Veteran is guest of Lions Club

Lifestyle

November 10, 2022

By News Staff

In keeping with tradition and our patriotic duty to recognize all the veterans who served in the military of the greatest country on earth, Tuesday’s Okmulgee Lions Club’s Veterans’ Day program was presented by Tom Payne, U.S. Army helicopter pilot. Most of you will recognize that Tom Payne was an Okmulgee High School graduate and the son of the late long-time Okmulgee State Senator Tom Payne.

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