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NAME: LESTER ALTON DEWBERY, AGE 76, A RESIDENT OF BROMIDE FOR MANY YEARS. BORN: APRIL 20, 1930 AT BROMIDE, ok TO OSCAR ALTON AND CORA BELLE (TAYLOR) DEWBERY. PASSED AWAY: WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4, 2007 AT HIS RESIDENCE IN BROMIDE. AGE: 76 YEARS 11 MONTHS AND 14 DAYS . EDUCATION: LESTER ATTENDED BROMIDE AND PLAINVIEW SCHOOLS. MARRIED: BARBARA HAYDEN IN JUNE 15, 1956 AT SAN JOSE, CA. MARILYN HALBROOKS ON SEPTEMBER 1, 1983 AT DURANT. OCCUPATION: LESTER WAS A CAR SALESMAN FOR MANY YEARS. HE OWNED AND OPERATED DEWBERY GROCERY IN BROMIDE AND RETIRED FROM WALMART ARDMORE AND ATOKA AS NIGHT MAINTENANCE SUPERVISOR. CHURCH AFFILIATION: HE WAS OF THE BAPTIST FAITH. LESTER SERVED HIS COUNTRY DURING THE KOREAN WAR IN THE U. S. ARMY AND THEN THE AIR FORCE. he was a loNGTIME MEMBER OF THE D.A.V . AND V.F.W. ADA POST. survived by CHILDREN: LESLIE (DEWBERY) BOST OF OKLAHOMA CITY. LESTER “SKIP” DEWBERY AND WIFE PATTI OF TEXARKANA, TX. JANELLE (DEWBERY) McCORMICK and HUSBAND JIM OF PORTERVILLE, CA. JOHNNY DEWBERY AND WIFE LINDA OF BROMIDE, OK. MOTHER OF HIS CHILDREN: BARBARA KOSTKA OF SALLISAW, OK. STEPCHILDREN: JACQUELINE COLLINS OF CALERA, OK. DOUGLAS COLLINS OF CALERA, OK. JERILYN COLLINS OF platter, OK. GRANDCHILDREN: CASSY DEWBERY OF TISHOMINGO, OK. SARAH ANDERSON OF PORTERVILLE, CA. DAKOTA DEWBERY OF BROMIDE, OK. DYLAN DEWBERY OF BROMIDE, OK. BROTHERS: ARTHUR DEWBERY AND WIFE LINDA OF BROMIDE, OK. JESSE DEWBERY AND WIFE JOANN OF BROMIDE, OK. SISTERS: NELDA HENRY OF BENTLEY, OK. JANETTE WILSON AND HUSBAND JERRY OF ANTLERS, OK. ZELDA PATE AND HUSBAND TERRY OF ANTLERS, OK. preceded in death by PARENTS: OSCAR AND CORA DEWBERY.WIFE: MARILYN DEWBERy on september 12, 1997.BROTHERS: ROBERT, THURMAN AND VICTOR DEWBERY.SISTERS: ANNETTE NICHOLS AND JOY MARIE DEWBERY.
DATE OF SERVICES: SATURDAY, APRIL 7, 2007 AT 2:00 P.M.PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ atoka, ok. INTERMENT: WELLS VALLEY CEMETERY ~ BROMIDE, ok. OFFICIATING: REV. LARRY SCHOONOVER. CASKETBEARERS: MARK DEWBERY, VICTOR DEWBERY, MAURICE LABRADA, VINCE McIVER, RICK McIVER, TODD SHOWN. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: FLOYD HACKWORTH, JOHN JOPLIN, J. W. REED, TERRY PATE. FAMILY NIGHT: FRIDAY 6:00 TO 8:00 P.M .
NAME: CLARICE JUNA (CORLEY) PHILLIPS, AGE 64, OF NORMAN, OK. BORN: OCTOBER 30, 1942 AT DURANT, OK TO A. V. AND MARIE MARGUeRITE (LAMAR) CORLEY. PASSED AWAY: THURSDAY, APRIL 5, 2007 AT ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.AGE: 64 YEARS 5 MONTH AND 6 DAYS. OCCUPATION: SHE WAS A HOUSEWIFE AND A HOMEMAKER. MARRIED: CLARICE MARRIED WAYNE PHILLIPS ON AUGUST 17, 1962 AT MARIETTA, OK. EDUCATION: SHE ATTENDED SCHOOL AT DURANT AND THEN COSMETOLOGY SCHOOL at DENISON, tx. church AFFILIATION: CLARICE GREW UP PENTECOSTAL. SHE WAS A MEMBER OF OKLAHOMA BLUEGRASS AND THE GREATER BLUEGRASS ASSOCIATION. survived by HUSBAND: WAYNE PHILLIPS OF THE HOME at norman, ok. MOTHER: MARIE WILLIAMS OF DURANT, OK. CHILDREN: PAM BONHAM AND HUSBAND GLEN OF ATOKA, OK. MARK PHILLIPS AND WIFE REGINA OF NORMAN, OK. FOSTER SON: MICHAEL PHILLIPS AND WIFE JENNIFER OF INDIANA. GRANDCHILDREN: JEFF BONHAM AND WIFE JAMIE OF MEDFORd, OK. MOLLY CAMBREN AND HUSBAND RAYMOND OF ENID, OK. VERONICA ENOCH AND HUSBAND MICHAEL OF ATOKA, OK. TERRENCE BONHAM AND WIFE KRISTI OF NORMAN, OK. ALEESHA SMITH AND HUSBAND BRANNAN OF COWETA, OK. 11 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. BROTHERS: JIMMY CORLEY AND WIFE JANET OF DURANT, OK. KENNETH CORLEY AND WIFE MARSHA OF DALLAS, TX. STEPSISTER: MELISSA KAY PAUL OF DURANT, OK. SPECIAL FRIENDS: EDITH AND FRED WOMACK OF COLORADO CITY, TX. preceded in death by FATHER: A. V. CORLEYSISTER: JoANN VINYARD.STEPSISTER: WANDA SHELTON.
DATE OF SERVICES: MONDAY, APRIL 9, 2007 AT 2:00 P.M.PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, ok. interment: BUTLER CEMETERY ~ lane, ok. OFFICIATING: REV. GEORGE BROWN.ASSISTING: JASON CORLEY CASKETBEARERS: JOSHUA CORLEY, JEREMY CORLEY, GREG PHILLIPS, KEVIN FACTOR, MIKE HAMILTON, RUSTY BROWN. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: DR. NOEL EMERSON, MICHAEL ENOCH, JOE CRITES, HARLEY JENKINS, VIC VINYARD, DANIEL FOULKS, JEFF BONHAM, TERRENCE BONHAM, FRED WOMACK. FAMILY NIGHT: SUNDAY 6:00 - 8:00 P.M.
NAME: CORA BELLE (HAMRICK) LEEPER, AGE 75, A FORMER LONGTIME ATOKA RESIDENT AND A NORMAN AREA RESIDENT FOR THE PAST YEARS. BORN: OCTOBER 5, 1931 TO JOE AND DOROTHY (McCLENDON) HAMRICK AT CRYSTAL, OK. PASSED AWAY: FRIDAY, APRIL 6, 2007 AT GRACE LIVING CENTER IN NORMAN, OK.AGE: 75 YEARS 6 MONTHS AND 1 DAYS. EDUCATION: CORA ATTENDED school at FARRIS AND WAS A GRADUATE OF ATOKA HIGH SCHOOL. OCCUPATION: SHE WAS A FARM WORKER, RESTAURANT COOK, AND A HOME HEALTH AIDE. CHURCH AFFILIATION: CORA WAS A MEMBER OF BERRY ROAD BAPTIST CHURCH IN NORMAN AND A FORMER LONGTIME MEMBER OF HILLCREST BAPTIST CHURCH IN ATOKA, OK. survived by CHILDREN: JEFF HARDEN AND WIFE PATRICIA OF ATOKA, OK, MARK HARDEN OF CANEY, OK. SUE ARMSTRONG AND HUSBAND TED OF NORMAN, OK. GRANDCHILDREN: TANSI HARDEN OF TEXAS. SHANE ARMSTRONG OF SAN FRANCICO, CA. APRIL ARMSTRONG OF FT. WORTH, TX. DOYAL TED ARMSTRONG of norman, ok. lESLI BETH armstrong OF NORMAN, OK. STEP GRANDCHILDREN: FRANKLIN SCHATTO AND WIFE JULIE OF ATOKA, OK. GENEA SCHATTO OF ATOKA, OK. 4 STEP GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. BROTHER: FOSTER ALLEN HAMRICK OF SALIDA, CA. SISTERS: GLORA LESLEY OF DALLAS, TX. JEANNIE McCAULLEY OF SALIDA, CA. preceded in death by PARENTS: JOE AND DOROTHY HAMRICK.INFANT SISTER.BROTHER: JIMMY HAMRICK.GRANDSON: MARK ANTHONY HARDEN.
date of MEMORIAL SERVICES: SATURDAY, APRIL 7, 2007 AT 10:00 A.M.PLACE OF SERVICES: HILLCREST BAPTIST CHURCH ~ atoka, ok. INTERMENT: FARRIS CEMETERY, FRIDAY, APRIL 6, 2007 AT 4:00 P.M. OFFICIATING: REV. JOHN HOWARD.ASSISTING: REV. CLINTON THURMAN. CASKETBEARERS: JEFF HARDEN, MARK HARDEN, FRANKLIN SCHATTO, JASPER MILLS, CARL WALKER, TED ARMSTRONG, WOOBY ARMSTRONG. FAMILY NIGHT: NONE.
NAME: MYRTLE MARIE “MAMA REA” (STEINHEIL) LORD, AGE 92, A LANE RESIDENT SINCE OCTOBER 2006 AND FORMER LITTLE ROCK, AR AND GORE, OK RESIDENT. BORN: MAY 6, 1914 TO OSCAR SAMUEL AND BESSIE (ARTHER) STEINHEIL AT BAUXITE, AR. PASSED AWAY: SUNDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 8, 2007 AT THE ATOKA COLONIAL MANOR. AGE: 92 YEARS 11 MONTHS AND 2 DAYS. EDUCATION: MARIE ATTENDED AND GRADUATED FROM BAUXITE, AR SCHOOLS. MARRIED: RALPH HEWGLEY. HARRY LORD. OCCUPATION: MARIE WAS A LONGTIME BEAUTICIAN OWNING VENUS BEAUTY SALON IN LITTLE ROCK FOR 55 YEARS, RETIRING IN 1991. SHE WAS ALSO A VOLUNTEER AT THE V. A. HOSPITAL IN LITTLE ROCK. CHURCH AFFILIATION: SHE WAS A MEMBER OF THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF LITTLE ROCK, AR. SURVIVED BY DAUGHTER: PEGGY EUBANKS AND HUSBAND TIP OF LANE, OK. GRANDCHILDREN: ED EUBANKS AND WIFE J. J. OF OKMULGEE, OK. MIKE EUBANKS AND WIFE HYDIE OF LANE, OK. NICKY STOCKTON OF MCALESTER, OK. GREAT GRANDCHILDREN: CHEYENNE EUBANKS OF LANE, OK. BRANDY JENKINS AND HUSBAND DELBERT OF LANE, OK. TRACY ALBERT AND HUSBAND TRAVIS OF BLANCHARD, OK. JASON STOCKTON AND EIFE LINDSEY OF MCALESTER, OK. KENDRA STOCKTON OF STILLWATER, NY. KENNY, JASON AND BRANDY RHINE OF OKMULGEE, OK. REGINA AND RACHEL EUBANKS OF CHECOTAH, OK. GREAT GREAT GRANDCHILDREN: AUSTIN, ABIGAIL AND CHRISTOPHER JENKINS OF LANE, OK. CODY AND KAYDEN OF MCALESTER, OK. LARAMIE STOCKTON OF MCALESTER, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: OSCAR AND BESSIE STEINHEIL.HUSBAND: HARRY LORD.
DATE OF SERVICES: WEDNESDAY, APRIL 11, 2007 AT 2:00 PMPLACE OF SERVICES: GRAVESIDE. INTERMENT: BUTLER CEMETERY ~ LANE, OK. OFFICIATING: KEITH McENTIRE. CASKETBEARERS: DELBERT JENKINS, TRAVIS ALBERT, KENNY RHINE, JASON RHINE, JASON STOCKTON, ED SIEMENS, DAVE MEGALTHERY. FAMILY NIGHT: NONE
NAME: CLARENCE VIEUX, AGE 87, AN ATOKA AREA RESIDENT SINCE 1966. BORN: SEPTEMBER 18, 1919 AT SAVANNA, OK TO WILLIS AND CELINE (DUPIRE) VIEUX. PASSED AWAY: EARLY THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 12, 2007 AT HIS RESIDENCE IN ATOKA, ok.AGE: 87 YEARS 6 MONTHS 24 DAYS. EDUCATION: CLARENCE ATTENDED ASHLAND SCHOOLS. HE GRADUATED FROM OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY WITH A MASTERS’ DEGREE. MARRIED: VELMA EDGE ON JANUARY 7, 1943 AT MCALESTER, OK. OCCUPATION: CLARENCE TAUGHT VOCATIONAL AG FROM 1952 TO 1982, BEGINNING HIS LONG TEACHING CAREER AT WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY IN NEBRASKA, BOKOSHE, OK FOR 6 YEARS, LONE GROVE, OK FOR 5 YEARS, ATWOOD, OK FOR A SHORT TIME AND SETTLING HERE IN ATOKA WHERE HE TAUGHT 16 YEARS UNTIL HIS RETIREMENT. CHURCH AFFILIATION: DEACON AND LONGTIME MEMBER OF FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH. A MEMBER OF THE ATOKA MASONIC LODGE #4. HE WAS ALSO A MEMBER OF THE RETIRED EDUCATORS’ ASSOCIATION. CLARENCE ENJOYED RESTORING OLD CARS AND SPENDING TIME WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS. HE SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE US ARMY AIR CORP AS AN AIRCRAFT MECHANIC DURING WWII, STATIONED IN CHINA AND BURMA, INDIA. survived by WIFE: VELMA vieux OF THE HOME at atoka, ok. SON: ROY DON VIEUX AND WIFE KAREN OF WILBURTON, OK. DAUGHTER: JANIFAYE PEELER OF TEXAS. GRANDCHILDREN: JENNIFER LaVANCE OF SMITHVILLE, TX. KERRI BRIGGS AND HUSBAND DARREN OF DUNCAN, OK. JOYE ANGEL AND HUSBAND KEVIN OF ATOKA, OK. GREAT GRANDCHILDREN: SHAYE, LIAM, RILEY, HOPE, CAVAN, AND RIAN. SISTERS-IN-LAW: VELMA RUTH VIEUX OF MCALESTER, OK. IDA FAYE ROCK OF TULSA, OK. RUBY MAE EDGE OF NORMAN, OK. preceded in death by PARENTS: WILLIS AND CELINE VIEUX.7 BROTHERS AND 3 SISTERS.
DATE OF SERVICES: SATURDAY, APRIL 14, 2007 AT 10:00 A.M.PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S funeral CHAPEL ~ atoka, ok. INTERMENT: MEMORY GARDENS ~ MCALESTER, OK AT 2:00 P.M. OFFICIATING: REV. JOE CHAPIN.ASSISTING: L. D. SMITH. CASKETBEARERS: BUD HARVEY, GERALD MAGAR, WILLIS VIEUX, KEN VIEUX, BILL VIEUX, BOB ROCK. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: (FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH MEN’S SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASS) MONROE ALLEN, CALVIN CLEVELAND, BILL MALONE, WILLIE COGBURN, EVERETT MCGHEE, JOE STRICKLEN, OLEN CURRY, LON FINK, BROWN WYRICK. FAMILY NIGHT: NONE
NAME: FRED HARVEY DODD, AGE 80, A LIFELONG STRINGTOWN AREA RESIDENT. BORN: APRIL 14, 1927 AT STRINGTOWN, OK TO FRED ISAAC AND LUCY ANN (ROBERTS) DODD. PASSED AWAY: EARLY MONDAY MORNING, APRIL 16, 2007 AT THE MEDICAL CENTER OF SE OKLAHOMA IN DURANT.AGE: 80 YEARS 0 MONTHS AND 2 DAYS. EDUCATION: FRED WAS A GRADUATE OF STRINGTOWN HIGH’S CLASS OF 1944. MARRIED: GENEVA BERNICE MANSELL ON JANUARY 3, 1949 AT BONHAM, Tx. OCCUPATION: FRED WORKED IN THE OILFIELDS AND WAS A TRUCK DRIVER FOR MANY YEARS. HE WAS ALSO A RANCHER AND CATTLEMAN. CHURCH AFFILIATION: A LONGTIME MEMBER OF THE MT. OLIVE BAPTIST CHURCH. FRED LOVED GOING TO RODEOS AND WAS VERY PROUD OF HIS BAREBACK AND SADDLE BRONC RIDING. HE WAS A LONGTIME MEMBER OF THE PRCA FORMERLY THE RODEO COWBOYS’ ASSOCIATION (RCA). FRED SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE U.S. ARMY. survived by WIFE: GENEVA dodd OF THE HOME at stringtown, ok. CHILDREN: EDDIE DODD OF STRINGTOWN, ok. TEDDY DODD OF STRINGTOWN, ok. ROY DODD AND WIFE WANETT OF STRINGTOWN, ok. RENEE DODD OF STRINGTOWN, ok. GRANDCHILDREN: CHEYENNE DODD AND WIFE TAMMY OF STRINGTOWN, ok. MONTANA DODD AND WIFE MEGAN OF STRINGTOWN, ok. NOLAN DODD OF STRINGTOWN, ok. GREAT GRANDCHILDREN: ALYSSA PAGE, MONTANA TATEN, TAYLOR MARIE AND COLTON PAYNE DODD. BROTHER: JERRY DODD OF FRESNO, CA. preceded in death by PARENTS: FRED AND LUCY DODD7 HALF BROTHERS AND SISTERS.
DATE OF SERVICES: WEDNESDAY, APRIL 18, 2007 AT 10:00 A.M.PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S funeral CHAPEL ~ atoka, ok. INTERMENT: MT. OLIVE CEMETERY ~ stringtown, ok. OFFICIATING: REV. WAYNE RAINS.EULOGY: CLARK McENTIRE. CASKETBEARERS: MARK MUGGLI, RICKY HUNT, HARRY FARRIS, jIMMY McCARTY, JACKIE FARMER, PAKE MCENTIRE, MACKY PARSONS, TIM RUSH. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: CLARK McENTIRE, CODY MILLER, CLYDE FROST, MONTANA DODD, CHEYENNE DODD, NOLAN DODD, EDDIE DODD, TEDDY DODD, ROY DODD. FAMILY NIGHT: TUESday 6:00 T0 8:00 P.M.
NAME: EMMA LEE (woodell) CUNNINGHAM, AGE 74, A LONGTIME ATOKA AREA RESIDENT AND FORMER COAL COUNTY RESIDENT. BORN: AUGUST 7, 1932 AT CLARITA, ok TO ROBERT LEE AND FREDA JEWELL (LEE) WOODELL, SR. PASSED AWAY: WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 18, 2007 AT THE ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.AGE: 74 YEARS 8 MONTHS AND 11 DAYS. EDUCATION: EMMA ATTENDED CLARITA SCHOOLS. MARRIED: GEORGE WASHINGTON CUNNINGHAM ON DECEMBER 18, 1952 AT ADA, OK. OCCUPATION: EMMA WAS A FULL TIME HOUSEWIFE AND HOMEMAKER. SHE ENJOYED READING AND WORKING PUZZLES, RAISING HER CHILDREN AND SPENDING TIME WITH HER GRANDKIDS AND GREAT GRANDKIDS. survived by CHILDREN: CHARLES CUNNINGHAM and WIFE PATRICIA OF COMANCHE, OK. NAOMI SMITH AND HUSBAND JIMMY OF ATOKA, OK. NATHAN CUNNINGHAM AND WIFE REGINA OF CENTRAHOMA, OK. ROGER CUNNINGHAM AND WIFE JOHNA OF PHILLIPS, OK. DIAN WALKER AND HUSBAND CARL OF STRINGTOWN, OK. SHIRLEY STEPHENS OF ATOKA, OK. JAMES CUNNINGHAM AND WIFE DIANNA OF ATOKA, OK. 29 GRANDCHILDREN AND 4 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. 3 STEP CHILDREN. BROTHERS: ROBERT LEE WOODELL JR AND WIFE JAN OF HOLDENVILLE, OK. LEWIS WAYNE WOODELL AND WIFE JOYCE OF ALLEN, OK. HALF BROTHER: BILL LEE AND WIFE WANDA OF ADA, OK. preceded in death by HUSBAND: GEORGE CUNNINGHAM ON JULY 9, 1985.PARENTS: ROBERT AND FREDA WOODELL.GREAT GRANDSON: GABRIEL RAWLS.SISTER: MARY SPEARS.HALF BROTHERS: CHESTER WOODELL AND JAMES LEE WOODELL.
DATE OF SERVICES: SATURDAY, APRIL 21, 2007 AT 10:00 A.M.PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S funeral CHAPEL ~ atoka, ok. INTERMENT: MOORE CEMETERY ~ clarita, ok. OFFICIATING: REV. JERRY RICHARD. CASKETBEARERS: MICHAEL CUNNINGHAM, RUSSELL CUNNINGHAM, MARK CUNNINGHAM, CARL WALKER, BRANDON WILSON, DONALD BARTON, NATHAN CUNNINGHAM, PATRICK BAYS. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: CHARLES CUNNINGHAM, CLIFFORD BOATRIGHT. FAMILY NIGHT: FRIDAY 6:00 TO 8:00 P.M.
NAME: ROBERT HOUSTON “BOB” FORAN, AGE 82, A LONGTIME LANE-ATOKA AREA RESIDENT. BORN: JUNE 6, 1924 AT KONAWA, OK TO STEWART AND LILLIE ALMA (HENSLEY) FORAN. PASSED AWAY: SATURDAY, APRIL 21, 2007 AT THE ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.AGE: 82 YEARS 10 MONTHS AND 15 DAYS. EDUCATION: BOB ATTENDED AND GRADUATED FROM KONAWA HIGH SCHOOL AND ATTENDED OKLAHOMA A & M COLLEGE where he played FOOTBALL. BOB WAS AN EAGLE SCOUT with KONAWA’S TROUP 33, HE WAS A LIFE SCOUT. MARRIED: DELENE PHILLIPS ON JUNE 17, 1945 AT LANE, ok. OCCUPATION: BOB MANAGEd B & D GROCERY IN LANE AND LATER MANAGED THE ATOKA CO-OP. HE OWNED AND OPERATED COALGATE AND FORAN’S FEED MILL. HE DROVE A TRUCK DELIVERING MARBle DUST AND FEED FOR KIMBELL’S MILLING IN DURANT as well. BOB also WORKED in his later YEARS AT COLONIAL MANOR AS MAINTENANCE MAN UNTIL HIS RETIREMENT. he WAS A DEACON FOR OVER 40 YEARS AT THE LANE BAPTIST CHURCH AND, AFTER MOVING TO ATOKA, HE AFFILIATED WITH THE SOUTHSIDE BAPTIST CHURCH. BOB SERVED IN THE U.S NAVY DURING WWii and was STATIONED IN GUAM AS A DRAFTSMAN. survived by WIFE: DEE foran OF THE HOME in atoka, ok. CHILDREN: LYNDA DEE WHITMORE of CLAREMORE, OK. JANET JOUDAH of ATOKA, ok. ANITA WYATT AND HUSBAND JEFF of MEMPHIS, TN. KIM USHER AND HUSBAND BRUCE of ATOKA, ok. ROBERT E. FORAN AND WIFE ALICE of LANE, ok. CHERI GRIMMER AND HUSBAND CRAIG of LAKE JACKSON, TX. SISTER: VELMA JEAN PHILLIPS of DEKALB, TX. BROTHER: JIMMY DON TRYON of DEKALB, TX. 17 GRANDCHILDREN AND 18 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. SPECIAL FRIENDS AND CAREGIVERS: BRIGIDA LANE, SHAWNA HUNT, AND CARRIE RECTOR. ALONG WITH NUMEROUS NIECES, NEPHEWS, COUSINS, OTHER RELATIVES, MANY DEAR AND LOVED FRIENDS, AND CHURCH FAMILY. preceded in death by PARENTS: STEWART FORAN AND LILLIE (HENSLEY) FORAN TRYONSISTER: WANDA LOU WALL.BROTHER IN-LAW: CECIL PHILLIPS.
date of MEMORIAL SERVICES: MONDAY, APRIL 23, 2007 AT 2:00 P.M.PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S funeral CHAPEL ~ atoka, ok. OFFICIATING: REV. STEVE HAVENER.ASSISTING: REV. BOB COMPERE. INTERMENT: BUTLER CEMeTERY AT A LATER DATE.
NAME: BLAINE ALEXANDER SECHRIST, INFANT SON OF JOHNATHAN MICHEAL AND AFTAN ELIZABETH (MCGINTY) SECHRIST OF ATOKA, OK. BORN: JANUARY 25, 2007 AT MEDICAL CENTER OF SE OKLAHOMA IN DURANT, OK. PASSED AWAY: SATURDAY, APRIL 21, 2007 AT THE ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.AGE: 2 MONTHS AND 8 DAYS. survived by PARENTS: JOHNATHAN AND AFTAN SECHRIST OF THE HOME GRANDPARENTS: EARL MCGINTY OF ATOKA, OK. JENNIFER GOOCH of BELLS, TX. TOM SECHRIST, JR. OF SULPHUR SPRINGS, TX. ANGIE SECHRIST OF ATOKA, OK. GREAT GRANDPARENTS: JIM PERRY AND WIFE HELEN OF ATOKA, OK. CARL ELY AND WIFE ONA OF STILLWATER, OK. ARVIL MITCHELL AND WIFE MARY OF MT. PLEASANT, TX. AUNTS: TAWANNA ELAM OF DENISON, TX. NIKKIE SECHRIST OF DURANT, OK. UNCLE: SEAN WAHLEMBERG OF ATOKA, OK. COUSINS: ANDREA AND ALEESHA ELAM OF DENISON, TX. preceded in death by GREAT GRANDFATHERS: THOMAS O’SEAR MCGINTY. TOM E. SECHRIST, SR.GREAT AUNT: KARRIE KOONEE.GREAT UNCLES: CALVIN COOK AND KEVIN THOMAS.COUSINS: MATTHEW HARRISON AND LAUREN MARIE MORRIS.
DATE OF SERVICES: FRIDAY, APRIL 27, 2007 AT 2:00 P.M.PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S funeral CHAPEL ~ atoka, ok. INTERMENT: BENTLEY CEMETERY. OFFICIATING: MARVIN HENDERSON.ASSISTING: RICK LITTLETON FAMILY NIGHT: THURSDAY 6:00 TO 8:00 P.M.
NAME: JAMES ARTHUR “JIM” BOAG, AGE 76, AN ATOKA AREA RESIDENT SINCE 1986, formerly of MARIETTA, OK. BORN: MARCH 26, 1931 AT ALBA, TEXAS TO WILLIAM ARTHUR AND MAUDE (GALLOWAY) BOAG. PASSED AWAY: MONDAY, APRIL 23, 2007 AT TULSA, OK.AGE: 76 YEARS 0 MONTHS AND 28 DAYS. EDUCATION: JIM GRADUATED FROM ALBA HIGH SCHOOL WITH CLASS OF 1949. MARRIED: PATRICIA ANN COOKE ON AUGUST 28, 1971 AT ATOKA, OK. OCCUPATION: JIM WAS AN ROUGHNECK IN THE OIL FIELDS RETIRING IN 1975. HE SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN the U.S. ARMY DURING THE KOREAN WAR, RECEIVING A SILVER STAR, THE PURPLE HEART, A KOREAN SERVICE MEDAL WITH 3 BRONZE SERVICE STARS, THE UNITED NATIONS SERVICE MEDAL, A NATIONAL DEFENSE SERVICE MEDAL, THE GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, AND A COMBAT INFANTRY BADGE. CHURCH AFFILIATION: JIM WAS A MEMBER OF THE BLACKJACK BAPTIST CHURCH. he was LIFE MEMBER OF THE N.R.A., D.A.V. AND V.F.W as well as AN AVID COON HUNTER. survived by CHILDREN: BRENDA HICKENBOTTOM and HUSBAND JACK OF BIG CEDAR, OK. RICK JONES AND WIFE CAROLYN OF CHARLESTON, AR. BOBBY JONES OF ATOKA, OK. TOMMY JONES AND WIFE PAM OF KINGSTON, OK. JIMMY JARRETT AND WIFE REBECCA OF EMORY, TX. DEBBIE HILL AND HUSBAND MIKE OF ALBA, TX. PAULA GRAY AND HUSBAND HAROLD OF LINDALE, TX. GRANDCHILDREN: COOKIE SHROUDER, CENSI CHILDS, RENE FERACHI, DARREN JONES, KARA DOOLY, KIM GAMBEL, BRANDY JONES, T.J. KARKINS, SARA JONES, DUGAN JONES, JASON JARRETT, JAMIE JARRETT, CHRISTOPHER GRAY, KIMBERLY NELSON, JENNIFER AHART, CASEY BREHM, MISTY HERNANDEZ, CHRISTINA BOAG, and MANDY DAVIS. 23 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. preceded in death by WIFE: PATRICIA “PAT” BOAG ON APRIL 8, 2004.PARENTS: WILLIAM AND MAUDE BOAG.SONS: JAMES ARTHUR BOAG JR AND DANNY BOAG.SISTER: BETTY LOU BOAG.
DATE OF SERVICES: THURSDAY, APRIL 26, 2007 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S funeral CHAPEL ~ atoka, ok. INTERMENT: GREEN MEADOWS CEMETERY ~ atoka, ok. OFFICIATING: REV. GENE SLUDER.ASSISTING: REV. EDDY COOKE. CASKETBEARERS: CHRIS RAY, RICKY HUNT, , MARVIN ISHMAEL, CECIL REEVES, FOY CALLICOAT, EARL MOFIELD. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: WILLARD OLSEN, AL ADEN, FREDDIE JONES, SHANE HAMILTON, LOWELL WIELDT, WARREN ROBERTS, ARVEL HALL, JOE WALLER, CHARLES TIGERT. FAMILY NIGHT 6 TO 8 PM WEDNESDAY
NAME: JOE RAY RECTOR, AGE 46, A LONGTIME ATOKA COUNTY AREA RESIDENT. BORN: NOVEMBER 28, 1960 AT OKLAHOMA CITY TO BOBBY LANE AND WILLIE KATHRYNE (WINTERS) RECTOR. PASSED AWAY: MONDAY, APRIL 23, 2007 AT LEXINGTON, OK.AGE: 46 YEARS 4 MONTHS AND 25 DAYS. EDUCATION: JOE ATTENDED LANE SCHOOL AND WAS AN ATOKA HIGH GRADUATE, CLASS OF ‘78. HE ATTENDED OKMULGEE TECH WHERE HE STUDIED AIR CONDITIONING AND REFRIGERATION REPAIR. OCCUPATION: JOE WAS A CORRECTIONAL OFFICER FOR OK DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS AT THE MACK ALFORD AND MCLEOD CENTERS. HE ALSO WORKED SEVERAL YEARS AS A LINEMAN FOR CABLEVISION. CHURCH AFFILIATION: JOE WAS OF THE PROTESTANT FAITH. survived by MOTHER: KATHRYNE RECTOR OF THE HOME at lane, ok. NEPHEWS: ROBERT RECTOR AND WIFE JESSICA OF LANE, OK. DENNIS RECTOR AND WIFE HALLEY OF LANE, OK. GREAT NIECE: RILEY SAGE RECTOR OF LANE, OK. UNCLES: BILL RECTOR AND WIFE LORENA OF FARRIS, OK. CAREY RECTOR AND WIFE EVA OF FARRIS, OK. GABE WINTERS AND WIFE DOROTHY OF FARRIS, OK. CHUCK PHILLEY OF LANE, OK. AUNTS: ALBERTA WINTERS OF BOONEVILLE, AR. dORA NOWLIN AND HUSBAND FORREST OF FARRIS, OK. BESSIE BELL AND HUSBAND W.K. OF FARRIS, OK. LINDA COLLINS AND HUSBAND JIM OF BOGGY DEPOT, OK. GERALDENE MILLER and HUSBAND KENNY OF LINDSEY, OK. jO ANN WINTERS OF FARRIS, OK. OPAL RECTOR OF LANE, OK. MARGIE RECTOR OF LANE, OK. VERA RECTOR OF LANE, OK. LOIS RECTOR OF ATOKA, OK. preceded in death by FATHER: BOBBY LANE RECTOR on february 10, 2007.BROTHERS: ALAN rector on september 2, 2005. dENNIS DALE RECTOR.AUNTS: SHIRLEY PHILLEY, VONDELL WINTERS, AND KATY WINTERS.UNCLES: ERNEST, JACK, DANNY, AND MART H. RECTOR
DATE OF SERVICES: THURSDAY, APRIL 26, 2007 AT 10:00 A.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S funeral CHAPEL ~ atoka, ok. INTERMENT: BUTLER CEMETERY ~ lane, ok. OFFICIATING: REV. RALPH CROW. CASKETBEARERS: LINDELL WINTERS, FRED MCCARTY, STEVE RECTOR, BOB RECTOR, RICK RECTOR, JEFF RECTOR. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: MARTY RECTOR, MIKE RECTOR, JOE LEE HOBSON, LUCKY RECTOR. FAMILY NIGHT: WEDnesday 6:00 TO 8:00 P.M.
NAME: R. V. GOODSON, AGE 70, A LIFELONG LANE AREA RESIDENT. BORN: JUNE 28, 1936 AT LANE, OK TO LOYAL EVERETT AND LUCILLE (WISE) GOODSON. PASSED AWAY: THURSDAY, APRIL 26, 2007 AT THE O.U. MEDICAL CENTER IN OKLAHOMA CITY. AGE: 70 YEARS 9 MONTHS AND 28 DAYS EDUCATION: HE ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT LANE AND ATOKA, GRADUATING HIGH SCHOOL AT RUIDOSO, NM. MARRIED: PATSY RUTH NICHOLS ON MAY 22, 1958 AT DURANT, OK. LUCILLE BLACKBURN ON JUNE 14, 2001. OCCUPATION: HE WORKED IN THE OILFIELDS FOR MANY YEARS AND WAS A FARMER AND RANCHER AS WELL AS ATOKA COUNTY COMMISSIONER. R. V. RETIRED FROM THE LANE RESEARCH CENTER. CHURCH AFFILIATION: R. V. WAS A MEMBER OF THE LANE BAPTIST CHURCH. HE WAS ALSO A MEMBER OF THE ATOKA MASONIC LODGE #4. SURVIVED BY WIFE: LUCILLE GOODSON OF THE HOME IN LANE, OK. CHILDREN: RANDY GOODSON AND WIFE REGINA OF LANE, OK. TAMMY LANE AND HUSBAND BRETT OF DURANT, OK. TONY GOODSON AND WIFE BECKY OF LANE, OK. GRANDCHILDREN: RANDI RENEA’, BRITTNEY, TREGG, CIARA, MATT, RUTHIE, RANDAL, TEISA, AND JENNIFER. BROTHER: JIM GOODSON OF SEMINOLE, OK. SISTERS: BARBARA ELLIS OF DUNCAN, OK. ARBRA CROUCH AND HUSBAND LOREN OF STROUD, OK. KAYLENE THOMPSON AND HUSBAND BILL OF SEMINOLE, OK. BROTHER-IN-LAW: ODIS “SONNY” NICHOLS AND WIFE BETTY OF LANE, OK. STEP CHILDREN: GARY & DALE BlaCKBURN; AND BARBARA “SUSIE” HENDERSON STEP GRANDCHILDREN: KIRSTI & CHASE BLACKBURN; ASHLEY, KENDALL, MEGAN, & JARED HENDERSON; AND SOMMER MCCOMAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: LOYAL AND LUCILLE GOODSON.FIRST WIFE: PATSY RUTH GOODSON ON MAY12, 2000.SISTER: NITA MILLS.SON: MATTHEW GOODSON.SISTER-IN-LAW: SHAIRL NICHOLS.
DATE OF SERVICES: SATURDAY, APRIL 28, 2007 AT 10:00 A.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK INTERMENT: BUTLER CEMETERY ~ LANE, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. BOB MUNCY.assisting: Rev. Larry Murray. CASKETBEARERS: J. B. GROTHE, CLINT HELMS, RICKY JONES, DENNIS BURKHALTER, GILBERT WILSON, JIMMY McCARTY, JIM VAUGHN, JOHN JOHNSON. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: MERRITT TAYLOR, BILL COBEN, LEON YATES, DARRELL REECE, CHARLES GOODSON, DAVID HALL, KATHY HALL. FAMILY NIGHT: FRIDAY 6:00 TO 8:00 P.M.
NAME: EARL RAY MEGLI, AGE 61, A LONGTIME LANE AREA RESIDENT. BORN: APRIL 29, 1945 AT CARNEGIE, OK TO WILLIAM “HOWARD” AND SARAH ELIZABETH “LIZ” ( GREELEY) MEGLI . PASSED AWAY: FRIDAY, APRIL 27, 2007 AT THE MEDICAL CENTER OF SE OKLAHOMA IN DURANT, OK.AGE: 61 YEARS 11 MONTHS AND 28 DAYS. EDUCATION: EARL ATTENDED ALFALFA SCHOOLS IN WESTERN OKLAHOMA. HE GRADUATED FROM SW UNIVERSITY IN WEATHERFORD, OK IN 1963 WITH A DEGREE IN MATH. MARRIED: SHERON ANN GUILLORY ON MARCH 13, 1976 IN DALLAS, TX. OCCUPATION: EARL HAS BEEN A LONGTIME RANCHER, HE WAS A CIVIL SERVICE STATiSTICIAN FOR TINKER AIR FORCE BASE, A MATHeMATICAL ENGINEER FOR VAUGHT AERONAUTICS IN DALLAS, TX., BUSINESS MANAGER FOR WAGGONER CARPET STORE, THE AIDE COORDINATOR FOR MAY’S HOME HEALTH, AND FOR THE LAST TEN YEARS, EARL HAS BEEN EMPLOYED BY LANE SCHOOL AS PARA PROFESSIONAL AND BUSINESS MANAGER. CHURCH AFFILIATION: EARL WAS OF THE METHODIST FAITH. EARL LOVED TAKING CARE OF HIS CATTLE AND HIS RANCH. HE BELONGED TO THE CATTLEMAN’S ASSOCiation AND MEMBER OF THE TEXOMA KENNEL CLUB. survived by WIFE: SHERON OF THE HOME at lane, ok. SON: TROY MEGLI OF THE HOME at lane, ok. PARENTS: HOWARD AND LIZ MEGLI OF WEATHERFORD, OK. BROTHER: MAX MEGLI AND WIFE LINDA OF ALFALFA, OK. SISTER: BETTY CHAPLIN AND HUSBAND JAMES OF HOBERT, OK. AUNT: OLETA COLVIN OF DALLAS, TX. UNCLES: LLOYD GREELEY AN WIFE Leann OF OKLAHOMA CITY. MELVIN GREELEY AND WIFE BETTY OF MIAMI, FL. NIECES AND NEPHEWS: LISA MEGLI, TERI BOYD AND HUSBAND TODD; KEVIN MEGLI AND WIFE COURTNEY; CHAD CHAPLIN AND WIFE DANA; JAMIE TALLEY AND HusBAND NATHAN; JASON AND BRANDON MOREHOUSE. SISTER-IN-LAW: JANET MOREHOUSE AND HUSBAND SAM OF FLOWERMOUND, TX. MOTHER-IN-LAW: SYBLE GUILLORY OF ATOKA, OK. preceded in death by FATHER-IN-LAW: JESNER EDWIN GUILLORY.AUNTS: LaVERN McCOOL AND HUSBAND HARRY. iRENE McCABE AND HUSBAND MAX.UNCLES: HUBERT GREELEY AND WIFE CHARLENE. BOUGHN COLVIN
DATE OF SERVICES: MONDAY, APRIL 30, 2007 AT 2:00 P.M.PLACE OF SERVICES: LANE SCHOOL GYMNASIUM ~ lane, ok. INTERMENT: BUTLER CEMETERY ~ lane, ok. OFFICIATING: DR. JAMES CROWSON.ASSISTING: RAYMOND HUMPHREY. CASKETBEARERS: DEAN JACKSON, MARK MUGGLI, JOHN HOLCOMB, rONNIE MORRIS, ROLAND SMITH, MATT LANE. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: dennis pollack, phil waggoner, marty rector, worden detty, bill king, charles hall, clyde frost, elvin fullerton, darrell coats. FAMILY NIGHT: SUNDAY NIGHT 6:00 - 8:00 p.m.
NAME: JENNIFER KAY (BATES) REEDER, AGE 32, A wapanucka AREA RESIDENT. BORN: FEBruary 10, 1975 at durant, ok TO RONNY LEE AND LINDA KAY (CHASTAIN) BATES. PASSED AWAY: SATURDAY, APRIL 28, 2007 SOUTH OF WAPANUCKA ON HWY 48 FROM INJURIES RECEIVED IN AN AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENTAGE: 32 YEARS 2 MONTHS AND 18 DAYS. EDUCATION: JENNIFER ATTENDED COLEMAN SCHOOLS UNTIL TRANSFERRING TO WAPANUCKA HIGH SCHOOL in HER JUNIOR YEAR, GRADUATING WITH THE CLASS OF 1994. she STUDIED COMPUTERS AT THE KIAMICHI VO-TECH IN ATOKA. MARRIED: MICHAEL ALLEN REEDER ON AUGUST 20, 1994 AT WAPANUCKA, OK. OCCUPATION: JENNIFER WAS EMPLOYED AS AN ASSEMBLY LINE WORKER FOR SUNDOWNER TRAILERS FOR THE PAST TEN YEARS. SHE WAS A LOVING WIFE AND MOTHER. CHURCH AFFILIATION: JENNIFER WAS A MEMBER OF THE WAPANUCKA BAPTIST CHURCH AND WAS VERY ACTIVE IN THE CHILDRENS’ SUMMER BASEBALL PROGRAM. survived by HUSBAND: MICHAEL reeder OF THE HOME at wapanucka, ok. CHILDREN: COURTNEY, JOSEPH AND KALEE OF THE HOME at wapanucka, ok. FATHER: RONNY BATES OF COLEMAN, OK. BROTHER: RONNY JAMES BATES AND WIFE DONNA OF WAPANUCKA, ok. IN-LAWS: J. G. Jr. AND BRENDA REEDER OF WAPANUCKA, OK. GRANDMOTHERS: ORA BATES OF ADA, OK. DOROTHY REEDER OF WAPANUCKA, OK. NIECES: NAVY MCCARTY, JALESA BATES AND REACE REEDER NEPHEWS: JESSIE AND MICHAEL BATES, AND PATRICK MCCARTY preceded in death by MOTHER: LINDA KAY BATES on march 28, 2007.GRANDFATHER: OSCAR BATESNEPHEW: JAMES LEE BATESGRANDPARENTS: WREASE AND MARY CHASTAIN.UNCLES: JACK KING AND VERNON CHASTAIN.
DATE OF SERVICES: WEDNESDAY MAY 2, 2007 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: COLEMAN GYMNASIUM ~ coleman, ok. INTERMENT: ROSEHILL CEMETERY ~ wapanucka, ok. OFFICIATING: REV. JACK LEWISASSISTING REV. DARRELL ATTEBERRY. CASKETBEARERS: REX BARRON, MONTY LAWLESS, JOE JEFFERSON, TED LEONARD, FRED RAINES, RONNIE COPPEDGE. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: CHRISTY DAVIDSON, CHERYL ALLEN, HEATHER MCINTIRE, NOELLA RAINES, AMANDA JOhNSON, SHELLY MAY. FAMILY NIGHT: TUESDAY 6:00 TO 8:00 P.M.
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