NAME: REV. HOGAN T. SCARBER, AGE 87, A LONGTIME ATOKA RESIDENT AND RETIRED MINISTER. BORN: DECEMBER 11, 1914 NEAR HARTSHORNE, OK TO WILLIS AND DILLIE (GOSS) SCARBROUGH.(this is correct). PASSED AWAY: FRIDAY, JANUARY 4, 2002 AT THE HERITAGE HILLS NURSING CENTER IN McALESTER, OK. AGE: 87 YEARS 0 MONTHS AND 23 DAYS EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOL AT BOONEVILLE AND WALDRON, AR. MARRIED: OMA ISABELLE DAVIS IN 1932. SHE DIED IN AN AUTO ACCIDENT IN 1953. FRANCES ISOBEL FOOTE ON MAY 9, 1954 AT PANAMA, OK. OCCUPATION: HOGAN WORKED IN THE SAWMILL INDUSTRY AT A YOUNG AGE AND BECAME AN ASSEMBLY OF GOD MINISTER. AFTER HIS MARRIAGE HE PASTORED SEVERAL ASSEMBLY OF GOD CHURCHES, INCLUDING NEEDMORE AND HACKETT, ARKANSAS AS WELL AS WHITESBORO, OKLA. CHURCH AFFILIATION: HE WAS A MEMBER OF PENTECOSTAL CHURCH OF GOD IN MOUNTAIN VIEW FOR MANY YEARS. MR. AND MRS SCARBER OWNED AND OPERATED THE SCARBER NURSING HOME IN THE 1950’S AND 60’S. MR SCARBER PASTORED MANY PENTECOSTAL CHURCHES, INCLUDING CHURCHES IN PONCA CITY, DURANT, HOBART, FLOWER HILL, ARKOMA, CENTRAHOMA, BLACKJACK, AND ATOKA, OKLA. AS WELL AS CHURCHES IN WICHITA FALLS AND DENISON, TEXAS AND DANVILLE, KENTUCKY. HE SERVED AS AN OKLAHOMA PENTECOSTAL CHURCH OF GOD PRESBYTER FOR A TIME. HE RETIRED FROM PASTORING IN THE MID 1990’S AND RESIDED IN ATOKA UNTIL FEBRUARY 2001 WHEN HE MOVED TO THE HERITAGE HILLS NURSING CENTER IN McALESTER. SURVIVED BY CHILDREN: JUANITA SCARBER BOUNDS OF NORMAN, OKA. T. FRAN WALKER AND HUSBAND BOB OF ATOKA, OK. JOHNNIE LEE THOMPSON AND WIFE LeNELL OF ROWLETT, TX. JAMES ALFRED THOMPSON AND WIFE DOROTHY OF MCALESTER, OK. 13 GRANDCHILDREN, 13 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. SISTERS: DOROTHY NELSON OF WALDRON, AR. JEWEL COOPER AND HUSBAND NOYAL OF VALLEJO, CA. NIECE: MAXINE ENDSLEY AND HUSBAND L. E. OF BIVINS, TX. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: WILLIS AND DILLIE (GOSS) SCARBROUGH.FIRST WIFE OF 22 YEARS AND MOTHER OF HIS CHILDREN: OMA ISABELLE DAVIS SCARBER IN 1953.SECOND WIFE OF 47 YEARS: FRANCES ISOBEL FOOTE SCARBER ON JANUARY 31, 2001.CHILDREN: THURMAN FARRELL SCARBER AND LAVERNE SCARBER BRUEHL.SISTER: ALICE ALBRIGHT.SON-IN-LAW: GLEN BOUNDS.GRANDSON: LARRY DON KIRK.GREAT GRANDSON: TAL JACOB THOMSEN.
DATE OF SERVICES: TUESDAY, JANUARY 8, 2002 AT 2:00 PM.PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: GREEN MEADOWS CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. LEON MCDOWELL.ASSISTING: REV. DEE JUSTUS. CASKETBEARERS: STEPHEN THOMPSON, ALEX AYALA, CLINT BOONE, OWEN PRATER, BOB ELMES, GENE VIETTA.
NAME: REV. THOMAS ARNOLD “T.A.” McBRIDE, AGE 57, A LIFELONG CANEY RESIDENT. BORN: MARCH 18, 1944 AT CANEY, OKLAHOMA TO THOMAS ARNOLD, SR. AND SALLY ELIZABETH (WILLIS) McBRIDE. PASSED AWAY: WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 9, 2002 AT HIS RESIDENCE IN CANEY.AGE: 57 YEARS 9 MONTHS AND 21 DAYS. EDUCATION: T. A. ATTENDED SCHOOL AT POSTOAK AND CANEY. MARRIED: GLENDA INEZ WORKMAN ON MAY 25, 1962 AT CANEY, OK. OCCUPATION: T. A. WAS A CARPENTER, BUILDING CONTRACTOR, AND A PASTOR. CHURCH AFFILIATION: T. A. WAS A MEMBER OF THE CANEY FREEWILL BAPTIST CHURCH. HE WAS THE FOUNDER AND PASTOR OF THE CANEY FREEWILL BAPTIST CHURCH AND ONE OF THE FOUNDERS OF THE VOCA BAPTIST CHURCH SURVIVED BY WIFE: GLENDA OF THE HOME IN CANEY, OK. CHILDREN: BRUCE McBRIDE & WIFE SHELLY OF CANEY, OK. SHONDA THOMAS & HUSBAND JOE OF CANEY, OK. SHERRI BROWN & HUSBAND KRIS OF POTEAU, OK. GRANDCHILDREN: TYLER McBRIDE OF CANEY, OK. LINDSAY & JESSECA THOMAS OF CANEY, OK. BROTHERS: ELRAY McBRIDE & WIFE LORRENE OF CADDO, OK. BUSTER McBRIDE & WIFE LENORA OF CANEY, OK. SISTERS: DOROTHY MAE WOOD OF ATOKA, OK. IDA CRITES OF CALERA, OK. DORIS RIDGWAY OF CANEY, OK. HATTIE CARR & HUSBAND CLINT OF CANEY, OK. AUNTS: IDA WILLIS OF TURLOCK, CA. EDITH SHURWOOD OF ALTUS, OK. UNCLES: FLOYD McBRIDE OF WICHITA, KS. WALTER McBRIDE OF DENVER, CO. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: THOMAS ARNOLD SR. and SALLY ELIZABETH McBRIDE.
DATE OF SERVICES: FRIDAY, JANUARY 11, 2002 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: CANEY CEMETERY ~ CANEY, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. BILL YOUNG.ASSISTING: REV. ROBERT EARL UMSTED & REV. VICTOR COOK. CASKETBEARERS: BRUCE & SHELLY McBRIDE, JOE & SHONDA THOMAS, KRIS & SHERRI BROWN, TYLER McBRIDE, LINDSAY THOMAS, JESSECA THOMAS. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: (NEPHEWS) RANDY WORKMAN, RUSSELL WORKMAN, RONALD WORKMAN, MICKEY UMSTED, RICKY UMSTED, BART WORKMAN, BOBBY BOEHME, CLINT CRITES, BRETT DOYLE, DENNIS McBRIDE, TOM McBRIDE, MARION EUGENE CARR, BRYAN CARR, ED WOOD, GLENN HADLEY.
NAME: GLADYS JEWEL ALLEN, AGE 91, A RESIDENT OF ATOKA SINCE 1993. BORN: MAY 13, 1910 AT HONEY GROVE, TEXAS TO PHILLIP AND EVA (McFARLAND) ALLEN. PASSED AWAY: THURSDAY, JANUARY 10, 2002 AT ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.AGE: 91 YEARS 7 MONTHS AND 27 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOL AT FRANKLIN ELEMENTARY AND GRADUATED FROM CADDO HIGH SCHOOL. GLADYS GRADUATED FROM SOUTHEASTERN TEACHERS COLLEGE IN1938 WITH A BACHELOR OF SCIENCE DEGREE. OCCUPATION: SHE WORKED AT TINKER FIELD IN OKLAHOMA CITY FOR APPROXIMATELY 30 YEARS, RETIRING IN 1975. PRIOR TO HER EMPLOYMENT AT TINKER GLADYS TAUGHT AT THE INDIAN SCHOOL IN LAWTON AND LATER AT TUPELO, OK. CHURCH AFFILIATION: GLADYS WAS A LONGTIME MEMBER OF SUNNY LANE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH IN DEL CITY. GLADYS SERVED AS PRESIDENT OF THE WESLEYAN SERVICE GUILD (DORIS GROUP) FOR ONE YEAR 1970-71. SHE SERVED SEVERAL TIMES AS CHAIRPERSON OF THE DORIS GROUP AND OFTEN SERVED AS AN OFFICER OR COMMITTEE CHAIRPERSON; SHE WANTED TO DO HER PART WHENEVER CALLED UPON. BEFORE GOING TO ATOKA, GLADYS WAS APPOINTED SENIOR ADULT COORDINATOR AT SUNNY LANE AND SHE HELD THIS POSITION FOR SEVERAL YEARS. GLADYS SERVED AS PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED FAITH ORGAINIZATION FOR TWO YEARS 1981-1982, WAS TREASURER FOR TWO YEARS, SPECIAL EVENTS CHAIR FOR FIVE YEARS, TRANSPORTATION CHAIR FOR THREE YEARS AND SERVED AS CHAIR OF DEVOTIONAL, NOMINATING, AND REGISTRATION COMMITTEES FOR ONE YEAR EACH. SHE WAS ALWAYS WILLING TO SERVE WHERE NEEDED AND WANTED TO HELP OTHERS. SHE HAS BEEN GREATLY MISSED AT SUNNY LANE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH. HER LIFE WAS SERVING AND HELPING OTHERS. SURVIVED BY NEPHEWS: DON LOFTIS and WIFE VELTA OF ATOKA, OK. PAT LOFTIS and WIFE JUDY OF ATOKA, OK. D. W. LOFTIS and WIFE LETA OF DURANT, OK. BUDDY ALLEN and WIFE MARGARET OF SHAWNEE, OK. RAY ALLEN and WIFE MELODY OF ARLINGTON, TX. HORACE ALLEN and WIFE MARGARET OF SHAWNEE, OK. NIECE: EVA JOY JOSLIN and HUSBAND JAMES OF ARLINGTON, TX. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: PHILLIP and EVA ALLEN.BROTHERS: VIRGIL, DEWEY and RAYMOND ALLEN.SISTERS: VIOLA LOFTIS and MERLE BRENTLINGER.
DATE OF SERVICES: SATURDAY, JANUARY 12, 2002 AT 11:00 A.M.PLACE OF SERVICES: GRAVESIDE SERVICES. INTERMENT: HIGHLAND CEMETERY ~ DURANT, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. TOM HARGRAVE.ASSISTING: REV. RON KING. CASKETBEARERS: DON LOFTIS, PAT LOFTIS, BUDDY ALLEN, RAY ALLEN, HORACE ALLEN, STEVE LOFTIS.
NAME: MINOR DECATOR “RED” MURPHY, AGE 90, OF WAPANUCKA AND RESIDENT OF HURLEY MANOR LAST 5 YEARS. BORN: JULY 17, 1911 AT BLOCKER, OKLAHOMA TO HENRY FRANK AND SARAH BELL SNOW MURPHY. PASSED AWAY: THURSDAY, JANUARY 10, 2002 AT HURLEY MANOR IN COALGATE.AGE: 90 YEARS 5 MONTHS AND 23 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOL AT ROCKY POINT NEAR RUSH SPRINGS, OK. MARRIED: UNA EVELYN MAE JEFFCOAT ON AUGUST 18, 1942 AT BENNINGTON, OK. OCCUPATION: HE WAS A FARMER. CHURCH AFFILIATION: BAPTIST. SURVIVED BY WIFE: UNA MURPHY OF WAPANUCKA, OK. DAUGHTER: EVELYN FAY WILLIAMSON AND HUSBAND CARL OF WAPANUCKA, OK. SON: FRANK HENRY MURPHY OF COLEMAN, OK. GRANDCHILDREN: TINE MURPHY OF SHAWNEE, OK. CONNIE SHIRLEY AND HUSBAND KEVIN OF DAISY, OK. RICK WILLIAMSON OF CEMENT, OK. TERRY WILLIAMSON AND WIFE LAVONDA OF VANOSE, OK. DELBERT WILLIAMSON AND WIFE BUFFY OF CEMENT, OK. GRANDSON-IN-LAW: CAREY KIRK AND WIFE DEAN OF MILBURN, OK. GREAT GRANDCHILDREN: KEITH, AMANDA, AND MICHAEL KIRK OF MILBURN, OK. CODY HALL OF MILBURN, OK. WILL HALL AND WIFE AMANDA OF DURANT, OK. GREAT GREAT GRANDSON: LEVI HALL OF DURANT, OK. NIECE: LOU ANN DAVIS OF OKLAHOMA CITY. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: HENRY FRANK AND SARAH BELL MURPHY.GRANDDAUGHTER: LISA JO KIRK.SISTERS: MINNIE FULTON AND HELEN KING.BROTHERS: ROY MURPHY AND BILL MURPHY.STEP BROTHER: ROY ROBERTSON.
DATE OF SERVICES: SUNDAY, JANUARY 13, 2002 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: GRAVESIDE SERVICES. INTERMENT: ROSEHILL CEMETERY ~ WAPANUCKA, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. LARRY SCHOONOVER. CASKETBEARERS: CAREY KIRK, ROGER JEFFCOAT, KEITH KIRK, RAY JEFFCOAT, RUSSELL WILLIAMSON, WILL HALL. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: MICHAEL KIRK, AMANDA KIRK, CODY HALL.
NAME: MARY LOUISE (ELLIOTT) LAMBERSON BAKER, AGE 76, OF ATOKA AND FORMERLY OF DURANT, OK. BORN: APRIL 7, 1925 AT RANGER, TEXAS TO MINOR L. AND ETHEL LEOLA (McKEEHAN) ELLIOTT. PASSED AWAY: FRIDAY, JANUARY 11, 2002 AT ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. AGE: 76 YEARS 9 MONTHS AND 4 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOL AND GRADUATED FROM BURBANK HIGH IN SAN ANTONIO, TX. MARRIED: JAMES T. “J. T.” LAMBERSON ON OCTOBER 18, 1946 AT FT. WORTH, TX. DOYLE BAKER AT ATOKA, OK. OCCUPATION: SHE WORKED IN PROMOTIONAL SERVICES MANY YEARS. CHURCH AFFILIATION: MEMBER OF THE GOSPEL LIGHTHOUSE CHURCH IN COALGATE, OK. SURVIVED BY HUSBAND: DOYLE BAKER OF ATOKA, OK. SISTER: KATHILENE MURRAY OF DURANT, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: MINOR L AND ETHEL LEOLA ELLIOTT.HUSBAND: JAMES T. “J. T.” LAMBERSON.
DATE OF SERVICES: MONDAY, JANUARY 14, 2002 AT 3:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: GRAVESIDE SERVICES. INTERMENT: HIGHLAND CEMETERY ~ DURANT, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. DOUGLAS WEST.
NAME: SOPHIA MAE (LEFLORE) WOODS, AGE 79, A LONGTIME LANE AREA RESIDENT. BORN: FEBRUARY 16, 1922 AT BLACKJACK, ATOKA COUNTY, OKLAHOMA TO MOSES J. AND BETSY (JAMES) LEFLORE. PASSED AWAY: SUNDAY, JANUARY 13, 2002 AT ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. AGE: 79 YEARS 10 MONTHS AND 27 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOL AT BOSWELL AND CATHOLIC SCHOOL IN ANTLERS. MARRIED: GRAYMON WILLIAMS. PALO WOODS. OCCUPATION: SHE WORKED AS A JANITOR AT THUNDERBIRD LODGE IN ATOKA, OK. CHURCH AFFILIATION: SOPHIA WAS A MEMBER OF PINE GROVE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH IN LANE. SHE WAS ALSO ACTIVE IN JOHNSON-O’MALLEY EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM IN PAST YEARS. SURVIVED BY CHILDREN: NORMA JEAN HOWE AND HUSBAND VERN OF RED OAK, OK. SHIRLEY HAMILTON AND HUSBAND RON OF MUSKOGEE, OK. 20 GRANDCHILDREN, 22 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, 6 GREAT GREAT GRANDSONS. SPECIAL GRANDDAUGHTERS: SARAH AND CANDEANNA CAMP OF MUSKOGEE, OK.SPECIAL GREAT GRANDSON: JASON ALEXANDER ROWELL OF MUSKOGEE, OK. SISTER: LIZZIE WILLIAMS AND HUSBAND REED OF TUSHKA, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY FIRST HUSBAND: GRAYMON WILLIAMS IN January, 1979SECOND HUSBAND: PALO WOODS IN 1986.SONS: GILBERT B. AND WOODROW WILLIAMSDAUGHTER: NANCY M. IRVIN.SISTER: LOUISE LEFLORE.
DATE OF SERVICES: WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 16, 2002 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: CANE HILL CEMETERY ~ BENTLEY, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. JASON YARBROUGH.ASSISTING: REV. NATHAN SCOTT. CASKETBEARERS: RAYMOND WILLIAMS, KENNETH WILLIAMS, HENRY CAPPS, JERRY WILLIAMS, WOODROW MARRIS, TIM WESLEY. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: JASON ALEXANDER ROWELL, MICHAEL IRVIN, GILBERT WILLIAMS JR., BARNEY BILLY, HUCK NELSON, GENE DODSON.
NAME: ANGELA DAWANA (NORTHCUTT) REASONER, AGE 52, OF DENISON, TEXAS AND FORMERLY OF ATOKA, OK. BORN: SEPTEMBER 1, 1949 AT ATOKA, OKLAHOMA TO BUDDY AND MILDRED (JOHNS0N) NORTHCUTT. PASSED AWAY: MONDAY, JANUARY 14, 2002 AT TEXOMA MEDICAL CENTER IN DENISON, TX.AGE: 52 YEARS 4 MONTHS AND 13 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOL AT WILSON AND GRADUATED FROM WAPANUCKA HIGH SCHOOL IN 1967. OCCUPATION: SHE WAS A HOME CARE PROVIDER FOR THE ELDERLY AND OWNED AND OPERATED A NURSING HOME IN DENISON, TEXAS FOR SEVERAL YEARS. CHURCH AFFILIATION: SHE WAS A MEMBER OF THE KINGDOM HALL OF JEHOVAH WITNESS IN DENISON, TX. SURVIVED BY DAUGHTER: ANGIE TOWNSEND OF CALERA, OK. SON: CHRIS TOWNSEND & WIFE TAMELA OF CALERA, OK. GRANDCHILDREN: KRISTEN TOWNSEND, CODY TOWNSEND, C. J. TOWNSEND, & ALEX CALDWELL OF CALERA, OK. STEPFATHER: BILL HARRIS OF ATOKA, OK. SISTER: TAMMY CLAYTON OF COLBERT, OK. AUNTS: JEAN WEESE OF ATOKA, OK. WANDA TURNER OF COLEMAN, OK. BETTY ISABELL OF COALGATE, OK. VERY SPECIAL FRIEND: RITA MANNING OF KEMP, OK. 3 HALF SISTERS, 2 HALF BROTHERS. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY MOTHER: MILDRED HARRIS.FATHER: BUDDY NORTHCUTT.GRANDPARENTS: JACK & OLA JOHNSON.BROTHER: RONNIE NORTHCUTT.
DATE OF MEMORIAL SERVICES: SATURDAY, JANUARY 19, 2002 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: KINGDOM HALL OF JEHOVAH WITNESS ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: ROSEHILL CEMETERY ~ WAPANUCKA, OK. OFFICIATING: ELDER DON MARICAL.
NAME: CORA J. YARBROUGH, AGE 100, A LONGTIME ATOKA RESIDENT.  BORN: DECEMBER 2, 1901 IN INDIAN TERRITORY TO SHERMAN AND LILLIE L. (JENNINGS) MILLER. PASSED AWAY: MONDAY, JANUARY 14, 2002 AT ATOKA COLONIAL LIVING CENTER.AGE: 100 YEARS 1 MONTH AND 12 DAYS. MARRIED: TOM WOOD. WILLIE YARBROUGH. OCCUPATION: WIFE AND MOTHER. CHURCH AFFILIATION: MEMBER OF MT. VIEW PENTECOSTAL CHURCH OF GOD IN ATOKA. SURVIVED BY SON: ROBERT WOOD OF ATOKA, OK. DAUGHTER: BERTIE MAE WILKINSON OF CALIFORNIA. STEP SON: EUGENE YARBROUGH OF ATOKA, OK. MANY GRANDCHILDREN, GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, AND GREAT GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: SHERMAN & LILLIE MILLER.FIRST HUSBAND: TOM WOOD.SECOND HUSBAND: WILLIE YARBROUGH ON MAY 23, 1985.SON: BUSTER WOOD.
DATE OF SERVICES: THURSDAY, JANUARY 17, 2002 AT 10:00 A.M.PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: BERA CEMETERY ~ HARMONY, OK. OFFICIATING: LARRY LUMAN. CASKETBEARERS: BOBBY WOOD, DONALD WOOD, JOEY WOOD, CHARLES EVANS.
NAME: BETTY L. (WEBSTER) HURST, AGE 61, OF DUNCANVILLE, TEXAS AND FORMER ATOKA AREA RESIDENT. BORN: OCTOBER 4,1940 AT ATOKA, OKLAHOMA TO RAYMOND AND EMMA LUCILLE (YORK) WEBSTER. PASSED AWAY: TUESDAY, JANUARY 15, 2002 AT RESIDENCE IN DUNCANVILLE, TX.AGE: 61 YEARS 3 MONTHS AND 11 DAYS EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS IN ATOKA, OK. MARRIED: JIM HURST ON APRIL 16, 1960 AT DALLAS, TX. OCCUPATION: SUPERVISOR FOR 19 YEARS FOR MUTUAL OF OMAHA INSURANCE. CHURCH AFFILIATION: BAPTIST FAITH. SHE WAS A MEMBER OF THE CALERA GENOLOGY HERITAGE CLUB IN CALERA, OKLAHOMA AND THE GARDEN CLUB IN DUNCANVILLE, TEXAS. SURVIVED BY HUSBAND: JIM HURST OF THE HOME AT DUNCANVILLE, TX. SON: JIM HURST, JR. OF THE HOME AT DUNCANVILLE, TX. MOTHER: LUCILLE WEBSTER OF ATOKA, OK. GRANDMOTHER: EPRIESTES WEBSTER OF ATOKA, OK. BROTHER: DONALD GENE WEBSTER OF ATOKA, OK. SISTER: PATSY ANN FAULKENBERRY OF ATOKA, OK. AUNT: BARBARA ARMSTRONG & HUSBAND FRED OF ATOKA, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY FATHER: RAYMOND WEBSTER.
DATE OF SERVICES: THURSDAY, JANUARY 17, 2002 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: GREEN MEADOWS CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. JASON YARBROUGH. ASSISTING: BILLY HURST. CASKETBEARERS: BILLY HURST, STAN HURST, TED HENDERSON, SEAN LACEY, JOHNNY FAULKENBERRY, ELTON HENDERSON.
NAME: MASSEY MACK WILLIAMS, AGE 84, A LONGTIME ATOKA RESIDENT. BORN: MARCH 13, 1917 IN ROGER MILLS COUNTY, OKLAHOMA TO ISSAC T. AND MAUDE C. (MASSEY) WILLIAMS. PASSED AWAY: WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 16, 2002 AT McALESTER REGIONAL HOSPITAL.AGE: 84 YEARS 0 MONTHS AND 3 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOL AT TRAIL, OKLAHOMA IN DEWEY COUNTY. MARRIED: LOUIS “LOU” MARCELLA ALLEN ON JANUARY 22, 1966 AT SHERMAN, TX. OCCUPATION: MACK WAS A HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERATOR. HE WORKED ROAD CONSTRUCTION AND WORKED A FEW YEARS FOR THE CITY OF ATOKA, RETIRING IN 1998. CHURCH AFFILIATION: MEMBER OF ATOKA FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH. ALSO A MEMBER OF THE ATOKA MASONIC LODGE. SURVIVED BY WIFE: LOU WILLIAMS OF THEIR HOME IN ATOKA, OK. SONS: DEWEY L. WILLIAMS OF DALLAS, TX. DANIEL L. WILLIAMS and WIFE AMANDA OF CARROLLTON, TX. DAUGHTERS: MACKQULINE SUE WINCHESTER and HUSBAND JIM OF PARIS, TN. DEBRA ANN BULLARD OF ENID, OK. DONNA LYNN PLUMMER OF ELK CITY, OK. DIANE BANKS and HUSBAND TIM OF ELK CITY, OK. 10 GRANDCHILDREN, 3 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. BROTHERS: LEO WILLIAMS and WIFE LINDA OF FOUNTAIN GREEN, UT. IKEY WILLIAMS and WIFE LENNIE OF TECUMSEH, MO. SISTERS: CLEO CARSON and HUSBAND KIT OF UTOPIA, TX. RUTH BEAVERS OF UVALDE, TX. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: ISSAC and MAUDE WILLIAMS.GRANDCHILDREN: TRUDY WINCHESTER and CHRISTOPHER STONE.SISTERS: LOUISE HATFIELD and CAROLINE DAVIS.
DATE OF SERVICES: SATURDAY, JANUARY 19, 2002 AT 2:00 P.M.PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: KIOWA CEMETERY ~ KIOWA, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. LOYD THOMPSON. CASKETBEARERS: KENNY PETERSON, GREG PETERSON, JIMMIE ALLEN, JOE PARENT, EDWIN GAIL DEAN, TOMMY WILLIAMS, VIRGIL ALLEN. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: NATHAN WATSON, CLIFFORD WATSON, CLAY COLE, HERMAN COCHRAN.
NAME: LLOYD D. PATTON, AGE 69, A LONGTIME ATOKA COUNTY RESIDENT. BORN: APRIL 11, 1932 AT CLARITA-BURR VALLEY IN COAL COUNTY, OK TO JAMES ARNOLD AND EFFIE LOU (FAIRCHILD) PATTON. PASSED AWAY: THURSDAY, JANUARY 17, 2002 AT HIS STRINGTOWN RESIDENCE.AGE: 69 YEARS 9 MONTHS AND 6 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOL AT CLARITA, GRADUATING FROM CENTRAHOMA HIGH SCHOOL. MARRIED: ALMA JO PENDLEY ON JUNE 9, 1954 AT OKLAHOMA CITY. OCCUPATION: LLOYD WAS A SKILLED ROOFER AND BUILDING CONTRACTOR, RETIRING IN 1994. CHURCH AFFILIATION: MEMBER OF STRINGTOWN FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH AND WAS BROTHERHOOD DIRECTOR AND SERVED ON BUILDING AND GROUNDS COMMITTEE FOR ATOKA-COAL BAPTIST ASSOCIATION. LLOYD SERVED HIS COUNTRY THE IN THE US ARMY, AIRBORNE DIVISION DURING THE KOREAN CONFLICT. SURVIVED BY WIFE: JO PATTON OF THEIR HOME IN STRINGTOWN, OK. SON: ARNOLD PATTON AND WIFE TERRI OF STRINGTOWN, OK. DAUGHTER: ROBBIE BENNETT AND HUSBAND TOMMY OF STRINGTOWN, OK. GRANDDAUGHTERS: TAMI BLACKWOOD AND HUSBAND ALLEN OF CANEY, OK. CASSANDRA BENNETT OF PLANO, TX. MARCI BENNETT AND BRANDON WEST OF PLANO, TX. SHAUNCI WILLIAMS AND HUSBAND JASON OF STRINGTOWN, OK. TONI PATTON OF STRINGTOWN, OK. GRANDSON: SHEA PATTON OF STRINGTOWN, OK. GREAT GRANDSONS: TALLEN BLACKWOOD OF CANEY, OK. TOMYE BLACKWOOD OF CANEY, OK. EXPECTING 2 MORE SOON. STEPMOTHER: WENNIE PATTON OF MT. PLEASANT, TX. HALF SISTER: PAT LOVE OF LONE GROVE, OK. MOTHER-IN-LAW: RUBY BULLINGTON AND HUSBAND PETE OF KONAWA, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: JAMES AND EFFIE PATTON.HALF BROTHER: JIMMY PATTON.BABY SISTER: ROSETTA PATTON.2 INFANT BROTHERS.FATHER-IN-LAW: FLOYD PENDLEY.
DATE OF SERVICES: SATURDAY, JANUARY 19, 2002 AT 1:00 P.M.PLACE OF SERVICES: FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH ~ STRINGTOWN, OK. INTERMENT: STRINGTOWN CEMETERY ~ STRINGTOWN, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. RICHARD MAGBY.ASSISTING: REV. LOYD THOMPSON. CASKETBEARERS: BILL GIVENS, KENNY LAYTON, LOUIE LAYTON, ROY GADBERRY, DALE “NUB” STEPHENS, LEWIS LAYTON. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: JACK LANSDALE, J. C. GADBERRY, MIKE MILLER, KEN CHAFFIN, SONNY LAYTON, CHRIS EDGER.
NAME: KENNETH RAY “K. C.” COGBURN, AGE 42, OF McALESTER AND A FORMER LONGTIME ATOKA AREA RESIDENT.  BORN: OCTOBER 2, 1959 AT LUBBOCK, TEXAS TO WILLIE NEWTON AND BETTY JO (PETERS) COGBURN. PASSED AWAY: FRIDAY, JANUARY 18 2002 AT THE McALESTER REGIONAL HOSPITAL.AGE: 42 YEARS 3 MONTHS AND 10 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOL AT TAHOKA, TEXAS AND GRADUATED FROM HIGH SCHOOL AT O’DONNELL, TEXAS IN 1977. HE ALSO ATTENDED CLEET SCHOOL AND WAS A CERTIFIED LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER. OCCUPATION: K. C. WORKED IN LAW ENFORCEMENT MOST OF HIS ADULT LIFE. HE WAS A DEPUTY SHERIFF AND POLICE OFFICER. AT THE TIME OF HIS DEATH, HE WAS A SECURITY OFFICER WITH THE CHOCTAW NATION AND WORKED IN McALESTER. SURVIVED BY SONS: JUSTIN AND JORDAN COGBURN BOTH OF TAHOKA, TX. TANNER COGBURN OF McALESTER, OK. FATHER: WILLIE COGBURN OF LIVINGSTON, TEXAS AND FORMERLY OF CRYSTAL. SISTERS: JUDY OWENS AND HUSBAND NEAL OF SLATON, TX. JO ALLSUP AND HUSBAND STEVE OF LUBBOCK, TX. LAURA AUSTIN AND HUSBAND JAMES OF BRIDGEPORT, TX. STACIE NEWSOME AND HUSBAND JAY OF EDENBERG, TX. BROTHERS: LEON COGBURN AND WIFE JOYCE OF BASTROP, TX. WAYNE COGBURN AND WIFE NORMA OF SLATON, TX. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY MOTHER: BETTY JO COGBURN.
DATE OF SERVICES: MONDAY, JANUARY 21, 2002 AT 2:00 P.M.PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: CRYSTAL CEMETERY ~ ATOKA COUNTY, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. DARRELL HEATH. CASKETBEARERS: TED PETERS, DENNIS PETERS, GLEN COOK, SHANNON COGBURN, WILL COGBURN, HENRY SANDERS. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: KENNETH BATTLES, DOYLE BATTLES, JOHNNY MAC.
NAME: MARY ELLEN (ROBINSON) FUGATE, AGE 66, A LONGTIME STRINGTOWN AREA RESIDENT. BORN: DECEMBER 12, 1935 NEAR STRINGTOWN TO CECIL EDGAR AND ANNIE ETHEL (BOONE) ROBINSON. PASSED AWAY: FRIDAY, JANUARY 18 2002 AT HER RESIDENCE EAST OF STRINGTOWN, OK.AGE: 66 YEARS 1 MONTH AND 6 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOL AT EAST TELICO AND GRADUATED FROM ATOKA HIGH SCHOOL. MARRIED: DALE FUGATE ON FEBRUARY 19, 1955 AT TUCUMCARI, NM. OCCUPATION: MARY OWNED AND OPERATED A BEAUTY SHOP AT HER HOME MANY YEARS. SHE WAS A HOUSEWIFE AND HOMEMAKER AND WORKED A FEW YEARS AT NOELS IN STRINGTOWN, OK. MARY WAS ALWAYS A VERY ACTIVE PERSON AND MUCH INVOLVED IN COMMUNITY WORK AND HELPING OTHERS. SURVIVED BY CHILDREN: KARREN HULL AND HUSBAND RAY OF WAYNOKA, OK. KEITH FUGATE OF STRINGTOWN, OK. KAYLA STRICKLAND AND HUSBAND DAVID OF MESQUITE, TX. GRANDCHILDREN: RAYCHEL AND GINGER HULL OF WAYNOKA, OK. MATTHEW AND MICHAEL STRICKLAND OF MESQUITE, TX.S MOTHER: ETHEL BOONE OF STRINGTOWN, OK. SISTERS: JEAN OGLE OF CONROE, TX. FAYE EASTEP AND HUSBAND DONNOE OF STRINGTOWN, OK. CHRISTINE BANKSTON AND HUSBAND RAY OF PASSCHRISTIAN, MS. BROTHERS: BO ROBINSON AND WIFE ANN OF FT. WORTH, TX. DEE ROBINSON AND WIFE BARBARA OF WICHITA FALLS, TX. TOM ROBINSON AND WIFE JOYCE OF ATOKA, OK. BOB ROBINSON AND WIFE TRINA OF STRINGTOWN, OK. LARRY ROBINSON AND WIFE SUE OF DUMAS, TX. JERRY ROBINSON AND WIFE BONNIE OF STRINGTOWN, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY FATHER: CECIL ROBINSON.HUSBAND: DALE FUGATE ON DECEMBER 26, 1991.BROTHER: JOE BILL ROBINSON.
DATE OF SERVICES: TUESDAY, JANUARY 22, 2002 AT 2:00 P.M.PLACE OF SERVICES: PENN AND A CHURCH OF CHRIST ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: MT OLIVE CEMETERY ~ STRINGTOWN, OK. OFFICIATING: DR. DAVID DILLOW. CASKETBEARERS: LARRY EASTEP, JULIUS ROBINSON, JOHN FUGATE, TERRY FUGATE, JACK DeBORD, STETSON BRADFORD.
NAME: ELENE (ELAINE) EFFIE (TAYLOR) MAXEY HOUSER, AGE 76 OF OKLAHOMA CITY AND FORMERLY OF ATOKA, OK. BORN: NOVEMBER 22, 1925 AT ATOKA TO ALVIE HERBERT AND HALLIE BEATRICE (JOHNSON) TAYLOR. PASSED AWAY: SATURDAY, JANUARY 19, 2002 IN OKLAHOMA CITY. AGE: 76 YEARS 1 MONTHS AND 28 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOL AT WILSON AND ATOKA. MARRIED: EDWARD MAXEY ON FEBRUARY 14, 1942 AT ATOKA, OK. FRANK HOUSER IN 1965 AT LAWTON, OK. OCCUPATION: SHE WAS A HOUSEWIFE AND HOMEMAKER. CHURCH AFFILIATION: PENTECOSTAL. SURVIVED BY CHILDREN: EDWARD R. MAXEY AND WIFE LINDA OF McALESTER, OK. CHARLES L. “COTTON” MAXEY AND WIFE VAL OF NORMAN, OK. ALVIE D. MAXEY AND WIFE SHARON OF ST. PETERSBURG, FL. SHIRLEY F. BURGESS AND HUSBAND RAY OF OKLAHOMA CITY. LOIS B. “GEE GEE’ KELSEY AND HUSBAND MIKE OF OKLAHOMA CITY. FAYE E. AMOS AND HUSBAND JOE OF MOORE, OK. 12 GRANDCHILDREN, 15 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. FORMER HUSBAND: EDWARD MAXEY OF OKLAHOMA CITY. HALF SISTERS: BOBBIE FISHER OF BYERS, OK. IRENE HEARRELL OF OKLAHOMA CITY. LORENE DUNN OF OKLAHOMA CITY. SUSIE HARRIS OF OKLAHOMA CITY. WILMA DEAN LOWE OF ATOKA, OK. HALF BROTHER: SAM TAYLOR OF LINDSAY, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: ALVIE AND HALLIE TAYLOR.HUSBAND: FRANK HOUSER.SON: DANNY MAXEY.BROTHERS: JUNIOR AND BILLY JOE TAYLOR.SISTER: MAXINE HUNTER.HALF SISTER: JOYCE TAYLOR.
DATE OF SERVICES: TUESDAY, JANUARY 22, 2002 AT 10:00 A.M.PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: BOGGY DEPOT CEMETERY ~ ATOKA COUNTY, OK. OFFICIATING: ARVEL HALL. CASKETBEARERS: DARRELL MAXEY, ROY MAXEY, BO HUNTER, RAY TAYLOR, JOE MAXEY, JERRY MAXEY. HONORARY. CASKETBEARERS: LLOYD GREGG, JERRY HUNTER, GLEN MAXEY, ROY TAYLOR, DAVID TAYLOR, RANDY TAYLOR.
NAME: SELMA MARTHA (MCGINTY) ANDERSON, AGE 86, A LONGTIME BENTLEY AREA RESIDENT. BORN: MARCH 4, 1915 AT MEYERS CHAPEL, ATOKA COUNTY, OKLAHOMA TO THURLOW OSCAR “T. O.” AND ZUDIA BELL (POND) MCGINTY. PASSED AWAY: WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 23, 2002 AT ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.AGE: 86 YEARS 10 MONTHS AND 19 DAYS EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOL AT BLACKJACK. MARRIED: THOMAS MARION ANDERSON ON MARCH 25, 1940 AT BENTLEY, OK. OCCUPATION: HOUSEWIFE AND HOMEMAKER. CHURCH AFFILIATION: ATTENDED BENTLEY BAPTIST CHURCH. SELMA LOVED EMBROIDERY, GARDENING AND CANNING. SHE ALWAYS HAD A COOKIE JAR FULL OF HOMEMAKE COOKIES FOR HER FAMILY. SURVIVED BY CHILDREN: BILLIE COOPER and HUSBAND LUTHER OF ATOKA, OK. LEON ANDERSON OF BENTLEY, OK. RICHARD ANDERSON and WIFE JOAN OF SHERMAN, TX. GRANDCHILDREN: STEVE ANDERSON and WIFE CAROL OF DALLAS, TX. JOHNNY COLE OF PALESTINE, TX. KIM GOOD and HUSBAND DAVID OF CRANDELL, TX. DEBBIE OSBOURN and HUSBAND NICK OF DENISON, TX. TAMMY COLE OF BENTLEY, OK. MICHAEL ANDERSON and FIANCEE HOLLEY OF SHERMAN, TX. ROBERT ANDERSON OF SHERMAN, TX. GREAT GRANDCHILDREN: DALTON and DILLON GOOD OF CRANDELL, TX. SON-IN-LAW: KENNETH COLE OF BENTLEY, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HUSBAND: THOMAS MARION ANDERSON ON NOVEMBER 23, 1971.PARENTS: T. O. AND ZUDIA McGINTY.DAUGHTER: VICKIE COLE ON MARCH 1, 1996.BROTHERS: THOMAS OSCAR McGINTY, VIRGIL McGINTY, and WESLEY McGINTY.SISTERS: GLADYS SAM, MYRTLE HOOPER, LELIA JACKSON, and DELIA SOLLOTT.
DATE OF SERVICES: FRIDAY, JANUARY 25, 2002 AT 10:00 A.M.PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: BENTLEY CEMETERY ~ BENTLEY, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. JOHN HOWARD. CASKETBEARERS: MICHAEL ANDERSON, ROBERT ANDERSON, STEVE ANDERSON, KENNETH COLE, KENNETH MOSER, DONALD COYLE.
NAME: ANNA (MILLER) MAST COBLENTZ, AGE 91, OF COALGATE, OK. BORN: SEPTEMBER 14, 1910 AT TROY, OHIO TO JOHN AND FANNIE (TROYER) MILLER. PASSED AWAY: WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 23, 2002 AT HER RESIDENCE IN COALGATE, OK.AGE: 91 YEARS 4 MONTHS AND 9 DAYS. EDUCATION: MARRIED: OCCUPATION: HOUSEWIFE AND HOMEMAKER. CHURCH AFFILIATION: NO OTHER INFORMATION AVAILABLE. SURVIVED BY PRECEDED IN DEATH BY
DATE OF SERVICES: SUNDAY, JANUARY 27, 2002 AT 9:30 AM.PLACE OF SERVICES: KING CHURCH ~ HARTVILLE, OH. INTERMENT: MAPLE GROVE CEMETERY ~ HARTVILLE, OH. OFFICIATING: BISHOP JOHN BEACHY. CASKETBEARERS: NOAH BYLER, JOHN DETWEILER, WILLIAM COBLENTZ, PERRY COBLENTZ, DANIEL MAST, DANIEL COBLENTZ.
NAME: RHEBA DAISY (GRAHAM) BRUMLEY, AGE 64, OF RAVIA, OK. BORN: FEBRUARY 17, 1937 AT RAVIA, OKLAHOMA TO EDGAR “ED” AND EVA LILLIE (MARTIN) GRAHAM. PASSED AWAY: THURSDAY, JANUARY 24, 2002 AT MERCY HOSPITAL IN ARDMORE, OK.AGE: 64 YEARS 11 MONTHS AND 7 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED AND GRADUATED FROM RAVIA AND ATTENDED MURRAY STATE COLLEGE NURSING PROGRAM AND WAS A L.P.N. MARRIED: ANDREW BRUMLEY ON JULY 8, 1995 AT RAVIA, OK. OCCUPATION: . SHE WAS A HOUSEWIFE AND HOMEMAKER. RHEBA WORKED A NUMBER OF YEARS AT DEE’S MANUFACTURING IN TISHOMINGO, SHE ALSO WORKED AS A NURSE AT MADILL HOSPITAL, TISHOMINGO HOSPITAL, AND HILLCREST NURSING HOME IN TISHOMINGO, OK. CHURCH AFFILIATION: MEMBER OF RAVIA CHURCH OF GOD. SURVIVED BY HUSBAND: ANDREW BRUMLEY OF RAVIA, OK. SON: ED BRANCH OF ALBUQUERQUE, NM. BROTHERS: ELLIS GRAHAM and WIFE BETTY OF RAVIA, OK. REDON GRAHAM and WIFE JOANN OF RAVIA, OK. GARY GRAHAM and WIFE LECRETIA OF KENIFIC, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: ED and EVA GRAHAM.BROTHERS: VERNON and PHILLIP GRAHAM.SISTER: MARY HANEY.NIECE: DONNA KNIGHT.
DATE OF MEMORIAL SERVICE: THURSDAY, JANUARY 31, 2002 AT 4:00 P.M.PLACE OF SERVICES: RAVIA CHURCH OF GOD ~ RAVIA, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. MICHAEL STEVENS.ASSISTING: REV. J.D. BRUMLEY.
NAME: VIRGINIA FRANCES (STEININGER) NOWLIN, AGE 86, A LONGTIME TUSHKA RESIDENT. BORN: JUNE 16, 1915 AT WELCH, OKLAHOMA TO JOSEPH AND IDA ISABELL (YATES) STEININGER. PASSED AWAY: FRIDAY, JANUARY 25, 2002 AT ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.AGE: 86 YEARS 7 MONTHS AND 19 DAYS. EDUCATION: UNKNOWN. MARRIED: ELBERT NOWLIN ON JUNE. 27, 1935 AT NORMAN, OK. OCCUPATION: SHE WAS A HOUSEWIFE AND HOMEMAKER. CHURCH AFFILIATION: MEMBER OF THE TUSHKA BAPTIST CHURCH, WAS A CHIOR MEMBER AND TAUGHT SUNDAY SCHOOL FOR MANY YEARS. SHE WAS ALSO A MEMBER OF THE ORDER OF THE EASTERN STAR IN ALAMAGOURDA, NM. SURVIVED BY NEPHEWS: DOYLE AND LONNIE NOWLIN OF OKLAHOMA CITY. EDWARD NOWLIN OF TUTTLE, OK. J. R. STEININGER OF ALAMO, TX. NIECES: MARY NOWLIN OF GRANTS, NM. BERTIE MAE SCOSKIE OF MIAMI, FL. WANDA BARRINGER OF OKLAHOMA CITY. VIRGINIA LEE BURNETT OF OKLAHOMA CITY. COUSIN: VIVA LEE EASTERIDGE OF CENTERPOINT, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HUSBAND: ELBERT NOWLIN on august 8, 1998.INFANT DAUGHTER: CARLA.PARENTS: JOSEPH AND IDA STEININGER.1 BROTHER, 1 STEP BROTHER, AND A STEP SISTER.
DATE OF SERVICES: MONDAY, JANUARY 28, 2002 AT 10:00 A.M.PLACE OF SERVICES: TUSHKA BAPTIST CHURCH ~ TUSHKA, OK. INTERMENT: TUSHKA CEMETERY ~ TUSHKA, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. LARRY ARGO.ASSISTING: ARVEL HALL. CASKETBEARERS: HERB NOWLIN, TED NOWLIN, FORREST NOWLIN, VERNON EASTRIDGE, LONNIE NOWLIN, EDWARD NOWLIN.
NAME: PEARL VIOLA (HOUSER) PARHAM, AGE 97, A LONGTIME CANEY AREA RESIDENT. BORN: NOVEMBER 21, 1904 AT BOSWELL, OKLAHOMA, INDIAN TERRITORY TO JOHN AND MARY HESTELLA (BAGBY) HOUSER. PASSED AWAY: FRIDAY, JANUARY 25, 2002 AT ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.AGE: 97 YEARS 2 MONTHS AND 4 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOL AT POST OAK. MARRIED: CURTIS PARHAM ON DECEMBER 23, 1922 AT CANEY, OK. OCCUPATION: PEARL WORKED ABOUT 18 YEARS AS A COOK FOR THE SAVANNAH SCHOOLS AND WAS A HOUSEWIFE AND HOMEMAKER. CHURCH AFFILIATION: SHE WAS FIRST A MEMBER OF THE POST OAK BAPTIST CHURCH AND LATER A MEMBER OF THE MT. CARMEL BAPTIST CHURCH FOR MANY YEARS. PEARL LOVED TRAVELING AND QUILTING. SURVIVED BY CHILDREN: JUNIOR PARHAM OF CANEY, OK. DOYLE AND JOHNEY PARHAM OF ARMSTRONG, OK. GRANDCHILDREN: DIANA, WYNN, MICHAEL, DEBBIE, KAREN, JEREMY, AND AMANDA. 13 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, 3 GREAT GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. SISTER: LEOTA NUTTALL OF TUSHKA, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HUSBAND: CURTIS PARHAM in July, 1985.PARENTS: JOHN AND MARY HOUSER.SON: MARLIN PARHAM on august 26, 1994.GRANDSON: GREGORY PARHAM.BROTHERS: ROBERT, DAVE, ISAAC, AND BENNIE HOUSER.SISTER: JESSIE PRICE.DAUGHTER-IN-LAW: LUCY PARHAM on june 8, 1997.
DATE OF SERVICES: MONDAY, JANUARY 28, 2002 AT 2:00 P.M.PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: CANEY CEMETERY ~ CANEY, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. JEREMY PARHAM.ASSISTING: REV. BOB JOHNSON. CASKETBEARERS: COLEMAN HOUSER, PAUL PARHAM, DON HOUSER, DORMAN NUTTALL, CHARLES NUTTALL, KENNETH HOUSER. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: RANDEL AND ANTHONY DILLARD.
NAME: SMITH BUTLER, AGE 95, A LONGTIME FARRIS RESIDENT. BORN: FEBRUARY 11, 1906 AT PECK, NEAR TUSHKA, INDIAN TERRITORY TO HOUSTON LONZO AND ELIZABETH (TIDWELL) BUTLER. PASSED AWAY: SUNDAY, JANUARY 27, 2002 ON STATE HIGHWAY 3 IN FARRIS FROM INJURIES RECEIVED IN MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT.AGE: 95 YEARS 11 MONTHS AND 16 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOL AT BUTLER, WHICH WAS NAMED AFTER HIS FAMILY. MARRIED: OLLIE SUE MARTIN IN 1931 AT ATOKA, OK. NOLA CHAFFIN. THELMA LAYNE. OCCUPATION: RANCHER AND LONGTIME MERCHANT. HE OWNED AND OPERATED BUTLER GROCERY SINCE 1929, WHICH WAS LOCATED NEAR BOGGY BRIDGE. CHURCH AFFILIATION: SMITH WAS A CHARTER MEMBER, DEACON AND TAUGHT SUNDAY SCHOOL AT FARRIS BAPTIST CHURCH SINCE 1947. HE WAS ALSO A FORMER SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER AT FARRIS. SURVIVED BY CHILDREN: CECIL BUTLER and WIFE NADENE OF FARRIS, OK. JOHN BUTLER and WIFE SANDRA OF BROKEN ARROW, OK. GRANDCHILDREN: DEBRA and ROBERT VAUGHN OF FARRIS, OK. RONALD and VICKIE BUTLER OF FARRIS, OK. STACY and MAYGAN BUTLER OF FARRIS, OK. TAMARA BUTLER OF BROKEN ARROW, OK. GREAT GRANDCHILDREN: SHAWNA and DEANA VAUGHN OF FARRIS, OK. RYAN and SARAH BUTLER OF FARRIS, OK. ROBERT BRICE BUTLER OF FARRIS, OK. SISTER: MABEL CAPPS SMITH and HUSBAND CECIL OF FARRIS, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY WIVES: OLLIE SUE, NOLA, AND THELMA.PARENTS: HOUSTON and ELIZABETH BUTLER.DAUGHTER: SHIRLEY ANN BUTLER AT AGE 2.SISTERS: MYRTLE McMULLIN, RUBY McININCH, FLORENCE SHEFFIELD.BROTHERS: CLARENCE, MONGEL, DEWEY, ALONZO BUTLER.
DATE OF SERVICES: TUESDAY, JANUARY 29, 2002 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: FARRIS BAPTIST CHURCH ~ FARRIS, OK. INTERMENT: FARRIS CEMETERY ~ FARRIS, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. TERRY BURTON.ASSISTING: REV. LOYD THOMPSON. CASKETBEARERS: CURTIS SHEFFIELD, DOYLE SHEFFIELD, LARRY SHEFFIELD, JACKIE SHEFFIELD, JAMES CAPPS, LEONARD SHEFFIELD. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: HARVEY CAPPS, ALONZO BUTLER, HOUSTON McININCH, CLYDE SHEFFIELD, RICHARD BUTLER, JACK LONG, WINSTON ARNOLD, GLENN RUSSELL.
NAME: CLINTON ALLEN McGINTY, AGE 21, A LONGTIME ATOKA AREA RESIDENT.  BORN: APRIL 4, 1980 AT DURANT, OKLAHOMA TO FREDDIE LYNN McGINTY AND BRENDA DARLENE ACHESON. PASSED AWAY: SUNDAY, JANUARY 27, 2002 AT ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FROM INJURIES RECEIVED IN AN AUTO ACCIDENT.AGE: 21 YEARS 9 MONTHS AND 23 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT BAY CITY, TEXAS, COALGATE, KIOWA, and GRADUATED FROM ATOKA HIGH SCHOOL IN 1998. OCCUPATION: CLINTON WORKED IN CONSTRUCTION AND AT SONNY’S COUNTRY MART FOR APPROXIMATELY THE LAST 5 YEARS. CHURCH AFFILIATION: BAPTIST FAITH. HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE ATOKA F.F.A. and VO-AG . HE SHOWED LIVESTOCK AND LOVED TO FISH AND HUNT. CLINTON WAS A MEMBER OF THE McGEE CREEK BASS CLUB. SURVIVED BY FATHER: FREDDY McGINTY OF ATOKA, OK. MOTHER: BRENDA STEPHENS OF TUSHKA, OK. BROTHER: CODY McGINTY OF ATOKA, OK. SISTER: KELLY McGINTY OF ATOKA, OK. HALF-BROTHER: BRANDON McGINTY OF TULSA, OK. PATERNAL GRANDMOTHER: BETTY McGINTY OF ATOKA, OK. MATERNAL GRANDPARENTS: LARRY ACHESON OF TEXAS. WANDA ACHESON OF BAY CITY, TX. UNCLES: SAM McGINTY OF ATOKA, OK. LARRY ACHESON JR. OF BAY CITY, TX. AUNTS: CONNIE MILLER OF BAY CITY, TX. CINDY BROWN OF LAS VEGAS, NV. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PATERNAL GRANDFATHER: SAM McGINTY.UNCLE: KENNETH McGINTY.
DATE OF SERVICES: WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 30, 2002 AT 2:00 P.M.PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: GREEN MEADOWS CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK. OFFICIATING: LLOYD McELHANEY. CASKETBEARERS: KENNETH BECK JR , GARRETT HAMMOND, DON DANIELS, MARTY ACKER, GORDON LATHAM, SAMMY CARROLL. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: CLINT ALFORD, RICKY WILLIS, WALKER CARROLL, RYAN EAVES.
NAME: JOHN ROY WINTERS, AGE 97, A LIFELONG STRINGTOWN AREA RESIDENT. BORN: JANUARY 25, 1905 AT WESLEY, INDIAN TERRITORY TO MARK RENFRO AND SUSIE BELL (DRAKE) WINTERS. PASSED AWAY: SUNDAY, JANUARY 27, 2002 AT HIS STRINGTOWN RESIDENCE.AGE: 97 YEARS 0 MONTHS AND 2 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED STRINGTOWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND GRADUATED FROM STRINGTOWN HIGH SCHOOL IN 1924 (STRINGTOWN HIGH’S FIRST GRADUATING CLASS). MARRIED: MAMIE DORIS MALONE ON DECEMBER 12, 1932 AT ATOKA, OK. OCCUPATION: JOHN WAS A TRUCK DRIVER. CHURCH AFFILIATION: JOHN WAS A MEMBER OF STRINGTOWN PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. HE WAS ALSO A MEMBER OF ATOKA MASONIC LODGE #4; HE RECEIVED HIS 75 YEAR PIN IN JANUARY 2001. JOHN SERVED AS MAYOR OF STRINGTOWN FOR 22 YEARS. SURVIVED BY DAUGHTER: NANCY GRIMES and HUSBAND LONNIE OF AMARILLO, TX. SON: JOHN P. WINTERS and WIFE VIRGINIA OF STRINGTOWN, OK. GRANDSONS: JOHN RENFRO WINTERS and WIFE LYNN OF ANTLERS, OK. LARRY WINTERS and WIFE LISA OF McALESTER, OK. KELLY WINTERS OF STRINGTOWN, OK. TONY GRIMES and WIFE CHRISTI OF DECATUR, TX. GRANDDAUGHTER: TRACY ANDERSON and HUSBAND CHARLIE OF AMARILLO, TX. GREAT GRANDSONS: ROY WINTERS OF McALESTER, OK. KRISTOPHER WINTERS OF STRINGTOWN, OK. KALEB WINTERS OF STRINGTOWN, OK. DREW ANDERSON OF AMARILLO, TX. CODY GRIMES OF DECATUR, TX. GREAT GRANDDAUGHTERS: AMBER WINTERS OF ANTLERS, OK. MICHELLE WINTERS OF ANTLERS, OK. GENTRY ANDERSON OF AMARILLO, TX. ABBY GRIMES OF DECATUR, TX. SISTER-IN-LAW: JOY MALONE OF ADA, OK. BROTHERS-IN-LAW: BILL MALONE and WIFE EMILY OF ATOKA, OK. LEROY MALONE and WIFE BEE OF WINTER PARK, FL. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY WIFE OF 68 YEARS: DORIS WINTERS ON FEBRUARY 29, 2000.PARENTS: MARK R. and SUSIE B. WINTERS.SISTER: CARRIE CATES.BROTHERS: TOM, PALMER, IRVING, MARION, and RALPH WINTERS.SISTER-IN-LAW: VAY WINTERS.
DATE OF SERVICES: THURSDAY, JANUARY 31, 2002 AT 10:00 A.M.PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: STRINGTOWN CEMETERY ~ STRINGTOWN, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. LOYD THOMPSON.ASSISTING: JIM KELLOGG. CASKETBEARERS: JOHN RENFRO WINTERS, LARRY WINTERS, KELLY WINTERS, TONY GRIMES, CHARLIE ANDERSON, TOMMY WINTERS. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: CLARK McENTIRE, FRED SMITH, BUD CARR, BEN WYRICK, O. P. RAY, BROWN WYRICK, FRANKIE HUNT, RON JACKSON, JUNIOR EDGE, ED FISHER, PAKE McENTIRE, FREDDY DODD, CLAUDE POGUE, BUDDY HARAWAY, DOYLE LANSDALE, BEN WYRICK III.
NAME: WILLIAM ALONZO “BUB” SHOEMAKE, AGE 66, OF HEALDTON AND FORMER CRYSTAL RESIDENT. BORN: MAY 17, 1935 AT CRYSTAL T0 WILLIAM ALONZO AND GENEVA FRANCES (EASTRIDGE) SHOEMAKE. PASSED AWAY: TUESDAY, JANUARY 29, 2002 AT CARL ALBERT HOSPITAL IN ADA, OK.AGE: 66 YEARS 8 MONTHS AND 12 DAYS. EDUCATION: GRADUATED FROM ATOKA HIGH IN 1952 AND OSU OKMULGEE TECH. 3RD IN HIS CLASS AS A CERTIFIED DIESEL MECHANIC. MARRIED: NORENE OWENS ON JUNE 11, 1954 AT ATOKA, OK. OCCUPATION: HE WAS A TRUCK DRIVER AND A DIESEL MECHANIC MANY YEARS. HE RETIRED IN 1991 DUE TO HIS HEALTH. CHURCH AFFILIATION: ASSEMBLY OF GOD FAITH. SURVIVED BY WIFE: NORENE OF THE HOME AT HEALDTON, OK. DAUGHTER: DEBORAH SHOEMAKE OF HEALDTON, OK. SON: CHARLES WAYNE SHOEMAKE AND WIFE SHIRLEY OF WICHITA FALLS, TX. GRANDCHILDREN: TWO SHOEMAKE OF MANHATTEN, KS. DAWN “WENDY” SHOEMAKE OF CORDER, MO. MATTHEW SHOEMAKE OF WICHITA FALLS, TX. GREAT GRANDDAUGHTER: MASON ALEXIS SHOEMAKE OF CORDER, MO. BROTHER: SAM SHOEMAKE OF CRYSTAL. SISTERS: NORMA JEAN PRICE AND HUSBAND PAUL OF DURANT, OK. JUDY WINTERS AND HUSBAND EDDIE OF FARMINGTON, NM. MOZELLE SHOEMAKE OF DURANT, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: WILLIAM AND GENEVA SHOEMAKE.
DATE OF SERVICES: THURSDAY, JANUARY 31, 2002 AT 2:00 P.M.PLACE OF SERVICES: GRAVESIDE SERVICES. INTERMENT: CRYSTAL CEMETERY ~ CRYSTAL, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. MICHAEL BRADLEY. CAKETBEARERS: CHARLES HALL, PAT KENNEDY, BOB OWENS, WAYNE OWENS, GARY BROTHERS, MICHAEL BROTHERS. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: HAROLD ROLAND, DANNY RECTOR, PINKY BURKHALTER, JOHNNY CRAVENS, MONROE ALLEN.
NAME: HAZEL B. (DILLINGHAM) STARNES WOOD, AGE 79, A LONGTIME FARRIS AREA RESIDENT.
BORN: JUNE 26, 1922 AT ELK CITY, OKLAHOMA TO HARVEY AND MINNIE (TERRY) DILLINGHAM.
PASSED AWAY: THURSDAY, JANUARY 31, 2002 AT PUSHMATAHA COUNTY HOSPITAL IN ANTLERS, OK.
AGE: 79 YEARS 7 MONTHS AND 5 DAYS.
EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT PINE SPRINGS & LITTLE PINE, BOTH IN ATOKA COUNTY.
MARRIED: OWEN B. STARNES ON APRIL 4, 1941 AT ATOKA, OK. J. D. WOOD ON SEPTEMBER 28, 1995 AT LAS VEGAS, NV.
OCCUPATION: HOUSEWIFE & HOMEMAKER AND LOVED TO FISH.
CHURCH AFFILIATION: FARRIS BAPTIST CHURCH.
SURVIVED BY
HUSBAND: J. D. WOOD OF THE HOME AT FARRIS, OK.
CHILDREN: BOB STARNES OF FARRIS, OK.
PAT STARNES and WIFE JULIE OF CENTERPOINT, OK.
LARRY STARNES and WIFE SANDI OF FARRIS, OK.
BROTHER: HARVEY D. DILLINGHAM and WIFE BERTHA OF KENEFIC, OK.
SISTER: ZADA BENHAM and HUSBAND DOYLE OF COLBERT, OK.
GRANDCHILDREN: WAYNE STARNES and WIFE TAMMY OF PADEN, Ok.
CHRISTI MIZE and HUSBAND JOE OF FARRIS, OK.
PATRICK STARNES and WIFE BRANDI OF CENTERPOINT.
KRISTINA SACKETT and HUSBAND LARRY OF CASHION, OK.
MATTHEW STARNES OF FARRIS, OK.
GREAT GRANDCHILDREN: STACY, ASHLEE, and SARA SACKETT OF CASHION, OK.
ROBERT STARNES OF PADEN, OK.
SHELBY STARNES OF CENTERPOINT, OK.
LINDSAY and ETHAN MIZE OF FARRIS, OK.
STEPCHILDREN: FRANCES and CLINT DAVIDSON OF FARRIS, OK.
JERRY and BARBARA WOOD OF TEHACHAPI, CA.
STEP GRANDCHILDREN: CHERYL and BRYAN BLEDSOE OF LANE, OK.
STEP GREAT GRANDCHILDREN: MELISSA, SCOTT and JOHN DAVID BLEDSOE OF LANE, O K.
JERRY WOOD II OF TEHACHAPI, CA.
CRYSTAL WOOD OF BAKERSFIELD, CA.
PRECEDED IN DEATH BY
FIRST HUSBAND: OWEN B. STARNES ON MAY 31, 1995.
PARENTS: HARVEY and MINNIE DILLINGHAM.
GRANDDAUGHTER: KIMBERLY STARNES.
BROTHERS: CLARENCE, BOB, and M. E. DILLINGHAM.
SISTER: JEWEL WALKER.
DATE OF SERVICES: SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2002 AT 2:00 P.M.
PLACE OF SERVICES: FARRIS BAPTIST CHURCH ~ FARRIS, OK.
INTERMENT: DARWIN CEMETERY ~ EAST FARRIS, OK.
OFFICIATING: REV. TERRY BURTON.
ASSISTING: REV. BILLY JOE HOWARD.
CASKETBEARERS: WAYNE STARNES, PATRICK STARNES, JOSEPH MIZE, LARRY SACKETT, DAVID HILL, JOHN FRENCH.
HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: HARVEY BENHAM, RAY BAILEY, HAROLD McAFEE, C. T. HURD, LEON ROBERSON, TOMMY CUPS, MARTIN CUPS, BRYAN BLEDSOE, JIMMY DILLINGHAM.
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