2023

Robert “Rocky” King Wagner III April 11, 1958 – Jan. 27, 2023

Tami Jean Harding Sept. 22, 1963 – Jan. 29, 2023

Willie “Joe” Mitchell Oct. 19, 1935 – Jan. 29, 2023

Bonnie Sue Gorby April 23, 1944 – Jan. 30, 2023

FEBRUARY

Jamie Thomas Ennis Sept. 24, 1949 – Feb. 7, 2023

Vickie Rae Allen Feb. 22, 1950 – Feb. 9, 2023

William “Bill” Antrum Fox Jr. Oct. 25, 1924 – Feb. 10, 2023

Kathleen Turner Dobson Sept. 16, 1922 – Feb.14, 2023

Betsy Hill June 30, 1953 – Feb. 15, 2023

MARCH

Bertha D. Black April 30, 1931 – March 1, 2023

Lezle Lavone McGehee Pierce Akers Dec. 25, 1961 – March 1

Harold Wayne Orr March 22, 1949 – March 4, 2023

Theresa Ann Akers April 22, 1954 – March 5, 2023

Letty Smith March 22, 1944 – March 9, 2023

Leroy Burlston Collums July 14, 1928 – March 20, 2023

APRIL

Barbara Jean Ford Oct. 30, 1946 – April 8, 2023

Judith Elaine Moe Britzman Trobaugh Jan. 13, 1944 – April 10, 2023

Michele Diane Buccini Aug. 9, 1944 – April 12, 2023

Margaret Ellen (Lewis) Gunn Aug. 6, 1944 – April 12, 2023

Bonita (Marshall) Abernathy Dec. 16, 1956 – April 14, 2023

Patricia “Patti” June (Garrett) Pipkins June 25, 1928 – April 21, 2023

Blayne E. Sewell Dec. 19, 1932 – April 23, 2023

MAY

Alice Jean Bedford April 5, 1928 – May 3, 2023

Arthur J. Meese Sept. 14, 1932 – May 5, 2023

Mabel May (Good) Clothier March 13, 1929 – May 6, 2023

Katie Mae Newton Feb. 1, 1942 – May 29, 2023

JUNE

Stephen “Steve” Lee Stroble Nov. 26, 1955 – June 1, 2023

Emily Lopes April 13, 1920 – June 4, 2023

Claudine Delozier Sizemore Nov. 19, 1955 – June 7, 2023

Ramonia Sue “Susie” Moores March 7, 1942 – June 17, 2023

Cheyenne Thomas McNeely Aug. 30, 1981- June 18, 2023

Mary Ann Smith Sept. 11, 1952 – June 19, 2023

Mac Duane Whitson June 13, 1941 – June 21, 2023

Arthur “J.R.” Owens III Dec. 29, 1948 – June 25, 2023

JULY

Cherry M. Scott June 16, 1933 – July 3, 2023

Betty Eugene Napier March 15, 1942 – July 4, 2023

Mary Jo Gass July 22, 1941 – July 6, 2023

Barbara J. Wayt Oct. 3, 1941 – July 11, 2023

Charles “Chuck” Delane Holler April 23, 1947 – July 12, 2023

Junieta June Privette April 30, 1946 – July 17, 2023

Elizabeth Ellen Barnett Feb. 3, 1975 – July 27, 2023

AUGUST

Helen Faye Daniel July 30, 1939 – Aug. 6, 2023

Irma Lee McCalvey April 11, 1923 – Aug. 6, 2023

Joshua Marshall Barrett March 26, 1981 – Aug. 12, 2023

Daniel William Hudson May 17, 1938 – Aug. 20, 2023

Gerald E. “Jerry” Todd Feb. 21, 1934 – Aug. 27, 2023

Floyd Smith Feb. 9, 1944 – Aug. 30, 2023

Donald Eugene Shotwell Feb. 25, 1935 – Aug. 30, 2023

SEPTEMBER

Evelyn A. Booze Sept. 25, 1941 – Sept. 3, 2023

Gloria Jean Pendley Nov. 11, 1940 – Sept. 4, 2023

Winzley Joe Vanna Ray White Sept. 11, 2023 – Sept. 15, 2023

Nancy Marie Mouser Nov. 3, 1956 – Sept. 21, 2023

Lonnie Goodman Dec. 28, 1934 – Sept. 22, 2023

Jackie “Jack” Lee White March 15, 1929 – Sept. 24, 2023

Bonnie “Leo” Nixon July 19, 1966 – Sept. 30, 2023

OCTOBER

Doris Ann Burdine Feb. 7, 1931 – Oct. 1, 2023

Larry Merl Hays March 3, 1939 – Oct. 4, 2023

Kathy Lynn Drabek-Farrow Nov. 20, 1957 – Oct. 5, 2023

Louise Munn July 7, 1933 – Oct. 6, 2023

DeeWayna “Dee” Gayle Moore June 13, 1977 – Oct. 9, 2023

Donald Dean Stites Oct. 13, 1941 – Oct. 18, 2023

Mary Louise Haltom Harper Dec. 14, 1955 – Oct. 30, 2023

NOVEMBER

Larry Harlan Whitlock April 17, 1948 – Nov. 9, 2023

Tod Alan Fields March 18, 1966 – Nov. 16, 2023

Betty Nadine Bumgarner Jan. 3, 1944 – Nov. 25, 2023

DECEMBER

Robert Lee Burns May 6, 1942 – Dec. 1, 2023

Kurt David Hoss Nov. 30, 1950 – Dec. 4, 2023

Jo Ann Baldwin Nov. 27, 1938 – Dec. 7, 2023

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