NAME: GEORGE BROWN COTTEN, AGE 66, FARRIS, OK RESIDENT. BORN: APRIL 19, 1929 AT EXCEL, ALABAMA TO JOHN SULLIVAN AND RUBY (GRIFFIN) COTTEN. PASSED AWAY: MONDAY, APRIL 1, 1996 AT HIS FARRIS, OKLAHOMA RESIDENCE.AGE: 66 YEARS 11 MONTHS AND 12 DAYS. EDUCATION: GEORGE ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT EXCEL, ALABAMA. MARRIED: JOAN A. BERES ON SEPTEMBER 8, 1980 AT HUGO, OK. OCCUPATION: GEORGE WORKED CONSTRUCTION IN GARY, INDIANA. IN 1956, HE STARTED WORKING FOR U. S. STEEL, RETIRING IN 1974 DUE TO HEALTH problems. HE MOVED TO FARRIS IN 1975. LOVED TO COON HUNT, FISH, AND RIDE HORSEBACK. HE READ LOUIS LA’MOUR WESTERNS. SURVIVED BY WIFE: JOAN cotten OF THE HOME IN FARRIS, OK. SON: TIMOTHY WAYNE COTTEN AND WIFE JODI OF NORTH FIELD, MN. DAUGHTERS: LINDA MORTON AND HUSBAND DONALD OF FARRIS, OK. JENNIFER PRATER AND HUSBAND TOMMIE OF LEONARD, TX. GRANDCHILDREN: DANIEL GENE MORTON, CHRISTOPHER LEE PRATER, ALEXANDREIA CHRISTINE PRATER, SAMANTHA KERWIN PRATER, AND TOMMIE LLOYD PRATER III. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: JOHN AND RUBY COTTEN.BROTHERS: JOHN W., MARVIN, AND FRANK COTTEN.SISTERS: JUANITA GANDY AND IVA MAE BROWN.
DATE OF SERVICES: THURSDAY, APRIL 4, 1996 AT 3:00 P.M.PLACE OF SERVICES: GRAVESIDE SERVICES. INTERMENT: FARRIS CEMETERY ~ FARRIS, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. DON BURCHAM.
NAME: MERION “L.V.” (GRIFFIN) INGRUM - MILLS, AGE 76, ATOKA, OK RESIDENT. BORN: JUNE 1, 1919 AT IDABEL, OK TO ALVIE T. AND CARRIE (BLANKENSHIP) GRIFFIN. PASSED AWAY: TUESDAY, APRIL 2, 1996 AT ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.AGE: 76 YEARS 10 MONTHS AND 1 DAY. EDUCATION: SHE ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT ANTLERS AND SARDIS AREAS. MARRIED: JAMES FRANK INGRUM IN ANTLERS AREA. J. B. MILLS ON JUNE 3, 1957 AT HUGO, OK. OCCUPATION: L. V. OWNED AND MANAGED RESTAURANTS IN THE BORGER, TX AREA FOR OVER 20 YEARS and WORKED A SHORT TIME AT the STRINGTOWN CAFE. CHURCH AFFILIATION: MEMBER OF MOUNTAIN VIEW PENTECOSTAL CHURCH. SHE MOVED TO ATOKA IN 1962. SHE ENJOYED HAVING YARD SALES AND MAKING CRAFTS. SHE WAS A MEMBER OF AMERICAN LEGION AUXILiARY AND MIRACLE REVIVAL CENTER IN BORGER, TX. SURVIVED BY HUSBAND: J. B. MILLS OF THE HOME IN ATOKA, OK. SONS: TOMMY INGRUM AND WIFE JANICE OF ATOKA, OK. JASPER MILLS OF ATOKA, OK. DAUGHTERS: PATRICIA SHATTO OF ATOKA, OK. BONNIE RUSHIN OF ATOKA, OK SON-IN-LAW: R. C. FRONDREN OF OKLAHOMA CITY. STEPSON: JESSIE DALE MYERS OF OKLAHOMA CITY. SISTERS: OZELL CARTER AND HUSBAND IKE OF THE COLONY, TX. MARGARET CARTER AND HUSBAND E. C. OF TAHOKA, TX. 13 GRANDCHILDREN, 23 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: ALVIE AND CARRIE GRIFFIN.FIRST HUSBAND: JAMES FRANK INGRUM IN 1956 IN BORGER, TX AREA.SON: HENRY FRANKLIN INGRUM.DAUGHTER: NANCIE FONDREN.GREAT GRANDSON: TIMOTHY JAMES GRIFFIN.BROTHER: WILLIAM GRIFFIN.SISTER: IDELL SHERWOOD.
DATE OF SERVICES: FRIDAY, APRIL 5, 1996 AT 2:00 P.M.PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: GREEN MEADOWS CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK. OFFICIATING: SISTER FRANCES SCARBER. CASKETBEARERS: BOBBY DALE HUNT, SONNY WILLIAMS, TOMMY INGRUM, ROBERT PERRY, ANTHONY MILLS, DAVID MILLS. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: BOB FREDRICK, JESS COSLOW, ROGER COSLOW, MARVIN HENSLEY.
NAME: LEM CLEMUEL “L.C.” DOOLEY, AGE 68, CANEY, OK RESIDENT. BORN: OCTOBER 29, 1927 AT CALERA, OK TO LEMUEL CLEMUEL AND LILLIE MAE (WREN) DOOLEY. PASSED AWAY: THURSDAY, APRIL 4, 1996 AT HIS CANEY RESIDENCE.AGE: 68 YEARS 5 MONTHS AND 5 DAYS EDUCATION: LEM ATTENDED CALERA SCHOOLS. MARRIED: BETTY JOE SPEAKS ON NOVEMBER 1, 1952 IN QUANAH, TX. OCCUPATION: L. C. WAS A BUILDING CONTRACTOR. CHURCH AFFILIATION: MIDWAY CHURCH IN CANEY, OK. L. C. ENJOYED RUNNING HIS FRUIT STAND, BOWLING, AND FISHING. HE GREW UP AT CALERA anD TUSHKA. L. C. SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE U. S. AIRFORCE IN JAPAN FOR 21 MONTHS AND SPENT 16 ADDITiONAL MONTHS SERVING IN THE U.S. ARMY. SURVIVED BY WIFE: BETTY DOOLEY OF THE HOME IN CANEY, OK. SON: LEONARD DOOLEY AND WIFE GAIL OF BONHAM, TX. DAUGHTERS: GWENDYLEN WHITE AND HUSBAND LONNIE OF COLEMAN, OK. KAREN DOOLEY OF SOPER, OK. SHIRLENE BUFFALO AND HUSBAND VIRGIL OF KENeFIC, OK. SHERRI LORSON AND HUSBAND REIC OF CANEY, OK. BROTHER: OLLIE DOOLEY OF SHERMAN, TX. SISTER: BESSIE TREADWAY OF CALERA, OK. BROTHER AND SISTER-IN-LAW: ROBERT AND MARY WEST OF COLEMAN. 17 GRANDCHILDREN, 8 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: LEMUEL AND LILLIE DOOLEY.SON: ALAN DOOLEY.BROTHERS: TIM, CHARLES, AND BENNIE DOOLEY.SISTERS: RUBY GLESREN AND GENEVA McALESTER.
DATE OF SERVICES: SATURDAY, APRIL 6, 1996 AT 2:00 P.M.PLACE OF SERVICES: MIDWAY CHURCH ~ CANEY, OK. INTERMENT: OAK GROVE CEMETERY ~ NIDA, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. DAVID HOWARD. CASKETBEARERS: LEON CRITES, JACK McDANIEL, BEN HOWARD, JOE CRITES, ROY WALSTON, DARRELL HORATH.
NAME: RUTH MARGARET (STONEHAM) LAMBERT, AGE 90, ATOKA, OK RESIDENT. BORN: MARCH 8, 1906 AT STONEHAM, TX TO HAL BRYANT AND EMMA (LUDWIG) STONEHAM. PASSED AWAY: THURSDAY, APRIL 11, 1996 AT ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.AGE: 90 YEARS 1 MONTH AND 3 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT NAVASOTA, TX. ALSO ATTENDED RICE UNIVERSITY IN HOUSTON AND SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY. MARRIED: JAMES E. JACKSON IN 1929 AT NAVASOTO, TX. HUNTER LAMBERT IN 1958. OCCUPATION: ASSISTANT COURT CLERK FOR COAL COUNTY AND SECRETARY FOR COALGATE SCHOOL BOARD. CHURCH AFFILIATION: MEMBER OF FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, ATOKA, OK. SHE LIVED IN OKMULGEE AND LATER MUSKOGEE, OK BEFORE MOVING TO COALGATE IN 1931. AFTER MARRYING HUNTER, THEY MOVED TO ATOKA. SHE WAS ALSO A MEMBER OF THE FRIDAY BRIDGE CLUB, THE PIONEER CLUB, AND THE GARDEN CLUB. SURVIVED BY SON: JAMES ELLIOTT JACKSON OF ATOKA, OK. NEPHEW: RANDY STONEHAM OF DENVER, CO. NIECE: WANDA STONEHAM OF HOUSTON, TX. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: HAL AND EMMA LAMBERT.FIRST HUSBAND: JAMES JACKSON IN 1944.SECOND HUSBAND: HUNTER LAMBERT IN 1961.BROTHERS: ELLIOTT STONEHAM AND HAL B. STONEHAM, JR.
DATE OF SERVICES: SATURDAY, APRIL 13, 1996 AT 10:00 A.M.PLACE OF SERVICES: FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: COALGATE CEMETERY ~ COALGATE, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. DAN FLETCHER. CASKETBEARERS: CLYDE PRUITT, J.A. DOWLEN, MEDFORD UNDERWOOD, PAUL MULLINS, VILL PASQUALI, DON BARNARD, BARNEY McCALL, EUGENE VIETTA.
NAME: JAY STEVEN FLETCHER, AGE 46, TUSHKA, OK RESIDENT. BORN: SEPTEMBER 8, 1949 AT SAN FRANCISCO, CA TO JOHN THOMAS AND VELMA VERDEANA (FRENCH) FLETCHER. PASSED AWAY: THURSDAY, APRIL 11, 1996 AT ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.AGE: 46 YEARS 7 MONTHS AND 3 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT BENTLEY, OK AND GRADUATED FROM CAPITOL HILLS HIGH SCHOOL IN OKLAHOMA CITY. MARRIED: DEBRA MAE DICKISON. OCCUPATION: CONSTRUCTION WORKER AND CARPET LAYER, ALSO WORKED FOR GRIFFIN-GAMMON ENTERPRISES. CHURCH AFFILIATION: TUSHKA BAPTIST CHURCH in TUSHKA, OK. STEVE SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE U. S. ARMY DURING VIETNAM. HE WAS WOUNDED IN ACTION ON SEPTEMBER 30, 1970, RECEIVING THE PURPLE HEART AND FIVE BRONZE STARS. HE ALSO WORKED SOME 12 YEARS FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, IN THE OKLAHOMA DRUG AND GANG TASK FORCE AND A MEMBER OF THE OKLAHOMA ASSOCIATION OF NARCOTIC ENFORCERS. SURVIVED BY DAUGHTERS: KRISTEN LEA AND JESSICA LYNN FLETCHER OF TUSHKA, OK. 2ND PARENTS: KENNETH AND DEANA FRAZIER OF BENTLEY, OK. FORMER WIFE: DEBRA RAINS AND HUSBAND R. J. OF ATOKA. SISTERS: JUDY MAY DANDERSON AND HUSBAND LEON OF WACO, TX. LENA NOWEL DANIEL AND HUSBAND RANDY OF ATOKA, OK. NADENE McDANIEL AND HUSBAND PHIL OF BENTLEY, OK. GAYLENE DIANE RILEY AND HUSBAND SCOTT OF ATOKA, OK. GRANDMOTHER: EDITH KELLY OF BENTLEY, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY
DATE OF SERVICES: SUNDAY, APRIL 14, 1996 AT 2:00 P.M.PLACE OF SERVICES: BENTLEY BAPTIST CHURCH ~ ATOKA COUN TY, OK. INTERMENT: BENTLEY CEMETERY ~ ATOKA COUNTY, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. STEVE HAVENER. CASKETBEARERS: GLEN MAXEY, DAN PETERSON, JOHNNY MORRIS, SANDY DANDERSON, R. J. RAINS, GEORGE HALL, HUCK NELSON, PAUL ARMSTRONG, ERNIE GRIFFIN, LEWIS McGEE.
NAME: GEORGIA (FISHER) WILLIAMS, AGE 88, LIFETIME RESIDENT OF ATOKA - BENTLEY AREA. BORN: APRIL 21, 1907 AT LANE, OK TO DANIEL AND ELLEN (CARNES) FISHER. PASSED AWAY: SATURDAY, APRIL 20, 1996 AT ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.AGE: 88 YEARS 11 MONTHS AND 29 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOL AT GOODLAND INDIAN SCHOOL IN HUGO, OK. MARRIED: ISOM WILLIAMS. OCCUPATION: NURSE AT THE OLD HUBBARD NURSING HOME AND LATER COLONIAL MANOR IN ATOKA CHURCH AFFILIATION: MEMBER OF PINE GROVE METHODIST CHURCH, LANE, OK. GEORGIA WAS VERY PROUD OF HER INDIAN HERITAGE AND WAS A LOVING, CARING PERSON. SHE ENJOYED GARDENING AND CANNING AND LOVED ATTENDING GOSPEL SINGINGS. SURVIVED BY DAUGHTER-IN-LAW: WYELINE WADLEY OF OKMULGEE, OK. GRANDSONS: HAROLD WILLIAMS, JR. OF OKMULGEE, OK. ANTHONY WILLIAMS OF OKMULGEE, OK. GRANDDAUGHTER: ROMONA DAVIS OF OKMULGEE, OK. COUSINS: ELLIS CARNES OF BROKEN BOW, OK. HERBERT CARNES OF DENVER, CO. SISTER-IN-LAW: JANIE FISHER OF BENTLEY, OK. SUSAN FISHER OF COALGATE, OK. MANY GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: DANIEL AND ELLEN FISHER.HUSBAND: ISOM WILLIAMS in january, 1972.SON: HAROLD WILLIAMS.GRANDSONS: PHILLIP AND EMANUEL WILLIAMS.BROTHERS: JOE AND JAMES FISHER.
DATE OF SERVICES: SATURDAY, APRIL 22, 1996 AT 2:00 P.M.PLACE OF SERVICES: CANE HILL METHODIST CHURCH ~ BENTLEY, ATOKA COUN TY, OK. INTERMENT: CANE HILL CEMETERY ~ BENTLEY, ATOKA COUNTY, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. OSBORN ROBERTS. CASKETBEARERS: MOSES COOPER, DAVID SUBLET, JUNIOR BARCUS, LEROY MITCHELL, BENNIE BARCUS, TERRY COOPER.
NAME: MARVIN ERNEST JAMES ARTERBERRY, AGE 63, OF SHREVEPORT, LA AND FORMER ATOKA AREA RESIDENT. BORN: JANUARY 30, 1933 AT ATOKA, OK TO ALLISON AND BERTHA LEOLA (WHITE) ARTERBERRY, SR. PASSED AWAY: TUESDAY, APRIL 30, 1996 AT ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.AGE: 63 YEARS 3 MONTHS AND 0 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOL AT DUNBAR IN ATOKA, OK, GRADUATING IN 1952. MARRIED: EUNICE YVONNE POWELL ON FEBRUARY 11, 1955 AT OKLAHOMA CITY. OMELIA AT SHREVEPORT, LA. OCCUPATION: HE WORKED AT THE ARMY AMMUNITION BASE AT SHREVEPORT FOR SEVERAL YEARS AND LATER WORKED FOR THE CITY OF SHREVEPORT. CHURCH AFFILIATION: MEMBER OF MT. ZION METHODIST CHURCH, ATOKA, OK. MARVIN SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE U. S. ARMY DURING THE KOREAN WAR, HE RECEIVED HIS TRAINING AT FT. HOOD, TX. HE OBTAINED THE RANK OF CORPORAL. HE ALSO SERVED 8 YEARS IN THE ARMY RESERVES AT OKLAHOMA CITY. MARVIN LOVED TO FISH AND VISIT FRIENDS. SURVIVED BY WIFE: OMELIA ARTERBERRY OF SHREVEPORT, LA. FORMER WIFE: EUNICE HILL OF OKLAHOMA CITY. SONS: DWIGHT EUGENE ARTERBERRY OF OKLAHOMA CITY. MARVIN ARTERBERRY, JR. OF OKLAHOMA CITY. ALVIN ARTERBERRY AND WIFE DIEDRICH OF JACKSONVILLE, FL. DAUGHTER: VALERIE ARTERBERRY OF MIDWEST CITY, OK. GRANDCHILDREN: AMBER ARTERBERRY, DEWIGHT ARTERBERRY, JR., DONALD TAYLOR, DWIJUANA ARTERBERRY, AND DYLAN ARTERBERRY. SISTER: FRANCILL PIERCE AND HUSBAND GEORGE OF ATOKA, OK. HALF SISTERS: MARGARET ARTERBERRY OF LOS ANGELES, CA. NANCY PIERCE OF ATOKA, OK. SPECIAL NEPHEW: NATHANIEL DAVIS OF PAULS VALLEY, OK. SPECIAL NIECE: YVONNE VINEY OF OKLAHOMA CITY. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: ALLISON AND BERTHA ARTERBERRY.BROTHERS: ALLISON, JR AND AARON ARTERBERRY.SISTERS: MARY ANN ARTERBERRY AND HELEN ARTERBERRY.SON: GILBERT ARTERBERRY.
DATE OF SERVICES: SATURDAY, MAY 4, 1996 AT 1:00 P.M.PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: GREEN HILL CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK. OFFICIATING: WILLARD HARRISON. CASKETBEARERS: TOMMY GAGE, JACK BROWN, WENDELL WOODARD, MARSHALL HARRISON, LOUIS NICHOLS, CECIL HILL. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: JACK GREENWOOD, DON FREEMAN, VONEY SHIELDS, CHARLES COULTER, ORLON HILL, DARELL CRAWFORD, BOBBY JOHNSON.
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