Thursday, June 7, 2001 COMBS, PAULINE Pauline COMBS, 84, of Shawnee died on Sunday, June 3, 2001. was born April 9, 1917, in Sallisaw to Jeff and Ora (McCLANAHAN) DIFFEE. BRYAN, ROSS, VITT, HAMMER. Ester M. CONLEY, 70, of Fort Smith, Ark., died Sunday, june 3, 2001, in a Fort Smith hospital. BYARS, GOTHARD. Faye DORITY, 57, of Sallisaw was born Jan. 19, 1944, to Burley Wesley PETREE and Hazel RIGGS PETREE in Sallisaw. BRANHAM, CHAMBERS, CASEBOLT, GARDENHIRE, MOWDY, Marion Mark GRUBBS, 67, of Fort Smith, Ark., died Tuesday June 5, 2001, in a Fort Smith hospital. MEJIA, ATHERTON Billie HOLLAWAY, 77, of Vian, was born October 16, 1923, in Fort Smith, Ark. to Sam HOLLAWAY and Allie (BATES) HOLLAWAY. He died Thursday, May 31, 2001, in Sallisaw. HATCHER, DRUM, ARMER, POINDEXTER, CROWELL Anna Lee HUDDLESTON, 80, of Fort Smith, died June 2, 2001. COBLE, SPAIN, BULLINGTON, WALKER, HARRIS, WALTERMIRE, BRUNK, GREGORY . J.C. McGEE Jr., 84, of Fort Smith, Ark.died May 27, 2001 in Nashville, Tenn. MARKS, GETTYS Mathew "Matt" MADEN, 79, of Pocola was born Nov. 19, 1922 in Farmer City, Ill. He married Mary, his wife of 58 years on Oct. 1, 1942. He died Sunday, June 3, 2001, in Pocola. PIRKER, PRALL, BEATY, SKELTON, CARENDER Aubrey Rabon MIDDLETON, 62, of Muldrow, was born July 7, 1938, in Redland Community to Raymond Richard MIDDLETON and Arlene Ryan MIDDLETON. He died Friday, June 1, 2001, in Fort Smith, Ark..He and his wife, the former Emma Fern RUSSELL, were married on Aug. 31, 1956, in Muldrow. LASITER, CHADWICK, BLAKE, MOSES Elma Estalene "Billie" SHORTER, 89, of Muldrow, was born November 27, 1912 to Napoleon Clayton BROWNING and Dora Ruth (REEDER) BROWNING in Foss. She died Friday, June 1. She married Darrel D. SHORTER on October 9, 1931. PEERY, ARMER, Miss Martha Shannon WHEELER, 80, died Saturday night June 2, 2001, in Dallas, Texas Miss WHEELER was born April 24, 1921, in Sallisaw to W.W. WHEELER Jr. and Jessie EMMA (MECHAM) WHEELER. PURMA, SMALL Homer Earl WOMACK, 45, of Hartford, Ark., died Sunday, June 3,2001 HAWKINS, MATTESON, COUNTS, MORRIS, BESHEARS, ROBINSON.