John Rex Lokey, 87, retired longtime editor and publisher of the Johnston County Capital-Democrat, died Sunday Jan. 19, 2003 in Tishomingo. Service will be at 1:30 p.m Wednesday at the First United Methodist Church with the Rev. Mary Ewing, his grandsons Rev. Jim Lokey, and Rev. Aaron Lokey officiating. Military honors will be presented by VFW Post 4869 with interment at Tishomingo Cemetery.
He was born April 5, 1915, in Watonga, OK to Elmer Raiford and Lelia O. Rex Lokey. With his father serving in the Navy, he attended 18 schools from Honolulu, Hawaii to Denver, Colorado before graduating from Redondo Beach High School(California). Following a brief stint with the Hermosa Beach Review, he returned to Oklahoma and worked for his father who, after leaving military service, was publisher of the Lexington Sun.
John Lokey was a 1939 graduate of the School of Journalism at the Univeristy of Oklahoma. Following graduation he became editor and publisher of the Wilson-Post Democrat until the outbreak of World War II. He served four year as a Navy air combat intelligence officer in the Pacific, China, and Japan and was awarded the AP Ribbon and 4 Battle Stars. Following the war's conclusion, he purchased the Capital-Democrat (Tishomingo OK) in partnership with George B. Hill in 1946. He bought Hill's interest in the Capital-Democrat in 1949, serving as sole editor and publisher until his retirement in 1977.
Lokey was well-known in newspaper circles, serving in 1966-67 as president of the Oklahoma Press Association. His column "Just One Man's Point of View" was widely quoted and often reprinted. Following his retirement, he spent several years enjoying boating on Lake Texoma.
He married Margaret Hicks Phyfer in 1948. He was preceded in death by his wife Margaret in 1982; a second wife, Betty Randall Lokey in 1988; a brother Bill Lokey; a stepsister, Bonnie Mullinex; and grandson Sean Kelley.
Survivors include one brother, Joe Lokey; one sister, Mary McBride; his children, Margaret Ann Overstreet, Rex Lokey, Susan Kiser, Ray Lokey, Leigh Hurst, and Tom Lokey, plus numerous nephews, nieces, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Daily Ardmoreite Jan 21, 2003
He was born April 5, 1915, in Watonga, OK to Elmer Raiford and Lelia O. Rex Lokey. With his father serving in the Navy, he attended 18 schools from Honolulu, Hawaii to Denver, Colorado before graduating from Redondo Beach High School(California). Following a brief stint with the Hermosa Beach Review, he returned to Oklahoma and worked for his father who, after leaving military service, was publisher of the Lexington Sun.
John Lokey was a 1939 graduate of the School of Journalism at the Univeristy of Oklahoma. Following graduation he became editor and publisher of the Wilson-Post Democrat until the outbreak of World War II. He served four year as a Navy air combat intelligence officer in the Pacific, China, and Japan and was awarded the AP Ribbon and 4 Battle Stars. Following the war's conclusion, he purchased the Capital-Democrat (Tishomingo OK) in partnership with George B. Hill in 1946. He bought Hill's interest in the Capital-Democrat in 1949, serving as sole editor and publisher until his retirement in 1977.
Lokey was well-known in newspaper circles, serving in 1966-67 as president of the Oklahoma Press Association. His column "Just One Man's Point of View" was widely quoted and often reprinted. Following his retirement, he spent several years enjoying boating on Lake Texoma.
He married Margaret Hicks Phyfer in 1948. He was preceded in death by his wife Margaret in 1982; a second wife, Betty Randall Lokey in 1988; a brother Bill Lokey; a stepsister, Bonnie Mullinex; and grandson Sean Kelley.
Survivors include one brother, Joe Lokey; one sister, Mary McBride; his children, Margaret Ann Overstreet, Rex Lokey, Susan Kiser, Ray Lokey, Leigh Hurst, and Tom Lokey, plus numerous nephews, nieces, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Daily Ardmoreite Jan 21, 2003
John Rex Lokey, 87, retired longtime editor and publisher of the Johnston County Capital-Democrat, died Sunday Jan. 19, 2003 in Tishomingo. Service will be at 1:30 p.m Wednesday at the First United Methodist Church with the Rev. Mary Ewing, his grandsons Rev. Jim Lokey, and Rev. Aaron Lokey officiating. Military honors will be presented by VFW Post 4869 with interment at Tishomingo Cemetery.
He was born April 5, 1915, in Watonga, OK to Elmer Raiford and Lelia O. Rex Lokey. With his father serving in the Navy, he attended 18 schools from Honolulu, Hawaii to Denver, Colorado before graduating from Redondo Beach High School(California). Following a brief stint with the Hermosa Beach Review, he returned to Oklahoma and worked for his father who, after leaving military service, was publisher of the Lexington Sun.
John Lokey was a 1939 graduate of the School of Journalism at the Univeristy of Oklahoma. Following graduation he became editor and publisher of the Wilson-Post Democrat until the outbreak of World War II. He served four year as a Navy air combat intelligence officer in the Pacific, China, and Japan and was awarded the AP Ribbon and 4 Battle Stars. Following the war's conclusion, he purchased the Capital-Democrat (Tishomingo OK) in partnership with George B. Hill in 1946. He bought Hill's interest in the Capital-Democrat in 1949, serving as sole editor and publisher until his retirement in 1977.
Lokey was well-known in newspaper circles, serving in 1966-67 as president of the Oklahoma Press Association. His column "Just One Man's Point of View" was widely quoted and often reprinted. Following his retirement, he spent several years enjoying boating on Lake Texoma.
He married Margaret Hicks Phyfer in 1948. He was preceded in death by his wife Margaret in 1982; a second wife, Betty Randall Lokey in 1988; a brother Bill Lokey; a stepsister, Bonnie Mullinex; and grandson Sean Kelley.
Survivors include one brother, Joe Lokey; one sister, Mary McBride; his children, Margaret Ann Overstreet, Rex Lokey, Susan Kiser, Ray Lokey, Leigh Hurst, and Tom Lokey, plus numerous nephews, nieces, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Daily Ardmoreite Jan 21, 2003
He was born April 5, 1915, in Watonga, OK to Elmer Raiford and Lelia O. Rex Lokey. With his father serving in the Navy, he attended 18 schools from Honolulu, Hawaii to Denver, Colorado before graduating from Redondo Beach High School(California). Following a brief stint with the Hermosa Beach Review, he returned to Oklahoma and worked for his father who, after leaving military service, was publisher of the Lexington Sun.
John Lokey was a 1939 graduate of the School of Journalism at the Univeristy of Oklahoma. Following graduation he became editor and publisher of the Wilson-Post Democrat until the outbreak of World War II. He served four year as a Navy air combat intelligence officer in the Pacific, China, and Japan and was awarded the AP Ribbon and 4 Battle Stars. Following the war's conclusion, he purchased the Capital-Democrat (Tishomingo OK) in partnership with George B. Hill in 1946. He bought Hill's interest in the Capital-Democrat in 1949, serving as sole editor and publisher until his retirement in 1977.
Lokey was well-known in newspaper circles, serving in 1966-67 as president of the Oklahoma Press Association. His column "Just One Man's Point of View" was widely quoted and often reprinted. Following his retirement, he spent several years enjoying boating on Lake Texoma.
He married Margaret Hicks Phyfer in 1948. He was preceded in death by his wife Margaret in 1982; a second wife, Betty Randall Lokey in 1988; a brother Bill Lokey; a stepsister, Bonnie Mullinex; and grandson Sean Kelley.
Survivors include one brother, Joe Lokey; one sister, Mary McBride; his children, Margaret Ann Overstreet, Rex Lokey, Susan Kiser, Ray Lokey, Leigh Hurst, and Tom Lokey, plus numerous nephews, nieces, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Daily Ardmoreite Jan 21, 2003
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