December, 2001 Memorials
 
 
 
 
NAME:      EDWARD JAMES EVANS, AGE 77, LIFELONG ATOKA RESIDENT.
 
BORN:  FEBRUARY 15, 1924 AT DEVINE, TEXAS TO WILLARD WILLIAM AND ALBERTA (CHITWOOD) EVANS.
 
PASSED AWAY: SATURDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2001 AT HIS HOME EAST OF ATOKA.
AGE:   77 YEARS    9 MONTHS    AND   16  DAYS.
 
EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT EAST TELICO AND FARRIS, OK.
 
MARRIED:   OLETA MCKENNY ON NOVEMBER 1, 1949 AT ATOKA, OK.
 
OCCUPATION:  HE WORKED MANY YEARS AS A RANCH HAND AND WAS A TRUCK DRIVER.
 
CHURCH AFFILIATION:  ED WAS OF BAPTIST FAITH.
 
 
     SURVIVED BY
 
WIFE:    OLETA EVANS OF ATOKA, OK.
 
SONS:    DUANE EVANS AND WIFE LINDA OF ATOKA, OK.
               BUTCH EVANS OF REDDEN, OK.
 
DAUGHTERS:   LOUISE MOORE AND HUSBAND JOHN OF CHICKASHA, OK.
                             KAREN DAVIS AND HUSBAND KEVIN OF ATOKA, OK.
 
17 GRANDCHILDREN, 11 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.
 
BROTHERS:    WALTER “BUD” EVANS OF ATOKA, OK.
                           SONNY EVANS AND WIFE RETHA OF STRINGTOWN, OK.
                           WINFRED EVANS AND WIFE DeLINDA OF ATOKA, OK.
 
SISTERS:   SUSIE BLAIR OF ATOKA, OK.
                     SARAH BREWER AND HUSBAND JAMES OF HARLINGEN, TX.
                     MAXINE HEAD AND HUSBAND GORDON OF STRINGTOWN, OK.
                     GERALDINE LAYTON AND HUSBAND JACK OF CANEY, OK.
                     JOYCE LAYTON AND HUSBAND BURR OF STRINGTOWN, OK.
                     LOIS EVANS OF ATOKA, OK.
 
DAUGHTER IN-LAW:   SHERRY EVANS OF CHARLESTOWN, IN.
 
 
     PRECEDED IN DEATH BY
 
PARENTS:   WILLARD AND ALBERTA (CHITWOOD) EVANS.
SON:   JOE EVANS.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:    MONDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2001 AT 2:00 P.M.
PLACE OF SERVICES:   BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK.
 
INTERMENT:   FARRIS CEMETERY ~ FARRIS, OK.
 
OFFICIATING:   REV. LARRY ROSE
 
CASKETBEARERS:   DEON KIEFER, PHILLIP CANNON, PHILLIP ALLEN, LAWRENCE KELLY, D. W. DARNELL, SCOTT HAMILTON.
 
HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:  CURTIS LAMBERT, PINKY BURKHALTER, MONROE ALLEN, JUNIOR LYTLE, JERRY LYTLE, TOMMY LYTLE.
 
 
 
 
NAME:    JOE TRAVIS STAMPS, AGE 87, OF WAPANUCKA, OK.

BORN:  FEBRUARY 20, 1914 AT UMPIRE, HOWARD COUNTY, ARKANSAS TO ALONZO FELIX AND ESTER MAE LUSTER STAMPS.
 
PASSED AWAY:   SATURDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2001 AT WILSON N. JONES HOSPITAL IN SHERMAN, TX.
AGE:   87 YEARS   9 MONTHS   AND   11 DAYS.

EDUCATION:   ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT PLAINVIEW AND BROMIDE IN JOHNSTON COUNTY, OK.

MARRIED:   BILLVIA “BILLIE” YETIVE WINTERS ON JULY 9, 1958 IN CALIFORNIA.

OCCUPATION:  HE WORKED MANY YEARS AND RETIRED AS SUPERVISOR FOR LATCHFORD GLASS CO. IN BELL GARDENS, CA. HE RETIRED IN 1977 AND RETURNED TO WAPANUCKA IN 1993

CHURCH AFFILIATION:  JOE WAS OF BAPTIST FAITH.


     SURVIVED BY

STEPDAUGHTER:    BILLVIA JEAN GREENUP AND HUSBAND JIM OF BELL GARDENS , CA.

GRANDSONS:   JOE SMITH AND JOHN GREENUP OF CALIFORNIA.

BROTHERS:    LEWIS STAMPS OF SAN ANTONIA, TX.
                           PRESTON EVANS OF SAPULPA, OK.

SISTERS:     BONNIE FAUGHT OF WAPANUCKA, OK.
                       MABEL CLEMENTS OF WAPANUCKA, OK.
                       BESS LOCKHART OF ARDMORE, OK.


     PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

PARENTS:   ALONZO AND ESTER STAMPS.
WIFE:    BILLIE on september 19, 1992 in bell gardens, ca.
BROTHER:   ROY STAMPS.
SISTERS:   HAZEL STAMPS AND JESSIE STIPE.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:  WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2001 AT 2:00 P.M.
PLACE OF SERVICES:   BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK.

INTERMENT:   ROSE HILL CEMETERY ~ WAPANUCKA, OK.

OFFICIATING:   WENDELL INGRAM.

CASKETBEARERS: (GRANDSONS AND NEPHEWS)  JOE SMITH, JOHN GREENUP, LONNIE CLEMENTS, STANLEY CLEMENTS, DEAN HOBBIE, PETE STAMPS, RIP VIRGIN, PHILIP VIRGIN, JOHNNY MAC CLEMENTS.

HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:  CALVIN McCURRY, R. F. OVERSTREET, JAMES GUDGEL, CLARENCE ROBERTSON JR.
 
 
 
 
NAME:    GEORGE A. RAVAN, AGE 68, OF WOODWAY, TEXAS A COMMUNITY NEAR WACO, TEXAS.

BORN:  AUGUST 18, 1933 AT CLARITA, OK TO MARION FRANCIS AND NOVA ETTA (SLAPE) RAVAN.
 
PASSED AWAY:   SUNDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2001 AT HILLCREST HOSPITAL IN WACO, TX.
AGE:   68 YEARS   3 MONTHS  AND  24 DAYS.

EDUCATION:   ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT OLNEY AND CLARITA, GRADUATING FROM OLNEY HIGH SCHOOL IN 1951.

MARRIED:   MARY LEE LITTLEJOHN ON JULY 10, 1954 AT McALESTER, OK.

OCCUPATION:  HE WAS RETIRED FROM THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS.

CHURCH AFFILIATION:  GEORGE WAS OF THE BAPTIST FAITH.

WHILE A MARINE, GEORGE SERVED ONE TOUR OF DUTY IN KOREA AND TWO TOURS OF DUTY IN VIETNAM.


     SURVIVED BY

WIFE:    MARY OF THE HOME IN WOODWAY, TX.

DAUGHTERS:   SHERRY TREBUS AND HUSBAND KEN OF ROUND ROCK, TX.
                             DEBBIE RAVAN OF WACO, TX.
                             KAREN HURST AND HUSBAND WILLIAM OF WACO, TX.
                             BRENDA RAVAN OF AUSTIN, TX.

GRANDSON:    TYLER TREBUS OF ROUND ROCK, TX.

BROTHERS:    MARION RAVAN AND WIFE MARGIE OF KEIZER, OR.
                           NOEL RAVAN AND WIFE IMOGENE OF BOULDER, CO.

SISTERS:     UVONNE STEVENS AND HUSBAND RANDALL OF ANDREWS, TX.
                       JENNIE GLOVER AND HUSBAND HAROLD OF KONOWA, OK.


     PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

PARENTS:   MARION FRANCIS AND NOVA ETTA RAVAN.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:    THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2002 AT 2:00 P.M.
PLACE OF SERVICES:   McGEE VALLEY BAPTIST CHURCH ~ DAISY, OK.

INTERMENT:   REDDEN CEMETERY ~ REDDEN, OK.

OFFICIATING:   JIM KELLOGG.
ASSISTING:   GENE RAVAN.

CASKETBEARERS:   WILLIAM THOMAS HURST, KENNETH TREBUS, MARION RAVAN, RANDELL STEVENS, LOUIS LAYTON, ROBERT SMITH.

HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:    RAY LITTLEJOHN, BILL SMITH, ODELL MELTON.
 
 
 
 
NAME:    EARL BRADFORD, AGE 90, LONGTIME LANE AREA RESIDENT.
 
BORN:  APRIL 15, 1911 AT LANE, OK TO MACK CAIN AND NORA ELIZABETH (SULLIVAN) BRADFORD.
 
PASSED AWAY:   SUNDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2001 AT COLONIAL LIVING CENTER IN ATOKA, OK.
AGE: 90 YEARS   7 MONTHS   AND  11 DAYS.
 
EDUCATION:   ATTENDED SCHOOL AT MYERS CHAPEL IN THE LANE COMMUNITY.
 
MARRIED:   CLARA B. PERKINS ON JANUARY 19, 1935 AT DURANT, OK.
 
OCCUPATION:    HE WAS A FARMER AND RANCHER AND LONG TIME BUS DRIVER AND GREEN THUMB WORKER AT LANE SCHOOL FOR APPROXIMATELY 30 YEARS.
 
CHURCH AFFILIATION:    EARL WAS A CHARTER MEMBER OF IRON STOB PENTECOSTAL HOLINESS CHURCH WHICH BEGAN IN 1932. HE TAUGHT ADULT SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASS FOR 68 YEARS. HE READ THE NEW TESTAMENT 232 TIMES AND THE OLD TESTAMENT 14 TIMES.
 
 
     SURVIVED BY
 
SON:   O. E. BRADFORD AND WIFE BETTY OF PAMPA, TX.
 
DAUGHTERS:     ANN DYKES AND HUSBAND BRYANT OF PIEDMONT, OK.
                               DOROTHY HOWARD AND HUSBAND PETE OF ATOKA, OK.
 
GRANDDAUGHTERS:    VICKIE FELDER AND HUSBAND MIKE OF WAUKMOS, OK.
                                             SHARON HOLCOMB AND HUSBAND JOHN OF ATOKA, OK.
                                             PAULA DODSON OF PIEDMONT, OK.
                                             VALRIE GRAHM AND HUSBAND MIKE OF GRAND JUNCTION, CO.
                                             LISA GREEN AND HUSBAND J. J. OF SAN DIEGO, CA.
 
GRANDSON:  BRENT BRADFORD OF PAMPA, TX.
 
13 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.
 
BROTHER:   ADAM BRADFORD OF LANE, OK.
 
SPECIAL NIECES:  GENEVA BRYAN AND HELEN McGRAW  OF LANE, OK.
 
 
     PRECEDED IN DEATH BY
 
WIFE:    CLARA BRADFORD ON MARCH 20, 1990.
PARENTS:   MACK AND NORA BRADFORD.
SISTERS:   MINNIE DURHAM, NETTIE MOATS, MENTIE BRADFORD, JEWEL BURLESON, AND MARY BRADFORD.
  
 
DATE OF SERVICES:  WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2001 AT 10:00 A.M.
PLACE OF SERVICES:   IRON STOB PENTECOSTAL HOLINESS CHURCH ~ LANE, OK.
 
INTERMENT:   BUTLER CEMETERY ~ LANE, OK.
 
OFFICIATING:   REV. BARTT BRADFORD.
 
CASKETBEARERS:   PAUL SILVERS, JASPER CROSS, WORDEN DETTY, BILL KING, DWYANE BRYAN, JACK HUMPHREY.
 
HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:  NORMAN BRADFORD, LESTER BRADFORD, KENNETH EAVES, PINKY (D.P.) BURKHALTER, HARVEY HOGAN, CARL EAVES.
 
 
 
 
NAME:    MAUDY LEE (ROUNSAVILLE) TAYLOR, AGE 95, OF ATOKA, OK.

BORN:  JANUARY 13, 1906 IN ATOKA COUNTY, OK TO W. T. AND CELIA ANN (SCOTT) ROUNSAVILLE.
 
PASSED AWAY:   TUESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2001 AT ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.
AGE:   95 YEARS  9 MONTHS   AND   21 DAYS.

EDUCATION:   ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT BLACKJACK AND CRYSTAL, OK.

MARRIED:   JAMES HOLLAND TAYLOR ON JUNE 4, 1922 IN A BUGGY IN ATOKA COUNTY BY REV. WILLIAMS.

OCCUPATION:  HOUSEWIFE.

CHURCH AFFILIATION:  SHE WAS A MEMBER OF FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH IN STRINGTOWN, OK.


     SURVIVED BY

HUSBAND:   JAMES TAYLOR OF THE HOME IN ATOKA, OK.

DAUGHTER:  DEOVILAH (DOT) HEMBREE OF ATOKA, OK.

GRANDDAUGHTERS:  MARILYN RICHARDSON AND HUSBAND RAY OF ATOKA, OK.
                                           EVELYN MILLER OF ATOKA, OK.

GREAT GRANDCHILDREN:   MARLA EDWARDS OF WAPANUCKA, OK.
                                                       MICHAEL MILLER OF ATOKA, OK.
                                                       K. DON WHITE AND WIFE SHEILA OF ATOKA, OK.
                                                       NIKKIE ROBINSON AND HUSBAND TIM OF BOKCHITO, OK.
                                                       MARION RICHARDSON OF DALLAS, TX.

GREAT GREAT GRANDCHILDREN:   CORY, MARISA , TAMARA, DREW, JASON, TRAPPER, BLAKE, TAYLOR, TRISTAN.


     PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

PARENTS:   W. T. AND CELIA ANN ROUNSAVILLE.
BROTHERS:  W. O. ROUNSAVILLE AND W. T. ROUNSAVILLE.
SISTERS: JANIE BURKE AND MINNIE SEABOURN.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:  THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2002 AT 2:00 P.M.
PLACE OF SERVICES:   BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK.

INTERMENT:   BERA CEMETERY IN THE HARMONY COMMUNITY.

OFFICIATING:   REV. LOYD THOMPSON.
ASSISTING:   REV. BOB JOHNSON.

CASKETBEARERS:   WAYNE HOOPER, CHUB McDANIEL, DON BURKE, CARL HUTSON, WAYNE GEORGE, CALVIN MAYHEW.

HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:  GARY HAMMONDS, OREN COCHRAN, ROBERT WOOD, T. D. HUTSON, RICHIE BLEVINS, JIM RANKIN.
 
 
 
 
NAME:    JOHN GARVIN FAULKENBERRY, AGE 93, A LIFELONG ATOKA COUNTY RESIDENT.
 
BORN:  FEBRUARY 29, 1908 AT LANE, OK TO THOMAS WASHINGTON AND LILLIE BELLE (METHVIN) FAULKENBERRY.
 
PASSED AWAY:   WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2001 AT THE FOUR SEASONS NURSING HOME IN DURANT, OK.
AGE:   93 YEARS    9 MONTHS  AND    6 DAYS
 
EDUCATION:   ATTENDED SCHOOL AT LANE, OK.
 
MARRIED:   LORENE GENTRY AT PADUCAH, TX.
 
OCCUPATION:  RANCHER.
 
CHURCH:  HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE LANE BAPTIST CHURCH.
 
 
     SURVIVED BY
 
SONS:    BOBBY FAULKENBERRY AND WIFE DORIS OF WALNUT CREEK, CA.
               JOHNNY FAULKENBERRY OF LANE, OK.
 
GRANDCHILDREN:   MICHAEL FAULKENBERRY AND WIFE LYNN OF COLBERT, WA.
                                         TAMARA LONG AND HUSBAND BILL OF OAKLAND, CA.
                                         TIMOTHY FAULKENBERRY OF ATOKA, OK.
                                         SOMMER FAULKENBERRY OF ATOKA, OK.
 
2 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.
 
 
     PRECEDED IN DEATH BY
 
PARENTS:   THOMAS WASHINGTON AND LILLIE BELLE FAULKENBERRY
WIFE:    LORENE FAULKENBERRY ON DECEMBER 15, 1987.
BROTHER:   BURL FAULKENBERRY.
SISTERS:   LEXIE, VIOLA, DOROTHY, AND ADELE.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:  SATURDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2001 AT  2:00 P.M.
PLACE OF SERVICES:   BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK.
 
INTERMENT:   BUTLER CEMETERY ~ LANE, OK.
 
OFFICIATING:   REV. LARRY MURRAY
 
CASKETBEARERS:   DARRELL COATS, HAROLD COATS, BILL COBEN, R. V. GOODSON, BILL WALL, BOB FORAN.
 
 
 
 
NAME:      CARL ODELL POWELL, AGE 81, LIFETIME COAL AND ATOKA COUNTY RESIDENT.

BORN:    OCTOBER 10, 1920 AT COTTONWOOD, COAL COUNTY, OKLAHOMA TO MELVIN LEE AND VIOLET (McDANIEL) POWELL.
 
PASSED AWAY:   THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2001 AT HIS RESIDENCE IN COALGATE, OK.
AGE:   81 YEARS  1 MONTH  AND  26 DAYS.

EDUCATION:   ATTENDED SCHOOL AT ROUND HILL IN COAL COUNTY, OK.

MARRIED:   EUNICE DEAN HUDSON ON MAY 4, 1944 AT BLYTHEVILLE, AR.

OCCUPATION:    FARMER.

CHURCH AFFILIATION:  HE WAS A MEMBER OF COALGATE CHURCH OF CHRIST.

ODELL SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE U.S. ARMY AND WAS STATIONED IN HAWaIIAN ISLANDS DURING WORLD WAR II.
 
HE WAS ALSO A FORMER MEMBER OF ATOKA TRAILRIDERS AND CANEY RELAY RACE TEAM. ODELL LOVED GOING ON TRAIL RIDES AND WAGON TRAINS WITH HIS MULES.


     SURVIVED BY

WIFE:    EUNICE POWELL OF THEIR HOME IN COALGATE, OK.

DAUGHTERS:   FRANCES BROWN OF PHILLIPS, OK.
                             DORTHA BAUMERT AND HUSBAND MIKE OF PHILLIPS, OK.
                             LOIS MILLER AND HUSBAND MARK OF DURANT, OK.
                             PATSY BROWN AND HUSBAND PHILIP OF COALGATE, OK.

GRANDCHILDREN:   TONY WATSON OF OLNEY, OK.
                                       TRAVIS BROWN OF OKLAHOMA CITY.
                                       SCOTT BROWN OF COALGATE, OK.
                                       JUSTIN BROWN OF BUTCHER PEN, OK.
                                       JOHN MILLER OF DURANT, OK.
                                       JASON MILLER OF DURANT, OK.
                                       JAMY MILLER OF DURANT, OK.
                                       AMY (BROWN) MANNING OF CHECOTAH, OK.
                                       MELISSA (BAUMERT) LEE OF OLNEY, OK.

12 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.

BROTHERS:    ROLAND DWIGHT POWELL AND WIFE CATHRINE OF LEHIGH, OK.
                           KENNETH KAY POWELL AND WIFE PENNEY OF ASHLAND, OK.

SISTER:  EDITH MAE McININCH OF ATOKA, OK.


     PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

PARENTS:   MELVIN AND VIOLET POWELL.
GRANDSON:  VINCENT ODELL BROWN.
SON-IN-LAW:  VICTOR HERBERT BROWN.
BROTHERS:  LINVEL AND MARLIN LEE POWELL, SR.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:  SATURDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2001 AT 10:00 A.M.
PLACE OF SERVICES:   GRAVESIDE.

INTERMENT:   CENTRAHOMA CEMETERY ~ CENTRAHOMA, OK.

OFFICIATING:   LLOYD McELHANEY.

CASKETBEARERS:   TONY WAYNE WATSON, TRAVIS DEAN BROWN, PHILIP SCOTT BROWN, JUSTIN HERBERT BROWN, JOHN MARK MILLER JR., AMY JOLENE (BROWN) MANNING.
 
 
 
 
NAME:    OCIE JUANITA “NEET” (WALLIS) REDFERN, AGE 72, A PALESTINE, TEXAS RESIDENT SINCE 1980 AND FORMER RESIDENT OF ODESSA, TEXAS SINCE 1951 AFTER MOVING THERE FROM WAPANUCKA, OK.

BORN:  SEPTEMBER 27, 1929 AT CLARITA, OK TO JOHN WASHINGTON AND BERTHA SELUDA (SMITH) WALLIS.
 
PASSED AWAY:   WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2001 AT EAST TEXAS MEDICAL CENTER IN TYLER, TX.
AGE:   72 YEARS  2 MONTHS   AND   15 DAYS.

EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT WILSON, CLARITA, BROMIDE, PLAINVIEW, WAPANUCKA, AND COMPLETED HER EDUCATION AT ATHENS, TX.

MARRIED:   LEON REDFERN ON OCTOBER 30, 1947 AT GAINESVILLE, TX.

OCCUPATION:  NEET WAS A HOUSEWIFE, HOMEMAKER, AND MOTHER.

CHURCH AFFILIATION:  BAPTIST.


     SURVIVED BY

HUSBAND:   LEON REDFERN OF THEIR HOME IN PALESTINE, TX.

CHILDREN:  LYNN LEON REDFERN AND WIFE LANELL OF EAST BERNARD, TX.
                         ALICE JEANETTE OWENS AND HUSBAND BUCKLEY OF PALESTINE, TX.
                         NANCY CAROL HUGHES OF ATHOL, ID.
                         MONTY DON REDFERN AND WIFE CECILIA OF PALESTINE, TX.
                         JOHNNY LEE REDFERN OF BONHAM, TX.
                         WANDA YVONNE BYNUM AND HUSBAND JOHNNY OF CANEY, TX.
                         ERIC SCOTT REDFERN AND WIFE VICKIE OF FRANKSTON, TX.
                         STEVEN ROY REDFERN AND WIFE JODY SUE OF PALESTINE, TX.

20 GRANDCHILDREN, 12 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.

SISTERS:   ETHEL HALL AND HUSBAND ELMER OF STONEWALL, OK.
                     LOVITA LANE AND HUSBAND JAMES OF GAINESVILLE, TX.
                     FAYE STAGGS MOODY AND HUSBAND JACK OF WAPANUCKA, OK.
                     WANDA STUDEBAKER AND HUSBAND JOE OF NORMAN, OK.


     PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

PARENTS:   JOHN AND BERTHA WALLIS.
BROTHERS:  J. T. WALLIS AND BILLY TED WALLIS.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:  SATURDAY DECEMBER 15, 2001 10:00 AM.
PLACE OF SERVICES:   BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK.

INTERMENT:   ROSE HILL CEMETERY ~ WAPANUCKA, OK.

OFFICIATING:   REV. LARRY SCHOONOVER.

CASKETBEARERS:   LANCE OWENS, LYNN REDFERN JR., CHRIS REDFERN, BRIAN OWENS, BRANDON REDFERN, DON MICHAEL REDFERN.

HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:  GREG STAGGS, JACK MOODY.
 
 
 
 
NAME:    SHANNON BALEY DOUGLAS, 10 MONTH OLD DAUGHTER OF CHARLES EDWARD AND CARLA SUE (OWENS) DOUGLAS OF OKLAHOMA CITY AND FORMER ATOKA RESIDENTS.
 
BORN:  JANUARY 31, 2001 AT DURANT, OK.
 
PASSED AWAY: THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2001 AT THE CHILDRENS HOSPITAL IN OKLAHOMA CITY.
AGE:   10  MONTHS  AND  12 DAYS
 
 
     SURVIVED BY
 
PARENTS:   CHARLES AND CARLA DOUGLAS OF THE HOME IN OKLAHOMA CITY.
 
SISTER:  HALEY MARIE DOUGLAS OF THE HOME IN OKLAHOMA CITY.
 
MATERNAL GRANDPARENTS:   PEGGY AND WAYNE OWENS OF ATOKA, OK.
 
PATERNAL GRANDMOTHER:  EMMA DOUGLAS OF GREAT BEND, KS.
 
GREAT GRAND MOTHER:  OPAL DEATON OF ATOKA, OK.
 
 
     PRECEDED IN DEATH BY
 
GREAT GRANDPARENTS:  PAUL JUMP, PEGGY BRADFORD, WOODROW & CALLIE OWENS, and HARLIS DEATON.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:  MONDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2001 2:00 PM.
PLACE OF SERVICES:   BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK.
 
INTERMENT:   BENTLEY CEMETERY ~ BENTLEY, OK.
 
OFFICIATING:   REV.  GENE SLUDER.
 
CASKETBEARERS:   PAUL JUMP AND JOHN DOUGLAS.
 
 
 
 
NAME:    RUTH L. (SELBY) JOHNSON, AGE 87, A LIFELONG ATOKA AREA RESIDENT.

BORN:  OCTOBER 6, 1914 IN ATOKA COUNTY, OKLAHOMA TO SAMUEL JACKSON AND TOMMIE LOU (SIPES) SELBY.
 
PASSED AWAY:   SUNDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2001 AT VALLEY VIEW REGIONAL HOSPITAL IN ADA, OK.
AGE:   87 YEARS  2 MONTHS AND  10 DAYS.

EDUCATION:   ATTENDED AND GRADUATED FROM ATOKA HIGH SCHOOL AND RECEIVED HER MASTERS DEGREE FROM SOUTHEASTERN STATE UNIVERSITY AND HER DOCTORATES DEGREE FROM THE UNIVERISTY OF OKLAHOMA.

MARRIED:   FRANK C. JOHNSON IN ATOKA, OK.

OCCUPATION:  RUTH WAS A RETIRED TEACHER. SHE TAUGHT AT LANE, BUTLER, PINE SPRINGS, DOK, AND ROUND PRAIRIE, ALL IN ATOKA COUNTY. LATER SHE WORKED MANY YEARS AS A SOCIAL WORKER FOR DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES IN ATOKA AND PUSHMATAHA COUNTIES, RETIRING IN 1973.

CHURCH AFFILIATION:    RUTH WAS A MEMBER OF FARRIS ASSEMBLY OF GOD.
 
SHE WAS A MEMBER OF EASTERN STAR ATOKA CHAPTER, SHE WAS ACTIVE WITH RAINBOWS, AND WAS A VOLUNTEER FOR THE AMERICAN RED CROSS. SHE WORKED MANY DISASTERS INCLUDING HURRICANES IN GALVESTON, TEXAS AREA.


     SURVIVED BY

SISTERS:   ELLEN LONG and HUSBAND JACK OF FARRIS, OK.
                     BONNIE ROY OF LINDSEY, OK.
                     SUE RODGERS OF GLOBE, AZ.

SPECIAL NEPHEWS & NIECES:    JACKIE LONG and WIFE LENA OF FARRIS, OK.
                                                               WILMA ARNOLD OF FARRIS, OK.
                                                               LINDA HEARRELL and HUSBAND SAM OF LANE, OK.
                                                               GLENN LONG OF FARRIS, OK.


     PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

PARENTS:   SAM and TOMMIE SELBY.
HUSBAND:   FRANK C. JOHNSON in may, 1977.
BROTHER:   BUDDY SELBY.
SISTERS:   ODESSA BELL and FLOY BARKHORN.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:    TUESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 2001 AT 2:00 P.M.
PLACE OF SERVICES:   FARRIS ASSEMBLY OF GOD ~ FARRIS, OK.

INTERMENT:   BUTLER CEMETERY ~ LANE, OK.

OFFICIATING:   REV. CHARLES D. LUMAN.

CASKETBEARERS:   TOP GRAHAM, MICKEY BELL, THOMAS BILL, KENNY MILLER, KEN MILLER, GLENN LONG.

HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:    DONNIE BAKER, JAMES “CUBBIE” OWENS, SAM HEARRELL.
 
 
 
 
NAME:  LETISHIA DAWN PRICE, AGE 22, OF BENTONVILLE, ARKANSAS AND A FORMER ATOKA RESIDENT.

BORN:  JULY 7, 1979 AT OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA TO MICHAEL TED SEARS AND JOANNA LOU PRICE.
 
PASSED AWAY:   MONDAY, DECEMBER 17, 2001 AT TULSA, OKLAHOMA FROM INJURIES RECEIVED IN AN AUTO ACCIDENT.
AGE:   22 YEARS  5 MONTHS   AND   10 DAYS.

EDUCATION: GRADUATED FROM ATOKA HIGH SCHOOL IN 1997. SHE ATTENDED AND GRADUATED FROM OSU TECH CENTER IN OKMULGEE IN 2000, MAJORING IN GRAPHIC DESIGN.

OCCUPATION:  WORKED OVER A YEAR AS A GRAPHIC DESIGN ARTIST IN THE PRODUCT DESIGN DIVISION FOR WAL MART.

CHURCH AFFILIATIONS:   LETISHIA WAS OF THE BAPTIST FAITH.
 
SHE LOVED ART.


     SURVIVED BY

PARENTS:   MICHAEL T. and JOANNA SEARS OF ATOKA, OK.

BROTHERS:  JAMES R. SEARS II OF ATOKA, OK.
                         MICHAEL BRYAN SEARS OF COALGATE, OK.

GRANDPARENTS:  JEWEL DEAN SEARS OF ATOKA, OK.
                                     AUDREY and HERMAN RILEY OF SPENCER, OK.


     PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

GRANDFATHER: JAMES R. SEARS.
UNBORN DAUGHTER.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:  THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20, 2001 AT 2:00 P.M.
PLACE OF SERVICES:   BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK

INTERMENT:   GREEN MEADOWS CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK.

OFFICIATING:   REV. LARRY ROSE.
EULOGY:  ERNIE GRIFFIN.

CASKETBEARERS:   JEREMY PHILPOT, DANIEL PHILPOT, ROY PHILPOT, BILLY PINGLETON III, ALEXANDER HILL, LARRY MIDDLETON, C. L. SEARS, KEVIN WATSON.

HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:  ERNIE GRIFFIN, BILLY PINGLETON, JAMES HEBERT, CHARLES ELLIS.
 
 
 
 
NAME:    BOBBIE MARIE (GOODWIN) HATCH, AGE 69, A LONGTIME WAPANUCKA AREA RESIDENT.
 
BORN:  DECEMBER 18, 1932 IN THE WILSON COMMUNITY, ATOKA COUNTY, OKLAHOMA TO ROBERT R. AND ESTER MARIE (RAY) GOODWIN.
 
PASSED AWAY:   TUESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 2001 AT HILLCREST NURSING HOME IN TISHOMINGO, OK.
AGE:   69 YEARS    0 MONTHS   AND   0 DAYS.
 
EDUCATION:   ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT PLAINVIEW IN JOHNSTON COUNTY AND IN BORGER, TEXAS.
 
MARRIED:   VICTOR HATCH ON NOVEMBER 16, 1952 AT FORT WORTH, TX.
 
OCCUPATION:    HOUSEWIFE .
 
CHURCH AFFILIATION:    CHURCH OF CHRIST.
 
BOBBIE DEARLY LOVED HER HOME AT HILLCREST AND ALL THE RESIDENTS AND STAFF. SHE LOVED TO READ AND TO WORK PUZZLES AND SING TO THE RESIDENTS.
 
 
     SURVIVED BY
 
DAUGHTERS:   VICKI WILLIAMS OF CHICO, CA.
                             VELDA HATCH OF CHICO, CA.
 
SON:   GLEN HATCH OF PARADISE, CA.
 
GRANDSON:    KIRK WILLIAMS OF CHICO, CA.
 
COUSINS:   DORTHEY BROWN, AUDREY JOHNSON, and JAKE RAY OF WAPANUCKA, OK.
                       KATHLEEN MILES, WAYNE RAY, and CHARLES RAY OF OLNEY, OK.
                       EVELENE LITTLE OF SHAWNEE, OK.
 
 
     PRECEDED IN DEATH BY
 
FATHER:  ROBERT R. GOODWIN.
MOTHER:  ESTER MARIE EPPERSON.
STEP FATHER:   CORDY EPPERSON.
  
 
DATE OF SERVICES:  NO SERVICES.
 
INTERMENT:   NONE  - DIRECT CREMATION.
 
 
 
 
NAME:    CLINTON “SKINNER” STILES, AGE 81, A LONGTIME ATOKA AREA RESIDENT.

BORN:  JANUARY 5, 1920 AT STRATFORD, OKLAHOMA TO ISAAC AND NANCY (EDWARDS) STILES.
 
PASSED AWAY: WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2001 AT PARKLAND HOSPITAL, DALLAS, TX.
AGE:   81 YEARS  11 MONTHS  AND  14 DAYS.

EDUCATION:   ATTENDED SCHOOLS IN COAL AND ATOKA COUNTIES.

MARRIED:   ROSIE LEE WILSON ON JUNE 23, 1950 AT DeQUEEN, AR.

OCCUPATION:  OWNED AND OPERATED A SERVICE STATION IN ATOKA AND WAS A BRICK MASON.

CHURCH AFFILIATIONS:   MEMBER OF LANE CHURCH OF CHRIST.

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


     SURVIVED BY

DAUGHTER:    ELLA FRANKLIN and GREG CUMMINS OF CARROLLTON, TX.

GRANDCHILDREN:   TROY FRANKLIN and WIFE PAUZIAH OF MANILA, PHILIPPINES.
                                         CHRISTY FRANKLIN OF IRVING, TX.
                                         BILLY FRANKLIN OF MAYBANK, TX.

GREAT GRANDCHILDREN:     BRITTANI FRANKLIN OF JUSTIN, TX.
                                                       MEAGAN and DYLAN FRANKLIN OF CEDAR HILL, TX.
                                                       TIARA, NATASHA, and AARON FRANKLIN OF MANILA, PHILIPPINES.

BROTHER:   LINCOLN STILES and WIFE WILLIE OF ATOKA, OK.

SISTERS:   OLLIE WILSON OF LANE, OK.
                     CARRIE “TOOTIE” WOODS OF ATOKA, OK.

GRANDDAUGHTER-IN-LAW:    MARIA FRANKLIN OF CEDAR HILL, TX.

SON-IN-LAW:    JERRY FRANKLIN OF DALLAS, TX.

FRIENDS:   RICHARD GARTON and VIRGINIA “GINNY” HORATH.


     PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

PARENTS:   ISAAC and NANCY STILES.
WIFE:    ROSIE STILES ON MAY 20, 2001.
BROTHERS:    JESSIE, CLABURN, and MARTIN “BLUE” STILES.
SISTERS:   DOLLY WILSON, OLLIE GOLDEN, and WILLIE BUSH.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:    SUNDAY, DECEMBER 23, 2001 AT 2:00 P.M.
PLACE OF SERVICES:   BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK.

INTERMENT:   BUTLER CEMETERY ~ LANE, OK.
 
OFFICIATING:   LLOYD McELHANEY.

CASKETBEARERS:   RON MARBLE, KELLY STANDRIDGE, FLOYD KEELER, GLENN NORTON, JERRY RICHARD, STAN MAGGARD.

HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:  BILLY WAYNE GOODSON, RICHARD GARTON, DAVID STILES, BOBBY WILSON.
 
 
 
 
NAME:    CELESTIA “PEARL” (PUGH) PITTMAN, AGE 60, A LONGTIME ATOKA AREA RESIDENT.

BORN:  APRIL 30, 1941 AT ACHILLE, OKLAHOMA TO HENRY NEWMAN AND LYDIA ANNIE RACHAEL (COPPLE) PUGH.
 
PASSED AWAY:   WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2001 AT McALESTER REGIONAL HOSPITAL.
AGE:   60 YEARS  7 MONTHS   AND   19 DAYS.

EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT OLNEY AND ATOKA.

MARRIED:   NETHEL THURMAN PITTMAN ON NOVEMBER 25, 1956 AT DURANT, OK.

OCCUPATION:    MOTHER, HOUSEWIFE, & HOMEMAKER.

CHURCH AFFILIATIONS:   BAPTIST FAITH.

PEARL LOVED CARING FOR HER CHILDREN, GRANDCHILDREN, AND GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.


     SURVIVED BY

HUSBAND:   NETHEL PITTMAN OF THE HOME IN ATOKA, OK.

CHILDREN:  BRENDA REYNOLD and HUSBAND JOHN OF ATOKA, OK.
                         JAMES “MIKE” PITTMAN and WIFE EVELYN OF ATOKA, OK.
                         RITA JANE SUMPTER and HUSBAND LARRY OF TURNEY, MO.
                         RITHA JOAN MOORE and HUSBAND SCOTT OF ATOKA, OK.
                         TERESSA WOOD and HUSBAND DONALD OF ATOKA, OK.

13 GRANDCHILDREN, 5 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.

BROTHERS:  WESLEY PUGH OF ATOKA, OK.
                         ELDON PUGH and WIFE BETTY OF COLEMAN, OK.
                         CHARLIE PUGH and WIFE JAN OF ATOKA, OK.


     PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

PARENTS:   HENRY and ANNIE PUGH.
GRANDSON:  MICHAEL WOOD.
SISTER:  BILLIE SHERRILL.
BROTHERS:  OTIS and BOB PUGH.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:  SATURDAY, DECEMBER 22, 2001 AT 10:00 A.M.
PLACE OF SERVICES:   BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK.

INTERMENT:   PITTMAN FAMILY CEMETERY IN ATOKA COUNTY, OK.

OFFICIATING:   REV. JACKIE LEWIS

CASKETBEARERS:   STEPHEN PITTMAN, SCOTT PITTMAN, KERRY MOORE, JAMES ADAMS, DEWAYNE ALLEN, DONALD BAILEY JR.

HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:  TONY SHERRILL, BILLY FRANK HAYWOOD, JIMMY SHERRILL.
 
 
 
 
NAME:      LEON BURKHALTER, AGE 72, A LONGTIME ATOKA AREA RESIDENT.
 
BORN:  DECEMBER 30, 1928 AT LANE, OKLAHOMA TO WILBURN E. AND THELMA L. (YATES) BURKHALTER.
 
PASSED AWAY:   SATURDAY, DECEMBER 22, 2001 AT HIS HOME IN ATOKA, OK.
AGE:   72 YEARS   11 MONTHS   AND   22 DAYS.
 
EDUCATION:   ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT IRONSTOB (LANE), OK.
 
MARRIED:     BEA HAMILTON ON JUNE 4, 1955 AT DURANT, OK.
 
OCCUPATION:    LEON WAS A LOGGER, HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERATOR, AND WORKED MANY YEARS ON HIGH LINE CONTRUCTION.
 
CHURCH AFFILIATION:  ASSEMBLY OF GOD.
 
LEON LOVED TO HUNT AND FISH AND TELL TALES AT THE COFFEE SHOP.
 
 
     SURVIVED BY
 
WIFE:    BEA burkhalter OF THE HOME IN ATOKA, OK.
 
CHILDREN:    HOLLEY MUSE AND HUSBAND GENE OF HUGO, OK.
                           ROY BURKHALTER AND DEBBIE OF ATOKA, OK.
                           KIMY BURKHALTER AND WIFE TERRY OF CANEY, OK.
 
GRANDCHILDREN:     EDDIE LEON HENRY AND CHASI OF TUSHKA, OK.
                                         APRYL PRITCHETT AND HUSBAND J. B. OF TUSHKA, OK.
                                         LEITH BURKHALTER OF CANEY, OK.
                                         KIRBY BURKHALTER OF CANEY, OK.
                                         JASMINE MUSE OF HUGO, OK.
                                         AMITY APSEY AND HUSBAND CHRIS OF FITTSTOWN, OK.
 
GREAT GRANDCHILDREN:   SEKRET HENRY OF TUSHKA, OK.
                                                       ERIC MATHEW OF TUSHKA, OK.
 
BROTHER:     D. P. “PINKY” BURKHALTER AND WIFE PAT OF LANE, OK.
 
SISTERS:     GERALDINE EAVES AND HUSBAND KENNETH OF LANE, OK.
                       GINGER SILVERS AND HUSBAND PAUL OF LANE, OK.
 
 
     PRECEDED IN DEATH BY
 
DAUGHTER:    KLETA JEAN BURKHALTER.
PARENTS:   WILBURN AND THELMA YATES BURKHALTER.
BROTHER:   DOUGLAS BURKHALTER.
SISTER:    LUCILLE COATS.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:    WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 26, 2001 AT 2:00 P.M.
PLACE OF SERVICES:   BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK.
 
INTERMENT:   GREEN MEADOWS CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK.
 
OFFICIATING:   REV. JOHN HOWARD.
 
CASKETBEARERS:   GENE MUSE, ROY BURKHALTER, KIMY BURKHALTER, EDDIE L. HENRY, J. B. PRITCHETT, LEITH BURKHALTER, KIRBY BURKHALTER.
 
HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:  DARRELL COATS, HAROLD COATS, GERALD EAVES, JERRY DON BURKHALTER, DENNIS BURKHALTER, TODD BURKHALTER, SHANE HAMILTON, BOB LEWIS.
 
 
 
 
NAME:    SEWELL YETIVE (BARBER) DALE, AGE 90, A LONGTIME ATOKA RESIDENT.
 
BORN:  APRIL 5, 1911 AT CANEY, OKLAHOMA TO ROY AND ADA (MATHIS) BARBER.
 
PASSED AWAY:   TUESDAY, DECEMBER 25, 2001 AT ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.
AGE:     90 YEARS   8 MONTHS   AND   2O DAYS.
 
EDUCATION:   GRADUATED FROM CADDO HIGH SCHOOL AND ATTENDED SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERISTY IN DURANT.
 
MARRIED:   CHARLES D. DALE, JR. IN JULY 1929 AT TISHOMINGO, OK.
 
OCCUPATION:  TAUGHT SCHOOL MANY YEARS IN OKLAHOMA CITY AND RETIRED FROM ATOKA IN 1976.
 
CHURCH & OTHER AFFILIATIONS:   MEMBER OF THE ATOKA METHODIST CHURCH, MEMBER OF THE METHODIST WOMENS SOCIETY AND THE BRIDGE CLUBS IN ATOKA.
 
 
     SURVIVED BY
 
SON:   CHARLES DALE III OF ATOKA, OK.
 
GRANDCHILDREN:   KAREN DALE OF TULSA, OK.
                                         MIKE DALE OF ATOKA, OK.
                                         JEFF DALE and WIFE CAROLYN OF SAN RAFAEL, CA.
                                         NANCY DALE OF TULSA, OK.
 
GREAT GRANDCHILDREN:   ALLISON DALE OF AUSTIN, TX.
                                                       CHARLES ANDREW DALE OF SAN RAFAEL, CA.
 
BROTHER:   ROY LAKE BARBER OF ROANOAK, TEXAS
 
 
     PRECEDED IN DEATH BY
 
HUSBAND:   CHARLES DALE, JR. ON MARCH 8, 1993.
DAUGHTER-IN-LAW:   JOANN DALE.
PARENTS:   ROY and ADA BARBER.
SISTERS:   RACHEL BARBER WILSON and ROYCE IMPSON.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:    FRIDAY, DECEMBER 28, 2001 AT 10:00 A.M.
PLACE OF SERVICES:   CADDO CEMETERY CHAPEL ~ CADDO, OK.
 
INTERMENT:   CADDO CEMETERY ~ CADDO, OK.
 
OFFICIATING:   REV. BOB JOHNSON.
 
CASKETBEARERS:   CHARLES DALE III, MIKE DALE, JEFF DALE, ROY BARBER.
 
 
 
 
NAME:    ESTHER MAE (NELSON) MORELAN, AGE 60, OF LONE GROVE AND FORMER ATOKA AREA RESIDENT.
 
BORN:  APRIL 13, 1941 AT ATOKA, OKLAHOMA TO GREENWOOD AND FANNIE (NOWABBI) NELSON.
 
PASSED AWAY:   WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 26, 2001 AT MERCY HEALTH CENTER IN ARDMORE, OK.
AGE:     60 YEARS     8 MONTHS   AND   13 DAYS
 
EDUCATION:   ATTENDED SCHOOL AT WHEELOCK INDIAN SCHOOL IN TALIHINA, OK.
 
MARRIED:   GARY MORELAN ON FEBRUARY 14, 1998 AT LONE GROVE, OK.
 
OCCUPATION:  HOUSEWIFE and HOMEMAKER.
 
CHURCH AFFILIATION:   BAPTIST FAITH.
 
 
     SURVIVED BY
 
HUSBAND: GARY MORELAN OF THE HOME IN LONE GROVE.
 
CHILDREN:  SHARON ROBERTS and HUSBAND LESTER OF ARDMORE, OK.
                         PHYLLIS HARTER and HUSBAND RANDY OF TISHOMINGO, OK.
                         DELORES WALKER OF COALGATE, OK.
                         ROBERT NOWABBI OF McALESTER, OK.
                         LARRY NELSON and WIFE BELINDA OF ATOKA, OK.
                         DAVID FOX and WIFE PAULA OF DURANT, OK.
                         WILLIAM “BILLY” SMITH and WIFE NANCY OF DURANT, OK.
                         KAREN SMITH OF LONE GROVE, OK.
 
16 GRANDCHILDREN, 3 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.
 
BROTHERS:  CHARLIE NOWABBI OF LEHIGH, OK.
                         JAMES NOWABBI OF LANE, OK.
 
SISTERS:   LILLIE COOPER and HUSBAND RAYMOND OF ATOKA, OK.
                     SARAH SHERRILL OF TULSA, OK.
                     LINDA NOWABBI OF ATOKA, OK.
 
 
     PRECEDED IN DEATH BY
 
PARENTS:   GREENWOOD and FANNIE NELSON.
FIRST HUSBAND:   WILLIAM SMITH.
A GRANDDAUGHTER.
 
DATE OF SERVICES:    SATURDAY, DECEMBER 29, 2001 AT 2:00 P.M.
PLACE OF SERVICES:   COAL CREEK PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH ~ ATOKA, OK.
 
INTERMENT:   COAL CREEK CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK.
 
OFFICIATING:   REV. NATHAN SCOTT.
 
CASKETBEARERS:   KEVIN NELSON, BILLY JACK SMITH, JESSE BROOKS, JODY GILLASPY, CHARLIE MAYS, JAMES DAVIDSON.
 
 
 
 
NAME:    RUTH (EAVES) STRANG, AGE  86, A LIFELONG ATOKA COUNTY RESIDENT.
 
BORN:  JUNE 3, 1914 IN McCURTAIN COUNTY, OKLA TO FATE AND BELLE (WILSON) EAVES.
PASSED AWAY: SATURDAY, DECEMBER 30, 2000 AT THE ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.
AGE:   86 YEARS  6  MONTHS  AND  27 DAYS.
 
EDUCATION:   ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT STANDING ROCK IN ATOKA COUNTY.
 
MARRIED:   JOHN HAROLD STRANG IN JUNE, 1934 AT ATOKA, OK.
 
OCCUPATION:  SHE WAS A HOUSEWIFE AND HOMEMAKER AND A LOVING AND CARING MOTHER AND GRANDMOTHER.
 
CHURCH AFFILIATION:  DAYSPRING CHURCH IN ATOKA.
 
 
     SURVIVED BY
 
CHILDREN:    DON STRANG OF ATOKA, OK.
                         WAYNE STRANG AND WIFE ELLEN OF TISHOMINGO, OK.
                         PEGGY RAY AND HUSBAND J. T. OF OWASSO, OK.
                         BETTY BLACKBURN AND HUSBAND DAVID OF ATOKA, OK.
 
GRANDCHILDREN:   VINDLE RAY OF MUSTANG, OK.
                                       ANGELA YEATS OF TISHOMINGO, OK.
                                       JON RAY OF OWASSO, OK.
                                       KEVIN BLACKBURN OF BROKEN ARROW, OK.
                                       STANLEY STRANG OF TISHOMINGO, OK.
                                       LISA DEL GARZA OF OWASSO, OK.
                                       KAYLA GOLDEN OF ADA, OK.
 
16 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.
 
BROTHERS:  CARL EAVES OF BENTLEY, OK.
                         GLEN EAVES OF OIL CENTER, OK.
                         RAY EAVES OF COALGATE, OK.
                         KENNETH EAVES OF LANE, OK.
 
SISTER:  VIVIAN HOGAN OF BENTLEY, OK.
 
UNCLE:   ERNEST WILSON OF McCURTAIN COUNTY, OK.
 
 
     PRECEDED IN DEATH BY
 
HUSBAND:   JOHN HAROLD STRANG ON NOVEMBER 30, 1970.
PARENTS:   FATE AND BELLE EAVES.
BROTHERS:  MERLE, OTIS, AND JOE EAVES.
SISTERS:   EVA SHED AND ESTHER RAMSEY.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:    TUESDAY, JANUARY 2, 2000 AT 12:00 P.M.
PLACE OF SERVICES:   BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK.
 
INTERMENT:   GREEN MEADOWS CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK.
 
OFFICIATING:   DR. JAMES CROWSON.
 
CASKETBEARERS:   VINDLE RAY, KEVIN BLACKBURN, JON RAY, STANLEY STRANG, J. T. RAY, DAVID BLACKBURN.
 
HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:  (BROTHERS) CARL, GLEN, RAY, AND KENNETH EAVES.
 
 
 
 
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