NAME:  RODNEY LAWAYNE GREENWOOD, AGE 28, OF ATOKA, OK. BORN:  AUGUST 29, 1974 AT COALGATE TO ROBERT LAWAYNE AND SANDRA DEE (HILL) GREENWOOD. PASSED AWAY:   WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 1, 2003 AT ST. FRANCIS MEDICAL CENTER, TULSA, OK FROM INJURIES RECEIVED IN ASSAULT. AGE:   28 YEARS  4 MONTHS   AND   3 DAYS EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOL AT ATOKA AND CARL ALBERT STATE COLLEGE AT POTEAU, OK WHERE HE PLAYED BASKETBALL. MARRIED:   JENNIFER GRIFFIN AT ATOKA, OK. OCCUPATION:  DISPATCHER FOR ALLEN LUMBER & GRAIN. CHURCH AFFILIATION:  MEMBER OF THE MT. ZION CHURCH OF ATOKA, OK. RODNEY WAS A MEMBER OF F.F.A., ALLSTATE AND ALLSTAR BASKETBALL, AND WAS ON ALLSTATE TRACK TEAM DURING HIGH SCHOOL. HE COACHED LITTLE LEAGUE SOFTBALL      SURVIVED BY WIFE:  JENNIFER (GRIFFIN) GREENWOOD OF FARRIS, OK. CHILDREN:  DARRIEN ALEXUS GRIFFIN GREENWOOD OF THE HOME.                        DELANIE BREE’ANNA GRIFFIN GREENWOOD OF THE HOME.                        D’ANDRE RASHAUD GREENWOOD OF ATOKA , OK. PARENTS:   ROBERT AND SANDRA GREENWOOD OF ATOKA, OK. BROTHER:   TRISTAN CHE’ JACKSON OF ATOKA, OK. SISTER:  KASONDRA DEMARIE GREENWOOD OF ATOKA, OK. GRANDPARENTS:  EDNA MARIE HILL OF ATOKA, OK.                                      DELORIS GREENWOOD OF ATOKA, OK.                                      BILLY JOE BOWENS OF FAIRFIELD, CA. VERY SPECIAL FRIENDS THAT WERE BROTHERS:   STACY WASHINGTON, KEVIN WASHINGTON, GERALD BOWEN, MIKE SHIELD, STEVE ALEXANDER, JEREMY JEROME CHEADLE, GREG COLBERT, GREG YARBROUGH, SCOTTY SMITH, AND MICHAEL WASHINGTON.      PRECEDED IN DEATH BY GRANDFATHER:   MCKINLEY CHEADLE.     DATE OF SERVICES:  TUESDAY, JANUARY 7, 2003 AT 10:00 AM. PLACE OF SERVICES:   BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT:   GREENHILL CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK. OFFICIATING:   WILLARD HARRISON. CASKETBEARERS:   STACY WASHINGTON, KEVIN WASHINGTON, GERALD BOWEN, MIKE SHIELD, PALO ALLEN, T. J. COFFMAN, STEVE ALEXANDER. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:  GREG YARBROUGH, DERRICK MARLOW, JEREMY MCNALLY, CORY CROWSON, LAMONT CRAWFORD, MICHA WASHINGTON, SCOTTY SMITH. FLOWER GIRLS:  TAMARA HILL, OLYMPIA HILL, TARA HARRISON, KIM HARRISON, TONYA MILLER, DONNA SMITH.         NAME:   MELBA JOYCE (LACY) THOMASON, AGE 69, OF ATOKA, OK BORN:  JULY 9, 1933 AT COFFEYVILLE, KS. TO AUTHER MONROE AND RUBY ELLEN (WALKER) LACY. PASSED AWAY:   SUNDAY, JANUARY 5, 2002 AT SE OKLAHOMA MEDICAL CENTER IN DURANT. AGE:   69 YEARS  5 MONTHS   AND   26 DAYS. MARRIED:   GLEN ALVIN THOMASON ON APRIL 26, 1964 IN ADA, OK. OCCUPATION:  CO-PASTOR OF WAPANUKA CHURCH OF GOD AND HOUSEWIFE AND HOMEMAKER. CHURCH AFFILIATION:  WAPANUCKA CHURCH OF GOD AND WAS FORMALY A LONGTIME MEMBER OF CADDO FULL GOSPEL CHURCH.      SURVIVED BY HUSBAND:   GLEN ALVIN THOMASON OF ATOKA, OK. CHILDREN:  RANDY THOMASON AND WIFE PATRICA OF KINGSTON, OK.                        STARLA ELAINE COCHRAN OF POTEAU, OK.                        TERRY LYNN GARCIA OF LANE, OK.                        MIKE AND VALARIE THOMASON OF GUTHRIE, OK. SISTER:  CLOMA PEACE TROY OF BARTLESVILLE, OK. GRANDCHILDREN:   CHRISTOPHER AND JODY SHANKS OF MCGOMERY, TX.                                        CHRISTY AND KILEY JONES OF CADDO, OK.                                        CLINTON EARL AND LISA THOMASON OF TECUMSEH, OK.                                        SHANE AND NICOLE THOMASON OF SHAWNEE, OK.                                        BRANDY AND BRYAN HOWARD OF BROKEN ARROW, OK.                                        SHAWNNA ALDRIDGE OF POTEAU, OK.                                        LISA AND JIMMIE THOMPSON OF HENRYETTA, OK.                                        KATHY JO GUYNES OF OKMULGEE, OK.                                        BILLY AND MAGGIE GUYNES OF OKMULGEE, OK.                                        TRAVIS THOMASON OF GUTHRIE, OK.                                        KEITH THOMASON OF GUTHRIE, OK.                                        TALISHA THOMASON OF BIXBY, OK.                                        SHANNON THOMASON OF GUTHRIE, OK.                                        WAYLON THOMASON OF DEWAR, OK. 26 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.      PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS:   ART AND RUBY LACY.     DATE OF SERVICES:  THURSDAY, JANUARY 9, 2002 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES:   BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT:   GREEN MEADOWS CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK. OFFICIATING:   REV. JACK MCFEETERS. CASKETBEARERS:   RICK PELTS, RICK MEFEETERS, RANDY BEASLEY, CLAY BEASLEY, BUD TAYLOR, BRYAN HOWARD. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:  MIKE GUYNES, RAY TAYLOR, DAVID STEERS, DAN DURHAM, LARRY MAYO, BILL WALTON.         NAME:   EASTMAN JACOB, AGE 70, LIFELONG RESIDENT OF ATOKA, OK. BORN:  APRIL 1, 1932 AT ATOKA, OKLAHOMA TO FULSOM AND MARTHA (COLE) JACOB. PASSED AWAY:   TUESDAY, JANUARY 7, 2003 AT TULSA REGIONAL HOSPITAL AGE:   70 YEARS  9 MONTHS   AND   6 DAYS EDUCATION:   HE ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT BETHANY, BLACKJACK, AND HIGH SCHOOL AT ATOKA. OCCUPATION:  HE WAS A SELF-EMPLOYED TELEVISION AND ELECTRONICS TECHNICIAN. CHURCH AFFILIATION:  STUDIED WITH THE KINGDOM HALL OF JEHOVAHS WITNESS IN ATOKA.   HE WAS ALSO A MEMBER OF CHOCTAW NATION.      SURVIVED BY SISTERS:   VINA ALLEN AND HUSBAND ROY OF ATOKA, OK.                      PATRICIA JOHNSON AND HUSBAND RICHARD OF ATOKA, OK . BROTHER:   FULSOM JACOB, JR. AND WIFE DONNA OF GREENWOOD, CA.        PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS:   FULSOM AND MARTHA JACOB. BROTHER:   JOHN F. JACOB. SISTERS:   MARIE K. WYNNE AND ESTHER MAE JACOB.     DATE OF SERVICES:  SATURDAY, JANUARY 11, 2003 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES:   BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT:   NEW ZION CEMETERY, EAST OF TUSHKA, OK. OFFICIATING:   MARVIN KUEKENMEISTER. CASKETBEARERS:   RAYSON ALLEN, STEVE ALLEN, ROBERT ALLEN, THOMAS RANDALL, EVERETT RANDALL, MICHAEL JACOB. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:  ROOSEVELT BUTLER, JACK WALKER, TED LEFLORE, CARL TUCKER, FRED ARMSTRONG, CLARK BOHANNON.         NAME:    BERNICE (STACEY) STILES, AGE 85, OF CLINTON, OKLA AND A FORMER KIOWA AND COALGATE RESIDENT.   BORN:  OCTOBER 20, 1916 AT GRANBY, MO. TO WIATT AND CORA FRANCES (ENGLAND) STACEY.   PASSED AWAY:   SATURDAY, JANUARY 11, 2003 AT GRACE MANOR IN CLINTON, OK. AGE:   85  YEARS   2 MONTHS  AND  21 DAYS.   EDUCATION:   ATTENDED SCHOOL AT BLANCO, PITTSBURG, AND McALESTER.   MARRIED:   HARLAN LEE STILES ON JULY 11, 1936 AT PITTSBURG, OK.   OCCUPATION:  BERNICE WORKED A NUMBER OF YEARS AS A JANITOR FOR THE KIOWA BAPTIST CHURCH, SHE WAS A COOK WITH THE KIOWA SCHOOL SYSTEM AND WAS A HOUSEWIFE AND HOMEMAKER.   CHURCH AFFILIATION:  SHE WAS A LONGTIME MEMBER OF THE KIOWA BAPTIST CHURCH WHERE SHE TAUGHT YOUTH AND TEEN BIBLE CLASSES AND WAS VERY ACTIVE WITH THE CHURCH CHOIR.          SURVIVED BY   CHILDREN:  JOYCE HOOE OF WOLFE CITY, TX.                        DELORES CAMPBELL AND HUSBAND FLOYD OF COALGATE, OK.                        HARLAN STILES AND WIFE MAE OF KIOWA, OK.                        DONNA SHANNON AND HUSBAND BUDDY OF PITTSBURG, OK.                        SHERRY FIELD AND HUSBAND TERRY OF BURNS FLAT, OK.   GRANDCHILDREN:   CLEVA GIDDENS AND HUSBAND REX OF COMMERCE, TX.                                        DENNIS HOOE AND WIFE SHARON OF WOLFE CITY, TX.                                        NANCY EASTWOOD AND HUSBAND LARRY OF GREENVILLE, TX.                                        WESLEY CAMPBELL AND WIFE SHERRY OF COALGATE, OK.                                        WILLIE SUTER OF KIOWA, OK.                                        MICKEY ANN STILES OF PITTSBURG, OK.                                        JACKIE STILES AND WIFE PEGGY OF PITTSBURG, OK.                                        BENNY STILES AND WIFE LORIA OF KIOWA, OK.                                        STACEY SHANNON OF PITTSBURG, OK.                                        BRANDON FIELD AND WIFE REBECCA OF MIDWEST CITY, OK.                                        BRYCE FIELD OF MIDWEST CITY, OK.   18 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN,  3 GREAT GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.           PRECEDED IN DEATH BY   PARENTS:   WIATT AND CORA STACEY. BROTHERS:  LESTER AND ELMER STACEY. SISTERS:   JOSIE SMITH, BESSIE POSTELLE, AND MAGGIE GREENWOOD. SON-IN-LAW:  CLEVE HOOE.          DATE OF SERVICES:  TUESDAY, JANUARY 14, 2003 AT 2:00 PM. PLACE OF SERVICES:   COTTONWOOD BAPTIST CHURCH ~ COALGATE, OK.   INTERMENT:   ASHLAND CEMETERY ~ STUART, OK.   OFFICIATING:   REV. BILL WEATHERS.   CASKETBEARERS:   (GRANDSONS) DENNIS HOOE, WESLEY CAMPBELL, JACKIE STILES, BENNY STILES, BRANDON FIELD, BRYCE FIELD, STACEY SHANNON.         NAME:  VIOLA CLARA CLEBURNE, AGE 93, A LONGTIME ATOKA COLONIAL LIVING CENTER RESIDENT.   BORN:  FEBRUARY 23, 1909 AT LUBBOCK, TEXAS TO HENRY AND L. (MCCARTY) CLEBURNE.   PASSED AWAY: WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 15, 2003 AT ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. AGE:   93 YEARS  10 MONTHS  AND  22 DAYS.   MARRIED:   ALBERT BRINTFEIL.   OCCUPATION:  VIOLA WAS A HOUSEWIFE AND HOMEMAKER.   CHURCH AFFILIATION:  SHE WAS MEMBER OF THE CHURCH OF CHRIST.   VIOLA GREW UP ON A FARM NEAR COALGATE, OK. SHE ALWAYS HELPED HER PARENTS PLANT A HUGE GARDEN AND THEN HELPED CAN THE VEGETABLES EACH SUMMER. THEY RAISED MANY FARM ANIMALS. VIOLA STARTED DIPPING SNUFF WHEN SHE WAS 5 YEARS OLD, SHE WAS NEVER WITHOUT HER SNUFF CAN. SHE LOVED POPCORN, ROOT BEER SODAS, AND THE COLOR RED. EVERYTHING HAD TO BE RED;  RED CLOTHES, RED SHOES, AND  IF IT WASN’T RED SHE WASN’T WEARING IT.          SURVIVED BY   NO KNOWN SURVIVORS.   VIOLA HAD MANY DEAR FRIENDS AT THE COLONIAL LIVING CENTER, INCLUDING TAMMY AND JOHN CROW OF STRINGTOWN, GINGER AND PAUL SILVERS OF LANE, CHASITY AND SCOTT TURNER OF ABILENE, TEXAS,  NATHANIEL JONES OF STRINGTOWN AND HER FELLOW RESIDENTS OF THE MANOR FOR THE PAST 20 PLUS YEARS.          PRECEDED IN DEATH BY   SON:   JAMES ARNET OF CALIFORNIA. PARENTS:   HENRY  AND L. (MCCARTY) CLEBURNE. BROTHER:   CECIL CLEBURNE. SISTER:  (NAME UNKNOWN).          DATE OF SERVICES:  SATURDAY, JANUARY 18, 2003 AT 10:00 AM. PLACE OF SERVICES:   BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK.   INTERMENT:   GREEN MEADOWS CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK.   OFFICIATING:   PAUL SILVERS.   CASKETBEARERS:   JOHN CROW, NATHANIEL JONES, PAUL SILVERS.         NAME:  HELEN NAOMI (WALLS) BENGE, AGE 78, AN ATOKA AREA  RESIDENT.   BORN:  JULY 11, 1924  AT ROFF, OK TO JOHN HENRY AND IRA (STORY) WALLS.   PASSED AWAY:   FRIDAY, JANUARY 17, 2003 AT THE ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. AGE:   78  YEARS   6  MONTHS    AND   6 DAYS.   EDUCATION:   ATTENDED SCHOOLS IN ROFF, OK.   MARRIED:   JAMES LEONARD BENGE ON JANUARY 1, 1945 AT FAYETTEVILLE, AR.   OCCUPATION:  HELEN WAS A HOUSEWIFE AND HOMEMAKER.          SURVIVED BY   DAUGHTER:  LADONNA WOODS AND HUSBAND HAROLD OF ATOKA, OK   GRANDSONS:   DOUG WOODS AND WIFE DEAN OF ST. LOUIS, MO.                              KEITH WATSON AND WIFE WANDA OF DURANT, OK.                              RONALD WATSON AND WIFE CINDY OF ARMSTRONG, OK.                              JERRY WATSON AND WIFE STAPHANIE OF EUFALA, OK   GREAT GRANDSONS:   BRIAN WATSON AND JAKOB WATSON.   GREAT GRANDDAUGHTER:   MISTY DELOZIER.          PRECEDED IN DEATH BY   HUSBAND:   JAMES LEONARD BENGE IN 1984. DAUGHTER:  A’MARYLLIS COTTRELL. PARENTS:   JOHN HENRY AND IRA (STORY) WALLS. 4 SISTERS AND 2 BROTHERS.          DATE OF SERVICES:    TUESDAY, JANUARY 21, 2003 AT 10:00 AM. PLACE OF SERVICES:   GRAVESIDE SERVICES.   INTERMENT:   EAST HILLS CEMETERY ~ ROFF, OK.   OFFICIATING:   REV. JOE CHAPIN.   CASKETBEARERS:   NONE.         NAME:  LANA GAY SHEFFIELD, AGE 40, OF BETHANY, OKLAHOMA AND A FORMER ATOKA RESIDENT.   BORN:  AUGUST 18, 1962 AT DURANT, OK. TO CLYDE EDWARD AND LENORA ELLEN (ARNOLD) SHEFFIELD.   PASSED AWAY:   FRIDAY, JANUARY 17, 2003 AT HER HOME IN BETHANY, OK. AGE:   40 YEARS  4 MONTHS   AND   29 DAYS.   EDUCATION:   ATTENDED SCHOOL AND GRADUATED FROM ATOKA HIGH SCHOOL WITH THE CLASS OF 1980. SHE WAS A MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY, WAS HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL QUEEN HER SENIOR YEAR, AND SERVED AS A PAGE FOR STATE. SENATOR ROY BOATNER. SHE ATTENDED EAST CENTRAL STATE UNIVERSITY AND SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY AND GRADUATED IN 1985 WITH A DEGREE IN BUSINESS AND MARKETING.   OCCUPATION:  LANA WORKED AT NUMEROUS DIFFERENT JOBS IN HER CAREER. SHE WAS ONCE THE TOUR MANAGER FOR REBA McINTIRE, SHE WAS A PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR, AND WORKED AS A WORKERS COMP. COUNSELOR. HER MOST RECENT JOB WAS MANAGER OF A TOWNHOUSE COMPLEX IN OKLAHOMA CITY.   CHURCH AFFILIATION:  SHE WAS A LONGTIME MEMBER OF THE ATOKA FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH.   LANA WILL BE REMEMBERED AS BEING A VERY CARING, KIND, AND HELPING PERSON. SHE NEVER WORRIED ABOUT HER PROBLEMS, ONLY CARING FOR, AND HELPING OTHERS WITH THEIR PROBLEMS.          SURVIVED BY   PARENTS:   LENORA SHEFFIELD OF ATOKA, OK.                        CLYDE SHEFFIELD AND WIFE MARGIE OF ATOKA, OK.   SISTERS:   SUSAN MOFIELD AND HUSBAND BENNIE OF ATOKA, OK.                      JANA HENDERSON AND HUSBAND CARL OF ATOKA, OK.   SPECIAL NIECE AND NEPHEWS:   STORMIE CARRIE ELLEN HENDERSON, STETSON CARL EDWARD  HENDERSON, AURBRA ZED MOON,                                                                  SEVANS JOHN ALAN HENDERSON.   SPECIAL GREAT AUNT:  DOROTHY HEAD OF OKLAHOMA CITY.          PRECEDED IN DEATH BY   GRANDPARENTS:  LEONARD AND FLORENCE SHEFFIELD.                                      ARVIL AND LILLIE MAE ARNOLD.     DATE OF SERVICES:  TUESDAY, JANUARY 21, 2003 AT 2:00 PM. PLACE OF SERVICES:   BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK.   INTERMENT:   GREENMEADOWS CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK.   OFFICIATING:   DR. JAMES CROWSON.   CASKETBEARERS:   JEFF SEWELL, RUSTY MANION, RONNIE MORRIS, BOB FREDERICK, JIMMY MUSE, TODD CLOUSE, BILL THOMPSON, RICK LARIMORE.   HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:  LEE ANN ROBERTSON, DEBBIE ISHMAEL, ESTHER SARTIN, ANN HENDERSON, JEANETTE MOODY, VALIRIE ARNOLD, TERESA McCOOL, GAYLENE RILEY.         NAME:  GERTRUDE ( WOODRUFF) GARDNER,  AGE 82, OF ATOKA, OK.   BORN:  AUGUST 11, 1920  AT BENITA, TX. TO JOSEPH LEATON AND IDA ELIZABETH (BROWN) WOODRUFF.   PASSED AWAY:   SATURDAY, JANUARY 18, 2003 AT HER HOME IN ATOKA, OK. AGE:   82  YEARS   5 MONTHS    AND  7 DAYS.   EDUCATION:   ATTENDED SCHOOL AT STRINGTOWN AND OKLAHOMA CITY.  SHE ATTENDED COSMETOLOGY SCHOOL IN  OKLAHOMA CITY.   MARRIED:   ED OTIS MASON ON JULY 1, 1939.                      JOEL GARDNER ON MARCH 1, 1963 AT LAS VEGAS, NV.   OCCUPATION:    MRS. GARDNER WAS A HOUSEWIFE AND HOMEMAKER.   CHURCH AFFILIATION:    SHE WAS A LONGTIME MEMBER OF THE KIOWA FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH.          SURVIVED BY   HUSBAND:   JOEL GARDNER OF THE HOME IN ATOKA, OK.   CHILDREN:  EDWARD DOUGLAS MASON OF BAKERSFIELD, CA.                          CHARLES RUSSELL MASON AND WIFE GAIL OF STRINGTOWN, OK.                          JOHN LOUIS MASON AND WIFE LINH OF SAN JOSE, CA.                          PATTRICIA ELLAIN BODE AND HUSBAND JOHN OF EDINA, MO.                          DAVID LLOYD MASON OF LAGUNA BEACH, CA.                          ANITA MARIE NICHOLS AND HUSBAND ERNIE OF COLFAX, CA.                          JOEL ROBERT GARDNER AND WIFE KATHY OF TUCSON, AZ.   SISTERS:   CATHERINE CAMPBELL OF BAKERSFIELD, CA.                      ANNE LOU McCANDLES AND HUSBAND GEORGE OF WICHITA, KS.                      MARY RUTH COOPER OF ALAMONT, KS.   22 GRANDCHILDREN, 9 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.          PRECEDED IN DEATH BY   FIRST HUSBAND:   ED MASON IN 1985. PARENTS:   JOSEPH AND IDA WOODRUFF. SISTER:    LUCILLE WHITE. BROTHERS:  JOHN AND RUSSELL WOODRUFF.      DATE OF SERVICES:    MONDAY, JANUARY 20, 2003 AT 6:00 PM. PLACE OF SERVICES:   BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK.   OFFICIATING:   REV. BARTT BRADFORD.   INTERMENT:   NONE. SHE WILL BE CREMATED AFTER THE SERVICES AND HER CREMAINS WILL BE SCATTERED IN HER FAVORITE STATE OF ARIZONA.         NAME:  GEORGE PIERCE JR., AGE 83, A  LIFELONG ATOKA AREA RESIDENT.   BORN:  OCTOBER 29, 1919 AT ATOKA, OK  TO GEORGE AND KATIE (MOSES) PIERCE.   PASSED AWAY:   SATURDAY, JANUARY 18, 2003 AT HIS RESIDENCE IN ATOKA, OK. AGE:   83  YEARS   2  MONTHS  AND  19 DAYS.   EDUCATION:   ATTENDED SCHOOL AT PITTS CROSSING AND DUNBAR SCHOOLS, AND COMPLETED ATOKA AGRICULTURAL TRAINING SCHOOL IN ATOKA, OK.   MARRIED:   FRANCILLE ARTERBERRY ON APRIL 27, 1946 AT ATOKA, OK.   OCCUPATION:  GEORGE WORKED FOR DWIGHT ROGERS AND DON BARNARD FOR MANY YEARS AS A RANCHER AND FARMER   CHURCH AFFILIATION:  METHODIST FAITH.   GEORGE SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE U. S. ARMY FROM 1942 TO 1946 DURING WORLD WAR II. HE WAS ALSO A LIFE MEMBER OF THE D.A.V., ATOKA POST AND A MEMBER OF THE CHOCTAW NATION.          SURVIVED BY   WIFE:  FRANCILLE OF THE HOME IN ATOKA, OK.   CHILDREN:  LINDA BARNETT AND HUSBAND ROY OF TULSA, OK.                        TROY PIERCE, SR AND WIFE BRENDA OF SPERRY, OK .                        LEON PIERCE, SR AND WIFE MARILYN OF SHIATOOK, OK.                        MYRA MORRIS AND HUSBAND JESSE OF GILMER, TX.   14 GRANDCHILDREN AND 17 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.          PRECEDED IN DEATH BY   PARENTS:   GEORGE AND KATIE PIERCE. DAUGHTER:  IVA RENE WASHINGTON. BROTHER:   MARTIN PIERCE. GREAT GRANDDAUGHTER:   JALISA BOWLER.          DATE OF SERVICES:    WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 22, 2003 AT 11:00 AM. PLACE OF SERVICES:   BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK.   INTERMENT: WELLS STREET CEMETERY ~  STRINGTOWN, OK.   OFFICIATING:   BROTHER WILLARD HARRISON. ASSISTING:   REV. W. T.  LAUDERDALE AND REV. BERTRAND BAILEY, JR.   CASKETBEARERS: (GRANDSONS)  ROY BARNETT JR, TROY PIERCE JR, LEON PIERCE JR, KARL PIERCE, ROBERT WASHINGTON, BRYAN ROBERTS, RICO BOWLER.   HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:  COTTON ALLEN, DEWAYNE HILL, CECIL HILL, JACKIE HILL, CLIFFORD BROWN, ORLAN HILL, JESSE HARRISON, DON BARNARD.   FLOWER BEARERS:  KELLEY N. BOWLER, KELSEY M. BARNETT, SICILY M. PIERCE, LE’NOE PIERCE, LATASHA PIERCE, MARSHA L. MORRIS, MONICA E. ROBERTS, LISA  R. WASHINGTON, RISA D. WASHINGTON, CHRISTY WASHINGTON, CAPRIA L. PIERCE, LESLIE C. PIERCE.         NAME:  CAROL ANN (MARSHALL) SPENCE, AGE 57, OF TUSHKA, OK.   BORN:  SEPTEMBER 7, 1946 AT MEMPHIS, TENN. TO CARROLL GILBERT AND MELVILLE ELIZABETH (SINGLETON) MARSHALL.   PASSED AWAY: SATURDAY, JANUARY 18, 2003 AT THE ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL AFTER A LONG ILLNESS. AGE:   57 YEARS  4  MONTHS    AND   11 DAYS.   EDUCATION: ATTENDED AND GRADUATED FROM  HIGH SCHOOL IN MEMPHIS, TN.   MARRIED:   JAMES HILLIARD SPENCE JR. ON MAY 27, 1968 AT LELAND, MO.   OCCUPATION:  SHE WAS A HOUSEWIFE AND HOMEMAKER.   CHURCH AFFILIATION:  SHE WAS A LONGTIME MEMBER OF THE TUSHKA FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH.          SURVIVED BY   HUSBAND:   JAMES OF THE HOME IN TUSHKA, OK.   SONS:  MICHAEL SPENCE AND WIFE LISA OF TUSHKA, OK.              JAMES H. SPENCE lll AND WIFE GINA OF NIPOMA, CA.              JEFF SPENCE OF RENO, NV.   DAUGHTER:  MELISSA JACKSON AND HUSBAND TROY OF SANTA MARIA, CA.   GRANDCHILDREN:   HALEYANN SPENCE, SAVANNAH HADSELL, CRYSTAL JACKSON, BRITTANY JACKSON, WILLIAM SPENCE, AND                                        CAROL ANN PAIGE SPENCE IS EXPECTED TO ARRIVE VERY SOON.   BROTHERS:  CHARLES MARSHALL AND WIFE DENA OF TAMPA. FL.                          JOHN MARSHALL OF HOUSTON, TX.            PRECEDED IN DEATH BY   PARENTS:   CARROLL GILBERT AND MELVILLE ELIZABETH MARSHALL          DATE OF SERVICES:    MONDAY, JANUARY 20 2003 AT 2:00 PM PLACE OF SERVICES:   TUSHKA CEMETERY PAVILLION ~ TUSHKA, OK.   INTERMENT:   TUSHKA CEMETERY ~ TUSHKA, OK.   OFFICIATING:   REV. LARRY ARGO   CASKETBEARERS:   JAMES SPENCE, MICHAEL SPENCE, BOB THOMAS, CHRIS HUTSON, AARON CHILES, LARRY ARGO   HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:  JIMMY SPENCE, JOHN MARSHALL, JEFF SPENCE, CHARLES MARSHALL, SCOTT PIERCE         NAME:  FRANCINE JEANETTE (DRUES) HENSLEY COMSTOCK, AGE 78, AN ANTLERS AREA RESIDENT.   BORN:  OCTOBER 3, 1924 AT SAN FRANCISCO, CA TO JACK  AND NELLIE (PRIMER) DRUES.   PASSED AWAY:   MONDAY, JANUARY 20, 2003 FROM INJURIES RECEIVED IN AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT. AGE:   78 YEARS  3  MONTHS  AND   17 DAYS.   EDUCATION:   FRANCINE ATTENDED HIGH SCHOOL AT VISALIA, CA AND LATER CAL-POLY UNIVERSITY. SHE RECEIVED HER MASTERS DEGREE IN EDUCATION FROM EAST CENTRAL STATE UNIVERSITY AT ADA, OK.   MARRIED:   GENE HENSLEY SR ON AUGUST 25, 1943 AT SAN FRANCISCO, CA.                      HERB COMSTOCK ON OCTOBER 25, 1995.   OCCUPATION:  FRANCINE TAUGHT SCHOOL IN NEW MEXICO AND TAUGHT AND RETIRED FROM   BATTIEST SCHOOL SYSTEM  IN OKLAHOMA.   CHURCH AFFILIATION:  SHE WAS A LONGTIME MEMBER OF THE WESTSIDE BAPTIST CHURCH AND CHARTER MEMBER OF THE ONE CREEK VALLEY BAPTIST CHURCH IN ANTLERS, OK.   SHE WAS ALSO A MEMBER OF THE RETIRED TEACHERS ASSOCIATION.          SURVIVED BY   SONS:  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.   STEPSONS:    DAVID COMSTOCK OF THE HOME IN ANTLERS, OK.                          CLIFFORD RAY COMSTOCK AND WIFE MARY OF CLARK, MO.   12 GRANDCHILDREN AND 18 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.          PRECEDED IN DEATH BY   HUSBANDS:  GENE HENSLEY SR. IN OCTOBER, 1985.                          HERB COMSTOCK IN FEBRUARY, 1999. PARENTS:   JACK AND NELLIE (PRIMER) DRUES. STEPDAUGHTER:  DEBBIE COMSTOCK.     DATE OF SERVICES:    THURSDAY, JANUARY 23, 2003 AT 1:00 PM. PLACE OF SERVICES:   ONE CREEK VALLEY BAPTIST CHURCH ~ ANTLERS, OK.                                              SERVICES TO CONCLUDE AT CHURCH.   INTERMENT:   RATTAN CEMETERY ~ RATTAN, OK.   OFFICIATING:   REV. DONNIE DAY. ASSISTING:   REV. DARRELL HEATH AND REV. BOB CHILDERS.   CASKETBEARERS:   CLAUDE SAVAGE, DAVID DODD, MARK JOBE, JOE RYMEL, DONALD KINDER, JEFF HEATH.         NAME:  DEBBIE COMSTOCK, AGE  40, AN ANTLERS AREA RESIDENT.   BORN:  OCTOBER 6, 1962 AT TULARE, CA TO HERB E. AND ELIZABETH (MOORE) COMSTOCK.   PASSED AWAY:   MONDAY, JANUARY 20, 2003 FROM INJURIES RECEIVED IN AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT. AGE:   40 YEARS  3  MONTHS  AND  15 DAYS.   EDUCATION:   DEBBIE ATTENDED SCHOOLS IN PIXLEY, CA AND ANTLERS, OK.   MARRIED:   NEVER MARRIED.   OCCUPATION:    DEBBIE WAS A MUSICIAN AND SINGER.   CHURCH AFFILIATION:    SHE WAS A LONGTIME  MEMBER OF THE WESTSIDE BAPTIST CHURCH AND CHARTER MEMBER OF THE ONE CREEK VALLEY BAPTIST CHURCH IN ANTLERS, OK.          SURVIVED BY   BROTHERS:  DAVID COMSTOCK OF ANTLERS, OK.                          CLIFFORD RAY COMSTOCK AND WIFE MARY OF CLARK, MO.   NIECES:  TAMMY AND TANYA.          PRECEDED IN DEATH BY   PARENTS:   HERB AND ELIZABETH COMSTOCK. STEPMOTHER:    FRANCINE COMSTOCK.     DATE OF SERVICES:    THURSDAY, JANUARY 23, 2003 AT 1:00 PM. PLACE OF SERVICES:   ONE CREEK VALLEY BAPTIST CHURCH ~ ANTLERS, OK.                                              SERVICES TO CONCLUDE AT CHURCH.   INTERMENT:   OAK HILL CEMETERY ~ MCALESTER, OK.   OFFICIATING:   REV. DONNIE DAY. ASSISTING:   REV. DARRELL HEATH AND REV. BOB CHILDERS.   CASKETBEARERS:   CLAUDE SAVAGE, DAVID DODD, MARK JOBE, JOE RYMEL, DONALD KINDER, JEFF HEATH.         NAME:  TAMARA DYANNE (FICKLING) SHARP, AGE 33, AN ANTLERS AREA RESIDENT.   BORN:  JANUARY 25, 1969 AT SUMPTER, SOUTH CAROLINA TO RICHARD AND JOYCE (ANNAS) FICKLING.   PASSED AWAY:   MONDAY, JANUARY 20, 2003 FROM INJURIES RECEIVED IN AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT. AGE:   33 YEARS  11 MONTHS  AND  26 DAYS.   EDUCATION:   TAMARA ATTENDED CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL IN SAN ANGELO, TX.   MARRIED:   JOHNNY SHARP ON FEBRUARY 14, 2002 AT ANTLERS, OK.   OCCUPATION:   A NURSE’S AIDE FOR CHOCTAW NATION NURSING HOME.   CHURCH AFFILIATION:  SHE WAS MEMBER OF THE ONE CREEK VALLEY BAPTIST CHURCH IN ANTLERS.          SURVIVED BY   HUSBAND:   JOHNNY OF THE HOME IN ANTLERS, OK.   FATHER:    RICHARD AND WIFE GENA OF SAN ANGELO, TX.   SISTERS:   BONNIE FICKLING BROWN OF SAN ANGELO, TX.                      KERRI FICKLING OF SAN ANGELO, TX.   FATHER AND MOTHER-IN-LAW:  JOHNNY AND JOYCE SHARP OF ANTLERS, OK.   GRANDMOTHERS:  MRS. RUBY FICKLING OF SAN ANGELO, TX.                                      EMILY ANNAS OF HICKORY, NC.   AUNT:    MARCELLA McALPIN OF TAYLORSVILLE, NC.          PRECEDED IN DEATH BY   MOTHER:  JOYCE (ANNAS) FICKLING. GRANDFATHERS:    M. T. ANNAS AND BUSTER FICKLING.        DATE OF SERVICES:    THURSDAY, JANUARY 23, 2003 AT 1:00 PM. PLACE OF SERVICES:   ONE CREEK VALLEY BAPTIST CHURCH ~ ANTLERS, OK.   INTERMENT:   ANTLERS CITY CEMETERY ~ ANTLERS, OK.   OFFICIATING:   REV. DONNIE DAY. ASSISTING:   REV. DARRELL HEATH AND REV. BOB CHILDERS.   CASKETBEARERS:   AMOS SWEEDEN, JOHNNY SHARP SR., CHARLIE JONES.         NAME:  CARRIE RACHEL “TOOTIE” (STILES) KEELER WOODS, AGE 78, AN ATOKA AREA RESIDENT SINCE 1989 FORMER LONGTIME ADA  AREA RESIDENT.   BORN:  DECEMBER 25, 1924 AT PRAIRIE GROVE, COAL COUNTY, OKLAHOMA TO ISAAC FRANKLIN AND NANCY JANE (EDWARDS) STILES.   PASSED AWAY:   SUNDAY, JANUARY 26, 2003 AT THE ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. AGE:   78  YEARS   1 MONTH   AND 1 DAY.   EDUCATION:   CARRIE ATTENDED PRAIRIE GROVE AND ROUND HILL SCHOOLS IN COAL COUNTY.   MARRIED:   CARL A. KEELER ON APRIL 3, 1943 AT COALGATE, OK.                      HENRY RAWLINGS WOODS ON NOVEMBER 4, 1954.   OCCUPATION:  SHE WAS A  HOUSEWIFE & ALSO WORKED IN RESTAURANTS IN THE ADA AREA.   CHURCH AFFILIATION:  MEMBER OF THE SOUTH ATOKA CHURCH OF CHRIST.           SURVIVED BY   SON:   FLOYD KEELER AND WIFE ELAINE OF ATOKA, OK.   GRANDCHILDREN:   STEPHEN KEELER AND WIFE BRENDA OF ATOKA, OK.                                        MICHAEL KEELER AND WIFE RONI OF ATOKA, OK.                                        APRIL WILLIAMS AND HUSBAND KYLE OF MELTON, FL.   GREAT GRANDCHILDREN:   SCOTT KEELER, SEAN KEELER, BRYAN KEELER, BRANDON KEELER, SHELBY GIBBANY, ROSE GIBBANY, KALEB                                                        WILLIAMS, AND AUSTIN WILLIAMS.   BROTHER:   LINCOLN STILES AND WIFE WILLIE OF LANE, OK.   SISTER:  OLLIE LEE WILSON OF LANE, OK.   SISTERS-IN-LAW:  JUANITA STILES OF COALGATE, OK.                                    JUANITA STILES OF ADA, OK.          PRECEDED IN DEATH BY   HUSBAND:   HENRY RAWLINGS WOODSON ON SEPTEMBER 30. 1990. PARENTS:   ISAAC AND NANCY JANE (EDWARDS) STILES. BROTHERS:  JESSIE, SKINNER, CLABURN, AND MARTIN STILES. SISTERS:   DOLLY WILSON, OLLIE GOLDEN STILES, AND WILLIE BUSH. SISTER-IN-LAW:   ROSIE STILES. BROTHERS-IN-LAW:   PAUL WILSON, HOLLY WILSON, JOE BOOKER, LEON BUSH. GREAT GRANDDAUGHTER:   FELICIA ANN KEELER.          DATE OF SERVICES:    FRIDAY, JANUARY 31, 2003 AT 2:00 PM PLACE OF SERVICES:   BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK.   INTERMENT:   BUTLER CEMETERY ~ LANE, OK.   OFFICIATING:   JOHN CARROLL. ASSISTING:   HAL ISHMAEL.   CASKETBEARERS:   RICHARD LILLARD, JOHNNY SELF, STEVE MANSELL, RANDY MASHBURN, HAL ISHMAEL, LACY COOPER.   HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:  JOHN DARST, HARVEY CAPPS, BILL KING, STEVE HYATT, GENE VIETTA, MARION HYATT.         [Home] [Preneed] [Funerals] [Memorials] [Staff] [Flowers] [Caskets] [Cemeteries] [Contact Us] [General Services] [Coalgate] [Madill]