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Vance Henry Trimble (July 6, 1913 – June 16, 2021) was an American journalist. He won a Pulitzer Prize for national reporting in recognition of his exposé of nepotism and payroll abuse in the U.S. Congress. Trimble worked in the newspaper business for over fifty years. He was inducted into the Oklahoma Journalism Hall of Fame in 1974.
In addition, she was the first black woman to serve on any state's supreme court. She is buried at the Westwood Cemetery in Wewoka. Vance Trimble (1913–2021), American journalist and Pulitzer Prize winner. Lived briefly in Wewoka from 1929 to 1931; then retired to Wewoka after his wife died in 1999.
Vance Trimble: 1913–2021: 107: American journalist [185] Walter Trohan: 1903–2003: 100: American writer and historian [186] Daisy Turner: 1883–1988: 104: American storyteller and poet [187] William Ungar: 1913–2013: 100: Polish-born American author [188] Edward Upward: 1903–2009: 105: English writer [189] Henri Vernes: 1918–2021: ...
A rash of gang violence in Wewoka, a town of about 3,200 people 70 miles southeast of Oklahoma City, has residents on edge, churches calling for peace and local police asking state and federal ...
Six were arrested after a rash of violence in Wewoka, and the silence from city officials caused concern. Police say reports of "roving gangs" were exaggerated. Violence plagued the small city of ...
July 6 – Vance Trimble, journalist (died 2021) [3] July 7 Pinetop Perkins, African American blues pianist (died 2011) Lu Ann Meredith, actress (died 1998) July 8 – Bill Thompson, voice actor (died 1971) July 12 Edith Nash, educator and poet (died 2003) Philip Mayer Kaiser, diplomat (died 2007) [4]
It's the stories of people like Bertie Vance that Terra Vance really wants the world to hear. Known as "Mamaw Bertie Lou," Terra's 96-year-old grandmother self-published her own memoir in 2020 ...
Pages in category "People from Wewoka, Oklahoma" The following 21 pages are in this category, out of 21 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.