August, 2004 Memorials
 
 
 
 
NAME:  REV. ROBERT OTIS “BOB” JOHNSON, AGE 88, A LIFELONG ATOKA COUNTY AREA RESIDENT.

BORN:  MARCH 22, 1916 AT TUSHKA, OK TO MARTIN LUTHER AND MAUD BELLE (MILLER) JOHNSON.

PASSED AWAY:   SUNDAY EVENING, AUGUST 1, 2004 AT THE CADDO NURSING HOME.
AGE:   88 YEARS  4 MONTHS   AND   7 DAYS.

EDUCATION:   ATTENDED AND GRADUATED FROM TUSHKA HIGH SCHOOL IN 1935 WITH A CLASS OF 7 SENIORS.

MARRIED:   ELIZABETH FRAZIER ON MAY 29, 1939 AT DURANT, OK.
                     ARNETA (PARKER) CRAWFORD ON SEPTEMBER 11, 1995 AT DURANT, OK.

CHURCH AFFILIATION:  LONGTIME PENTECOSTAL MINISTER AND FOR THE PAST 15 YEARS HE WAS A MINISTER OF THE FREEWILL BAPTIST.

BOB SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE U.S. ARMY DURING WORLD WAR II AT NORMANDY.

HE WAS A MASON OF 52 YEARS AND HELD EVERY OFFICE IN THE CADDO LODGE #3. HE WAS A LONGTIME TRAPPER AND MEMBER OF THE TRAPPERS AND AMERICAN HUNTERS ASSOCIATIONS.


     SURVIVED BY

NIECES:  JEANNINE LIDDELL AND HUSBAND BILL OF HEALDTON, OK.
                   FRANCES KIVETT AND HUSBAND CHARLES.

STEP DAUGHTERS:  JUNE LANGFORD AND HUSBAND GRADY.
                                       MAHALA MCDANIEL AND HUSBAND CHUB.

STEP GRANDCHILDREN:  ALVANELL MORRIS AND HUSBAND JOHNNY.
                                                   CHOCK MCDANIEL AND WIFE VERONICA.
                                                   RUEL MCDANIEL AND WIFE VONDA.
                                                   LOLA IRON AND HUSBAND BILL.
                                                   PHIL MCDANIEL.
                                                   JULIA COLE AND HUSBAND WADE.
                                                   STELLA MOODY AND HUSBAND DANNY.
                                                   GRADY ANN SIMMONS AND HUSBAND VANCE.

STEP NEPHEWS:    MARVIN ESTES.
                                   HERMAN PARKER.
                                   BILL ESTES.

STEP NIECE:  MAXINE MAGBY.


     PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

WIVES:   ELIZABETH (FRAZIER) JOHNSON ON JUNE 3, 1984.
                 ARNETA (PARKER) CRAWFORD JOHNSON DECEMBER 2, 2003.
SONS:  ROBERT ERWIN JOHNSON ON JULY 2, 1942.
               JERRY GLEN JOHNSON ON SEPTEMBER 2, 1957.
PARENTS:   MARTIN (IN 1958) AND MAUD (IN 1939) JOHNSON.
SISTERS:   VIRGIE MCBRIDE ON DECEMBER 31, 1993.
                     LEONA BATES ON JUNE 25, 1968.
                     OMA ODEN ON MARCH 17, 2003.
 

DATE OF SERVICES:  THURSDAY, AUGUST 5, 2004 AT 10:00 AM
PLACE OF SERVICES:   BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK.

INTERMENT:   TUSHKA CEMETERY ~ TUSHKA, OK.

OFFICIATING:   REV. HERB WHARTON

CASKETBEARERS:   MILFORD POWELL, OREN COCHRAN, HERMAN PARKER, MARVIN ESTES, EDDIE BROWN, PHILLIP CULBREATH.

HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:  LEWIS SETTLEMIRE.
 
 
 
 
NAME:  JERRY DON RAINS, AGE 59, A DIBOLL, TX AREA RESIDENT AND FORMER BENTLEY-ATOKA CO. AREA RESIDENT.

BORN:  FEBRUARY 7, 1945 AT BENTLEY, OK TO ROBERT AND RUBY (HOGAN) RAINS.

PASSED AWAY:   MONDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST 2, 2004 AT THE KINGWOOD MEDICAL CENTER IN KINGWOOD, TX.
AGE:   59 YEARS  5 MONTHS   AND   25 DAYS.

EDUCATION:   JERRY ATTENDED BENTLEY AND ATOKA SCHOOLS AND WAS A GRADUATE OF ATOKA HIGH SCHOOL. HE LATER ATTENDED MANY MECHANIC CLASSES AND RECEIVED CERTIFICATION.

MARRIED:   SANDRA ELIZABETH SMITH ON MARCH 6, 1981 AT TYLER, TX.

OCCUPATION:  JERRY WORKED A NUMBER OF YEARS AS A BRIDGE INSPECTOR FOR THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA. FOR THE PAST TEN YEARS HE WAS EMPLOYED BY INTEGRATED AIRLINE SYSTEM IN HOUSTON, TX AS A MECHANIC.

CHURCH AFFILIATION:  JERRY WAS A BAPTIST.

HE LOVED FISHING, HUNTING, AND HIS DOGS. HE ALSO ENJOYED COOKING CAJUN FOOD FOR HIS FRIENDS AND FAMILY.


     SURVIVED BY

WIFE:  SANDRA RAINS OF THE HOME AT DIBOLL, TX.

CHILDREN:  KEITH RAINS OF DIBOLL, TX.
                         RONNIE MIZE AND WIFE MARY OF LUFKIN, TX.
                         KERRY RAINS AND WIFE CLAUDIA OF HOUSTON, TX.
                         TIM REYNOLDS AND WIFE MANDY OF DIBOLL, TX.
                         DAVID RAINS AND WIFE KATHY OF LIVINGSTON, TX.
                         TAMMY THOMPSON AND HUSBAND ALTON OF DIBOLL, TX.

9 GRANDCHILDREN.

BROTHERS:  R. C. “JUNIOR” RAINS AND WIFE INAIS OF BENTLEY, OK.
                         LOYD RAINS AND WIFE PEGGY OF OKLAHOMA CITY
                         GARY RAINS AND WIFE JAN OF DALLAS,TX

SISTERS:   CLARA TOMLINSON OF BENTLEY, OK.
                     IRMA LEE STIMMIE AND HUSBAND JAY OF OKLAHOMA CITY
                     WILMA SORRELLS AND HUSBAND JACK OF BENTLEY, OK.
                     SHIRLEY MOBBS AND HUSBAND ROY OF BENTLEY, OK.


     PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

PARENTS:   BOB AND RUBY RAINS.
BROTHER:   CARL RAINS.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:  FRIDAY, AUGUST 6, 2004 AT 10:00 AM.
PLACE OF SERVICES:   BENTLEY BAPTIST CHURCH ~ BENTLEY, OK.

INTERMENT:   BENTLEY CEMETERY ~ BENTLEY, OK.

OFFICIATING:   REV. REX WILLIAMS.
ASSISTING:   REV. JOHN HOWARD.

CASKETBEARERS:   KEITH RAINS, TIM REYNOLDS, KERRY RAINS, DAVID RAINS, TIM KEITH, JOSH RAINS.

HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:  RONNIE MIZE, ALTON THOMPSON, EDDIE HORTON, JAMES RAINS.

A MEMORIAL SERVICE WILL BE HELD IN DIBOLL, TX AT THE DIBOLL CHURCH OF CHRIST ON SATURDAY, AUGUST 14, 2004 AT 10:00 AM TO EXTEND COMFORT TO HIS LOCAL FRIENDS AND FAMILY
 
 
 
 
NAME:   KAREN DENISE KIRK, AGE 41, A DAYTON, OHIO RESIDENT

BORN:  OCTOBER 14, 1962 AT SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS TO RICHARD BRADY AND OZELLIA (BUTTS) KIRK.

PASSED AWAY:   TUESDAY, AUGUST 3, 2004 AT HER DAYTON, OHIO RESIDENCE.
AGE:   41 YEARS  9 MONTHS   AND   19 DAYS.

EDUCATION:   ATTENDED AND GRADUATED FROM WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY IN DAYTON, OH.

MARRIED:   NEVER MARRIED.

OCCUPATION:  LICENSED SOCAL WORKER AND CERTIFIED CHEMICAL DEPENDENCY COUNSELOR EMPLOYED BY WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL PRIOR TO HER MEDICAL RETIREMENT IN AUGUST, 2001.

CHURCH AFFILIATION:  MEMBER OF SPRING ROAD BAPTIST CHURCH IN RIVERSIDE, OH.

SHE LOVED DOGS VERY MUCH, ROOTIE, ROWDY, ROXIE, AND ROSIE.


     SURVIVED BY

PARENTS:   RICHARD AND OZELLIA KIRK OF DAYTON, OH.

BROTHER:   RICHARD BRIAN KIRK OF DAYTON, OH.


     PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

GRANDPARENTS:  LAWRENCE AND LILLIE ELIZABETH KIRK (LILLIE ON APRIL 17, 1999).
GRANDMOTHER:   ELIZABETH (BUTTS) FORD ON FEBRUARY 26, 1999.
GRANDFATHER:   JOHN CALVIN BUTTS.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:  SATURDAY, AUGUST 7, 2004 AT 2:00 PM
PLACE OF SERVICES:   BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK.

INTERMENT:   STRINGTOWN CEMETERY ~ STRINGTOWN, OK.

OFFICIATING:   REV. LOYD THOMPSON.
ASSISTING:   REV. RYAN LEWIS.

CASKETBEARERS:   J. B. TISDELL, GENE TISDELL, RON TISDELL, SCOTT TISDELL, BRAD TISDELL, BILL POTTS.

HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:  JOHNNY WINTERS, NATHAN SELF, JIM KELLOGG, ROWLAND GABBART, SHORTY POWELL, JACK LANSDALE.

 
 
 
NAME:  JAMES ORVAN PHILLIPS, AGE 66, A TUSHKA AREA RESIDENT AND FORMER ARCATA, CA AREA RESIDENT.

BORN:  DECEMBER 16, 1937 AT ATOKA, OK TO ORVAL HENRY AND STELLA LUCILLE (TOMLINSON) PHILLIPS.

PASSED AWAY:   MONDAY EVENING, AUGUST 16, 2004 AT THE ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.
AGE:   66 YEARS  8 MONTHS   AND   0 DAYS.

EDUCATION:   JAMES ATTENDED TUSHKA ELEMENTARY AND HIGH SCHOOL.

MARRIED:   JOYCE ANN PHILLIPS ON JULY 21, 1956 AT SUNNYVALE, CA.

OCCUPATION:  JAMES WORKED MOST OF HIS ADULT LIFE IN THE ARCATA, CA LUMBER INDUSTRY. IN LATER YEARS HE WORKED IN APARTMENT MAINTENANCE. HE RETIRED ON APRIL 29, 2004.

CHURCH AFFILIATION:  JAMES WAS A MEMBER AND DEACON OF THE PLEASANT VIEW FREEWILL BAPTIST CHURCH IN TUSHKA, OK.

JAMES SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE U.S. NAVY AND WAS A MEMBER OF THE VETERANS’ ASSOCIATION IN CALIFORNIA.


     SURVIVED BY

WIFE:  JOYCE PHILLIPS OF THE HOME AT TUSHKA, OK.

SONS:    KEVIN PHILLIPS AND WIFE TRISH OF ROCKLIN, CA.
               FRED PHILLIPS AND WIFE CARRIE OF LYNNWOOD, WA.

DAUGHTER:  SUSAN PHILLIPS OF ATOKA, OK.

GRANDDAUGHTER:   ANNIE PHILLIPS OF ATOKA, OK.

GRANDSON:  KALEB PHILLIPS OF ROCKLIN, CA.

SISTERS:   OPAL DARLING AND HUSBAND RAY OF TUSHKA,OK.
                     LOU ELLA ALFORD AND HUSBAND BOB OF CANEY, OK.

BROTHER:   DONALD PHILLIPS OF TUSHKA, OK.


     PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

PARENTS:   ORVAL AND STELLA PHILLIPS.
BROTHER:   HAROLD PHILLIPS.
SISTER:  JOYCE CAREY.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:  WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 18, 2004 AT 2:00 PM.
PLACE OF SERVICES:   BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK.

INTERMENT:   TUSHKA CEMETERY ~ TUSHKA, OK.

OFFICIATING:   REV. ROBERT UMSTED.
ASSISTING:   REV. STANLEY SMITH.

CASKETBEARERS:   RANDY COMBS, CHARLES COOKSEY, DAVID HICKS, MILFORD POWELL, FREDDIE TOMLINSON, RICKY JOE TOMLINSON.
 
 
 
 
NAME:  FRANK HARRY “BO” CRUSE, AGE 52, AN ATOKA AREA RESIDENT.

BORN:  OCTOBER 8, 1951 AT LAWTON, OK TO HARRY AND MAUDIE B. (MEELY) CRUSE.

PASSED AWAY:   WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 18, 2004 AT THE OU MEDICAL CENTER IN OKLAHOMA CITY.
AGE:   52 YEARS  10 MONTHS  AND  10 DAYS.

EDUCATION:   FRANK ATTENDED OKLAHOMA CITY SCHOOLS AND WAS A 1970 GRADUATE OF THE CAPITOL HILL HIGH SCHOOL.

OCCUPATION:  FRANK SPENT MOST OF HIS ADULT LIFE WORKING IN THE CONSTRUCTION FIELD.

CHURCH AFFILIATION:    BETHANY MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHRUCH.
 
HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE CHOCTAW TRIBE AND WAS ALSO ACTIVE IN THE JOHNSON O’MALLEY EDUCATION PROJECT.


     SURVIVED BY

MOTHER:  MAUDIE B. CRUSE OF SULPHUR, OK.

WIFE:  PAM SEFCIK OF THE HOME IN ATOKA, OK.

CHILDREN:  ROBERT SEFCIK AND WIFE HEATHER OF LANE, OK.
                         FELIX SEFCIK AND WIFE CHRISTI OF LANE, OK.
                         PATRICIA SHARPE OF KANSAS CITY, MO.

GRANDCHILDREN:   NICHOLAS, TANNER, GRACIE, ROBERT JR., FELIX JR., FELICITY, SAVANNAH, ASHTON, AND DYLON.

SISTERS:   LAVELLA ALLISON AND HUSBAND EMMET OF BLANCHARD, OK.
                     DONNA SMITH AND HUSBAND MARTIN OF SULPHUR, OK.
                     GLADYS CRUSE OF INDIANAPOLIS, IN.

BROTHERS:  CARL CRUSE OF OKLAHOMA CITY, OK.
                         JIMMY CRUSE AND WIFE VICKIE OF ATOKA, OK.


     PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

FATHER:  HARRY CRUSE.
BROTHER:   JOHN WALLACE.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:  SATURDAY, AUGUST 21, 2004 AT 10:00 AM
PLACE OF SERVICES:   GRAVESIDE SERVICES.
 
INTERMENT:   BETHANY CEMETERY ~ ATOKA COUNTY, OK.

OFFICIATING:   REV. NATHAN SCOTT.
 
 
 
 
NAME:  RONALD DEAN GILLENTINE, AGE 62, A STRINGTOWN-ATOKA COUNTY AREA RESIDENT.

BORN:  JULY 23, 1942 AT MADILL, OK TO J.R. AND VIRGINIA D. (MERRITT) GILLENTINE.

PASSED AWAY:   SUNDAY EVENING, AUGUST 22, 2004 AT HIS RESIDENCE IN STRINGTOWN, OK.
AGE:   62 YEARS  0 MONTHS   AND   29 DAYS.

EDUCATION:

MARRIED:   MARGARET JANENE MOSES ON DECEMBER 4, 1965 AT DURANT, OK.

OCCUPATION:  RONALD WORKED MANY YEARS AS A CARPENTER CONTRACTOR IN THE DALLAS, TX AND ATOKA, OK AREAS.  FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS PRIOR TO HIS ILLNESS HE DROVE A TRUCK FOR J.B. HUNT.

CHURCH AFFILIATION:  RONALD WAS A MEMBER OF THE MCGEE VALLEY BAPTIST CHURCH NEAR STRINGTOWN.

HE WAS ALSO WAS A MEMBER OF THE MASONIC LODGE #4 IN ATOKA AND WAS TWICE PAST MASTER OF THE LODGE. HE WAS ALSO A MEMBER OF THE SCOTTISH RITES IN MCALESTER AND THE YORK RITES IN GUTHRIE, OK.


     SURVIVED BY

WIFE:  MARGARET JANENE GILLENTINE OF THE HOME AT STRINGTOWN, OK.

CHILDREN:  STEVEN SHAWN GILLENTINE OF FLORIDA.
                         NATASHA GILLENTINE OF AMARILLO, TX.

STEPCHILDREN:  ROBERT MICHAEL GeBRON OF STRINGTOWN, OK.
                                   MARCELLE SANDERS OF STRINGTOWN, OK.

GRANDCHILDREN:   REBA JEANENE LONGERIA , MELONY GILLENTINE, DANIEL SANDERS, DAVID SANDERS, LEAH SANDERS, JEANENE ANN’E
                                       GILLENTINE, AND TABITHA RIDDLE.

GREAT GRANDCHLDREN:  ADAM AND ASHTON LONGERIA.

BROTHERS:  (HIS TWIN) DONALD G. GILLENTINE & WIFE BARBARA OF TYLER, TX.
                         CHARLES GILLENTINE OF PONCA CITY, OK.
                         ROBERT GILLENTINE DALTON AND WIFE GLENDA OF DALLAS, TX.


     PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

PARENTS:   J.R. GILLENTINE AND VIRGINIA GILLENTINE CAIN.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:  THURSDAY, AUGUST 26, 2004 AT 2:00 PM.
PLACE OF SERVICES:   BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK.

INTERMENT:   REDDEN CEMETERY ~ STRINGTOWN, OK.

OFFICIATING:   REV. BOB MUNCY.

CASKETBEARERS:   MEMBERS OF ATOKA MASONIC LODGE #4.

HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:  NATHAN SELF, KENT HUTSON, JOHNNY HARRIS, CURTIS LAMBERT, GENE MALMSKOG.
 
 
 
 
NAME:  JESSIE MAE (ELKINS) SNOW, AGE 86, A LONGTIME REDDEN-ATOKA COUNTY AREA RESIDENT.

BORN:  JUNE 5, 1918 AT BRYAN CO, OK TO TOM AND LORENE (TUGGMAN) ELKINS.

PASSED AWAY:   TUESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 24, 2004 AT HER RESIDENCE NEAR REDDEN, OK
AGE:   86 YEARS  2 MONTHS   AND   19 DAYS.

EDUCATION:   JESSIE ATTENDED BRYAN COUNTY AND REDDEN SCHOOLS.

MARRIED:   ELMER SNOW ON SEPTEMBER 8, 1934 AT ATOKA, OK.

OCCUPATION:  SHE WAS A HOUSEWIFE AND HOMEMAKER.


     SURVIVED BY

SONS:  THURMAN, BURLEY, AND JAMES SNOW OF REDDEN, OK.


     PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

HUSBAND:   ELMER SNOW IN 1987.
PARENTS:   TOM AND LORENE ELKINS.
SISTERS:   ELLEN LEWIS AND MARY LOU WILSON.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:  SUNDAY, AUGUST 29, 2004 AT 2:00 PM
PLACE OF SERVICES:   GRAVESIDE SERVICE. 
 
INTERMENT:   REDDEN CEMETERY ~ REDDEN, OK.

OFFICIATING:   ARVEL HALL
 
 
 
 
NAME:  DENNIS JOE DUCKWORTH, AGE 57, A LIFELONG CANEY AREA RESIDENT.

BORN:  NOVEMBER 18, 1946 AT ATOKA, OK TO WILEY JOE AND MARY DORIS (HOLCOMB) DUCKWORTH.

PASSED AWAY:   THURSDAY MORNING, AUGUST 26, 2004 AT THE WILSON N. JONES HOSPITAL IN SHERMAN, TX.
AGE:   57 YEARS  9 MONTHS   AND   8 DAYS.

EDUCATION:   DENNIS ATTENDED AND GRADUATED FROM CANEY HIGH SCHOOL IN 1965. HE ATTENDED HASKELL INDIAN COLLEGE IN LAWRENCE, KANSAS AND WAS A GRADUATE FROM GRAYSON CO. JR. COLLEGE AND SOUTHEASTERN STATE UNIVERSITY.

MARRIED:   JOANN CARROLL ON JUNE 15, 1968 AT BENTLEY, OK.
                     VERBA KING ON OCTOBER 15, 1976 AT MINDEN, NV.

OCCUPATION:  DENNIS WORKED IN THE COMMERICIAL CONSTRUCTION FIELD, HARVEY CHEVROLET IN ATOKA, CAMPBELL SOUP CO. IN SACRAMENTO, CA . HE ALSO WORKED FOR MORE THAN 27 YEARS AND RETIRED FROM TEXAS INSTRUMENTS IN SHERMAN, TX . FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS HE HAD WORKED FOR BROWN’S FUNERAL SERVICE.

CHURCH AFFILIATION:  LIFETIME MEMBER OF THE CANEY FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH.

HE WAS MAYOR OF CANEY FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS.  HE WAS FOUNDING MEMBER OF THE LAKE COUNTRY CRUISERS CAR CLUB AND THE KEEPERS’ CAR CLUB IN SHERMAN, TX.


     SURVIVED BY

WIFE:  VERBA OF THE HOME AT CANEY, OK.

FATHER:  JOE DUCKWORTH OF CANEY, OK.

SONS:    DARRIN DUCKWORTH AND WIFE RITA OF CANEY, OK.
               WILLIAM BREWSTER STATIONED IN AFGANISTAN.
               MICHAEL BREWSTER AND WIFE ERIKA OF RENO, NV.

DAUGHTER:  AMY DUCKWORTH OF WACO, TX

GRANDCHILDREN:   DAKOTA CHEYENNE AND MARY KAITLYN MARIE DUCKWORTH, JASMIN AND ARIANA BREWSTER.

SISTERS:   DORIS MILLER AND HUSBAND JERRY OF NORMAN, OK.
                     DIANNE MILLS AND HUSBAND TERRY OF ASHDOWN, AR.

NEPHEWS AND NIECES:  JUSTIN AND CODY MILLER, TAMMIE FOSKEY, RENAYE MITCHELL, AND CHRIS MCCOLLOM.


     PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

MOTHER:  MARY DUCKWORTH.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:  MONDAY, AUGUST 30, 2004 AT 10:00 AM
PLACE OF SERVICES:   BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK.

INTERMENT:   CANEY CEMETERY ~ CANEY, OK.

OFFICIATING:   REV. JEREMY PARHAM.
ASSISTING:   REV. ROBERT EARL UMSTED.

CASKETBEARERS:   JUSTIN MILLS, CODY MILLS, CHRIS MCCOLLOM, MATT MCCOLLOM, ROBERT MILLS, DAVID MERRITT, JORDAN BLACKBURN, AARON COCHRAN.

HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:  PAT COFFMAN, JIMMY MERRITT, ROY BLACKBURN, ALTUS MILLS, JERRY MILLER, TERRY MILLS, L. B. TROTTER.
 
 
 
 
NAME:  CLINTON WALTER GOSSETT, AGE 78, A LIFELONG CANEY AREA RESIDENT OF THE VOCA COMMUNITY.
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BORN:  APRIL 14, 1926 AT CANEY, OK TO KNOX AND CORDIE (GRAHAM) GOSSETT.

PASSED AWAY:   FRIDAY, AUGUST 27, 2004 AT HIS VOCA COMMUNITY RESIDENCE.
AGE:   78 YEARS  4 MONTHS   AND   13 DAYS

EDUCATION:   CLINTON WAS EDUCATED AT VOCA, BUCKHOLT, POST OAK, KIOWA, AND ATOKA SCHOOLS.

MARRIED:   OPAL D. EATON ON SEPTEMBER 9, 1949 AT SHERMAN, TX.

OCCUPATION:  CLINTON WAS A FARMER AND RANCHER, ALSO A BUS DRIVER FOR 20 YEARS AT CANEY SCHOOLS.

CHURCH AFFILIATION:  MEMBER OF VOCA BAPTIST CHURCH.

CLINTON  SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE U.S. ARMY DURING WW II.

HE WAS A LIFE MEMBER OF THE ATOKA D.A.V. HE SERVED MANY YEARS ON ATOKA COUNTY FARM SERVICE COMMITTEE (CURRENTLY AS CHAIRMAN) AND THE STATE COMMITTEE AS WELL. CLINTON ALSO SERVED ON THE DISTRICT SOIL CONSERVATION BOARD.


       SURVIVED BY

WIFE:  OPAL GOSSETT OF THE HOME.

DAUGHTERS:   JANICE CRITES AND HUSBAND R.J. OF CANEY, OK.
                             ANN HICKS AND HUSBAND KEITH OF FT. GIBSON, OK.
                             SHARON WALKER AND HUSBAND THOMAS OF CANEY, OK.

SON:   CLINT GOSSETT AND WIFE SHERRY OF CANEY, OK.

9 GRANDCHILDREN, 4 GREAT GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.

BROTHER:   PAUL GOSSETT OF DURANT, OK.

SISTER:  WANDA VALDEZ OF OKLAHOMA CITY.

ALONG WITH NUMEROUS NIECES, NEPHEWS, OTHER RELATIVES AND MANY VERY DEAR AND LOVED FRIENDS.


       PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

PARENTS:   KNOX AND CORDIE GOSSETT.
GRANDSON:  JEREMY TODD WALKER.
STEPFATHER:  DONALD GOSSETT.
BROTHERS:  C. K. AND EUAL GOSSETT.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:  MONDAY, AUGUST 30, 2004 AT 2:00 PM
PLACE OF SERVICES:   VOCA BAPTIST CHURCH ~ CANEY, OK.

OFFICIATING:   REV. JEREMY PARHAM.
ASSISTING:   REV. JOHN HOWARD.

CASKETBEARERS:   HARLEY JENKINS, PAUL RHYNES, TOM HOWARD, GERALD EAVES, JOE DON EAVES, MIKE ELLIOTT, BOB FREDERICK , CLEMMIE TRENT, DANE BRECHEEN.

HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:  R. J. CRITES, KEITH HICKS, THOMAS WALKER, JUSTIN WALKER, BLADE GOSSETT, STORM GOSSETT, CHARLEY LEE, BRADLEY ROWLAND, BENITO RODRIQUEZ.
 
 
 
 
NAME:  CLAUD POGUE, AGE 81, DENISON, TX AREA RESIDENT, FORMER PORTLAND, OR AREA RESIDENT FOR MORE THAN 50 YEARS, AND WAS RAISED IN THE STRINGTOWN AREA.

BORN:  AUGUST 16, 1923 TO JIMMY AND LILLIAN MAE (BLAINE) POGUE AT MUSKOGEE, OK.

PASSED AWAY:   SUNDAY, AUGUST 29, 2004 AT TEXOMA MEDICAL CENTER IN DENISON, TX.
AGE:   81 YEARS  0 MONTHS   AND   13 DAYS.

EDUCATION:   CLAUD ATTENDED STRINGTOWN SCHOOLS..

MARRIED:   NORMA WHO PRECEDED IN HIM IN DEATH.

OCCUPATION:  CLAUD WORKED FOR AND RETIRED FROM THE INTERSTATE TRUCKING COMPANY WHERE HE WAS A HEAVY EQUIPMENT HAULER.

CHURCH AFFILIATION:  CLAUD WAS OF THE BAPTIST FAITH.

HE WAS IN THE C.C.C CAMP BEFORE JOINING THE ARMY, WHERE HE SERVED HIS COUNTRY OVERSEAS IN GERMANY DURING WORLD WAR II.


       SURVIVED BY

SISTER:  GEORGENA BRANNAN AND HUSBAND JIM OF DENISON, TX.

NIECES:  BONI JAMES AND HUSBAND JEREMY OF POTTSBORO, TX.
                   MARLA PRUIETT AND HUSBAND BOB OF SHERMAN, TX.

NEPHEW:  DAVID BRANNAN OF CADDO, OK.

GREAT NIECE:   PYPER JAMES OF POTTSBORO, TX.

GREAT NEPHEW:  DAVID BRANNAN OF CADDO, OK.


       PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

PARENTS:   LILLIAN AND JIMMY POGUE
WIFE:  NORMA POGUE ON JUNE 21, 2000 AT PORTLAND, OR.
STEP FATHER:   DAVE SPARKS.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:  THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2004 AT 10:00 AM.
PLACE OF SERVICES:   GRAVESIDE.

INTERMENT:   STRINGTOWN CEMETERY ~ STRINGTOWN, OK.

OFFICIATING:   ARVEL HALL

CASKETBEARERS:   JOHNNY WINTERS, JEREMY JAMES, FREDDIE DODD, BUSTER HARRIS, DAVID BRANNAN
 
 

 

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