NAME: JUANITA ELLEN (O’CONNER) COTHAM, AGE 79, LONGTIME CRYSTAL AREA RESIDENT. BORN: SEPTEMBER 21, 1919 IN EDMOND, OKLAHOMA TO ROBERT AND OSA GAY (BURLEY) O’CONNER. PASSED AWAY: MONDAY, APRIL 5, 1999 AT MEDICAL CENTER OF SE OKLAHOMA IN DURANT FROM INJURIES RECEIVED IN MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT.AGE: 79 YEARS 6 MONTHS AND 14 DAYS. EDUCATION: GRADUATED FROM EDMOND HIGH SCHOOL AND LATER ATTENDED DRAUGHNS BUSINESS COLLEGE IN OKLAHOMA CITY. MARRIED: BILL LESLIE COTHAM ON MAY 26, 1944 AT GUTHRIE, OK. OCCUPATION: JUANITA RETIRED IN 1981 AS OFFICE MANAGER FOR MODERN DISTRIBUTION. CHURCH AFFILIATION: JUANITA WAS A MEMBER OF WESLEY METHODIST CHURCH IN OKLAHOMA CITY, BUT WAS MOST RECENTLY AFFILiATED WITH CRYSTAL BAPTIST CHURCH, WHERE SHE WAS ACTIVE IN THE LADIES AUXILIARY. SHE WAS VERY INVOLVED WITH A.A.R.P. AND SERVED AS SECRETARY AND FOUNDED THE A.A.R.P. CHAPTER AT LANE. JUANITA AND BILL WERE ACTIVE IN THE CRYSTAL FIRE DEPARTMENT AND SERVED ON THE CRYSTAL CEMETERY ASSOCIATION. SURVIVED BY HUSBAND: BILL L. COTHAM OF THEIR HOME NEAR CRYSTAL, OK. BROTHER: ROBERT O’CONNER AND WIFE LAURA AND THEIR FAMILY OF PERRY, OK. COUSINS: JACK BURLEY AND WIFE ROBERTA AND THEIR FAMILY OF SHERMAN, TX. HARRISON BURLEY AND WIFE ROBERTA AND THEIR FAMILY OF DENVER, CO. IRIS JUNE HEATH AND HUSBAND JERRY AND THEIR FAMILY OF CHANDLER, AZ. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: ROBERT AND OSA GAY O’CONNER.BROTHER-IN-LAW: VERNON COTHAM.
DATE OF SERVICE: THURSDAY, APRIL 8, 1999 AT 1:30 P.M.PLACE OF SERVICES: GRAVESIDE SERVICES. INTERMENT: CRYSTAL CEMETERY ~ ATOKA COUNTY, OK. OFFICIATING: GLEN HARRISON. CASKETBEARERS: STEVE HARRISON, MILTON McCAIN, JOHN THOMPSON III, JESSIE PHILLIPS, JAMES PHILLIPS, WILLIAM HARRISON.
NAME: LESLIE HOWARD GIBSON, AGE 65, OF LANE AND A LONGTIME ATOKA COUNTY RESIDENT. BORN: SEPTEMBER 16, 1922 AT BOSWELL, OKLAHOMA TO ONEAL AND LEONA GIBSON. PASSED AWAY: THURSDAY, APRIL 8, 1999 AT HIS HOME EAST OF LANE, OK. AGE: 65 YEARS 6 MONTHS AND 22 DAYS EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOL AT FARRIS, OK. MARRIED: EMMA MAE LEEPER ON DEC. 12, 1973 AT DURANT, OK. OCCUPATION: A RETIRED CONSTRUCTION WORKER, LOGGER, AND RANCH HAND. CHURCH AFFILIATION: MEMBER OF THE FARRIS BAPTIST CHURCH. SURVIVED BY DAUGHTER: GLENDA SUE ARMSTRONG AND HUSBAND TED OF NORMAN, OK. STEPCHILDREN: JUNIOR ARRINGTON AND WIFE LINDA OF ROFF, OK. LYNN HYATT AND WIFE ANGELA OF ROFF, OK. WANDA EATON OF LITTLE ROCK, AR. TONY HYATT AND WIFE TONI OF ATOKA, OK. IRMA SMITH AND HUSBAND TED OF ZELIENOPLE, PA. ARCHIE LEEPER OF ATOKA, OK. ALOIS MASTERS OF LANE, OK. GRANDCHILDREN: SHANE, APRIL, AND DOYLE ARMSTRONG OF NORMAN, OK. BROTHERS: ELDON SUTTON AND WIFE LOIS OF OKLAHOMA CITY. BUD SUTTON AND WIFE SHARON OF ATOKA, OK. FLINT SUTTON AND WIFE SHERRY OF COALGATE, OK. SISTERS: SUE WILSON OF ATOKA, OK. DIANA PROCTOR AND HUSBAND JIM OF NORTH HAVEN, CT. JOHNNIE MEEKER OF LANE, OK. BERNICE SPANHANKS OF WALTERS, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY WIFE: EMMA MAE GIBSON IN September, 1984.PARENTS: ONEAL AND LEONA GIBSON.
DATE OF SERVICES: SUNDAY, APRIL 11, 1999 AT 2:00 P.M.PLACE OF SERVICES: GRAVESIDE SERVICE. INTERMENT: FARRIS CEMETERY ~ FARRIS, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. DON BURCHAM. CASKETBEARERS: STICKS DALE, MONK PENNER, GERALD HARPER, DEWAYNE ALLEN, ORVILLE WALLER, JOHN WILLIAMS.
NAME: ALLIE MAXINE( MARLEY) GERRISH, AGE 85, LIFE LONG STRINGTOWN RESIDENT. BORN: AUGUST 17, 1913 AT DAISY, OKLAHOMA TO WILLIAM ALEXANDER AND PEGGY JANE (HUGHES) MARLEY. PASSED AWAY: SATURDAY, APRIL 10, 1999 AT COLONIAL MANOR IN ATOKA, OK.AGE: 85 YEARS 7 MONTHS AND 23 DAYS EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOL AT MIDWAY AND STRINGTOWN. OCCUPATION: RETIRED DRY CLEANER AND HOMEMAKER. CHURCH AFFILIATION: SHE WAS BAPTIST FAITH. SURVIVED BY 14 NEPHEWS, 4 NIECES. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: WILLIAM AND PEGGY MARLEY.SISTERS: GLADYS WISDOM, CALLIE MARLEY, AND GENEVA MARLEY.BROTHERS: RAY MARLEY, TWINS - ROY AND TROY MARLEY, LEO MARLEY, GRANVILLE MARLEY, AND WILLIE MARLEY.
DATE OF SERVICES: MONDAY, APRIL 11, 1999 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: GRAVESIDE SERVICES. INTERMENT: MT. OLIVE CEMETERY ~ STRINGTOWN, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. BARTT BRADFORD.
NAME: DEBORAH MAE (EVANS) BEAIRD, AGE 69, LONGTIME ATOKA AREA RESIDENT. BORN: DECEMBER 6, 1929 AT STRINGTOWN, OKLAHOMA TO JESSE AND LEONA BELL (MANNINGS) EVANS. PASSED AWAY: SUNDAY, APRIL 11, 1999 AT TEXOMA MEDICAL CENTER IN DENISON, TX.AGE: 69 YEARS 4 MONTHS AND 5 DAYS EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOL AT STRINGTOWN, OK. MARRIED: ELISHA CLARK IN 1945 IN PHILADELPHIA, PA. JAMES BEAIRD. OCCUPATION: RETIRED NURSES ASSISTANT. church affiliation: DEBORAH WAS A MEMBER OF BETHEL AME METHODIST CHURCH IN ATOKA. SHE WAS A LONGTIME MEMBER OF THE EASTERN STAR IN CALIFORNIA BEFORE MOVING BACK TO ATOKA IN 1986. SURVIVED BY SON: WAYNE CLARK OF LAS VEGAS, NV. GRANDCHILDREN: TEZJONE SUMMER CLARK AND CELESTE AUTUMN CLARK OF LOS ANGELES, CA. DAUGHTER-IN-LAW: BRIDGETTE CLARK OF LOS ANGELES, CA. SISTERS: ESTER KIRK OF STRINGTOWN, OK. CHARLENE LEWIS AND HUSBAND CLARENCE OF ATOKA, OK. BROTHER: ARTHUR RAY EVANS AND WIFE GAIL OF ATOKA, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HUSBAND: ELISHA CLARK IN SEPTEMBER, 1988.PARENTS: JESSE AND LEONA EVANS.BROTHERS: CHARLES, L. C., EDDIE, AND LEE JR. EVANS.SISTERS: LOIS MENIFEE AND SUDIE BELL CARTER.
DATE OF SERVICES: SATURDAY, APRIL 17, 1999 AT 2;00 P.M.PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: WELLS STREET CEMETERY ~ STRINGTOWN, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. MOSE NETTLES. CASKETBEARERS: CARL BROWN, CLIFFORD NEAL, DALE BROWN, WINSTON McGEE, LEWIS McGEE, RODNEY BROWN, McKINLEY CHEADLE. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: LAWRENCE NEAL, ORLON HILL, ROOSEVELT BUTLER, WALLACE McGEE, BUDDY McJUNKINS.
NAME: DEVALSON BARNETT WHEELER, AGE 78, LONGTIME LEHIGH AREA RESIDENT. BORN: MAY 26, 1920 AT LEHIGH TO WILLIAM HORACE AND MYRTLE ETHEL (ESTES) WHEELER PASSED AWAY: TUESDAY, APRIL 13, 1999 AT HIS DAUGHTERS HOME IN GUTHRIE, OK.AGE: 78 YEARS 10 MONTHS AND 17 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOL AT LEHIGH AND GRADUATED FROM AMERICAN TELEVISION INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY IN CHICAGO, IL. MARRIED: MILDRED CAROLYN EPISCOPO ON DECEMBER 6, 1944 AT PITTSBURG, PA. OCCUPATION: RETIRED COURIER FOR THE MEDICAL ARTS LABORATORY AND FORMER PARTNER IN WHEELER BROTHERS CONSTRUCTION. CHURCH AFFILIATION: RECENTLY JOINED ST. MARY’S CATHOLIC CHURCH AT GUTHRIE, OK. HE SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE U. S. ARMY DURING WWii IN THE MILITARY POLICE. DEVALSON WAS A MEMBER OF THE AMERICAN LEGION, DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS, A PAST LEHIGH CITY COUNCILMAN, SERVED ON THE LEHIGH CEMETERY BOARD AND WAS TREASURER OF THE LEHIGH HISTORICAL SOCIETY. HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE ARABIAN HORSE REGISTRY AND ENJOYED RAISING ARABIAN HORSES DURING HIS RETIREMENT WITH HIS COUSINS BERNICE AND AARON ESTES. DEVALSON WAS A LONGTIME SUPPORTER OF THE 4-H AND HELP START THE HORSE AND PONY CLUB IN WAYNESBURG, PA. SURVIVED BY WIFE: MILDRED WHEELER OF THE HOME IN LEHIGH, OK. DAUGHTERS: MARY WHEELER OF NORMAN, OK. VALERIE COTTON AND HUSBAND MITCHELL OF GUTHRIE, OK. GRANDCHILDREN: ERIC AND ASHLEY COTTON OF GUTHRIE, OK. BROTHER: CARL WHEELER OF GUTHRIE, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: WILLIAM HORACE AND MYRTLE ETHEL WHEELER.BROTHER: WILLIAM FINIS (BUDDY) WHEELER.SISTER: HAZEL PAXTON.
DATE OF SERVICES: FRIDAY, APRIL 16 1999 AT 2;00 P.M.PLACE OF SERVICES: BLESSED SACRAMENT CATHOLIC CHURCH ~ COALGATE, OK. INTERMENT: LEHIGH CEMETERY ~ LEHIGH, OK. OFFICIATING: FATHER PUPIUS.ASSISTING: BOB WARE. CASKETBEARERS: ED WHEELER, BILL WHEELER, DON WHEELER, CECIL RAY PAXTON, DELBERT POWELL, AARON ESTES. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: KEITH McMILLAN, WILLIAM CLYDE PAXTON.
NAME: LILLIE ELIZABETH (WHITE) KIRK, AGE 87, LONGTIME STRINGTOWN RESIDENT. BORN: OCTOBER 31, 1911 AT SASAKWA, OKLAHOMA TO BRADY ENGLAND AND MATILDA (SANDERS) WHITE. PASSED AWAY: SATURDAY, APRIL 17, 1999 AT DEACONESS HOSPITAL IN OKLAHOMA CITY.AGE: 87 YEARS 5 MONTHS AND 17 DAYS EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOL AT STRINGTOWN AND SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE IN DURANT. MARRIED: LAWRENCE DALTON KIRK ON AUGUST 27, 1933 AT COALGATE, OK. OCCUPATION: RETIRED SCHOOL TEACHER. ALSO OWNED AND OPERATED KIRKS GROCERY IN STRINGTOWN, OK. CHURCH AFFILIATION: LONGTIME MEMBER OF STRINGTOWN FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH AND WAS VERY ACTIVE WITH THE STRINGTOWN SENIOR CITIZENS CENTER. SURVIVED BY CHILDREN: RICHARD KIRK AND WIFE OZELLA OF DAYTON, OH. GERALDINE JOHNSON AND HUSBAND HOWARD OF STILLWATER, OK. DON KIRK AND WIFE CATHY OF BETHANY, OK. CHARLENE MOSER AND HUSBAND KENNITH OF BENTLEY, OK. TILLIE STROUD AND HUSBAND KENNY OF COLLINSVILLE, TX. JIM KIRK AND WIFE PAT OF BETHANY, OK. BOB KIRK AND WIFE CHERYL OF ADA, OK. CLYDE KIRK AND WIFE FRAN OF OKLAHOMA CITY. GRANDCHILDREN: BRIAN KIRK OF DAYTON, OH. KAREN KIRK OF DAYTON, OH. MARIBETH EADES AND HUSBAND KARRY OF STILLWATER, OK. DENNA RICE AND HUSBAND JIM OF STILLWATER, OK. MICHELLE SMITH AND HUSBAND JONATHAN OF OKLAHOMA CITY. JEFF MOSER OF BENTLEY, OK. GREG MOSER AND WIFE KIM OF NORMAN, OK. CHRIS COLE OF OKLAHOMA CITY. KEITH COLE AND WIFE KERRI OF OKLAHOMA CITY. MIKE KIRK OF OKLAHOMA CITY. TIM KIRK OF OKLAHOMA CITY. MATT KIRK OF ADA, OK. SARAH KIRK OF OKLAHOMA CITY. ANDREW KIRK OF OKLAHOMA CITY. 8 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. SISTERS: ETHEL BENNETT OF ARLINGTON, TX. LOIS TISDALE and HUSBAND JOE OF STRINGTOWN, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HUSBAND: LAWRENCE KIRK IN February, 1973.PARENTS: BRADY AND MATILDA WHITE.SISTER: SUSIE SHAMLEY.GRANDSON: LARRY DON KIRK.
DATE OF SERVICES: WEDNESDAY, APRIL 21, 1999 AT 2:00 P.M.PLACE OF SERVICES: STRINGTOWN FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH. INTERMENT: STRINGTOWN CEMETERY ~ STRINGTOWN, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. LOYD THOMPSON.ASSISTING: JIM KELLOGG. CASKETBEARERS: CHRIS EDGAR, STEVE HEARD, RICKY HEARD, CHARLES MASON, DALE HOWARD, GLEN MITCHELL, JOHN SELF. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: BILL POTTS, JAMES SHORTY POWELL, JOHNNY WINTERS, LELSIE THOMPSON, JIM KELLOGG, ROY TONEY.
NAME: ONETA MAE (BRINKLEY) WILLIAMS, AGE 76, ATOKA RESIDENT AND FORMER RESIDENT OF THE WESLEY COMMUNITY. BORN: AUGUST 23, 1922 AT LONE OAK, TEXAS TO GEORGE AND LINNIE MAE (BRAND) BRINKLEY. PASSED AWAY: FRIDAY, APRIL 23, 1999 AT THE ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL .AGE: 76 YEARS AND 8 MONTHS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOL AT WESLEY, OK. MARRIED: GEORGE EDWARD WILLIAMS ON DECEMBER 12, 1956 AT COALGATE, OK. OCCUPATION: ONETA WAS A HOMEMAKER AND HOUSEWIFE AND WORKED SEVERAL YEARS FOR C. C. STEVENS. CHURCH AFFILIATION: ATTENDED THE WESLEY BAPTIST CHURCH AND ALSO A BAPTIST CHURCH IN McALESTER. ONETA LIVED HER ENTIRE LIFE AT WESLEY UNTIL MOVING TO ATOKA IN 1992. SURVIVED BY HUSBAND: GEORGE WILLIAMS OF THEIR HOME IN ATOKA, OK. NIECE: SELLA COOLEY, HUSBAND BOB, AND THEIR FAMILY OF WICHITA, KS. NEPHEW: ALBERT W. BRINKLEY AND WIFE MARY JO OF MESQUITE, TX. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: GEORGE AND LINNIE BRINKLEY.BROTHER: CLARENCE W. BRINKLEY.
date of SERVICES: SATURDAY, APRIL 24, 1999 AT 2:00 P.M.PLACE OF SERVICES: GRAVESIDE SERVICES. INTERMENT: WESLEY CEMETERY. OFFICIATING: REV. JAMES CROWSON. CASKETBEARERS: BILL ED GLASSCOCK, DEON KIFFER, OTIS ALLEN, DALE SHANNON, PAUL SHANNON, CURTIS LAMBERT. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: COTTON ALLEN, HERBERT ALLEN, FRED SMITH, BILL ALLISON, W. A. BILL GLASSCOCK, J. C. LAMBERT.
NAME: MARY ANN (WALTERS) EAVES, AGE 73, LONGTIME RESIDENT OF ATOKA, OK.  BORN: NOVEMBER 13, 1925 TO CALVIN AND ETHEL (WILLINGHAM) WALTERS. PASSED AWAY: FRIDAY, APRIL 23, 1999 AT HER ATOKA RESIDENCE.AGE: 75 YEARS 5 MONTHS AND 10 DAYS. EDUCATION: SHE ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT ENTERPRISE IN JOHNSTON COUNTY, OK. MARRIED: EARL EAVES ON DECEMBER 16, 1946 AT SHERMAN, TEXAS. OCCUPATION: HOUSEWIFE AND HOMEMAKER. SURVIVED BY HUSBAND: EARL EAVES OF THE HOME IN ATOKA, OK. CHILDREN: EARLENE NICHOLS AND HUSBAND NELSON, OFANDERSON, MO. BILL EAVES AND WIFE BRENDA OF PAGOSA SPRINGS, CO. HELEN EAVES OF ATOKA, OK. DOYLE EAVES AND WIFE FREDA OF LAKE CITY, CO. GLEN EAVES AND WIFE DEBBIE OF CHICKASHA, OK. WENDLE EAVES OF AMBER, OK. 20 GRANDCHILDREN, 25 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. SISTER: JUANITA EAVES OF SALEM, OR. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: CALVIN AND ETHEL WALTERS.BROTHERS: CHARLES, LEON, GRADY, BUDDY, AND JOHNNY WALTERS.SISTER: RUBY CHANEY.
DATE OF SERVICES: MONDAY, APRIL 26, 1999 AT 2:00 P.M.PLACE OF SERVICES: COLEMAN CHURCH OF CHRIST ~ COLEMAN, OK. INTERMENT: ENTERPRISE CEMETERY ~ COLEMAN, OK. OFFICIATING: ED BULLARD. CASKETBEARERS: DELVIN WALTERS, BOBBY WALTERS, LESLIE WALTERS, DALLAS WALTERS, ALLEN WALTERS, JAMES WALTERS.
NAME: STEVEN ROSS DEWBERY, AGE 41, OF TUCSON, ARIZONA, FORMER BROMIDE - WAPANUCKA RESIDENT.  BORN: JULY 17, 1957 AT ELGIN, ILLINOIS TO JESSE ROSS AND JUDITH (ZIERKE) DEWBERY. PASSED AWAY: FRIDAY, APRIL 23, 1999 IN TUCSON, ARIZONA FROM INJURIES RECEIVED IN AN ASSAULT.AGE: 41 YEARS 9 MONTH AND 6 DAYS EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS IN ELGIN, ILLINOIS AND WAPANUCKA, OK. OCCUPATION: HE WAS A MECHANIC AND, WHILE LIVING IN OKLAHOMA, HE WORKED A NUMBER OF YEARS AT SALVAGE CITY AND EDLYS SALVAGE IN DURANT. SURVIVED BY DAUGHTER: BRANDY DEWBERY OF DALY CITY, CA. FATHER: JESSE DEWBERY AND WIFE JOANN OF BROMIDE, OK. MOTHER: JUDITH CAGLE OF LAKE WORTH, FL. SISTERS: LINDA SUE DEWBERY OF LAKE WORTH, FL. MARY MORGAN AND HUSBAND DENNIS OF WAPANUCKA, OK. BROTHERS: MARK ALLEN DEWBERY AND WIFE CRYSTAL OF BROMIDE. MIKE BROOKS OF BROMIDE, OK. DONALD BROOKS OF DURANT, OK. ROBERT BROOKS OF BROMIDE, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY SISTER: JULIE CHERYL DEWBERY.
DATE OF SERVICES: SATURDAY, MAY 8 1999 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: ROSE HILL CEMETERY ~ WAPANUCKA, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. LARRY SCHOONOVER. CASKETBEARERS: DENNIS MORGAN, RUSSELL DEWBERY, MIKE BROOKS, BOBBY BROOKS, JOHNNY DEWBERY, VICTOR DEWBERY. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: EDGAR SMITH AND CECIL SMITH.
NAME: BENJAMIN FRANKLIN “BEN” THOMAS, AGE 84, LONGTIME ATOKA COUNTY RANCHER. BORN: NOVEMBER 2, 1914 TO HUGH WILLARD AND WILLA F. (HARGROVE) THOMAS NEAR THE COMMUNITY OF BROMIDE IN JOHNSTON COUNTY, OK. PASSED AWAY: SUNDAY, APRIL 25, 1999 AT THE ATOKA HOSPITAL.AGE: 84 YEARS 5 MONTHS AND 23 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT NEW HOPE AND COMPLETED HIGH SCHOOL AT BAILEY BURROUGH, TX. MARRIED: JUANITA REYNOLDS ON JULY 18, 1936 AT JACKSBORO, TX. OCCUPATION: LIFELONG FARMER AND RANCHER. CHURCH AFFILIATION: LONGTIME MEMBER OF THE WARDS CHAPEL BAPTIST CHURCH. BEN SERVED A NUMBER OF YEARS ON THE ATOKA COUNTY WATER BOARD, FARMERS HOME AND ASC COMMITTEES, SOME 10 YEARS ON THE ATOKA COUNTY EXCISE BOARD AND MANY YEARS ON THE WARDS CHAPEL CEMETERY COMMITTEE. SURVIVED BY WIFE: JUANITA thomas OF THE HOME NEAR WARDS CHAPEL, WEST OF ATOKA, OK. DAUGHTER: BENNA COCHRAN AND HUSBAND RONNIE OF ATOKA, OK. GRANDCHILDREN: CRAIG COCHRAN OF ATOKA, OK. KYLE COCHRAN AND WIFE MARIE OF KINGWOOD, TX. KEITH COCHRAN AND WIFE MONTA OF ATOKA, OK. CALLEN COCHRAN OF NORMAN, OK. MARY COCHRAN OF ATOKA, OK. GREAT GRANDCHILDREN: JENNA, TYLER, JOHNATHAN, AND JOSHUA COCHRAN. BROTHERS: ELMO THOMAS AND WIFE BERNICE OF WARDS CHAPEL, OK. ROYCE THOMAS OF ATOKA, OK. PETE THOMAS OF COALGATE, OK. BOBBY THOMAS AND WIFE MELBA OF COALGATE, OK. SISTERS: ELWANDA WILLIAMS AND HUSBAND JOE KENNETH OF WARDS CHAPEL, OK. EILEEN SANDMAN AND HUSBAND LOUIS OF COALGATE, OK. SUE FLOWERS AND HUSBAND BILL OF ATOKA, OK. SISTERS-IN-LAW: CLETA THOMAS OF ATOKA, OK. VIRGINIA RICKARD OF STONEWALL, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: HUGH AND WILLA THOMAS.BROTHERS: A. W., RUDOLPH, DOYLE, AND MAX THOMAS.SISTERS-IN-LAW: RUTH THOMAS AND PAULINE THOMAS.
DATE OF SERVICES: TUESDAY, APRIL 27, 1999 AT 2:00 P.M.PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: WARDS CHAPEL CEMETERY ~ ATOKA COUNTY, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. TOM HARGRAVE.ASSISTING: REV. DENNIS GARNER. CASKETBEARERS: JERRIEL BETTS, RAY CARROLL, ED BATCHELOR lll, PAT LOFTIS, TINKER RAY, JIMMY SULLIVAN. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: ED BATCHELOR SR., ROGER HOLLEY, HAROLD LOFTIS, MUNROE COCHRAN, TOT CALVERT, HOMER BARRETT, PERRY RAY, LON FINK, CURTIS BOND, JACK BACON, JESS TOMLINSON, RICHARD BETTS, ROBERT REEVES, GENE TOMLINSON, BERN ALBERTA.
NAME: JONATHAN MICHAEL EDWARD AIRINGTON, INFANT SON OF JOHNNY AIRINGTON AND PAMELA BRADSHAW OF COALGATE, OK. BORN: OCTOBER 26, 1998 AT ADA, OK. PASSED AWAY: SUNDAY, APRIL 25, 1999 AT CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL IN OKLAHOMA CITY.AGE: 5 MONTHS AND 29 DAYS SURVIVED BY FATHER: JOHNNY AIRINGTON, JR. OF LEHIGH, OK. MOTHER: PAMELA AIRINGTON OF LEHIGH, OK. SISTER: FRANCIS LAWANDA RAYNELLE BRADSHAW OF WAPANUCKA, OK. TWIN BROTHER: NATHAN WILLIAM MARION AIRINGTON OF LEHIGH, OK. PATERNAL GRANDPARENTS: JOHNNY M. AND MAUDIENE AIRINGTON OF LEHIGH, OK. MATERNAL GRANDFATHER: EDWARD GERALD FOWLER OF VELMA, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY MATERNAL GRANDMOTHER: WANDA L. FOWLER.AUNT: GWEN FOWLER.COUSIN: DANIEL GERALD FOWLER.
DATE OF SERVICES: THURSDAY, APRIL 29, 1999 AT 2:00 P.M.PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: LEHIGH CEMETERY ~ LEHIGH, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. SISROE GWINN. CASKETBEARERS: DANIEL DILLARD, MICHAEL SHERWOOD, TIMOTHY SHERWOOD, STEVEN KOEN.
NAME: JANIE (WILLIAMS) FISHER, AGE 80, LONGTIME BENTLEY AREA RESIDENT. BORN: MAY 13, 1918 AT TUSHKA, OKLAHOMA TO ENOS AND RENA (WEBSTER) WILLIAMS. PASSED AWAY: SUNDAY, APRIL 25, 1999 AT THE ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.AGE: 80 YEARS 11 MONTHS AND 12 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT ST. AGNES CATHOLIC SCHOOL IN ANTLERS, OKLAHOMA AND GRADUATED FROM CHILOCCO INDIAN SCHOOL. MARRIED: JAMES FISHER ON SEPTEMBER 10, 1940 AT BENTLEY, OK. OCCUPATION: HOUSEWIFE AND HOMEMAKER. CHURCH AFFILIATION: WAS A MEMBER OF CANE HILL METHODIST CHURCH IN BENTLEY AND WAS ALSO A MEMBER OF THE CHOCTAW NATION. SURVIVED BY CHILDREN: MARGORIE BROWN AND HUSBAND ARNOLD OF DALLAS, TX. BETTY CANTU OF DALLAS, TX. DANIEL JAMES FISHER OF BENTLEY, OK. WILMA DAVIS AND HUSBAND GLEN OF CHEROKEE, NC. ERNESTINE RAMIREZ AND HUSBAND FELIX OF DALLAS, TX. MARILYN TAYLOR AND HUSBAND BOBBY OF ARDMORE, OK. 14 GRANDCHILDREN, 16 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. BROTHER: NOAH LEWIS AND WIFE PEARL OF OKLAHOMA CITY. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HUSBAND: JAMES FISHER ON JUNE 25, 1992.PARENTS: ENOS AND RENA WILLIAMS.BROTHER: DAVID LEWIS.
DATE OF SERVICES: THURSDAY, APRIL 29, 1999 AT 2:00 P.M.PLACE OF SERVICES: CANE HILL METHODIST CHURCH ~ BENTLEY, ATOKA COUNTY, OK. INTERMENT: CANE HILL CEMETERY ~ BENTLEY, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. DAN SEXTON.ASSISTING: REV. LESTER TIMS. CASKETBEARERS: RODNEY JOHNSON, MARCUS FISHER, DERRICK TREVINO, GLEN DAVIS, JR., GLEN DAVIS, BOBBY TAYLOR, FREDERICK LEWIS, VERRON DAVIS.
NAME: ETHEL ALMEDA (JACKSON) MOORE, AGE 76, OF RURAL COALGATE, OK. BORN: DECEMBER 21, 1922 IN COAL COUNTY, OKLAHOMA TO WILLIAM MARION AND SUSIE ELIZABETH (ROWE) JACKSON. PASSED AWAY: WEDNESDAY, APRIL 28, 1999 AT VALLEY VIEW REGIONAL HOSPITAL IN ADA, OK.AGE: 76 YEARS 4 MONTHS AND 7 DAYS EDUCATION: ATTENDED SEVERAL COAL COUNTY SCHOOLS INCLUDING MOWDY, CAIRO, SHADY GROVE, AND SIVELY’S CHAPEL. MARRIED: LEE OTIS MOORE ON JULY 23, 1940 IN COAL COUNTY, OK. OCCUPATION: HOUSEWIFE AND HOMEMAKER. CHURCH AFFILIATION: LONGTIME MEMBER OF THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH IN STRINGTOWN, OK. SURVIVED BY HUSBAND OF NEARLY 59 YEARS: OTIS MOORE OF THE HOME EAST OF COALGATE, OK. CHILDREN: PATRICIA RALLS AND HUSBAND WAYNE OF OKLAHOMA CITY. VERNON MOORE AND WIFE DORIS OF COALGATE, OK. GRANDCHILDREN: JAMES MOORE AND WIFE TAMMY OF MCALESTER, OK. PHILLIP MOORE OF LEXINGTON, OK. SUSAN ISOM AND HUSBAND GARY OF DAISY, OK. LUCINDA LONG AND HUSBAND ROBBIE OF COALGATE, OK. JERRY AND MARGARETT RALLS OF MUSTANG, OK. TERRY AND BRYAN TENNANT OF MUSTANG, OK. GREAT GRANDCHILDREN: RANDY ISOM, LEAH ISOM, KACIE MOORE, JESSE MOORE, CODY MOORE, JUSTIN LONG, CHRINA TYRELL, ROBBIE TYRELL, CRYSTAL WEAKLEY, RACHEL NOHELTY, JEFFERY NOHELTY, JOSHUA RALLS, STEVEN POTTER, JERRY TENNANT, ROMONA CLIFT, REGAN CLIFT, ASHLEY HERD, TAFFIN HERD, AND SASHA LONG. GREAT GREAT GRANDCHILD: JORDAN CLIFT. BROTHER: NATHAN JACKSON AND WIFE YVONNE OF RAYTOWN, MO. BROTHER-IN-LAW: CLARENCE MOORE AND WIFE MABEL OF PHOENIX, AZ. SISTERS-IN-LAW: GRACE TIDWELL OF DURANT, OK. MATTIE MOORE OF ATOKA, OK. 3 NIECES, 3 NEPHEWS. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: WILLIAM AND SUSIE JACKSON.SISTERS: MARY TIDWELL, CALLIE DORITY, AND PEARL JACKSON.BROTHERS: EDWARD BIRT HAYWORTH, CHARLEY TIDWELL, HOWARD SIDNEY TIDWELL, HENRY FRANKLIN TIDWELL, ALVIN A. TIDWELL, AND JOSEPH WYLIE TIDWELL.
DATE OF SERVICES: MONDAY, MAY 3, 1999 AT 2:00 P.M.PLACE OF SERVICES: FIRsT BAPTIST CHURCH ~ STRINGTOWN, OK. INTERMENT: COALGATE CEMETERY ~ COALGATE, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. LOYD THOMPSON. CASKETBEARERS: JIM COX, HOWARD MENELEY, ROY GADBERRY, BILL POTTS, JACKIE LANSDALE, CHRIS EDGAR. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: CHARLES MASON, JACKIE MANION, JOE TISDALE, TOMMY MANION, HOMER MARTIN, HUGH LEWIS, GLEN MITCHELL, JAMES “SHORTY” POWELL.
NAME: LINNIA FRANCES (PRINCE) GRIFFIN, ,AGE 76, OF COALGATE, OK. BORN: NOVEMBER 24, 1922 AT NON, OKLAHOMA TO WILLIAM SEABORN AND SARAH FRANCES (ATCHLEY) PRINCE. PASSED AWAY: EARLY THURSDAY, APRIL 29, 1999 AT THE HURLEY HOSPITAL IN COALGATE, OK.AGE: 76 YEARS 5 MONTHS AND 5 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED GRADE SCHOOL AT PINE AND HIGH SChOOL AT COALGATE. MARRIED: ARLIE LEE GRIFFIN ON AUGUST 30, 1040 AT COALGATE, OK. OCCUPATION: HOUSEWIFE AND HOMEMAKER. CHURCH AFFILIATION: A LONGTIME MEMBER OF THE COALGATE CHURCH OF CHRIST. LINNIA AND HUSBAND ARLIE LIVED IN ODESSA, TEXAS DURING THE 50’S AND 60’S WHERE SHE OWNED AND OPERATED AN UPHOLSTERY AND DRAPERY SHOP. SHE ALSO WORKED AT LEVINES DRY GOODS STORE THERE. SURVIVED BY HUSBAND OF NEARLY 59 YEARS: ARLIE GRIFFIN OF THE HOME AT 205 S. BYRD, IN COALGATE, OK. CHILDREN: FRANCES GAWF AND HUSBAND DAN OF GLENPOOL, OK. FRANKIE L. GRIFFIN AND WIFE DEANNA, ODESSA, TX. GRANDCHILDREN: DAVID LEE GAWF OF GLENPOOL, OK. JUDITH KAY GAWF LENARD AND HUSBAND DARIS OF TULSA, OK. RICHARD FRANK GRIFFIN OF ODESSA, TX. MICHEAL FRANK GRIFFIN & WIFE (UNKNOWN) OF ODESSA,TX. MICHELLE DeANNA HUGHES OF ODESSA, TX. JAMES BRYAN GAWF AND WIFE TONYA OF BROKEN ARROW, OK. DANNY LEE GOFF Jr. AND WIFE MYRA OF KILLEEN, TX. 16 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. SISTER: MARGIE PARRENT AND HUSBAND LLOYD OF ODESSA, TX. BROTHER: CARL PRINCE AND WIFE CHRISTINE OF OKLAHOMA CITY. SISTER-IN-LAW: AUDREY MAY WILSON OF SKIATOOK, OK. AUNTS: VIOLA McCABE OF WICHITA, KS. ELLEN STALEY OF KALAMAZOO, MI. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: WILLIAM AND SARAH PRINCE.DAUGHTER: ARLIENA GRIFFIN.
DATE OF SERVICES: SATURDAY, MAY 1, 1999 AT 2:00 P.M.PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: NON CEMETERY ~ HUGHES COUNTY, OK. OFFICIATING: BRO. TROY YANDELL.ASSISTING: BRO. DERWOOD ATCHLEY. CASKETBEARERS: RICHARD FRANK GRIFFIN, MICHEAL FRANK GRIFFIN, DAVID LEE GAWF, JAMES BRYAN GAWF, DANNY LEE GAWF, MATTHEW WALLACE LENARD.
NAME: TOBY DAN ISOM, AGE 23, OF LIFELONG KIOWA AREA RESIDENT. BORN: MAY 29, 1975 AT FT. WORTH, TEXAS TO DAN AND MARY ELLEN (LEMONS) ISOM. PASSED AWAY: FRIDAY NIGHT, APRIL 29 IN A DROWNING ACCIDENT ON LAKE EUFALA. AGE: 23 YEARS 11 MONTHS AND 24 DAYS. EDUCATION: GRADUATED FROM KIOWA HIGH SCHOOL WHERE WAS VERY ACTIVE IN THE KIOWA FFA CHAPTER AND WAS HOMECOMING CAPTAIN. OCCUPATION: HE WAS AN ELECTRICIAN FOR STONE ELECTRICAL AT PITTSBURG. HE WAS A RANCHER AND CERTIFIED A. I. TEChNICIAN. CHURCH AFFILIATION: WAS A MEMBER OF THE KIOWA CHURCH OF CHRIST. TOBY RECeiVED THE FFA STAR FARMER OF KIOWA CHAPTER AND THE OKLAHOMA STATE FFA STAR FARMER. HE WAS A LIFE MEMBER OF THE AMERICAN LIMOUSIN BREEDERS ASSOCIATION. TOBY GRADUATED FROM KIOWA HIGH SCHOOL AS CO- SALUTATORIAN OF HIS CLASS. THE LIGHT OF HIS LIFE WAS HIS 3 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER LAUREN. HE LOVED OUTDOORS, HUNTING AND FISHING AND AN AVID HORSEMAN. HE WAS LEARNING TO DRIVE A TEAM OF HORSES. HE LOVED BASKETBALL. SURVIVED BY DAUGHTER: LAUREN. PARENTS: DAN AND MARY ISOM OF KIOWA, OK. SISTER: KAYLENE MAGBY AND HUSBAND HAL OF STRINGTOWN, OK. BROTHER: DOUGLAS AND WIFE MARIANNE SELF OF STRINGTOWN, OK. GRAND MOTHERS: FLORENCE LEMONS AND FLORA ISOM. NIECES AND NEPHEWS: DUSTY, SUMMER, AND TODD MAGBY OF STRINGTOWN, OK. KACE SELF OF LANE, OK. DESTINY SELF OF STRINGTOWN, OK. SPECIAL UNCLE: BILLY JOE HUTSON OF DAISY, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY GRANDFATHERS: ERNEST LEMONS AND ADOLPHUS ISOM.NEPHEW: BLAKE SELF.UNCLES: HAROLD AND CHARLES ISOM. PAUL AND PALMER LEMONS.
DATE OF SERVICES: TUESDAY, MAY 4, 1999 AT 3:00 P.M.PLACE OF SERVICES: KIOWA HIGH SCHOOL GYMNASIUM ~ KIOWA, OK. INTERMENT: MOUNTAIN HOME CEMETERY ~ DAISY, OK. OFFICIATING: PASTOR DANNY HUNTSMAN OF THE KIOWA CHURCH OF CHRIST. CASKETBEARERS: BRIAN CRAIG, JEREMY DOYLE, WILLIAM DRAKE, CARL HACKLER, LARRY MAXWELL, WADE McMATH. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: BRENT STONE, KEN DOYLE, JOHN DOYLE, JOHN CARPER, FRANCIS SHIELDS, MIKE CARTER.
NAME: GLENN DEWAYNE RIDGWAY, AGE 46, OF TAFT, OKLAHOMA AND A FORMER LONGTIME CANEY RESIDENT. BORN: JANUARY 29, 1953 AT DUraNT, OKLAHOMA TO ROBERT LEE AND WANDA LEE (NUTTALL) RIDGWAY. PASSED AWAY: THURSDAY, APRIL 29, 1999 AT THE MUSKOGEE REGIONAL HOSPITAL.AGE: 46 YEARS AND 3 MONTHS. EDUCATION: GRADUATED FROM CANEY SCHOOLS, ATTENDED MURRAY STATE COLLEGE, OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY, AND GRADUATED IN 1975 FROM SOUTHEASTERN STATE OKLAHOMA UNIVERSITY WITH BACHELORS DEGREE. IN PSYCHOLOGY AND BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE. MARRIED: DEBRA ANN WORKMAN IN 1972. KATHY SIMPSON ON FEBRuARY 28, 1992 AT MUSKOGEE, OK. OCCUPATION: FARM COORDINATOR, AGRI SERVICES DIVISION SOR THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS AT THE JESS DUNN CORRECTIONAL CENTER IN TAFT, OK. GLENN HAD SOME 22 YEARS OF SERVICE WITH THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS. CHURCH AFFILIATION: A MEMBER OF THE VOCA BAPTIST CHURCH. GLENN WAS A MEMBER OF THE CATTLEMAN’S ASSOCIATION, AMERICAN QUARTER HORSE ASSOCIATION, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF INSTITUTIONAL AGRI SERVICE, BEEF MASTERS BREEDERS UNITED. GLENN WAS A RACEHORSE TRAINER AND BREEDER, HAVING TRAINED AND OWNED MANY WINNERS ALONG WITH DAD, ROBERT, AND BROTHER MARLON. SURVIVED BY WIFE: KATHY ridgway OF THE HOME AT TAFT, OK. CHILDREN: TISHA RIDGWAY OF STILLWATER, OK. JIM BOB RIDGWAY OF TAFT, OK. MOTHER: WANDA COLLINS AND HUSBAND JIM OF CANEY, OK. BROTHER: MARLON RIDGWAY AND WIFE LISA OF CANEY, OK. NIECE: AMERY RIDGWAY OF CANEY, OK.NEPHEW: CODY RIDGWAY AND WIFE CHARLA OF CANEY, OK. GREAT NIECE: MAKAYLIN RIDGWAY OF CANEY, OK. STEPSISTER: SANDRA AMOS AND HUSBAND TIM OF DURANT, OK.STEPBROTHER: BRIAN COLLINS AND WIFE SHELLY OF DURANT, OK. FATHER-IN-LAW: OSCAR SIMPSON OF ALBUQUERQUE, NM.MOTHER-IN-LAW: LARUE SIMPSON OF ATOKA, OK. GRANDMOTHER-IN-LAW: RUTH VAUGHN OF ATOKA, OK. BROTHER-IN-LAW: OSCAR A. SIMPSON AND WIFE SUSIE OF ALBUQUEQUE, NM.SISTER-IN-LAW: SUSAN SIMPSON OF ATOKA, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY FATHER: ROBERT LEE RIDGWAY.
DATE OF SERVICES: MONDAY, MAY 3, 1999 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: CANEY CEMETERY ~ CANEY, ATOKA COUNTY, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. BOB JOHNSON.ASSISTING: REV. BILLY JOE HOWARD. CASKETBEARERS: EDDIE WALKER, LARRY CHURCH, KEN STANDIFIRD, DEWAYNE, GUTHRIE, JOHNNY ANTU, EDDIE FRENCH. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: BRAD BAILEY, N. L. THOMAS, BOB STEVENS, DICK DAVIS, CHRIS MORRIS, ROBERT VAUGHN, MALCOM DARROUGH, GLEN COOK, AND JEFF VAUGHAN.
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