NAME:  THOMAS PERRY “PETE” HOWARD, AGE 58, A LIFELONG ATOKA COUNTY RESIDENT. BORN:  JANUARY 29, 1945 TO HERSHAL THOMAS “RUNT” AND  MELBA GENEVA “JEAN” (SMITH) HOWARD. PASSED AWAY:   TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 2, 2003 AT HIS RESIDENCE NEAR LANE, OK. AGE:   58 YEARS  10 MONTHS  AND  3 DAYS. EDUCATION:   ATTENDED SCHOOL AT FORREST HILL, HARMONY, AND GRADUATED FROM ATOKA HIGH. MARRIED:   DOROTHY A. BRADFORD ON NOVEMBER 29, 1961 AT ANTLERS, OK. OCCUPATION:  PETE WORKED AS A SALESMAN FOR INTERNATIONAL, MASSEY FERGUSON, AND LATER HARMON JONES FORD UNTIL HIS RETIREMENT IN 2001. HE WAS ALSO A RANCHER AND A CATTLEMAN. CHURCH AFFILIATION:  PETE ATTENDED IRON STOB PENTECOSTAL HOLINESS CHURCH NEAR LANE, OK.      SURVIVED BY WIFE:  DOROTHY OF THE HOME NEAR LANE, OK. DAUGHTERS:   SHARON HOLCOMB AND HUSBAND JOHN OF ATOKA, OK.                              LIEUTENANT LISA GREEN AND HUSBAND JAMES J. OF SAN DIEGO, CA. GRANDCHILDREN:   JOHN ASHLEY HOLCOMB AND WIFE ANAMARI OF MOUNTAIN HOME, ID.                                          TADD, HALI, AND KYLE HOLCOMB.                                          LORI OWENS. SISTERS:   GLADYS TRAMBLE AND HUSBAND LEBERT OF DAISY, OK.                      SUE O’HERN OF KREBS, OK.                      MARTHA HURD-SIMPSON AND HUSBAND MERWYN OF WINDOM, TX. BROTHERS:    HERSHEL HOWARD AND WIFE NORMA OF MILBURN, OK.                            LARRY “TODO” HOWARD AND WIFE KAY OF LUTHER, OK.      PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS:   HERSHAL “RUNT” AND GENEVA “JEAN” HOWARD. MOTHER AND FATHER-IN-LAW:    EARL AND CLARA BRADFORD.     DATE OF SERVICES:  SATURDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2003 AT 2:00 PM. PLACE OF SERVICES:   BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT:   BUTLER CEMETERY ~ LANE, OK. OFFICIATING:   REV. TOMMY TOMLINSON. ASSISTING: JERRY DON BURKHALTER. CASKETBEARERS:   RODGER JONES, PINKY BURKHALTER, D. W. SIKES, WAYNE OWENS, ABBOTT JONES, JERRY DON BURKHALTER. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:  HERMAN COCHRAN, DON RIPPEE, JOE HARRISON, WORDEN DETTY.         NAME:  ARNETA (PARKER) DAFFIN CRAWFORD JOHNSON, AGE 89, A LIFELONG ATOKA AREA RESIDENT. BORN:  JULY 31, 1914 TO WILLIE LAUD AND ROSA LEE (CONE) PARKER IN ATOKA COUNTY, OK. PASSED AWAY:   TUESDAY AFTERNOON, DECEMBER 2, 2003 AT THE CADDO NURSING HOME IN CADDO. AGE:   89 YEARS  4 MONTHS   AND   1 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOL AT CANEY AND BLACKJACK. MARRIED:   ISH DAFFIN ON FEBRUARY 6, 1932.                        DAVE CRAWFORD IN NOVEMBER 1952.                        REV. BOB JOHNSON ON SEPTEMBER 10, 1995. OCCUPATION:  A HOUSEWIFE AND HOMEMAKER. CHURCH AFFILIATION:  CHARTER MEMBER OF THE BLACKJACK BAPTIST CHURCH. SURVIVED BY HUSBAND:   REV. BOB JOHNSON OF THE HOME. CHILDREN:  JUNE LANGFORD AND HUSBAND GRADY OF MOUNTAIN HOME, OK.                          MAHALA MCDANIEL AND HUSBAND CHUB OF BLACKJACK, OK. GRANDCHILDREN:     JULIA COLE AND HUSBAND WADE OF KERRVILLE, TX.                                          STELLA MOODY AND HUSBAND DAN OF KERRVILLE, TX.                                          GRADY ANN SENNONS AND HUSBAND VANCE OF CEDAR PARK, OK.                                          ALVANELL MORRIS AND HUSBAND JOHNNY OF BLACKJACK, OK.                                          CHOCK MCDANIEL AND WIFE VERONICA OF BLACKJACK, OK.                                          RUEL MCDANIEL AND WIFE VONDA OF TULSA, OK.                                          LOLA IVON AND HUSBAND BILL POTTSBORO, TX.                                          PHIL MCDANIEL OF ATOKA, OK.                                          ANN ANDERSON AND HUSBAND LOYD OF COLLEEN, TX.                                          MIKE DAFFIN AND WIFE DENISE OF SALLISAW, OK. SEVERAL GREAT GRANDCHIDREN AND GREAT GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.      PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS:   WILLIE AND ROSA PARKER. HUSBANDS:  ISH DAFFIN AND DAVE CRAWFORD. SON:   CHARLES DAFFIN. SISTERS:   REBA JONES REED, CLERA AUSTIN, AND ROBERTA SMITH. BROTHERS:  L. B. , ANTHONY, AND DUB PARKER.     DATE OF SERVICES:  FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2003 AT 2:00 PM. PLACE OF SERVICES:   BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT:   TUSHKA CEMETERY ~ TUSHKA, OK. OFFICIATING:   REV. HERB WHARTON. CASKETBEARERS:   HERMAN PARKER, MARVIN ESTES, BILL ESTES, JOHNNY PARKER, RODGER JONES, TONY PARKER. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:  CHOCK MCDANIEL, RUEL MCDANIEL, PHIL MCDANIEL, MIKE DAFFIN.         NAME:    LEO DANIEL THORNE, AGE 65, AN ATOKA AREA RESIDENT AND FORMER LINDALE, TEXAS AREA RESIDENT. BORN:  JULY 30, 1938 TO WILLIAM E. AND MAE (BEARDEN) THORNE AT LINDALE, TEXAS. PASSED AWAY:   WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 3, 2003 AT THE ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. AGE:   65 YEARS  4 MONTHS   AND   3 DAYS. EDUCATION:   LEO ATTENDED SCHOOL AT LINDALE, TX. MARRIED:   JANET GILLIN ON FEBRUARY 10, 1984 AT TYLER, TX. OCCUPATION:  LEO WAS A TRUCK DRIVER. CHURCH AFFILIATION:  BAPTIST FAITH.      SURVIVED BY WIFE:  JANET OF THE HOME IN ATOKA, OK. DAUGHTERS:     ASHLEY, STEPHANIE, AND TIFFANIE THORNE OF ATOKA, OK.                              JAYE BEARDEN OF ATOKA, OK.                              JENNIFER BUFFINGTON OF ATOKA, OK.                              CARLA HADDOCK AND HUSBAND FRANK OF OVERTON, TX. SONS:  REGGIE AND CRAIG THORNE OF TYLER, TX. GRANDCHILDREN:     MATHEW & KELSEY COX, COREY & COLTON BEARDON, MIKKINZIE, JAMES, & RIVER SILLS, RAVEN & BROOKLYN                                          BUFFINGTON, AND SKYLER STILES. BROTHERS:    ELBERT THORNE AND WIFE MARY OF CHANDLER, TX.                            CHESTER THORNE OF OREGON. SISTER:    WANZA BARKER OF LINDALE, TX. SPECIAL FRIEND:    MARY LOU RAY OF TUSHKA, OK.      PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS:   WILLIAM AND MAE THORNE. SISTER:  MARIE. BROTHER:   WILLIAM THORNE.     DATE OF MEMORIAL SERVICES:   SUNDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2003 2:00 PM. PLACE OF SERVICES:   BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT:   NONE - CREMATIONL. OFFICIATING:   REV. BOB GRAHAM.         NAME:    BETTY JEAN CASTLEBERRY, AGE 69, A CORDELL, OK AREA RESIDENT AND FORMER ATOKA AREA RESIDENT. BORN:    APRIL 10, 1934 TO CHARLES WILLIAM AND NORA MAE (TUCKER) PRESSEY AT PERRY, IL. PASSED AWAY:   DECEMBER 8, 2003 AT CORDELL, OK. AGE:   69 YEARS  7 MONTHS   AND   28 DAYS. EDUCATION:   ATTENDED SCHOOL IN ILLINOIS. MARRIED:   FRANK WILLARD CASTLEBERRY ON MAY 20, 1950 AT WINCHESTER, IL. OCCUPATION:    SHE WAS A HOUSEWIFE AND HOMEMAKER. BETTY ENJOYED CROCHETING AND WORKING WORD PUZZLES. SHE LOVED BEING WITH HER CHILDREN, GRANDCHILDREN, AND GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. CHURCH AFFILIATION:  BETTY WAS OF THE PENTACOSTAL FAITH.      SURVIVED BY CHILDREN:    DAVID CASTLEBERRY OF BUNKER, IL.                          WILLARD CASTLEBERRY AND WIFE KAREN OF ATOKA, OK.                          FRANKIE CASTLEBERRY OF ATOKA, OK.                          RITA BEACH AND HUSBAND MIKE OF CORDELL, OK.                          ROBIN CASTLEBERRY OF MCALESTER, OK.                          CHERYL DUGGER AND HUSBAND RICK OF PALYMRA, IL.                          ALLAN CASTLEBERRY OF DURANT, OK.                          JEAN PERKINS AND HUSBAND OF TED OF CHESTERFIELD, IL.                          VICKY CASTLEBERRY OF ATOKA, OK.                          CATHY MAYHUE AND HUSBAND DAVID OF CORDELL.OK. GRANDCHILDREN:     MICHELLE, APRIL, AARON, TINA, SCOTT, SHELLY, SHANNON, JOSHUA, CHRIS,  TIFFANY, RYAN, JESSICA, JASON, NORA,                                          STEPHEN, BRIAN, ALLAN JR., AMELLIA, TONYA, TAMMY, JOSHUA, HEATHER, MATTHEW, JOSHUA, AND TREVOR. 25 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. SISTER:  SALLY BIGLEY OF PITTSVILLE, IL. BROTHERS:  CHARLES “BUD” PRESSEY OF WINCHESTER, IL.                          CLEO PRESSEY OF FLORENCE, IL.      PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS:   CHARLES WILLIAM AND NORA MAE (TUCKER) PRESSEY. HUSBAND:   FRANK WILLARD CASTLEBERRY. SEVERAL BROTHERS AND SISTERS.     DATE OF SERVICES:  THURSDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2003 AT 10:00 AM. PLACE OF SERVICES:   BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT:   BUTLER CEMETERY ~ LANE, OK. OFFICIATING:   REV. HERSHEL JUSTUS. ASSISTING:   REV. ROGER BROWN. CASKETBEARERS:   (GRANDSONS) SCOTT CASTLEBERRY, JASON CASTLEBERRY, MATTHEW HINES, CHRISTOPHER CASTLEBERRY, STEVEN CASTLEBERRY, BRIAN CASTLEBERRY. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:  J. R. CASTLEBERRY, AARON CASTLEBERRY, TIM FAULKENBERRY, LARRY BEGLEY, RICKY CHASE, COLT BROOM.         NAME: JOHN ALBERT WILLIAMS, AGE 66, AN ATOKA COUNTY AREA RESIDENT. BORN:  JANUARY 29, 1937 AT ATOKA, OK TO LEVERIETT AND SUSIE (HELT) WILLIAMS. PASSED AWAY:   MONDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2003 AT THE PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL IN OKLAHOMA CITY. AGE:   66 YEARS  10 MONTHS  AND  9 DAYS. EDUCATION:   JOHN ATTENDED SCHOOL IN ATOKA, OK. MARRIED:   HAZEL ONETA SHIPMAN ON MAY 5, 1960 AT DURANT, OK. OCCUPATION:  JOHN WORKED AS A WELDER, CARPENTER, PLUMBER, AND ELECTRICIAN. CHURCH AFFILIATION: HE WAS OF THE BAPTIST FAITH.      SURVIVED BY DAUGHTERS:   VICKIE HOPKINS AND HUSBAND KEITH OF BENNINGTON, OK.                              KAREN NICKELSON AND HUSBAND ROD OF FT. WORTH, TX.                              KARLA KANDARAS AND HUSBAND ELI OF DENTON, TX.                              JOHNNA BREGER OF BENNINGTON, OK. 4 GRANDDAUGHTERS AND 4 GRANDSONS. 2 GREAT GRANDSONS AND 1 GREAT GRANDDAUGHTER. SISTERS:   BETTY MCKEEN AND HUSBAND ROY OF COALGATE, OK.                      JIMMIE JONES OF COTTONWOOD, OK.                      LYNN NELSON OF STRINGTOWN, OK.                      ANN JOHNSON AND HUSBAND LEONARD OF ALDERSON, OK.                      CATHY MANNON OF COALGATE, OK.                      LINDA STEAGALL AND HUSBAND JOHN OF SEMINOLE, AL.                      SHIRLEY LAYTON AND HUSBAND LEWIS OF STRINGTOWN, OK. BROTHERS:    CHARLES WILLIAMS AND WIFE NEDRA OF WHITE SETTLEMENT, TX.                            WAYNE WILLIAMS OF MCALESTER, OK. HE LEAVES BEHIND A HOST OF NIECES, NEPHEWS, GREAT NIECES, AND GREAT NEPHEWS, AND A LARGE HOST OF FRIENDS. HE WAS A VERY KIND, GENTLE AND GENEROUS MAN. HE WILL BE SORELY MISSED AND HIS PASSING WILL LEAVE A LARGE HOLE IN MANY HEARTS.      PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS:   LEVERIETT AND SUSIE WILLIAMS. WIFE:  HAZEL ONETA WILLIAMS IN 1998. SON:   STEPHEN WADE WILLIAMS. BROTHERS:  OLIVER JOE, LONNIE WARREN, AND LEVERIETT PAUL WILLIAMS.     DATE OF SERVICES:  FRIDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2003 AT 3:00 PM. PLACE OF SERVICES:   BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT:   COLEMAN CEMETERY ~ COLEMAN, OK. OFFICIATING:   REV. BOB GRAHAM. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:  RUSSELL JOHNSON, DOUGLAS JOHNSON, DUSTIN JOHNSON, CALUP JOHNSON, RANDY SAWYER, KEITH HOPKINS JR.         NAME:    DONALD KAY POWELL, AGE 53, A LONGTIME COALGATE RESIDENT.   BORN:    DECEMBER 14,1949 AT LODI, CALIFORNIA TO WARREN KENNITH AND “JIMMIE” SARAH DELIA (MOWDY) POWELL.   PASSED AWAY:   FRIDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2003 AT THE HURLEY HOSPITAL IN COALGATE, OK AGE:   53 YEARS   11 MONTHS AND  28  DAYS   EDUCATION:   HE ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT TUPELO AND CENTRAHOMA, GRADUATED FROM COALGATE HIGH SCHOOL, AND ATTENDED RHEMA BIBLE COLLEGE IN TULSA, GRADUATING IN 1975.   MARRIED:     KAYLENE JOY WILSON ON AUGUST 4, 1973 AT ENID, OK.                        HARRIETT GILLISPIE ON MARCH 9, 1996 AT GLADEWATER, TX.   OCCUPATION:    DONALD WAS A MECHANIC, WELDER, AND CARPENTER.   CHURCH AFFILIATION:  HE WAS AN ORDAINED PENTECOSTAL MINISTER.   DONALD SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE U. S. NAVY DURING VIET NAM, HE WAS ALSO A MEMBER OF COALGATE V. F. W.            SURVIVED BY   MOTHER:  JIMMIE POWELL OF COALGATE, OK.   CHILDREN:    JONATHAN DON POWELL AND WIFE JADE OF OKLAHOMA CITY.                          MELESSA KAY HANCOCK AND HUSBAND JASON OF WALTERS, OK.                          JESSECA DELANE POWELL OF COALGATE, OK.   GRANDCHILDREN:   MAELI MARIE POWELL, TARAH GRAYCE HANCOCK, JORDAN ELIZABETH HANCOCK, AND CANAAN JAMES HANCOCK.   TWIN BROTHER:    RONALD POWELL OF COALGATE, OK.   SISTERS:   LAVERNA MILES AND HUSBAND DWAYNE OF ADA, OK.                      DIAN POWELL AND HUSBAND RICHARD OF PRYOR, OK.            PRECEDED IN DEATH BY   FATHER:  WARREN POWELL. SPECIAL COUSIN:  LARRY LAY.     DATE OF SERVICES:  TUESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2003 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES:   COTTONWOOD BAPTIST CHURCH ~ COTTONWOOD, OK.   INTERMENT:   COALGATE CITY CEMETERY ~ COALGATE, OK.   OFFICIATING:   REV. BILL WEATHERS.   CASKETBEARERS:   DON WALKER JR., LEE MICHAEL POWELL, THADD UTT, OLEN BRIDGER, TONY MOWDY, DANA CROW, LYNN CROW.   HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:  DON BATTLES, DARON WALKER.         NAME:  JUANITA RUTH (JACKSON) WILSON, AGE 67, A LONGTIME ATOKA RESIDENT. BORN:    MARCH 17, 1936 AT ATOKA, OK TO ROY FRANKLIN JACKSON AND HELEN DIANNA (COLBERT) JACKSON. PASSED AWAY:   FRIDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 12, 2003 AT HER RESIDENCE IN ATOKA, OK. AGE:   67 YEARS   8 MONTHS  AND  25 DAYS. EDUCATION:   JUANITA ATTENDED DUNBAR HIGH SCHOOL IN ATOKA AND MURRAY STATE JUNIOR COLLEGE IN TISHOMINGO, OK. MARRIED:   HOWARD WILSON, JR. IN AUGUST, 1961 AT ATOKA, OK. OCCUPATION:  JUANITA WAS A NURSES AIDE AND COOK AT ATOKA COLONIAL MANOR. CHURCH AFFILIATION:    MEMBER OF AME METHODIST CHURCH.      SURVIVED BY CHILDREN:    DAVID ROY WILSON OF ATOKA, OK.                          DEBRA BOWEN AND HUSBAND LARRY OF HOUSTON, TX. MOTHER:  HELEN COLBERT. STEPMOTHER:  BILLIE ANN JACKSON. 7 GRANDCHILDREN, 18 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. BROTHERS:  HENRY LEE COLBERT OF WICHITA FALLS, TX.                          SAMMY JACKSON OF LEWISVILLE, TX.                          KENNETH JACKSON OF MIDWEST CITY, OK. SISTERS: JOAN C. WINZER OF WICHITA FALLS, TX.                    DELORES COLBERT OF WICHITA FALLS, TX.                    BARBARA JACKSON OF ATOKA, OK.                    JANIE M. JACKSON OF ATOKA, OK.                    HELEN DENYSE McGREGOR OF ATOKA, OK.                    DIANNA RUTH COLBERT OF WICHITA FALLS, TX.                    CLADUETTE EYVONE WILLIAMS OF WICHITA FALLS, TX.                    HATTIE MAE COLBERT OF WICHITA FALLS, TX.      PRECEDED IN DEATH BY FATHER:  ROY FRANKLIN JACKSON. BROTHERS:  WILLIE JAY AND JOE LEWIS JACKSON. SISTERS:   LENA MAY COLBERT AND ELNORA JACKSON. SON:   ANTHONY VICTOR WILSON.     DATE OF SERVICES:  WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 2003 AT 10:00 AM. PLACE OF SERVICES:   BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT:   GREEN HILL CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK. OFFICIATING:   REV. JAMES P. KELLY. CASKETBEARERS:   MARSHALL LEWIS, SAMMY JACKSON, GERALD BOWEN, JACKIE HARRISON, M. L. BROOKS, WILLIE JACKSON. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:  ORLON HILL, DARNELL BOWEN, LARRY L. BOWEN JR, DERRICK HARRIS, JOHNNY SANCHEZ, GREGORY WILSON, JEREMY WELSH. FLOWER GIRLS:  ALFREDA CROOMERS, PATSY BROOKS, DINAH BROOKS.         NAME:    PATRICIA RUTH (WHITFIELD) SMITH, AGE 56, AN ATOKA COUNTY AREA RESIDENT. BORN:  SEPTEMBER 22, 1947 TO JAMES BUFORD AND MARY RUTH (ELLINGTON) WHITFIELD AT DENISON, TX. PASSED AWAY:   TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 16, 2003 AT THE CANCER TREATMENT CENTER IN TULSA, OK. AGE:   56 YEARS  2 MONTHS   AND   24 DAYS. EDUCATION:   PATRICIA ATTENDED SCHOOL IN DENISON AND DALLAS, TX AND GRAYSON COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE.  SHE ATTENDED CHRIST FOR THE NATIONS IN DALLAS AND LANGUAGE SCHOOL TO LEARN SPANISH. MARRIED:   WILLIAM E. SMITH ON JANUARY 18, 1974 AT SOUTHMAYD, TX. OCCUPATION:    PATRICIA WORKED FOR MCLEOD HONOR FARM AS AN ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT AND LATER WORKED A NUMBER OF YEARS FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES IN THE JUVENILE OFFICE IN ATOKA, OK. CHURCH AFFILIATION:  PATRICIA WAS A MEMBER OF THE LIVING WATERS CHURCH IN ANTLERS, OKLAHOMA AND WAS ALSO AN ORDAINED MINISTER.  PATRICIA HELPED IN PRISON MINISTRY WITH HER HUSBAND SMITTY.      SURVIVED BY HUSBAND:   WILLIAM “SMITTY” SMITH OF THE HOME EAST OF ATOKA, OK. CHILDREN:    JEFFREY A. SMITH AND WIFE SHELLY OF POTTSBORO, TX.                          MARY PAT DAVIS OF DURANT, OK.                          AMY SMITH OF SHERMAN, TX.                          JENIFER MALONE AND HUSBAND ALEX OF FT. WORTH, TX.                          JERRI LYNN LAYTON OF DURANT, OK. GRANDCHILDREN:   MICAH SMITH OF POTTSBORO, TX.                                        BRANDON DAVIS OF DURANT, OK.                                        JACOB AND JESSICA LAYTON OF DURANT, OK.                                        LOGAN AND NOAH MALONE OF FT. WORTH, TX.                                        TREY DAVIS OF DURANT, OK.                                        JULIE LAYTON OF DURANT, OK. SISTER:  BEVERLY GENTRY AND HUSBAND RICHARD OF SHERMAN, TX. IN-LAWS:   BOB SMITH OF ANNANDALE, NJ.                      ROGER AND LINDA INGLIS OF SAN ANTONIO, TX.      PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS:   JAMES BUFORD AND MARY RUTH WHITFIELD. MOTHER AND FATHER-IN-LAW:    EDGAR AND IRENE SMITH.     DATE OF SERVICES:  FRIDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2003 AT 2:00 PM. PLACE OF SERVICES:   BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT:   HIGHLAND CEMETERY ~ DURANT, OK. OFFICIATING:   REV. TERRY VAUGHN. CASKETBEARERS:   ALEX MALONE, TODD HORN, MARK MCMURRY, JEFF SMITH, LIONEL WINTERS, BILL ETCHISON. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:  ROGERS INGLIS, STEVE PFAFF, FRED LOWRY, BOB SMITH, MICHAEL INGLIS.         NAME:  DOROTHY MINNIE (DEMSKE) HAASE, AGE 85, AN ATOKA RESIDENT THE PAST 2 YEARS AND FORMER RESIDENT OF LaFARGE, WISCONSIN AND FORMER LONGTIME CHICAGO, IL. AREA RESIDENT. BORN:  JULY 11, 1918 AT CHICAGO, IL. TO CARL AND ELSIE (GEISEL) DEMSKE. PASSED AWAY: FRIDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2003 AT ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL IN ATOKA, OK. AGE:   85 YEARS  5 MONTHS   AND   8 DAYS. EDUCATION:   DOROTHY ATTENDED SCHOOLS IN CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. MARRIED:   NORMAN ANDREW HAASE ON AUGUST 17, 1940 IN CHICAGO, IL. OCCUPATION:  SHE WORKED A FEW YEARS AT CARSON-PURIE-SCOTT DEPT. STORES IN CHICAGO AND WAS THE ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT AND BOOKKEEPER FOR ADVANCED TRADE SCHOOL IN CHICAGO, RETIRING IN 1988 AFTER 20 YEARS SERVICE. CHURCH AFFILIATION:  DOROTHY WAS A LONGTIME MEMBER OF THE UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST IN CHICAGO, IL.      SURVIVED BY SON:   NORMAN HAASE AND WIFE CYNTHIA OF ATOKA, OK. GRANDSONS:   BRETT EVERETT HAASE AND WIFE SONIA OF MONTGOMERY, IL.                              NORMAN STUART HAASE AND WIFE CECILE OF WHEATON, IL. GREAT GRANDCHILDREN:   ETHAN, ISABELLE AND ZOE HAASE OF ILLINOIS. NIECE:   FLORENCE SIMPSON AND HUSBAND GREG, PLANO, TX.      PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HUSBAND:   NORMAN ANDREW HAASE ON MAY 13, 1993. PARENTS:   CARL AND ELSIE (GIESEL) DEMSKE. SISTER:  FLORENCE TEWS.     DATE OF SERVICES:    SATURDAY, DECEMBER 20, 2003 AT 2:00 PM. PLACE OF SERVICES:   BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. OFFICIATING:   LLOYD McELHANEY. COMMITTAL SERVICES:    MONDAY. DECEMBER 22, 2003 AT 7:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES:   M. J. SUERTH FUNERAL HOME CHAPEL ~ PARK RIDGE, IL. INTERMENT:   EDEN MEMORIAL PARK ~ SCHILLER PARK, IL. OFFICIATING:   DR. DAVID C. NELSON. CASKETBEARERS:   NORMAN HAASE, BRETT HAASE, WALTER HEIDKAMP, NORM HASSE.         NAME:  PATRICIA ANN (NICHOLS) RICE, AGE 43, A RESIDENT OF ATOKA, OK. BORN:  JULY 10, 1960 AT DREW, MISSISSIPPI TO SANDY LEE AND IRENE (RILEY) NICHOLS. PASSED AWAY:   FRIDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2003 AT ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. AGE:   43 YEARS  5 MONTHS   AND   9 DAYS. EDUCATION:   SHE GRADUATED FROM ATOKA HIGH SCHOOL AND ATTENDED SOUTHEASTERN STATE UNIVERSITY. MARRIED:   GEORGE WAYNE RICE ON JULY 1, 1985 AT SHERMAN, TX. OCCUPATION:  SHE WORKED AS A CNA AT ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. CHURCH AFFILIATION:  FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH.      SURVIVED BY HUSBAND:   GEORGE WAYNE RICE OF TISHOMINGO, OK. DAUGHTERS:   SHANTELL SHIELDS OF ATOKA, OK.                              CONSTANCE RICE OF ATOKA, OK.                              RIVA PEWAMO OFHORTON, KS. GRANDDAUGHTER:   JADAKE’ PEWAMO. SISTERS:   DELOIS OWENS AND HUSBAND ALBERT OF OKLAHOMA CITY.                      MATTIE NICHOLS OF ATOKA, OK.                      JANICE WALKER AND HUSBAND MICHAEL OF ATOKA, OK.                      SANDRA KAY WEST OF KANSAS.                      CASANDRA PEARSON OF KANSAS. BROTHERS:  WILLIE RILEY OF ATOKA, OK.                          CHARLES RILEY OF ATOKA, OK.                          LOUIS MICHAEL NICHOLS OF ATOKA, OK.                          ROBERT JAMES NICHOLS OF ATOKA, OK.      PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS:   SANDY AND IRENE NICHOLS. SON:   RICKY TYLER RICE. SISTER:  DOROTHY JEAN NICHOLS.     DATE OF SERVICES:  SATURDAY, DECEMBER 27, 2003 AT 2:00 PM. PLACE OF SERVICES:   BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT:   GREEN HILL CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK. OFFICIATING:   PASTOR ROBERT WEST. CASKETBEARERS:   BRANDON CROOMS, MICHAEL WALKER JR., LOUIS NICHOLS JR., THAAO HOPSON, CODY NICHOLS, TIMOTHY RILEY. FLOWERBEARERS:   ROCHELLE WALKER, WHITNEY RILEY, ROSA HOPSON, LEANN NICHOLS, CHRISTINA RILEY, PAM RILEY, KARMON BROOKS.         NAME:  JOE DEAN NATHANIEL MILLER, AGE 65, OF HENDERSON, NV. AND A FORMER CANEY AREA RESIDENT. BORN:  JANUARY 9, 1938 AT CANEY, OK. TO SHERMAN T. AND ELIZA (WILSON) MILLER. PASSED AWAY:   FRIDAY, DECEMBER 26, 2003 AT MORIARTY, NM. AGE:   65 YEARS   11 MONTHS   AND   17 DAYS. EDUCATION:   CANEY AND SOUTHEASTERN STATE UNIVERSITY. MARRIED:   FRANKIE J. WATSON MAY 23, 1959 AT ATOKA, OK. OCCUPATION:  HE WAS AN OWNER-OPERATOR OF A DISTRIBUTION COMPANY OF LADIES ASSESSORIES AND APPARAREL. CHURCH AFFILIATION:  JOE DEAN WAS A MEMBER OF THE HIGHLAND HILLS BAPTIST CHURCH IN HENDERSON, NV. JOE DEAN SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE U.S. ARMY AND WAS A MEMBER OF THE “BIG RED ONES” DURING THE BERLIN CRISIS.      SURVIVED BY WIFE:  FRANKIE OF THE HOME IN HENDERSON, NV. SONS:  BOYD MILLER AND ROBERT LEWIS OF GERMANTOWN, TN.                MATT MILLER AND WIFE CONNIE OF HENDERSON, NV.                TODD MILLER AND WIFE VALERIE OF FREDRICKSBURG, VA.                DEAN MILLER AND WIFE BECKY OF LAS VEGAS, NV.                SCOTT UTTER AND TARI OF SALT LAKE CITY, UT. 10 GRANDCHILDREN AND 3 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. SISTERS:   RHODA ANDERSON AND HUBAND REV. TOM OF McALESTER, OK.                      IMOGENE SWIMMER AND HUSBAND CHARLIE OF CANEY, OK.                      LINDA ADDIS AND HUSBAND KEN OF ORANGE, CA. BROTHER:   SHERMAN MILLER JR. OF BROKEN ARROW, OK. MOTHER-IN-LAW:   VIVIAN WATSON OF CANEY, OK.      PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS:   SHERMAN T. AND ELIZA MILLER. BROTHER:   COLBERT “CHIEF” MILLER. SISTER:    MARY MARJORIE “CHOL” MILLER. FATHER-IN-LAW:   HASKELL WATSON.     DATE OF SERVICES:  SUNDAY, DECEMBER 28, 2003 AT 3:30 PM. PLACE OF SERVICES:   BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT:   THE MLLER FAMILY CEMETERY NEAR CANEY, OK. OFFICIATING:   REV. TOM ANDERSON. CASKETBEARERS:   BOYD MILLER, MATT MILLER, TODD MILLER, DEAN MILLER, ROBERT LEWIS, SCOTT UTTER.         NAME:  VIRGIE “RENEIE” LORENE POWELL, AGE 68, A LONGTIME RESIDENT OF THE COLONIAL MANOR AND THE MCALESTER NURSING CENTER SINCE THE AGE OF 26. BORN:  SEPTEMBER 27, 1935 TO FREDERICK LAWRENCE AND MARY JANE (JOHNSON) POWELL IN ATOKA COUNTY, OK. PASSED AWAY:   SUNDAY, DECEMBER 28, 2003 AT THE MCALESTER REGIONAL HOSPITAL. AGE:   68 YEARS  3 MONTHS   AND   1 DAY. MARRIED:   NEVER MARRIED. OCCUPATION:  VIRGIE WAS DISABLED. CHURCH AFFILIATION:  SHE WAS OF THE PENTECOSTAL FAITH AND ATTENDED EVERY SERVICE AT THE NURSING HOME WHEN HER HEALTH WOULD ALLOW..      SURVIVED BY BROTHER:   JAMES “SHORTY” POWELL AND WIFE CORA OF STRINGTOWN, OK. NEPHEWS AND NIECES:    LARRY POWELL OF SHERMAN, TX.                                                    DIANE INMAN OF SAVANNAH, OK.                                                    JIMMY POWELL OF NOBLE, OK.                                                    ANTHONY POWELL OF SHERMAN, TX.                                                    DAVID POWELL OF OWASSO, OK.                                                    BARBARA POWELL OF OKLAHOMA CITY. SISTERS-IN-LAW:    LORETTA POWELL OF STRINGTOWN, OK.                                      EVELYN POWELL OF HOWE, TX.      PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS:   FREDERICK AND MARY JANE POWELL. BROTHERS:  ELMER W. AND LILLARD L. POWELL.     DATE OF SERVICES:  TUESDAY, DECEMBER 30, 2003 AT 11:00 AM. PLACE OF SERVICES:   BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT:   STRINGTOWN CEMETERY ~ STRINGTOWN, OK. OFFICIATING:   PASTOR LEE ARMSTRONG. CASKETBEARERS:   JIMMY POWELL, ANTHONY POWELL, DAVID POWELL, MILFORD POWELL, LEO POWELL, JOHNNY SELF, MARK INMAN.         NAME:    BERTHA MAE (BLACKMON) GATLIN, AGE 93, A RESIDENT OF THE HURLEY MANOR IN COALGATE AND FORMER GRANDBURY, TX AREA RESIDENT.   BORN:  FEBRUARY 13, 1910 AT WHITESBORO, TX TO ERNEST M. AND ALICE (WILLIAMS) BLACKMON.   PASSED AWAY:   DECEMBER 29, 2003 AT THE HURLEY MANOR IN COALATE, OK AGE:   93 YEARS  10 MONTHS    AND   16 DAYS.   EDUCATION:   SHE ATTENDED SCHOOL ON BRECKENRIDGE, TX.   MARRIED:   OTTIS GATLIN AT BRECKENRIDGE, TX.   OCCUPATION:  BERTHA WAS HOUSEWIFE AND HOMEMAKER.   CHURCH AFFILIATION:  SHE WAS A LIFELONG BAPTIST AND MEMBER OF THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH IN SWEETWATER, TX AND WAS VERY ACTIVE IN HER CHURCH WORK. SHE WAS ALSO A MEMBER OF THE EASTERN STAR IN SWEETWATER, TX.            SURVIVED BY   SISTERS:   GENEVA LACKEY OF COALGATE, OK.                      RUTH HOGAN OF GRANBURY, TX.   BROTHERS:  DONALD BLACKMON OF MCALESTER, OK.            PRECEDED IN DEATH BY   HUSBAND:   OTTIS GATLIN IN 1984. PARENTS:   ERNEST AND ALICE BLACKMON. SISTERS:   MARGARET WHITE AND INEZ LITTLEFIELD. BROTHER:   ROY BLACKMON.     MEMORIAL SERVICES:   MCCOY CEMETERY ~ SWEETWATER, TX.   INTERMENT:   HER CREMAINS WERE BURIED AT MCCOY CEMETERY ~ SWEETWATER, TX.         [Home] [Preneed] [Funerals] [Memorials] [Staff] [Flowers] [Caskets] [Cemeteries] [Contact Us] [General Services] [Coalgate] [Madill]