August, 1996 Memorials
 
 
 
 
NAME:      CAMPBELL NORRIS LANE, AGE 66,  LIFETIME ATOKA AREA RESIDENT.
 
BORN:    DECEMBER 14, 1929 AT STRINGTOWN, OK TO JOHN WILLIAM AND FLORENCE (KAMPPLAIN) LANE.
 
PASSED AWAY:     MONDAY, AUGUST 5, 1996 AT HIS ATOKA RESIDENCE.
AGE:     66 YEARS   7  MONTHS  AND    21 DAYS.
 
EDUCATION:   ATTENDED SCHOOL AT HARMONY IN ATOKA COUNTY, OK.
 
MARRIED:     HAZEL L. USHER IN 1955 AT RENO, NV.
 
OCCUPATION:    AS A YOUNG MAN HE TRAVELED FROM THE EAST COAST TO THE WEST COAST, WORKING IN THE LUMBER INDUSTRY SAWMILLS ALONG THE WAY.  HE WAS A CARPENTER, RANCHER, ALSO OWNED AND OPERATED A GROCERY STORE.
 
CHURCH AFFILIATION:    MT. OLIVE BAPTIST CHURCH AT STRINGTOWN.
 
HE SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE U. S. ARMY.
 
HE ENJOYED RAISING CATTLE AND RAISING DOGS (HE AT ONE TIME, RAISED MINK, AS WELL). HE LOVED TO HUNT AND FISH AND SPIN STORIES.  HE LIKED TO SHARE HIS IDEAS AND GET OTHERS’ VIEWS.
 
 
     SURVIVED BY
 
WIFE:    HAZEL LANE OF THE HOME IN ATOKA, OK.
 
SON:     NORRIS McCRAIG LANE AND WIFE DIANA OF DENTON, TX.
 
DAUGHTERS:     SUZIE LANE OF STILLWATER, OK.
                               VICKI KEIM OF NEDERLAND, CO.
 
GRANDCHILDREN:     LINDSEY KEIM AND KAITLIN LANE.
 
BROTHERS:      JOHN R. LANE AND WIFE JENNIE OF ATOKA.
                             TOMMY LANE AND WIFE JOIE OF ATOKA.
                             RUSSELL LANE AND WIFE JANICE OF ATOKA.
 
SISTERS:     JOAN BUTLER OF HARTSHORN, OK.
                       KAY JOHNSON AND HUSBAND JOE OF TUSHKA.
                       DONNA SMITH AND HUSBAND FLOYD OF FARRIS.
 
MOTHER-IN-LAW:     LOU ELLA USHER OF ATOKA.
 
 
     PRECEDED IN DEATH BY
 
PARENTS:     JOHN AND FLORENCE LANE.
SISTER:    LUCILLE SIDES.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:    THURSDAY,  AUGUST 8, 1996 AT 10:00 A.M.
PLACE OF SERVICES:     BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK
 
INTERMENT:     NEW ZION CEMETERY ~ ATOKA COUNTY, OK.
 
OFFICIATING:     REV. GENE SLUDER.
ASSISTING:     REV. SUE GARMON AND REV. LEE ELDRIDGE.
 
CASKETBEARERS:     DANNY ABELS, JARVIS WILLIAMS, ARRON WATSON, MICHAEL HOOK, FLOYD GENE HOWARD, DALE BROWN, REV. LEE ELDRED, JOHN FARMER.
 
 
 
 
NAME:      JANE AUDREY (WALKER) TIDWELL, AGE 91,  ANTIOCH, CALIFORNIA RESIDENT, FORMER LONGTIME COALGATE AREA RESIDENT. 
 
BORN:    NOVEMBER 19, 1904 IN COAL COUNTY, OK INDIAN TERRITORY TO BENJAMIN FRANKLIN AND SARAH CATHERINE (GOWER) WALKER.
 
PASSED AWAY:     MONDAY, AUGUST 5, 1996 AT ANTIOCH, CA.
AGE:     91 YEARS   8  MONTHS  AND    16 DAYS.
 
EDUCATION:     ATTENDED  ROUND HILL’S ONE-ROOM LOG SCHOOL HOUSE AND LATER ATTENDED SCIVALLY CHAPEL SCHOOL.
 
MARRIED:     WYLIE TIDWELL IN MAY, 1932 PRESUMABLY IN COAL COUNTY, OK.
 
OCCUPATION:    SHE WAS A HOMEMAKER
 
CHURCH AFFILIATION:    MEMBER OF PENTECOSTAL HOLINESS CHURCH IN COALGATE, OK.
 
SHE WAS RAISED ON THE AVANZINI RANCH EAST OF COALGATE WHERE HER FAMILY FARMED AND SHE WORKED ON THE FARM AS A YOUNGSTER.   SHE AND WYLIE LIVED IN CALIFORNIA FROM 1948 UNTIL 1973 WHEN THEY MOVED BACK TO COALGATE.  AFTER HER HEALTH FAILED, SHE MOVED BACK TO CALIFORNIA IN 1990 TO BE WITH HER SON, JOE.
 
 
     SURVIVED BY
 
SON:     JOE W. TIDWELL, JR. OF ANITOCH, CA.
 
GRANDDAUGHTER:     GINA GONZALES.
 
GREAT GRANDDAUGHTER:     REBEKKAH GONZALES.
 
BROTHERS:      TOM WALKER OF GRANTS PASS, OR.
                           JOE WALKER OF SACRAMENTO, CA.
 
SISTER:      EVELIEE GAYLOR OF PORTLAND, OR.
 
 
     PRECEDED IN DEATH BY
 
HUSBAND:     WYLIE TIDWELL IN 1982.
PARENTS:     BENJAMIN AND SARAH WALKER.
SISTER:    MARTHA BURLESON IN 1994.
BROTHER:     JOEL WALKER.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:      MONDAY, AUGUST 12, 1996 AT 11:00 A.M.
PLACE OF SERVICES:     GRAVESIDE SERVICE.
 
INTERMENT:     COALGATE CITY CEMETERY ~ COALGATE, OK.
 
OFFICIATING:     REV. MONROE STEVENS.
 
 
 
 
NAME:        REV. FLOYD H. YEATS, AGE 81,  RESIDENT OF PHOENIX, AZ AND NATIVE OF ATOKA COUNTY, OK.
 
BORN:    SEPTEMBER 26, 1914 AT MAYTOY, ATOKA COUNTY, OK TO WILLIAM H. AND MARY FRANCES (SULLIVAN) YEATS.
 
PASSED AWAY:     FRIDAY, AUGUST 9, 1996 AT ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.
AGE:     81 YEARS   10 MONTHS   AND    13  DAYS.
 
EDUCATION:     ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT MAYTOY, WHERE HE GRADUATED HIGH SCHOOL.   ALSO GRADUATED FROM SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY AT DURANT WITH A B. S. DEGREE.  HE ATTENDED FT. WORTH BAPTIST SEMINARY.
 
MARRIED:     RUTH RHOADES IN 1936.
                         JOYCE ANITA JONES ON JUNE 25, 1989 AT COTTON, CA.
 
OCCUPATION:    FLOYD WORKED HIS WAY THROUGH COLLEGE AS A BELL HOP AND NIGHT CLERK AT THE OLD BRYAN HOTEL IN DURANT. HE WAS A SOUTHERN BAPTIST MINISTER FOR OVER 60 YEARS AND WAS STILL ACTIVE IN MINISTRY AT HIS DEATH.
 
CHURCH AFFILIATION:      MEMBER OF VALLEY HEIGHTS BAPTIST CHURCH IN PHOENIX, AZ WHERE HE TAUGHT SENIOR ADULT SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASS.
 
FLOYD WAS ALSO A MEMBER OF MASONIC LODGE, ODD FELLOWS, AND ROTARY.   DURING HIS MINISTRY HE ESTABLISHED SEVERAL CHURCHES IN OKLAHOMA, NEW MEXICO, CALIFORNIA, AND OREGON.
 
 
     SURVIVED BY
 
WIFE:    JOYCE yeats OF THE HOME IN PHOENIX, AZ.
 
SON:     FLOYD “BUCK” YEATS, JR. AND WIFE ELAINE OF CORONA, CA.
 
DAUGHTER:    JANICE CORDOVA AND HUSBAND MARK OF YUMA, AZ.
 
STEPCHILDREN:    JOYCE BROWN AND HUSBAND ED OF YUMA, AZ.
                                     PAT LENZING AND HUSBAND REV. LEE OF FRANSTON, AUSTRALIA.
                                     KENNY JONES AND WIFE SUSAN OF LAYTON, UT.
                                     PAM HENDERSHOT AND HUSBAND ROGER OF PHOENIX, AZ.
 
BROTHER:     WILLARD YEATS AND WIFE HESTER OF KANSAS CITY, KS.
 
SISTERS:     WINNIE WIGLEY AND HUSBAND J. T. OF PAOLA, OK.
                       ESTELENE FRANKE AND HUSBAND FRED OF SAN DIEGO, CA.
 
MOTHER-IN-LAW:     MILDRED HOLCOMB ROBNETT OF PENSECOLA, FL.
 
5 GRANDSONS, 1 GRANDDAUGHTER, 5 STEP GRANDSONS, 7 STEP GRANDDAUGHTERS, 6 GREAT GRANDDAUGHTERS, 8 STEP GREAT GRANDDAUGHTERS.
 
MANY OTHER RELATIVES OF THE BLACKBURN, SULLIVANS, AND YEATS FAMILIES OF ATOKA COUNTY.
 
 
     PRECEDED IN DEATH BY
 
PARENTS:     WILLIAM AND MARY YEATS.
FIRST WIFE:    RUTH YEATS ON NOVEMBER 25, 1987.
12 BROTHERS AND SISTERS.
DAUGHTER:    ANNIE NICHOLS.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:    SUNDAY,  AUGUST 11, 1996 AT 11:00 A.M.
PLACE OF SERVICES:     BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK
 
OFFICIATING:     WILLARD YEATS.
 
GRAVESIDE COMMITTAL SERVICES:    THURSDAY, AUGUST 15, 1996 AT 10:00 A.M.
INTERMENT:     CREST LAWN CEMETERY  ~ RIVERSIDE, CA.
 
 
 
 
NAME:      ONA L. HAMILTON, AGE 67, LONGTIME ATOKA AREA RESIDENT.
 
BORN:    APRIL 17, 1929 AT DAISY, OK TO ONY L. AND MILLIE (HEFNER) HAMILTON.
 
PASSED AWAY:     TUESDAY, AUGUST 13, 1996 AT HILLCREST MEDICAL CENTER, TULSA, OK.
AGE:     67 YEARS      3 MONTHS     AND   26 DAYS.
 
EDUCATION:     ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT DAISY, GOSS, AND PLEASANT VALLEY, ATOKA COUNTY, OK.
 
MARRIED:     LEATHA WILLIAMS IN 1953 AT McALESTER, OK.
 
OCCUPATION:      ONA WAS A CONCRETE FINISHER AND CONSTRUCTION WORKER.  HE TRAVELED MANY STATES ON CONSTRUCTION JOBS.
 
CHURCH AFFILIATION:    SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH IN COALGATE, OK.
 
ONA LIVED SEVERAL YEARS IN CHAMPAIGN-URBANA, ILLINOIS.   HE WAS A FORMER ATOKA CITY COUNCILMAN.  HE LOVED TO HUNT AND FISH, PLAY CARDS, AND ENJOYED WOODWORKING.
 
 
     SURVIVED BY
 
WIFE:      LEATHA hamilton OF THE HOME IN ATOKA, OK.
 
SONS:      MARK HAMILTON AND WIFE SHARON OF SEYMOUR, IL.
                 TONY HAMILTON AND WIFE DORENE OF SEYMOUR, IL.
                 TOM HAMILTON AND WIFE TERRY OF TULSA, OK.
 
DAUGHTER:    CONNIE STURTEVANT AND HUSBAND GARY OF SEYMOUR, IL.
 
GRANDCHILDREN:     ANTHONY AND SARAH HAMILTON OF SEYMOUR, IL.
                                         HANNA HAMILTON OF SEYMOUR, IL.
                                         MATTHEW AND NIKKI HAMILTON OF TULSA, OK.
 
BROTHER:     JOHNNY HAMILTON OF HOLDENVILLE, OK.
 
SISTERS:     BEA BURKHALTER OF ATOKA, OK.
                       LIDA BURROWS OF ATOKA, OK.
                       MILDRED LOVE OF OKLAHOMA CITY.
                       LUCY BAKER OF OKLAHOMA CITY.
 
SISTER-IN-LAW:     BILLIE RUTH HAMILTON OF SEADRIFT, TX.
 
BROTHERS-IN-LAW:     LEON BURKHALTER OF ATOKA, OK.
                                           VERN BAKER OF OKLAHOMA CITY.
 
 
     PRECEDED IN DEATH BY
 
PARENTS:     ONY AND MILLIE HAMILTON.
BROTHERS:      TOMMY AND A. J. HAMILTON.
SISTER:    FLORA (HAMILTON) LOTT.
NEPHEWS:     TEDDY BURROWS AND ALVIN.
NIECES:    CLETA BURKHALTER, LINDA KAY HAMILTON, AND CAROLYN VAY HAMILTON.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:    THURSDAY,  AUGUST 15, 1996 AT 1:00 P.M.
PLACE OF SERVICES:     SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH ~ COALGATE, OK.
 
INTERMENT:     GREEN MEADOWS CEMETERY  ~ ATOKA, OK.
 
OFFICIATING:     PASTOR DAVE KOOT.
 
CASKETBEARERS:     NEPHEWS.
 
 
 
 
NAME:    CLAUDE B. MABERY, AGE 75,  ATOKA RESIDENT.
 
BORN:    AUGUST 10, 1921 AT FAYETTEVILLE, AR TO ALVIN C. AND MARY ALICE (TALLANT) MABERY.
 
PASSED AWAY:     THURSDAY, AUGUST 15, 1996 AT ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.
AGE:     75 YEARS     0 MONTHS     AND     5 DAYS.
 
EDUCATION:     he ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT FRANKLIN, INDIANA, GRADUATING AT WHITELAND, IN.
 
MARRIED:     LA WANDA (MASON) COLLIER ON JUNE 18, 1965 AT GARLAND, TX.
 
OCCUPATION:    CLAUDE WAS A PAINT CONTRACTOR AND SPECIALTY PAINTER.   HE WAS ALSO A POLICE OFFICER AT HIGHLAND PARK IN DALLAS, WORKED SECURITY AT LTV IN DALLAS AND WELLS FARGO ARMORED CAR COMPANY
 
CHURCH AFFILIATION:    MEMBER OF FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH IN ATOKA..
 
CLAUDE‘S FAMILY MOVED FroM ARKANSAS WHEN HE WAS 2 YEARS OLD.   THEY LIVED IN DALLAS AND THEN MOVED TO FRANKLIN, INDIANA.  HE SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE U. S. NAVY, AFTER WHICH HE WORKED AT WILLIAMS FUNERAL HOME IN GARLAND, TX. HE AND WIFE, LA WANDA, WERE VOLUNTEER SOUTHERN BAPTIST MISSIONARIES FOR 6 YEARS, UNTIL CLAUDE’S HEALTH FAILED.
 
 
     SURVIVED BY
 
WIFE:    LA WANDA mabery OF THE HOME IN ATOKA, ok.
 
SON:     BOB MABERY OF DALLAS, TX.
 
DAUGHTER:      SUSIE MABERY OF DALLAS, TX.
 
STEPCHILDREN:      ROBERT COLLIER OF ATOKA, OK.
                                     DENA GILES OF WEATHERFORD, TX.
                                     RHEA HUTSON OF WEATHERFORD, TX.
 
5 GRANDCHILDREN, 1 GREAT GRANDDAUGHTER.
 
BROTHER:     JOHN MABERY OF DALLAS, TX.
 
NIECE:     PATRICIA ROBERTS OF COLUMBUS, IN.
 
NEPHEW:      LAWRENCE RYBOLT OF INDIANA.
 
 
     PRECEDED IN DEATH BY
 
PARENTS:     ALVIN AND MARY MABERY.
SON:     DAVID MABERY.
SISTERS:     EDNA RYBOLT AND MARY ALICE LORENCE.
BROTHER:     ERNEST MABERY.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:      SATURDAY, AUGUST 17, 1996 AT 4:00 P.M.
PLACE OF SERVICES:     FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH ~ ATOKA, OK.
 
INTERMENT:     GREEN MEADOWS CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK.
 
OFFICIATING:     REV. JEFF HOLLAND
ASSISTING:     REV. RICHARD MAGBY AND REV. JERRY WILLIAMS.
 
CASKETBEARERS:     DR. JAMES SUMNER, NEAL MERRIOTT, LLOYD PATTON, DAVID BLACKBURN, BILL MALONE, BILL FLOWERS.
 
 
 
 
NAME:      GEORGE LEWIS PASCOE, AGE 84,  McALESTER AREA RESIDENT.
 
BORN:      NOVEMBER 24, 1911 AT LINTON, INDIANA TO DANIEL AND ROSE (TALBEE) PASCOE.
 
PASSED AWAY:     FRIDAY, AUGUST 18, 1996 AT McALESTER REGIONAL HOPITAL.
AGE:     84  YEARS     8 MONTHS     AND     22  DAYS.
 
EDUCATION:   ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT MOLINE, ILLINOIS.
 
MARRIED:     SIBYL MAE BUTLER ON JANUARY 20, 1943 AT RENO, NV.
 
OCCUPATION:    GEORGE OPERATED A STREETCAR IN OAKLAND, CA.  LATER WAS A DAIRYMAN, HE OWNED AND OPERATED CREAM TOP DAIRY.
 
CHURCH AFFILIATION:    MEMBER OF CHURCH OF CHRIST IN McALESTER, ok.
 
SHORTLY AFTER GEORGE’S BIRTH, HIS MOTHER PASSED AWAY AND HE WAS REARED BY HIS AUNT MARY AND UNCLE FRANK TALBEE.  GEORGE MET SIBYL ON THE STREETCAR HE WAS OPERATING IN OAKLAND AND THEY WERE MARRIED SOON AFTER.  HE WAS DRAFTED IN SAN FRANCISCO INTO THE U. S. ARMY IN MARCH OF 1943 WHERE HE SERVED UNTIL AN ACCIDENT LED TO his EARLY DISCHARGE. 
 
 
     SURVIVED BY
 
WIFE:    SIBYL PASCOE OF THE HOME IN McALESTER, OK.
 
SONS:    CHARLES DANIEL LEWIS PASCOE AND WIFE MYRA OF MONTGOMERY, AL.
                 PHILLIP LYNN DOYLE “THE VELVET WRITER” PASCOE AND WIFE JANIE OF FT. MORGAN, CO.
                 DAVID LEE CHRIS PASCOE AND WIFE LINDA LEE OF COVINA, CA.
 
GRANDSONS:   JAMES BRIAN SCOTT PASCOE IN U.S. NAVY AT GREAT LAKES, IL
                               MICHAEL LEWIS PASCOE OF COVINA, CA.
 
GRANDDAUGHTERS:      TAMMY SUZANNE (PASCOE) ROSS OF ARTESIA, NM.
                                             SHERRY LYNN PASCOE OF CLOVIS, CA.
 
STEP GRANDSON:     CHAD SEXTON OF MONTGOMERY, AL.
 
GREAT GRANDSON:    JEFFREY TAYLOR ROSS OF ARTESIA, NM.
 
NIECES:    MARY PITTS AND CLARA SWALLY OF CALIFORNIA.
 
 
     PRECEDED IN DEATH BY
 
PARENTS:     DANIEL AND ROSE PASCOE.
SISTERS:     VIOLET HATFIELD AND RUTH PASCOE.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:    MONDAY,  AUGUST 19, 1996 AT 11:00 A.M.
PLACE OF SERVICES:     BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK.
 
INTERMENT:     TUSHKA CEMETERY ~  TUSHKA, OK.
 
OFFICIATING:     BRO. RED COLEMAN
ASSISTING:     REV. ERNEST HARRISON, JR.
 
CASKETBEARERS:     HARVEY CAPPS, ERVIN LILLARD, ARVEL HALL, CHARLES PASCOE, PHILLIP PASCOE, DAVID PASCOE.
 
 
 
 
NAME:      LEONA MAE (CAMPBELL) BICKERSTAFF, AGE 66, LONGTIME ATOKA AREA RESIDENT.
 
BORN:    AUGUST 13, 1930 AT McLOUD, OK TO CHESTER RUBEN AND DELILA E. (MULLENS) CAMPBELL.
 
PASSED AWAY:     EARLY SUNDAY MORNING, AUGUST 18, 1996 AT HER RESIDENCE SOUTHEAST OF ATOKA.
AGE:     66 YEARS    0  MONTHS      AND     5 DAYS.
 
EDUCATION:     ATTENDED MANY DIFFERENT SCHOOLS IN MANY STATES THROUGHOUT HER YOUTH.
 
MARRIED:     CHESTER HADWOOD BICKERSTAFF IN MAY, 1949 AT OKlahoma city.
 
OCCUPATION:    LEONA WAS A HOUSEWIFE.   SHE AND CHESTER WERE FARMERS AND RANCHERS, RAISING CROPS AND CATTLE.
 
CHURCH AFFILIATION:    LEONA WAS OF BAPTIST FAITH.
 
AS A CHILD, LEONA TRAVELED AND WORKED WITH HER FAMILY THROUGHOUT SEVERAL STATES, GATHERING CORN.   SHE LOVED TO READ AND TO FISH.   SHE LIVED IN ATOKA SINCE 1988, MOVING HERE TO BE NEAR HER CHILDREN.
 
 
     SURVIVED BY
 
SONS:    HADWOOD LEE BICKERSTAFF OF ATOKA, OK.
                 STERLING E. BICKERSTAFF OF RALEIGH, NC.
 
DAUGHTER:      PATRICIA FRENCH AND HUSBAND BILL OF BENTLEY, OK.
 
BROTHERS:    CHESTER R. CAMPBELL OF PHOENIX, AZ.
                           JAMES CAMPBELL OF OREGON.
 
SISTERS:     LAVEDA CAMPBELL OF NEW YORK.
                       DOTTIE GRAY OF MUSKOGEE, OK.
 
13 GRANDCHILDREN, 4 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.
 
 
     PRECEDED IN DEATH BY
 
HUSBAND:     CHESTER BICKERSTAFF ON MAY 22, 1968.
PARENTS:     CHESTER AND DELILA CAMPBELL.
SON:     CASEY BICKERSTAFF.
2 SISTERS.
6 BROTHERS.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:    FRIDAY,  AUGUST 23, 1996 AT 1:00 P.M.
PLACE OF SERVICES:     GRAVESIDE SERVICES.
 
INTERMENT:     SUNNY LANE CEMETERY ~ OKLAHOMA CITY.
 
OFFICIATING:     REV. TERRY CRIPE.
 
CASKETBEARERS:     EDDIE FRENCH, DOYLE FRENCH, LARRY LOVENCHIMER, JAY BICKERSTAFF, BUDDIE SCHONES, DALE HARMON.
 
 
 
 
NAME:      PEERLESS DON “PETE” BLAKELY, AGE 43,  ATOKA AREA RESIDENT.
 
BORN:      AUGUST 8, 1953 AT TIPTON, OK TO TROY CHARLES AND HAGAR MARIE (ATTEBERRY) BLAKELY.
 
PASSED AWAY:     SUNDAY EVENING, AUGUST 25, 1996 AT BLUE RAPIDS TOWNSHIP NEAR MARYSVILLE, KS FROM INJURIES RECEIVED WHEN HIS SEMI ROLLED OVER.
AGE:     43  YEARS   0  MONTHS   AND  17 DAYS.
 
EDUCATION:     ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT TIPTON AND VINSON, OK AND GRADUATED AT LA GRANGE, GEORGIA.
 
MARRIED:     KAY HORN ON MAY 18, 1971 AT SHERMAN, TX.
 
OCCUPATION:    PETE WAS A TRUCKDRIVER AND JACK-OF-ALL-TRADES. HE DROVE FOR COCHRAN BROTHERS EQUIPMENT, GERALD EAVES, AND MONROE & PHILLIP ALLEN.   HE OWNED HIS OWN TRUCK AND WAS LEASED, AT TIME OF DEATH, TO JULIAN LUMBER OUT OF ANTLERS, OK.
 
CHURCH AFFILIATION:      CHURCH OF CHRIST.
 
PETE SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE U. S. ARMY FROM 1976 UNTIL 1985.  HE ENJOYED FISHING AND HUNTING AND COOKOUTS. HE COULD DO ANYTHING HE SET HIS MIND TO DO - AND DID IT WELL.
 
 
     SURVIVED BY
 
WIFE:    KAY blakely OF THE HOME IN ATOKA, ok.
 
SON:     KEVIN BLAKELY OF ATOKA, ok.
 
DAUGHTER:    TRACIE SAMPIER AND HUSBAND JOE OF ATOKA, ok.
 
GRANDCHILDREN:     JOE EDWARD AND WESLEY DON SAMPIER OF ATOKA, ok.
 
BROTHERS:      BILL BLAKELY OF HOGANVILLE, GA.
                             JIM BLAKELY OF SEMINOLE, OK.
                             CHARLES BLAKELY OF LA GRANGE, GA.
                             JOHNNY BLAKELY OF WEST POINT, GA.
 
SISTERS:     LINA DANIEL OF LA GRANGE, GA.
                       LUANN TEMPLETON OF VALLEY, AL.
 
AUNTS:     LOUELLA WHITE OF TISHOMINGO, OK.
                   SUE BOOZE OF DURANT, OK.
 
GREAT UNCLE:     HERSHEL HICKMAN OF SULPHUR, OK.
 
GREAT AUNT:    JUANITA THOMASON OF DURANT, OK.
 
FATHER AND MOTHER-IN-LAW:    EDWARD AND FLOY HORN.
 
 
     PRECEDED IN DEATH BY
 
PARENTS:     TROY AND HAGAR BLAKELY.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:    WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 28, 1996 AT 4:00 P.M.
PLACE OF SERVICES:     BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK
 
INTERMENT:     TUSHKA CEMETERY ~  TUSHKA, OK.
 
OFFICIATING:     ANDY ROGERS OF FARRIS CHURCH OF CHRIST.
 
CASKETBEARERS:     MONTY LAWLESS, LUCKY RECTOR, DARIAN DICKSON, HAROLD COATS, PAUL CROWLEY, MERLE REDMAN.
 
HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:      BUTCH DICKSON, GARY PRICE, ALFRED PRICE, PAUL MULLINS, FRED HAM, WADE SHACKELFORD.
 
 
 
 
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