February, 1998 Memorials
 
 
 
 
NAME:      MARIA (FERREIRA) ZANNI, AGE 84, RESIDENT OF COLONIAL LIVING CENTER IN ATOKA, OK.
 
BORN:    JULY 26, 1913 AT FALL RIVER, MASSACHUSETTS TO MANUAL AND AURORE (FABER) FERREIRA.
 
PASSED AWAY:     MONDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1998 AT ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.
AGE:     84 YEARS   4 MONTHS  AND    26 DAYS
 
OCCUPATION:    COOK AT ADA HOSPITAL AND FORMERLY OWNED AND OPERATED A RESTAURANT.
 
 
     SURVIVED BY
 
SISTERS:     DOROTHY WARD OF STRINGTOWN, OK.
                       JEAN RIOUX OF FALL RIVER, MA.
 
BROTHER:     ALPHONSE FERREIRA OF FALL RIVER, MA.
 
 
     PRECEDED IN DEATH BY
 
PARENTS:     MANUAL AND AURORE FERREIRA.
HUSBAND.
SEVERAL BROTHERS AND SISTERS.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:      WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1998 AT  3:00 P.M.
PLACE OF SERVICES:     GRAVESIDE SERVICES.
 
INTERMENT:     STRINGTOWN CEMETERY ~ STRINGTOWN, OK.
 
OFFICIATING:     REV. BILL ELKINS.
 
 
 
 
NAME:      RUTH ANN (SWINDELL) MEAD, AGE 94, LONGTIME ATOKA COUNTY RESIDENT.
 
BORN:    MARCH 10,1903 AT TELLER, JOHNSTON COUNTY, INDIAN TERRITORY TO ROBERT O’DELL AND LOUISA ETTA (HARRIS) SWINDELL.
 
PASSED AWAY:     MONDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1998 AT ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.
AGE:   94 YEARS   8 MONTHS  AND  22 DAYS
 
EDUCATION:   ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT BETHANY,  FORREST HILL, AND HARMONY - ALL LOCATED IN ATOKA COUNTY. SHE LATER ATTENDED STATE NORMAL SCHOOL, WHICH IS NOW KNOWN AS SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY IN DURANT.
 
MARRIED:     CALVIN WILLIAM MEAD, SR. ON DECEMBER 24, 1924 IN ATOKA COUNTY, OK.
 
OCCUPATION:    RUTH TAUGHT SCHOOL AT GOSS IN NORTHEAST ATOKA COUNTY.  SHE WORKED MANY YEARS AT HUBBARD’S, BROCK’S, AND COLONIAL MANOR NURSING HOMES.  SHE AND HER HUSBAND CALVIN OWNED AND OPERATED BRUNO AND WHITE FRONT STORES FOR  MANY YEARS.
 
CHURCH AFFILIATION:    MEMBER OF HARMONY BAPTIST CHURCH FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.  SHE TAUGHT SUNDAY SCHOOL (MOSTLY THE YOUTH) FOR MANY MANY YEARS.
 
 
     SURVIVED BY
 
SON:   CALVIN MEAD, JR. AND WIFE JURA OF HOLLISTER, CA.
 
GRANDCHILDREN:     JUDY VENTRESCA OF WESTWOOD, CA.
                                         JEFFERY MEAD OF PACIFIC GROVE, CA.
                                         PHILIP MEAD OF ATOKA, OK.
                                         JANET RAY OF TUSHKA, OK.
 
GREAT GRANDCHILDREN:     ZAC, MILES, JULIE, KASEY, CARLI, JEFF, AND LAUREN.
 
GREAT GREAT GRANDCHILDREN:     COLBY AND DYLAN.
 
SISTER:    EFFIE UBER OF ATOKA, OK.
 
 
     PRECEDED IN DEATH BY
 
PARENTS:     ROBERT O’DELL AND LOUISA ETTA SWINDELL.
HUSBAND:     CALVIN MEAD, SR. ON JANUARY 8, 1960.
SON:     CHARLES MEAD.
BROTHERS:    FLOYD, OTIS, AND OVEL SWINDELL.
SISTERS:     MARY CAMERON, ADELL WITHROW, AND PANSY ADDS.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:    THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1998 AT 1:00 P.M.
PLACE OF SERVICES:     HARMONY BAPTIST CHURCH, EAST OF ATOKA, OK. 
 
INTERMENT:     WESTVIEW CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK.
 
OFFICIATING:     REV. PAT SIX.
ASSISTING:     PAUL MOORE.
 
CASKETBEARERS:   PAUL HOWARD, RONNIE HARPER, MONROE COCHRAN, IRA RILEY, DARRELL COCHRAN, CURTIS BELCHER
 
 
 
 
NAME:      WILLIAM THOMAS MILLER, AGE 91, LONGTIME ATOKA RESIDENT.
 
BORN:    DECEMBER 19, 1906 AT STIGLER, INDIAN TERRITORY (now OK), TO ISAAC NEWTON AND MARY ELIZABETH (SHARP) MILLER.
 
PASSED AWAY:     WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1998 AT ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.
AGE:     91 YEARS   1 MONTH   AND   15 DAYS
 
EDUCATION:     ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT ATOKA, OK.
 
MARRIED:     CORA WINNIE MAE BRUMLEY ON NOVEMBER 16, 1924 IN JOHNSTON COUNTY, OK.
 
OCCUPATION:    BRICK MASON.
 
CHURCH AFFILIATION:    CHURCH OF CHRIST FAITH.
 
 
     SURVIVED BY
 
WIFE:    CORA WINNIE MAE MILLER OF THE HOME IN ATOKA, OK.
 
CHILDREN:    WILMA INGRAM AND HUSBAND MARLIN OF ENUMCLAW, WA.
                         ISAAC GLENN MILLER AND WIFE SHEILA OF OKMULGEE, OK.
                         SHIRLEY GENE FOX AND HUSBAND RON OF CANEY, OK.
                         HELEN JOYCE WOODALL AND HUSBAND COY OF ATOKA, OK.
                         SHARON DIANE MAST AND HUSBAND LEE ROY OF BONHAM, TX.
 
20 GRANDCHILDREN,  42 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, 6 GREAT GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.
 
SISTERS:     LUCILLE MILLER OF PASADENA, TX.
                       CLARA EVANS OF OKLAHOMA CITY.
 
 
     PRECEDED IN DEATH BY
 
PARENTS:     ISAAC AND MARY MILLER.
4 CHILDREN.
1 BROTHER.
2 SISTERS.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:    SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1998 AT 2:00 P.M.
PLACE OF SERVICES:     BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK.
 
INTERMENT:   BOGGY DEPOT CEMETERY ~ ATOKA COUNTY, OK.
 
OFFICIATING:   REV. CASSEY INGOLD.
 
CASKETBEARERS:   (GRANDSONS) RICK RECTOR, JEFF RECTOR, ROBERT WEBB, TODD WEBB, SHAWN WEBB,  KENNY SEABOURN, CHRIS COOKSEY, ERIC LEE LEMONS.
 
HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:    CAREY RECTOR, A. D. MOORE, DEE HUNT, RONALD FOX, HARRY FARRIS, BUD WILLIAMSON.
 
 
 
 
NAME:    CHRISTINE (SELBY) JONES, AGE 68, OF NORMAN, OK, FORMERLY OF ATOKA,OK.
 
BORN:    MARCH 5, 1929 AT CARNEGIE, OKLAHOMA TO ISAIAH WASHINGTON AND CORA CANIELLA (SEABOURN) SELBY.
 
PASSED AWAY:   FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1998 AT THE NORMAN REGIONAL HOSPITAL.
 
EDUCATION:   ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT ATOKA, OK.
 
OCCUPATION:    HOMEMAKER.
 
CHRISTINE WAS REARED IN ATOKA AND LIVED AROUND THE ATOKA AREA UNTIL 1993 WHEN SHE MOVED TO NORMAN WHERE SHE RESIDED THE REMAINDER OF HER LIFE.
 
 
     SURVIVED BY
 
SON:     LARRY REEVES AND WIFE LINDA OF OKLAHOMA CITY.
 
DAUGHTERS:     VICKI HUTCHESON AND HUSBAND DON OF NORMAN, OK.
                               KELLI HENRY AND HUSBAND GILBERT OF CANEY, OK.
 
GRANDCHILDREN:     RUSSELL, MATTHEW, TONYA, PHILLIP AND RANDA REEVES.
                                         AARON AND PHILLIP COCHRAN.
                                         ERIC AND KIM MITCHELL.
 
4 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.
 
SISTER:    CAROLYN ANN HAMILTON OF OKLAHOMA CITY.
 
 
     PRECEDED IN DEATH BY
 
PARENTS:     ISAIAH AND CORA SELBY.
TWO SONS.
GREAT GRANDDAUGHTER.
ONE SISTER.
THREE BROTHERS.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:    MONDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1998 AT 2:00 P.M.
PLACE OF SERVICES:   GRAVESIDE SERVICES.
 
INTERMENT:     GREEN MEADOWS CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK.
 
OFFICIATING:     REV. BOB JOHNSON
 
SERVICES UNDER THE DIRECTION OF McMANAHAN’ S FUNERAL HOME OF NOBLE, OK.
 
 
 
 
NAME:      NINA F. (CARLILE) WILLIAMS, AGE 56, OF CANEY, OK.
 
BORN:    JANUARY 31, 1942 AT FT. WORTH, TEXAS TO BRYCE AND ANNA LOIS (ALDRIDGE) CARLILE.
 
PASSED AWAY:   SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1998 AT THE MEDICAL CENTER OF SE OKLAHOMA IN DURANT.
age:   56 years 0 months and  6 days
 
EDUCATION:   ATTENDED SCHOOLS IN COOLiDGE, ARIZONA AND SEBASTOpoL, CA.
 
MARRIED:     ALLEN RAY WILLIAMS ON FEBRUARY 7, 1959 AT WEATHERFORD, TX.
 
OCCUPATION:    HOMEMAKER.
 
NINA LIVED IN THE VOCA AREA THE PAST 8 YEARS.
 
 
     SURVIVED BY
 
HUSBAND:     RAY WILLIAMS OF CANEY, OK.
 
CHILDREN:      RAELENE BOSTON OF FT. WORTH, TX.
                           TERRI BOERCHIG OF FT WORTH, TX.
                           JO ANN FIELDS OF CANEY, OK.
                           NINA JOPLIN OF FT. SMITH, AR.
                           MICHAEL WILLIAMS OF CANEY, OK.
 
15 GRANDCHILDREN,  2 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.
 
SISTER:    PATSY MURPHY OF CANEY,OK.
 
BROTHER:     CLIFFORD ALDRIDGE OF FT. WORTH, TX.
 
 
     PRECEDED IN DEATH BY
 
PARENTS:     BRYCE AND ANNA CARLILE.
SON:     RAY ALLEN WILLIAMS.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:      MONDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1998 AT 10:00 A.M.
PLACE OF SERVICES:     GRAVESIDE SERVICE.
 
INTERMENT:     PERKINS CEMETERY WEST OF CANEY, OK.
 
OFFICIATING:     REV. BILLY JOE HOWARD.
 
CASKETBEARERS:   RAY WILLIAMS, EDDIE FIELDS, MIKE WILLIAMS, DALE BREGER, BOBBY FORTUNE.
 
 
 
 
NAME:    JOHN WALLACE HOOD, AGE 86, OF ATOKA, OK.
 
BORN:    MARCH 17, 1911 AT LEHIGH, OK TO JOHN HARVEY AND EDNA MAE (ROSE) HOOD.
 
PASSED AWAY:     SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1998 AT THE ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.
AGE:     86 YEARS  10 MONTHS    AND   20 DAYS
 
EDUCATION:     ATTENDED SCHOOLS IN LEHIGH AND SHADY GROVE IN COAL COUNTY.
 
MARRIED:     MILDRED ADAIR  IN AUGUST OF 1936 AT COALGATE, OK.
 
OCCUPATION:    RETIRED OPERATING ENGINEER.
 
JOHN SPENT MANY YEARS IN SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA.  HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE LOCAL #12 OPERATING ENGINEERS FOR MANY YEARS. HE CAME BACK TO ATOKA SOME 10 YEARS AGO AND LIVED HERE THE REMAINDER OF HIS LIFE.
 
 
     SURVIVED BY
 
SON:     WALLACE HOOD AND WIFE LESLIE OF WEST VALLEY CITY, UT.
 
GRANDCHILDREN:     JOHN WALLACE HOOD ii , DAVID P.HOOD, ROBERT C. HOOD, AND JEFFERY M. HOOD OF WEST VALLEY CITY, UT.
 
SISTERS:     RUTH VAUGHN OF ATOKA, OK.
                       GRACE TAYLOR OF WHORTON, TX.
 
 
     PRECEDED IN DEATH BY
 
PARENTS:   JOHN HARVEY AND EDNA MAE HOOD.
WIFE:      MILDRED ADAIR HOOD IN 1978.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:    WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1998 AT 10:00 A.M.
PLACE OF SERVICES:     GRAVESIDE.
 
INTERMENT:     GREEN MEADOWS CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK.
 
OFFICIATING:     REV. JAMES CROWSON.
 
 
 
 
NAME:      SALLIE EDITH (RAINS) FRAZIER KELLEY, AGE 89, OF ATOKA, OK.
 
BORN:    AUGUST 21, 1908 AT MANNSVILLE, OK TO HENRY ISAAC AND SARAH MARGARET (BARTON) RAINS.
 
PASSED AWAY:     MONDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1998 AT ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.
 
AGE:     89 YEARS    5 MONTHS    AND   18 DAYS.
 
EDUCATION:   ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT WEST ALLISON AND BENTLEY.
 
MARRIED:     COMMODORE F. FRAZIER ON DECEMBER 3, 1924 AT ATOKA, OK.
                       JACK KELLEY ON JULY 11, 1971 AT ATOKA, OK.
 
CHURCH AFFILIATION:    LONGTIME MEMBER OF BENTLEY BAPTIST CHURCH.
 
 
     SURVIVED BY
 
CHILDREN:      KENNETH FRAZIER AND WIFE DEANA OF BENTLEY, OK.
                           ISAAC JOHN FRAZIER AND WIFE BONNIE OF HASLET, TX.
                           DUANE FRAZIER AND WIFE RITA OF LUBBOCK, TX.
                           FRANK L. FRAZIER AND WIFE LUCY OF WATAUGA, TX.
                           BETTY FRAZIER MAYO AND HUSBAND FERMAN OF HARMONY, OK.
 
19 GRANDCHILDREN,  46 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, 23 GREAT GREAT GRANDCHILDREN’.
 
SISTER:    DOLLIE BAXTER OF ATOKA, OK.
 
 
     PRECEDED IN DEATH BY
 
PARENTS:     HENRY ISAAC AND SARAH MARGARET RAINS.
FIRST HUSBAND:     COMMODORE F. FRAZIER IN OCTOBER, 1964.
SECOND HUSBAND:    JACK KELLEY IN 1972.
SONS:      ROBERT AND JAMES FRAZIER.
DAUGHTER:      VIRGINIA FRAZIER
GRANDSONS:     STEVE FLETCHER AND NORMAN FRAZIER.
BROTHERS:    TOMMIE, HARVEY, AND BOB RAINS.
SISTERS:     LYDIA ASHFORD, MARY PRUIT, MARTHA RAINS, and OPAL DANDERSON.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:    WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1998 AT 2:00 P.M.
PLACE OF SERVICES:     BENTLEY BAPTIST CHURCH ~ BENTLEY, OK.
 
INTERMENT:     BENTLEY CEMETERY ~ BENTLEY, OK.
 
OFFICIATING:     REV. CLINT THURMAN.
 
CASKETBEARERS:     SHANE DANIEL, KENNY DANIEL, DON DANIEL, ROCKY McDANIEL, TRAVIS FRAZIER, BOB FRAZIER.
 
 
 
 
NAME:      TOMMYE LOUISE ( MILLS) COOKE, AGE 89, LONGTIME ATOKA RESIDENT.
 
BORN:    DECEMBER 6, 1908 AT CLEBURN, TEXAS TO THOMAs MADISON AND MABEL CLAIR (STALLINGS) MILLS.
 
PASSED AWAY:     TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1998 AT ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.
AGE:   89 YEARS   2 MONTHS  AND  4 DAYS
 
EDUCATION:     ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT ABILENE, CLYDE, AND FT. WORTH, TX.
 
MARRIED:     WILLIAM M. “BILL” COOKE ON OCTOBER 13, 1928 AT WEATHERFORD, TX.
 
OCCUPATION:    HOUSEWIFE AND HAD FORMERLY OWNED COOKE VARIETY STORE IN ATOKA.
 
CHURCH AFFILIATION:    MEMBER OF SOUTHSIDE BAPTIST CHURCH.
 
BEFORE HER HEALTH FAILED HER SHE WAS VERY ACTIVE IN THE SENIOR CITIZENS GROUP.   TOMMYE WAS A LIFELONG BAPTIST.  THE PAST 10 YEARS SHE WAS A MEMBER OF THE SOUTHSIDE BAPTIST CHURCH IN ATOKA.   SHE TAUGHT BEGINNERS SUNDAY SCHOOL MANY YEARS.  IN HER YOUNGER YEARS SHE WAS A TALENTED DANCER.  SHE PLACED 2ND BEHIND GINGER ROGERS IN A DANCE CONTEST IN FT. WORTH, TEXAS IN THE 1920’S.
 
 
     SURVIVED BY
 
CHILDREN:      BILLYE WINGFIELD AND HUSBAND RAY OF CHANDLER, OK.
                           PATRICIA BOAG AND HUSBAND JAMES OF ATOKA, OK.
                           EDDY COOKE AND WIFE JO DEAN OF ATOKA, OK.
                           LARRY COOKE AND WIFE ROSIE OF TULSA, OK.
                           DAVID COOKE AND WIFE DARLENE OF TULSA, OK.
                           TIM COOKE AND WIFE BEVERLY OF WILSON, OK.
 
17 GRANDCHILDREN, 25 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, 10 GREAT GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.
 
SISTERS:     OBERA WHITLEY, NELL BLANTON, AND BOBBIE DOUGLAS & HUSBAND CHARLES OF BEDFORD, TX.
 
 
     PRECEDED IN DEATH BY
 
PARENTS:     T. M. AND MABEL MILLS.
HUSBAND:     BILL COOKE ON OCTOBER 22, 1978.
SON:     TOMMY BOB COOKE.
BROTHER:     HILTON MILLS.
GRAND DAUGHTERS:     REBECCA HOUSER AND REGINA CHRISTINE COOKE.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:    FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1998 AT 2:00 P.M.
PLACE OF SERVICES:     BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK.
 
INTERMENT:     GREEN MEADOWS CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK.
 
OFFICIATING:     DR. O’DELL CARPENTER.
ASSISTING:     REV. LOYD THOMPSON.
 
CASKETBEARERS:     (GRANDSONS) JERRY CEDRONE, RICK JONES, BOBBY JONES, TOMMY JONES, DWAINE COOKE, RANDY COOKE, STEVE COOKE, ROBBY COOKE, JEFFREY COOKE, BRADLEY COOKE.
 
HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:    (GREAT GRANDSONS)  TONY CEDRONE, BRIAN RIDGEWAY, DARREN JONES, AND JACOB STEPHENS ALONG WITH ERNIE SANDERS, ARCHIE HENSON, AND RUFUS BATES.
 
 
 
 
NAME:      ELEANOR (POWELL) PATTERSON, AGE 83, OF ATOKA, OK.
 
BORN:    SEPTEMBER 29, 1914 AT BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA TO VIRGIL AND ANNIE B. (COUSINS) POWELL.
 
PASSED AWAY:   TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1998 AT ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.
AGE:     83 YEARS  4 MONTHS   AND   11 DAYS
 
EDUCATION:     ATTENDED SCHOOLS IN BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA AND LATER ATTENDED BUSINESS COLLEGE.
 
MARRIED:     RUSSELL DEAN PATTERSON ON OCTOBER 19, 1937 AT BIRMINGHAM, AL.
 
OCCUPATION:    SECRETARY FOR LONGVIEW WESLEY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH.
 
CHURCH AFFILIATION:    MEMBER OF WAPLES UNITED METHODIST CHURCH IN DENISON, TEXAS.
 
ELEANOR LIVED IN DENISON , TEXAS for SEVERAL YEARS AND WAS A VOLUNTEER AT TEXOMA MEDICAL CENTER THERE.  SHE MOVED TO ATOKA IN JANUARY, 1998 TO BE NEAR HER FAMILY.
 
 
     SURVIVED BY
 
DAUGHTER:      PATRICIA ROGERS AND HUSBAND DWIGHT OF ATOKA, OK.
 
GRANDCHILDREN:     DAVID ROGERS AND WIFE LORA OF TUSHKA, OK.
                                         MICHELE HARRIS AND HUSBAND BILLY OF NACOGDOCHES, TX.
                                         SALLY COFFEY AND HUSBAND J. COFFEY OF WICHITA, KS.
                                         BECKY ROGERS OF KEMP, TX.
                                         JULIE ROGERS OF HARDESTY, OK.
                                         LAURA ROGERS OF ATOKA, OK.
 
GREAT GRANDSON:    MARK COFFEY OF WICHITA, KS.
 
 
     PRECEDED IN DEATH BY
 
PARENTS:     VIRGIL and ANNIE POWELL
HUSBAND:     RUSSELL PATTERSON IN AUGUST, 1984.
SON:     DEAN POWELL PATTERSON.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:      FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1998 AT 2:00 P.M.
PLACE OF SERVICES:     GRAVESIDE SERVICES.
 
INTERMENT:     LAKEVIEW MEMORY PARK ~ LONGVIEW, TX.
 
OFFICIATING:     REV. BYRON BOYETT.
 
CASKETBEARERS:     DWIGHT ROGERS, DAVID ROGERS, BILLY HARRIS, AND J. COFFEY.
 
 
 
 
NAME:      MELVA JANE (POSTOAK) SMITH, AGE 63, LONGTIME ATOKA RESIDENT.
 
BORN:    JANUARY 4, 1935 AT LAWTON, OK. TO MELTON AND MARY JANE (LEWIS) POSTOAK.
 
PASSED AWAY:     SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1998 AT CARL ALBERT INDIAN HOSPITAL IN ADA, OK.
AGE:     63 YEARS   1 MONTHS  AND  11 DAYS.
 
EDUCATION:   ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT LANE, OK.
 
MARRIED:     ROY SMITH ON AUGUST 27, 1962  AT DURANT, OK.
 
OCCUPATION:    WORKED MANY YEARS IN THE FAMILY BUSINESS ALONG WITH HER HUSBAND ROY AND SHE WAS A HOMEMAKER AND HOUSEWIFE.
 
CHURCH AFFILIATION:    MEMBER OF DOUBLE SPRINGS PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN LANE OK.
 
 
     SURVIVED BY
 
CHILDREN:      SHARON POSTOAK HECK AND HUSBAND BRUCE OF TUPELO, OK.
                           PATRICIA KENYON AND HUSBAND ERNIE OF ATOKA, OK.
 
GRANDCHILDREN:     AMY, KEVIN, JASON AND SUZANNA POSTOAK.
                                         TABATHA AND DANIEL WADE.
                                         ANDY AND CARRIE KENYON.
 
GREAT GRANDDAUGHTER:     KATELAN WADE.
 
SISTERS:     CATHY KINDIG AND HUSBAND RICHARD OF MUSTANG, OK.
                       HELEN CANNON OF ANADARKO, OK.
 
BROTHER: JERRY BILLY OF LOS ANGELES, CA.
 
 
     PRECEDED IN DEATH BY
 
PARENTS:     MILTON AND MARY JANE POSTOAK.
HUSBAND:     ROY SMITH in January, 1980.
SON:     J. B. POSTOAK.
BROTHER:   JOSEPH POSTOAK.
GRANDSON:    DEVIN WADE.
SISTERS:   IMOGENE WILSON, MARY CHRISTINE BILLY, AND PATRICIA BILLY.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:    TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1998 AT 2:00 P.M. 
PLACE OF SERVICES:     BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK.
 
INTERMENT:     DOUBLE SPRINGS  CEMETERY ~ LANE, OK.   
 
OFFICIATING:     REV.  DAVID WOODS.
 
CASKETBEARERS:     STEVE MAZEY, DONNIE KENYON, JAMISON HORN, JERRY RICHARD, WINTFORD KENYON, SR, PAUL SMITH, JR.
 
HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:    (D.A.V. CHAPTER 60 MEMBERS, ATOKA)  E. J. ALEXANDER, JULIA DEAN ALEXANDER, HENRY BROWN, WAYNE GRAY, VIRGIL HARDIN, TOM LEWIS, RALPH MEADOWS, WILLARD OLSEN, MACK STOBAUGH, BUCK BICKNELL,  GLENN NORTON.
 
 
 
 
NAME:      JAKE KILBURN, AGE 74, OF TISHOMINGO, OKLAHOMA.
 
BORN:      MARCH 1, 1923 AT FAIRFIELD, IOWA TO JACOB C. AND MARY ETHEL (SOUTH) KILBURN.
 
PASSED AWAY:     SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1998 AT JOHNSTON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, TISHOMINGO, OK.
AGE:     74 YEARS   11 MONTHS   AND   14 DAYS
 
EDUCATION:     ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT ST. AUGUSTINE, ILLINOIS AND MUSCATINE, IOWA.
 
MARRIED:     CLETA FAE WARDEN ON MAY 14, 1960 AT TULSA, OKLAHOMA.
 
OCCUPATION:    RETIRED PAINTER AND PAINT CONTRACTOR.
 
JAKE WAS REARED IN THE SOUTHEAST PART OF IOWA AND CAME TO OKLAHOMA IN THE EARLY 1950’S.  HE LIVED IN TULSA FOR MANY YEARS WHERE HE WORKED FOR SHELL & BOULTON PAINT COMPANY. HE RETIRED FROM SHELL & BOULTON IN 1981. JAKE MOVED TO THE MILBURN, OKLAHOMA AREA IN 1972.  AFTER HIS RETIREMENT HE DID PAINT CONTRACTING IN THE MILBURN AREA  A NUMBER YEARS UNTIL HIS HEALTH FAILED HIM.
 
 
       SURVIVED BY
 
WIFE:    CLETA KILBURN OF THE HOME IN TISHOMINGO, OK.
 
DAUGHTER:    LEANNA LYNN MORGAN OF WEST LIBERTY, IA.
 
GRANDCHILDREN:     KELLY SUE LORHAM OF MUSCATINE, IA.
                                         DAVID JACOB KILBURN OF WILTON, IA.
 
GREAT GRANDCHILDREN:     KYLE AND JADE ALEXANDRA LORHAM.
 
BROTHERS:    WAYNE E. KILBURN AND WIFE BERTHA OF ABINGTON, IL.
                           ALVIN KILBURN OF BRIGHTON, IA.
 
 
     PRECEDED IN DEATH BY
 
PARENTS:   JACOB and MARY KILBURN.
SON:     JOHN THEODORE KILBURN.
BROTHERS:    REX AND RAYMOND KILBURN.
SISTERS:     MARY KILBURN, BESSIE OYLER, RUTH ROLAND, AND BERTHA PECK.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:    THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1998 AT 1:OO P.M.
PLACE OF SERVICES:     COMMUNITY GARDEN MAUSOLEUM CHAPEL ~ MUSCATINE, IA.
 
INTERMENT:     MUSCATINE MEMORIAL PARK CEMETERY ~  MUSCATINE, IA.
 
OFFICIATING:     MINISTER REX KILBURN.  
 
CASKETBEARERS:     RAYMOND ROLAND, CECIL WAYNE OYLER, ALLEN KILBURN, ROBERT WAYNE KILBURN, ELMER KILBURN AND WAYNE KILBURN JR.
 
 
 
 
NAME:      KASON JANELL CRUTCHFIELD, INFANT DAUGHTER OF WILLIS T. CRUTCHFIELD AND KRISSY LYNN HATCHER OF WRIGHT CITY, OK.
 
BORN AND DIED:     MONDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1998 AT ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL IN ATOKA, OK.
 
 
:      SURVIVED BY
 
PARENTS:   WILLIS CRUTCHFIELD OF WRIGHT CITY, OK.
                       KRISSY LYNN HATCHER OF WRIGHT CITY, OK.
 
PATERNAL GRANDPARENTS:     VEDA and WILLIS CRUTCHFIELD OF WRIGHT CITY, OK.
 
MATERNAL GRANDPARENTS:     KENNETH HATCHER and SARAH OF WRIGHT CITY, OK.
 
GREAT GRANDPARENTS:      DOROTHY CARTER OF WRIGHT CITY, OK.
                                                       BARBARA and ELMER ROWAN OF WRIGHT CITY, OK.
 
GREAT GREAT GRANDFATHER:     JOY CRUTCHFIELD OF FORMAN, AR.
 
GREAT GREAT GRANDMOTHER:     LOIS COOPER OF BROKEN BOW, OK.
 
AUNTS:     KERRY HATCHER OF WRIGHT CITY, OK.
                   SHANNON CARTER OF HUGO, OK.
 
UNCLE:     COREY CARTER OF DURANT, OK.
 
 
     PRECEDED IN DEATH BY
 
GRANDMOTHER:     VANESSA HATCHER IN 1990.
UNCLE:     FERLIN ROWAN IN 1987.
GREAT GRANDFATHER:     JOHNNY B. CARTER IN 1997.
GREAT GREAT GRANDMOTHER:     WILLIE CRUTCHFIELD.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:    THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1998 AT 11:00 A.M.
PLACE OF SERVICES:   GRAVESIDE SERVICES.
 
INTERMENT:   JOE SLATER MEMORIAL CEMETERY ~ WRIGHT CITY, OK
 
OFFICIATING:     REV. HAROLD McCONNELL.
ASSISTING:   REV. BURNIS BURRELL.
 
CASKETBEARERS:   COREY CARTER and BILLY GREEN.
 
 
 
 
NAME:      AUSTIN DALE HEDGECOCK, AGE 1, OF COALGATE, OK.
 
BORN:    JUNE 3, 1996 AT ADA, OK TO SHANNON DALE AND DONNA LEE HARVEY HEDGECOCK.
 
PASSED AWAY:     WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 18, 1998 AT CHILDRENS HOSPITAL IN OKLAHOMA CITY.
AGE:     1 YEAR    8 MONTHS   AND    15 DAYS
 
 
     SURVIVED BY
 
PARENTS:     SHANNON AND DONNA HEDGECOCK OF COALGATE, OK.
 
SISTER:    HALEIGH ( HAILEY) DONN HEDGECOCK OF THE HOME IN COALGATE, OK.
 
PATERNAL GRANDPARENTS:       GRACIE HEDGECOCK OF COALGATE, OK.
                                                               SCOTTY HEDGECOCK OF COALGATE, OK.
 
MATERNAL GRANDPARENTS:     DONALD AND EVA HARVEY OF DURANT,OK.
 
GREAT GRANDMOTHER:     NAOMI HEDGECOCK OF COALGATE, OK.
 
AUNTS AND UNCLES:      MEL AND GINA OTT OF COALGATE, OK.
                                               KEITH AND JANA HEDGECOCK OF COALGATE, OK.
                                               ROBERT HARVEY OF DURANT, OK.
 
GREAT GREAT UNCLE AND AUNT:    PIERCE AND NEDRA HANKINS OF ATOKA, OK.
 
 
     PRECEDED IN DEATH BY
 
SISTER:    SHANNA MARIE HEDGECOCK
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:    FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1998 AT 2:00 P.M.
PLACE OF SERVICES:     BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK.
 
INTERMENT:     WARDS CHAPEL CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK.
 
OFFICIATING:     REV. GERALD TIDWELL
 
CASKETBEARERS:   JERRY DAVIS AND MEL OTT.
 
 
 
 
NAME:      MELVIN RILEY BRUMMETT, AGE 84, A LONGTIME CENTRAHOMA RESIDENT.
 
BORN:    DECEMBER 25, 1913 NEAR HUGO, OK TO GEORGE AND LUCY (AVANT) BRUMMETT.
 
PASSED AWAY:     SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1998 AT WAPANUCKA, OK.
 
AGE:     84 YEARS    1 MONTH     AND   26 DAYS
 
EDUCATION:     ATTENDED LITTLE RIVER SCHOOLS.
 
MARRIED:       MITTIE DANLEY IN 1940 AT COALGATE, OK.
                         ALTA JANE BIGGS ON JUNE 25, 1970 AT MODESTO, CA.
 
OCCUPATION:    A RETIRED FARMER AND RANCHER AND WAS A LONGTIME MEMBER OF THE LABORERS INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA. HE HAD WORKED MANY YEARS IN CALIFORNIA IN CONSTRUCTION AND RETIRED IN 1979.
 
CHURCH AFFILIATION:      PROTESTANT FAITH.
 
 
     SURVIVED BY
 
WIFE:      ALTA JANE BRUMMETT OF THE HOME NEAR CENTRAHOMA, OK.
 
CHILDREN:      JUANITA PENDERGRAFT OF REDDING, CA.
                           LABRADA McGRAW OF REDDING, CA.
 
STEPCHILDREN:      SANDY JANE GIVERSTON OF BANGOR, ME.
                                     WESLEY MARTIN JR OF REDDING, CA.
                                     HOWARD EARL MARTIN OF FRESNO, CA.
                                     JOHN E. MARTIN OF FRESNO, CA.
                                     RODNEY OCHOA OF FRESNO, CA.
 
14 GRANDCHILDREN,  15 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, AND 2 STEP GRANDCHILDREN.
 
BROTHERS:    LEWIS AND FLOYD BRUMMETT OF CENTRAHOMA, OK.
 
SISTER:    MARY HART OF SHAWNEE, OK.
 
 
     PRECEDED IN DEATH BY
 
PARENTS:   GEORGE AND LUCY BRUMMETT.
SON:     MELVIN RAY BRUMMETT IN 1976.
SISTERS:     DELLA HAGGY, JESSIE ROSELUES, AND BEATRICE HAGGY.
BROTHER:   LLOYD BRUMMETT.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:    WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1998 AT 10:00 A.M.
PLACE OF SERVICES:     GRAVESIDE SERVICES.
 
INTERMENT:   CENTRAHOMA CEMETERY ~ COAL COUNTY, OK.
 
OFFICIATING:     REV. DUB BOLAND.
 
CASKETBEARERS:     LEWIS BRUMMETT, FLOYD BRUMMETT, MALCOM BRUMMETT, PHILLIP POINDEXTER, ERIC POINDEXTER, CLYDE JONES.
 
 
 
 
NAME:      JAMES ALBERT “BUD” DARBISON, AGE 89, OF BOOKER, TEXAS AND FORMER LONGTIME ATOKA COUNTY RESIDENT.
 
BORN:    FEBRUARY 16, 1909 AT TIBAN, NM TO JAMES ALBERT AND HANNAH BESSIE (KAISER) DARBISON.
 
PASSED AWAY:     WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1998 AT OCHILTREE HOSPITAL IN PERRYTON, TX.
AGE:     89 YEARS     0 MONTHS   AND  9 DAYS
 
EDUCATION:     ATTENDED BENTLEY SCHOOLS IN ATOKA COUNTY, OK.
 
MARRIED:     ALTA EVELYN ADDISON ON DECEMBER 22, 1930 AT McALESTER, OK.  HE AND ALTA CELEBRATED 67 YEARS TOGETHER LAST DECEMBER 22nd.
 
OCCUPATION:    A RETIRED FARMER AND CARPENTER AND WAS A LONGTIME ATOKA COUNTY EMPLOYEE.
 
 
     SURVIVED BY
 
WIFE:      ALTA darbison OF  THE HOME AT BOOKER, TX.
 
CHILDREN:      LARRY A. DARBISON OF BOOKER, TX.
                           JOAN LOFTIS OF REEDLEY, CA.
                           BARBARA COURTNEY OF ARDMORE, OK.
                           NORMA BARNES OF MADISON, MS.
 
12 GRANDCHILDREN,  19 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.
 
SISTER:      LULA WELDON OF SAN LEANDRO, CA.
 
 
     PRECEDED IN DEATH BY
 
PARENTS:   JAMES ALBERT SR. AND HANNAH DARBISON.
SISTERS:     BESSIE BRASHER, EVA ZIMMER, ALBERTA WELLS, ALENA DARBISON, TWINS HAZEL AND HELEN DARBISON, AND LERA LEE.
BROTHERS:    TOM, FLOYD, JOHN, LARRY, AND ROGER MURRAY DARBISON.
GRANDDAUGHTER:     CHRISTEN KAY.
SON IN-LAW:    GROVER BARNES.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:    SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1998 AT 2:00 P.M.
PLACE OF SERVICES:     BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK.
 
INTERMENT:     GREEN MEADOWS CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK.
 
OFFICIATING:     STEVEN KAY.
ASSISTING:     HASKELL ENGLAND.
 
CASKETBEARERS:   (GRANDSONS)  DARRELL BARNES, RANDY COURTNEY, REGGY DARBISON, KEVIN DARBISON, KEITH LOFTIS, DAVID ENSZ.
 
HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:    STEVE HYATT, TROY GAMMON, JOHN MOBLEY, EDWIN LEE, JAY LEE.
 
 
 
 
NAME:      MARK DEWAYNE JONES, AGE 34, LONGTIME ATOKA RESIDENT..
 
BORN:    DECEMBER 28, 1963 AT BORGER, TEXAS TO JAMES WENDELL AND DORIS ANN (THOMPSON) JONES.
 
PASSED AWAY:     WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1998 AT HIS ATOKA RESIDENCE.
AGE:     34 YEARS  1 MONTH    AND   27 DAYS.
 
EDUCATION:     ATTENDED ATOKA SCHOOLS.
 
OCCUPATION:    DISABLED.
 
CHURCH AFFILIATION:    CHURCH OF CHRIST FAITH.
 
 
     SURVIVED BY
 
MOTHER:    DORIS JONES OF ATOKA, OK.
 
FATHER:    JAMES WENDELL JONES OF ANTLERS, OK.
 
BROTHERS:      MIKE JONES AND WIFE CAROL OF ATOKA, OK.
                           JIMMY JONES AND WIFE TESSA OF ATOKA, OK.
 
SISTERS:     REBECCA JONES OF ATOKA, OK.
                       ANNIS SANDERS AND HUSBAND BUDDY OF TUSHKA, OK.
 
NEPHEWS:     MICHAEL DAWSON, KALUB JONES, PAUL MAXEY, CURTIS MAXEY, GREGORY JONES, AND DYLLAN SANDERS.
 
NIECES:    MERRISSA JONES AND MELODY WELCH.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:      SUNDAY, MARCH 1, 1998 AT 2:00 P.M.
PLACE OF SERVICES:     BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK.
 
OFFICIATING:     REV. LOYD THOMPSON.
 
INTERMENT:     CREMATION.
 
 
 
 
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