Federal judge on senior status with the US District Court
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Born in Claremore, Oklahoma, Judge Darnell Jones received an Artium Baccalaureus degree in French from Southwestern College in 1972, and a Juris Doctor from the American University Washington College of Law in 1975.
He…
Lifetime nurse and hospital volunteer
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Betty Ruth Brown Oldham was born on June 17, 1932, at the Brown farm 13 miles northwest of Buffalo, Oklahoma. She was the second child out of six children born to Halbert and Nadean Brown. Betty has 4 brothers…
RSU President
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Dr. Larry Rice – a lifelong educator, administrator at the University of Tulsa and former member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives serves as President at Rogers State University. An Oklahoma native, Rice has over 40 years of experience in higher education.…
Lifetime nurse and hospital volunteer
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When Lillie Ada Thompson was born on September 8, 1891. Her father, William, was 33, and her mother, Mary Elizabeth Riggs , was 30. She married Charles Henry Warner on July 26, 1909, in Sapulpa, Oklahoma. They had two…
Claremore graduate, Educator and Pearl Harbor survivor
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John Andrew Cockrum is a “once in a lifetime educator” - the embodiment of what an educator should be. In the course of his tenure as Sapulpa Junior High and Sapulpa Senior High principal, he was mediator,…
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Former Claremore High School Assistant Football and Wrestling Coach and teacher of Current Events and United States History. He is the son of All American Lucious Selmon of the infamous Selmon brothers who played on the OU National Championship teams.
Lucious was born…
Long time Claremore business woman and community service volunteer
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Donna Froman was born in 1942 at home in Sequoyah, Oklahoma. Born into a family with a long history in Northeast Oklahoma. Her parents were Albert Casto Knight and Edith Gravitt Knight.
Donna graduated…
Long time Claremore Football Coaches
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Frank Mobra and John Smith sit down for a lively walk down memory from their perspectives as legendary coaches for Claremore Public Schools.
Frank Mobra was a man of character, integrity and one who did things the right way…
Local Attorney and Long time Claremore and Rogers County Historian
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John Cary is an attorney and community volunteer. John and his wife, Bobbie, have lived in Claremore since 1984. They have 2 children, Patrick and Elizabeth. He grew up in a small town in…
Journalist, retired US Postal Service employee and local sports history expert
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Larry Larkin is a 1965 graduate of Claremore High School, his family having moved from Tulsa to Claremore in 1963. He was born to parents Bill and Lois Larkin. An long time admirer…
Claremore High School Coach and Educator
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Born 1949 in Okmulgee, Oklahoma Alger Flood graduated from Okmulgee high school in 1967. He made All state in football and was selected as lineman of the year by the Tulsa world. Alger received a full scholarship to…
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Born Clara Ann Fowler on November 8, 1927 in Claremore, Oklahoma, Patti Page became a pop music legend, selling in excess of 100 million records over a career that spanned seven decades. From humble beginnings as one of eleven children born to a railroad…