NAME:    ARVIL WINTER, AGE 93, OF ANTLERS NURSING HOME AND A FORMER ATOKA COLONIAL MANOR RESIDENT. BORN:  MAY 5, 1921 AT LANE, OKLAHOMA TO JIMRO AMD SALLIE (BELVIN) WINTER. PASSED AWAY:   SUNDAY, APRIL 1, 2001 AT PUSHMATAHA COUNTY HOSPITAL IN ANTLERS, OK. AGE:   79 YEARS  11 MONTHS  AND  10 DAYS. EDUCATION:   ATTENDED SCHOOL AT LANE, OK. OCCUPATION:  HE WORKED IN PIPELINE CONSTRUCTION AND LOGGING. HE RETIRED IN 1986. CHURCH AFFILIATION:  BAPTIST FAITH.      SURVIVED BY SISTERS:   DOROTHY BRENEMAN OF EL RENO, OK.                      LUCILLE REED AND HUSBAND JIM OF DOVER, FL.                      VERA SCHANE OF BOSWELL, OK.      PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS:   JIMRO AND SALLIE WINTER. BROTHERS:  HERMAN AND CARTER WINTER. SISTERS:   CHRISTINE WINTER, SALLIE LOUISE WINTER, AND LOIS BOOTH.     DATE OF SERVICES:  WEDNESDAY, APRIL 18, 2001 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES:   BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT:   CRYSTAL CEMETERY ~ CRYSTAL, OK. OFFICIATING:   ARVEL HALL.   CASKETBEARERS:   NURSING HOME STAFF. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:  JIM SCHANE, GLEN SCHANE, JAMES BOOTH, CLOVIS BOOTH, JUNIOR BOOTH.         NAME:    KRYSTAL PAIGE MAI, INFANT DAUGHTER OF BRIAN JAMES MAI AND CASSANDRA JANE CANNON OF WILBURTON, OK.   BORN:  THURSDAY, MARCH 29, 2001 AT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL IN OKLAHOMA CITY.   PASSED AWAY:   MONDAY, APRIL 2, 2001 AT CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL IN OKLAHOMA CITY. AGE:     4   DAYS            survived by   PARENTS:   BRIAN MAI AND CASSANDRA CANNON OF WILBURTON, OK.   PATERNAL GRANDPARENTS:   RANDAL AND KELLY MAI OF McALESTER, OK.   MATERNAL GRANDPARENTS:   VOYD AND DAE CANNON OF FARRIS, OK.   GREAT GRANDPARENTS:  PAUL AND SHIRLEY MAI OF RUSSELL, KS.                                                    ERDICE AND VERA AMEND OF FARRIS, OK.                                                    JOHN AND BITTIE BROADWAY OF KINGSLAND, TX.   GREAT GREAT GRANDPARENTS:  DOLLIE WILSON OF EDEN, TX.                                                                    JULIE BURNETT OF FARRIS, OK.            preceded in death by   GREAT GREAT GRANDFATHER:   VOYD OGDEN CANNON. GREAT GRANDMOTHER:   JUDY STEINERT.     DATE OF SERVICES:  FRIDAY,  APRIL 6, 2001 AT 10:00 A.M. PLACE OF SERVICES:   GRAVESIDE SERVICES..   INTERMENT:   DARWIN CEMETERY IN PUSHMATAHA COUNTY.   OFFICIATING:   REV. SAM DYER.   CASKETBEARERS:   WAYNE MAI, JEREMY JAMES, WILL WATKINS, LUTHER CONTEREZ         NAME:    SHERMAN A. “SHUG” BLEDSOE, AGE 67, LONGTIME LANE AREA RESIDENT.   BORN:  MAY 30, 1933 AT ATOKA TO SHERMAN A., SR. AND OLLIE MAY “SWEETHEART” (CARTWRIGHT) BLEDSOE.   PASSED AWAY:   TUESDAY APRIL 3, 2001 AT HIS HOME NORTH OF LANE, OK. AGE:   67 YEARS   10 MONTHS   AND   3 DAYS.   EDUCATION:   ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT LANE AND GRADUATED FROM ATOKA IN 1950. HE GRADUATED FROM NORTH TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY IN 1956.   MARRIED:   THELMA ALYNE LAMB ON JUNE 2, 1956 AT SAN ANGELO, TX.   OCCUPATION:  SHUG WORKED FOR AMERICAN AIRLINES, A T & T, AND HELPED INSTALL THE FIRST DIRECT DIAL SYSTEM IN THE STATE OF TEXAS. HE LATER WORKED FOR POLLOCK PAPER COMPANY IN DALLAS, GUARDIAN LIFE INS. CO. AND FOR THE OKLAHOMA CRIME COMMISSION UNDER GOV. HALL. HE WAS ALSO A LANDMAN AND OWNED AND OPERATED BLEDSOE DINER UNTIL HIS HEALTH FORCED HIM TO RETIRE.   CHURCH AFFILIATION:  HE WAS A MEMBER OF GARLAND ROAD CHURCH OF CHRIST WHILE LIVING IN DALLAS AND A LONGTIME MEMBER OF THE LANE CHURCH OF CHRIST WHERE TAUGHT CLASSES, SERVED AS SONG LEADER AND WAS A LONGTIME ELDER.   SHUG SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE U. S. ARMY 45TH DIVISION DURING KOREA AND WAS AN M. P.   SHUG WAS THE DRIVING FORCE BEHIND THE ATOKA COUNTY VETERANS MEMORIAL. HE SPENT MANY HOURS RESEARCHING  THE VETERANS OF ATOKA COUNTY AND WROTE MANY ARTICLES IN ATOKA COUNTY TIMES ENTITLED PORTRAIT OF PATRIOTS. SHUG NEVER MET A STRANGER AND WAS A FRIEND TO ALL.            survived by   WIFE:  THELMA BLEDSOE OF THE HOME NEAR LANE, OK.   CHILDREN:  TONYA BARTON OF ATOKA, OK.                          BRYAN BLEDSOE AND WIFE CHERYL OF LANE, OK.   GRANDCHILDREN:   MELISSA BLEDSOE OF LANE, OK.                                        SCOTT BLEDSOE OF LANE, OK.                                        JOHN DAVID BLEDSOE OF LANE, OK.                                        MATT JAMES OF ATOKA, OK.                                        WENDY BARTON OF ATOKA, OK.   BROTHER:   BILL BLEDSOE AND WIFE GLENDA OF DALLAS, TX.   NEPHEW:  BILLY BLEDSOE OF DALLAS, TX.   NIECE:   MICHELLE CORTEZ OF DALLAS, TX.   GREAT NIECE: JESSICA CORTEZ OF DALLAS, TX.            preceded in death by   PARENTS:   SHERMAN A. SR. AND OLLIE MAY “SWEETHEART” BLEDSOE.     DATE OF SERVICES:    THURSDAY, APRIL 5, 2001 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES:   BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK.   INTERMENT:   GREEN MEADOWS CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK.   OFFICIATING:   LLOYD McELHANEY. ASSISTING:   DAVID HARENDT.   CASKETBEARERS:   DAVID BARTON, BILL MILLER, SAM HEARRELL, BILLY WAYNE GOODSON, LEON YATES, RON MARBLE, J. W. MOORE, BOBBY RECTOR.   HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:  CARL TURNER, PETE SULLIVAN, TOMMY BARRIS, ROYCE THOMAS, RAYMOND DAVIS, WESS SHERRARD, DITTERS COLE, AND ALL THE 45TH INFANTRY MEMBERS HE SERVED WITH.         NAME:    SALLIE SALADA (CARSON) PEELER, AGE 83, A LONGTIME LANE AND IRON STOB AREA RESIDENT.   BORN:  AUGUST 29, 1917 AT MATADOR, TEXAS TO ED AND EDDIE (STEWART) CARSON.   PASSED AWAY:   THURSDAY, APRIL 5, 2001 AT ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL AGE:   83  YEARS   8 MONTHS   AND   6 DAYS.   EDUCATION:   ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT GRASSY LAKE AND TUSHKA.   MARRIED:   EDWARD DAVID PEELER ON APRIL 26, 1935 AT LANE, OK.   OCCUPATION:  A LOVING WIFE AND DEVOTED MOTHER AND WORKED A NUMBER OF YEARS AS A NURSES AIDE AT HUBBARDS AND COLONIAL MANOR NURSING HOMES.   CHURCH AFFILIATION:  MEMBER OF IRON STOB PENTECOSTAL HOLINESS CHURCH.            survived by   HUSBAND:   ED PEELER OF THE HOME NEAR IRON STOB.   CHILDREN:  GENEVA BELCHER and HUSBAND HARLAN OF METOLIUS, OR.                          SHIRLEY SANDERS OF ATOKA, OK.                          PHYLLIS DETTY and HUSBAND WORDEN OF LANE, O K.                          HAROLD PEELER and WIFE DORIS OF GERARD, KS.                          JERRY PEELER OF LANE, OK.   GRANDCHILDREN:   GENETA ANN RENARD, HELEN CAMPBELL, DENNIS BELCHER, DARRELL BELCHER, CYNTHIA SANDERS, CHARLES                                          SANDERS, SEAN HOLMES, JOYE ANGEL, and JENNIFER LaVANCE.   19 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, 1 GREAT GREAT GRANDCHILD.   IN-LAWS:   BERNICE HOPSON OF ATOKA, OK.                      INA LANE OF ARDMORE, OK.                      MARY CHESSMAN OF TEXAS.            preceded in death by   PARENTS:   ED and EDDIE CARSON. SON:   NORMAN PEELER. GRANDCHILDREN:   BRIAN HOLMES and SHELLY HOLMES.        DATE OF SERVICES:  SUNDAY, APRIL 8, 2001 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES:   LANE BAPTIST CHURCH ~ LANE, OK.   INTERMENT:   BUTLER CEMETERY ~ LANE, OK.   OFFICIATING:   REV. BOB JOHNSON. ASSISTING:   REV. RAY INGRAM.   CASKETBEARERS:   HENRY BROWN, PAUL SILVERS, DARRELL COATS, KENNETH EAVES, DON McGINTY, JACK HUMPHREY, KEVIN ANGEL, JERRY RICHARDS.   HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:  JACK McGINTY, CARL EAVES, R. V. GOODSON, BILL COBEN, JOHNNY DENTON, PINKY BURKHALTER.          NAME:    CARL CHARLES CALLICOAT, AGE 86, A LONGTIME BENTLEY RESIDENT.   BORN:  SEPTEMBER 4, 1914 TO WILLIAM EUGENE “GENE” AND IDA MATILDA (McCONNELL) CALLICOAT.   PASSED AWAY: FRIDAY , APRIL 6, 2001 AT THE MEDICAL CENTER IN DURANT, OK. AGE:   86  YEARS   7 MONTHS  AND  2 DAYS.   EDUCATION:   ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT EAST ALISON.   MARRIED:   KATIE BECKY MAYNARD ON JULY 3, 1933 AT BENTLEY.   OCCUPATION:  HE RETIRED FROM THE OKLAHOMA STATE DEPT. OF TRANSPORTATION WITH SOME 22 YEARS SERVICE. HE WAS A FARMER AND RANCHER HIS ENTIRE LIFE.   CHURCH AFFILIATION:  LONGTIME MEMBER OF THE BENTLEY BAPTIST CHURCH.            survived by   WIFE:  KATIE CALLICOAT OF THE HOME NEAR BENTLEY, OK.   CHILDREN:    CHARLES CALLICOAT AND WIFE VIRGINIA OF BENTLEY, OK.                          LOUISE DAFFIN OF EDMOND, OK.   GRANDCHILDREN:   MIKE DAFFIN AND WIFE DENISE OF SALLISAW, OK.                                        ANN ANDERSON AND HUSBAND LLOYD OF KILLEEN, TX.                                        TERRY LEE CALLICOAT AND WIFE JOANNE OF ATOKA, OK.                                        ALAN CALLICOAT OF MEMPHIS, TN.                                        ELLIS CALLICOAT AND WIFE DEANNA OF COPELL, TX.                                        DONNA TUCKER AND HUSBAND MIKE OF NORMAN, OK.   14 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN AND 2 GREAT GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.   BROTHER:   WILLIAM EUGENE CALLICOAT JR. AND WIFE NELLIE OF LODI, CA.   SISTERS:   FLORENCE MAYO of BENTLEY, OK.                      JUANITA VARNER AND HUSBAND JACK OF COWETA, OK.   SISTER-IN-LAW:   MARY CALLICOAT of COWETA, OK.            preceded in death by   PARENTS:   GENE AND IDA CALLICOAT. INFANT DAUGHTER. BROTHER:   JACK CALLICOAT. BROTHER IN-LAW:    GEORGE MAYO.     DATE OF SERVICES:  TUESDAY, APRIL 10, 2001 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES:   BENTLEY BAPTIST CHURCH.   INTERMENT:   BENTLEY CEMETERY.   OFFICIATING:   REV. JOHN HOWARD. ASSISTING:   REV. CLINT THURMAN.   CASKETBEARERS:   DONALD COYLE, HERBERT HODAN, RICKY HUNT, GLEN RICHARDSON, CHARLES CARROLL, SANDY DANDERSON.   HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:    KENNETH MOSER, CURTIS SHEFFIELD, WAYNE HARRIS, BUSTER DELAY, DUDE CULBREATH, KENNETH FRAZIER.         NAME:    MADONNNA MARIE (HILL) JERNIGAN, AGE 76, AN ATOKA RESIDENT THE PAST 23 YEARS AND FORMER LONGTIME SULPHUR AREA RESIDENT. BORN:  AUGUST 31, 1924 AT DAUGHTERY, MURRAY COUNTY, OKLAHOMA TO JOSEPH CYRRUS AND MARY ELLEN EDNA FRANCIS (GRAHAM ) HILL.     PASSED AWAY:   SATURDAY, APRIL 7, 2001 AT THE ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. AGE:   76 YEARS  7 MONTHS   AND   6 DAYS. EDUCATION:   ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT SULPHUR, OK. MARRIED:   DELBERT EUGENE JERNIGAN IN 1944 AT SULPHUR, OK. OCCUPATION:  SHE WORKED A NUMBER OF YEARS AS A NURSES AIDE AT VALLEY VIEW HOSPITAL IN ADA AND SOCIAL SERVICES DIRECTOR AT HUBBARDS NURSING HOME AFTER MOVING TO ATOKA. CHURCH AFFILIATION:    MEMBER OF TRINITY BAPTIST CHURCH IN ADA WHERE SHE TAUGHT JUNIOR HIGH TRAINING UNION CLASSES AND ADULT AND COLLEGE AGE SUNDAY SCHOOL AND WAS AN OFFICER IN THE B.M.U.          survived by DAUGHTER:  BARBARA DUTY AND HUSBAND PHIL OF ATOKA, OK. GRANDDAUGHTER:   JEANI MARIE DANDRIDGE AND FIANCEE’ JOHN WILLIAMS III OF ARLINGTON, TX. SPECIAL NIECE:   ALLISON MORRIS OF KATY, TX. BROTHER:   RAYMOND HILL AND WIFE GWEN OF HARLINGEN, TX. SISTER:  JUANITA WATKINS AND HUSBAND HAYES OF MAYSVILLE, OK.          preceded in death by PARENTS:   JOSEPH C. AND EDNA HILL. BROTHERS:    RAY, HOWARD “DOC”, CLINTON, ARCHIE, AND ELMER HILL. SISTERS:   EDITH MARTIN, ALLEY HENSON, ELSIE WILKINS, DOROTHY ASHLEY, AND BABY FAYE HILL.     DATE OF SERVICES:  TUESDAY, APRIL 10, 2001 AT 10:00 AM. PLACE OF SERVICES:   BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT:   GREEN MEADOWS CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK. OFFICIATING:   REV. JOHNNY MORRIS. CASKETBEARERS:   BRUCE RIDGWAY, JOE CROWLEY, MICHAEL JUSTUS, JEFFERSON WILLIAMS, JOHN WILLIAMS, CLIFF BERRY, LARRY KNIGHT, CRAIG WILLIAMS. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:  ANNA CARR, SHARON KENNEDY, DEBBIE SILVERS, JAMIE WINN, LISA HOLLAND, ZACHARY BERRY, DOONIE WILHITE, PHILLIP WAYNE DUTY.         NAME:    JAMES CURTIS “J. C.” LAMBERT, AGE 84, A LONGTIME STRINGTOWN AREA RESIDENT. BORN:  APRIL 14, 1916 AT HAILEYVILLE, OKLAHOMA TO CURTIS AND RUTH (REED) LAMBERT.   PASSED AWAY:   TUESDAY, APRIL 10, 2001 AT ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. AGE:   84 YEARS   11 MONTHS  AND  26 DAYS. EDUCATION:   ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT HAILEYVILLE, OK. MARRIED:   THELMA LORENE TAYLOR ON AUGUST 9, 1941 AT ATOKA, OK. OCCUPATION:  RANCHER. CHURCH AFFILIATION:  HE WAS OF THE BAPTIST FAITH AND FOLLOWED CHRIST IN BAPTISM ON JUNE 14, 1959 AT FAIRVIEW BAPTIST CHURCH IN GRAND PRAIRIE, TX.. J. C. WAS A MASTER MASON WITH THE OKLAHOMA LODGE #4 IN ATOKA AND A 32ND DEGREE SCOTTISH RITE MASON IN McALESTER. AS A YOUNG BOY AND A TEENAGER HE WAS AN EAGLE SCOUT AND LATER WHEN HIS SONS WHERE IN SCOUTS HE BECAME AN ADVISOR FOR THE EXPLORERS IN GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS      SURVIVED BY WIFE:    THELMA LAMBERT OF THE HOME IN STRINGTOWN, OK. SONS:    CURTIS LAMBERT & WIFE JUDY OF STRINGTOWN, OK.                JERRY LAMBERT OF IRVING, TX. DAUGHTER:    TONI SUSETTE COOK OF THE COLONY, TX. GRANDCHILDREN:   ROBERT LAMBERT OF STRINGTOWN, OK.                                        JASON LAMBERT OF LEWISVILLE, TX.                                        BRANDI LAMBERT OF GRAND PRAIRIE, TX.                                        RONI LAMBERT OF IRVING, TX.                                        JARRETT, PHILLIP, and ELIZABETH COOK OF THE COLONY, TX.                                        DAPHNE BAILEY OF ANTLERS, OK. GREAT GRANDCHILDREN:   MIRANDA and MIKAYLA LAMBERT OF LEWISVILLE, TX.                                                      DANA BAYLES and LaNAA WALLACE OF ANTLERS, OK.                                                      JUSTIN KENNEDY and BRETTNEY DOYLE OF STRINGTOWN, OK.                                                      JACKSON HALES OF FRANKLIN, TN. NIECES WHO CALLED HIM “POP”:   LINDA BLACKBURN OF ARLINGTON, TX.                                                                    KATHY McMAHON OF FAIR OAKS, CA.                                                                    PEGGY MAURER OF McALESTER, OK. “POP’S” SPECIAL PEOPLE:    SANDRA LITTLEBIRD OF WEATHERFORD, OK.                                                        DEBI EDWARDS OF HEALDTON, OK. FORMER DAUGHTERS-IN-LAW:   CHICQUETAH LAMBERT OF GRAND PRAIRIE, TX.                                                                SUZY TURNER OF ATOKA, OK.      PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS:   CURTIS LAMBERT AND RUTH BRIDGES.     DATE OF SERVICES:  THURSDAY, APRIL 12, 2001 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES:   BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: WESLEY CEMETERY ~ STRINGTOWN, OK. OFFICIATING:   REV. JAMES CROWSON. CASKETBEARERS:   (MASONIC LODGE MEMBERS) JAMES KINCADE, DOYLE EAGAN, HARVEY CAPPS, GENE MALMSKOG, KENNETH BECK JR., HERBERT THOMAS, JARVIS WILLIAMS. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:    BILL ED GLASSCOCK, FRED SMITH, CLARK McENTIRE, DEON KIFFER, NATHAN SELF, RON GILLENTINE, JUNIOR SELF, ED EVANS, ROBBIE KILPATRICK.         NAME:    ROBERT STANTON “STAN” WHISMAN, AGE 41, A LONGTIME COALGATE AREA RESIDENT. BORN:    MARCH 29, 1960 AT DURANT, OKLAHOMA TO CHARLES RALPH AND MARY LOIS (SUDDUTH) WHISMAN . PASSED AWAY:   WEDNESDAY, APRIL 11, 2001 AT HIS RESIDENCE IN COALGATE FROM INJURIES RECEIVED WHEN RESIDENCE WAS DESTROYED BY A TORNADO. AGE: 41 YEARS   0 MONTHS   AND   12 DAYS. EDUCATION:   ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT CANEY, GRADUATING IN 1978 WITH HONORS OF VALEDICTORIAN OF HIS CLASS, AND SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY, WITH BUSINESS DEGREE, TEACHING DEGREE, AND MASTERS DEGREE. OCCUPATION:  STAN WAS A CATTLEMAN, AND HE WORKED 17 YEARS AS BOOKKEEPER FOR RUSTIN CONCRETE IN DURANT. HE TAUGHT SCHOOL THE PAST THREE YEARS AT COTTONWOOD IN COAL COUNTY. CHURCH AFFILIATION:  HE ATTENDED DAYSPRING CHURCH IN ATOKA, OK. STAN WAS A MEMBER AND PAST PRESIDENT OF THE OKLAHOMA LIMOUSIN ASSOCIATION AND HE WAS FOSTER PARENT TO OVER 20 CHILDREN THROUGH DHS.      SURVIVED BY SONS:    JAMES WHISMAN AND WIFE ADELIA OF HASKELL, OK.                CHAD WHISMAN OF THE HOME IN COALGATE, OK. MOTHER:    MARY LOIS WHISMAN OF DURANT, OK. BROTHER:   CHARLES S. WHISMAN AND WIFE JANNETTE OF DURANT, OK. SISTERS:   CHARLA A. RUSTIN AND HUSBAND PHILIP OF DURANT, OK.                      JUDY COMPTON AND HUSBAND KENNETH OF CALERA, OK.                      ELAINE HARKIN AND HUSBAND LEE OF CANEY, OK.      PRECEDED IN DEATH BY FATHER:    CHARLES R. WHISMAN. BROTHER:   THOMAS MICHAEL WHISMAN.     DATE OF SERVICES:  FRIDAY, APRIL 13, 2001 AT 1:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES:   BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT:   WOODBERRY FOREST CEMETERY ~ MADILL, OK. OFFICIATING:   DR. JAMES CROWSON. ASSISTING:   REV. WINSTON WILSON. CASKETBEARERS:   KENNY SLAWSON, DR. LARRY THOMPSON, JAMES FOX, DR. RANDY RANDLEMAN, DANNY CRITES, ROY TAYLOR.         NAME:    LARRY JOE PETERS, AGE 49, OF BENTLEY, OK. BORN:  NOVEMBER 23, 1951 AT TALIHINA, OKLAHOMA TO JAMES CHARLES AND THELMA (LILLARD) PETERS   PASSED AWAY:   WEDNESDAY, APRIL 11, 2001 AT THE MEDICAL CENTER IN DURANT, OK. AGE:   49 YEARS  4 MONTHS   AND   18 DAYS. EDUCATION:   ATTENDED SCHOOLS AND GRADUATED FROM HIGH SCHOOL IN HOLBROOK, ARIZONA AND ATTENDED THAtCHER JUNIOR COLLEGE IN THAtCHER, ARIZONA. MARRIED:   DEBRA LINN WILSON ON NOVEMBER 14, 1996 AT ATOKA, OK. OCCUPATION:  HE WAS A WELDER AND AN ELECTRICIAN FOR SEVERAL YEARS. HE ALSO DID CARPENTRY WORK AND PAINTING. HE WAS A JACK-OF-ALL-TRADES.      SURVIVED BY WIFE:  DEBRA LIN PETERS OF THE HOME AT BENTLEY, OK. CHILDREN:  LARRY DURAN PETERS AND WIFE JODI OF HOLBROOK, AZ.                          MELINDA PEPPER AND HUSBAND J. D. OF QUEEN CITY, AZ.                          ANGELA DUVAL AND HUSBAND RONNIE OF SILVER CITY, NM. 9 GRANDCHILDREN. STEP DAUGHTERS:    MADALYN JIM OF ATOKA, OK.                                          LISA LEAL AND HUSBAND RICKY OF ATOKA, OK. MOTHER:  THELMA NARANJO OF ATOKA, OK. SISTER:  NANCY NARANJO OF ATOKA, OK. BROTHERS:    JAMES PETERS OF HOLBROOK, AZ.                            DONALD NARANJO OF HOLBROOK, AZ.                            TONY NARANJO OF PHOENIX, AZ.                            EDDIE NARANJO OF DURANT, OK.                            DAVID NARANJO OF HOLBROOK, AZ.      PRECEDED IN DEATH BY FATHER:  JAMES CHARLES PETERS. BROTHER:   CHRIS NARANJO. NEPHEW:  DREW NARANJO. STEPFATHER:  EDDIE NARANJO.     MEMORIAL SERVICES:   SATURDAY, APRIL 14, 2001 AT 10:00 A.M. PLACE OF SERVICES:   DAYSPRING CHURCH ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT:   BENTLEY INDIAN CEMETERY ~ BENTLEY, OK. OFFICIATING:   REV. JAMES CROWSON.         NAME:    THOMAS E. GRAHAM II, AGE 93,  LONGTIME ATOKA AREA RESIDENT.   BORN:    MARCH 18, 1908 AT UNIONTOWNE, PA TO THOMAS E. AND MARGARET (SNYDER) GRAHAM.   PASSED AWAY:   SATURDAY, APRIL 14, 2001 AT THE HURLEY HEALTH CENTER IN COALGATE, OK. AGE:   93 YEARS   AND   26 DAYS   EDUCATION:   ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT STANDING ROCK IN ATOKA COUNTY, OK.   MARRIED:   JEAN RUTH JOHNSON ON DECEMBER 30, 1932 AT McALESTER, OK.   OCCUPATION:  HE WAS A FARMER AND RANCHER HIS ENTIRE LIFE AND WORKED 25 YEARS FOR THE OKLAHOMA DEPT. OF TRANSPORTATION. HE WAS AN INSPECTOR AT THE TIME.   HE RETIRED FROM THE ADA DISTRICT IN 1970.   CHURCH AFFILIATION:  CHURCH OF CHRIST.   HE WAS A LONGTIME MEMBER OF THE MASONIC LODGE ATOKA LODGE #4. HE WAS A 32ND DEGREE MASON AND A MEMBER OF THE McALESTER SCOTISH RITE.            survived by   CHILDREN:    VIRGINIA UBER AND HUSBAND BILL OF SANTA CRUZ, CA.                          TOP GRAHAM AND WIFE GLENDA OF ATOKA, OK.   GRANDCHILDREN:   PENNY SUE FORBES AND HUSBAND SCOTT OF ELMIRA NY.                                        TOMMY DOUGLAS UBER OF LOS ANGELES, CA.                                        T. TOM GRAHAM OF ATOKA, OK.                                        STACEY SLAWSON AND HUSBAND KENNY OF ATOKA, OK.                                        TARA HUDDLESTON AND HUSBAND BRIAN OF MUSKOGEE, OK.                                        CHRIS GRAHAM AND WIFE SHERRY OF ATOKA, OK.   GREAT GRANDCHILDREN:   JOHN, ANDREW, HANNAH AND KATHRYN FORBES.                                                        LACY KAY GRAHAM, CHARLIE, SOPHIE, AND LEXIE SLAWSON.                                                        CALLEE AND CLOEE GRAHAM.   SISTER IN-LAW:   RUTH JOHNSON OF BUTLER, OK.   NIECES:    MARGARET ANN ALBERDA OF ATOKA, OK.                    THERESA GRAHAM OF UNIONTOWNE, PA.            preceded in death by   WIFE:    RUTH GRAHAM. PARENTS:   THOMAS AND MARGARET GRAHAM. BROTHERS:  ALBERT, WILLIAM, ROBERT, AND HUGH GRAHAM. NEPHEWS:   HUGH FRANKLIN, BILLY, AND EFFIN GRAHAM.     DATE OF SERVICES:  TUESDAY, APRIL 17, 2001 AT 10:00 A.M. PLACE OF SERVICES:   BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK.   INTERMENT:   WESTVIEW CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK.   OFFICIATING:   BRETT ALBERDA AND HUGH “RICK” GRAHAM.   MASONIC FUNERAL RITES:   ATOKA LODGE # 4 ~ ATOKA, OK.   CASKETBEARERS:   HUGH “RICK” GRAHAM, CHRIS GRAHAM, T. TOM GRAHAM, HOWARD ALBERDA, KENNY SLAWSON, BRIAN HUDDLESTON.   HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:  DUKE ELLIS, JAY COOK, BILL MILLER, BUD CARR, HARLEY DEAN WATSON, LEON HATTER, LEAMON MORRIS, CURTIS BOND, AARON BARRIS.         NAME:    JANE (HALL) LANKFORD BURNS, AGE 80, A FORMER COTTONWOOD RESIDENT.   BORN:  MARCH 19, 1921 AT BAY CITY, MICHIGAN TO ALEX AND LUCY (EDWARDS) HALL.   PASSED AWAY:   MONDAY, APRIL 16, 2001 AT COALGATE HOSPITAL.   AGE:   80 YEARS   AND    27 DAYS   EDUCATION:   ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT WITTER MIDDLE SCHOOL AND FLINT CENTRAL IN FLINT, MICHIGAN.   MARRIED:   DOUG LANKFORD IN 1940 AT COALGATE, OK.                        SONNY BURNS AT COTTONWOOD, OK.   OCCUPATION:  SHE WORKED AT WRANGLER FOR 19 YEARS AND THEN WAS A HOME HEALTH PROVIDER FOR SEVERAL YEARS IN THE COALGATE AREA.   CHURCH AFFILIATION:  COTTONWOOD BAPTIST CHURCH MANY YEARS.            survived by   SON:   RUSTY LANKFORD AND WIFE JANELLE OF STRINGTOWN, OK.   BROTHER:   ALBERT HALL AND WIFE MILDRED OF FT. MYERS, FL.   NEPHEW:  AL BAYS AND WIFE CAROLYN OF COALGATE, OK.   SPECIAL FRIENDS:   MARGARET MILLER OF COALGATE, OK.                                        JUANITA GAYLOR OF COALGATE, OK.                                        SUSIE JACKSON OF CLAYTON, OK.   STEPCHILDREN:  EDDIE BURNS OF OLNEY, OK.                                    BETTY SUTTON OF OKLAHOMA CITY.                                    MARGIE KUTCH OF OKLAHOMA CITY.            preceded in death by   PARENTS:   ALEX AND LUCY HALL. HUSBAND:   DOUG LANKFORD ON FEBRUARY 20, 1964. BROTHERS:  JOHN AND JIM HALL. SISTERS:   DOROTHY, ANNA, AND LUCILLE.     DATE OF SERVICES:  THURSDAY, APRIL 19, 2001 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES:   COTTONWOOD BAPTIST CHURCH ~ COTTONWOOD, OK.   INTERMENT:   McCARTY CEMETERY ~ COALGATE, OK.   OFFICIATING:   REV. LELAND BARTLETT ASSISTING:   REV. RANDY WARD   CASKETBEARERS:   ROY DAN BURNS, LARRY KREBS, JOHNNY D. WARD, DEAN TUCK, LANNY HEDGECOCK, RANDY WARD.   HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:  ALVIN PEBWORTH, GENE JORDAN, AL BAYS.         NAME:    DARLENE (CORNWELL) MANN, AGE 53, OKLAHOMA CITY AND A FORMER ATOKA RESIDENT. BORN:  JULY 18, 1947 AT ATOKA, OK TO EDGAR HARVEY AND OBETRICE (KEELER) CORNWELL. PASSED AWAY:   TUESDAY, APRIL 17, 2001 AT HER HOME IN OKLAHOMA CITY. AGE:   53 YEARS   8 MONTHS  AND  29 DAYS. EDUCATION:   GRADUATED FROM ATOKA HIGH SCHOOL IN 1965 AND LATER RECIEVED HER NURSING DEGREE AT GRAYSON COUNTY JUNIOR COLLEGE IN SHERMAN, TX. OCCUPATION:  SHE WAS A REGISTERED NURSE. SHE WORKED FOR THE VETERANS HOSPITAL IN OKLAHOMA CITY AT THE TIME OF HER DEATH. SHE WORKED A NUMBER OF YEARS IN HOUSTON TEXAS AT THE MERCY HOSPITAL. CHURCH AFFILIATION:  SHE WAS A METHODIST AND FORMER MEMBER OF NEW ZION.      SURVIVED BY CHILDREN:    BILL MANN AND WIFE SAMANTHA OF PURCELL, OK.                          DENNIS MANN AND WIFE KELLIE OF ROCKPORT, IN.                          COREY ALLEN BARNES OF HOUSTON, TX.                          KAYLA MARIE BARNES OF HOUSTON, TX. GRANDSON:    MATTHEW MANN OF PURCELL, OK. SISTER:  CHARLENE HINDS OF TULSA, OK. NEPHEWS:   ANTHONY AND GREG BREWER OF TULSA, OK. COUSIN:  DONNIE ALLEN OF ATOKA, OK.      PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS:   EDGAR AND OBETRICE CORNWELL. HUSBAND:   BILL MANN ON NOVEMBER 11, 1985.     DATE OF SERVICES:  TUESDAY, APRIL 24, 2001 AT 10:00 AM. PLACE OF SERVICES:   BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT:   NEW ZION CEMETERY, EAST OF TUSHKA, OK. OFFICIATING:   ARVEL HALL. CASKETBEARERS:   TERRY DON CALLICOAT, JUNIOR BRUCE, JUNIOR RILEY, DALE KEELER, LARRY KEELER, RICKY SNEAD.         NAME:    RUBY ELIZEBATH (WILSON) FLOWERS, AGE 85, A FORMER SAN BERNADINO, CA AND LONGTIME TUPELO RESIDENT.   BORN:  JANUARY 6, 1916 AT TUPELO, OK TO SIMON HOUSTON OREN AND LORENA MAE (HARKINS) WILSON   PASSED AWAY: WEDNESDAY, APRIL 18, 2001 AT STONEGATE NURSING HOME IN STONEWALL, OK. AGE:   85 YEARS  3  MONTHS    AND   12  DAYS   EDUCATION:   ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT OLD OWL, SOUTH OF CENTRAHOMA IN COAL COUNTY, OK AND ERICK, OK.   MARRIED:   JAMES HUBERT FLOWERS ON DECEMBER 23, 1933 AT ERICK, OK.   OCCUPATION:  SHE WORKED A NUMBER OF YEARS AT TUPELO SCHOOLS, AND WORKED IN LAUNDRAMATS AND COOKED IN AREA CAFES AND RESTURANTS. SHE RETIRED IN 1978.   CHURCH AFFILIATION:  TUPELO CHURCH OF CHRIST.   SHE LOVED TO QUILT, EMBROIDER, AND READ.            survived by   SONS:  JAMES FLOWERS AND WIFE JANE OF FLAGSTAFF, AZ.              JOHN FLOWERS AND WIFE REGINA OF TUPELO, OK.   DAUGHTERS:   THELMA HARRISON AND HUSBAND JOHN OF NEWPORT, NC.                              SUSAN CAYEA AND HUSBAND JOHN OF NORTH BANGOR, NY.   GRANDCHILDREN:   JIMMY FLOWERS, JOE FLOWERS, DANA ALLEN, LLOYD HARRISON, STEVE AND MICHELLE FLOWERS, KEVIN AND JOHN                                        CAYEA.   16 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, 1 GREAT GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.   BROTHERS:  GEORGE WILSON AND WIFE SARAH OF PATTERSON, CA.                          JIM WILSON AND WIFE ANN OF YUCAIPA, CA.                          TOM WILSON AND WIFE GLADYS OF SAN BERNADINO, CA.                          WILLIE WILSON AND WIFE BARBARA OF SAN DIEGO, CA.                          HAROLD WILSON AND WIFE KAY OF REPUBLIC, WA.                          SIMON WILSON AND WIFE ALENE OF HIGHLAND, CA.   SISTERS:   LOUELLA WILLIAMS AND HUSBAND CECIL OF OLNEY, TX.                      BETTY MARQUEZ AND HUSBAND JESUS OF TURLOCK, CA.            preceded in death by   PARENTS:   SIMON AND LORENA WILSON. HUSBAND:   JAMES HUBERT FLOWERS ON FEBRUARY 22, 1976. BROTHERS:  RUEL AND INFANT WILSON. GRANDSON:  JAMIE CAYEA. GREAT GRANDSON:  JACOB FLOWERS.          DATE OF SERVICES:  SATURDAY, APRIL 21, 2001 AT 10:00 A.M. PLACE OF SERVICES:   TUPELO CHURCH OF CHRIST.   INTERMENT:   BYRDS PRAIRIE CEMETERY ~ TUPELO, OK.   OFFICIATING:   FRANK BREWER. ASSISTING:   WENDELL INGRAM.   CASKETBEARERS:   BOB WOODS, HERMAN BILLS, BOB INGRAM, WINFORD WESTBROOK, DUB RUSH, L. M. RUSH.         NAME:    CLIFFORD JESSIE SETTLEMIRE, AGE 89, OF ATOKA, OK. BORN:  JULY 12, 1911 AT WETUMKA, OKLAHOMA TO MARION McKENZIE AND ANNIE (JOHNSTON) SETTLEMIRE.   PASSED AWAY:   TUESDAY, APRIL 24, 2001 AT HIS HOME IN ATOKA, OK. AGE:   89 YEARS   9 MONTHS   AND  12 DAYS. EDUCATION:   ATTENDED BUTLER SCHOOL IN ATOKA COUNTY. MARRIED:   BERNICE SECHINGER ON DECEMBER 21, 1940 AT ATOKA, OK. OCCUPATION:  HE WAS A LONGTIME CIVIL SERVICE EMPLOYEE. HE WAS A HIGH LIFT OPERATOR AT POINT MUGU NAVAL BASE IN CALIFORNIA.  HE RETIRED IN 1973. CHURCH AFFILIATION:    MEMBER OF THE FULL GOSPEL CHURCH IN ATOKA, OK.      SURVIVED BY WIFE:    BERNICE SETTLEMIRE OF THE HOME IN ATOKA, OK. SISTERS:   BESSIE TURPEN OF ATOKA, OK.                      LULA SHARPE OF HOLDENVILLE, OK. BROTHERS:  LEWIS SETTLEMIRE AND WIFE JoANN OF CANEY, O K.                          MARION SAMUEL SETTLEMIRE OF ATOKA, OK.      PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS:   MARION AND ANNIE SETTLEMIRE. SISTERS:   MAGGIE SETTLEMIRE AND VIRGIE HAWKINS.     DATE OF SERVICES:    THURSDAY, APRIL 26, 2001 AT 10:00 A.M. PLACE OF SERVICES:   BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT:   BUTLER CEMETERY ~ LANE, OK. OFFICIATING:   REV. BOB JOHNSON. CASKETBEARERS:   LOYD CALLICOAT, JOHN SELBY, JERRY NELL, LEE WAYNE SEABOURN, DAVID BROWN, WILBUR ALLEN.         NAME:    JEREMY RAY BREWSTER, AGE 30, AN ATOKA AREA RESIDENT.   BORN:  JANUARY 20, 1971 AT ATOKA, OKLAHOMA TO ROBERT LARRY AND JANET C. (HALL) BREWSTER.   PASSED AWAY: TUESDAY, APRIL 24, 2001 AT BAPTIST BURN CENTER IN OKLAHOMA CITY. AGE:   30 YEARS  3  MONTHS  AND    4 DAYS.   EDUCATION:   ATTENDED GRADE SCHOOL AT HARMONY AND GRADUATED FROM ATOKA HIGH SCHOOL IN 1989.   OCCUPATION:  WORKED AS A LINEMAN FOR WIN-SONS POLE LINE CONSTRUCTION AND FORMERLY COX COMMUNICATIONS IN OKLAHOMA CITY.   JEREMY WAS ACTIVE IN PEE WEE AND HIGH SCHOOL RODEO AND LOVED RIDING HORSES AND ROPING.            survived by   CHILDREN:    DILLION AGE 10 OF ATOKA,  OK.                          TY AGE 5 OF ATOKA, OK.                          JOHNNA AGE 1 OF ATOKA, OK.   PARENTS:   LARRY and JANET BREWSTER OF ATOKA, OK.   BROTHERS:    TRACY BREWSTER OF ATOKA, OK.                            MARTY BREWSTER OF ATOKA, OK.   GRANDPARENTS:    CLARENCE and JOYCE HALL OF ATOKA, OK.                                      LOU ELLEN and LEO POWELL OF ATOKA, OK.   GREAT GRANDMOTHER:   VERA LAMON OF ATOKA, OK.            preceded in death by   GRANDFATHER:   HAROLD BREWSTER. UNCLE:   JOHNNY BREWSTER. COUSIN:  MADISON LITTLETON.     DATE OF SERVICES:    FRIDAY, APRIL 27, 2001 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES:   BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK.   INTERMENT:   GREEN MEADOWS CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK.   OFFICIATING:   REV. JARED ALLEN   CASKETBEARERS:   GREG YARBROUGH, JEREMY ALLEN, MILAS PHAFF, TROY COX, JOHN FARRELL, TIM FERREE.   HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:  ED WINDEL, BRUCE OLSEN, JASON MARBLE.         NAME:    GLADYS O. (CRANFORD) HOLMAN, AGE 89, OF TUPELO, OKLAHOMA.   BORN:  SEPTEMBER 24, 1911 AT LULA, OKLAHOMA TO EARLY DAUGHTRY AND GERTRUDE (ELLIOTT) CRANFORD.   PASSED AWAY:   SATURDAY, APRIL 28, 2001 AT VALLEY VIEW HOSPITAL IN ADA, OK. AGE:   89  YEARS   7 MONTHS   AND    4 DAYS.   EDUCATION:   ATTENDED SCHOOL AT LULA, OK.   MARRIED:   H. M. HOLMAN AT STONEWALL, OK.   OCCUPATION:  HOUSEWIFE.            survived by   2 CHILDREN:    NELDA LOUISE JONES OF PLANO, TX.                              LLOYD HOLMAN OF TUPELO, OK.   5 GRANDCHILDREN AND 10 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.   BROTHERS:    FLOYD CRANFORD OF STONEWALL, OK.                            JOHN CRANFORD OF MOLINE, KS.                            TRUITT CRANFORD OF YORBA LINDA, CA.                            JIM CRANFORD OF JOHNSON, KS.            preceded in death by   PARENTS:   EARLY DAUGHTRY AND GERTRUDE CRANFORD. HUSBAND:     H.  M. HOLMAN ON MAY 10, 1992. GRANDCHILD:    LYNDELL K. LANDIS. BROTHERS:    ORVILLE AND NORVILLE CRANFORD. SISTER:    ALICE COFFEY.     DATE OF SERVICES:    TUESDAY, MAY 1, 2001 AT 2:00 PM. PLACE OF SERVICES:   GRAVESIDE.   INTERMENT:   PLEASANT GROVE CEMETERY ~ LULA, OK.   OFFICIATING:   ARVEL HALL         [Home] [Preneed] [Funerals] [Memorials] [Staff] [Flowers] [Caskets] [Cemeteries] [Contact Us] [General Services] [Coalgate] [Madill]