THE OKLAHOMA BAR JOURNAL 54 | APRIL 2026 Bar News Bar Members Celebrate Membership Anniversaries THE OKLAHOMA BAR Association congratulates these members who reached significant milestone anniversaries in 2026. MUSKOGEE COUNTY Robert Bowman Manke, Muskogee PITTSBURG COUNTY John A. Allford, McAlester POTTAWATOMIE COUNTY Robert Howard Jones, Shawnee TULSA COUNTY Thomas Wilson Brown, Tulsa OUT OF STATE Charles M. Blackard, Arden, NC Gerald Kenneth Hornung II, Shelburne, VT BECKHAM COUNTY Gary Phillip McGinn, Elk City CADDO COUNTY John William Garland, Anadarko COMANCHE COUNTY Jerry Clay Cude, Lawton GARFIELD COUNTY Ronald Gene Franklin, Enid Stephen Jones, Enid KAY COUNTY L. Jack Barton, Ponca City MCCLAIN COUNTY Charles B. Grethen, Purcell MUSKOGEE COUNTY Edwin L. Gage, Muskogee Wm John Earle Settle, Muskogee OKLAHOMA COUNTY J. Steve Anderson III, Oklahoma City John Morton Coffey, Oklahoma City James T. Farha, Oklahoma City Jeff L. Hartmann, Oklahoma City Lester Anthony Klaus, Oklahoma City Joseph Willard Maxey Jr., Edmond Stanley Ell Niece, Oklahoma City L. David Pomeroy, Oklahoma City Mark Harold Price, Bethany Robert Allen Ridle, Bethany Jimmie J. Schnorr, Bethany Daniel W. Seitsinger, Oklahoma City William H. Sullivan, Oklahoma City Donald J. Timberlake, Oklahoma City William O. West, Edmond E. Vance Winningham Jr., Oklahoma City Edward R. Zschiesche, Oklahoma City PAYNE COUNTY J. Stewart Arthurs, Cushing Joe Wiley Fowler, Stillwater PITTSBURG COUNTY Gary L. McKnight, McAlester POTTAWATOMIE COUNTY Terry W. West, Shawnee SEQUOYAH Steve Daniel George, Sallisaw In 1956, Elvis Presley recorded “Heartbreak Hotel,” the United States adopted “In God We Trust” as its national motto, the New York Yankees’ Don Larsen pitched the only World Series perfect game, and President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the Federal-Aid Highway Act, paving the way for the American interstate system.
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