NAME: CHERICE L. (TREIBWASSER) GALLAGHER, AGE 69, A CANEY AREA RESIDENT THE PAST YEAR AND A FORMER LONGTIME FRESNO, CA. RESIDENT. BORN: NOVEMBER 24, 1935 AT CALGARY, ALBERTA, CANADA TO ALBERT AND HAZEL (McGEE) TRIEBWASSER. PASSED AWAY: WEDNESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 1, 2004 AT THE ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL AGE: 69 YEARS AND 5 DAYS EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOL AT LECOMB, ALBERTA, CANADA AND ATTENDED FRESNO CITY COLLEGE. OCCUPATION: CHERICE WAS AN LICENSED VOCATIONAL NURSE AND WORKED OVER 23 YEARS FOR THE CALIFORNIA ARMENIAN HOME IN FRESNO, CA. CHURCH AFFILIATION: SHE WAS A SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST. CHERICE WAS AN OUTDOORS PERSON AND LOVED WORKING AND TAKING CARE OF HER FAMILY. SHE LOVED GOING TO GARAGE SALES. SURVIVED BY CHILDREN: GERRY WERNER OF CANEY, OK. KATHY LANCTOT AND HUSBAND JOSEPH OF MADERA, CA. LARRY WERNER AND WIFE JOANNE OF ALBERTA, CANADA. GRANDCHILDREN: KIMBERLY TREJO, KELLIE WERNER, KATHLEENIA WERNER, CRYSTAL WERNER, CONNIE HARDMAN, MICHAEL LYNCH, AND GERALD WERNER. GREAT GRANDCHILDREN: JULIAN & REBECCA TREJO, SIERRA & EMILIE WERNER, AND LARAMIE & KAYTIN HARDMAN. BROTHERS: LEE AND FLOYD TRIEBWASSER OF CANADA. SISTER: RUTH KILMER OF CANADA. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: ALBERT AND HAZEL TRIEBWASSER.DAUGHTER: CHERYL WERNER.BROTHER: MERLIN TRIEBWASSER.NIECE: TERESA TRIEBWASSER.
DATE OF SERVICES: SATURDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2004 AT 2:00 PM.PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: CANEY CEMETERY ~ CANEY, OK. OFFICIATING: ARVEL HALL. CASKETBEARERS: GERRY WERNER, GERALD WERNER, RONALD WERNER, LARRY WERNER, MICHAEL LYNCH, DONALD REECE GOLDEN. FAMILY NIGHT FRIDAY NIGHT 7 PM
NAME: FOSTER FREDRICK CAIN, AGE 77, A LONGTIME ATOKA AREA RESIDENT. BORN: JUNE 6, 1927 AT FOSS, OKLAHOMA TO FOSTER F. AND RUBY MAE (STANDARD) CAIN. PASSED AWAY: FRIDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2004 AT THE WILSON N. JONES HOSPITAL IN SHERMAN, TX.AGE: 77 YEARS 5 MONTHS AND 27 DAYS EDUCATION: GRADUATED FROM HIGH SCHOOL AT SENTINEL, OK. MARRIED: LOUISE HIGHT CAIN ON DECEMBER 2, 1976 AT WARDS CHAPEL BAPTIST CHURCH. OCCUPATION: FOSTER WAS A LONGTIME NEWSPAPER PUBLISHER AND OWNER OF THE ATOKA COUNTY TIMES. HE WORKED A NUMBER OF YEARS FOR THE DAILY OKLAHOMAN IN THE LATTER 1960’S AND THE 1970’S. FOSTER SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE U.S. NAVY DURING WWll AND WAS RANKED AS PRINTER 3RD CLASS. HE WAS INDUCTED INTO THE OKLAHOMA PRESS ASSOCIATION HALF CENTURY CLUB, HONORING MORE THAN 50 YEARS OF SERVING OKLAHOMA NEWSPAPERS. SURVIVED BY WIFE: LOUISE CAIN OF THE HOME IN ATOKA, OK. CHILDREN: ALAN FOSTER CAIN OF GRAND CULLE, WA. STEVE LEE CAIN OF OKLAHOMA CITY. MARK CAIN OF ATOKA, OK. LINDA LINSCOTT AND HUSBAND RONALD OF ATOKA, OK. BROTHER: JOE HERBERT CAIN AND WIFE LINDA OF GRAND RIDGE, FL. SISTER: EVELYN MARGARET COCHRAN OF MESA, AZ. MOTHER IN-LAW: ELLEN HIGHT OF ATOKA, OK. GRANDSONS: ETHAN HIGHT LINSCOTT. GAVIN FOSTER CAIN. GABRIEL, LUCAS, MERLIN, AND DILLON CAIN. GRANDDAUGHTER: MATTLYN RAE CAIN. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: FOSTER F. CAIN ON MARCH 30, 1978 AND RUBY CAIN ON FEBRUARY 11, 2000.SON: JAMES ANDREW CAIN ON SEPTEMBER 11, 1999.BROTHER IN-LAW: WILLARD COCHRAN ON MAY 18, 1988.
DATE OF SERVICES: THURSDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2004 AT 2:00 PM.PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: GREEN MEADOWS CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. BOB GRAHAM.ASSISTING: REV. JERRY WILLIAMS AND REV. JOE CHAPIN. CASKETBEARERS: JIM POOL, KENNETH HAMILTON, DANNY SCROGGINS, BOB FREDERICK, JAY MOONEYHAM, NEAL MERRIOTT, JACK PARKER, JAMES GRANGER. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: (MEMBERS OF THE TEXOMA SAMS CAMPING CHAPTER) CHARLES ALLEN, DAVID CROUCH, JAKE EDWARDS, HAROLD HADDOCK, JOE MURPHY, DAVID THORTON, WOODY WALKER, WAYNE WATHALL. FAMILY NIGHT WEDNESDAY NIGHT 6 - 7 PM
NAME: LA DONNA JO (TIGERT) BRADFORD, AGE 46, A KIOWA, OK AREA RESIDENT AND FORMER ATOKA AREA RESIDENT BORN: JUNE 6, 1958 AT OKLAHOMA CITY TO CHARLES WESLEY AND WILMA LOIS (STRICKLAND) TIGERT. PASSED AWAY: EARLY TUESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 7, 2004 AT THE MCALESTER REGIONAL HOSPITAL.AGE: 46 YEARS 6 MONTHS AND 1 DAY EDUCATION: LA DONNA ATTENDED AND GRADUATED FROM CANEY SCHOOLS. MARRIED: ALVIN JOHNSON IN 1980 AT ATOKA, OK. WILLIAM BRADFORD IN 1984. OCCUPATION: SHE WORKED SEVERAL YEARS AT THE WRANGLER BLUE BELL PLANT IN COALGATE AS AN INSPECTOR. S HE ALSO DELIVERED THE MCALESTER NEWS NEWSPAPER. SHE WAS A LOVING MOTHER WHO ENJOYED SPENDING TIME WITH HER FAMILY AND FRIENDS. CHURCH AFFILIATION: LA DONNA WAS A MEMBER OF THE TUSHKA BAPTIST CHURCH AND CHOCTAW NATION. SURVIVED BY CHILDREN: BRADLEY DON CROWELL OF KIOWA, OK. KARI RENEE JOHNSON OF KIOWA, OK. MATTHEW DYLON BRADFORD OF KIOWA, OK. GRANDCHILDREN: (TWINS) HALIEY RENEE AND DAVID LEE CROWELL. KAYLEE CROWELL PARENTS: CHARLES AND LOIS TIGERT OF ATOKA, OK. SISTER: ROBBIE ANN WATSON AND HUSBAND LARRY OF CANEY, OK. NIECES: LARI BRISTER AND CASSIE WATSON. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HUSBAND: ALVIN JOHNSON IN JUNE 1982.GRANDPARENTS: BEN AND ANICE TIGERT. WILLIAM AND ETHEL STRICKLAND.
DATE OF SERVICES: FRIDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2004 AT 2:00 PM.PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: BUTLER CEMETERY ~ LANE, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. GENE SLUDER.ASSISTING: ARVEL HALL. CASKETBEARERS: LARRY WATSON, MICHAEL WATSON, DONALD KEEL, MIKE FERGUSON, TRAVIS LOVE, KENNETH JOHNSON. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: CHANCE DOUTHITT. FAMILY NIGHT ~ 6 PM THURSDAY.
NAME: ROGER DAVID CRITES, AGE 60, A LONGTIME CANEY AREA RESIDENT. BORN: OCTOBER 2, 1944 AT CANEY, OKLAHOMA TO EDGAR VAUGHN AND ROSE MARY (AYERS) TURNER CRITES PASSED AWAY: TUESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2004 AT HIS HOME NEAR CANEY, OK. AGE: 60 YEARS 2 MONTHS AND 5 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED EDISON, LATHROP JUNIOR HIGH AND SANTA ANA HIGH SCHOOL, ALL IN CALIFORNIA AND ATTENDED THE COLLEGE OF THE DESERT IN CALIFORNIA AND COLLEGE IN COLORADO SPRINGS, CO. MARRIED: JONNIE JUNE LAFFERTY ON MAY 22, 1966 AT SANTA ANA, CA. OCCUPATION: ROGER WAS RETIRED FROM THE U.S. AIR FORCE. ROGER SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE U.S. AIR FORCE AT VIETNAM, BRAZIL, AND PANAMA. SURVIVED BY DAUGHTER: CHRISTY CRAWFORD AND HUSBAND WESLEY OF CANEY, OK. GRANDCHILDREN: JEFFREY DEAN OF ORANGE PARK, FL. DYLAN CRAWFORD OF CANEY, OK. JAMES “JIM BOB” CRAWFORD OF CANEY, OK. STEVEN CRAWFORD OF CANEY, OK. SISTER: MARGARET “CHEATA” CRITES OF BENTLEY, OK. BROTHER: JEFF ERVIN OF BOISE, TX. STEPSISTER: RACHEL STRICKLAND AND HUSBAND ED OF LIBERAL, KS. NEPHEWS: RICHARD WESTON OF BOISE, ID. REMMICK STRICKLAND OF LIBERAL, KS. DANIEL STRICKLAND OF LIBERAL, KS. NIECE: EDIE STRICKLAND OF LIBERAL, KS. GRAND NEPHEW: ANDREW TUTTLE OF FT. HOOD, TX. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: EDGAR AND ROSE MARY TURNER CRITES.STEP MOTHER: ANN CRITES.WIFE: JONNIE CRITES
DATE OF SERVICES: FRIDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2004 AT 10:00 AM.PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: CANEY CEMETERY ~ CANEY, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. LEON CRITESASSISTING: REV. JIM BAKER. CASKETBEARERS: BRANDAN WATSON, BRETT SCHAEFER, CODY CRAWFORD, JEFF SHANK, KENY KREBS, KENNY KEATON. FAMILY NIGHT: THURSDAY NIGHT 7 PM
NAME: GERALD WAYNE WOODALL JR, AGE 40, OF ATOKA AND FORMER BRECKENRIDGE, TX RESIDENT. BORN: JULY 30, 1964 IN OKLAHOMA CITY TO GERALD WAYNE AND DURSA LEE (CARPENTER) WOODALL PASSED AWAY: FRIDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2004 AT THE STONEGATE NURSING HOME IN STONEWALL, OKAGE: 40 YEARS 4 MONTHS AND 10 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED AND GRADUATED FROM POLY HIGH SCHOOL IN LAKEWOOD, CA. OCCUPATION: GERALD WAS UNABLE TO WORK DUE TO LIFELONG DISABILITIES GERALD WAS A MEMBER OF THE LORDS OLD TIME GOSPEL CHURCH IN BRECKENRIDGE AND LOVED HIS CHURCH. HE LOVED GOING OUT TO EAT AND WAS A FRIEND TO EVERYONE THAT KNEW HIM. HE WAS A DALLAS COWBOY FAN AND ENJOYED PLAYING PAC-MAN. SURVIVED BY MOTHER: DURSA WOODALL OF ATOKA, OK. SISTER: WAYNETTE SMITH OF ATOKA, OK. BROTHER: DARREL WOODALL, PIPESTONE, MN. NIECES: LEEANN AND ASHLEIGH. NEPHEWS: JONATHAN AND DARRELL. STEP NIECES: CHEYENNE, JODY, BRITTANY, CASEY, BRETT, AND TIFFANY. AUNTS: DONNIE NETTLES, LEONA ATTERBURY AND ROSIE POINDEXTER. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY FATHER: GERALD “MOE” WOODALL.GRANDPARENTS: STANLEY AND LORENE WOODALL. LEE AND OPAL CARPENTER
MEMORIAL SERVICES: SUNDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2004 AT 10:30 AM.PLACE OF SERVICES: LORDS OLD TIME GOSPEL CHURCH ~ BRECKENRIDGE, TX. OFFICIATING: CHURCH FAMILY WILL BE OFFICIATING
NAME: RUTH ELIZABETH (STACKHOUSE) COOPER, AGE 94, A RESIDENT OF THE REUNION PLAZA IN DURANT AND FORMER LONGTIME ATOKA RESIDENT. BORN: OCTOBER 3, 1910 AT DURANT TO LACY LaFRAY AND VENA M. (MERRITT) STACKHOUSE. PASSED AWAY: SATURDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2004 AT THE MEDICAL CENTER IN DURANT, OK.AGE: 94 YEARS 2 MONTHS AND 8 DAYS EDUCATION: ATTENDED NUMEROUS SCHOOLS, INCLUDING STROUD, SLICK, BRISTOW, DUSTIN, ATOKA, AND GRADUATED FROM TUSHKA HIGH SCHOOL. RUTH CONTINUED HER EDUCATION AT SOUTHEASTERN TEACHERS COLLEGE IN DURANT, EARNING HER TEACHING DEGREE. MARRIED: WILLIAM HENRY COOPER ON FEBRUARY 22, 1932 AT McALESTER, OK. OCCUPATION: RUTH TAUGHT SCHOOL FOR SEVERAL YEARS AT DAISY, PLEASANT HILL, FARRIS, AND TUSHKA. AFTER RETIRING FROM FULL TIME TEACHING TO RAISE HER SONS, SHE CONTINUED TO SUBSTITUTE TEACH IN AREA SCHOOLS. RUTH WAS A FORMER MEMBER OF THE DEL CITY CHURCH OF CHRIST, PENN AND A CHURCH OF CHRIST, AND, IN LATER YEARS, THE SOUTH ATOKA CONGREGATION. RUTH WAS ACTIVE IN HER CHURCH ACTIVITIES. SURVIVED BY SONS: LACEY COOPER AND WIFE LAVERNE OF TUSHKA, OK. HENRY COOPER JR AND WIFE KAREN OF OKLAHOMA CITY. GRANDCHILDREN: CARLA WARD AND HUSBAND PHIL OF STILLWATER, OK. CONNIE HOWARD AND HUSBAND DWAYNE OF CANEY, OK. SHERI HUTSON AND HUSBAND KENT OF STRINGTOWN, OK. BRAD COOPER AND WIFE SANDRA OF PIEDMONT, OK. GREAT GRANDCHILDREN: TODD HOWARD, BRONWYN COOPER, SAMANTHA HOWARD, BROCKTON WARD, SHANA LANSDALE, SHELLY MAGBY, HEATH MAGBY, CARSON COOPER, RILEY COOPER, QUINN COOPER, AND RYAN COOPER. GREAT GREAT GRANDCHILDREN: DILLON MANSELL AND HALLI LANSDALE. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HUSBAND: HENRY COOPER ON MAY 14, 1992.PARENTS: LACY LaFRAY AND VERNA M. STACKHOUSE.SISTER: ALTA CARTER.BROTHERS: DEWITT, NEAL, COYLE, LACEY JR, AND BYRON STACKHOUSE.
DATE OF SERVICES: TUESDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2004 AT 2:00 PM.PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: BOGGY DEPOT CEMETERY. OFFICIATING: LACEY AND HENRY COOPER, JR.ASSISTING: JOHN CARROLL CASKETBEARERS: HEATH MAGBY, BILL KING, STEVE MANSELL, STEVE HYATT, BRAD COOPER, TODD HOWARD, RICHARD LILLARD. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: BROCK WARD, DWAYNE HOWARD, KENT HUTSON, PHIL WARD. NO FAMILY NIGHT
NAME: RAY JUNIOR JACOBS, AGE 76, A LINDALE, TX AREA RESIDENT AND FORMER MILLER COMMUNITY, PUSHMATAHA COUNTY AREA RESIDENT. BORN: OCTOBER 12, 1928 AT MILLER, PUSHMATAHA COUNTY, OKLAHOMA TO GEORGE WASHINGTON AND LOTTIE MAE (POSTON) JACOBS. PASSED AWAY: SATURDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2004 AT EAST TEXAS HOSPICE CENTER, TYLER, TX.AGE: 76 YEARS 1 MONTH AND 29 DAYS. EDUCATION: RAY ATTENDED SCHOOL AT FLORENCE IN PUSHMATAHA COUNTY, OK. MARRIED: SHIRLEY RODGERS ON JULY 1, 1970 AT DURANT, OK. OCCUPATION: RAY WAS A PLUMBER IN THE CONSTRUCTION FIELD. HE WORKED MANY DIFFERENT PLACES THROUGHOUT THE YEARS. FOR THE PAST 20 YEARS HE LIVED AND WORKED IN THE CARLSBAD, NM AREA. CHURCH AFFILIATION: HE WAS OF THE PROTESTANT FAITH. SURVIVED BY WIFE: SHIRLEY OF THE HOME IN LINDALE, TX. CHILDREN: SHIRLEY JO FARABAUGH AND HUSBAND STEVE OF LINDALE, TX. KIMBERLY HORSMAN AND HUSBAND CHRIS OF VENICE, ITALY. TAMMY GETTMAN AND HUSBAND MICHAEL OF DENVER, CO. KANDI JACOBS OF PHOENIX, AZ. JOANNA SADLER AND HUSBAND BILLY OF DALLAS, TX. JEANNE JACOBS OF GARLAND, TX. LOGAN JACOBS OF LINDALE, TX. JAY RAY JACOBS OF TEXAS. KATIE JACOBS OF DALLAS, TX. DAVID BOURLAND OF TEXAS. BROTHERS: HARLIE JACOBS OF LANE, OK. JACK JACOBS OF ATOKA, OK. SISTERS: ALSIE WALTZ AND HUSBAND BOB OF IDAHO. BETTY JO DOUGLAS AND HUSBAND JACK OF MISSOURI. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: GEORGE AND LOTTIE JACOBS.DAUGHTER: DANA JACOBS.BROTHERS: ARLO, HOWARD, EDGAR, AND FLOYD “JIGGER” JACOBS.
DATE OF SERVICES: WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 2004 AT 1:00 PM.PLACE OF SERVICES: CRYSTAL CEMETERY ~ CRYSTAL, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. MARVIN MYERS. CASKETBEARERS: ROGER WOLFE, JARED HIGGINS, ARLENE JACOBS, MELVIN JACOBS, EDMOND JACOBS, TRAVIS LEFLORE. FAMILY NIGHT - TUESDAY 6 TO 8 PM
NAME: GARLAND “DALE” REED, AGE 68, A LONGTIME ATOKA COUNTY AREA RESIDENT. BORN: SEPTEMBER 26, 1936 AT BLACKJACK, ATOKA COUNTY, OKLAHOMA TO SURLES BOLEN AND BEVERTA LILLY (PARKER) REED. PASSED AWAY: MONDAY AFTERNOON, DECEMBER 13, 2004 AT THE TEXOMA MEDICAL CENTER IN DENISON, TX.AGE: 68 YEARS 2 MONTHS AND 17 DAYS. EDUCATION: DALE ATTENDED BLACKJACK SCHOOL IN ATOKA COUNTY AND WAS A BLAIR HIGH SCHOOL, JACKSON COUNTY, GRADUATE. MARRIED: SUE BEGLEY. ADRIANNE TRYBER ON AUGUST 5, 1995 IN TULSA, OK. OCCUPATION: DALE OWNED AND OPERATED HIS OWN TRUCKING COMPANY UNTIL HIS RETIREMENT IN 2000. CHURCH AFFILIATION: HE WAS A MEMBER OF GOD’S HOUSE IN ATOKA, OK. SURVIVED BY WIFE: ADRIANNE REED OF THE HOME AT ATOKA, OK. CHILDREN: JOHNATHON REED OF THE HOME AT ATOKA, OK. ARLAND DALE REED OF OKLAHOMA CITY. SCOTT REED AND WIFE DEBORAH OF OKLAHOMA CITY. RHONDA CLOWDUS AND HUSBAND MIKE OF OKLAHOMA CITY. JUDY ARMS AND HUSBAND JAMES “DUKE” OF OKLAHOMA CITY. STEPCHILDREN: BARBIE WILSON AND HUSBAND TODD OF COLUMBIA, SC. CAREY MOSLEY OF THE HOME AT ATOKA, OK. STEPHANIE VAH AND HUSBAND BEN OF FAIRPORT HARBOUR, OH. TONY JACKSON AND WIFE JACKIE OF WINTER HAVEN, FL. SISTERS: ROSEANN CATON AND HUSBAND JIM OF ADA, OK. KARREN BRAY AND HUSBAND JIMMY OF ADA, OK. PATSY BEGLEY AND HUSBAND DEAN OF ATOKA, OK. JAN GAURONSKY AND HUSBAND STEVE OF IOWA. BROTHERS: WAYLAND REED AND WIFE ALICE OF ATOKA, OK. DOYLE REED AND WIFE YVONNE OF ADA, OK. DENNIS REED AND WIFE DENISE OF TULSA, OK. GRANDCHILDREN: DAKOTA ARMS AND RACHEL KEENUM BOTH OF OKLAHOMA CITY. STEP GRANDCHILDREN: LEIGH ANNA AND JAKE MOSLEY OF GEORGIA. MIA MOSLEY OF THE HOME AT ATOKA, OK. DREW, DANNY, AND SETH WILSON OF SOUTH CAROLINA. DEVIN JACKSON OF FLORIDA. KASEMIR AND STARR VAH OF OHIO. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY FATHER: SURLES BOLEN REED.MOTHER: BEVERTA LILLY REED SMITH.BROTHER: BOBBY DEAN REED.SEVERAL AUNTS & UNCLES.
DATE OF SERVICES: THURSDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2004 AT 2:00 PM.PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: NEW ZION CEMETERY, EAST OF TUSHKA, OK. OFFICIATING: DR. JAMES CROWSON.ASSISTING: PASTOR DARRIN BEGLEY CASKETBEARERS: BOBBY REED, MARVIN ESTES, HERMAN PARKER, LARRY PARKER, MARK MCPHERSON, ZANE BREECHEN. FAMILY NIGHT ~ WEDNESDAY 6 TO 8 PM.
NAME: CLYDE EDWARD SHEFFIELD, AGE 68, A LIFELONG ATOKA AREA RESIDENT. BORN: JANUARY 5, 1936 AT LANE, OKLAHOMA TO LEONARD ERVIN AND FLORENCE LORETTA (BUTLER) SHEFFIELD. PASSED AWAY: TUESDAY AFTERNOON, DECEMBER 14, 2004 AT THE ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.AGE: 68 YEARS 11 MONTHS AND 9 DAYS EDUCATION: CLYDE ATTENDED LANE AND ATOKA SCHOOLS, GRADUATING WITH THE CLASS OF ‘54. HE THEN ATTENDED MURRAY STATE COLLEGE AND SOUTHEASTERN OK STATE UNIVERSITY, AND WAS ALSO A GRADUATE OF THE FORT SMITH AUCTION SCHOOL. MARRIED: LENORA ARNOLD ON DECEMBER 2, 1961 AT FARRIS, OK. MARGIE MATTHEWS ON AUGUST 27, 1991 AT ATOKA, OK. OCCUPATION: CLYDE WAS A LIFELONG RANCHER, FORMER ATOKA COUNTY SHERIFF AND FORMER OWNER AND AUCTIONEER OF ATOKA LIVESTOCK AUCTION. HE WAS A LAND TRADER AND LANDMAN LEASING MINERALS. HE SERVED IN THE OKLAHOMA NATIONAL GUARD FOR SIX YEARS. CHURCH AFFILIATION: HE WAS A BAPTIST. CLYDE WAS A MEMBER OF SOUTHWEST CATTLEMANS ASSOCIATION, NATIONAL PAINT HORSE ASSOCIATION, AND THE AMERICAN QUARTER HORSE ASSOCIATION. SURVIVED BY WIFE: MARGIE SHEFFIELD OF THE HOME. DAUGHTERS: JANA HENDERSON AND HUSBAND CARL OF ATOKA, OK. SUSAN MOFIELD AND HUSBAND BENNIE OF ATOKA, OK. ANN DISNEY AND HUSBAND GREG OF YUKON, OK. JAN OVERTON AND HUSBAND KELLY OF FLOWER MOUND, TX. AMY EBERLE AND HUSBAND BRYAN OF BLUE MOUND, KS. GRANDCHILDREN: STETSON, STORMIE, & SEVANS HENDERSON, ZED MOON, COURTNEY CANTRELL, JAKE DISNEY, COLE, JUSTIN, & GILLIAN OVERTON, AND PAYTON & PAIGE EBERLE. MOTHER OF HIS CHILDREN: LENORA ARNOLD OF FARRIS, OK. SISTERS: LENNIS FREDERICK OF SILO, OK. DOROTHY FINK AND HUSBAND EARL OF OWASSO, OK. BARBARA BROOME AND HUSBAND GENE OF TUSHKA, OK. BROTHERS: LEONARD SHEFFIELD AND WIFE JANE OF ATOKA, OK. RAYMOND SHEFFIELD AND WIFE DELORIS OF WEWOKA, OK. CURTIS SHEFFIELD AND WIFE MARY OF LANE, OK. DOYLE SHEFFIELD AND WIFE SHARON OF LANE, OK. FORREST SHEFFIELD AND WIFE PATSY OF TUPELO, MS. JACK SHEFFIELD AND WIFE LOU ANN OF LANE, OK. LARRY SHEFFIELD AND WIFE GLORIA OF LANE, OK. UNCLES: ZEAK SHEFFIELD AND WIFE VODA OF LANE, OK. RAY SHEFFIELD AND WIFE JOSEPHINE OF LANE, OK. AUNT: RUTH CREWS AND HUSBAND JACK OF LANE, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: LEONARD AND FLORENCE SHEFFIELD.DAUGHTER: LANA SHEFFIELD ON JANUARY 17, 2003.
DATE OF SERVICES: FRIDAY, DECEMBER 17, 2004 AT 10:00 AM.PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: GREEN MEADOWS CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK. OFFICIATING: DR. JAMES CROWSON. CASKETBEARERS: BOB FREDERICK, BRUCE FREDERICK, TOMMY FREDERICK, CLINT BROOME, COLT BROOME, DOUG SHEFFIELD, STEVEN SHEFFIELD, TONY SHEFFIELD, NATHAN SHEFFIELD. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: HARRY FARRIS, GLEN HANEY, RANDY DANIEL, RONNIE MORRIS, RANDY MORRIS, RALPH BREWSTER, BOB DANIEL, KENNY HOGAN, FREDDIE “BEAN” JONES, MARSHALL “JUNIOR” RILEY, DON RIPPEE. FAMILY NIGHT ~ THURSDAY 6 PM.
NAME: NORA CATHERINE (EUBANKS) ZINN BUTLER, AGE 82, AN ATOKA RESIDENT SINCE 1991. BORN: AUGUST 15, 1922 NEAR LANE, OKLAHOMA TO WALTER ELMER AND EFFIE (JENKINS) EUBANKS. PASSED AWAY: SUNDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2004 AT HER RESIDENCE IN ATOKA, O K.AGE: 82 YEARS 4 MONTHS AND 4 DAYS EDUCATION: NORA ATTENDED SCHOOL AT LANE, OK. MARRIED: MAX ZINN AT LANE. JAMES DELBERT BUTLER IN AUGUST 1990 AT ATOKA, OK. OCCUPATION: NORA WORKED MANY YEARS AS A WAITRESS AND RESTAURANT COOK AND AT A NURSING HOME IN NEW MEXICO. SHE WAS A HOUSEWIFE AND HOMEMAKER. CHURCH AFFILIATION: SHE WAS A BAPTIST. NORA WAS REARED IN THE LANE AND FARRIS AREA. SURVIVED BY HUSBAND: JAMES DELBERT BUTLER OF THE HOME IN ATOKA, OK. CHILDREN: WILLIE LALLEY AND HUSBAND RON OF TAMPA, FL. ELMER ZINN AND WIFE KEVINIE OF JENNINGS, LA. MINNIE GARCIA OF RUIDOSO, NM. MARY ZINN OF FT. WORTH, TX. JOHNNY ZINN AND WIFE LINDA OF ROSWELL, NM. BOBBY ZINN AND WIFE JOYCE OF PUEBLO, CO. JERRY ZINN AND WIFE MISTY OF ATOKA, OK. SISTERS: LUCILLE SHOEMAKER OF CRYSTAL. ROSEDALE MILLS OF HIGHLANDS, TX. BROTHER: MARVIN EUBANKS OF BRIDGEPORT, TX. 35 GRANDCHILDREN AND 58 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: WALTER ELMER AND EFFIE EUBANKS.HUSBAND: MAX ZINN IN 1974.DAUGHTERS: ZELMA HECKEL AND RUTH STITES.BROTHER: J. R. EUBANKS.SISTER: LEONA MURPHY.
DATE OF SERVICES: WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 22, 2004 AT 10:00 AM. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: TUSHKA CEMETERY ~ TUSHKA, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. BOB GRAHAM. CASKETBEARERS: WILLIAN ZINN, KEVIN STITES, JOHNNY ZINN, ELMER ZINN, BOBBY ZINN, JAMES JARVIS FAMILY NIGHT ~ TUESDAY 6 PM
NAME: SHIZUKA (EGASHIRA) ROBERTS, AGE 83, A U.S. RESIDENT SINCE 1973. SHE LIVED IN CALIFORNIA AND THEN STRINGTOWN FOR SEVERAL YEARS BEFORE MOVING TO ATOKA IN 1997. BORN: AUGUST 13, 1921 AT SASEBO, NAGASKI, KEN, JAPAN TO CONZABRO AND MORLA (GITSUMAS) EGASHIRA. PASSED AWAY: TUESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 2004 AT THE ATOKA COLONIAL NURSING HOME.AGE: 83 YEARS 4 MONTHS AND 8 DAYS EDUCATION: SHIZUKA ATTENDED AND GRADUATED HIGH SCHOOL IN JAPAN. SHE ALSO ATTENDED COLLEGE FOR 2 YEARS. MARRIED: MELTON EUGENE ROBERTS ON JANUARY 9, 1970 AT TOKYO, JAPAN. OCCUPATION: SHE WAS A HOUSEWIFE AND HOMEMAKER. CHURCH AFFILIATION: SHE WAS A MEMBER OF THE HILLCREST BAPTIST CHURCH AND FORMER MEMBER OF THE STRINGTOWN BAPTIST CHURCH. SURVIVED BY SISTERS-IN-LAW: DOROTHY CARPENTER OF ATOKA, OK. JOAN WILLIAMS OF ATOKA, OK. BETTY FRYER OF WYLIE, TX. GEORGENA STEPHENS OF ATOKA, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HUSBAND: MELTON EUGENE ROBERTS ON JANUARY 7, 1987.PARENTS: CONSABRO AND MORLA EGASHIRA2 SISTERS.1 BROTHER.
DATE OF SERVICES: THURSDAY, DECEMBER 23, 2004 AT 2:00 PM. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: STRINGTOWN CEMETERY ~ STRINGTOWN, OK. OFFICIATING: ARVEL HALL. CASKETBEARERS: NONE. FAMILY NIGHT - NONE
NAME: WILLIAM JOHN MARTIN, AGE 57, OF TUSHKA AND A LIFELONG ATOKA AREA RESIDENT. BORN: APRIL 14, 1947 AT SHAWNEE, OKLAHOMA TO JOHN WILLIAM AND WYNOMA BLANCH (HALL) MARTIN. PASSED AWAY: FRIDAY, DECEMBER 24, 2004 AT THE ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.AGE: 57 YEARS 8 MONTHS AND 10 DAYS EDUCATION: JOHN ATTENDED GRADE SCHOOL AT HARMONY AND WAS AN ATOKA HIGH GRADUATE IN 1965. HE ATTENDED EASTERN OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY AT WILBURTON. MARRIED: DOTTIE MORMAN. ROSE LEE STIGERS ON AUGUST 9, 1985 AT SHERMAN, TX. OCCUPATION: JOHN RETIRED AFTER 34 YEARS CIVIL SERVICE AT THE McALESTER ARMY AMMUNITION DEPOT AS A PLANNER AND ESTIMATOR. CHURCH AFFILIATION: HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE TUSHKA BAPTIST CHURCH. JOHN WAS A MEMBER OF THE AMERICAN LEGION AND, WHILE AT THE BASE, WAS VERY ACTIVE IN THE CIVILIAN WELFARE FUND. JOHN WAS AN ARMY VETERAN AND WAS STATIONED IN GERMANY DURING THE VIETNAM WAR. HE WAS ALSO A FORMER MEMBER OF THE ATOKA ELKS LODGE. SURVIVED BY WIFE: ROSE OF THE HOME IN TUSHKA, OK. CHILDREN: KYLE MARTIN AND WIFE KRISTY OF ATOKA, OK. SHERRY MINCIC AND HUSBAND CRAIG OF GREELEY, CO. JANICE JOHNSON OF OKLAHOMA CITY. GRANDCHILDREN: TRINITY AND DEVAN MARTIN OF ATOKA, OK. GARRETT AND JORDAN JOHNSON OF CANEY, OK. WESLEY AND RILEY MINCIC OF GREELEY, CO. AUNTS: NELLIE HODGE OF CADDO, OK. BESSIE WITHROW OF CANEY, OK. TRESSA McBRAYER OF TUSHKA, OK. GENEVA JONES OF OKLAHOMA CITY. TRESSIE FRELAND OF OKLAHOMA CITY. UNCLE: BILLY JOE HALL OF FRESNO, CA. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: BILL MARTIN AND WYNOMA (HALL) MARTIN COLLIER.STEP BROTHER: DWAYNE COLLIER.
DATE OF SERVICES: TUESDAY, DECEMBER 28, 2004 AT 10:00 AM.PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: SOUTH BURNS CEMETERY ~ DILL CITY, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. LARRY ARGO. CASKETBEARERS: JOHN KEITH SELBY, KEVIN BESS, DON WALLACE, RICKY WALLACE, CHIP WELLS, BUDDY SANDERS. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: CLIFF DARST, WAYNE SELBY, HAROLD ROLAND, WILLIAM JUNIOR NUTTALL, BEN BONHAM, JERRY HALL.
NAME: CHERYL LEA (PARRISH) PITTMAN, AGE 53, OF ATOKA, OK. BORN: OCTOBER 29, 1951 AT REED CITY, MICHIGAN TO DONNIE RAY AND BARBARA ANN (RUSS) PARRISH. PASSED AWAY: SUNDAY, DECEMBER 26, 2004 AT THE ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.AGE: 53 YEARS 1 MONTH AND 27 DAYS EDUCATION: ATTENDED NORTHERN HEIGHTS HIGH SCHOOL IN PONTIAC, MICHIGAN AND LATER OBTAINED HER G.E.D. SHE GRADUATED FROM MURRAY STATE COLLEGE AND SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY WITH AN ACCOUNTING DEGREE. MARRIED: EARL RAY “BUDDY” PITTMAN ON APRIL 21, 1983 AT ATOKA, OK. OCCUPATION: CHERYL WORKED A NUMBER OF YEARS FOR DIAPER JEANS SEWING FACTORY AND LATER DROVE A TRUCK CROSS COUNTRY FOR CELEDON TRUCKING CO. SHE WAS ALSO A HOUSEWIFE AND HOMEMAKER. CHURCH AFFILIATION: SHE WAS A BAPTIST. SURVIVED BY HUSBAND: BUDDY PITTMAN OF THE HOME NORTH OF ATOKA, OK. SON: WILLIAM UNDERWOOD AND FIANCE’ SHAWN BURKS OF ATOKA, OK. FOSTER SON: GLENN NOACK OF AMARILLO, TX. GRANDCHILDREN: BILLY JOE DON UNDERWOOD OF ATOKA, OK. EMILY WESTERVELT OF ALBA, TX. CHASITY WESTERVELT OF ATOKA, OK. GOD DAUGHTER: SARA ANN BAKER OF STRINGTOWN, OK. FOSTER PARENTS: BOB AND PAT VANZANDT OF ATOKA, OK. SISTERS: JEANE PONTZ AND HUSBAND RANDY OF REED CITY, MI. DONNA MERRITT AND HUSBAND JIMMY OF TUSHKA, OK. LORI CLEMENTSHAW AND HUSBAND LONNIE OF REED CITY, MI. MARY WALTON AND HUSBAND GARY OF CLARITA, OK. BROTHERS: CHARLES PARRISH OF CORINTH, KY. RICHARD PARRISH AND WIFE KAREN OF RAVANNA, MI. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: HARRY AND BARBARA BIGELOW.
DATE OF SERVICES: WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 29, 2004 AT 10:00 AM. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: FAMILY CEMETERY NEAR THEIR HOME NORTH OF ATOKA. OFFICIATING: JERRY RICHARD.ASSISTING: REV. STEVE HENRY. CASKETBEARERS: GLENN NOACK, JOHN WILLIAMS, WILLIAM UNDERWOOD, R. J. RAINS, GENE BRADFORD, JOE HAGGARD, KIRBY WILLIAMS, BOB VANZANDT. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: JOHN PUGH, RUSTY WALTON, RYAN WALTON, RANDAL WALTON, GARY WALTON, JIMMY MERRITT, JASON JANSMA, CAMERON HEIS. FAMILY NIGHT ~ TUESDAY 7:00 PM.
NAME: KALLEIGH LYNN SHIELDS, INFANT DAUGHTER OF SYLVIA KOSIMA HOPSON AND KASEY LYNN SHIELDS OF ATOKA, OK. BORN: MONDAY, DECEMBER 27, 2004 AT MEDICAL CENTER OF SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA IN DURANT. PASSED AWAY: TUESDAY, DECEMBER 28, 2004 AT CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL IN OKLAHOMA CITY.AGE: 1 DAY SURVIVED BY PARENTS: SYLVIA K. HOPSON AND KASEY LYNN SHIELDS OF ATOKA, OK. SISTER: BRITAIN N. POSEY OF ATOKA, OK. GRANDPARENTS: DAVID AND BARBARA POLK OF SHERMAN, TX. WALLACE AND JANICE MCGEE OF ATOKA, OK. SONYA SHIELDS OF DALLAS, TX. LYNN PIERCE OF ATOKA, OK. GREAT GRANDPARENTS: ELIZABETH FRAZIER HOPSON OF ATOKA, OK. FRANK D. THOMAS OF OKLAHOMA CITY. MARY ANN MCGEE OF STRINGTOWN, OK. SEABORN AND BERNICE CARTER OF OKLAHOMA CITY. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY GREAT GREAT GRANDPARENTS: ROSA AND CURLEY FRAZIER. CALLIE AND JOHN SHIELDS. LOU AND DON HOPSON. GREAT GRANDPA: EARL MCGEE.
DATE OF SERVICES: SATURDAY, JANUARY 1, 2005 AT 2:00 PM PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: GREENHILL CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK. OFFICIATING: BROTHER WILLARD HARRISON.
NAME: DONALD GENE WEBSTER, AGE 62 AN ATOKA AREA RESIDENT FOR THE PAST 18 YEARS AND FORMER LONGTIME FLAGSTAFF, AZ AREA RESIDENT. BORN: OCTOBER 1, 1942 TO RAYMOND AND EMMA LUCILLE (YORK) WEBSTER IN ATOKA COUNTY, OK. PASSED AWAY: THURSDAY, DECEMBER 30, 2004 AT THE BAPTIST HOSPITAL IN OKLAHOMA CITY AFTER A SHORT ILLNESS.AGE: 62 YEARS 2 MONTHS AND 29 DAYS. EDUCATION: DON ATTENDED ATOKA SCHOOLS. OCCUPATION: DON WAS A SELF-EMPLOYED WELDER AND DRILLER FOR MANY YEARS WHILE LIVING IN ARIZONA. AFTER RETURNING TO ATOKA TO HELP HIS MOTHER, HE WORKED AS A RANCHER. CHURCH AFFILIATION: HE WAS OF THE BAPTIST FAITH. SURVIVED BY CHILDREN: EPRIESTESS MISTY DAWN ALEXANDER AND HUSBAND CHAD OF CALERA, OK. G. W. WEBSTER OF CANEY, OK. GRANDCHILD: CHASE AARON ALEXANDER OF CALERA, OK. SISTER: PAT FAULKENBERRY AND TED HENDERSON OF TUSHKA, OK. NIECE AND NEPHEWS: JIMMY HURST OF CEDAR HILLS, TX. TIM FAULKENBERRY OF LANE, OK. SOMMER FAULKENBERRY OF ADA, OK. GREAT NIECE: KYLA FAULKENBERRY OF CLAYTON, OK. MOTHER OF HIS CHILDREN: DELOTA FAYE WEBSTER OF CANEY, OK. AUNT: BARBARA ARMSTRONG OF ATOKA, OK. BROTHER-IN-LAW: JIM HURST OF ATOKA, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: RAYMOND AND EMMA LUCILLE (YORK) WEBSTER.SISTER: BETTY HURST.GRANDPARENTS: G. W. AND EPRIESTESS WEBSTER. SETH AND EMMA YORK.SEVERAL AUNTS AND UNCLES.
DATE OF SERVICES: FRIDAY, DECEMBER 31, 2004 AT 2:00 PM. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: GREEN MEADOWS CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK. OFFICIATING: ARVEL HALLCASKETBEARERS: EUGENE BANKS, ELTON HENDERSON, LOYD PENICK, TIM FAULKENBERRY, LOWELL REASOR, JOHNNY FAULKENBERRY. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: ROBERT CALVERT, SCOTT CASTLEBERRY FAMILY NIGHT~NONE
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