Commissioners say they will no longer dig graves

Posted by John Small | Apr 17, 2019 | Main News

Johnston County is getting out of the grave digging business. During its regular weekly meeting Monday morning, the Johnston County Board of Commissioners voted to cease its policy of digging graves at county cemeteries. The commissioners cited the time and expense involved in providing that service, noting that the county has in the past received […]

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John Small

John A. Small is the Managing Editor and (with Publishers Tom and Mary Lokey) co-founder of the Johnston County Sentinel, a weekly newspaper headquartered in Tishomingo, Oklahoma. He came to Tishomingo (his mother’s birthplace) in 1991 and spent the next three and a half years as reporter and columnist for the Johnston County Capital-Democrat. Following a two-year stint as News Editor at the Durant Daily Democrat, he returned to the C-D as News Editor in 1997 and remained there until January of 2018, when the Sentinel was founded. To date his work as a journalist has earned him more than 220 awards from the Oklahoma Press Association, the Society of Professional Journalists, the Associated Press, the National Newspaper Association, and the Oklahoma Education Association.

Commissioners say they will no longer dig graves

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