Death Notices

Virginia Argo, 81 died Thursday in McAlester. Viewing will be 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Monday at Bishop Funeral Service; family will greet friends 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Monday at Bishop Funeral Service. Cremation to follow.

Passed away Thursday, December 17, 2020 at the Latimer Nursing Home in Wilburton, ok. Services are pending with the Waldrop Funeral Home of Wilburton, OK.

Ronald Lee Austin, age 62, of McAlester, passed away peacefully on Sunday, December 21, 2025, in McAlester. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, December 30, 2025, at Bishop Chapel of Memories, officiated by Rev. Bobby Maddox. Burial will follow at Memory Gardens Memorial Park Cemetery.

Ann J. Bailey, 84 yrs of Bengal Community passed on Nov. 16,2025 at her home in Bengal. Graveside Service Thursday, 11-20-25 at 11 am Red Oak Cemetery , Red Oak, Ok, Under Direction of Waldrop Funeral Home, Wilburton, Ok

Graveside funeral services for Kathryn Baldwin-Conner will be Saturday, Oct. 10, 2020 at 11:00 a.m. at Memory Gardens Memorial Park in McAlester.

Brenda Barlow, of Choctaw passed away on March 17, 2023. Family will greet friends from 6-8PM on Tuesday, March 21, 2023 at Bishop Funeral Service and Crematory. Funeral Service will be 2PM Wednesday, March 22, 2023 at Bishop Chapel of Memories. A burial will follow at Indianola Cemetery.

Neil Barnard, 91 yrs of Panola, Oklahoma passed away on Saturday, February 19,2022 at the Stillwell Memorial Hospital in Stillwell, Ok. Services will be on Tuesday, February 22,2022 at 2 pm Graveside Service at the Lutie Cemetery in Wilburton Ok. Viewing and Visitation will be on Tuesday, February 22,2022 8 am...

Jodie Barrick-Bowhall, 54, of McAlester, died Wednesday, September 20, 2017, in Tulsa. A graveside service will be held at 2 p.m., Monday at Fanshawe Cemetery, Fanshawe, Oklahoma. Arrangements entrusted to Bishop Funeral Service.

Melvin Bates, 93, died Sunday in McAlester. A committal was held on Wednesday at Memory Gardens Cemetery under the direction of Brumley-Mills Funeral Home.

Barbara Ann (Grippando) Beall, 71 of Norman, passed away on December 12, 2021. Services will be Saturday, December 18th at 10:00 am at the Trinity Lutheran Church in Norman. Visitation will be on Friday, December 17th from 6-8 pm at Primrose Funeral Service in Norman. Arrangements are under the direction of Primrose...

Cheryl Beeler, 66, of McAlester, died Wednesday, May 24, 2017, in McAlester.
Arrangements are pending with Chaney-Harkins Funeral Home.

Steve H. Bernardi, 88, McAlester, passed on Aug. 6, 2025, in Tulsa. Viewing, Monday, 5-7 p.m. Adamson Baptist Church. Mass, Tuesday, 10 a.m. St. Josephs Catholic Church, Krebs. Waldrop Funeral Home, Wilburton.