MAY 4, 2023
HOLLY GUESS
Guess, 35, was a doting parent who worked from home, most recently by selling life insurance, her mother, Janette Mayo, said in an interview with The Associated Press.
"She was a fantastic mother. She loved her children beyond belief. She was overprotective," said Mayo, of Westville, Oklahoma, near the Arkansas border. "She was supportive if they wanted to do something. She’d go out 100%."
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RYLEE ELIZABETH ALLEN
Rylee, 17, was very artistic, according to her grandmother.
"My baby girl had a talent with a paint brush," Mayo said. "Rylee wanted to be an artist and wanted to be a doctor so she could help people."
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MICHAEL JAMES MAYO
Michael James, 15, played football, ran cross-country and track and was an "all-around fantastic young man" who shared a birthday with his grandfather, Janette Mayo said.
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TIFFANY DORE GUESS
Tiffany, 13, also ran cross-country. The seventh grader was in the choir and had just tried out for the cheerleading squad.
"She was the sweetest, most loving girl you’d ever met," Mayo said. "We called her ‘Tiffasaurus’ because when she’d get mad at you, she’d growl."
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IVY WEBSTER
Ivy, 14, a friend of Tiffany, was a great kid who loved animals, according to her mother, Ashleigh Webster.
"She loved softball. She loved people, animals. She was just a genuine good person. She really was," Webster said.
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BRITTANY BREWER
Brittany, 16, another of Tiffany’s friends, aspired to be a teacher or a veterinarian, according to her father, Nathan Brewer.
"Brittany was an outgoing person. She was actually selected to be Miss Henryetta ... coming up in July for this Miss National Miss pageant in Tulsa. And now she ain’t gonna make it because she’s dead. She’s gone," Brewer said.
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