OKW News

With her family at her bedside, on the morning of May 22, 2026, at the age of 49 years and one month, Amanda Fowler was taken into God’s merciful arms. Entering the world on April 22, 1977, in Fort Smith, Arkansas, Lilliann Amanda Terry Fowler was the second child and only daughter born to Buddy Leon Terry and Patsy Ann (Yandell) Terry. She grew up in the Hontubby/Lovings com...

Sharon Kay Clinton passed away May 20, 2026, at her home in Poteau, Oklahoma at the age of 79. Sharon was born November 3, 1946, to JB Oliver and Gladys (Heflin) Oliver in Wister, Oklahoma.

Sharon is survived by Ron Pound, her companion for many years, her son Kenneth Parks and wife Tonya of Cleveland, Oklahoma, her daughter, Penny French of Crossrider, Alabama, her gr...

Evelyn Cook was born on October 2, 1935, at home in Leflore Oklahoma. She was the fourth child born to Thomas Lee Knight and Velma Christine Kitchens. Evelyn attended school in Leflore and played basketball for the Leflore Savages, graduating in 1953. In 1979 she returned to school attending classes at Eastern Oklahoma State College in Wilburton between working full-time...

Melissa Cook, Southern Workforce Board

REI Oklahoma hosted a Southern Oklahoma Women in Business Networking Luncheon today at Poteau’s Donald W Reynolds Center. Presenters at today’s event included James Harrington from REI Oklahoma, Melissa Cook from Southern Workforce Board, and Laura Williams of Oklahoma Rehabilitation Services. The Cho...