NAME: ARCHIE LOUIS LEEPER, AGE 37, A LIFETIME ATOKA COUNTY RESIDENT. BORN: JANUARY 18, 1962 AT ADA, OK TO OLLIE LOUIS AND EMMA MAE (HUNT) LEEPER. PASSED AWAY: SUNDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1999 AT THE TEXOMA MEDICAL CENTER IN DENISON, TX.AGE: 37 YEARS 10 MONTHS AND 17 DAYS EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOL AT HARMONY AND ATOKA, OK. MARRIED: NEVER MARRIED. CHURCH AFFILIATION: HE WAS BAPTIZED AT THE CENTRAHOMA BAPTIST CHURCH. SURVIVED BY BROTHERS: FLOYD ARRINGTON AND WIFE LINDA OF ROFF, OK. LYNN HYATT AND WIFE ANGIE OF ROFF, OK. TONY HYATT AND WIFE TONI OF ATOKA, OK. SISTERS: WANDA EATON OF ATOKA, OK. IRMA SMITH AND HUSBAND TED OF ZELIENOPLE, PA. ALOIS MASTERS OF ATOKA, OK. AUNTS: VERA GRIGG OF TUPELO, OK. NANCY PICOTTA OF ATOKA, OK. VELLERA SUMPTIER OF VALLIANT, OK. VERLIE ARMSTRONG OF ATOKA, OK. UNCLE: BOBBY HUNT OF ATOKA, OK. 8 NIECES, 11 NEPHEWS, 5 GREAT NIECES AND 5 GREAT NEPHEWS. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: OLLIE AND EMMA LEEPER.BROTHER: RONNIE LEE ARRINGTON.STEP DAD: LESLIE GIBSON.
DATE OF SERVICES: TUESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1999 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: GRAVESIDE SERVICES. INTERMENT: BYRDS PRAIRIE CEMETERY ~ TUPELO, OK. CASKETBEARERS: ROGER HYATT, MICHAEL HYATT, DANNY ARRINGTON, ROBERT HUNT, CLIFFORD HYATT, CHAD HUNT. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: ROBBY ARRINGTON, CARL WALKER, RICKY HUNT.
NAME: FORREST LEE JOHNSON, AGE 63, A LONGTIME RESIDENT OF NORMAN, OK. BORN: FEBRUARY 11, 1936 AT COALGATE, OK TO BENJAMIN LEE AND JULIA MARGARET (CARRIGER) JOHNSON. PASSED AWAY: SUNDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1999 AT THE NORMAN, OK REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER. AGE: 63 YEARS 9 MONTHS AND 24 DAYS. EDUCATION: GRADUATED HIGH SCHOOL AT SEWARD, ALASKA. ATTENDED SEVERAL COLLEGES AND HOLDS A PETROLEUM ENGINEERS DEGREE AND A DEGREE IN BIOLOGY. MARRIED: NEVER MARRIED. OCCUPATION: MR JOHNSON WAS A PROFESSOR OF BIOLOGY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA IN NORMAN FOR SOME 25 YEARS. SURVIVED BY COUSINS: CHARLES JOHNSON OF ATOKA, OK. CLIFFORD JOHNSON OF CANEY, OK. DALE JOHNSON OF ATOKA, OK. JOE JOHNSON OF SEATTLE, WA. EVA ADAIR OF ATOKA, OK. CHRISTINE MEADOWS OF ATOKA, OK. VADA MASSEY OF AMARILLO, TX. DEAN DODDS OF LAS VEGAS, NV. JERRY DODDS OF, MANNSVILLE, OK. CLOSE FRIENDS AND WORK ASSOCIATES: T. H. MILBY AND NEWELL McCARTY OF NORMAN, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: BENJAMIN AND JULIA JOHNSON.
DATE OF SERVICES: TUESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1999 AT 10:00 A.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: GRAVESIDE SERVICES. INTERMENT: PERKINS CEMETERY ~ CANEY, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. BOB JOHNSON
NAME: JO ANN MAE (JIM) RAMOS, AGE 61 OF OKLAHOMA CITY AND FORMER BENTLEY RESIDENCE. BORN: MARCH 30, 1938 AT BENTLEY, OKLA. TO ABBOTT THOMAS AND VIRGIE (PETERS) JIM. PASSED AWAY: TUESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1999 AT THE ST. ANTHONY HOSPITAL IN OKLAHOMA CITY.AGE: 61 YEARS 8 MONTHS AND 7 DAYS EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOL AT BENTLEY AND ATOKA AND GRADUATED FROM SEQUOYAH HIGH SCHOOL AT TALEQUAH, OK. MARRIED: HOWARD WILSON TAYLOR IN 1958 AT LOS ANGELES, CA. LEONAIRES RAMOS IN 1989 AT OKLAHOMA CITY. CHURCH AFFILIATION: MEMBER OF THE MACEDONIA INDIAN BAPTIST CHURCH AT BENTLEY. SURVIVED BY HUSBAND: BOB RAMOS OF OKLAHOMA CITY. CHILDREN: BRENDA SAMUELS AND HUSBAND NORRIS OF OKLAHOMA CITY. DEBORAH TAYLOR OF TULSA, OK. HOWARD LYNN TAYLOR OF SAN FRANCISCO, CA. RODNEY GENE TAYLOR OF OKLAHOMA CITY. SHERRY DENISE CARPENTER AND HUSBAND MIKE OF OKLAHOMA CITY. MICHAEL TAYLOR AND WIFE MALEYA OF CHECOTAH, OK. 15 GRANDCHILDREN, 2 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. BROTHERS: JOHN ANDREW JIM AND WIFE ALMA OF COALGATE, OK. LESTER DELROE JIM AND WIFE SALLY OF STRINGTOWN, OK. SISTERS: ROSIE MAE SIMON OF PARAMOUNT, CA. OMARENE JOYCE ERICKSON OF SAN LORENZO, CA. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: ABBOTT AND VIRGIE JIM.first husband: HOWARD WILSON TAYLOR ON MARCH 18,1996.SON: CLYDE DARRELL TAYLOR.SISTER: MYRTLE MITCHELL.
DATE OF SERVICES: SATURDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1999 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: MACEDONIA INDIAN BAPTIST CHURCH ~ BENTLEY, OK. INTERMENT: BENTLEY INDIAN CEMETERY ~ BENTLEY, OK. OFFICIATING: REV.MELVIN PALMER.ASSISTING: REV. RICHMOND CARR AND REV. RAY BREEDEN. CASKETBEARERS: KERRY VOICE, GARY JIM, BO TIGER, JESSIE CONTRAES, JASON JIM, MICHAEL TAYLOR. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: DAVIS JIM, ELDENE JIM, JAKIE MITCHELL, MIKE CARPENTER.
NAME: CALI DAWNE REIMER, INFANT DAUGHTER OF CLINTON WAYNE AND SUMMER DAWNE (HAMPTON) REIMER. BORN & DIED: WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1999 AT WINN ARMY HOSPITAL IN HINESVILLE, GA. SURVIVED BY PARENTS: CLINTON WAYNE AND SUMMER DAWN REIMER OF TALEQUAH, OK STATIONED AT FT. STEWART, GA. BROTHER: CHANCE ALLEN HAMPTON OF TALEQUAH, OK. PATERNAL GRANDPARENTS: DENNIS WAYNE AND KAREN ANITA REIMER OF TALEQUAH, OK. MATERNAL GRANDPARENTS: RUSSELL AND BESSIE HAMPTON OF TALEQUAH, OK. GREAT GRANDPARENTS: FRANCIS AND ROSIE REIMER OF TALEQUAH, OK. JAMES AND LEONA JOHNSON OF McALESTER, OK. B. R. AND MARY HAZEL BUSBY OF McALESTER, OK. RICHARD AND DARLENE HAMPTON OF BAKERSFIELD, CA. PAULINE SHANNON OF McALESTER, OK.
DATE OF SERVICES: SATURDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1999 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: GRAVESIDE SERVICES. INTERMENT: BUTLER CEMETERY ~ LANE, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. BRAD JONES
NAME: WILSON RICHARD BOUGHMAN, AGE 84, A LONGTIME CANEY, OK AREA RESIDENT. BORN: JUNE 17, 1915 AT WEST WINDSOR, NEW JERSEY TO ALBERT J. AND ETTA MAY (PETTY) BOUGHMAN. PASSED AWAY: WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1999 AT HIS RESIDENCE SOUTHEAST OF CANEY, OK.AGE: 84 YEARS 5 MONTHS AND 21 DAYS EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS IN NEW JERSEY AND TIPTON, IA. MARRIED: MARGARET FLORENCE BROMELL IN 1932 AT TIPTON, IA. OCCUPATION: HE WAS A CARPENTER AND FARMED IN IOWA. AFTER MOVING TO OKLAHOMA IN 1952, HE OPERATED A TRUCK STOP AT CANEY UNTIL 1962. HE ALSO WORKED MAINTENANCE AT A PRIVATE SCHOOL IN HOUSTON, TX IN THE MID 1980’S. CHURCH AFFILIATION: MT. CARMEL BAPTIST CHURCH. HE WAS ALSO A MEMBER OF THE MOOSE AND ELKS LODGES IN IOWA. SURVIVED BY DAUGHTERS: BETTY ROSE AND HUSBAND BILLY JOE OF CANEY, OK. CHARLOTTE WAGONER OF GARLAND, TX. 8 GRANDCHILDREN, 12 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, 1 GREAT GREAT GRANDCHILD. BROTHERS: VERNON S. BOUGHMAN OF BORDEN TOWN, NJ. WALTER BOUGHMAN OF SPRINGFIELD, MO. SISTER: RHEDA LAMPI OF SILVERDALE, WA. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: ALBERT AND ETTA MAY BOUGHMAN.WIFE: MARGARET BOUGHMAN IN 1957.SON: HARRY VERNON BOUGHMAN.GRANDSON: LARRY VERNON ROSE.
DATE OF SERVICES: NO FORMAL SERVICES. INTERMENT: NONE - DIRECT CREMATION.
NAME: MARY HAZZIE (CULLEY) FOMBY, AGE 87, A LONGTIME ATOKA AREA RESIDENT. BORN: SEPTEMBER 16, 1912 AT ARDMORE, OK TO HENRY SOUTHERN AND CORDELIA KATHLEEN (PHILLIPS) CULLEY. PASSED AWAY: WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1999 AT THE NURSING HOME IN CADDO, OK.AGE: 87 YEARS 2 MONTHS AND 29 DAYS EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOL AT MT. WASHINGTON IN ARDMORE, OK. MARRIED: HAROLD JACKSON FOMBY, SR. ON NOVEMBER 18, 1934 AT ARDMORE, OK. OCCUPATION: HOUSEWIFE. CHURCH AFFILIATION: A MEMBER OF SUNNYGLENN BAPTIST CHURCH IN DALLAS, TX. SURVIVED BY DAUGHTERS: JANICE LANE AND HUSBAND RUSSELL OF ATOKA, OK. HELEN TRAWEEK OF HOUSTON, TX. MARY RUTSIS OF JACKSON, TN. SONS: HAROLD “JACK” FOMBY AND WIFE EARLENE OF ATOKA, OK. JERRY FOMBY OF CELESTE, TX. 18 GRANDCHILDREN, 34 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN + ONE ON THE WAY, 1 GREAT GREAT GRANDCHILD. SISTERS: BLANCHE CRAIGHEAD OF ARDMORE, OK. EVA SMITH OF VALLEJO, CA. SPECIAL NIECE: MARGARET “JACKO” HOFFMAN OF ARDMORE, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: HENRY AND KATE CULLEY.HUSBAND OF 47 YEARS: HAROLD FOMBY ON FEBRUARY 26, 1981.GRANDSON: TODD TRAWEEK.GREAT GRANDSON: TYLER BRENT THOMPSON.BROTHERS: GEORGE “BILL” CULLEY AND 1 INFANT BROTHER.SISTERS: ORA PAYNE, JOHNNIE PIERCE, LYDIA BECKHAM, AND JULIA GAZAWAY.
DATE OF SERVICES: SATURDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1999 AT 10:00 A.M.PLACE OF SERVICES: DAYSPRING CHURCH ~ ATOKA, OK. GRAVESIDE COMMITTAL: SATURDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1999 AT 3:00 P.M.INTERMENT: OLD HALL CEMETERY ~ LEWISVILLE, TX. OFFICIATING: REV.JAMES CROWSON CASKETBEARERS: (GRANDSONS) JAMES FOMBY, HAROLD FOMBY III, JUSTIN FOMBY, JOSHUA FOMBY, BRETT LANE, MATHEW LANE, CULLEY TRAWEEK, NICK RUTSIS.
NAME: NORENA (HENDRICKS) MILLER, AGE 58, ATOKA AREA RESIDENT. BORN: OCTOBER 23, 1941 IN CARTHAGE, MISSOURI TO CHARLIE AND FLORENCE (POTTER) HENDRICKS. PASSED AWAY: MONDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1999 AT TEXOMA MEDICAL CENTER IN DENISON, TX.AGE: 58 YEARS 1 MONTH AND 27 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT CARTHAGE, MISSOURI AND ANNA, TEXAS. MARRIED: DON MILLER IN 1964 AT MIAMI, OK. OCCUPATION: NURSES AIDE. CHURCH AFFILIATION: OF THE BAPTIST FAITH. SURVIVED BY HUSBAND: DON miller OF THE HOME IN ATOKA COUNTY. CHILDREN: JERRY MILLER OF FT. SMITH, AR. CHARLES MILLER OF TACOMA, WA. ALBERT MILLER OF OKLAHOMA CITY. SANDRA MILLER OF CANEY, OK. BOBBY KITCHENHAM OF OKLAHOMA CITY. JOE WAYNE CRABTREE OF OKLAHOMA CITY. 8 GRANDCHILDREN AND 19 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. BROTHERS: LEON HENDRICKS OF SPARTA, WI. BUDDY HENDRICKS OF CARTHAGE, MO. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: CHARLIE AND FLORENCE HENDRICKS.BROTHERS: LEO AND CHARLIE HENDRICKS.SISTER: ROSARY ANDREWS.GRANDDAUGHTER: NORENA MILLER.
DATE OF SERVICES: WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1999 AT 11:00 A.M.PLACE OF SERVICES: GRAVESIDE SERVICES. INTERMENT: MILLER FAMILY CEMETERY ~ ATOKA COUNTY, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. JEREMY PARHAM.
NAME: UEAL HUSTON McKINZIE, AGE 66, A LONGTIME ATOKA COUNTY RESIDENT.  BORN: OCTOBER 10, 1933 AT TUSHKA, OKLAHOMA TO WINFRED E. AND MARGARETTE JANE (ROWTON) McKINZIE. PASSED AWAY: TUESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1999 AT THE ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. AGE: 66 YEARS 2 MONTHS AND 11 DAYS. EDUCATION: STARTED SCHOOL IN IMPERIAL AND EL CENTRO, CALIFORNIA AND GRADUATED FROM TUSHKA HIGH SCHOOL IN 1953. HE ATTENDED OSU TECH IN OKMULGEE AS A DIESEL MECHANIC. MARRIED: BETTY CAROL STRICKLIN ON MARCH 22, 1957 IN ATOKA, OK. OCCUPATION: WORKED FOR OREN COCHRAN FROM 1960 IN WHOLESALE OIL AND GAS AND LATER WAS A TRUCK DRIVER FOR COCHRAN PROPANE AND MOST RECENTLY FOR ATOKA COUNTY PROPANE. CHURCH AFFILIATION: UEAL WAS A MEMBER OF THE PENTECOSTAL HOLINESS CHURCH ON WEST 6TH STREET IN ATOKA AND WAS A MEMBER OF THE OKLAHOMA L. P. GAS ASSOCIATION. SURVIVED BY WIFE: BETTY McKINZIE OF THE HOME IN ATOKA, OK. DAUGHTER: DEBRA McKINIZE OF ATOKA, OK. SISTERS: UELALA COCHRAN AND HUSBAND OREN OF ATOKA, OK. EUNICE MORRIS AND HUSBAND VERNON OF FT. WORTH, TX. KATHY MORGAN AND HUSBAND PAUL OF WAPANUCKA, OK. FATHER-IN-LAW: C. W. STRICKLIN OF ATOKA, OK. NIECES: NANCY AND CONNIE. NEPHEWS: DON, DALE, STAN, AND DARYL. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: WINFRED and MARGARETTE (ON FEBRUARY 2, 1997) McKINZIE.MOTHER-IN-LAW: LOTTIE STRICKLIN.
DATE OF SERVICES: THURSDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1999 AT 2:00 P.M.PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: TUSHKA CEMETERY ~ TUSHKA, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. RICHARD MAGBY.ASSISTING: REV. TROY GRAVES. CASKETBEARERS: DON WALLACE, CHRIS ROWTON, JOHNNY ROWTON, DANNY MILLER, MILFORD POWELL, GLENN ROBBINS. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: BEN BONHAM, LEON CRITES, TOMMY WOOLF, JIM MILLER, JERRY READ, BOB UBER, DUANE HUMPHREY, RON THOMAS.
NAME: IRVIN WAYNE BAUGHMAN, AGE 61, A LONGTIME ATOKA COUNTY RESIDENT.  BORN: SEPTEMBER 29, 1938 AT HARDWOOD, OKLAHOMA IN COAL COUNTY TO GEORGE NORVIN AND TERESA PAULINE (TUDOR) BAUGHMAN. PASSED AWAY: TUESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1999 AT THE ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. AGE: 61 YEARS 2 MONTHS AND 22 DAYS EDUCATION: ATTENDED AND GRADUATED FROM OLNEY HIGH SCHOOL. MARRIED: NADINE REASOR AT TISHOMINGO, OK. PATRICIA HOWARD ON OCTOBER 19, 1973 AT ATOKA, OK. OCCUPATION: HE WAS AN OKLAHOMA STATE TROOPER. TAUGHT AT MACk ALFORD CORRECTIONAL CENTER IN VOCATIONAL REHAB AND SERVED AS DEPUTY SHERIFF UNDER CECIL FRAZIER. AFTER HIS ACCIDENT HE WAS A SELF EMPLOYED TRADER. TRADING IN ANYTHING FROM OILFIELD EQUIPMENT, CATTLE, CARS, MOBIL HOMES AND ANYTHING ELSE HE COULD BUY AND SELL. CHURCH AFFILIATION: WAYNE WAS BAPTIzED AUGUST OF 1953 AT WAPANUCKA AND LATER WAS AFFILIATED WITH THE WARDS CHAPEL BAPTIST CHURCH. HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE ATOKA ELKS LODGE as well. SURVIVED BY WIFE: PATRICIA baughman OF THE HOME IN ATOKA, OK. MOTHER: TERESA BAUGHMAN OF WAPANUCKA, OK. SONS: DALE BAUGHMAN OF ADA, OK. ROBERT BAUGHMAN OF ATOKA, OK. JIM HOWARD AND WIFE PENNEY OF PILOT POINT, TX. STEPHEN HOWARD AND WIFE SECRET OF SOPER, OK. DAUGHTERS: PAM ALLEN AND HUSBAND PHILLIP OF ATOKA, OK. DEBI ISHMAEL AND HUSBAND GREG OF ALLEN, TX. 10 GRANDCHILDREN, 2 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. BROTHER: GARY BAUGHMAN OF MESQUITE, TX. NIECE: BENAA IREY and HUSBAND JOE OF IRVING, TX. NEPHEW: WILLIAM BAUGHMAN OF MESQUITE, TX. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY FATHER: GEORGE BAUGHMAN.
DATE OF SERVICES: THURSDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1999 AT 10:00 AM.PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: ROSEHILL CEMETERY ~ WAPANUCKA, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. BOB GRAHAM.ASSISTING: JOE CRITES. CASKETBEARERS: CHARLES TIGERT, THOMAS GRAHAM, JIM POOL, NEM WAFFORD, OREN COCHRAN, MARSHALL JUNIOR RILEY. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: CLIFF DARST, MURRAY BIRCHFIELD, BRICK DASHNER, NOEL POWELL, ERNIE GRIFFIN, TINKER RAY, JOHN WILLIAMS.
NAME: NEREE BEATRICE (PIERCE) BUTLER, AGE 71, LIFELONG ATOKA AREA RESIDENT BORN: FEBRUARY 9, 1928 IN THE BOGGY BEND AREA OF ATOKA COUNTY TO HENRY SYLVESTER, SR. AND NANCY LOLA (ARTERBERRY) PIERCE. PASSED AWAY: MONDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1999 AT ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.AGE: 71 YEARS 10 MONTHS AND 13 DAYS EDUCATION: WAS EDUCATED IN THE DUNBAR SCHOOL SYSTEM. MARRIED: ROOSEVELT BUTLER, JR. ON SEPTEMBER 5, 1947 AT ATOKA, OK. OCCUPATION: TEACHER WITH ATOKA HEADSTART PROGRAM FOR SEVERAL YEARS. CHURCH AFFILIATION: MEMBER OF THE 4TH WARD CHURCH OF CHRIST. SURVIVED BY HUSBAND: ROOSEVELT butler OF THE HOME IN ATOKA, OK. DAUGHTERS: DIANE MCGEE AND HUSBAND LEWIS OF ATOKA, OK. BEATRICE BUTLER OF OKLAHOMA CITY. GRANDDAUGHTERS: CHYRALE BUTLER, ASHAUNTE MCGEE, CHAMPALE BUTLER, ALAYNA MCGEE. SISTERS: OREAN BOWEN OF ATOKA, OK. BETTYE JOHNSON OF ATOKA, OK. BROTHERS: FREDDIE PIERCE AND WIFE EVELYN OF LEWISVILLE, TX. ROBERT LEE PIERCE AND WIFE ANN OF LIVERMORE, OK. SISTER-IN-LAW: EDNA ANN PIERCE OF OKLAHOMA CITY. AUNT: FRANCILLE PIERCE AND HUSBAND GEORGE OF ATOKA, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: HENRY AND NANCY PIERCE, SR.INFANT SISTER: RUTH EVELYN PIERCE. BROTHER: HENRY PIERCE, JR.GRANDDAUGHTER: LATOYA BUTLER.
DATE OF SERVICES: MONDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1999 AT 11:00 A.M.PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: GREEN HILL CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK. OFFICIATING: BRO. WILLARD HARRISON. CASKETBEARERS: CLIFFORD BROWN, VENOY SHIELDS, ANTHONY CLAYTON, JIMMY VINSON, JOHNNY PIERCE, LYNN PIERCE. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: JESSE HARRISON, BILLY JOE CLAYTON, TOMMIE HARRISON, BOBBY JOHNSON, JOE HARRISON. FLOWERBEARERS: MRS. LULA MAE SUTTER, MRS. ELIZABETH CLAYTON, MRS. CECIL DAVIS, MRS. PAULINE WALTERS, MRS. DORIS MOTON, MRS. PAULINE HARRISON, MRS. EVELYN VINSON. HONORARY FLOWERBEARERS: CHYRALE BUTLER, ASHAUNTE MCGEE, CHAMPALE BUTLER, ALAYNA MCGEE.
NAME: CONNIE SUE (COCHRAN) GRAVES, AGE 36, OF PAULS VALLEY AND FORMER ATOKA RESIDENT.  BORN: DECEMBER 27, 1962 AT ATOKA TO OREN AND UELALA COCHRAN. PASSED AWAY: WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1999 AT CALVIN, OKLAHOMA IN AN AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT.AGE: 36 YEARS 11 MONTHS AND 25 DAYS. EDUCATION: GRADUATED FROM ATOKA HIGH SCHOOL IN 1981 , GRADUATED FROM EAST CENTRAL 1985 AND THIS YEAR FINISHED HER GRADUATE WORK AT EAST CENTRAL AND RECIEVED HER DEGREE IN ADMINISTRATION. MARRIED: TROY DEAN GRAVES ON AUGUST 30, 1985 AT ATOKA, OK. OCCUPATION: SHE STARTED HER TEACHING CAREER AT BYERS, OKLA AND LATER TAUGHT AT McCOMB, AND WAS ELEMENTARY PRINCIPAL AT JOY, SOUTH OF WYNNEWOOD. CHURCH AFFILIATION: CONNIE WAS A LONGTIME MEMBER OF THE FIRST PENTECOSTAL HOLINESS CHURCH ON WEST 6TH STREET IN ATOKA AND WAS A MEMBER AND VERY ACTIVE AT THE MASTERS HOUSE PENTeCOSTAL HOLINESS CHURCH AT STRATFORD WHILE LIVING THERE. SHE AND HUSBAND TROY WERE PASTORS AT THE CHRISTIAN LIFE CENTER AT PAULS VALLEY AT THE TIME OF THEIR DEATH. SURVIVED BY SON: LUKE GRAVES. PARENTS: UELALA AND OREN COCHRAN OF ATOKA, OK. BROTHER: STAN COACHRAN AND WIFE RENAE OF ADA, OK. NIECE: HANNAH COCHRAN OF ADA, OK. MOTHER IN-LAW: EVELYN GRAVES OF HENRYETTA, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HUSBAND: TROY GRAVES IN SAME ACCIDENT ON DECEMBER 22, 1999.FATHER-IN-LAW: REV. LEROY GRAVES.
DATE OF SERVICES: MONDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1999,10:00 A.M. AT THE CHRISTIAN LIFE CENTER IN PAULS VALLEY, OK. 3:00 P.M. AT BROWN’S FUNERAL SERVICE CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: GREEN MEADOWS CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. FRANK TRENT.ASSISTING: REV JIM EBY. CASKETBEARERS AT PAULS VALLEY: GENE SMITH, JIM STARK, DR. JACK PASCHALL, DAVID JOHNSON, JAMES GREGG, REV. CRAIG COCHRAN. CASKETBEARERS AT ATOKA: DALE MORGAN, BRIAN EAVES, MICHAEL COCHRAN, CALLEN COCHRAN, KYLE COCHRAN, MILFORD POWELL, DARYL MORGAN. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: THE MEN OF THE CHRISTIAN LIFE CENTER AND ALL PASTOR FRIENDS OF TROY AND CONNIE.
NAME: TROY DEAN GRAVES, AGE 37, OF PAULS VALLEY AND FORMER ASHER RESIDENT. BORN: JANUARY 20, 1962 AT ADA TO REV. LEROY GRAVES AND EVELYN VIOLA (MARX) GRAVES. PASSED AWAY: WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1999 AT CALVIN, OKLAHOMA IN AN AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT.AGE: 37 YEARS 11 MONTHS AND 2 DAYS. EDUCATION: GRADUATED FROM ASHER HIGH SCHOOL IN 1980 , GRADUATED FROM EAST CENTRAL UNIVERSITY WITH BACHLOR OF ARTS IN SCIENCE EDUCATION. MARRIED: CONNIE COCHRAN ON AUGUST 30, 1985 AT ATOKA, OK. OCCUPATION: HE WAS A LONGTIME EDUCATOR AND MINISTER. HE WAS PASTOR AT THE CHRISTIAN LIFE CENTER IN PAULS VALLEY AT THE TIME OF HIS DEATH. SURVIVED BY SON: LUKE GRAVES. MOTHER: EVELYN GRAVES OF HENRYETTA, OK, FORMERLY OF ASHER. BROTHERS: WAYNE GRAVES AND WIFE PATTY OF ADA, OK. REV. BOB GRAVES AND WIFE ANNA OF ADA, OK. KENNETH GRAVES AND WIFE LAVONA OF ASHER, OK. REV. GARY GRAVES AND WIFE DEBBIE OF HENRYETTA, OK. SISTER: JANET TURNER AND HUSBAND JASON OF ADA, OK. FATHER AND MOTHER-IN-LAW: OREN AND UELALA COCHRAN OF ATOKA, OK. BROTHER AND SISTER-IN-LAW: STAN AND RENAE COCHRAN OF ADA, OK. 7 NIECES AND 1 NEPHEW. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY WIFE: CONNIE GRAVES IN SAME ACCIDENT ON DECEMBER 22, 1999.FATHER: REV. LEROY GRAVES.
DATE OF SERVICES: MONDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1999, 10:00 A.M. AT THE CHRISTIAN LIFE CENTER IN PAULS VALLEY, OK. 3:00 P.M. AT BROWN’S FUNERAL SERVICE CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: GREEN MEADOWS CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. FRANK TRENT.ASSISTING: REV JIM EBY. CASKETBEARERS AT PAULS VALLEY: EDGAR LEE, CHUCK NIEMYER, DR. RALPH SHARP, TONY ESTEP, CHARLES STARK, KENNY GRAVES. CASKETBEARERS AT ATOKA: KENNY GRAVES, REV. HERB WHARTON, GLENN ROBBINS, JERRY GARRETT, KEITH COCHRAN, DAVID LEE BOSTON. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: THE MEN OF THE CHRISTIAN LIFE CENTER AND ALL PASTOR FRIENDS OF TROY AND CONNIEB.
NAME: LOIS ALPHA (PAYNE) MORRIS, AGE 88, OF CADDO AND A FORMER LONGTIME BENTLEY AREA RESIDENT. BORN: SEPTEMBER 14, 1911 AT MILL CREEK, OKLAHOMA TO MELZER ELMORE AND ZEDIE (ENNIS) PAYNE. PASSED AWAY: MONDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1999 AT THE MEDICAL CENTER OF SE OKLAHOMA IN DURANT.AGE: 88 YEARS 3 MONTHS AND 13 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT MIDWAY, ARMSTRONG, GOSS, AND STRINGTOWN, OK. MARRIED: JEWELL EDWARD MORRIS ON JUNE 14, 1937 AT ANTLERS, OK. OCCUPATION: HOUSEWIFE AND HOMEMAKER. CHURCH AFFILIATION: A LONGTIME MEMBER OF BENTLEY BAPTIST CHURCH WHERE SHE TAUGHT SUNDAY SCHOOL FOR MANY YEARS. SURVIVED BY HUSBAND: JEWELL E. MORRIS OF THE HOME AT CADDO, OK. SONS: PRENTIS C. MORRIS AND WIFE MARY OF QUINTON, OK. JOHNNY L. MORRIS AND WIFE ALVANELL OF ATOKA, OK. DOYLE G. MORRIS AND WIFE OVA OF McALESTER, OK. DAUGHTERS: RUTH MAYO AND HUSBAND HARVEY OF ATOKA, OK. PEGGY LOOPER AND HUSBAND ARLON OF PARKER, AZ. 15 GRANDCHILDREN, 10 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. BROTHERS: ROY PAYNE AND WIFE FRANCIS OF CHECOTAH, OK. HENRY PAYNE AND WIFE MARY OF DAISY, OK. SISTER: BETTY LOWE AND HUSBAND VARNEY OF McLEAN, TX. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: MELZER AND ZEDIE PAYNE.CHILDREN: COLUMBUS MELZER, JESSE DALE, AND BETTY JUNE.BROTHER: HORACE PAYNE.SISTERS: PAULINE PAYNE AND PANSY COLE.
DATE OF SERVICES: WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1999 AT 2:00 P.M.PLACE OF SERVICES: BENTLEY BAPTIST CHURCH ~ BENTLEY, OK. INTERMENT: BENTLEY CEMETERY ~ BENTLEY, ATOKA COUNTY, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. JOHN HOWARD. ASSISTING: REV. CLINTON THURMAN. CASKETBEARERS: (GRANDSONS) EDWARD MORRIS, BRANDON MORRIS, THOMAS MATTHEWS, STEVE MAYO, TIM LOOPER, BILL BALLARD, CARL MATTHEWS, SCOTT LOOPER, AND MICAH MORRIS. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: CHARLES CARROLL, KENNETH FRAZIER, JACK MOODY, DONALD COYLE, KENNETH MOSER.
NAME: MARGARET ELIZABETH (MAXEY) HAMES, AGE 90, A LONGTIME ATOKA RESIDENT. BORN: JULY 9, 1909 AT PORT LAVACA, TEXAS TO JUDGE JOHN BENTON AND ELZONA (SELBY) MAXEY. PASSED AWAY: TUESDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1999 AT THE ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.AGE: 90 YEARS 5 MONTHS AND 19 DAYS. EDUCATION: GRADUATED FROM ATOKA HIGH SCHOOL IN 1926, 2 YEARS AT OBU AND RECEIVED HER BACHELOR OF ARTS DEGREE AND LATER HER MASTERS IN EDUCATION FROM SOUTHEASTERN STATE UNIVERSITY AT DURANT. SHE ALSO ATTENDED LIBRARIAN SCHOOL AT OKLAHOMA UNIVERSITY. MARRIED: VIRGIL OTIS HAMES ON JUNE 27, 1936 IN ATOKA, OK. OCCUPATION: A TEACHER AND LIBRARIAN; MARGARET TAUGHT OVER 44 YEARS, BEGINNING HER CAREER AT VALLIANT AND LATER SHE TAUGHT AT ATOKA UNTIL HER RETIREMENT IN 1974. CHURCH AFFILIATION: MARGARET WAS BAPTIZED AND BECAME A MEMBER OF THE ATOKA FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH ON OCTOBER 5, 1927. SHE WAS A MEMBER OF THE ESTHER SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASS, THE PIONEER CLUB, THE FRIDAY AND RETIRED TEACHERS BRIDGE CLUBS AND THE ATOKA COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY. SURVIVED BY DAUGHTER: HELEN ANN SHARP OF ATOKA, OK. GRANDDAUGHTERS: MELISSA C. TIDWELL AND HUSBAND DARREN OF MADILL, OK. MOLLY ALBERDA AND HUSBAND HOWARD OF ATOKA, OK. MAXEY PARKER OF ATOKA, OK. GREAT GRANDCHILDREN: IAN NAYLOR AND PARKER TIDWELL OF MADILL, OK. TAYLOR ALBERDA OF ATOKA, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HUSBAND: VIRGIL HAMES in july, 1946.PARENTS: JUDGE JOHN BENTON AND ELZONA MAXEY.BROTHER: BENTON RICE MAXEY ON JUNE 24, 1917.
DATE OF SERVICES: FRIDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1999 AT 10:00 A.M.PLACE OF SERVICES: ATOKA FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH. INTERMENT: WESTVIEW CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. JOE DEE RAY CASKETBEARERS: CHARLES McCALL, MORRIS COCHRAN, BOB PRAYTOR, JIM MIXON, CLIFFORD BROWN, GENE VIETTA, GLEN THOMASON. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: BARNEY McCALL, BOB CATES, VERNE BRIGGS, DR. DON PARHAM, OLEN CURRY, VICTOR DOWNING, LON FINK, REV. ANSON JUSTICE, ROBERT PLUMLEE, J. D. VOTO.
NAME: MARIE (GRAY) HORN, AGE 78, OF MILBURN, OK. BORN: JULY 3, 1920 AT ATOKA TO WILSON AND TILLER (NANNY) GRAY. PASSED AWAY: THURSDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1998 AT DEACONESS HOSPITAL IN OKLAHOMA CITY.AGE: 78 YEARS 5 MONTHS AND 28 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT WARDS CHAPEL, PLEASANT HILL AND STANDING ROCK MARRIED: FRANK HORN ON FEBrUARY 14, 1935 AT CHICkASHA, OK. occupation: SHE WAS A HOUSEWIFE AND FARMER. church affiliation: A MEMBER OF THE BERRENDO BAPTIST CHURCH IN ROSWELL, NEW MEXICO WHERE SHE LIVED MANY YEARS AFTER LEAVING THE ATOKA AREA. SHE CAME BACK TO OKLAHOMA LAST YEAR AND RESIDED WITH HER DAUGHTER NEAR MILBURN. SURVIVED BY DAUGHTER: FRANKIE GAHEGAN AND HUSBAND JERRY OF MILBURN, OK. GRANDCHILDREN: CARROLLE GAHEGAN OF ROSWELL, NM. RANDY, MARK, JANET AND SCOTT GAJEGAN ALL OF BUCK EYE LAKE, OH. FOSTER DAUGHTERS: SHELLY BRUMFIELD AND FAMILY OF HOWE, OK. VERA LEBEDA AND FAMILY OF ROSWELL, NM. GREAT GRANDCHILDREN: LAICHO, ROBERT, AND COREY GAHEGAN OF MILBURN, OK. JERRI BRIGGS OF ROSWELL, N M. 11 STEP GRANDCHILDREN. BROTHER: WAYNE GRAY AND WIFE ELSIE OF ATOKA, OK. SISTERS: LOUISE LUCAS AND HUSBAND JOHNNY OF LOVINGTON, NM. ONITA HARRISON AND HUSBAND LENARD OF ROSWELL, NM PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HUSBAND: FRANK HORN ON NOVEMBER 30, 1989.PARENTS: WILSON AND TILLER GRAY.BROTHER: ERNEST RUTH.
DATE OF MEMORIAL SERVICES: TUESDAY, JANUARY 5, 1998 AT 10:00 A.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: ROSWELL, NM. (CREMATION). OFFICIATING: REV. PATRICK SIX. CASKETBEARERS: SAMMY GRAY, DALE GRAY, TONY GRAY, LARRY CAPPS, DODIE NANNY, THOMAS HORN, MATHEW MORRO, MICHAEL BRUMFIELD.
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