Obituaries

Hollis Gene Davis passed away on September 16, 2023, after a long life and a short illness. He was born in Elmore City, Oklahoma on March 20, 1937, into a farming family, the last of eight other children born to Elzy Davis and Nettie Bell Davis. He attended and graduated from Warren High School in 1955. After school he served 2 years in the US Army. After his time in the Armed Service, much of his working life was spent in the oil fields with Halliburton in New Mexico and finally in Perryton Texas. While working in Perryton he met his wife, Wynenia. To this union a son was born Curtis Gene Davis along with two stepdaughters, Kathy, and Jamie. He later started farming and ranching in west central Oklahoma. Later in life he retired to Warren. He was a member of the Mason Lodge of Altus, OK.

Perry “P-Nut” Luna was born on July 7th, 1976 in Metairie, Louisiana to David and Debra Luna; he was raised between Louisiana and Mississippi until relocating to Blair, Oklahoma with his family in 1993. Shortly after moving to Oklahoma, he made his way to Roger Arkansas, where his beautiful daughter, Michelle Leigh Luna, was born. Over the years, P-Nut made his way back to Oklahoma, where he settled in Hobart in 2003.

Benny Rasnic, age 87, of Norman, Oklahoma and formerly of Altus, Oklahoma, passed away on Sunday, September 10, 2023 surrounded by his loving family. He was born to Emmett Jackson and Edith (Anthony) Rasnic in Spring Creek, Oklahoma near Gracemont on October 8, 1935. He was the second of eight children, growing up as part of a peanut farming family.

Gerald Edwin Drury, 90, died August 31, 2023 in Vernon, Texas. Services will be at Sullivan’s Funeral Home Chapel, Vernon, TX, on Tuesday September 5, 2023 at 10am. Visitation will take place on Monday September 4, 2023 from 6p-8p at Sullivan Funeral Home. Gerald was born July 2, 1933 in Olustee, OK to Needham and Beulah Drury. He married Sandra Joy Ingle on August 25, 1956 in Olustee and they established their home in Altus, OK.

Sammy Micheal O’Neal, a longtime resident of Altus, Oklahoma, left his earthly home to join the arms of the Lord on the morning of August 20, 2023, at the age of seventy-five. Funeral services were held Thursday, Aug.

David Benjamin Studer, Sr., of Wooster, Ohio, formerly of Altus, Oklahoma, passed from this life on August 17, 2023, at the age of 85. He was born October 30, 1937, in Wooster, Ohio, to Harvey F. & Zulma M. (Minouflet) Studer. David was the eighth child of eleven children.

Harold Gene Nichols, 89, of Claremore, OK passed away on August 24, 2023. He was born on August 21, 1934, in Clarita, OK the son of Andrew “Pete” and Estelle (Dollins) Nichols. Harold joined the US Air Force upon graduation from Southside High School in Hess, OK.

Cecil Ray “Cap” Chesser, Jr., was born on October 8, 1947, in Olustee, a small town in far southwest Oklahoma. He passed from this life on July 20, 2023, in Denison, Texas, at age 75.

James Gibson a loved and honored man formerly of Altus Ok left this earth on Sunday July 16 2023 at the age of 87 years and 10 months. He passed away peacefully at his home in Moore Ok with his wife and son by his side.

Helen Earl (Grubbs) Stallings, 92, former Altus resident, passed away on Wednesday, July 26, 2023 at the Beehive Care Facility in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Graveside services will be 10:00 AM Friday, August 4, 2023 in the Altus City Cemetery with Bishop John Barron officiating. Burial will be under the care of the Kincannon Funeral Home and Cremation Service.