
Paid Obituary – Norma Lou Dennis Hughes
Norma Lou Dennis Hughes passed from this life at the age of 81 on Friday, Sept. 6, 2024, in Fort Worth, Texas. Norma was born Aug. 28, 1942, to J.D. (Jack) and Lorene Dennis in Chickasha, Okla. She spent the majority of her early years living around the Johnston...
Paid Obituary – Charles Ray May
Charles Ray May passed away on Aug. 30, 2024, in Oklahoma City, Okla. He was born Aug. 26, 1963, in Blackwell, Okla., to Tommy Sylvester and Vinita Faye (Covington) May. At a young age his family moved to Tishomingo, where he attended school and graduated from...
Legal Notices – September 12 2024 Edition
(Published in Johnston County Sentinel on September 5 & 12, 2024) IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF JOHNSTON COUNTY STATE OF OKLAHOMA In the Matter of the Estate of ERNIE FINCHER, Deceased. Case No. PB-2024-27 NOTICE TO CREDITORS All creditors having claims...
‘Okay… who shuffled?’
Cheryl Shackleford shared this photograph with the Sentinel this week, in which Don Payne, Roger Hicks, Wanza Caraway, Trent Maness and Clayton Pryor are pictured while engaged in a lively game of dominoes at the Reagan Community Center on Monday, Aug. 26. Domino...
Community Calendar – September 5 2024 Edition
Tishomingo City Council The Tishomingo City Council will meet today (Thursday), Sept. 5, at 6 p.m. The meeting will take place at Tishomingo City Hall, located at 1130 East Main Street. Nazarene Caravan Program Tishomingo Church of the Nazarene, located at 400...
EMS car seat checkup is Friday
Johnston County EMS will host a car seat checkup event on Friday, Sept 6, from 2 to 4 p.m. at the JCEMS headquarters, located at 604 E. 24th Street in Tishomingo. A limited number of car seats will be available on a “first come, first served” basis for $15, cash...
Voter registration deadline for November election is Oct. 11
Friday, Oct. 11, is the last day to apply for voter registration in order to be eligible to vote in the Nov. 5 general election, Johnston County Election Board Secretary Susan Hesbrook announced this week. “Persons who are United States citizens, residents of...
Library’s ‘Reading at the Refuge’ program continues
Area residents are invited to take a break from the hustle and bustle of everyday life with the Johnston County Library’s “Reading on the Refuge” program at the Tishomingo National Wildlife Refuge Observation Tower on the second Saturday of the month at 9:30 a.m....
Rutledge named as MSC’s new farm director
Murray State College has named Justin Rutledge as its new MSC Clyde Kindell Farm Director. Rutledge came to Murray State in 2023 as the college’s livestock show team coach. Stepping into the role as the farm director is more than overseeing farm operations and...
Paid Obituary – Lawrence “Wayne” Estes
Lawrence "Wayne" Estes passed away on Friday, Aug. 30, 2024. Wayne was born Dec. 18, 1938, in Sweetwater, Texas, to Lawrence "Alvin" Estes and Bernice Marie McKee Merritt. He attended first grade in Alpine, Texas, before his family moved to Blackwell, Texas, where he...