Claremore insurance businessman and community servant
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The son of John Henry and Alice Mae (Donnell) Burrows, John Burrows was born April 10, 1928, in Dallas, Texas. John graduated from Claremore High School in 1945, and went on to serve in the U.S. Navy during…
Pioneer Claremore family member and long time owner of Rogers County Abstract
Pioneer family member and long time resident of Claremore
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Alice Cline Farbro was born on December 17, 1929, the year of the big depression. When the stock market fell, people committed suicide, and many Oklahomans left the state of Oklahoma to try to find…
Local businessman and community supporter
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Paul Pixley was born in 1950 to parents Warren and Pat Pixley. The eldest of five children, Paul has been involved with the Pixley Lumber family owned business since 1972. He currently serves as Chairman of the Board…
Many decade family car dealership owner and Claremore historian
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Rob Melton is a progressive Claremore businessman who has grown his family dealership into its fifth generation. His love of cars, combined with his business acumen, has enabled him to streamline the auto buying process…
Dot’s Café owner and long time resident
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Melinda Kay Washom Knight was born July 26, 1955 to Robert and Dorothy Washom. She was born on the family farm in Claremore, Oklahoma where she was still living until the flood of 2019. Robert was a…
Museum Director, Radio Broadcaster and Local Sports Historian
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Wayne McCombs’ family moved to a farm south of Claremore in 1958. In the ninth grade he began working at the local radio station, KWPR. The station was a 500 watt, AM daytime station at the…
Journalist - Long time Claremore Progress writer and Will Rogers Memorial Public Relations Director
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Born and raised on a rocky hillside of her father’s Cherokee allotment, overlooking the Verdigris…
Business woman, wife and mother. A pioneering Claremore business owner’s wife.
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Born December 11, 1914 in Perkins, Oklahoma to Robert and Ethel (Hedrick) Webb, Jessie was reared and educated in Pryor, Oklahoma. She graduated with the class of 1933, and in 1934 Jessie married…
Hall of Fame Athlete, Business man and local Black historian
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Gerome Riley was born October 18, 1934in Chelsea, Oklahoma to Sylvester and Georgie Riley. Gerome was reared and educated in Chelsea at Paul Lawrence Dunbar School through the 8th grade, prior to transferring to…