NAME: RUBY DEAN CALDONIA (PELTS) HENSLEY, AGE 88, A LONGTIME ATOKA AREA RESIDENT. BORN: JULY 22, 1912 IN ARKANSAS TO BEN AND LUEISA (ROBINSON) PELTS. PASSED AWAY: WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 2, 2000 AT INTEGRIS SW MEDICAL CENTER IN OKLAHOMA CITY.AGE: 88 YEARS AND 10 DAYS EDUCATION: SHE ATTENDED SCHOOLS IN ARKANSAS. MARRIED: OTT FREDRICK HENSLEY ON SEPTEMBER 14, 1927 AT ATOKA, OK. OCCUPATION: HOUSEWIFE AND HOMEMAKER. CHURCH AFFILIATION: SHE WAS A LONGTIME MEMBER OF THE CHURCH OF GOD OF THE FIRST BORN IN ATOKA AND LATER WAS A MEMBER OF THE STRINGTOWN ASSEMBLY OF GOD. SURVIVED BY CHILDREN: MARVIN HENSLEY and WIFE CASSIE OF LEHIGH, OK. DONNA MAE STARR and HUSBAND BILL OF OKLAHOMA CITY. ARVIN HENSLEY and WIFE NELL OF LEHIGH. LOLA MAE EMULOU COLE and HUSBAND LEWIS OF ATOKA, OK. LOREDA FORTENBERRY OF OKLAHOMA CITY. 18 GRANDCHILDREN, 29 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, 4 GREAT GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. SISTER-IN-LAW: LEDONIA PELTS OF ATOKA, OK. SON-IN-LAW: CURTIS FORTENBERRY OF CHOCTAW, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: BEN and LUEISA PELTSHUSBAND: OTT HENSLEY IN MAY, 1988.SON: DELVIN WAYNE HENSLEY.DAUGHTER: PEARL BERNICE HENSLEY.BROTHERS: SAM and DEWEY PELTS.SISTER: ELIZABETH POE.
DATE OF SERVICES: SATURDAY, AUGUST 5, 2000 AT 2:00 P.M.PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: WESTVIEW CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. BOB JOHNSON.ASSISTING: REV. J. T. RICHARD. CASKETBEARERS: (GRANDSONS) SHAWN FORTENBERRY, DARRELL COLE, MIKE HENSLEY, LARRY HENSLEY, RICK ADAMS, TERRY HENSLEY, GARY HENSLEY, DEWAYNE COOK. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: (GREAT GRANDSONS) KENNY MOYNAHAN, BRAD HENSLEY, TERRY VERNON HENSLEY, JARED JENNINGS, DEE HENSLEY, GARY HENSLEY, DAMIAN FORTENBERRY.
NAME: VIRGINIA NORA (BAYLES) HYATT, AGE 58, OF LINDSAY, OKLAHOMA. BORN: SEPTEMBER 7, 1941 AT ATOKA, OKLAHOMA TO MARION AND RUBY M. (HUNT) BAYLES. PASSED AWAY: THURSDAY, AUGUST 3, 2000 AT NORMAN REGIONAL HOSPITAL. AGE: 58 YEARS 10 MONTHS AND 26 DAYS. EDUCATION: SHE ATTENDED SCHOOLS IN ATOKA AND OKLAHOMA CITY. MARRIED: KENNETH WELCH ON OCTOBER 13, 1962 IN ATOKA, OKA. FREEMAN HYATT ON JANUARY 6, 1998 IN DURANT, OK. OCCUPATION: HOUSEWIFE AND HOMEMAKER. CHURCH AFFILIATION: SHE WAS OF THE PENTECOSTAL HOLINESS FAITH. SURVIVED BY CHILDREN: BILL WELCH and WIFE GLORIA OF HARRISON, AR. KENNY WELCH OF OKLAHOMA CITY. ARDYST LEE WELCH OF LAWTON, OK. HUSBAND: FREEMAN HYATT OF MAYSVILLE, OK. 7 GRANDCHILDREN, 2 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. BROTHERS: JOHN BAYLES OF ATOKA, OK. CLARENCE BAYLES OF ATOKA, OK. CLIFFORD BAYLES OF ATOKA, OK. BILL BAYLES OF ATOKA, OK. SISTERS: VETA MAXEY OF ATOKA, OK. RUBY FISH OF SIBLEY, LA. JEWEL WILLEBY OF ATOKA, OK. DOROTHY TAYLOR OF WAPANUCKA, OK. MARY TAYLOR OF DEL CITY, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: MARION and RUBY BAYLES.SISTER: CHRISTINE COLE.
DATE OF SERVICES: TUESDAY, AUGUST 8, 2000 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: STEVEN COLE, JERRY BAYLES, ANDY BAYLES, TOMMY BAYLES, DALE CUMMINGS, RONALD BAYLES, JIMMY COLE, MIKE HENSLEY. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: DENNIS TAYLOR.
NAME: CLARK STOWE CURTIS, AGE 86, LONGTIME RINGLING, OKLAHOMA RESIDENT. BORN: FEBRUARY 4, 1914 AT YANUSH, OKLA. TO JOHN CALVIN AND DELLA WARING (BUDD) CURTIS. PASSED AWAY: MONDAY, AUGUST 7, 2000 AT HIS SON’S HOME EAST OF ATOKA, OK.AGE: 86 YEARS 6 MONTHS AND 3 DAYS EDUCATION: HE ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT RYAN, WEST PLAINVIEW, AND WAURIKA, OK. MARRIED: DORIS ELSIE HOOT ON JULY 10, 1937 AT SANTA FE, NM. OCCUPATION: HE WORKED A NUMBER OF YEARS FOR SINCLAIR OIL CO.. HE AND DORIS OWNED AND OPERATED THE 70 CAFE IN RINGLING. WHEN THEY LIVED IN ARKANSAS HE WAS IN THE BROILER BUSINESS AND WAS A FARMER AND RANCHER. CHURCH AFFILIATION: HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH AT RINGLING, OKLA. CLARK WAS AN OUTDOORS PERSON AND LOVED TO QUAIL HUNT. HE WAS ALSO A 32ND DEGREE MASON AT THE CORNISH LODGE 68. SURVIVED BY WIFE: DORIS curtis OF THE HOME IN RINGLING, OK. SON: JIMMIE E. CURTIS AND WIFE WANDA OF ATOKA, OK. GRANDCHILDREN: CLENDON CURTIS AND WIFE ILA OF PHOENIX, AZ. CECLAN CURTIS AND WIFE DOROTHY OF PHOENIX, AZ. JOE CURTIS AND WIFE AMBER OF EARLSBORO, OK. STANLEY CURTIS AND WIFE SANDRA OF SHAWNEE, OK. SHANNON BOLLINGER AND HUSBAND DAVID OF GORE, OK. 12 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, 6 STEP GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, 1 GREAT, GREAT GRANDCHILD. BROTHER: ROBERT CURTIS AND WIFE GLADYS OF DUNCAN, OK. DAUGHTER IN-LAW: SALLY CURTIS OF PHOENIX, AZ. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: JOHN AND DELLA CURTIS.DAUGHTER: DELLA GERTRUDE CURTIS.SON: STANLEY CLARK CURTIS.SISTERS: PETRINELL HAMBY, GERTRUDE PHARRIS, AND LALLAH DUMAS.BROTHERS: JESSIE, LEWIS, AND THIELE CURTIS.GRANDDAUGHTER: LAWANNA CHRISTINE CURTIS.
DATE OF SERVICES: WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 9, 2000 AT 11:00 A.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH ~ RINGLING, OK. INTERMENT: RYAN CEMETERY ~ RYAN, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. CHARLES HOWARD.ASSISTING: REV. MIKE WILLIAMS. CASKETBEARERS: KEITH MARTIN, WES ENLOE, DARREL RAUSIN, AL HAYNES, LYNDEL VANBUSKIRK, SHERLE LOCKWOOD. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: DAVID BOLLINGER, CLENDON CURTIS, STANLEY CURTIS.
NAME: NATHANIEL LARRY WILLIAMS, INFANT SON OF MARQUITA JANINE WILLIAMS OF OKMULGEE AND A FORMER ATOKA COUNTY RESIDENT. BORN AND PASSED AWAY: THURSDAY, AUGUST 10, 2000, AT OKMULGEE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. survived by MOTHER: MARQUITA WILLIAMS OF OKMULGEE, OK. GRANDMOTHER: RAMONA DAVIS OF OKMULGEE, OK. GREAT GRANDMOTHER: WYELENE WADLEY OF OKMULGEE, OK. SISTER: AUDASIA WILLIAMS OF OKMULGEE, OK. AUNTS: NAKINA and NATASHA WILLIAMS OF OKMULGEE, OK. UNCLES: DAMON, ANTHONY & HAROLD WILLIAMS, AND BRUCE WADLEY OF OKMULGEE, OK. preceded in death by GREAT GREAT GRANDMOTHER: GEORGIA WILLIAMS.UNCLES: EMMANUEL WILLIAMS AND PHILLIP WILLIAMS.
DATE OF SERVICES: SUNDAY, AUGUST 13, 2000 AT 4:00 P.M.PLACE OF SERVICES: GRAVESIDE SERVICES. INTERMENT: BUTLER CEMETERY ~ LANE, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. FRANCES SCARBER. CASKETBEARERS: ANTHONY WILLIAMS AND KEN JOHN.
NAME: PEARL LEE (ROGERS) MITCHELL, AGE 87, A LONGTIME LANE RESIDENT.  BORN: AUGUST 31, 1912 AT PADEN, OKLA TO BILL ROGERS AND KATY (RICHARDSON) ROGERS PASSED AWAY: THURSDAY, AUGUST 10, 2000 AT THE MEDICAL CENTER OF SE OKLAHOMA IN DURANT. AGE: 87 YEARS 11 MONTHS AND 10 DAYS. MARRIED: BUCK MITCHELL IN THE EARLY 1930’S AT STRINGTOWN, OK. OCCUPATION: HOUSEWIFE AND HOMEMAKER. CHURCH AFFILIATION: SHE WAS A LONGTIME MEMBER OF THE LANE CHURCH OF CHRIST. PEARL WAS ALWAYS ACTIVE IN HER CHURCH WORK AND CARING FOR OTHERS. survived by SISTERS-IN-LAW: BONNIE JOHNSTON FORMERLY OF LANE NOW OF SHERMAN, TX. CONNIE MITCHELL OF LANE, OK. NEPHEWS: DAVID JOE AND BEVERLY JOHNSTON OF SHERMAN, TX. BOBBY AND JUDY TIDWELL OF LANE, OK. GREAT NIECES AND NEPHEWS: DEBBIE AND MIKE MOODY OF DURANT, OK. CONNIE ZALENSKI OF LANE, OK. TIM ZALENSKI and WIFE JANA OF SHAWNEE, OK. JOHN JOHNSTON OF SHERMAN, TX. TONY ROBINSON OF SHERMAN, TX. B. J. TIDWELL OF LANE, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: BILL AND KATY ROGERS.3 SISTERS AND A BROTHER
DATE OF SERVICES: SUNDAY, AUGUST 13, 2000 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: BUTLER CEMETERY ~ LANE, OK. OFFICIATING: MARK THOMPSON. CASKETBEARERS: BOBBY RECTOR, DALE SHEFFIELD, B. J. TIDWELL, BOBBY TIDWELL, WADDEL HEARN, BILLY WAYNE GOODSON. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: SHUG BLEDSOE AND GLENN NORTON.
NAME: NOLLY ELLEN (LACY) ERVIN, AGE 83, OF DALLAS, TEXAS AND A FORMER COALGATE RESIDENT. BORN: OCTOBER 24, 1916 AT RATTON, NEW MEXICO TO JOHN HENRY AND LAURA ELIZABETH (KENT) LACY. PASSED AWAY: THURSDAY, AUGUST 10, 2000 AT THE PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL IN PLANO, TX. AGE: 83 YEARS 9 MONTHS AND 16 DAYS. EDUCATION: NOLLY ATTENDED SCHOOL AT MUSKOGEE AND COALGATE, OK. MARRIED: GARY ERVIN IN 1976 AT RENO, NV. OCCUPATION: SHE OWNED AND OPERATED ASSISTED LIVING HOMES FOR YEARS, RETIRING IN 1990. CHURCH AFFILIATION: SHE WAS OF THE CHURCH OF CHRIST FAITH. SHE WAS ACTIVE IN CIVIC AFFIARS AND ALWAYS CARING FOR OTHERS. SURVIVED BY HUSBAND: GARY ERVIN OF THE HOME IN DALLAS, TX. CHILDREN: SHERMAN “PETE” BELLEW AND WIFE MARY ANN OF TULSA, OK. JOSEPH BRUCE BELLEW AND WIFE CINDY OF KIOWA, KS. GRANDCHILDREN: SHERMAN BELLEW AND WIFE BETH OF TULSA, OK. SHIRLEY ANN BROWN AND HUSBAND LARRY OF MOUNDS, OK. MICHAEL CARL BELLEW AND WIFE CARMEN OF SAND SPRINGS, OK. LACY BRYAN OF HUTCHINSON, KS. JEFF BRYAN AND WIFE AMY OF ALVA, OK. 14 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN AND 3 GREAT GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. BROTHERS: JOHN MARSHALL LACY AND WIFE IONE OF OAKLAND, CA. AL “BOOTS” LACY AND WIFE NELMA OF COALGATE, OK. SISTERS: HENRYETTA DAWSON OF COALGATE, OK. BETTY HOLLAND AND HUSBAND ALVIN OF TULSA, OK. preceded in death by PARENTS: JOHN AND LAURA LACY.SISTER: ODNEY LACY MARTIN.
DATE OF SERVICES: TUESDAY, AUGUST 15, 2000 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: NIXON CEMETERY ~ COALGATE, OK. OFFICIATING: ARVEL HALL CASKETBEARERS: JERRY SARGENT, STEVEN LACY YORK, JEFF BRYAN, LARRY OSBOURN, MARVIN ESTES, EDDIE BROWN.
NAME: DOROTHY JEWELL (HENSON) PIERCE, AGE 81, A LONGTIME ATOKA RESIDENT. BORN: MAY 4, 1919 AT WETUMKA, OKLAHOMA TO JOHN C. AND ONA (SHAMBLIN) HENSON. PASSED AWAY: SUNDAY, AUGUST 13, 2000 AT TEXOMA MEDICAL CENTER IN DENISON, TX.AGE: 81 YEARS 3 MONTHS AND 9 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOL AT WETUMKA MARRIED: CASTO DAVID PIERCE ON SEPTEMBER 25, 1938 AT CALERA, OK. OCCUPATION: SHE WORKED AS A CLERK FOR HENSON’S INC. FOR MANY YEARS. CHURCH AFFILIATION: SHE WAS A MEMBER OF THE HARMONY BAPTIST CHURCH. survived by SISTER: HELEN BRADY OF ATOKA, OK. SPECIAL SISTER-IN-LAW: FANNIE HENSON OF ATOKA, OK. NEPHEW: J. D. BRADY and WIFE THELMA OF ATOKA, OK. NIECES: KATHLEEN BARTON and HUSBAND LLOYD OF ATOKA, OK. JOYCE MEEKS and HUSBAND BOB OF ELECTRA, TX. JO ANN ABLES OF LINDSEY, OK. NIECE-IN-LAW: PATTY BURNETT. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: JOHN and ONA HENSON.HUSBAND: CASTO DAVID PIERCE ON AUGUST 24, 1976.BROTHER: FRANK HENSON.SISTERS: EVELYN STRICKLAND, LORENE BURNETT, and CORA LAUGHLIN.NEPHEWS: HAROLD KUYKENDALL, and B. G. BURNETT.NIECES: WILENA CLAPP and MILDRED CRABTREE.
DATE OF SERVICES: TUESDAY, AUGUST 15, 2000 AT 10:00 A.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: GREEN MEADOWS CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. JAMES CROWSON CASKETBEARERS: MIKE DANIEL, PAUL DAVID MOORE, CURTIS BELCHER, RONNIE HARPER. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: IRA RILEY, MONROE COCHRAN, WES MOORE, PAUL HOWARD.
NAME: SARAH BELL “SADIE” (SEABOURN) WALTON, AGE 86, A LONGTIME ATOKA RESIDENT. BORN: DECEMBER 9, 1913 AT BOSWELL, OKLAHOMA TO JAMES MARION AND MARY VINETTIE (GARVIN) SEABOURN. PASSED AWAY: TUESDAY, AUGUST 15, 2000 AT ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.AGE: 86 YEARS 8 MONTHS AND 6 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT FARRIS, OK. MARRIED: TRUETT R. WALTON ON DECEMBER 29, 1956 AT WEWOKA, OK. OCCUPATION: SADIE WAS A HOUSEWIFE AND HOMEMAKER AND WHEN SHE WAS YOUNG SHE WORKED AS A WAITRESS AND IN A BAKERY IN ATOKA FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS. CHURCH AFFILIATION: MEMBER OF THE MOUNTAIN VIEW PENTECOSTAL CHURCH OF GOD IN ATOKA. survived by NIECES: JUNE SMITHSON and HUSBAND DICK OF SIERRA VISTA, AZ. CAROLYN HAMILTON and HUSBAND CHARLIE OF OKLAHOMA CITY. ANITA LYONS and HUSBAND GEORGE OF CLAWSON, MI. MARY BOWLES and HUSBAND TED OF OKLAHOMA CITY. MARILYN EMBRY OF ENID, OK. NEPHEWS: JAMES W. “BILL” SEABOURN and WIFE GENEVA OF SULPHUR, OK. CLEO SEABOURN and WIFE OPAL OF BAKERSFIELD, CA. SPECIAL FRIEND & NEIGHBOR: J. D. ROBINSON OF ATOKA, OK. preceded in death by HUSBAND: TRUETT R. WALTON ON MARCH 23, 1982. DAUGHTER: JERRY “ROSE BUD” KENNEDY.PARENTS: JAMES and NETTIE SEABOURN.BROTHERS: CARL and BILL SEABOURN.SISTERS: MATTIE BLAINE, CORA “JIM” SELBY, and TRUDE EMBERY.
DATE OF SERVICES: FRIDAY, AUGUST 18, 2000 AT 2:30 PM.PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: STRINGTOWN CEMETERY ~ STRINGTOWN, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. BOB JOHNSON. CASKETBEARERS: JERRY BETTIS, JAMES SEABOURN, GILBERT HENRY, JOHN SELBY, LONNIE SELBY, MICHAEL SELBY. HONORARY CASKETBEARER: J. D. ROBINSON.
NAME: RUBY OPAL (TRIMMER) MEADOWS, AGE 92, A LONGTIME ATOKA RESIDENT. BORN: JULY 1, 1908 AT TUSHKA TO NICHOLAS VALENTINE AND SARA JANE (CORBITT) TRIMMER. PASSED AWAY: TUESDAY, AUGUST 15, 2000 AT HER RESIDENCE IN ATOKA, OK.AGE: 92 YEARS 1 MONTHS AND 14 DAYS. MARRIED: ORVILLE EARL MEADOWS ON JANUARY 28, 1933 AT CANEY, OK. OCCUPATION: SHE WAS A HOUSEWIFE AND HOMEMAKER. CHURCH AFFILIATION: SHE ATTENDED DAYSPRING CHURCH IN ATOKA, OK. SURVIVED BY DAUGHTER: JANIE STOUGH OF ATOKA, OK. GRANDDAUGHTERS: CHERYL HINDENBURG OF ATOKA, OK. GAIL YOUNG and HUSBAND CHRIS OF GREENVILLE, SC. GREAT GRANDSONS: NICHOLAS STOUGH OF GREENVILLE, SC. HAVILAH HINDENBURG OF ATOKA, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HUSBAND: ORVILLE EARL MEADOWS ON MARCH 25, 1982.PARENTS: NICHOLAS AND SARA TRIMMER.BROTHERS: LESLEY, ELMER, AND BUD TRIMMER.SISTERS: LILLIE PELT, MINNIE WITHROW, AND OMA PRIVETT.
DATE OF SERVICES: THURSDAY, AUGUST 17, 2000 AT 10:00 A.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: GREEN MEADOWS CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. JAMES CROWSON.ASSISTING: REV. RONALD MEADOWS. CASKETBEARERS: MARK SANDERS, NICHOLAS STOUGH, HAVILAH HINDENBURG, DERK MEADOWS, GARY MEADOWS, DENNIS MEADOWS, RICKY MEADOWS. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: RALPH MEADOWS, LENARD MEADOWS, J. C. PELT, DALE SNEAD, DONNIE ALLEN.
NAME: CLAUD WENDELL WOODARD, AGE 54, LIFELONG ATOKA RESIDENT. BORN: SEPTEMBER 6, 1945 AT ATOKA TO CLAUD AND ERMA JEAN (BELL) WOODARD. PASSED AWAY: FRIDAY, AUGUST 18, 2000 AT THE ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.AGE: 54 YEARS 11 MONTHS 12 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED DUNBAR IN ATOKA AND GRADUATED FROM ATOKA HIGH SCHOOL IN 1963 AND ATTENDED OKMULGEE TECH TRAINING IN AIR CONDITION AND REFRIGERATION. MARRIED: ALLIE RAE SMITH ON MAY 16, 1966 AT ATOKA, OK. CATHY JANE HALCOMB ON JUNE 25, 1978 AT ATOKA, OK. OCCUPATION: HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERATOR. HE FORMERLY WORKED FOR ATOKA COUNTY AND NUMEROUS CONSTRUCTION JOBS THROUGHOUT THE AREA. HE WAS WORKING FOR WITTWER CONSTRUCTION ON THE NEW HIGHWAY JOB IN ATOKA AT THE TIME OF HIS DEATH. CHURCH AFFILIATION: MEMBER OF MT. ZION BAPTIST CHURCH IN ATOKA. WENDELL WAS ACTIVE IN RODEOING WHEN HE WAS YOUNG. he was a FORMER MEMBER OF THE ATOKA TRAIL RIDERS AND WAS A LONGTIME MEMBER OF THE OPERATORS UNION LOCAL 21 IN TULSA. HE WAS KNOWN FOR HIS WIT AND OUTGOING PERSONALITY and HE NEVER MET A STRANGER. SURVIVED BY WIFE: OF 22 YEARS CATHY WOODARD OF ATOKA, OK. MOTHER: ERMA WOODARD OF ATOKA, OK. MOTHER IN-LAW: EVELYN HALCOMB OF ANTLERS, OK. CHILDREN: STEVE HALCOMB OF SHERMAN, TX. KEVIN WOODARD AND JEANA B. WOODARD OF STILLWATER, OK. JEFFREY D. WOODARD OF DURANT, OK. GRANDCHILDREN: SHAYLA FRANKS, JOSIAH WOODARD, JESSE VESTER, ISABELL VESTER OF STILLWATER, OK. NASHOBA HALCOMB OF RATTAN, OK. SISTERS: BETTYE BERRY OF ARLINGTON, TX. CONNIE and JOE EDWARDS OF SHERMAN, TX. BROTHERS-IN-LAW: LARRY, MIKE, and JOE HALCOMB. SISTER-IN-LAW: GENEVA WOOD. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY DAUGHTER: LYNDELL WOODARD ON NOVEMBER 1, 1998.FATHER: CLAUDE WOODARD IN MAY OF 1988.FATHER-IN-LAW: ESTES HALCOMB.
DATE OF SERVICES: WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 23, 2000 AT 2:00 PMPLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: GREEN HILL CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. M. E. GRIFFIN. ASSISTING: REV. MOSE NETTLES. CASKETBEARERS: TOP GRAHAM, JOHN WILLIAMS, JEFF MANSELL, BOBBY JOHNSON, DALE BROWN, A. D. MOORE. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: ORLON HILL, CLIFFORD BROWN, JERRY VINSON, CECIL HILL, DEWAYNE HILL, NEB ELI HILL, WILLARD HARRISON, JOHNNY PRIDE, JOHNNY SMITH. FLOWER GIRLS: DELORIS YORK, MARY DAVENPORT, VERNOLA MOSLEY, BETTY IVERS, SHIRLEY PARSON.
NAME: DEANNA KRISTIN (LEWIS) WADKINS, AGE 32, OF ANTLERS, OK. BORN: JUNE 18, 1968 AT SHAWNEE MISSION, KANSAS TO SAMUEL CLAY, JR AND LINDA LEWIS. PASSED AWAY: FRIDAY, AUGUST 18, 2000 IN SOUTH ATOKA COUNTY FROM INJURIES RECEIVED IN AN AUTO VS TRAIN ACCIDENT.AGE: 32 YEARS 2 MONTHS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED AND GRADUATED FROM NICKERSON, KANSAS SCHOOLS. SHE ATTENDED AND RECIEVED HER CERTIFICATION FOR A NURSES AID AND A REHAB AID AT HUTCHINSON, KS. MARRIED: CLAUD MARION WADKINS JR. ON JULY 19, 1993 AT DEQUEEN, AR. CHURCH AFFILIATION: SHE WAS A MEMBER OF THE GATEWAY NAZARENE COMMUNITY CHURCH WHERE SHE TAUGHT SUNDAY SCHOOL, WAS A CARAVAN LEADER, NURSERY ATTENDANT, AND WAS BACK-UP PIANIST. OCCUPATION: SHE AND CLAUD OWNED AND OPERATED C AND D RURAL TRASH DISPOSAL COMPANY SERVING RURAL PUSHMATAHA AND ATOKA COUNTIES. PRIOR TO THEIR FORMING C & D SHE WORKED AT RED CAP MFG CO. IN ANTLERS. survived by HUSBAND: CLAUD wadkins OF THE HOME NEAR ANTLERS, OK. CHILDREN: SYLVIA & BECKY WADKINS AND BRITTANEY & TANNER KEMPTON OF THE ANTLERS HOME. PARENTS: CLAY AND KAREN LEWIS OF SOUTH HUTCHINSON, KS. LINDA LEWIS OF MISSION, KS. BROTHER: JASON LEWIS OF OVERLAND PARK, KS. MOTHER IN-LAW: SHIRLEY PULLE OF RATTAN, OK. GRANDPARENTS: FANNIE STULL OF SCOTT CITY, KS. LELA COLEMAN OF HUTCHINSON, KS. MR AND MRS. M. L. PROSSER OF WICHITA, KS. preceded in death by GRANDFATHER: PAUL STULL.
DATE OF SERVICES: TUESDAY, AUGUST 22, 2000 AT 10:00 AM.PLACE OF SERVICES: GATEWAY NAZARENE COMMUNITY CHURCH ~ ANTLERS, OK. INTERMENT: ANTLERS CITY CEMETERY ~ ANTLERS, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. LARRY STONE EULOGY BY: KAREN LEWIS. CASKETBEARERS: CLAUD WADKINS JR, JIMMY POWELL, LELAND BARTLETT, CRAIG BARTLETT, RICH DEARDEN, JOHN LEWIS. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: JIMMY FREEMAN, STACY FULLER.
NAME: JOHNNY CLAY DARLING, AGE 59, ATOKA RESIDENT. BORN: NOVEMBER 29, 1940 AT KOSOMA, OK TO WEB AND MAE (HARRISON) DARLING. PASSED AWAY: MONDAY, AUGUST 21, 2000 AT HIS RESIDENCE IN ATOKA, OKAGE: 59 YEARS 7 MONTHS 23 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED ETHEL SCHOOLS IN PUSHMATAHA COUNTY, OK. JOHNNY WAS AN DISABLED ARMY VETERAN. HE SERVED IN THE KOREAN WAR. SURVIVED BY WIFE: ALICE (LEFLORE) DARLING OF COALGATE, OK. SON: RICKY DARLING AND WIFE LORI OF COALGATE, OK. DAUGHTER: CATHY NORFLEET AND HUSBAND RAY OF CENTRAHOMA, OK. GRANDSONS: LOREN CLAY OF COALGATE, OK. ROBERT DARLING OF COALGATE, OK. GRANDDAUGHTER: HANNA NORFLEET OF CENTRAHOMA, OK. SISTERS: SUE LOVETT OF ADA, OK. JOY YORK AND HUSBAND JIM OF ATOKA, OK. AUNT: LISSIE STEWART OF MOYERS, OK. A SPECIAL NEPHEW: TIM MILLS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: WEB AND MAE DARLING.SISTER: HAZEL LOVETT. BROTHER: MORRIS DARLING.
DATE OF SERVICES: THURSDAY, AUGUST 24, 2000 AT 11:00 AM.PLACE OF SERVICES: GRAVESIDE. INTERMENT: ETHEL CEMETERY ~ PUSHMATAHA COUNTY, OK. OFFICIATING: JOHN LANGAN. CASKETBEARERS: DAVID MILLS, TIM MILLS, ANTHONY MILLS, JASPER MILLS, JIM YORK
NAME: EFFIE “MARIE “ (MICHAEL) SMITH, AGE 70, A LONGTIME RESIDENT OF THE TUPELO, OK AREA. BORN: DECEMBER 7, 1929 AT LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS TO JOHN HENRY AND CLAUDIE FAIR (LEE) MICHAEL. PASSED AWAY: THURSDAY, AUGUST 24, 2000 AT THE VALLEY VIEW REGIONAL HOSPITAL IN ADA, OKAGE: 70 YEARS 7 MONTHS AND 17 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOL IN CUTHAND, TX. OCCUPATION: HOUSEWIFE AND HOMEMAKER. CHURCH AFFILIATION: SHE WAS PENTECOSTAL MARIE WAS A GREAT MOTHER. SHE ENJOYED DRINKING COFFEE AND VISITING WITH HER FRIENDS AT THE STORE. HER GRANDKIDS WERE HER LIFE. MARIE WAS REARED IN THE PARIS, TEXAS AREA COMING TO THE TUPELO AREA SOME 25 YEARS AGO. SURVIVED BY CHILDREN: TROY LEE WALDROP AND WIFE JULIA ANN OF STONEWALL, OK. BARBARA WEDDLE AND HUSBAND BILL OF ADA, OK. ROBERT SMITH AND WIFE ELISABETH OF ROWLETT, TX. TERRY SMITH AND WIFE TAMMY OF TERRELL, TX. GRANDCHILDREN: NOEL, JAMEY, CHAD, JODEY, ADAM, JOSH, LESLIE, ERIC, KALLI, BRYTTNEY, ASHLEY, STEPHANIE, AND MISTY. GREAT GRANDDAUGHTER: KRISTEN AND GREAT GRANDSON: JAMES. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: JOHN HENRY AND CLAUDIA MICHAEL.SON: GARY WAYNE WALDROP.SISTERS: HESSIE JUNKIN AND HATTIE BORDEN.BROTHERS: OLLIE, WILLIE, LONNIE, FARCIE, AND HARVEY MICHAEL.
DATE OF SERVICES: MONDAY, AUGUST 28, 2000 AT 12:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ TUPELO, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. RICHARD HAMPTON. GRAVESIDE COMMITTAL SERVICES: MONDAY, AUGUST 28, 2000 AT 4:30 P.M. INTERMENT: LITTLE VINE CEMETERY ~ PARIS, TX. OFFICIATING: REV. DAVID HOLT. CASKETBEARERS: CHAD SMITH, JOSH SMITH, JAMEY SMITH, ADAM WALDROP, JODEY SMITH, BILL WEDDLE. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: ERIC SMITH.
NAME: PHYLLIS LOU (SCHNEIDER) SCHMITZ, AGE 76, A RESIDENT OF GRAND PRAIRIE, TX. BORN: JANUARY 19, 1924 AT TOPEKA, KANSAS TO ALVIN G. AND LETA MAE (DRAKE) SCHNEIDER. PASSED AWAY: TUESDAY, AUGUST 29, 2000, AT HER RESIDENCE IN GRAND PRAIRIE, TX.AGE: 76 YEARS 7 MONTHS AND 10 DAYS. MARRIED: RAYMOND HARVANEK, THEY DIVORCED. EDWIN T. SCHMITZ. OCCUPATION: HOUSEWIFE. CHURCH AFFILIATION: HERRING AVENUE BAPTIST CHURCH IN IRVING, TX. SURVIVED BY SON: GARY HARVANEK and WIFE LYNNA OF LANE, OK. GRANDCHILDREN: KAMERON C. HARVANEK OF McALESTER, OK. SHAWN HARVANEK OF LANE, OK. GREAT GRANDCHILDREN: AUSTIN MICHAEL HARVANEK. KAYLEE BRYCE HARVANEK. MORGAN NICHOLE HARVANEK. BROTHER: CHARLES BRADFORD SCHNEIDER and WIFE HELEN OF DALLAS, TX. NIECE: SHELLY OF CHICAGO, IL. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: ALVIN G. and LETA MAE SCHNEIDER.
DATE OF SERVICES: FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 2000 AT 4:00 PMPLACE OF SERVICES: GRAVESIDE SERVICES. INTERMENT: BUTLER CEMETERY ~ LANE, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. LOYD THOMPSON
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