December, 2002 Memorials
 
 
 
 
NAME:    NORMA RUTH (SCOTT) COLE, AGE 61, A LONGTIME RESIDENT OF ATOKA COUNTY.

BORN:  SEPTEMBER 28, 1941 AT ATOKA TO JESSIE WOODROW AND MAYBEL (NOWABBIE) SCOTT.
 
PASSED AWAY:   MONDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2002 AT TEXOMA MECIAL CENTER IN DENISON, TX
AGE:   61 YEARS  2 MONTHS   AND   4 DAYS.

EDUCATION:   ATTENDED SCHOOL AT ATOKA, OK.

MARRIED:   IRVIN COLE, JUNE 20, 1970 AT ATOKA, OK.

OCCUPATION:  NORMA WORKED A NUMBER OF YEARS AT COLONIAL MANOR AS A NURSES AIDE.

CHURCH AFFILIATION:    MEMBER OF COAL CREEK CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH WHERE SHE SERVED AS AN ELDER FOR OVER 15 YEARS.


     SURVIVED BY

SON:   ANTHONY COLE OF THE HOME.

STEPCHILDREN:    LORENE SCOTT OF TUPELO, OK.
                                   ERNEST LEE COLE OF WARDVILLE, OK.
                                   SHERMAN COLE OF WARDVILLE, OK.
                                   IRVIN COLE, JR. OF WARDVILLE, OK.
                                   TERRY COLE AND WIFE PAMELA OF DALLAS, TX.
                                   PAT MAYER AND HUSBAND EDWARD OF COALGATE, OK.
                                   REGINA ANDERSON OF ADA, OK.

10 GRANDCHILDREN, 9 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.

SISTER:  BETTY JOHNSON OF ANTLERS, OK.

BROTHERS:  CHARLEY AND LEROY SCOTT OF ATOKA, OK.


     PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

PARENTS: JESSE AND MAYBEL SCOTT.
HUSBAND:   IRVIN COLE ON JUNE 12, 1997.
DAUGHTER:  DONNA MAYO ON FEBRUARY 16, 2000.
SISTER:  MILDRED RUTH LANG ON JUNE 24, 2000.
BROTHERS:  STEVE SCOTT AND SIMON WILSON.
GREAT GRANDDAUGHTER:   ISABINDA ANDERSON.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:  THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2002 AT 2:00 PM.
PLACE OF SERVICES:   BROWNS FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK.

INTERMENT:   COAL CREEK CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK.

OFFICIATING:   REV. ELWOOD LUDLOW.
ASSISTING:   REV. VIRGINIA ESPINOZA.

CASKETBEARERS:   EUGENE LANG, QUAID SCOTT, RICHARD SCOTT, CHRISTOPHER SCOTT, MICHAEL SCOTT, JAMES SCOTT, WOODROW JOHNSON.

HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:  CHARLIE SCOTT, JAMES NELSON, JOHNNY COOPER, RAYMOND COOPER, CHARLIE NOWABBIE, JAY JOHNSON, STANLEY JOHNSON, LEROY SCOTT.
 
 
 
 
NAME:    GAVIN DON McGAUGH, AGE 29, A LIFELONG WAPANUCKA AREA RESIDENT.

BORN:  FEBRUARY 17, 1973 AT TISHOMINGO, OK.

PASSED AWAY:   FRIDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2002 AT THE CANCER CENTER OF AMERICA IN TULSA, OK.
AGE:   29 YEARS  9 MONTHS   AND   26 DAYS.

EDUCATION:   GAVIN GRADUATED FROM WAPANUCKA HIGH SCHOOL AND KIAMCHI VO-TECH HE WAS VERY ACTIVE IN THE WAPANUCKA FFA CHAPTER. HE WON MANY AWARDS.  HE WAS LISTED IN THE OKLAHOMA WHO’S WHO AND A MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY.  WHILE ATTENDING THE VO-TECH HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE VOCATIONAL INDUSTRIAL CLUBS OF AMERICA. GAVIN LATER ATTENDED MURRAY STATE COLLEGE WHERE HE TRAINED IN ELECTRONICS AND COMPUTERS.

MARRIED:   JAMIE ELLEN ECLAIR ON MARCH 13, 1993 AT FULSOM, OK.

OCCUPATION:  HE WAS INFORMATION SUPERVISOR FOR INDIAN NATIONS WHOLESALE IN DURANT WHERE HE HAD WORKED THE PAST 13 YEARS.

CHURCH AFFILIATION:    MEMBER OF THE HIGHWAY 48 CHURCH OF CHRIST IN WAPANUCKA, OK.
 
GAVIN WAS A MEMBER THE ENTERPRISE HUNTING CLUB.  HE LOVED HUNTING AND FISHING AND 4-WHEELING.


     SURVIVED BY

WIFE:  JAMIE OF THE HOME.
 
DAUGHTER:  MAZIE DAWN OF THE HOME.

PARENTS:   J. D. AND GAYLENE SMITH OF WAPANUCKA, OK.

BROTHERS:  JEREMY SMITH AND WIFE KENDLE OF WAPANUCKA, OK.
                         JONATHAN SMITH OF WAPANUCKA, OK.

GRANDPARENTS:  OPAL SMITH OF WAPANUCKA, OK.
                                     GERNETTA WALTERS OF WAPANUCKA, OK.
                                     BERTIE WELCH OF BROMIDE, OK.

IN-LAWS: JAMES AND LANELL ECLAIR OF COALGATE, OK.

BROTHERS-IN-LAW: JASON AND JEFF ECLAIR OF COALGATE, OK.


     PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

GRANDDAD:  JOHN WALTERS.
PA PA:   EUGENE SMITH.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:  MONDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2002 AT 2:00 PM.
PLACE OF SERVICES:   COLEMAN GYM ~ COLEMAN,OK.

INTERMENT:   ENTERPRISE CEMETERY ~ COLEMAN, OK.

OFFICIATING:   BROTHER MICHAEL PANNELL.
ASSISTING:   BROTHER KENNETH McDANIEL.

CASKETBEARERS:   BOB WOODS, DOYLE DESKIN, BILL HICKS, MILTON HARBERT, RON “DINK” TRUITT, GRANT McDANIEL.

HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:  (COUSINS) BRAD WALTERS, DAVE WALTERS, RONNIE WALTERS, CHAD ROACH, KELLY ROACH, KEVIN ROACH, WESTON HOLLAND. (SPECIAL CLASSMATES) RONNIE MOORE, KEN SCHULTZ, BRANDON HALL, CLINT HARDISON, DAVID HOKETT. (CO-WORKERS) STEVEN POTTS, JOHN WALL, NATHAN WILLIAMS.
 
 
 
 
NAME:    LANCE WALTER HARTSFIELD, AGE 32, A LIFELONG CLARITA-COALGATE AREA RESIDENT.

BORN:  APRIL 11, 1970 AT WIESBADEN, GERMANY TO TED AND BETTY (MILLER) HARTSFIELD.

PASSED AWAY:   MONDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2002 IN A FARM ACCIDENT AT HIS FARM IN CLARITA, OK.
AGE:   32 YEARS    8 MONTHS    AND   5 DAYS.

EDUCATION:   ATTENDED COALGATE SCHOOLS AND RECEIVED HIS ASSOCIATE DEGREE AT EASTERN OKLAHOMA STATE HE WAS ON THE CROPS JUDGING TEAM AND WAS OVERALL COLLEGIAN CHAMPION AT THE NATIONAL CONTEST WHILE ATTENDING EASTERN LANCE GRADUATED OSU WITH A B/S DEGREE IN AGRONOMY.
 
MARRIED:   MELANIE JANE WARD ON OCTOBER 8, 2002 AT COALGATE, OK.

OCCUPATION:  LANCE WAS A FARMER AND WAS OWNER-OPERATOR OF HARTSFIELD MAKIN-BAKIN FARMS (CONTRACT FARM FOR PORK GROUP) LOCATED NEAR CLARITA.

CHURCH AFFILIATION:  LANCE WAS A CHRISTIAN AND HAD BEEN SAVED HE HAD ATTENDED MANY CHURCHES IN THE AREA.
 
HE WAS VERY ACTIVE IN 4-H AND FFA-COALGATE CHAPTER, SERVED AS S.E. OKLAHOMA DISTRICT VICE-PRESIDENT, WAS STATE FARMER, MEMBER OF NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY THROUGHOUT HIGH SCHOOL. LANCE WAS PRESIDENT OF COMPETITIVE PARLIMENTARY PROCEDURES TEAM, HE WAS RESERVE BREED CHAMPION-POLAND CHINA BREED AT OKLAHOMA CITY SHOW, SERVED AS PAGE FOR OKLAHOMA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. LANCE WON MANY GRAND CHAMPIONS SHOWING LIVESTOCK AND HE LOVED RAISING HOGS AND FISHING.


     SURVIVED BY

WIFE:    MELANIE HARTSFIELD OF THE HOME.

SON:   WYATT WESLEY HARSTFIELD OF THE HOME.
DAUGHTER:  SYDNEE ABIGAIL HARSTFIELD OF THE HOME.
STEPSON:   GAGE MOSLEY OF THE HOME.

SISTER:  HEATHER MCGEE, HUSBAND DONNIE, AND CHILDREN BRAEDEN and JAZEN OF KENEFIC, OK.

PARENTS:   TED AND BETTY HARTSFIELD OF CLARITA, OK.

GRANDMOTHER:   DOODLE HARTSFIELD OF CLARITA, OK.

IN-LAWS:   ELDON AND ESTER WARD OF KREBS, OK.

BROTHER-IN-LAW:  BRANDON WARD AND WIFE GERI OF KREBS, OK.


     PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

GRANDPARENTS:  ED AND LOIS MILLER.
                                     GEORGE HARTSFIELD.
COUSIN:  KAREN SHEFFIELD.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:    THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2002 AT 2:00 PM.
PLACE OF SERVICES:   BROWN’S CHAPEL IN ATOKA, OK.

INTERMENT:   MOORE CEMETERY ~ CLARITA, OK.

OFFICIATING:   DAVID UNSELL.
ASSISTING:   BOB KANARY.

CASKETBEARERS:   CHRIS ELKINS, MIKE ELKINS, JERRY STEPHENS, SHANE SARTOR, GREG THOMAS, AARON ROBERTS.

HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:  STEVE SHEFFIELD, TRACEY SHEFFIELD, TRACEY COYLE, ALAN COYLE, TRAVIS MILLER, JAMEY MILLER, KEVIN MILLER, JOSH McDONALD, COLBY McDONALD, GEORGE HARTSFIELD, DEREK HARTSFIELD, JASON MILLER, CLIFF MILLER, SHELLY DANIEL, AMY ARMSTRONG, JODI MILLER.
 
 
 
 
NAME:    VIRGINIA CONSTANCE PERCICH, AGE 85, A FORMER LONGTIME COALGATE AREA RESIDENT.

BORN:  DECEMBER 8, 1917 COTTONWOOD, OKLAHOMA TO ANGELO AND LOIS (WILSON) CERIOTTI.
 
PASSED AWAY:   MONDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2002 AT APPLEWOOD NURSING HOME IN WYANDOTTE, MI.
AGE:   85 YEARS   0 MONTHS  AND  8 DAYS.

EDUCATION:   SHE ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT COTTONWOOD AND COALGATE, SHE RECEIVED HER TEACHING DEGREE AT SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY IN DURANT.

MARRIED:   PETER PERCICH ON DECEMBER 25, 1940.

OCCUPATION:  VIRGINIA WAS A RETIRED SCHOOL TEACHER.


     SURVIVED BY

SONS:  JAMES A. PERCICH AND WIFE APRIL OF MINNESOTA.
               PETER D. PERCICH AND WIFE LINDA OF GROSSE ILE, MI.

GRANDCHILDREN:   MONICA AND CHRISTOPHER PERCICH OF GROSSE ILE, MI.

BROTHER:   RAYMOND CERIOTTI AND WIFE JUDY OF RIVERVIEW, MI.


     PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

HUSBAND:   PETER PERCICH.
PARENTS:   ANGELO AND LOIS (WILSON) CERIOTTI.
BROTHER:   LOUIS CERIOTTI AND WIFE JEWEL.
SISTER:  DOROTHY (CERIOTTI) PIQUARD.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:  FRIDAY, DECEMBER 20, 2002 AT 2:00 P.M.
PLACE OF SERVICES:   GRAVESIDE.

INTERMENT:   COALGATE CITY CEMETERY ~ COALGATE, OK.

OFFICIATING:   REV. JOE SMITH.
 
 
 
 
NAME:    SANDRA JEAN (KNAPP) COLLINS, AGE 58, A LANE AREA RESIDENT SINCE 1995 AND A FORMER ARANSAS PASS, TX RESIDENT.

BORN:  MARCH 27, 1944 ANTLERS, OK TO MARTIN L. AND MARGIE ELIZABETH (SULLIVAN) KNAPP.
 
PASSED AWAY:   THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2002 AT THE SE OKLAHOMA MEDICAL CENTER, DURANT.
AGE:   58 YEARS  8 MONTHS   AND   22 DAYS.

EDUCATION:   SHE ATTENDED SCHOOL IN ARANSAS PASS, TX.

MARRIED:   WILLIAM EUGENE COLLINS ON MARCH 27, 1966 AT ARANSAS PASS, TX.

OCCUPATION:  SANDRA WORKED AT WALMART IN ARANSAS PASS, TX FOR MORE THAN 15 YEARS AND THEN HERE AT THE ATOKA WALMART, RETIRING IN 1999.

CHURCH AFFILIATION:  MEMBER OF THE CRYSTAL BAPTIST CHURCH.


     SURVIVED BY

HUSBAND:   WILLIAM COLLINS OF THE HOME.

SON:   JAMES HOWARD COLLINS OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TX.

BROTHERS:  MARTIN KNAPP AND WIFE PATRICIA OF HUNTSVILLE, TX (FORMERLY OF ATOKA, OK)
                         BOBBY LEROY KNAPP OF CRYSTAL, OK.

SISTERS:   DOROTHY ALENE HISE OF ANTLERS, OK.
                     LORA LEE ZABALA OF WILLIAMS, AZ.
                     BILLIE FAY JOHNSON OF LANE, OK.
                     DOTTIE JUANITA FRENCH AND HUSBAND W. L. OF WILCOX, AZ.
                     FRANCIS RUTH PYLE OF LAKE CITY, FL.
                     JO ANNA FLORES AND HUSBAND ELOY OF WILCOX, AZ.
                     DIANNA HATCHER AND HUSBAND LARRY OF ANTLERS, OK.

STEPBROTHER:   TILLMAN CALLOWAY OF GARDENDALE, CA.
 
 
DATE OF MEMORIAL SERVICE:    MONDAY, DECEMBER 23, 2002 AT 2:00 PM.
PLACE OF SERVICES:   CRYSTAL BAPTIST CHURCH ~ CRYSTAL, OK
 
INTERMENT: NONE - CREMATION.

OFFICIATING:   REV. DARRELL HEATH.
ASSISTING:   REV. DAVID BOUTWELL.
 
 
 
 
NAME:    HAROLD DONNELL (DONNIE) WARD, AGE 58, A LONGTIME COALGATE AREA RESIDENT.

BORN:  JANUARY 27, 1944 CAIRO, OKLA TO JOSEPH E. AND LAURA MAE (SNODDY) WARD.

PASSED AWAY:   SUNDAY, DECEMBER 22, 2002 AT MARY HURLEY HOSPITAL IN, COALGATE, OK.
AGE:   58 YEARS  10 MONTHS  AND   25 DAYS.

EDUCATION:   DONNIE ATTENDED COALGATE SCHOOLS.


     SURVIVED BY
 
SIBLINGS:  JACK WARD OF FRISCO, TX.
                       J. C. WARD OF COALGATE, OK.
                       BILL WARD OF COALGATE, OK.
                       BETTY WILSON OF COALGATE, OK.
                       MARY CRAVENS OF GLENPOOL, OK.
                       BOBBI GIROD GLENPOOL, OK.
                       MAXINE PULLIAM OF BRISTON, OK.
                       JIM WARD OF KIOWA, OK.
                       MELVA THOMAS OF COALGATE, OK.
                       DOUG WARD OF COALGATE, OK.
                       VERNON WARD OF FITTSTOWN, OK.

COUSIN:  CLARA PARKER OF CLARITA, OK.


     PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

PARENTS: JACK AND MAE WARD.
BROTHER:   BURNEY WARD.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:  THURSDAY, DECEMBER 26, 2002 AT 2:00 P.M.
SERVICES:  FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH ~ COALGATE, OK.

INTERMENT:   WARD FAMILY CEMETERY ~ COALGATE, OK.

OFFICIATING:   REV. MATT SMITH.
ASSISTING:   RANDY WARD.

CASKETBEARERS:   (NEPHEWS)   DANNY WARD, BILL WARD JR., RON WILSON, RUSSELL GIROD, RICK PULLIAM, ROY WARD, BRIAN WARD, MARK THOMAS, MARK WARD.

HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:  ALL OTHER NEPHEWS.
 
 
 
 
NAME:    ELDON E. “BILL” WAGNER, AGE 74, AN ATOKA AREA RESIDENT AND FORMER CALIFORNIA AND MISSOURI RESIDENT.

BORN:  SEPTEMBER 9, 1928 IN ABILENE, TEXAS TO FRANKLIN AND LEALON RUTH (SANFORD) WAGNER.

PASSED AWAY:   THURSDAY, DECEMBER 26, 2002 AT ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.
AGE:   74 YEARS  3 MONTHS   AND   17 DAYS.

MARRIED:   A. FAYE FRAZIER IN 1947.

OCCUPATION:  BILL WAS A RETIRED CONSTRUCTION WORKER.

CHURCH AFFILIATION:    MEMBER OF THE SOUTH ATOKA CHURCH OF CHRIST.
 
HE WAS ALSO A MEMBER OF THE AMERICAN LEGION.


     SURVIVED BY

WIFE:  A. FAYE (FRAZIER) WAGNER OF THE FAMILY HOME.

SON:   RODGER AND WIFE SHARON OF ARKANSAS.

STEPSON:   TONY OF ARIZONA.

STEPDAUGHTER:  DANA OF ARIZONA.

7 GRANDCHILDREN AND 5 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.


     PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

PARENTS:   FRANKLIN AND LEALON RUTH WAGNER.
BROTHER:   MOZELL E. WAGNER.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:  MEMORIAL SERVICE TO BE ANNOUNCED AT A LATER DATE.
 
HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:  KENNETH FRAZIER, WILLARD SLATER, NORMAN SHELLEY, GAR GLOVER.
 
 
 
 
NAME:    PEGGIE DEAN (TODD) BINGHAM, AGE 83, A LONGTIME ATOKA RESIDENT.

BORN:  JULY 16, 1919 AT LEONARD, TEXAS TO J. C. AND MYRTLE LEE (FULLER) TODD.

PASSED AWAY:   FRIDAY, DECEMBER 27,2002 AT MARY HURLEY HOSPITAL IN COALGATE, OK.
AGE:   83 YEARS  5 MONTHS   AND   11 DAYS.

EDUCATION:   SHE ATTENDED SCHOOLS IN TEXAS.

MARRIED:   REV. CAD BINGHAM ON DECEMBER 23, 1934 AT WELCH, TEXAS.
 
OCCUPATION:  HOMEMAKER AND HOUSEWIFE

CHURCH AFFILIATION:    LONGTIME MEMBER OF THE HILLCREST BAPTIST CHURCH AND THE EASTERN STAR.
 

     SURVIVED BY

SON: J. C. BINGHAM AND WIFE ELOISE OF BARTLESVILLE, OK.

GRANDCHILDREN:   TERRY SCHAEF AND HUSBAND BOB OF PALESTINE, TX.
                                       ROBIN SETTLEMIRE AND HUSBAND J. B. OF TUSHKA, OK.
                                       KEVIN BINGHAM AND WIFE PAM OF ATOKA, OK.
                                       SHANNON LEUTY AND HUSBAND KENNY OF ATOKA, OK.
                                       MICHAEL BINGHAM OF STERLING, CO..
                                       JAMES A. BINGHAM OF DALLAS, TX.

GREAT GRANDCHILDREN:   JAMES, ASHLEY, KENDRA AND TAYLOR BINGHAM, SEAN SCHAEF, BRITTANY BINGHAM, SUSIE SETTLEMIRE, AND
                                                     ASHLEY NICHOLE BINGHAM.


     PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

HUSBAND:   REV. CAD BINGHAM IN FEBRUARY, 1990.
PARENTS:   J. C. AND MYRTLE LEE TODD.
SON:   CAD BINGHAM JR.
BROTHERS:  OATHER AND GODFREY TODD.
2 STEP SISTERS AND 3 STEP BROTHERS.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:    MONDAY, DECEMBER 30, 2002 AT 2:00 P.M.
PLACE OF SERVICES:   HILLCREST BAPTIST CHURCH ~ ATOKA, OK.

INTERMENT:   GREEN MEADOWS CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK.

OFFICIATING:   REV. JUNIOR HENRY.
ASSISTING:   REV. RICHARD MAGBY.

CASKETBEARERS:   CECIL LEWIS, DON MILAM, CHARLES CARROLL, GLEN COOK, SAM SHOEMAKE, DON RITTER, KENNETH RICHARDSON.

HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:  JELLY COOK, JOHN HOWARD, NOEL POWELL, CECIL BUTLER.
 
 
 
 
NAME:     OPAL LEE (SPEAKS) HORATH, AGE 79, A LIFELONG ATOKA AREA RESIDENT.
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BORN:    NOVEMBER 4, 1923 AT COLEMAN, OK TO SAMUEL DAVID AND ETHEL MARGIE (HARRIS) SPEAKS.
 
PASSED AWAY:     MONDAY, DECEMBER 30, 2002 AT HER RESIDENCE IN ATOKA, ok.
AGE:       79 YEARS    1 MONTH   AND    26 DAYS
 
EDUCATION:     ATTENDED OAK GROVE SCHOOL.
 
OCCUPATION:      OPAL WAS A HOUSEWIFE AND ALSO HELPED WORK THE FAMILY FARM as well as  WORKED AT LOCAL RESTauRANTS.
 
MARRIED:     JOHN WILLIAM “BILL” HORATH ON DECEMBER 30, 1942 IN ATOKA, OK.
 
CHURCH AFFILIATION:      OPAL WAS A MEMBER OF MOUNTAIN VIEW PENTECOSTAL CHURCH OF GOD AS A CHILD AND TEENAGER.   AS AN ADULT SHE  BECAME A MEMBER OF THE FULSOM BAPTIST CHURCH.
 
 
       survived by
 
SONS:    JACKIE WAYNE HORATH and WIFE GAIL OF SAPULPA, OK.
                 DONNIE RAY “BO” HORATH and WIFE JEAN OF ATOKA, OK.
                 JERRY LEE “GOB” HORATH and WIFE VIRGINIA OF ATOKA, OK.
                 RONNIE DALE “PAT” HORATH OF BIXBY, OK.
 
SONS-IN-LAW:     MELVIN PERKINS OF FARRIS, OK.
                               TERRY FAULKNER OF DENTON, TX.
 
SISTERS:     GERALDINE WHITTINGTON AND HUSBAND JEROME OF ATOKA, OK.
                       ESTER PEARL HENDERSON OF TuSHKA, OK.
                       MARY SUE BYRD OF GAINSVILLE, TX.
 
BROTHER:     EARL SPEAKS AND VIOLA GIBSON OF TUSHKA, OK.
 
SPECIAL FRIEND:      BESSIE BRAY.
 
16 GRANDCHILDREN, 28 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.
 
 
       preceded in death by
 
PARENTS:   SAM AND ETHEL SPEAKS.
HUSBAND:     JOHN WILLIAM “BILL” HORATH on AUGUST 5, 1999.
DAUGHTERS:     MARGARET ANN (HORATH) FAULKNER.
                               WANDA VERN (HORATH) PERKINS.
SISTERS:     EVA DEAN (SPEAKS) CHANDLER.
                       ZELDA (SPEAKS) CALLICOAT.
BROTHERS:      MERL, MELVIN, RAYMOND, AND BILLY SPEAKS.
      
 
DATE OF SERVICES:    THURSDAY, JANUARY 2, 2003 AT 2:00 P. M.
PLACE OF SERVICES:     BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ atoka, ok.
 
OFFICIATING:     ARVEL HALL.
ASSISTING:     JERRY RICHARDS.
 
iNTERMENT:     GREEN MEADOWS CEMETERY ~ atoka, ok.
 
CASKETBEARERS:     TEDDY HENDERSON, DEWAYNE MOBBS, KEITH MOBBS, A.D. MOORE, LARRY     MULLINS, JIM YORK.
 
HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:    ROYCE BLAKER, GEORGE HALL, SR, TED HENDERSON, PAUL MULLINS,     HUEY SEWELL, JIM MULLINS.
 
 
 
 
NAME:    ALVIE “DALE” MAXEY, AGE 51, OF MCALESTER, OK FORMERLY OF ATOKA , OK.

BORN:  AUGUST 22, 1951 AT ATOKA TO EDWARD LEE AND ELENE EFFIE (TAYLOR) MAXEY.
 
PASSED AWAY: TUESDAY, DECEMBER 31, 2002 AT MERCY HOSPITAL IN OKLAHOMA CITY.
AGE:   51 YEARS  4 MONTHS   AND   9 DAYS.

EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOL AT ATOKA, OK AND AT CAPITAL HILL IN OKLAHOMA CITY.

MARRIED:   SHARON MARY RAVEN OF ELTHAM LONDON, U.K. ON JULY 21, 1986 AT GUTHRIE, OK.

OCCUPATION:  AL WAS A RADIO PRODUCER AND WORKED MANY YEARS IN RADIO ADVERTISING. HE WAS ALSO THE PRODUCER / HOST OF THE JACK ARMSTRONG “TELLING YOU LIKE IT IS” RADIO SHOW.

CHURCH AFFILIATION:  AL WAS OF THE PENTECOSTAL FAITH


     SURVIVED BY

WIFE:  SHARON MARY OF THEIR HOME IN MCALESTER, OK.

CHILDREN:  ALLEN DANIAL, AGE 14 AND GENE LYNNE MAXEY, AGE 12 OF THE HOME.

SON FROM PREVIOUS MARRIAGE:  JASON MAXEY LEE.

STEP DAUGHTER:   NICHOLA MARTIN AND HUSBAND MICHAEL OF ROCHESTER, ENGLAND.

STEP GRANDSONS:   HARRY AND JACK MARTIN OF ROCHESTER, ENGLAND.

FATHER:  EDWARD MAXEY OF OKLAHOMA CITY.

BROTHERS:    EDWARD R. MAXEY AND WIFE LINDA OF McALESTER, OK.
                           CHARLES L. “COTTON” MAXEY AND WIFE VAL OF NORMAN, OK.

SISTERS:   SHIRLEY F. BURGESS AND HUSBAND RAY OF OKLAHOMA CITY.
                     LOIS B. “GEE GEE” KELSEY AND HUSBAND MIKE OF OKLAHOMA CITY.
                     FAYE E. AMOS AND HUSBAND JOE OF MOORE, OK.


     PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

MOTHER:  ELENE EFFIE (TAYLOR) MAXEY HOUSER ON JANUARY 19, 2002.
BROTHER:   DANNY DEWAYNE MAXEY ON JUNE 13, 2000.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:  SATURDAY, JANUARY 4, 2003 AT 1:00 PM.
PLACE OF SERVICES:   BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK.

INTERMENT:   BOGGY DEPOT CEMETERY ~ ATOKA COUNTY, OK.

OFFICIATING:   ARVEL HALL.

CASKETBEARERS:   DARRELL MAXEY, ROY MAXEY, BO HUNTER, RAY TAYLOR, JOE MAXEY, JERRY MAXEY.

HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:  LLOYD GREGG, JERRY HUNTER, GLEN MAXEY, ROY TAYLOR, DAVID TAYLOR, RANDY TAYLOR.
 
 
 
 
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