Photographs and captions furnished by Terry Lamar.
THE MAYES
COUNTY JAIL WAS BUILT IN 1922 AT A COST OF $18,000.
THE 2-STORY, 40x37 STRUCTURE
WAS MADE OF BEDFORD STONE.
LOCAL BANKER AND PHILANTHROPIST W.A. GRAHAM PAID FOR
CONSTRUCTION COSTS. THE JAIL WAS REMODELED AS PART OF
THE CITY-COUNTY BUILDING
COMPLEX IN 1959 AND CONTINUED
IN USE UNTIL 2000, WHEN THE CURRENT JAIL OPENED.
JULY 1928-FROM LEFT TO RIGHT: DEPUTY WILLIS THOMPSON,
UNDERSHERIFF T. WYMAN
THOMPSON, SHERIFF CHARLES M. KELLY,
DEPUTY CLEO CALLISON. THEY ARE POSING IN
FRONT OF THE
OLD COURTHOUSE WITH CONFISCATED STILLS, MOONSHINE,
AND RELATED
PARAPHERNALIA
SEPTEMBER
1962-SHERIFF L.L. “SLIM” WEAVER WITH HIS NEW GERMAN
SHEPHERD POLICE DOG “ARKIE”.
THE K-9 AND INITIAL TRAINING
COST ABOUT $750.00 WHICH WAS PAID FOR BY FUNDS
RAISED BY
LOCAL ATTORNEY, TONY JACK LYONS
SHERIFF-ELECT DOYLE “HOKIE” FOREMAN AND HIS NEW STAFF POSED
FOR THIS PHOTO JUST
PRIOR TO TAKING OFFICE.
(FRONT) UNDERSHERIFF BILL BRASSFIELD, SHERIFF FOREMAN.
(BACK) LEFT TO RIGHT: DEPUTIES HAROLD CALDWELL, DON PENNEL,
CARL KINZER, FRANK
NICHODEMUS. NOT PICTURED WAS
DEPUTY GAYLON HEAD.
County Courthouse
UNTIL 2005 THE SHERIFF’S
OFFICE WAS HOUSED IN THE CITY-COUNTY BUILDING
WHICH WAS BUILT IN 1959 WITH FUNDS
PROVIDED BY THE W.A. GRAHAM ESTATE.
IT ORIGINALLY HOUSED THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE,
COUNTY JAIL, PRYOR P.D.,
PRYOR FIRE DEPT, AND THE CITY COURT.
SHERIFF WILEY BACKWATER AND UNDER-SHERIFF HAROLD BERRY
POSE WITH CONFISCATED MARIJUANA PLANTS IN MAY 0F 1990
JULY 1965-DEPUTY BOB
RAINWATER AND SHERIFF JOE FAIRCLOTH
POSE WITH A BLACK BEAR KILLED BY DUANE BLACKFORD AT HIS
FARM, JUST NW OF ROSE.
JACK BURRIS SERVED AS THE COUNTY ATTORNEY OF MAYES COUNTY FROM
1947 UNTIL HIS MURDER IN JUNE 1952. HE WAS ASSASSINATED BY AN UNKNOWN
GUNMAN WHO WAS WAITING OUTSIDE HIS LOCUST GROVE HOME. THE MURDER
OF BURRIS IS STILL UNSOLVED AND IS ONE OF THE MOST INTERESTING MURDER
MYSTERIES IN THE HISTORY OF THE MAYES COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE.
SHERIFF RALPH WILLCUTT POINTS TO THE SPOT WHERE JACK BURRIS WAS MURDERED IN JUNE 1952 AT HIS LOCUST GROVE HOME.
JUNE 1968-UNDER-SHERIFF FRED GRIMES RETIREMENT PARTY. GRIMES WAS A LONG-TIME LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER, SERVING AS A MAYES COUNTY DEPUTY, UNDER-SHERIFF AND PRYOR POLICE CHIEF. FROM LEFT TO RIGHT: T.J. SUMMERLIN, HARLAN LAMAR, SI ETHERIDGE, LEFT POE, SLIM WEAVER, JOE FAIRCLOTH, WILMA SMITH, THIRL SMITH, MAXINE RANDOLPH, HAROLD PAIGE. FRONT: CHARLIE NEWTON, FRED GRIMES, MRS. GRIMES
SHERIFF L.L. "SLIM" WEAVER POSES WITH CONFISCATED ILLEGAL LIQUOR IN DECEMBER 1953.
1979-Suspected Girl Scout killer Gene Leroy Hart is escorted to the Mayes County Courthouse by Under-Sheriff Al Boyer, Deputy Ed Braswell and unidentified OHP troopers
Circa 1978-Suspected Girl Scout Killer Gene Leroy Hart is delivered to the Mayes County Jail by OSBI Agents. Hart who is seen to the right of the passenger side rear door with Sheriff Pete Weaver bent over facing him.