February, 1999 Memorials
 
 
 
 
NAME:      HAROLD DORSE HALL, AGE 66, CADDO AREA RESIDENT.
 
BORN:  FEBRUARY 10, 1932 WEST OF CANEY, ATOKA COUNTY, ok TO GOLDIE EZEKIEL AND ANNIE LUELLA (CAMPBELL) HALL.
 
PASSED AWAY:     MONDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1999 AT ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.
AGE:   66 YEARS   11 MONTHS   AND   21 DAYS.
 
EDUCATION:   ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT CANEY AND VOCA AND LATER ATTENDED FRANK PHILLIPS JUNIOR COLLEGE IN BOGER, TX.
 
MARRIED:     TOMMIE CHARLENE HADDOCK ON JULY 18, 1952 AT DURANT, OK.
 
OCCUPATION:    WAS IN LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR SOME 15 YEARS IN BORGER, TEXAS.  AFTER MOVING BACK TO OKLAHOMA, HAROLD DROVE A SCHOOL BUS, WORKED FOR THE CORRECTIONAL DEPARTMENT, OWNED AND OPERATED A CAFE IN ATOKA AND WAS A FARMER AND RANCHER.
 
CHURCH AFFILIATION:    MEMBER OF NORTH HILLS BAPTIST CHURCH IN BORGER, TX.
 
HAROLD WAS IN THE U. S. ARMY AND SERVED IN THE KOREAN WAR.   HE SERVED AS COMMANDER OF V.F.W. BORGER, TEXAS POST AND WAS ALSO A MEMBER THE ELKS AND THE ODD FELLOWS LODGE.
 
 
     SURVIVED BY
 
WIFE:    CHARLENE HALL OF THEIR HOME NEAR CADDO, OK.
 
CHILDREN:    HAROLD STEVE HALL OF KENEFIC, OK.
                           SANDRA CHARLENE WRIGHT AND HUSBAND TERRY DANE OF CADDO, OK.
 
GRANDCHILDREN:   CHRISTY GRAY AND HUSBAND ROMAN OF CADDO, OK.
                                         HAROLD HALL OF IRVING, TX.
                                         CLINTON HALL OF IRVING, TX.
 
GREAT GRANDCHILDREN:     MARK AND MORGAN GRAY OF CADDO, OK.
 
BROTHERS:    GLOVIS HALL OF KENEFIC, OK.
                           LARRY WAYNE HALL OF KENEFIC, OK.
 
 
     PRECEDED IN DEATH BY
 
PARENTS:   GOLDIE AND ANNIE HALL.
BROTHERS:    EARL AND ROYCE HALL.
      
 
DATE OF SERVICES:    WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1999 AT 2:00 P.M.
PLACE OF SERVICES:   BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK.
 
INTERMENT:   CENTER HILL CEMETERY ~ CANEY, OK.
 
OFFICIATING:   REV. BOB JOHNSON.
 
CASKETBEARERS:     D. J. HORATH, BERDINE MINCHER, DANNY HALL, CARL McMICHAEL, MIKE, HALL, RONNIE HALL.
 
HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:    FRED ROPER, AMOS TEAGUE, L.V. TURNER, GLOVIS HALL, WAYNE HALL.
 
 
 
 
NAME:      MARY EDNA (CORNWELL) SETTLEMIRE, AGE 77, OF ATOKA, OKLAHOMA.
 
BORN:    MARCH 9, 1921 AT CLAYTON, OKLAHOMA TO BILL AND CLARA (PYLE) CORNWELL.
 
PASSED AWAY:     TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1999 AT ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.
AGE:     77 YEARS  10 MONTHS  AND  23 DAYS.
 
EDUCATION:   ATTENDED SCHOOL AT FOREST HILL.
 
MARRIED:     SAM SETTLEMIRE IN 1950 AT ATOKA, OK.
 
OCCUPATION:    WORKED MANY YEARS AS A HEALTH PROVIDER.
 
CHURCH AFFILIATION:    ATTENDED THE BAPTIST CHURCH .
 
 
     SURVIVED BY
 
DAUGHTERS:   MARILYN SALAZAR OF ATOKA AND HUSBAND DON OF CANEY, OK.
                             CAROLYN ALLEN AND HUSBAND WILBUR OF BLACKJACK, OK.
                             CHERYL UNDERWOOD OF NORMAN, OK.
                             EDNA KING AND HUSBAND DON OF ATOKA, OK.
                             ANN BROWN AND HUSBAND DAVID OF BLACKJACK, OK.
 
SONS:    WAYNE MARLOW AND WIFE JACKIE OF TUSHKA, OK.
               COY MARLOW OF ATOKA, OK.
 
21 GRANDCHILDREN OF WHICH 6 RESIDED WITH HER MOST OF THEIR LIFE - MISTY HENSON, CRYSTAL, CODY, & STETSON SALAZAR, CHAD
                                                                                                                                                       HOLLAND, AND APRIL ALLEN.
 
27 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.
 
BROTHER:   EARL HAMLIN OF OKLAHOMA CITY.
 
 
     PRECEDED IN DEATH BY
 
PARENTS:   BILL AND CLARA CORNWELL.
BROTHER AND SISTER-IN-LAW:   DUTCH AND O. B. CORNWELL.
SISTERS:   OLLIE WALKER AND KATHANNE HICKS.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:    FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1999 AT 10:00 A.M.
PLACE OF SERVICES:   BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK.
 
INTERMENT:   BERA CEMETERY ~ HARMONY COMMUNITY, EAST OF ATOKA, OK.
 
OFFICIATING:   REV. BOB JOHNSON.
 
CASKETBEARERS:   WILBUR ALLEN, DON SALAZAR, DAVID BROWN JR., TOM MAYO, LEE WAYNE SEABOURN, WADE MARLOW.
 
 
 
 
NAME:      W. R. “DUB” JONES, AGE 77, A RESIDENT OF ALLEN AND FORMER LONGTIME TUPELO RESIDENT.
 
BORN:  SEPTEMBER 26, 1921 AT BRUNO IN ATOKA COUNTY, OKLAHOMA TO EDWARD W. AND CLARA (KEY) JONES.
 
PASSED AWAY:   WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1999  AT WOODLAND HILL NURSING CENTER IN ALLEN, OK.
AGE:     77 YEARS    4 MONTHS  AND  7 DAYS.
 
EDUCATION:   ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT LEADER, CENTRAHOMA, AND TUPELO, OK.
 
MARRIED:   NELL LOUISE SCOTT ON JANUArY 15, 1944 AT COALGATE, OK.
 
OCCUPATION:    RETIRED FROM TINKER AIR FORCE BASE WITH SOME 21 YEARS SERVICE.
 
CHURCH AFFILIATION:    MEMBER OF THE GOSPEL LIGHTHOUSE IN CENTRAHOMA.
 
DUB WAS BORN IN ATOKA COUNTY AND RAISED IN BOTH ATOKA AND COAL COUNTIES. HE LIVED FROM 1951 TO 1972 IN MIDWEST CITY AND MOVED BACK TO THE TUPELO AREA WHERE HE LIVED UNTIL HIS DEATH.  DUB WAS IN THE U. S. ARMY AND SERVED IN WORLD WAR II. AFTER HE RETIRED AND CAME BACK TO THE TUPELO AREA HE WORKED FOR MOBIL MATERIALS ON BRIDGE CONSTRUCTION.  HE ALSO WORKED A NUMBER OF YEARS WITH THE TUPELO SCHOOL SYSTEM AND DROVE A SCHOOL BUS.  DUB LOVED TO CAMP AND FISH.
 
 
     SURVIVED BY
 
WIFE:    LOUISE JONES OF THEIR HOME IN ALLEN, OK.
 
CHILDREN:    JUDY ANN RHOADS OF MOORE, OK.
                           WALTER ROY JONES AND WIFE MARY OF CLAREMORE, OK.
                           JAMES JONES OF ALLEN, OK.
                           GARY WAYNE JONES OF ADA, OK.
 
12 GRANDCHILDREN,  6 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.
 
BROTHER:     CLYDE JONES AND WIFE EDITH OF COALGATE, OK.
 
SISTER:    NELLIE SCOTT OF TUPELO, OK.
 
 
     PRECEDED IN DEATH BY
 
PARENTS:   EDWARD AND CLARA JONES.
SON:   ERNEST RAY JONES.
BROTHERS:    WILLIE AND HOWARD JONES.
        
 
DATE OF SERVICES:    FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1999 AT 2:00 P.M.
PLACE OF SERVICES:     GOSPEL LIGHTHOUSE ~ CENTRAHOMA, OK.
 
INTERMENT:     BYRDS PRAIRIE CEMETERY ~ TUPELO, OK.
 
OFFICIATING:     REV. DANNY ALEXANDER.
 
CASKETBEARERS:     WILL JONES, PAUL JONES, BILLY CLYDE JONES, EDDIE SPRATT, BRIAN SCOTT, SCOTT KIRBY.
 
HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:    SCOTT STINNETT, JOHNNY STINNETT, TIMMY STINNETT, JOHNNY OSBORN, LEON NORFLEET, W. B. BOLAND.
 
 
 
 
NAME:      HOMER RAY SANDERS, AGE 91, OF DENTON, TEXAS AND A FORMER LONGTIME LANE AREA RESIDENT.
 
BORN:    MARCH 26, 19O7 IN ATOKA COUNTY, INDIAN TERRITORY TO THOMAS PATRICK SANDERS AND LONEY EVA (USSERY) SANDERS.
 
PASSED AWAY:   THURSDAY, FEBUARY 4, 1999  AT LAKE FOREST VILLAGE IN DENTON, TX.
AGE:     91 YEARS  10 MONTHS  AND  8 DAYS.
 
EDUCATION:   ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT LANE, OK.
 
MARRIED:   NONA EDNA HOUCHIN  ON JULY 1, 1929 AT MEYERS CHAPEL IN ATOKA COUNTY.
 
OCCUPATION:    RETIRED FROM OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY AND WORKED IN THE LUMBER INDUSTRY SEVERAL YEARS.
 
CHURCH AFFILIATION:    MEMBER OF THE LANE BAPTIST CHURCH.
 
AFTER HIS RETIREMENT HOMER LIVED MANY YEARS IN THE LANE AREA.  AFTER HIS HEALTH BEGAN TO FAIL HIM HE MOVED TO DENTON AND MOST RECENTLY HE RESIDED AT THE NURSING HOME THERE.
 
 
     SURVIVED BY
 
WIFE:    NONA sanders OF THE HOME IN DENTON, TX.
 
CHILDREN:    WANDA WALL AND HUSBAND BILL OF LANE, OK.
                         DON SANDERS AND WIFE PHYLLIS OF DENTON, TX.
 
7 GRANDCHILDREN, 13 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN,  AND 1 GREAT GREAT GRANDCHILD.
 
BROTHER:   THOMAS BAILEY SANDERS AND WIFE SYBIL OF CLAYTON, OK.
 
 
     PRECEDED IN DEATH BY
 
PARENTS:   THOMAS PATRICK AND LONEY EVA SANDERS.
BROTHERS:    LUKE AND WOODROW SANDERS.
GRANDSON:    ALLISON WADE SANDERS.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:    SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1999 AT 2:00 P.M.
PLACE OF SERVICES:   BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK.
 
INTERMENT:   BUTLER CEMETERY ~ LANE, OK.
 
OFFICIATING:   REV. BILL BENNETT.
 
CASKETBEARERS:   JOHNNY FAULKENBERRY, RON DODSON, ARTHUR CREWS, R. V. GOODSON, JACK SHEFFIELD, CURTIS BELCHER.
 
HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:    BOB FORAN, LEONARD SHEFFIELD, BILL COBEN, ED PEELER, JACK CREWS, LEROY HALL.
 
 
 
 
NAME:      BETTY ZANE (ABLES) CLAUNCH, AGE 69 LONGTIME ATOKA AREA RESIDENT.
 
BORN:    OCTOBER 9, 1929 AT BUCKHORN IN CHOCTAW COUNTY TO WILBURN JOE “BEAVER” AND BEULAH LORENE (BONDS) ABLES.
 
PASSED AWAY:   MONDAY, FEBRUARY 8,1999 AT HER HOME SOUTH OF ATOKA, OK.
AGE:   69 YEARS   3 MONTHS  AND  29 DAYS.
 
EDUCATION:   ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT MOYERS, STRINGTOWN AND ATOKA, OK.
 
MARRIED:     FRANK SLUDER IN 1947 AT ATOKA, OK. 
                       ROBERT WAYNE CLAUNCH ON MARCH 25, 1952 IN RED RIVER COUNTY, TX.
 
OCCUPATION:    HOMEMAKER AND HOUSEWIFE.
 
CHURCH AFFILIATION:    MEMBER OF THE NEW ZION METHODIST CHURCH, ATOKA COUNTY, OK.
 
BETTY CAME TO ATOKA COUNTY AT AGE 8. THEY SETTLED IN STRINGTOWN AND OPENED A GENERAL STORE. BETTY WORKED DURING HER YOUTH FOR HER PARENTS IN THE STORE. AFTER HER MARRIAGE SHE LIVED IN DALLAS WHERE SHE WORKED A NUMBER OF YEARS FOR EL FENIX RESTAURANTS. THEN MOVED TO ALASKA AND LIVED THERE UNTIL 1967 WHEN SHE CAME BACK TO ATOKA WHERE SHE LIVED THE REMAINDER OF HER LIFE. BETTY LOVED TO FISH WHEN HER HEALTH PERMITTED.
 
 
     SURVIVED BY
 
HUSBAND:   ROBERT CLAUNCH OF THE HOME IN ATOKA, OK.
 
DAUGHTERS:   NANCY YOUNG OF WOODWARD, OK.
                             PAULA HARDMAN AND HUSBAND SAM OF ATOKA, OK.
                             MARY RAINS AND HUSBAND LARRY OF BENTLEY, OK.
 
7 GRANDCHILDREN, 10 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.
 
BROTHER:   JERRY DAN ABLES AND WIFE LAURA OF ATOKA, OK.
 
AUNT:    VEDA BONDS OF BOSWELL, OK.
 
 
     PRECEDED IN DEATH BY
 
PARENTS:   WILBURN AND BEULAH ABLES.
BROTHER:   JIMMY REX ABLES.
GRANDSON:  CODY EVERS.
      
 
DATE OF SERVICES:    THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11,1999 AT 10:00 A.M.
PLACE OF SERVICES:   NEW ZION METHODIST CHURCH, EAST OF TUSHKA, OK.
 
INTERMENT:   NEW ZION CEMETERY - ATOKA COUNTY, OK.
 
OFFICIATING:   REV. JAMES CROWSON.
 
CASKETBEARERS:     FERMAN MAYO, BEN HARDMAN, DICKEY HARDMAN, RICKY HUNT, ROGER JONES, EARL MOFFIELD.
 
HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:  TOMMY THOMAS, FLOYD ”BLUE” ELDRIDGE, RED BUCK HOWARD, JAMES RAINS, TOBY RAINS, WALLACE ROBBINS.
 
 
 
 
NAME:      BETTY GALE (ENGLES) STEPHENS, AGE 41, OF ATOKA, OK.
 
BORN:    DECEMBER 10, 1957 AT FT. WORTH, TEXAS TO PETE AND LORETTA MAE (ADAMS) ENGLES.
 
PASSED AWAY:     TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 9,1999 AT THE ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.
AGE:     41 YEARS  1 MONTH  AND  29 DAYS.
 
EDUCATION:     ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT BRYAN ADAMS IN DALLS. GRADUATED IN 1977.
 
MARRIED:     MARTIN STEPHENS ON MAY 8, 1992 AT HEAVENER, OKLAHOMA.
 
OCCUPATION:    HOMEMAKER AND HOUSEWIFE.
 
CHURCH AFFILIATION:    ATOKA FREE WILL BAPTIST CHURCH.
 
 
     SURVIVED BY
 
HUSBAND:     MARTY STEPHENS OF THE HOME IN ATOKA, OK.
 
CHILDREN:    CHARLES, CRYSTAL, AND GARRY CASEY OF THE HOME IN ATOKA, OK.
 
PARENTS:     LORETTA ADAMS AND CHARLIE MITCHELL OF DALLAS, TX.
 
BROTHERS:    GARRY ADAMS AND WIFE DEE OF La PORTE, INDIANA.
                           ROCKIE ADAMS AND WIFE CINDY OF MUSTANG, OK.
                           EDDIE DON LINAM AND WIFE LYNDA OF DALLAS, TX.
 
AUNT:    LILLIE MOSLEY OF ATOKA, OK.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:    FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12,1999 AT 1:00 PM.
PLACE OF SERVICES:   GRAVESIDE SERVICES.
 
INTERMENT:     TUSHKA  CEMETERY ~ TUSHKA, OK.
 
OFFICIATING:     REV. BOB JOHNSON.
 
CASKETBEARERS:   DENNIS BASKIN, FREDDIE TOMLINSON, GRANVILLE CAMPBELL, JIMMY CAMPBELL, ROY PARSONS, ANDREW BAYLES, JIMMY BICKNELL, DANNY ALLEN.
 
HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:    ROGER PENNICK, JACKIE BICKNELL, CODY CASEY.
 
 
 
 
NAME:      ANGELA RENEE (JORDAN) ROBERTS, AGE 25, OF COALGATE, OK.
 
BORN:    JULY 6, 1973 AT ADA, OKLAHOMA TO FRED EUGENE AND MELBA SUE (KIRKLAND) JORDAN.
 
PASSED AWAY:     TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1999 FROM GUNSHOT WOUND AT HER RESIDENCE IN PHILLIPS, OK.
AGE:   25 YEARS   6 MONTHS  AND  33 DAYS.
 
OCCUPATION:    HOUSEWIFE and MOTHER
 
EDUCATION:     ATTENDED AND GRADUATED FROM COALGATE HIGH SCHOOL AND ALSO ATTENDED KIAMICHI VO-TECH EARNING A DEGREE IN COSMETOLOGY.
 
MARRIED:   JEREMY MATTHEW ROBERTS ON AUGUST 21, 1991 AT ATOKA, OK.
 
CHURCH AFFILIATION:    BAPTIST FAITH.
 
 
     SURVIVED BY
 
HUSBAND:     JEREMY ROBERTS OF THEIR HOME IN PHILLIPS, OK.
 
DAUGHTERS:     COURTNEY LYNN ROBERTS OF THE HOME IN PHILLIPS, OK.
                               KASSIE RENEE ROBERTS OF THE HOME IN PHILLIPS, OK.
 
PARENTS:     GENE AND MELBA JORDAN OF COALGATE, OK.
 
BROTHER:     BRIAN JORDAN OF COALGATE, OK.
 
FATHER AND MOTHER-IN-LAW:    EDDIE AND KATHY ROBERTS OF ATOKA, OK.
 
BROTHER-IN-LAW:    MARK ROBERTS AND WIFE KAREN OF ATOKA, OK.
 
GRANDMOTHER:     MAE KIRKLAND OF COALGATE, OK.
 
GRANDPARENTS:    LEROY AND LORENE EAVES OF LANE, OK.
 
GRANDFATHER:   CHARLES BAXTER OF DURANT, OK.
 
GREAT GRANDMOTHER:     IRENE SIMS OF COALGATE, OK.
 
NEPHEWS:   STETSON FROST AND DILLON ROBERTS.
 
NIECES:    HAYLEY ROBERTS, SARAH & LAUREN BIRD, AND MEGAN BAKER.
 
 
     PRECEDED IN DEATH BY
 
GRANDPARENTS:    HOWARD KIRKLAND, ED AND MAE ROBERTS, IRA JORDAN, AND BERTA JORDAN BAXTER.
    
 
DATE OF SERVICES:    SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1999 AT 10:00 A.M.
PLACE OF SERVICES:   COALGATE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH  ~ COALGATE, OK.
 
INTERMENT:     LEHIGH CEMETERY ~ LEHIGH, OK.
 
OFFICIATING:     REV. JAMES CROWSON.
ASSISTING:   REV. BILL WEATHERS.
 
CASKETBEARERS:   CHRIS GRAHAM, KELLY KENNEDY, MARK BENEDICT, EDDIE LUELLEN, CRAIG BROWN, BILLY STANDRIDGE, DANNY JOHNSTON, JODY BENEFIELD, JEFF ALLEN.
 
HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:    MARK ROBERTS AND STEVE LEWIS.
 
 
 
 
NAME:    OLA (HANEY) SMITH, AGE 97, OF CADDO, OK.
 
BORN:  MARCH 25, 1901 AT STRATFORD, INDIAN TERRITORY, OK TO MAC DANIEL AND MARY JANE (DAKE) HANEY.
 
PASSED AWAY:   WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1999 AT HER CADDO, OK RESIDENCE.
AGE:     97 YEARS  10 MONTHS  AND  15 DAYS
 
EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS IN MIDLAND, AR.
 
MARRIED:   HOMER SMITH ON SEPTEMBER 11,1919 AT McALESTER, OK.
 
OCCUPATION:    HOMEMAKER AND HOUSEWIFE.
 
CHURCH AFFILIATION:    BAPTIST FAITH.
 
 
     SURVIVED BY
 
CHILDREN:    JOYCE HULME AND HUSBAND BOB OF VENICE, CA.
                         LEO SMITH OF TUSHKA, OK.
                         HAROLD SMITH OF CADDO, OK.
                         ELVIE FITZPATRICK OF CADDO, OK.
                         DOROTHY DAMRON OF BOKCHITO, OK.
                         MARLAND SMITH AND WIFE BONNIE OF CADDO, OK.
                         BILLY SMITH AND WIFE JOANNE OF DURANT, OK.
                         SHIRLEY CARTER AND HUSBAND MARSHALL OF DENISON, TX.
                         DON SMITH AND WIFE LEE OF CANEY, OK.
 
22 GRANDCHILDREN AND NUMEROUS GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.
 
SISTERS:     RUTH PUGH OF GREENVILLE, TX.
                       INA PUGH OF GREENVILLE, TX.
                       ANNA SOUTH OF DALLAS, TX.
 
 
     PRECEDED IN DEATH BY
 
HUSBAND:   HOMER SMITH ON OCTOBER 28, 1960.
CHILDREN:    FLOYD SMITH AND BONNIE BELL SMITH.
DAUGHTER-IN-LAW:     LOUISE SMITH.
SONS-IN-LAW:   CARL DAMRON AND TIM FITZPATRICK.
BROTHERS:    CLAUD HANEY AND GRANVILLE HANEY.
SISTER:    NOY FERGESON.
GRANDDAUGHTERS:    JANIE LOU DAMRON AND ANGELA MARIE SMITH.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:    SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1999 AT 3:00 P.M.
PLACE OF SERVICES:     BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK.
 
INTERMENT:     TUSHKA  CEMETERY ~ TUSHKA, OK.
 
OFFICIATING:   REV. BOB JOHNSON.
 
CASKETBEARERS:     WENDELL SMITH, MYRON SMITH, LARRY DAMRON, DANNY SMITH, DAVID CARTER, DALE SMITH.
 
HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:    SKIP DAMRON, TERRY SMITH, TIM FITZPATRICK, DARRELL SMITH, RICK SMITH, STEVEN SMITH, JAMES CARTER, JODY DAMRON.
 
 
 
 
NAME:    TROY JACK “JACKIE” ROSE, AGE 60, LONGTIME CANEY AND ATOKA AREA RESIDENT.
 
BORN:    MAY 12, 1938 AT CANEY, OKLAHOMA TO JACK AND AUDREY MARY (FRYER) ROSE.
 
PASSED AWAY:   THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1999 AT HIS RESIDENCE IN ATOKA, OK.
AGE:     60 YEARS    9 MONTHS   AND   6 DAYS.
 
EDUCATION:   ATTENDED CANEY SCHOOLS .
 
MARRIED:   SHIRLEY HUNT IN 1960.
 
OCCUPATION:    RETIRED CORRECTIONAL DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEE.
 
CHURCH AFFILIATION:  JACKIE WAS A CHRISTIAN AND WAS AFFILIATED WITH THE CANEY PENTECOSTAL HOLINESS CHURCH. 
 
HE LOVED PLAYING DOMINOS, WATCHING SPORTS, ESPECIALLY IF HIS GRANDCHILDREN WERE PLAYING.
 
 
     SURVIVED BY
 
CHILDREN:    MICKEY ROSE AND WIFE MARLA OF LEHIGH, OK.
                         ANNETTE WATSON AND HUSBAND RONNIE OF CANEY, OK.
                         SAM ROSE AND WIFE KIM OF CANEY, OK.
 
GRANDCHILDREN:   KAYLA WATSON, MATTHEW WATSON, BRITTANY ROSE, AND STONEY ROSE.
 
BROTHER:   BILLY JOE ROSE AND WIFE BETTY OF CANEY, OK.
 
SISTER:    DOROTHY YOUNG AND HUSBAND MARLIN OF DURANT, OK.
 
UNCLES:    GRAHAM FRYER AND WIFE NELTA OF CADDO, OK.
                     BILL FRYER AND WIFE MARIE OF EUFALA, OK.
 
AUNT:    TOOTSIE HOPKINS OF SILO, OK.
 
 
     PRECEDED IN DEATH BY
 
PARENTS:   JACK AND AUDREY ROSE.
BROTHERS:    TWIN BROTHER ROY MACK ROSE, AND HOYLE DEAN ROSE.
NEPHEW:    LARRY ROSE.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:    SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1999 AT 2:00 P.M.
PLACE OF SERVICES:   BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK.
 
INTERMENT:   CANEY CEMETERY ~ CANEY, OK.
 
OFFICIATING:   REV. LONNIE SMITH.
ASSISTING:   REV. HAROLD BREWER.
 
CASKETBEARERS:   RONNIE FRANKLIN, RICKEY MOON, BOBBY BURRIS, DOUG ARP, CURT WATSON, HARLEY WATSON, BOB WILLIS, AND JIM FARRIS.
 
 
 
 
NAME:      ROY LEE HARKINS, AGE 85,  A LONGTIME RESIDENT OF CENTRAHOMA AND TUPELO AREA.
 
BORN:    FEBRUARY 14, 1914 AT DURANT, OKLAHOMA TO ALBERT PIKE AND CENA BESSIE (DAVIS) HARKINS.
 
PASSED AWAY:   TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1999 AT VALLEY VIEW REGIONAL HOSPITAL IN ADA, OK.
AGE:   85 YEARS  AND  9 DAYS.
 
EDUCATION:   ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT TUPELO, OK.
 
MARRIED:     ELLA LEE HOGUE  ON JULY 27, 1940 AT CENTRAHOMA, OK.
 
OCCUPATION:  HE WORKED MANY YEARS IN THE OILFIELD AND AS A FARMER. HE AND ELLA OWNED AND OPERATED A GROCERY STORE AND GAS STATION IN TUPELO. HE RETIRED FROM THE COAL COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE AS A JAILER AND DISPATCHER.
 
CHURCH AFFILIATION:  HE WAS OF HOLINESS FAITH.
 
 
     SURVIVED BY
 
WIFE:    ELLA LEE harkins OF THEIR HOME NEAR CENTRAHOMA, OK.
 
CHILDREN:    ALBERT A. HARKINS OF RUNNING SPRINGS, OR.
                         ROY JAMES HARKINS AND WIFE JEAN OF DILLARD, OR.
                         CLAUDIE LEE HUGHES AND HUSBAND TOM OF NAMPA, ID.
                         CLARA LEE HASTINGS AND HUSBAND BILL OF RIDDLE, OR.
                         SENDA KAY INGRAM AND HUSBAND ARLEN OF BLACKWELL, TX.
 
16 GRANDCHILDREN, 34 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.
 
BROTHER:   CHARLES RAY HARKINS AND WIFE ARNETTA OF EMPIRE, CA.
 
SISTERS:   GENEVA ANDERSON AND HUSBAND ROD OF AMARILLO, TX.
                     MELBA POLK OF STONEWALL, OK.
 
 
     PRECEDED IN DEATH BY
 
PARENTS:   ALBERT AND CENA HARKINS.
GRANDSON:    TOM HUGHES, JR.
GRANDDAUGHTER:   TANYA RENEE COLLINS.
BROTHER:   A. C. HARKINS.
SISTERS:   ODESSA HAMILTON AND ORA MAE VAUGHN.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:    THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1999 AT 2:00 P.M.
PLACE OF SERVICES:   FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH ~ CENTRAHOMA, OK.
 
INTERMENT:     CENTRAHOMA  CEMETERY ~ CENTRAHOMA, OK.
 
OFFICIATING:     REV. DAVID BOGGS.
 
CASKETBEARERS:   JOHNNY STINNETT, HAL SLIGER, EDDIE HOGUE, JESS HOGUE, STANLEY INGRAM,  BOBBY HYATT.
 
HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:    JOE SHUTTE AND ELDON HOGUE.
 
 
 
 
NAME:      LAWRENCE JUNIOR COLE, AGE  56, A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF ATOKA, OK.
 
BORN:    DECEMBER 22, 1942  AT ATOKA, TO  ROY HENRY AND RUBY (MITCHELL) COLE.
 
PASSED AWAY:     FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1999 AT THE ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.
AGE:     56 YEARS    3 MONTHS   AND    4 DAYS.
 
EDUCATION:   ATTENDED WEST AlLISON AND ATOKA SCHOOLS.
 
MARRIED:     NEVER MARRIED.
 
OCCUPATION:    HE WAS A TRUCKER FOR MANY YEARS.
 
CHURCH AFFILIATION:    HE WAS A BAPTIST.
 
 
     SURVIVED BY
 
MOTHER:    RUBY COLE OF ATOKA, OK.
 
BROTHER:   JIMMY R. COLE AND WIFE BETTY OF ATOKA, OK.
 
NEPHEWS:   JIMMY D. COLE AND STEVEN COLE BOTH OF ATOKA, OK.
 
GREAT NEPHEWS:   STEVEN R. COLE ll OF SULPHER SPRINGS, TX.
                                       NICHOLAS COLE OF ATOKA, OK.
 
AUNTS AND UNCLES:      LEBERN AND DORA MITCHELL OF ATOKA, OK.
                                               LEWIS AND LOLA MAE COLE OF ATOKA, OK.
                                               LEOMA SANDBERG OF ATOKA, OK.
                                               LADONIA PELTS OF ATOKA, OK.
                                               ALBERT COLE OF STRINGTOWN, OK.
 
 
     PRECEDED IN DEATH BY
 
FATHER:    ROY HENRY COLE
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:    TUESDAY MARCH 3, 1999 AT 2:00 P.M.
PLACE OF SERVICES:   BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK.
 
INTERMENT:   STRINGTOWN CEMETERY ~ STRINGTOWN, OK.
 
OFFICIATING:   REV. BOB JOHNSON.
 
CASKETBEARERS:   DENNIS TAYLOR, DAVID BOSTON, CHARLES COLE, ALBERT COLE, JAMES TAYLOR, TOMMY BAYLES.
 
HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:  JEFF LOFTIN, JAMES LOFTIN, JIMMY NUTTALL.
 
 
 
 
NAME:      HERB E. COMSTOCK, AGE 76, A LONGTIME RESIDENT OF ANTLERS, OK.
 
BORN:  NOVEMBER 21, 1922 AT ADA, OKLA. TO HOLLEY AND ROSIE (TURNER) COMSTOCK.
 
PASSED AWAY:   FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1999 AT PUSHMATAHA COUNTY HOSPITAL IN ANTLERS, OK.
 
AGE:     76 YEARS  3 MONTHS   AND   5 DAYS
 
EDUCATION:   GRADUATED FROM UNION VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL IN 1940.
 
MARRIED:     ELIZABETH POUNDS MOORE on january 22, 1958 AT LAS VEGAS, NV.
                         FRANCINE DRUES HENSLEY ON OCTOBER 27, 1995 AT ANTLERS, OK.                                             
 
OCCUPATION:    HE WAS A RETIRED FARMER.
 
CHURCH AFFILIATION:  HE WAS A LONGTIME MEMBER OF THE WESTSIDE BAPTIST CHURCH IN ANTLERS.
 
HERB SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE U. S. ARMY DURING THE KOREAN WAR.
 
 
     SURVIVED BY
 
WIFE:    FRANCINE comstock OF THE HOME NEAR ANTLERS, OK.
 
CHILDREN:    RAY COMSTOCK AND WIFE MARY OF COLUMBIA, MO.
                         DAVID COMSTOCK OF ANTLERS, OK.
                         DEBBIE COMSTOCK OF ANTLERS, OK.
 
STEPSONS:    GENE HENSLEY AND WIFE JANE OF LAWTON, OK.
                         GEORGE HENSLEY AND WIFE LORRAINE OF SHAWNEE, OK.
                         KENNETH HENSLEY AND WIFE PAM OF ALAMOGORDO, NM.
                         BILLY HENSLEY AND WIFE ANN OF D’IBERVILLE, MS.
 
GRANDCHILDREN:   TANYA AND TAMMY COMSTOCK.
 
12 STEP GRANCHILDREN.
 
BROTHERS:    HOLLEY COMSTOCK JR. AND HOYT COMSTOCK OF PIXLEY, CA.
 
SISTER:    INEZ CHERRY OF ARROYO GRANDE, CA.
 
 
     PRECEDED IN DEATH BY
 
FIRST WIFE:    ELIZABETH COMSTOCK.
PARENTS:     HOLLEY AND ROSIE COMSTOCK.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:    MONDAY MARCH 1, 1999 AT 11:00 A.M
PLACE OF SERVICES:   WESTSIDE BAPTIST CHURCH ~ ANTLERS, OK.
 
INTERMENT:   OAK HILL CEMETERY ~  McALESTER, OK.
 
OFFICIATING:   REV. PETE GREEN.
ASSISTING:   REV. DARRELL HEATH.
 
CASKETBEARERS: DAVID SHARP, JOHNNY SHARP, JAMES SHARP, CLAUD SAVAGE, MARK JOBE, L. D. HOLT.
 
HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:  GENE HENSLEY, GEORGE HENSLEY, CHARLIE CLOVIS, ROY POTTS, DALE CARTER, CONLEY WRIGHT, JERRY HAMMONDS.
 
 
 
 
NAME:      ELIZABETH LORENE (BUTTS) FORD, AGE 78, A LONGTIME ATOKA RESIDENT.
 
BORN:    AUGUST 10, 1920 AT ANTLERS, OK TO GEORGE AND NANCY (WILLIS) MEADOWS.
 
PASSED AWAY:     FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1999 AT THE ATOKA COLONIAL MANOR NURSING HOME.
AGE:     78 YEARS    6 MONTHS  AND  21 DAYS
 
OCCUPATION:    SHE WAS A HOUSEWIFE.
 
CHURCH AFFILIATION:    SHE WAS A BAPTIST
 
 
     SURVIVED BY
 
SON:     MARVIN BUTTS OF ATOKA, OK.
 
DAUGHTER:    OZELLIA M. KIRK AND HUSBAND RICHARD OF DAYTON, OH.
 
GRANDCHILDREN:     BRIAN KIRK OF DAYTON, OH.
                                         KAREN KIRK OF DAYTON, OH.
                                         CINDY HOLLINGS AND HUSBAND MIKE OF INDEPENDANCE, KS.
                                         VANESSA LOVETT AND HUSBAND CLAUDE OF ATOKA, OK.
                                         NANCY BUTTS OF ATOKA, OK.
                                         JOHN BUTTS AND WIFE VICKIE OF CLOVIS, NM.
 
9 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.
 
SISTER:    PAULINE KLIEFORTH AND HUSBAND FRED OF AUBURN, CA.
 
BROTHERS:    ERNEST MEADOWS AND WIFE ELLEN OF LINCOLN, AR.
                           LESTER MEADOWS OF CANEY, KS.
 
 
     PRECEDED IN DEATH BY
 
PARENTS:   GEORGE AND NANCY MEADOWS.
BROTHERS:    LEON AND EDGIL LEE MEADOWS.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:    THURSDAY MARCH 4, 1999 AT 10:00 A.M.
PLACE OF SERVICES:   BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK.
 
INTERMENT:   TUSHKA CEMETERY ~ TUSHKA, OK.
 
OFFICIATING:     REV. LOYD THOMPSON
 
CASKETBEARERS: EMMITT COFFMAN, CLAUDE LOVETT, JR, JERRY BARTON, BILL SANDRIDGE, CALEB GRAY, LARRY LUMAN.
 
 
 
 
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