NAME: OLGA (GUSTAFSON) BAUMERT, AGE 94, LIFELONG COALGATE AREA RESIDENT.
 BORN: FEBRUARY 23, 1909 AT COALGATE, OK TO CHARLES AND ETHEL CAROLINE (BUTLER) GUSTAFSON. PASSED AWAY: TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 1, 2003 AT RUTH WILSON HURLEY MANOR IN COALGATE, OK. AGE: 94 YEARS 1 MONTHS AND 10 DAYS.
EDUCATION: OLGA ATTENDED SCHOOL IN COALGATE AND LATER ATTENDED ECU NURSING SCHOOL.
OCCUPATION: A HOUSEWIFE AND LOVING MOTHER AND AT AGE 40 SHE BECAME A LICENSED PRACTICAL NURSE AND WORKED FOR 22 YEARS UNTIL AGE 62.
MARRIED: EDWIN LEROY BAUMERT ON OCTOBER 8, 1928 AT COALGATE, OK.
OLGA WAS A LONGTIME MEMBER OF THE COALGATE FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. SHE WAS CHURCH PIANIST. SHE WAS A MEMBER OF THE LAMEL STUDY CLUB, COALGATE MUSIC CLUB, WOMEN’S AUXILLARY TO THE POCAHONTAS LODGE. OLGA AND HUSBAND EDWIN DID A LOT OF SINGING AND ENTERTAINING THROUGHOUT THE YEARS.
SURVIVED BY
CHILDREN: RUTH MOORE OF COALGATE, OK. PAT BAUMERT AND HUSBAND KATSUKO OF MIAMI, OK. MIKE BAUMERT AND WIFE DORTHA OF COALGATE, OK. KAREN MARKS AND HUSBAND CLYDE OF EAST TAWAKOMI, TX. VICKI McENTIRE AND HUSBAND STEVE OF VANDERVOORT, AR.
26 GRANDCHILDREN, 54 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, 39 GREAT GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.
DAUGHTER-IN-LAW: ALVERA BAUMERT OF COALGATE, OK.
PRECEDED IN DEATH BY
PARENTS: CHARLES AND ETHEL GUSTAFSON. HUSBAND: EDWIN LEROY BAUNERT ON JULY 16, 1981.SON: CHARLES BAUMERT ON JULY 29, 2002. DAUGHTER: MARY CAROLINE BAUMERT. BROTHERS: CARL, BERTIE AND ALFONZO GUSTAFSON. SISTERS: RUTH, ORATHY AND NAOMI. GRANDSON: JERRY MOORE. GRANDDAUGHTERS: JULIE MOORE, MICHELLE BAUMERT, AND JUDY BILLS.
DATE OF SERVICES: SATURDAY, MARCH 5, 2003 AT 2:00 PM. PLACE OF SERVICES: FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH ~ COALGATE, OK.
INTERMENT: COALGATE CITY CEMETERY ~ COALGATE, OK.
OFFICIATING: DR. JAMES CROWSON. ASSISTING: GLEN FRANKS.
CASKETBEARERS: (GRANDSONS) JEFF McENTIRE, TONY WATSON, CHARLES MOORE, CRAIG BAUMERT, JIMMY PAXTON, DUSTIN HEARRELL, JEROD HEARRELL.
HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: ED DENNY, CONNER PULLIAM, ROY DAN BURNS, JAMES FERRERO, ED BRACKETT.
NAME: JOHN LYNN CLEMENTS, AGE 89, LIFELONG WAPANUCKA AREA RESIDENT.
 BORN: JULY 2, 1913 AT PRINCETON, TEXAS TO WILLIAM HAMELITON AND LILLIE EMMA (COWEN) CLEMENTS. PASSED AWAY: EARLY TUESDAY MORNING, APRIL 1, 2003 AT MERCY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL IN ARDMORE, OK. AGE: 89 YEARS 8 MONTHS AND 29 DAYS.
EDUCATION: JOHN ATTENDED SCHOOL IN WAPANUCKA, OK.
MARRIED: MABEL STAMPS ON SEPTEMBER 3, 1938 AT WAPANUCKA, OK.
OCCUPATION: JOHN WAS OWNER-OPERATOR OF THE PHILLIPS 66 FOR MORE THAN 27 YEARS IN WAPANUCKA, OK.
CHURCH AFFILIATION: JOHN WAS OF THE BAPTIST FAITH.
SURVIVED BY
WIFE: MABEL OF THE HOME IN WAPANUCKA, OK.
CHILDREN: STANLEY CLEMENTS AND WIFE LINDA OF COVINGTON, TX. LONNIE CLEMENTS AND WIFE BARBARA OF WICHITA FALLS, TX. SUE CLEMENTS OF WAPANUCKA, OK. JOHNNY MACK CLEMENTS OF WAPANUCKA, OK.
GRANDCHILDREN: JOHN BENNETT AND WIFE DUANN OF WYLIE, TX. GAY TACKETT OF CLEBURNE, TX. JAN AYERS AND HUSBAND PERRY OF BURLESON, TX. RANDY CLEMENTS AND WIFE POLLY OF HOUSTON, TX. JEFF HERNDON AND WIFE NANCY OF WAYNE, OK. LISA DUNCAN AND HUSBAND TONY OF PAULS VALLEY, OK.
GREAT GRANDCHILDREN: SHANE & BRENT BENNETT; JENIFER & JUSTIN TACKETT; PHILLIP, PRESTON, & PAIGE AYERS; JAYSON & JORDAN CLEMENTS; BROOKE & BLAKE HERNDON; ZACK & CODY McDANIEL; AND KYLA McCURDY.
NIECES: IMOGENE (MARTIN) OSBORNE OF OKLAHOMA CITY. GERI MARKS OF OKLAHOMA CITY. WILLENE TEAGUE OF KEMP. TX.
NEPHEWS: TOM MARTIN OF DEL CITY, OK. BEN F. STARKS OF EDMOND, OK.
PRECEDED IN DEATH BY
SON: BILLY LEWIS CLEMENTS. PARENTS: WILLIAM AND LILLIE CLEMENTS. SISTER: PAULINE MARTIN. HALF SISTER: ALENE STARKS. HALF BROTHERS: BEN DAVIDSON AND JOHN WILLIAM CLEMENTS.
DATE OF SERVICES: FRIDAY, APRIL 4, 2003 AT 2:00 PM. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK.
INTERMENT: ROSE HILL CEMETERY ~ WAPANUCKA, OK.
OFFICIATING: REV. LARRY SCHOONOVER.
CASKETBEARERS: LONNNIE CLEMENTS, STAN CLEMENTS, JOHNNY MACK CLEMENTS, JEFF HERNDON, JOHN BENNETT, RANDY CLEMENTS.
NAME: SAMMY DON SMITH, AGE 55, LONGTIME LANE AREA RESIDENT.
 BORN: APRIL 16, 1947 AT ATOKA, OK TO R. J. AND ELVY MAXINE (WHITE) SMITH. PASSED AWAY: THURSDAY, APRIL 3, 2003 AT THE V.A. HOSPITAL IN DALLAS, TX. AGE: 55 YEARS 11 MONTHS AND 17 DAYS.
EDUCATION: SAMMY ATTENDED SCHOOL AT LANE AND ATOKA, OK.
MARRIED: CHARLENE E. MAXWELL, MAY 1967 AT ATOKA, OK. ANNE MARIE NICHOLAS ON MAY 10, 1988 AT McALLEN, TX.
OCCUPATION: TRUCK DRIVER. SAMMY SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE U.S. ARMY DURING VIETNAM.
SURVIVED BY
CHILDREN: SHAWN SMITH OF COUSHATTA, LA. SHALENA THOMPSON OF CAMPTI, LA. TODD W. SMITH OF CAMPTI, LA. SAMMY D. SMITH AND WIFE TAMMY OF GORUM, LA. SAMANTHA SMITH OF IRVING, TX. CHANCY SMITH OF IRVING, TX.
BROTHER: DONNY SMITH OF FRANKLIN, TX.
SISTERS: SUSIE NICHOLSON AND HUSBAND LARRY OF CASPER, WY. GLENDA KENNEMER AND HUSBAND JOHN OF FRANKLIN, TX. LORETTA CARSON AND HUSBAND BRUCE OF GILLETTE, WY. ROSALIE MABE AND HUSBAND GORDON OF GREENSBORO, NC. MARLENE RENNICK AND HUSBAND JOHN OF GILLETTE, WY.
GRANDCHILDREN: CAITLYN SMITH OF ALBANY, GA. TARAN SMITH OF NATCHITOCHES, LA. HUNTER THOMPSON OF CAMPTI, LA. KELSEY SMITH OF NATCHITOCHES, LA. KRISTIAN SMITH OF GORUM, LA.
COUSIN: JIM WHITE OF LANE, OK.
PRECEDED IN DEATH BY
FATHER: R. J. SMITH. MOTHER: MAXINE WHITE. GRANDPARENTS: LUCY AND FRED WHITE. BROTHER: BOBBY SMITH. STEPMOTHER: FRANCES SMITH.
DATE OF SERVICES: MONDAY, APRIL 7, 2003 AT 10:00 AM. PLACE OF SERVICES: GRAVESIDE SERVICES.
INTERMENT: BUTLER CEMETERY ~ LANE, OK.
OFFICIATING: ARVEL HALL.
CASKETBEARERS: SHAWN LEE SMITH, MIKE HILBURN, SAMMY D SMITH, JERRY SANDERS, DONNY SMITH, JAMES POTTER.
NAME: JAMES GLENN BETTS, AGE 68, LONGTIME COALGATE AREA RESIDENT.
 BORN: SEPTEMBER 26, 1934 AT ATOKA, OK TO CLYDE WILLIAM AND THERESA (RAY) BETTS. PASSED AWAY: FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 4, 2003 AT HIS BROMIDE RESIDENCE. AGE: 68 YEARS 6 MONTHS AND 8 DAYS.
EDUCATION: HE ATTENDED SCHOOL AT ATOKA AND LATER ATTENDED PILOT SCHOOL.
MARRIED: JANET MARLENE PEDDY ON JANUARY 6, 1961 AT ROCKWALL, TX.
OCCUPATION: JAMES WAS A FARMER AND RANCHER AS WELL AS SUPERINTENDENT FOR AUSTIN BRIDGE COMPANY IN DALLAS, TX FOR 37 1/2 YEARS. CHURCH AFFILIATION: HE WAS OF THE BAPTIST FAITH.
JAMES WAS A U.S. ARMY VETERAN WHO SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN KOREA. HE ALSO HELD A PRIVATE PILOT’S LICENSE. HE RESTORED ANTIQUE CARS AND LOVED CAR SHOWS, AND WAS A MEMBER OF AN ANTIQUE CAR CLUB. JAMES WAS AN INVENTER, AS WELL, WINNING NUMEROUS AWARDS AND PATENTS. HE WAS A MASON AND MEMBER OF THE AMERICAN LEGION POST 309 AT WAPANUCKA, OK.
SURVIVED BY
WIFE: JANET BETTS OF THE HOME IN COALGATE, OK.
DAUGHTERS: TRACY VANN AND HUSBAND BILL OF COALGATE, OK. VICTORIA TREAS AND HUSBAND LARRY OF COALGATE, OK.
GRANDSONS: DYLAN TREAS OF COALGATE, OK. BRYSON VANN OF CLARITA, OK.
BROTHERS: WALTON W. BETTS OF CLARITA, OK. JERRIEL BETTS AND WIFE SUE OF ATOKA, OK.
SISTER: WILLIE ANN DRUXMAN OF AZLE, TX.
PRECEDED IN DEATH BY
PARENTS: CLYDE AND THERESA BETTS. BROTHER: RUSSELL BETTS. SISTERS: MELBA DENNEY, CLYDIA DAVENPORT, AND DOROTHY BETTS. GRANDSON: JERRY MOORE
DATE OF SERVICES: TUESDAY, APRIL 8, 2003 AT 2:00 PM PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK.
INTERMENT: ROSE HILL CEMETERY ~ WAPANUCKA, OK.
OFFICIATING: RICHARD BETTS.
CASKETBEARERS: DALE MYERS, MARK DEWBERRY, ROBIN SMITH, MIKE SEARS, BOB TREAS, JIM BUERGER.
HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: ARTHUR DEWBERRY, LESTER DEWBERRY, JESSE DEWBERRY, BILL PERRY, DAN VANSOEST, RAY BOLIN.
NAME: MAUDIE MAYBELLE (CAPPS) SETTLEMIRE BOYSEN, AGE 82, LONGTIME ATOKA COUNTY RESIDENT.
 BORN: MAY 11, 1920 AT BUTLER COMMUNITY IN ATOKA COUNTY, OK TO ALEX HENRY AND NETA MAE (DRAPER) CAPPS. PASSED AWAY: SUNDAY , APRIL 6, 2003 AT THE ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. AGE: 82 YEARS 10 MONTHS AND 25 DAYS.
EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOL AT BUTLER IN ATOKA COUNTY.
MARRIED: JESSIE JAMES SETTLEMIRE IN 1936 IN ATOKA COUNTY.
OCCUPATION: MAUDIE WAS A HOUSEWIFE AND HOMEMAKER.
CHURCH AFFILIATION: BAPTIST.
SURVIVED BY
CHILDREN: JERRY SETTLEMIRE AND WIFE ROSALEN OF PORT HADLOCK, WA. NORMA DeBOISE AND HUSBAND DOUG OF SCAPPOSE, OR. ULLIS SETTLEMIRE OF GOBLE, OR. NORMAN SETTLEMIRE AND WIFE RETA OF LUBBOCK, TX. COLLEEN MEER OF LUBBOCK, TX. DARLENE HAMMOND AND HUSBAND HARVEY OF TILLAMOOK, OR. ANITA GIESY AND HUSBAND KURT OF NEWPORT, OR. JESSIE”CRICKETT” BURLESON AND HUSBAND JACKY OF LANE, OK.
33 GRANDCHILDREN, NUMEROUS GREAT AND GREAT GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.
BROTHER: GENE CAPPS OF ATOKA, OK.
SISTER: GERTRUDE (CAPPS) McININCH FREELAND OF FREDERICK, OK.
SISTERS-IN-LAW: HORTENSE CAPPS OF NOBLE, OK. CORA CAPPS OF MUSTANG, OK. ALBERTIE SORRELLS OF PORTLAND, OR.
PRECEDED IN DEATH BY
PARENTS: ALEX HENRY AND NETA MAE CAPPS. HUSBAND: JESSIE JAMES SETTLEMIRE ON JUNE 29, 1990. BROTHERS: LLOYD AND CLIFFORD CAPPS. DAUGHTER: LEVINE MAE SETTLEMIRE.
DATE OF SERVICES: WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9, 2003 AT 10:00 AM. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK.
INTERMENT: BUTLER CEMETERY ~ LANE, OK.
OFFICIATING: ARVEL HALL.
CASKETBEARERS: CHARLES THOMPSON, JOHN KING, GREG LOGUE, DELBERT JENKINS, DALE HOGAN, RODNEY BURLESON.
NAME: RAYMOND JOE GRIFFIN, AGE 77, A LIFELONG ATOKA COUNTY RESIDENT
 BORN: MARCH 13, 1926 AT TUSHKA, OK TO JOHN JOSEPH AND EULA MAE (PROCTOR) GRIFFIN. PASSED AWAY: SUNDAY, APRIL 6, 2003 AT HIS RESIDENCE IN ATOKA, OK. AGE: 77 YEARS AND 23 DAYS.
EDUCATION: HE ATTENDED SCHOOL AT TUSHKA, OK.
OCCUPATION: JOE RETIRED AFTER MORE THAN 36 YEARS SERVICE WITH SOUTHWESTERN BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY.
MARRIED: JUNE DASHNER ON APRIL 16, 1949 AT SHERMAN, TX. MABEL LOUISE (BURGESS) LENNING ON OCTOBER 27,1949 AT TUSHKA, OK.
JOE SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE U.S. NAVY DURING WORLD WAR ll OVERSEAS. HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE ATOKA MASONIC LODGE #4, ATOKA ELKS LODGE, HE WAS A RETIRED ATOKA FIREFIGHTER, CITY COUNCILAMN AND FORMER VICE MAYOR. JOE WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN ORGANIZING THE ATOKA LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL.
SURVIVED BY
WIFE: MABEL GRIFFIN OF THE HOME AT ATOKA, OK.
CHILDREN: DEBBIE COATES AND HUSBAND MARTY OF TUSHKA, OK. BRICKIE GRIFFIN AND WIFE MARSHA OF TUSHKA, OK.
STEP CHILDREN: PAT LEMMING AND HUSBAND TOM OF LONGMONT, CO. JAMES LENNING AND WIFE LINDA OF MIDWEST CITY.
GRANDSONS: TRACEY GRIFFIN AND WIFE CHRISTI OF TUSHKA, OK. TRENTON GRIFFIN AND WIFE JENNEFER OF TUSHKA, OK. ZAC AND MATT COATES OF TUSHKA, OK.
STEP GRANDCHILDREN: RIC LEMMING OF MOORE, OK. CARON HARVEY AND HUSBAND MIKE OF OKLAHOMA CITY. STEPHANIE McCOWN AND HUSBAND SCOTT OF FAYETTVILLE, AR. JEFF LENNING AND WIFE UNG OF SOUTH KOREA. KARLEE VAIL AND WIFE COREY OF ENID, OK.
GREAT GRANDDAUGHTER: JACI FAITH GRIFFIN. STEP GREAT GRANDCHILDREN: EMILY LENNING, McKINZIE HARVEY, EVIN, ALEX, CAROLINE McCOWN.
SISTER: DOROTHY SMITHART OF DURANT, OK. SISTERS-IN-LAW: NELL GRIFFIN AND ALETHIA GRIFFIN .
PRECEDED IN DEATH BY
PARENTS: JOHN JOSEPH AND EULA MAE PROCTOR GRIFFIN. WIFE: JUNE GRIFFIN IN 1978. CHILDREN: ROBERT DALE AND INFANT GRIFFIN. BROTHERS: ODELL, CECIL, J. B., DOYAL, AND HUBERT GRIFFIN. SISTERS: LOREN GRIFFIN, RUBY DURBIN, AND DELPHIALENE JOHNSON (MARCH 21, 2001).
DATE OF SERVICES: TUESDAY, APRIL 8, 2003 AT 11:00 AM. PLACE OF SERVICES: SOUTHSIDE BAPTIST CHURCH ~ ATOKA, OK.
INTERMENT: TUSHKA CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK.
OFFICIATING: REV. DENNIS GARNER. ASSISTING: REV. LEON DASHNER.
CASKETBEARERS: (GRANDSONS) TRACEY AND TRENTON GRIFFIN, ZAC AND MATT COATES, RICK LEMMING, MIKE HARVEY, AND SCOTT McCOWN.
HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: HAROLD THOMAS, ARVEL HALL, WALTER COOPER AND ALL RETIRED SOUTHWESTERN BELL CO-WORKERS, OPERATORS, AND RETIRED AND ACTIVE ATOKA FIREFIGHTERS.
NAME: LESTER L. DEPUE, AGE 86, OF TALIHINA, OKLAHOMA AND FORMER CRYSTAL AREA RESIDENT.
BORN: AUGUST 26, 1916 AT BENNINGTON, BRYAN COUNTY, OKLAHOMA TO AMASA LEE AND SPARTA ANNIE (WINTERS) DEPUE. PASSED AWAY: TUESDAY, APRIL 7, 2003 AT THE OKLAHOMA VETERANS CENTER IN TALIHINA.AGE: 86 YEARS 7 MONTHS AND 11 DAYS.
EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOL AT GRACEMONT, OK.
OCCUPATION: LESTER WAS A FARMER.
LESTER WAS AN EXPERT INFANTRYMAN WITH THE U.S. ARMY, SERVING IN NORTHERN FRANCE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS GO 33 WO 45. HE FOUGHT IN THE EAME CAMPAIGN, EARNING A BRONZE STAR, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN, EARNING A BRONZE STAR, AND WAS ALSO AWARDED A WORLD WAR II VICTORY MEDAL AND GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL. LESTER WAS A MEMBER OF V.F.W.
SURVIVED BY
NIECE: CHARLENE DENFIELD OF BEND, OR.
NEPHEW: SONNY CARPENTER OF TULSA, OK.
COUSINS: HERSCHEL WINTER OF LANE, OK. HERMAN “JELLY” COOK OF CRYSTAL, OK. JUNIOR BOOTH OF LANE, OK. VERA SHANE OF CRYSTAL, OK.
PRECEDED IN DEATH BY
PARENTS: AMASA LEE AND SPARTA ANNIE DEPUE. SISTERS: ANNA LEE COOK, GLADYS DEPUE, AND OPHELIA CROSLEY. BROTHERS: JOHNNY, DELBERT, AND JAMES DEPUE.
DATE OF SERVICES: THURSDAY, APRIL 10 2003 AT 11:00 A.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: GRAVESIDE SERVICES.
INTERMENT: CRYSTAL CEMETERY ~ CRYSTAL, OK.
OFFICIATING: ARVEL HALL.
CASKETBEARERS: V.F.W. MEMBERS.
NAME: ROBERT ELSWORTH "BOBBIE” POINDEXTER, AGE 57, LONGTIME ATOKA COUNTY RESIDENT.
 BORN: NOVEMBER 26, 1945 AT GRANDFIELD, OK TO ROBERT ELSWORTH, SR. AND LOUELLA (ATTEBERRY) POINDEXTER. PASSED AWAY: MONDAY, APRIL 14, 2003 AT HIS RESIDENCE IN TUSHKA, OK. AGE: 57 YEARS 4 MONTHS AND 18 DAYS.
EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOL AT COLEMAN, ATOKA, AND WAPANUCKA, OK.
MARRIED: SUE FLANERY IN 1968. JESSIE WARD IN 1972. ROSETTA DEVERNE CARPENTER ON OCTOBER 17, 1977 AT GAINSVILLE, TX.
OCCUPATION: HE WAS A DRILLING CONSULTANT FOR PHOENIX ENGINEERING AND A TRUCK DRIVER FOR JOHN COOK.
CHURCH AFFILIATION: BOBBIE WAS OF THE BAPTIST FAITH
BOBBIE SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY DURING VIETNAM.
SURVIVED BY
WIFE: ROSIE POINDEXTER OF THE HOME AT TUSHKA, OK.
CHILDREN: MARVA BEADLE OF TULSA, OK. MARVIN POINDEXTER AND WIFE SHERRI OF WAPANUCKA, OK. JASON POINDEXTER OF OKLAHOMA CITY. SHAUN HARRIS OF OKLAHOMA CITY.
BROTHERS: BUDDY POINDEXTER AND WIFE LINDA OF OKLAHOMA. CHESTER WHITE AND WIFE BARBARA OF SAPULPA, OK. DANNY WHITE AND WIFE SHIRLEY OF TUSHKA, OK. JERRY POINDEXTER OF LUFKIN, TX.
SISTERS: KARON PARKER AND HUSBAND CURTIS OF RAVIA, OK. JOY HARRIS OF PORT ARANSAS, TX. GOLDIE REED OF ODESSA, TX. MARLENE HOUSE OF OKLAHOMA CITY.
STEP SISTERS: BETTY JEAN WILLIAMSON OF JACKSBORO, TX. MARY ROGERS OF BRYSON, TX.
STEP BROTHER: NORMAN LEE WHITE OF FT. WORTH, TX.
GRANDCHILDREN: ROBERT GOLDEN, JENNIFER GOLDEN, ROBBIE McCOY, JOHNA McCOY, AND JAKE ALLEN POINDEXTER MARTIN.
DEAR FRIEND: JOSEPH WILLIAMS OF MIDLOTHIAN, TX.
PRECEDED IN DEATH BY
PARENTS: ROBERT ELSWORTH SR. AND LOUELLA WHITE. DAUGHTER: ANNETTE WOODALL. SISTER: NORMA JANE WHITE.
DATE OF MEMORIAL SERVICES: WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16, 2003 AT 2:00 PM PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: NONE - CREMATION. OFFICIATING: REV. LARRY ARGO ASSISTING: DARRELL ATTEBERY
NAME: EFFIE ANGELINA (SWINDELL) UBER, AGE 91, A RESIDENT OF THE BRYAN COUNTY MANOR IN DURANT FOR THE PAST SIX MONTHS AND FORMER LONGTIME ATOKA COUNTY RESIDENT.
 BORN: NOVEMBER 27, 1911 AT BRUNO, OKLAHOMA IN ATOKA COUNTY TO RUFUS ODELL AND EDDA (HARRIS) SWINDELL. PASSED AWAY: MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 14, 2003 AT DURANT, OK. AGE: 91 YEARS 4 MONTHS AND 17 DAYS.
EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOL AT HARMONY GRADE SCHOOL AND ATOKA HIGH SCHOOL.
MARRIED: HARLEY OLIFF UBER ON NOVEMBER 25, 1934 AT LANE, OK.
OCCUPATION: EFFIE WAS A HOUSEWIFE AND MOTHER, OPERATED A BEAUTY SHOP, AND WORKED AT THE ATOKA SCHOOLS.
CHURCH AFFILIATION: LONGTIME MEMBER OF THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH IN ATOKA, OK AND WAS VERY ACTIVE IN CHURCH WORK AND THE GOLDEN JUBILEE.
SURVIVED BY
SONS: HARLEY UBER AND WIFE WANDA OF ATOKA, OK. BILL UBER AND WIFE VIRGINIA OF SANTA CRUZ, CA.
GRANDCHILDREN: CROKETT UBER AND WIFE CHERYL OF KINGSTON, OK. RICHARD UBER OF REDDING, CA. BRUCE UBER AND WIFE MARGARET OF DURANT, OK. TOMMY UBER OF LOS ANGELES, CA. PENNY FORBES AND HUSBAND SCOTT OF ELMIRA, NY.
GREAT GRANDCHILDREN: KYLE UBER AND WIFE KARI OF DENISON, TX. JOEL UBER OF KINGSTON, OK. BRYAN UBER OF DURANT, OK. BRADLEY UBER OF COLBERT, OK. MICHAEL UBER OF SANTA CRUZ, CA. JULIA UBER OF ANDERSON, CA. JENNIFER UBER OF ANDERSON, CA. HANNAH FORBES OF ELMIRA, NY. KATHRYN FORBES OF ELMIRA, NY. JOHN FORBES OF ELMIRA, NY. ANDREW FORBES OF ELMIRA, NY.
GREAT GREAT GRANDCHILDREN: NATE UBER OF DENISON, TX. LEXI DAWN UBER OF CANEY, OK.
PRECEDED IN DEATH BY
HUSBAND: HARLEY UBER, SR IN 1975. PARENTS: RUFUS AND EDDA SWINDELL. SISTERS: MARY, ADELL, PANSY, AND RUTH. BROTHERS: FLOYD, RUFUS, AND LLOYD.
DATE OF SERVICES: THURSDAY, APRIL 17, 2003 AT 2:00 PM. PLACE OF SERVICES: FIRST BAPTIST CHURCHB ~ ATOKA, OK.
INTERMENT: GREEN MEADOWS CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK.
OFFICIATING: REV. JOE CHAPIN.
CASKETBEARERS: DELROE SMITH, FRED HOLLEY, JIM MIXON, BILL MALONE, LINDSAY MIXON, BILL FLOWERS, CLARENCE VIEUX.
NAME: NORMAN LEE WHITE, AGE 69, OF FT. WORTH, TEXAS AND FORMER ATOKA CO RESIDENT.
 BORN: DECEMBER 23, 1933 AT COLEMAN, OKLAHOMA TO TOMMIE ELVIS AND MILDRED BLANCH (ROACH) WHITE. PASSED AWAY: TUESDAY MORNING, APRIL 15, 2003 AT FT. WORTH, TX. AGE: 69 YEARS 3 MONTHS AND 23 DAYS.
EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOL AT COLEMAN, OK.
MARRIED: AUDIE MARIE RILEY ON SEPTEMBER 27, 1961 AT JACKSBORO, TX.
OCCUPATION: HE WAS MECHANIC AND HAD RETIRED IN 1988.
CHURCH AFFILIATION: NORMAN WAS A MEMBER OF THE GOSPEL TEMPLE ASSEMBLY OF GOD, IN FT. WORTH, TX.
NORMAN SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE US NAVY DURING THE KOREAN WAR.
SURVIVED BY
WIFE: AUDIE OF THE HOME IN FT. WORTH, TX.
MOTHER: MILDRED WHITE HENSLEY OF TAYLOR, TX.
CHILDREN: JOHNNY WILLIAM WHITE AND WIFE KIM OF WATAUGA, TX. TERESA POLLOCK AND HUSBAND LARRY OF ARLINGTON, TX. CATHIE SPEER AND HUSBAND DARRYL OF HALTON CITY, TX.
GRANDCHILDREN: MELINDA LUEDTKE OF ROME, TX. KESSA CARTER OF ARLINGTON, TX. JAMES CHRISTOPHER LUEDTKE OF FT. WORTH, TX. AMANDA SPEER OF HALTOM CITY, TX. JOHNATHAN WHITE OF FT. WORTH, TX. RACHEL WHITE OF FT. WORTH, TX. STEPHANIE SPEER OF HALTOM CITY, TX. SHEALYNN SPEER OF HALTOM CITY, TX. GREAT GRANDCHILDREN: KESSA AND MAKIESHA CARTER OF ARLINGTON, TX. JAYLEN LUEDTKE OF ROME, TX.
BROTHERS: BUDDY POINDEXTER AND WIFE LINDA OF MUSTANG, OK. CHESTER WHITE AND WIFE BARBARA OF SAPULPA, OK. DANNY WHITE AND WIFE SHIRLEY OF TUSHKA, OK.
SISTERS: KARON PARKER AND HUSBAND CURTIS OF RAVIA, OK. JOY HARRIS OF PORT ARANSAS, TX. GOLDIE WHITE OF ODESSA, TX. MARLENE HOUSE OF OKLAHOMA CITY. BETTY JEAN WILLIAMSON OF JACKSBORO, TX. MARY RODGERS OF BRYSON, TX. CAROLINA GREATHOUSE OF TAYLOR, TX.
PRECEDED IN DEATH BY
FATHER: TOMMIE ELVIS WHITE. STEPMOTHER: LOVELLA WHITE. BROTHERS: J. W. WHITE AND BOBBIE POINDEXTER. SISTER: NORMA JANE WHITE.
DATE OF SERVICES: FRIDAY, APRIL 18, 2003 AT 2:00 PM. PLACE OF SERVICES: GOSPEL TEMPLE, ASSEMBLY OF GOD ~ FT. WORTH, TX.
GRAVESIDE COMMITAL SERVICES: SATURDAY, APRIL 19, 2003 AT 11:00 AM. INTERMENT: CENTER HILL CEMETERY ~ ATOKA COUNTY, OK.
OFFICIATING: REV. J. W. CARLILE. CASKETBEARERS: TERRY SIMS, BILL GRANT, TIM BELL, REV. RAYMOND JUNKERS, JAMES LUEDTKE, DON DRYDALE.
NAME: ESTLE OAKLEY “E. O.” BURDEN, AGE 82, LONGTIME ATOKA AND COALGATE RESIDENT.
 BORN: OCTOBER 10, 1920 IN ATOKA COUNTY TO OAKLEY AND HETTIE MAE (HILBURN) BURDEN. PASSED AWAY: WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16, 2003 AT COLLINSVILLE, OK. AGE: 82 YEARS 6 MONTHS AND 6 DAYS.
EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOL AT LEHIGH, OK.
MARRIED: NEDRA V. GIBBINS AT ATOKA, OK. OCCUPATION: E.O. WAS RETIRED FROM THE U.S. ARMY AND RETIRED FROM THE NAVAL AMMUNITION DEPOT AT SAVANNAH, WHERE HE WAS FOREMAN FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.
E. O. SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE U.S. ARMY DURING WWII AND KOREA. HE WAS A MEMBER OF 45TH INFANTRY AND MASONIC LODGE AT MCALESTER, OK.
SURVIVED BY
GRANDCHILDREN: JOHN BURDEN AND WIFE CANDY OF COLLINSVILLE, OK. CHAD BURDEN AND WIFE KRISTIE OF TULSA, OK. WADE BURDEN OF LUBBOCK, TX. JIMMY SPETH OF SELMAR, TN. JASON SPETH OF SELMAR, TN.
GREAT GRANDCHILDREN: RACEY, RYLIE AND RIDGE BURDEN ALL OF COLLINSVILLE, OK.
DAUGHTER-IN-LAW: KAREN BURDEN OF ATOKA, OK.
SISTERS-IN-LAW: FREDIA BURDEN OF MCALESTER, OK. MONA SELLMON OF MODESTO, CA.
PRECEDED IN DEATH BY
PARENTS: OAKLEY AND HETTIE MAE BURDEN. BROTHERS: CLOVUS AND L. B. BURDEN. SON: JOHNNIE BURDEN. DAUGHTER: BETTY SPETH.
DATE OF SERVICES: SATURDAY, APRIL 19, 2003 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK.
INTERMENT: COALGATE CITY CEMETERY ~ COALGATE, OK.
OFFICIATING: REV. WALTER “BUD” JOLLY.
CASKETBEARERS: JOHN BURDEN, CHAD BURDEN, WADE BURDEN, BRIAN WALKER, WALT JOLLY, HAROLD CLOUR.
HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: A. D. MOORE, JIM MABE.
NAME: RONNIE JOE GARSIDE, AGE 54, LONGTIME ATOKA AREA RESIDENT.
 BORN: NOVEMBER 24, 1948 AT STRINGTOWN, OK TO BILLY JOE AND BILLIE LOUISE (MENELEY) GARSIDE. PASSED AWAY: FRIDAY, APRIL 18, 2003 AT THE ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. AGE: 54 YEARS 4 MONTHS AND 24 DAYS.
EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOL AT STRINGTOWN AND GRADUATED FROM ATOKA HIGH IN 1967. HE THEN ATTENDED SOUTHEASTERN STATE UNIVERSITY
MARRIED: PAMELA LYNN ROCK ON JANUARY 14, 1989 AT ATOKA, OK.
OCCUPATION: HE WORK MANY YEARS IN LAW ENFORCEMENT - METRO WASHINGTON D.C. POLICE DEPT. AND RETIRED FROM THE U.S. CUSTOMS DEPT. ALSO WORKED FOR THE ATOKA COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE.
CHURCH AFFILIATION: RONNIE WAS A MEMBER OF THE ATOKA FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH. RONNIE SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE U. S. ARMY. HE WAS ALSO A MEMBER OF FRATERNAL ORGANIZATION OF POLICE.
SURVIVED BY
WIFE: PAM GARSIDE OF THE HOME AT ATOKA, OK.
CHILDREN: SHELLI FORTENBERRY AND HUSBAND BRAD OF ATOKA, OK. DIANNA BOYD AND HUSBAND DARRELL OF HOLDENVILLE, OK. CHERYL BERRYHILL OF ATOKA, OK.
GRANDCHILDREN: FALON RAYANN FORTENBERRY, ZANE RAY BOYD, ANNA MARIE BOYD, SIERRAH SCHNEIDER.
MOTHER: BILLIE GARSIDE.
BROTHER: RICKY GARSIDE.
SISTERS: DONNA MOTE AND HUSBAND GEORGE OF MCALESTER, OK. CHUNKIE MANESS AMD HUSBAND DENNIS OF PAULS VALLEY, OK.
MOTHER-IN-LAW: LOIS TUCKER OF OKMULGEE, OK.
NEPHEWS: MATT MANESS, JOEY GARSIDE, MASON MANESS, BRANDON MANESS.
NIECES: RHONDA GARSIDE, NIKKI GARSIDE, AMBER MANESS.
FRIEND OF THE FAMILY: EVAN LAYTON OF STRINGTOWN, OK.
PRECEDED IN DEATH BY
FATHER: BILLY JOE GARSIDE. SISTER-IN-LAW: CHRISTY GARSIDE. GRANDPARENTS: ALEX AND MAUDE GARSIDE. BILL AND MYRTLE MENELEY.
DATE OF MEMORIAL SERVICES: TUESDAY, APRIL 22, 2003 AT 2:00 PM. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: NONE - CREMATION.
OFFICIATING: REV. JOE CHAPIN. ASSISTING: REV. LOYD THOMPSON.
NAME: CHAYLEN LANE MARSHALL, AGE 21, LIFELONG ATOKA AREA RESIDENT.
 BORN: MAY 6, 1981 AT ADA, OK TO JOHN DAVID MARSHALL AND CONNIE JANE (HUTSON) WYRICK. PASSED AWAY: FRIDAY, APRIL 18, 2003 AT GARNETT, KANSAS FROM INJURIES RECEIVED IN AN AUTO ACCIDENT. AGE: 21 YEARS 11 MONTHS AND 12 DAYS.
EDUCATION: CHAYLEN ATTTENDED GRADE SCHOOL AT STRINGTOWN AND GRADUATED ATOKA HIGH IN 1999 ATTENDED EASTERN OKLAHOMA STATE COLLEGE AT WILBURTON.
MARRIED: NEVER MARRIED.
OCCUPATION: CHAYLEN WAS EMPLOYED BY J.E.T.T. HIGHLINE CO. AND PREVIOUSLY WORKED FOR METTS HIGHLINE CO.
CHURCH AFFILIATION: McGEE VALLEY BAPTIST CHURCH, MEMBER OF 4-H AND FFA AT ATOKA , ACTIVE IN LIVESTOCK SHOWS. WON BREED CHAMPION BRANGUS 1995 AND 1996 WAS ALSO A TEAM ROPER.
SURVIVED BY
PARENTS: LYNN AND CONNIE WYRICK OF ATOKA, OK.
SISTERS: LA TISHIA WYRICK OF ATOKA, OK. SABRINA WYRICK OF ATOKA, OK.
MATERNAL GRANDFATHER: T. M. HUTSON OF DAISY, OK.
PATERNAL GRANDPARENTS: BENNY AND LAVONA WYRICK OF STRINGTOWN, OK.
PRECEDED IN DEATH BY
GRANDMOTHER: RUTH ANN HUTSON.
DATE OF SERVICES: TUESDAY, APRIL 22, 2003 AT 10:00 AM. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK.
INTERMENT: MOUNTAIN HOME CEMETERY ~ DAISY, OK.
OFFICIATING: DR. JAMES CROWSON. ASSISTING: JODIE HOUSE.
CASKETBEARERS: TREVOR FORAN, ROBBIE SMITHART, B. J. MAGBY, RYAN RAINS, CHRIS SMITH, JON DOOLAN.
HONORARY BEARERS: HAROLD STEPHENS, CARL ATTEBERRY, BUDDY ROBERTSON, BRIAN TROTTER, RICK GARSIDE, MARK HOPSON, JASON THOMPSON, RUSTY McCARTY.
NAME: RICHARD SIDNEY MITCHELL, AGE 54, OF ATOKA AND FORMER LONGTIME STRINGTOWN AREA RESIDENT.
 BORN: JULY 31, 1948 AT ATOKA, OK TO MILLARD AND MAMIE ELIZABETH (RICHARDSON) MITCHELL. PASSED AWAY: FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 18, 2003 AT THE ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. AGE: 54 YEARS 8 MONTHS AND 17DAYS.
EDUCATION: RICHARD WAS HOMESCHOOLED AND SELF-TAUGHT.
MARRIED: NEVER MARRIED.
OCCUPATION: WORKED FOR SUNSHINE INDUSTRIES AND WAS DISABLED HIS ENTIRE LIFE.
CHURCH AFFILIATION: RICHARD WAS OF THE PENTECOSTAL FAITH.
SURVIVED BY
BROTHER: GLEN MITCHELL OF STRINGTOWN, OK.
SISTERS: SALLY WHITE AND HUSBAND JUNIOR OF PARKS, AR. JANESE EDGE OF ATOKA, OK. MARGARET HOGAN OF BENTLEY, OK. HELEN SHIELDS AND HUSBAND FRANCES OF KIOWA, OK. IRMA RAINS OF BENTLEY, OK. RENA WORKMAN AND HUSBAND JIMMY OF CANEY, OK.
FOSTER BROTHER: JACK McDANIEL AND WIFE CAROLYN OF RUSSELLVILLE, AR.
FOSTER SISTER: DOROTHY CARPENTER OF ATOKA, OK.
SPECIAL FRIENDS: JERRY AND SHIRLEY RICHARD OF ATOKA, OK.
16 NIECES AND NEPHEWS AND 36 GREAT NIECES AND NEPHEWS.
PRECEDED IN DEATH BY
PARENTS: MILLARD AND MAMIE (RICHARDSON) MITCHELL. GRANDPARENTS: ALBERT AND TONI MITCHELL. WALTER AND RENA RICHARDSON.
DATE OF SERVICES: MONDAY, APRIL 21, 2003 AT 2:00 PM. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK.
INTERMENT: STRINGTOWN CEMETERY ~ STRINGTOWN, OK.
OFFICIATING: JERRY RICHARD. ASSISTING: REV. LARRY BEACH.
CASKETBEARERS: MICHAEL MOORE, RANDY DANIEL, BO HORATH, JERRY RICHARD, JACK LANSDALE, JIM POOL.
HONORARY BEARERS: CLARENCE ROWTON, TOMMY STARKS, KENNETH FRAZIER, FLOYD MORRIS.
NAME: JIMMY RAY COLE, AGE 58, A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF ATOKA, OK.
 BORN: JULY 6, 1944 AT ATOKA, OKLAHOMA TO ROY HENRY COLE AND RUBY MITCHELL COLE. PASSED AWAY: SATURDAY, APRIL 19, 2003 AT HIS RESIDENCE IN ATOKA, OK. AGE: 58 YEARS 9 MONTHS AND 13 DAYS.
EDUCATION: ATTENDED WEST ALLISON AND ATOKA SCHOOLS. MARRIED: JEWEL DEAN BAYLES ON JANUARY 14, 1965 AT ATOKA, OK. BETTY FAYE BLACKWOOD ON SEPTEMBER 13, 1990 AT ATOKA, OK.
OCCUPATION: HE WAS A TRUCKER, AND WORKED A NUMBER OF YEARS IN THE OILFIELDS. AT ONE TIME HE OWNED AND OPERATED A BAIT AND TACKLE SHOP IN ATOKA. THE LAST 5 YEARS JIM DROVE CROSS COUNTRY FOR ANDERSON TRUCKING OF ST. CLOUD, MINN.
CHURCH AFFILIATION: MT. VIEW PENTECOSTAL CHURCH.
SURVIVED BY
MOTHER: RUBY COLE OF ATOKA, OK.
WIFE: WIFE BETTY OF THE HOME IN ATOKA, OK.
SONS: JIMMY D. COLE OF ATOKA, OK. STEVEN COLE AND WIFE CARRI OF ATOKA, OK.
STEPCHILDREN: SHANNON BAYS OF NEOSHOBA, OK. ROBERT BAYS AND WIFE CHRISTY OF MOORE HILL, IN.
GRANDCHILDREN: STEVEN R. COLE ll, NICHOLAS COLE, DAKOTA, A. J. , ABBIGALE, AND ALLEN BAYS.
AUNTS: DORA MITCHELL OF ATOKA, OK. LOLA MAE COLE OF ATOKA, OK. LEOMA SANDBERG OF ATOKA, OK.
PRECEDED IN DEATH BY
FATHER: ROY HENRY COLE. BROTHER: LAWRENCE COLE. MOTHER IN-LAW: THEAH BLACKWOOD.
DATE OF SERVICES: TUESDAY APRIL 22, 2003 AT 4:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK.
INTERMENT: STRINGTOWN CEMETERY ~ STRINGTOWN, OK.
OFFICIATING: REV. KENNETH MAY. ASSISTING: JERRY RICHARD.
CASKETBEARERS: DAVID LEE BOSTON, ALBERT OTIS COLE, ALBERT DANIEL COLE, DARRELL MAXEY, BILL BAYLES, CHARLES COLE.
HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: OREN COCHRAN, RONNIE COCHRAN, NOEL POWELL.
NAME: CURTIS FRANK “FRANKIE” PETERS, AGE 57, A LONGTIME LANE AREA RESIDENT.
 BORN: JANUARY 1, 1946 AT TALIHINA, OK TO ALLEN FULSOM AND LORENE MAE PETERS. PASSED AWAY: MONDAY, APRIL 21, 2003 AT HIS RESIDENCE IN LANE, OK. AGE: 57 YEARS 3 MONTHS AND 20 DAYS.
EDUCATION: CURTIS ATTENDED SCHOOL IN LANE AND ATOKA, OK.
OCCUPATION: CURTIS WAS GENERAL LABORER AND MASONARY HELPER.
CHURCH AFFILIATION: DOUBLE SPRING CHURCH AT LANE, OK.
SURVIVED BY
SISTERS: BONNIE DUTY OF ATOKA, OK. FREDA SUE BROWN AND HUSBAND JUSTIN OF OKLAHOMA CITY.
BROTHER: PETE LOMBNESS OF OKLAHOMA CITY.
HALF SISTERS: JOANNA , FAYE, AND DELORIS OF SOUTHERLAND, TX.
NEPHEWS: PHIL W. DUTY OF ATOKA, OK. RONNIE AND B.J.
NIECE: JERRIE.
AUNTS: REBECCA COLE OF LANE, OK. LIZZIE LeFLORE OF ATOKA, OK. EDNA MAE JACKSON OF ATOKA, OK. FRIEND AND NEIGHBOR: JAN WALKER OF LANE, OK.
PRECEDED IN DEATH BY
PARENTS: ALLEN FULSOM ANF LORENE MAE PETERS. GRANDPARENTS: WILLIAM AND TRACY PETERS.
DATE OF SERVICES: WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23, 2003 AT 2:00 PM. PLACE OF SERVICES: CHURCH OF CHRIST ~ LANE, OK.
INTERMENT: DOUBLE SPRING CEMETERY ~ LANE, OK.
OFFICIATING: WILLIAM FRY. ASSISTING: LLOYD McELHANEY.
CASKETBEARERS: CARL SHIPLEY, LEON ROBERSON, PAT KENNEDY, PHIL DUTY, QUINTON WILLIAMS, JUSTIN HUMPHREY.
HONORARY BEARERS: BILLY WAYNE GOODSON, DARRELL REECE, SAM HEARRELL, LESTER BRADFORD, BOB GROTHE, JIM WHITE.
NAME: OLEN PEARSE “O. P.” LEUTY, AGE 79, A LIFELONG ATOKA AREA RESIDENT.
 BORN: APRIL14, 1924 AT WEST ALLISON IN ATOKA COUNTY TO WILLIAM BIRT AND IVA LEE EMERSON LEUTY. PASSED AWAY: FRIDAY, APRIL 25, 2003 AT HIS HOME NEAR BENTLEY, OK. AGE: 79 YEARS AND 11 DAYS.
EDUCATION: O. P. ATTENDED SCHOOL AT WEST ALLISON.
MARRIED: NELLIE BRANUM ON SEPTEMBER 24, 1946 AT COALGATE, OK.
OCCUPATION: HE WORKED IN THE SHIPYARDS IN CALIFORNIA DURING WORLD WAR ll. HE WAS A TRUCK DRIVER AND RETIRED FROM ATOKA COUNTY DISTRICT 2 IN 1986. O. P. WAS ALSO A FARMER AND RANCHER.
CHURCH AFFILIATION: O. P. WAS A LONGTIME MEMBER OF THE BLACKJACK BAPTIST CHURCH WHERE HE SERVED AS AN USHER, SERVED ON THE BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS COMMITTEE AND TOOK CARE OF PREPARING THE BAPTISTRY WHEN NEEDED FOR YEARS. HE WAS AN ACTIVE MEMBER AND LOVED HIS CHURCH AND CHURCH FAMILY DEARLY.
SURVIVED BY
WIFE: NELLIE LEUTY OF THE HOME NEAR BENTLEY, OK.
CHILDREN: SHARON GRAHAM AND HUSBAND BOBBY OF ATOKA, OK. JIMMY LEUTY AND WIFE DONNA OF ATOKA, OK. ROGER LEUTY AND WIFE CLARA OF ATOKA, OK CARLA JACKSON AND HUSBAND WAYNE OF ATOKA, OK.
GRANDCHILDREN: MARK GRAHAM AND WIFE RHONDA OF ATOKA, OK. ROBIN WALKER OF ATOKA, OK. DUANE HOBBS AND WIFE MONA OF ATOKA, OK. MICHAEL LEUTY OF ATOKA, OK. KENNY LEUTY AND WIFE SHANNON .OF ATOKA, OK WILLIAM GRAHAM AND WIFE DONIELLE OF ATOKA, OK MICHAEL LOCKARD OF ATOKA, OK. CODY JACKSONOF ATOKA, OK.
19 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.
SISTERS: CHRISTINE HOWARD AND HUSBAND CHARLES OF HOUSTON, TX. HELEN HALL AND HUSBAND ARVEL OF ATOKA, OK.
BROTHER-IN-LAW: CALVIN TOMLINSON OF ATOKA, OK. SISTER-IN-LAW: DOROTHY LEUTY OF ATOKA, OK.
PRECEDED IN DEATH BY
PARENTS: WILLIAM BIRT AND IVA LEE LEUTY. BROTHERS: GEORGE, CECIL AND LESTER LEUTY. SISTERS: KATHRYN ELLIOTT AND VIVIAN TOMLINSON.
DATE OF SERVICES: MONDAY, APRIL 28, 2003 AT 2:00 PM PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK.
INTERMENT: BERA CEMETERY ~ HARMONY COMMUNITY, ATOKA, OK.
OFFICIATING: REV. GENE SLUDER.
CASKETBEARERS: (GRANDSON) KENNY LEUTY, MICHAEL LEUTY, MARK GRAHAM, WILLIAM GRAHAM, CODY JACKSON, DUANE HOBBS, MICHAEL LOCKARD.
HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: (SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASS MEMBERS) CHARLES TIGERT, CECIL REEVES, FERMAN MAYO, BOB CAMP, WILLARD OLSEN, JIM BOAG, JERRY HERRING, DAN CAMP, CALVIN TOMLINSON, FREDDIE JONES, EARL MOFIELD, FOY CALLICOAT.
NAME: JACKIE DEE MAGBY, AGE 72, A LIFELONG STRINGTOWN AREA RESIDENT.
 BORN: MARCH 7, 1931 AT DURANT TO WALTER HENRY AND LEONA (GATTENBY) MAGBY. PASSED AWAY: SUNDAY, APRIL 27, 2003 AT HIS HOME NEAR STRINGTOWN, OK. AGE: 72 YEARS 1 MONTH AND 20 DAYS.
EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOL AT MIDWAY AND STRINGTOWN HIGH SCHOOL. HE ATTENDED OKLAHOMA UNIVERSITY AND SOUTHEASTERN STATE AS WELL AS A GRADUATE OF THE STATE OF OREGON POLICE ACADEMY.
MARRIED: WILMA LOUCILLE FUGATE ON JUNE 7, 1950 AT THE FUGATE HOMESTEAD NEAR STRINGTOWN.
OCCUPATION: DEPUTY SHERIFF FOR DOUGLAS COUNTY, OREGON AND POLICEMAN IN SOUTHERLIN, OREGON. HE WORKED OVER 26 YEARS FOR JOE BROWN COMPANY AS SAFETY SUPERVISOR AND PERSONNEL & INSURANCE MANAGER, AND WORKED THE PAST TWO YEARS FOR ATOKA COUNTY DISTRICT 1.
CHURCH AFFILIATION: JACKIE WAS BAPTIZED AND A MEMBER OF MT. OLIVE MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH.
JACKIE WAS CERTIFIED IN INDUSTRAIL SAFETY & MANAGEMENT AND WORKERS COMP, HE WAS ALSO CERTIFIED STATE OF OKLAHOMA MOTOR FLEET SUPERVISOR, HE HAD OSHA CERTIFICATION AND OKLAHOMA MINES AND MINERALS.
SURVIVED BY
WIFE: WILMA “BABY DOLL” MAGBY OF THE HOME.
DAUGHTER: WILMA GAIL ENOCHS AND HUSBAND VICTOR OF STRINGTOWN, OK.
DAUGHTER-IN-LAW: TERI MAGBY OF YUBA CITY, CA.
GRANDCHILDREN: WADE McMURRAIN AND WIFE HEIKE MARIE OF NORMAN, OK. FATHOM SMITH AND HUSBAND MICHAEL OF SAN DIEGO, CA. MORGAN MAGBY OF YUBA CITY, CA. JACOB ENOCHS OF STRINGTOWN, OK.
BROTHER: EARL MAGBY AND WIFE IONA OF CANTON, TX.
SISTER: JEWELL LANSDALE OF ATOKA, OK.
PRECEDED IN DEATH BY
SON: JACKIE ROBIN MAGBY ON JULY 2, 2002. PARENTS: WALTER H AND LEONA (GATTENBY) MAGBY. BROTHERS: BURL, HOLLIS, AND JOSEPH MAGBY. SISTER: ADA DUNHAM.
DATE OF SERVICES: WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30, 2003 AT 2:00 PM. PLACE OF SERVICES: PENN & A CHURCH OF CHRIST ~ ATOKA, OK.
INTERMENT: GREEN MEADOWS CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK.
OFFICIATING: DAVID HARENDT. ASSISTING: RICHARD MAGBY.
CASKETBEARERS: HOWELL MAGBY, EUGENE MAGBY, KEITH FUGATE, JACK DeBORDE, DANNY PEEL, RUSSELL FUGATE.
HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: BILLY GUY KELLOGG, JOE. D. BROWN, GILBERT WILSON, KENNETH LAYTON, JOHNNY SELF, JOE BILL HOLSTINE, CHARLES JUNIOR SELF, BILLY LANSDALE, PORTER DUNHAM, GARY FUGATE, FRANK BUCHANAN, LaVAUGHN, HENSON, HAROLD DeLAY, DALE "NUB" STEPHEN, FREDDIE DODD, JACK LANSDALE, DOYLE LANSDALE, WILBURN WILSON, PAL DUNHAM.
NAME: ESTHER TESSIE (SMITH) SARTIN, AGE 88, A LONGTIME ATOKA AREA RESIDENT.
 BORN: SEPTEMBER 1, 1914 IN PUSHMATAHA COUNTY TO BARNEY AND EULA (CHAPMAN) SMITH. PASSED AWAY: MONDAY, APRIL 28, 2003 AT ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. AGE: 88 YEARS 7 MONTHS AND 27 DAYS.
EDUCATION: ESTHER GRADUATED TUSHKA HIGH SCHOOL IN 1935, THEN ATTENDED SOUTHEASTERN STATE COLLEGE IN DURANT, SHE RECEIVED HER DEGREE FROM SAN FRANCISCO STATE COLLEGE AND WORKED ON HER MASTERS AT EAST CENTRAL STATE UNIVERSITY IN ADA, OK.
MARRIED: HENRY WESLEY SARTIN ON NOVEMBER 6, 1936 AT COALGATE, OK.
OCCUPATION: ESTHER TAUGHT SCHOOL FOR APPROXIMATELY 40 YEARS AT RICHMOND, CA, ATOKA AND BENTLEY, OK, RETIRING IN 1976.
CHURCH AFFILIATION: SHE WAS A LONGTIME MEMBER OF ATOKA FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH AND LATER AFFILIATED WITH FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH IN ATOKA, OK.
ESTHER WAS AN ATOKA HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION HALL OF FAMER.
SURVIVED BY
GRANDCHILDREN: LEA ANN ROBERTSON AND HUSBAND CLAY OF ATOKA, OK. GUY SARTIN OF ATOKA, OK. ALICE SANDERS OF ATOKA, OK. AMY FARRIS OF ATOKA, OK. VICKIE SARTIN OF TISHOMINGO, OK.
GREAT GRANDCHILDREN: ASHLEY SARTIN, KACI SARTIN, WESLEY SARTIN, AMANDA SANDERS, MACY HENRY, ZANE FARRIS, LUKE FARRIS, AIDAN FARRIS, CODY SARTIN, DUSTIN SARTIN.
SISTERS: JOY SMITH OF ATOKA, OK. JESSIE SERVIS OF ATOKA, OK.
BROTHER: ROSS C. SMITH AND WIFE NORMA JEAN OF ALVA, OK.
NEPHEW: RON SERVIS OF WASHINGTON, D.C.
PRECEDED IN DEATH BY
HUSBAND: HENRY WESLEY SARTIN ON APRIL 21, 1985. SON: ALLEN SARTIN. PARENTS: BARNEY & EULA SMITH. BROTHER: CHARLES L. SMITH. GRANDSON-IN-LAW: OSCAR LEE HENRY.
DATE OF SERVICES: THURSDAY, MAY 1, 2003 AT 2:00 PM. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK.
INTERMENT: GREEN MEADOWS CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK.
OFFICIATING: REV. RON KING.
CASKETBEARERS: LARRY PRUITT, DANNY COOPER, BRUCE USHER, ROGER RICHARDSON, JERRY LEWIS, BOB WYRICK.
HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: DON BARNARD, CHARLES McCALL, DON RIPPEE, RUSSELL WILSON, THOMAS RAY, RONNIE COCHRAN, JIM CARR, JERRY STEPHENS, BOB DANIEL, ABBOTT JONES, MARK THOMAS, STEVE MANSELL.
NAME: BYRON EUGENE BURTLESS, JR., AGE 83, STRINGTOWN RESIDENT AND FORMER RUSHVILLE, NY RESIDENT.
 BORN: MAY 24, 1920 IN GENEVA, NY TO BYRON EUGENE AND LUCILLE (O’CONNER) BURTLESS. PASSED AWAY: MONDAY, APRIL 28, 2003 AT HURLEY MANOR IN COALGATE, OK. AGE: 83 YEARS 11 MONTHS AND 4 DAYS.
EDUCATION: BYRON ATTENDED SCHOOLS IN GENEVA, NY.
MARRIED: INA BETH YOUNG ON NOVEMBER 2, 1943 AT LINCOLN, NE.
OCCUPATION: BYRON WAS RETIRED FROM THE VETERANS ADMINISTRATION MEDICAL CENTER IN CANADAIGUA, NY.
CHURCH AFFILIATION: HE WAS A MEMBER OF MT. OLIVE MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH. HE WAS ALSO A PAST MASTER OF MASONIC LODGE 377, RUSHVILLE, NY AND A MEMBER OF THE ATOKA MASONIC LODGE AND PAST PATRON OF RUSHVILLE, NY, OES AND A MEMBER OF THE STRINGTOWN #307 OES.
SURVIVED BY
WIFE: INA BETH BURTLESS OF THE HOME AT STRINGTOWN, OK.
SON: EVERETT EUGENE BURTLESS AND WIFE ROBIN OF RUSHVILLE, NY.
GRANDCHILDREN: BEVERLY LIMMER OF ATOKA, OK. TINA OF NEW JERSEY. KENNY OF TEXAS.
4 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.
SISTER: MARGARET ASKEE AND HUSBAND FRED OF WARREN OH.
SISTER-IN-LAW: MARY BECK AND HUSBAND KENNETH OF STRINGTOWN, OK.
SPECIAL NIECES: LORI TERRIWILLIGER AND HUSBAND JIM OF BELGIUM. KIM DVORAK AND HUSBAND TOM OF STRINGTOWN, OK.
SPECIAL NEPHEW: KENNETH BECK, JR. OF STRINGTOWN, OK.
PRECEDED IN DEATH BY
DAUGHTER: MARY LOU BARBER. PARENTS: BYRON EUGENE AND LUCILLE BURTLESS.
DATE OF MEMORIAL SERVICES: WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30, 2003 AT 3:00 PM. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: NONE - CREMATION. OFFICIATING: BILLY DEE SULLIVAN, PAST GRAND MASTER OF THE OKLAHOMA MASONS. ASSISTING: ATOKA MASONIC LODGE #4.
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