NAME: NONA FAY (BEAN) LYNCH, AGE 59, OF ATOKA, OKLAHOMA. BORN: JUNE 30, 1938 IN McCURTAIN COUNTY, OK TO GEORGE W. AND MAUDIE CARLIA (COFFMAN) BEAN. PASSED AWAY: MONDAY, APRIL 6, 1998 AT ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.AGE: 59 YEARS 9 MONTHS AND 6 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT MT. ZION NEAR VALLIANT AND VALLIANT HIGH SCHOOL. MARRIED: WILLIAM ARTHUR LYNCH IN 1960 IN McCURTAIN COUNTY, OK. OCCUPATION: HOUSEWIFE. CHURCH AFFILIATION: FORMERLY AFFILIATED WITH FARRIS ASSEMBLY OF GOD AND IN HER EARLIER YEARS SHE WAS ACTIVE IN THE MT. ZION CHURCH OF GOD AT GARVIN, OK. NONA WAS REARED IN McCURTAIN COUNTY. LATER LIVED IN THE FARRIS AND ATOKA AREA SEVERAL YEARS THEN MOVED TO MANNFORD, OKLAHOMA AND RECENTLY CAME BACK TO FARRIS. SURVIVED BY CHILDREN: BILL LYNCH OF ADA, OK. ALVIN LYNCH OF HELENA OK. CARLIA LYNCH OF FT. DEFIANCE, AZ. JAMES LYNCH OF STRINGTOWN, OK. STEPCHILDREN: DEBROAH L. BELL OF BERRYVILLE, VA. WILLIAM LYNCH OF BOLEY, OK. GRANDCHILDREN: BILLY, AUDREY, ASHLEY, SHAWN, BRIAN, SUMMER, CODY, CHRISTINA, AND BRANDIE. GREAT GRANDSON: WILLIAM JACOB HARRIS. SISTER: MARY LOUISE OZERETNY OF OKLAHOMA CITY. BROTHER: G. W. BEAN OF NEWTON, KS. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HUSBAND: WILLIAM ARTHUR LYNCH IN APRIL, 1986.PARENTS: GEORGE AND MAUDIE BEAN.BROTHERS: TOY LEE, ARTHUR, AND JIMMY LEE BEAN.GRANDCHILD: ANITA KARA LYNCH IN 1985.
DATE OF SERVICES: FRIDAY, APRIL 10, 1998 AT 10:00 A.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: FARRIS ASSEMBLY OF GOD ~ FARRIS, OK. COMMITTAL SERVICE: 3:00 P.M. AT FOREST HILL BAPTIST CHURCH NEAR GARVIN, OK.INTERMENT: FOREST HILL CEMETERY IN GARVIN, OK. 0FFICIATING: REV. VIRGIL PATTON. CASKETBEARERS: DANNY BEAN, DONALD BEAN, ERNIE BEAN, MIKE OZERETNY, DUANE OZERETNY, MARK HAUTON, WILLIE RAY BASTIBLE.
NAME: JUANITA (GIPSON) JACKSON, AGE 51, LIFETIME RESIDENT OF ATOKA COUNTY. BORN: NOVEMBER 17, 1946 AT BENTLEY, OK TO DURANT WILLIAMS AND CARRIE GIPSON. PASSED AWAY: THURSDAY, APRIL 9, 1998 AT CHOCTAW NATION INDIAN HOSPITAL IN TALIHINA, OK.AGE: 51 YEARS 4 MONTHS AND 22 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT WEST ALLISON AND GRADUATED FROM TUSHKA HIGH SCHOOL IN 1963. MARRIED: TOM MAYO AT ATOKA, OK. OCCUPATION: WORKED MANY YEARS AT WRANGLER AND SEVERAL YEARS FOR ELDERCARE IN ATOKA. CHURCH AFFILIATION: BLACKJACK BAPTIST CHURCH SINCE A YOUNGSTER. SURVIVED BY TOM MAYO OF THE HOME IN ATOKA, OK. DAUGHTER: TRINA GIPSON OF ATOKA, OK. SON: JOHN JACKSON OF COALGATE, OK. GRANDSON: BRENDEN LEE JACKSON OF COALGATE, OK. BROTHERS: TED LEFLORE AND WIFE MARY ANN OF ATOKA, OK. DON LEFLORE AND WIFE ROSE OF SHERMAN, TX. ANDERSON LEFLORE OF ATOKA, OK. THOMPSON LEFLORE, JR. AND WIFE VONDA OF DALLAS, TX. HAROLD DEAN GIPSON AND WIFE SHARON OF WRIGHT CITY, OK. CHARLES GIPSON AND WIFE RITA OF LAKE ANDES, SD. WILBUR ALLEN OF BLACKJACK COMMUNITY, OK. SISTERS: CHRISTINE DILLARD AND HUSBAND GLEN OF CANEY, OK. EMMILINE WAGGONER AND HUSBAND WILLIAM OF ATOKA, OK. RETHA VAUGHN AND HUSBAND DON OF LONE GROVE, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: DURANT AND CARRIE GIPSON-LEFLORE WILLIAMS.SON: DAVID SHANE GIPSON.BROTHER: PRESTON LEFLORE.SISTER: AGNES GIPSON.
DATE OF SERVICES: SATURDAY, APRIL 11, 1998 AT 10:00 AMPLACE OF SERVICES: BLACKJACK BAPTIST CHURCH ~ ATOKA COUNTY, OK. INTERMENT: CANE HILL CEMETERY ~ BENTLEY, OK. 0FFICIATING: REV. GENE SLUDER. CASKETBEARERS: BO CREWS, LARRY PARKER, RICK LEUTY, JIMMY LEUTY, JERRY MITCHELL, HURSHELL LEUTY. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: LYNN STEPHENS, PAUL WAYCASTER, O. P. LEUTY, JOHNNY MORRIS.
NAME: GILBERT BILLY “GIB” MANSELL, AGE 75, LIFETIME ATOKA, OKLA RESIDENT. BORN: APRIL 29, 1922 IN ATOKA, OK TO HORACE GILBERT AND TULA ELIZABETH (JOHNSON) MANSELL. PASSED AWAY: TUESDAY, APRIL 14, 1998 AT MEDICAL CITY HOSPITAL IN DALLAS, TX. AGE: 75 YEARS 11 MONTHS AND 15 DAYS EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT EAST TELLICO IN ATOKA COUNTY AND GRADUATED FROM ATOKA HIGH SCHOOL IN 1947 AFTER THE WAR. MARRIED: BILLYE JEAN PARTIN ON MARCH 15, 1947 IN COALGATE, OK. OCCUPATION: he was a MERCHANT - HE OWNED AND OPERATED MANSELL APPLIANCE COMPANY FOR 35 YEARS, RETIRING IN 1985. DURING WORLD WAR II HE WORKED IN THE SHIPYARD IN CALIFORNIA. CHURCH AFFILIATION: LIFELONG MEMBER OF SOUTH ATOKA CHURCH CHRIST. GIB SERVED HIS COUNTRY DURING WORLD WAR II IN THE ARMY AIR CORPS 8TH AIR FORCE IN ENGLAND. HE SERVED ON THE ATOKA CITY COUNCIL AND WAS A MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION . GIB ENJOYED HUNTING, FISHING, AND FLYING. HE BECAME AN ACCOMPLISHED PILOT AND TAUGHT OTHERS TO FLY. SURVIVED BY SON: STEVE MANSELL AND WIFE GAYLA OF ATOKA, OK. DAUGHTER: PEGGY MANSELL OF OKLAHOMA CITY, OK. SISTERS: VIRGINIA COLLIER OF GRAND JUNCTION, CO. GENEVA DODD AND HUSBAND FREDDIE OF STRINGTOWN, OK. BETTYE JANE ROBERTS OF ATOKA, OK. BROTHERS: DARWIN MANSELL OF ATOKA, OK. FORREST MANSELL AND WIFE DOROTHY OF ATOKA, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY WIFE: BILLYE MANSELL ON MAY 26, 1997.PARENTS: HORACE AND TULA MANSELL.DAUGHTER: SUSAN MANSELL.BROTHERS-IN-LAW: CLAUDE COLLIER AND LEVI ROBERTS.
DATE OF SERVICES: FRIDAY, APRIL 17, 1998 AT 10:30 A.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: GREEN MEADOWS CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK. 0FFICIATING: HASKELL ENGLAND.ASSISTING: JACKY SMART. CASKETBEARERS: DONNIE ALLEN, BOB FREDRICK, JODY HOUSE, PHILLIP ALLEN, STEVE HYATT, ROGER HUTSON, DICKY PAGE. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: DAVID WAGGONER, JERRY HENDERSON, FLOYD KEELER, MONROE ALLEN, BUD CARR, MELVIN ISHMAEL, LACEY COOPER, HAL ISHMAEL, ROY BURKE, BILL CUNNINGHAM.
NAME: CATHERINE RITA (KEARNS) SCHOTTMAN, AGE 82, OF COLONIAL MANOR NURSING HOME IN ATOKA, OK. BORN: AUGUST 17, 1915 IN NEW YORK CITY TO FRANK AND MARY (MORRISSEY) KEARNS. PASSED AWAY: WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15, 1998 AT VENCOR MEDICAL CENTER IN DALLAS, TX.AGE: 82 YEARS 7 MONTHS AND 28 DAYS EDUCATION: ATTENDED ST. MICHAELS CATHOLIC SCHOOL IN NEW YORK CITY MARRIED: JAMES F. SCHOTTMAN IN 1946 AT NEW YORK CITY. OCCUPATION: HOUSEWIFE. CHURCH AFFILIATION: MEMBER OF THE ST. PATRICKS CATHOLIC CHURCH IN ATOKA, OK. CATHERINE WAS REARED IN NEW YORK CITY. SHE SERVED SEVERAL YEARS ON THE ELECTION BOARD THERE. SHE HAS RESIDED IN ATOKA THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS AND AT COLONIAL MANOR THE PAST FEW YEARS. SURVIVED BY CHILDREN: CATHERINE HUGO OF PITTSBURG, PA. THERESA SCOTT AND HUSBAND RON OF ATOKA, OK. GRANDCHILDREN: JONATHAN ROBERT HUGO, KIMBERLY ALLISON HUGO, YANASH USHI THOMAS SCOTT, KRISTOPHER BRYAN NITTA SCOTT, AND ANGELA GAIL SCOTT. GREAT GRANDSON: YANASH USHI THOMAS SCOTT JR. SISTERS: ANNA LUCAS OF NEW YORK CITY. MARGARET ZUREK OF HUDSON,FL. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HUSBAND: JAMES SCHOTTMAN IN march, 1968.PARENTS: GEORGE AND MARY KEARNS.SON: THOMAS BRUNA IN 1995.BROTHER: FRANK KEARNS, JR.
DATE OF SERVICES: SATURDAY, APRIL 18, 1998 AT 10:00 A.M.PLACE OF SERVICES: ST. PATRICKS CATHOLIC CHURCH ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: GREEM MEADOWS CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK. 0FFICIATING: FATHER NORBERT KARAVA. CASKETBEARERS: ARNOLD ABLES, JEREMY STROTHERS, TONY RUFFINI, RAYMOND COOPER, NATHAN DANEY, BRETT ALBERTA. ALTERNATES: NOAH BURRIS AND DR. MIKE LEE. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: DON ROBERTS AND DARRYL EPPERLY.
NAME: LINDA FAYE (THOMAS) DOOLEN, AGE 44, LIFETIME RESIDENT OF ATOKA, OK. BORN: MARCH 22, 1954 AT McALESTER, OK TO HAROLD HOWARD AND GWENDOLYN ELAINE (MEEKS) THOMAS. PASSED AWAY: THURSDAY, APRIL 16, 1998 AT U.C.L.A. MEDICAL CENTER IN LOS ANGELES, CA.AGE: 44 YEARS 0 MONTHS AND 24 DAYS EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT FOREST HILL, HARMONY, AND GRADUATED FROM ATOKA HIGH SCHOOL IN 1972 AND LATER ATTENDED SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY IN DURANT, WHERE SHE WAS A MEMBER OF THE ALPHA SIGMA TAU SORORITY. SHE WAS A MEMBER OF THE AMERICAN KENNEL CLUB. MARRIED: ANDY DOOLEN ON JULY 24, 1975 AT HARMONY, OK. OCCUPATION: OWNED DOOLEN’S KENNELS AND WAS A HOUSEWIFE. CHURCH AFFILIATION: LONGTIME MEMBER OF HARMONY BAPTIST CHURCH AND THE LAST 20 YEARS A MEMBER OF ATOKA FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH. LINDA TAUGHT SUNDAY SCHOOL AND WAS ALWAYS VERY INVOLVED WITH THE CHILDREN. SURVIVED BY HUSBAND: ANDY doolen OF THE HOME IN ATOKA, OK. CHILDREN: KELLI COYLE AND HUSBAND TRACY OF ATOKA, OK. JON DOOLEN OF THE HOME IN ATOKA, OK. PARENTS: THOMAS and GWENDOLYN THOMAS OF ATOKA, OK. GRANDMOTHER: HETTIE THOMAS OF ATOKA, OK. BROTHER: TOMMY THOMAS and WIFE JUDY OF ATOKA, OK. SISTER: NANCY COPELAND and HUSBAND TED OF ATOKA, OK. MOTHER-IN-LAW: CLARA DEAN DOOLEN OF KONAWA, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY GRANDPARENTS: ORVEL and PAULINE MEEKS. I. W. THOMAS.
DATE OF SERVICES: MONDAY, APRIL 20, 1998 AT 2:00 P.M.PLACE OF SERVICES: ATOKA FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH. INTERMENT: TUSHKA CEMETERY ~ TUSHKA, OK. 0FFICIATING: REV. JERRY WILLIAMS.ASSISTING: REV. BILL ELKINS AND REV. JAMES CROWSON. CASKETBEARERS: BILLY PINGLETON, LARRY PINGLETON, KEITH PINGLETON, GILBERT LONG, JAMES LONG, BOBBY TAYLOR, MARK BASS, PAUL MOORE. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: JOE GRIFFIN, J. V. NEWBERRY, RICKY JOE LOUDERMILK, DWIGHT BIRDSONG, JAMES HERRING.
NAME: I. L (THOMAS) McALISTER, AGE 84, FORMER LIFE LONG RESIDENT OF ATOKA, OK. BORN: NOVember 17, 1913 AT ROBERTA, BRYAN COUNTY, OK TO WALTER GORDON AND MARY MAY (COMPTON) THOMAS. PASSED AWAY: THURSDAY, APRIL 16, 1998 AT ROUND ROCK, TEXAS NEAR AUSTIN.AGE: 84 YEARS 5 MONTHS 0 DAYS EDUCATION: GRADUATED FROM CARMEN, OKLAHOMA HIGH SCHOOL IN 1931. MARRIED: Winnard “BO” McALISTER IN 1947. OCCUPATION: SHE WAS SECRETARY OVER 25 YEARS WITH THE ATOKA PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM. CHURCH AFFILIATION: LONGTIME MEMBER OF THE FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH IN ATOKA. I. L WAS ALWAYS VERY ACTIVE IN THE COMMUNITY AND CIVIC AFFAIRS AND MANY ORGANIZATIONs THROUGHOUT THE YEARS. SURVIVED BY DAUGHTER: PAM MUIR AND HUSBAND GORDON OF AUSTIN, TX. GRANDSON: GORDON MUIR III OF HOUSTON, TX. SISTER: MAHEVELYN PAYNE OF ATOKA, OK. NIECES: DONNA MULKEY, SANDRA BANKER, PHYLLIS JENSEN, CINDY CRIPPIN, AND DEBBIE RENWICK. NEPHEWS: DON AND TOM HYDE. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: WALTER AND MARY THOMAS.HUSBAND: BO McALISTER in september, 1987.SISTERS: GAYLENE THOMAS, MURILL FAVORS, AND DOROTHY HOWE.BROTHER: EUGENE THOMAS.
DATE OF SERVICES: MONDAY, APRIL 20, 1998 AT 11:00 A.M.PLACE OF SERVICES: FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH, ATOKA INTERMENT: TUSHKA CEMETERY ~ TUSHKA, OK. 0FFICIATING: REV. ROY ROCHELL. CASKETBEARERS: CHARLES McCALL, JOHNNY DAVIS, JACK BANKER, CLAY Mc CALL, CHARLES McCALL III, BRETT BANKER. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: STAN JENSEN, BARNEY McCALL, BOB PLUMLEE.
NAME: SUSIE R. (LEISTER) GRIFFIN, AGE 92, OF OKLAHOMA CITY, FORMER LONGTIME RESIDENT OF ATOKA. BORN: FEBRUARY 9, 1906 IN, ARKANSAS TO EDWIN AND ESMA (CHITWOOD) LEISTER. PASSED AWAY: SATURDAY, APRIL 18, 1998 AT MANOR CARE NURSING CENTER IN OKLAHOMA CITY. AGE: 92 YEARS 2 MONTHS AND 9 DAYS EDUCATION: GRADUATED FROM COALGATE HIGH SCHOOL IN 1923. LATER GRADUATED FROM SOUTHEASTERN STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE. MARRIED: JOHN CECIL GRIFFIN ON OCTOBER 3, 1930 AT DURANT, OK. OCCUPATION: RETIRED SCHOOL TEACHER, TAUGHT MANY YEARS IN SCHOOLS THROUGHOUT ATOKA COUNTY. CHURCH AFFILIATION: LONGTIME MEMBER OF ATOKA FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH LATER AFFILIATED WITH THE SPRING CREEK BAPTIST CHURCH IN OKLAhoma CITY. SHE WAS A MEMBER OF THE OKLAhoma EDUCATORS ASSOCiation AND RETIRED TEACHErS ASSOCIATION for MANY YEARS. SURVIVED BY DAUGHTER: JOYCE BURGESS AND HUSBAND COY OF OKLAHOMA CITY. GRAND DAUGHTER: KIM BURGESS OF OKLAHOMA CITY. GRANDSON: JAY BURGESS OF OKLAHOMA CITY. SISTER: GAYLE MITCHELL OF WEATHERFORD, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HUSBAND: JOHN CECIL GRIFFIN oN august 5, 1996.BROTHERS: JOHN, DENNIS AND PAUL LEISTER.SISTERS: EVELYN, DECIE (DESSIE), AND RHEA (REA).
DATE OF SERVICES: TUESDAY, APRIL 21, 1998 AT 11:00 A.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S FUNERAL SERVICE ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: GREEN MEADOWS CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK. 0FFICIATING: DR. STEVE GRAHAM. CASKETBEARERS: BRICKIE GRIFFIN, TRACY GRIFFIN, TRENTON GRIFFIN, BUDDY DURBIN, TOM WELLS, DON STOCKTON.
NAME: ROSA LEE (WHITE) GAMMON, AGE 62, LONGTIME CANEY AND ATOKA RESIDENT. BORN: FEBRUARY 6, 1936 AT BETHEL, McCURTAIN COUNTY, OKLAHOMA, TO DAVID BENJAMIN AND LUCY ELLEN (BAGLEY) WHITE. PASSED AWAY: SUNDAY, APRIL 19, 1998 AT TEXOMA MEDICAL CENTER IN DENISON, TX. AGE: 62 YEARS 2 MONTHS AND 13 DAYS EDUCATION: GRADUATED FROM BATTIEST HIGH SCHOOL IN McCURTAIN COUNTY. MARRIED: HASKEL J. GAMMON ON FEBRUARY 18, 1952 AT DEQUEEN, AR. OCCUPATION: HOUSEWIFE. SURVIVED BY DAUGHTERS: ANN EAVES AND HUSBAND GERALD OF ATOKA, OK. CINDY HUNTER AND HUSBAND BO OF CANEY, OK. SON: ALAN GAMMON OF CADDO, OK. GRANDCHILDREN: JOE DON EAVES OF TULSA, OK. JIM BOB EAVES OF ATOKA, OK. SHANDI EAVES OF ATOKA, OK. B. J. HUNTER OF CANEY, OK. LACIE HUNTER OF CANEY, OK. LINDEE GAMMON OF DORCHESTER, TX. DUSTY GAMMON OF DURANT, OK. GREAT GRANDCHILD: JADEN EAVES OF ATOKA, OK. SISTERS: SHIRLEY STEPHENSON AND HUSBAND JERRY OF ROPESVILLE, TX. BROOXIE WHITE AND HUSBAND MARION OF RAINEER, OR. LIFELONG FRIEND: BESS WITHROW OF CANEY, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HUSBAND: HASKEL GAMMON ON JUNE 20, 1995.BROTHER: EDDIE GREGORY.
DATE OF SERVICES: TUESDAY, APRIL 21, 1998 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH ~ CANEY, OK. INTERMENT: GAMMON ADDITION OF THE CANEY CEMETERY ~ CANEY, OK. 0FFICIATING: REV. T. A. McBRIDE. ASSISTING: REV. BILLY JOE HOWARD. CASKETBEARERS: BENNIE WILLIS, MICKEY ROSE, PERRY WILLIS, KIM BURKHALTER, TINKER RAY, PERRY RAY. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: BILL MILLER, ERNIE GRIFFIN, DEAN BEGLEY, HARLEY JENKINS, RONNIE FRANKLIN.
NAME: ROBERT MILLER REARDEN, AGE 65, OF COALGATE, OK. BORN: JANUARY 19, 1933 AT PETALUMA, CALIFORNIA TO BARTON B. AND GRACE HATTIE (MILLER) REARDEN. PASSED AWAY: MONDAY, APRIL 27, 1998 AT HIS RESIDENCE.AGE: 65 YEARS 3 MONTHS AND 6 DAYS EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT PETALUMA, CA. MARRIED: DARLENE COOPER ON DECEMBER 21,1952 AT RENO, NEV. OCCUPATION: CARPENTER AND RANCHER. SURVIVED BY WIFE: DARLENE REARDEN OF THE HOME IN COALGATE, OK. CHILDREN: BEN REARDEN OF COALGATE, OK. SHERRY NOLAN OF PRESCOTT, AZ. GRANDCHILDREN: KATIE, COLE, CASSIE, AND CORD REARDEN OF COALGATE, OK. BROTHER: JIM REARDEN OF HOMER, AK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: BARTON AND GRACE REARDEN.
DATE OF SERVICES: NO SERVICES. INTERMENT: NONE -- DIRECT CREMATION.
NAME: SHIRLEY ANNE SIPES, AGE 48, LIFELONG RESIDENT OF ATOKA COUNTY. BORN: FEBRUARY 9, 1950 AT DURANT, OK TO BUENOS AIRES “B. A.” AND VIRGINIA CATHERINE (O’QUINN) SIPES. PASSED AWAY: TUESDAY, APRIL 28, 1998 AT HER RESIDENCE AFTER A COURAGEOUS BATTLE WITH CANCER. AGE: 48 YEARS 2 MONTHS AND 19 DAYS EDUCATION: GRADUATED FROM TUSHKA HIGH SCHOOL IN 1968 AND ATTENDED SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY IN DURANT. OCCUPATION: FORMER EMPLOYEE OF GRIFFIN ENTERPRISES, FOR ERNIE AND CINDY GRIFFIN OF ATOKA, SUPER H OF DURANT AND LOVE’S IN ATOKA. CHURCH AFFILLIATION: PENTECOSTAL HOLINESS FAITH. SHIRLEY WAS AN INSPIRATION TO EVERYONE THAT SHE MET. SHE WAS A VERY STRONG PERSON AND MADE A GENUINE IMPRESSION ON EVERYONE SHE MET BECAUSE OF HER BEAUTIFUL SMILE, SENSE OF HUMOR AND HER STRONG FAITH IN GOD. SHE NEVER MET A STRANGER -- AND WAS NEVER TOO BUSY TO TAKE THE TIME TO BRIGHTEN UP SOMEONE’S DAY. SURVIVED BY MOTHER: VIRGINIA SIPES OF ATOKA, OK. BROTHERS: ROGER SIPES AND WIFE TERESA OF ATOKA, OK. JOE SIPES AND WIFE CATHY OF ATOKA, OK. JERRY SIPES AND WIFE NONA OF NORMAN, OK. SISTER: REGINA McDONALD AND HUSBAND DON OF NORMAN, OK. NEPHEW: ROGER GLENN SIPES OF ATOKA, OK. NIECES: REGINA ALLEN AND HUSBAND DOBBIN OF ATOKA, OK. KRISTI HAMILTON AND HUSBAND JOHN OF ATOKA, OK. JODI SIPES OF ATOKA, OK. JENNIFER SIPES OF ATOKA, OK. TONYA WHITE AND HUSBAND ELTON OF CELINA, TX. VERY SPECIAL UNCLE: VIRGIL O’QUINN OF SACRAMENTO, CA. VERY SPECIAL FRIEND: DR. WILLIAM E. BROWN OF ATOKA, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY FATHER: B. A. SIPES ON MAY 14, 1992.BROTHER: BUENOS “BUDDY” SIPES, JR. ON NOVEMBER 30, 1966.
DATE OF SERVICES: THURSDAY, APRIL 30,1998 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: GREEN MEADOWS CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. BOB JOHNSON. CASKETBEARERS: GARY McCOOL, TERRELL SNOW, BRICKIE GRIFFIN, GARY COOPER, JOHN COOK, DANNY COOPER. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: ERNIE GRIFFIN.
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