Obituaries

Garry Lavirl Lyons was born January 2, 1936 in Claypool, Oklahoma to William Proctor "Bill" and Ida Virginia (Fowler) Lyons. He passed from this life June 29, 2026. He graduated from Claypool High School. He and Jacqueline Sue Fulton were married January 7, 1956 in Ardmore, Oklahoma. He worked for Halliburton and retired after 30 years. He loved to read and watch westerns and loved to garden.

He is survived by 8 grandchildren, 16 great grandchildren, and 3 great great grandchildren.

He w…

Linda Helen Hayden, of Duncan, peacefully passed away on Monday afternoon, June 29, 2026 at Duncan Regional Hospital. She was 77 years old. A funeral service will be held on Thursday, July 2nd at 10:00 a.m. at Comanche First Baptist Church, with Dr. Mark Hall officiating, under the direction of Comanche Funeral Home. Interment will follow at Duncan City Cemetery.

Linda was born May 10, 1949 in Duncan, to Otha Dennis andVera (Brown)Gray. She attended school in Duncan. She and Brian (Ron) Hay…

Alpha Fay Hall was born on October 18, 1934 to Willis (Slim) Peterson and Ida Mae 'Henderson' Peterson in Fleetwood, Oklahoma. She left this world to go to her heavenly home on June 26, 2026. She was a 1952 Terral High school graduate. While in school she loved her friends and enjoyed playing softball and basketball while being able to hold her own when the school boys were being mean to her friends. After high school, she attended secretary school in Oklahoma City, then worked until Gerald ca…

Leta Jan (Lemme) Snider passed from this life to her eternal heavenly home on Saturday, June 20, 2026 in her home nearby her loving husband at the age of 84. Jan was born in Sugden, OK on December 24, 1941 to Harry Franklin Lemme and Lela (Wriggle) Lemme. She was raised in the small town of Sugden, OK where she enjoyed the quiet life of living in the country being surrounded by her family. She was 1 of 4 children born to the Lemme's. After graduating from Waurika High School, she met the love o…

Gloria Jean Person was born on November 17, 1940 in Hastings, Oklahoma to Paul S. and Bonnie Mary (Schooley) Payne. She passed from this life on Friday, June 19, 2026 in Mt. Pleasant, Texas. Gloria attended school in Hastings until her senior year graduating from Waurika High School in 1959. Gloria and Perry Wayne Person were married June 17, 1960 in Hastings, Oklahoma. He preceded her in death May 26, 2007. Gloria worked as a seamstress at Haggar Mfg. in Temple for many years and also at Basco …

Billy Merle Griffin was born March 5, 1933 in Grady, Oklahoma to A.W. "Andy" and Lillian Gertrude (Baker) Griffin. She passed from this life Friday, June 19, 2026 in Duncan, Oklahoma. Billy attended schools at Grady and Spanish Fort, and graduated from Ringling High School. Billy and Norman Wayne Smith were married April 19, 1952 in Ardmore, Oklahoma. He preceded her in death October 4, 2017.
Billy worked at Moore Drug in Ringling, as a teller for First Farmers Bank in Waurika, at the soil co…