NAME: JAMES DAVID “JIMMY” GREGORY, AGE, 73, OF BURKBURNETT, TEXAS AND A FORMER LONGTIME TISHOMINGO AREA RESIDENT. BORN: SEPTEMBER 29, 1927 AT TISHOMINGO, OKLAHOMA TO JOHN CLINTON AND VONITA (SLOAN) GREGORY. PASSED AWAY: WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 3, 2001 AT THE HOSPICE CENTER OF WICHITA FALLS, TX.AGE: 73 YEARS 3 MONTHS AND 4 DAYS. EDUCATION: GRADUATED FROM TISHOMINGO HIGH SCHOOL AND ATTENDED MURRAY STATE COLLEGE. OCCUPATION: JIMMY WAS A DELIVERY MAN FOR TOWNLEY DAIRY AND MISTLETOE EXPRESS. HE WORKED IN THE OILFIELDs AND CONSTRUCTION FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS AND FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY, LAKE PATROL DIVISION FOR 20 YEARS. HE WAS STATIONED ON LAKE TEXOMA FOR THAT ENTIRE TIME. HE RETIRED IN 1991. CHURCH AFFILIATION: NAZARENE, JIMMY WAS A MERCHANT MARINE, COAST GUARD AND U.S. MARINE AND WAS ALSO WITH THE OKLAHOMA 45TH INFANTRY DIVISON IN THE KOREAN WAR. survived by CHILDREN: JIMMY W. GREGORY OF SACRAMENTO, CA. DEBRA K. GREGORY OF KENNESAW, GA. GRANDCHILD: BRANDY J. SMITH OF GEORGIA. SISTERS-IN-LAW: ALLEAN GREGORY OF ATOKA, OK. BEATRICE GREGORY OF OWASSO, OK. SPECIAL NIECE: VICKI HALL AND HUSBAND JERRY OF ATOKA, OK, SPECIAL NEPHEW: DAVID GREGORY AND WIFE DEEANN OF ATOKA, OK. preceded in death by PARENTS: JOHN and VONITA GREGORY.BROTHERS: J. C., EARL, and PAUL GREGORY.SISTERS: EDELL GREGORY and MARY VIRGINIA BOATWRIGHT.
DATE OF SERVICES: SUNDAY, JANUARY 7, 2001 AT 2:00 P.M.PLACE OF SERVICES: GRAVESIDE SERVICES. INTERMENT: TISHOMINGO CITY CEMETERY ~ TISHOMINGO, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. JOEY LANSDALE. HONOR GUARD BY: THE OKLAHOMA HIGHWAY PATROL. CASKETBEARERS: STEVE HARRISON, BRYAN HARRISON, BRADLEY HARRISON, BRADY HARRISON, PAUL ROAN, ROGER LEE, CHARLES “PUNK” THOMPSON. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: KEITH PARKS, JOHN KIMBROUGH, JACK WARDEN, VIRGIL “BUD” REED, JIMMY HARKEY, CHRIS WHEELER.
NAME: RANDY LEROY TAYLOR, AGE 44, A LIFELONG ATOKA COUNTY RESIDENT.
 BORN: MARCH 21, 1956 IN OKLAHOMA CITY TO LUTHER McCOY AND LULA PEARL (WILSON) TAYLOR. PASSED AWAY: SATURDAY, JANUARY 6, 2001 AT HIS HOME NEAR THE WILSON COMMUNITY. AGE: 44 YEARS 9 MONTHS AND 15 DAYS.
EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT WILSON AND WAPANUCKA.
MARRIED: ALMA MAYE FORD ON DECEMBER 1, 1998 IN ATOKA COUNTY. OCCUPATION: HE WAS A LABORER.
SURVIVED BY
WIFE: ALMA TAYLOR OF THE HOME NEAR WILSON.
MOTHER: LULA PEARL WEBB OF ATOKA, OK.
CHILDREN: LEROY GENE TAYLOR OF MUSKOGEE, OK. STEVIE TAYLOR OF BOLEY, OK. JERRY DON TAYLOR OF GRANITE, OK. MAYE MENYON YARBROUGH AND HUSBAND JIMMY OF WAPANUCKA, OK.
GRANDCHILDREN: AUSTIN YARBROUGH AND TY YARBROUGH OF WAPANUCKA, OK.
SISTERS: JOY OSTWALT AND HUSBAND WAYNE OF ATOKA, OK. DALE STEER AND HUSBAND DAVID OF ATOKA, O K. NORMA HAWKINS OF ST. LOUIS, MO.
BROTHERS: RALPH LESTER TAYLOR AND WIFE ELOUISA OF OKLAHOMA CITY. HUGO MANUEL TAYLOR OF BOLEY, OK. ALTON RAY TAYLOR AND WIFE SHIRLEY OF ATOKA, OK. DENNIS TAYLOR AND WIFE DOROTHY OF ATOKA, OK. EUGENE TAYLOR AND WIFE BARBARA OF ATOKA, OK. GARY DON TAYLOR AND WIFE MARY OF OKLAHOMA CITY.
SPECIAL FRIEND: FRANK LOWE OF TISHOMINGO, OK.
PRECEDED IN DEATH BY
FATHER: LUTHER McCOY TAYLOR. STEPSON: BRAD KLUVER.
DATE OF SERVICES: THURSDAY, JANUARY 11, 2001 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK.
INTERMENT: BOGGY DEPOT CEMETERY ~ ATOKA COUNTY, OK.
OFFICIATING: REV. GLENN THOMASON.
CASKETBEARERS: JARVIS MAXEY, GLEN HAMERSLEY, JO MAXEY, JOHNNY LOWE, RAYMOND HARNER, JOHN JR. LOWE.
HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: JACK PIERCE, RAYMOND TAYLOR.
NAME: MICHAEL BRIAN JUSTUS, INFANT SON OF JAMES BRIAN AND KIMBERLY SUE (COX) JUSTUS.
 BORN: JANUARY 5, 2001 AT HARRIS METHODIST HOSPITAL IN FT. WORTH, TX. PASSED AWAY: WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 10, 2001 AT COOK CHILDREN’S MEDICAL CENTER IN FT. WORTH, TEXAS AT AGE 5 DAYS.
SURVIVED BY
PARENTS: JAMES and KIMBERLY JUSTUS OF ATOKA, OK.
SISTERS: ASHLEY and LACIE JUSTUS OF ATOKA, OK.
GRANDMOTHERS: BRENDA RODGERS OF OKLAHOMA CITY. TAMARA SANDERS OF ATOKA, OK.
GRANDFATHER: ELGIN JUSTUS OF BENTLEY, OK.
GREAT GRANDMOTHER: EDDIE ODELL LAWLER OF OKLAHOMA CITY.
DATE OF SERVICES: SATURDAY, JANUARY 13, 2001 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK.
INTERMENT: NEW ZION CEMETERY, EAST OF TUSHKA, OK.
OFFICIATING: REV. DEE JUSTUS.
NAME: GENEVIEVE (CLIFFORD) BOONE, AGE 74, A LONGTIME ATOKA COUNTY RESIDENT. BORN: APRIL 30, 1926 AT WAPANUCKA TO LATHAM AND CLARA (CROWELL) CLIFFORD. PASSED AWAY: WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 10, 2001 AT ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.AGE: 74 YEARS 8 MONTHS AND 10 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT WAPANUCKA, OK AND BAKERSFIELD, CA. MARRIED: CLINTON L. BOONE ON MAY 22, 1948 AT LAS VEGAS, NV. OCCUPATION: HOUSEWIFE AND HOMEMAKER. CHURCH AFFILIATION: MEMBER OF MOUNTAIN VIEW PENTECOSTAL CHURCH AND FORMER LONGTIME MEMBER OF ATOKA FULL GOSPEL CHURCH. survived by HUSBAND: CLINT BOONE OF THE HOME EAST OF ATOKA, OK. DAUGHTER: RETA HADLEY AND HUSBAND TERRY OF DENISON, TX. SONS: CLIFFORD BOONE AND WIFE PAM OF AUBREY, TX. JAMES BOONE AND WIFE RUBY ANN OF NEWMAN, GA. GRANDCHILDREN: AMBER SUBLETTE AND HUSBAND DAVID OF ATOKA, OK. MICHAEL MOSQUEDA OF ATOKA, OK. DAVID BOONE OF NEWMAN, GA. MELISSA BOONE OF NEWMAN, GA. GREAT GRANDDAUGHTER: ASHTON SUBLETTE OF ATOKA, OK. BROTHERS-IN-LAW: JOHN FAULKENBERRY OF ATOKA, OK. DANIEL BOONE OF BROKEN ARROW, OK. SISTER-IN-LAW: RUBY JEAN TRENT OF ANDERSON, MO. preceded in death by PARENTS: LATHAM AND CLARA CLIFFORD.SISTERS: NADINE FAULKENBERRY. THEDA PAREGIN OF BAKERSFIELD, CA.SISTER-IN-LAW: EDNA HAMMOND.
DATE OF SERVICES: SATURDAY, JANUARY 13, 2001 AT 10:00 A.M.PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: ROSE HILL CEMETERY ~ WAPANUCKA, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. BOB McCLOUGH.ASSISTING: REV. FRANCES SCARBER & REV. TERRY CRIPE. CASKETBEARERS: JACK CREWS, OWEN PRATER, GRANT PRAYTER, BILL ROBERSON, RONNIE FAULKENBERRY, BOB PRATER. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: STEVE COOPER, T. W. REEVES, TERRY CALLICOAT.
NAME: IRENE (RILEY) NICHOLS, AGE 61, A LONGTIME ATOKA RESIDENT.
 BORN: DECEMBER 10, 1939 AT INVERNESS, MISSISSIPPI TO BEN AND ROSIE (GULLEY) RILEY. PASSED AWAY: THURSDAY, JANUARY 11, 2001 AT ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. AGE: 61 YEARS 1 MONTH AND 1 DAY.
EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT INVERNESS, MS.
MARRIED: SANDY LEE NICHOLS ON SEPTEMBER 16, 1961 AT NOWATA, OK. OCCUPATION: HOUSEWIFE AND TEACHER’S AIDE.
CHURCH AFFILIATION: MEMBER OF ATOKA FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH.
SURVIVED BY
CHILDREN: WILLIE RILEY OF ATOKA, OK. CHARLES RILEY OF ATOKA, OK. PATRICIA ANN NICHOLS OF ATOKA, OK. DELOIS OWENS OF OKLAHOMA CITY. MICHAEL LOUIS NICHOLS OF ATOKA, OK. ROBERT JAMES NICHOLS OF ATOKA, OK. MATTIE B. NICHOLS OF ATOKA, OK. JANIS KAY WALKER OF ATOKA, OK.
32 GRANDCHILDREN, 6 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.
BROTHERS: A. D. RILEY OF DREW, MS. EUGENE RILEY OF INDIANAPOLIS, IN. WILLIE JAMES RILEY OF CHICAGO, IL.
SISTERS: THELMA PHILLIPS OF YAZOO CITY, MS. LUCILLE ROOK OF BELZONA, MS. ALBERTA CALTON OF BELZONA, MS.
PRECEDED IN DEATH BY
PARENTS: BEN and ROSIE RILEY. HUSBAND: SANDY NICHOLS ON NOVEMBER 18, 1986. DAUGHTER: DOROTHY JEAN NICHOLS. GRANDDAUGHTER: DOMINIQUE NICHOLS. GRANDSON: RICKY TYLER RICE.
DATE OF SERVICES: SATURDAY, JANUARY 20, 2001 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK.
INTERMENT: GREEN HILL CEMETERY ~ STRINGTOWN, OK
OFFICIATING: WILLARD HARRISON.
CASKETBEARERS: MICHAEL WALKER, CLIFFORD BROWN, MARSHALL HARRISON, VENOY SHIELDS, TERRY SHIELDS, CLIFFORD LENNOX.
HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: CECIL HILL, EDGAR VINSON, JERRY VINSON, DALE BROWN, CHARLIE COLTOR, RAY BROOKS.
FLOWER BEARERS: DONNA BATTS, OLYMPIA HILL, BEATRICE BUTLER, CHARLOTTE HARRISON, ANNA HOPSON, GAIL UWAFFO.
NAME: HARVEY LEE “GEORGE” MAYO, AGE 89, A LONGTIME BENTLEY RESIDENT.
 BORN: NOVEMBER 28, 1911 AT MADILL, OKLA TO JAMES DORSEY AND STELLA (STEWARD) MAYO. PASSED AWAY: SATURDAY, JANUARY 13, 2001 AT THE HURLEY HOSPITAL IN COALGATE, OK. AGE: 89 YEARS 1 MONTH AND 15 DAYS
EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT LEBANON IN MARSHALL COUNTY AND STAR IN ATOKA COUNTY.
MARRIED: FLORENCE THELMA CALLICOAT ON NOVEMBER 15, 1934 AT BENTLEY, OK. OCCUPATION: HE WAS A FARMER AND RANCHER HIS ENTIRE LIFE.
CHURCH AFFILIATION: LONGTIME MEMBER OF THE BENTLEY BAPTIST CHURCH AND FORMER MEMBER OF BENTLEY COMMUNITY BOARD.
SURVIVED BY
WIFE: FLORENCE MAYO OF THE HOME NEAR BENTLEY, OK.
DAUGHTER: EUNICE REED AND HUSBAND CHARLES OF BENTLEY, OK.
SONS: HARVEY MAYO Jr. AND WIFE RUTH OF BENTLEY, OK. CURTIS MAYO AND WIFE MYRNA OF CADDO, OK. WAYNE MAYO AND WIFE ROBERTA OF WHITESBORO, TX.
11 GRANDCHILDREN, 45 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, AND 11 GREAT GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.
PRECEDED IN DEATH BY
PARENTS: JAMES AND STELLA MAYO. 12 BROTHERS AND 4 SISTERS. GRANDSON: KEITH MAYO.GREAT GRANDDAUGHTER: CHEYENNE MAYO. SON-IN-LAW: GARLIN DWIGGINS.
DATE OF SERVICES: TUESDAY, JANUARY 16, 2001 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: BENTLEY BAPTIST CHURCH ~ BENTLEY, OK.
INTERMENT: BENTLEY CEMETERY ~ BENTLEY, OK.
OFFICIATING: REV. CLINT THURMAN. ASSISTING: REV. JOHN HOWARD.
CASKETBEARERS: CHARLES CARROLL, KENNETH FRAZIER,DONALD COYLE, JOSH ALLEN, SANDY DANDERSON, TROY GAMMON.
HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: (GRANDSONS) MELVIN MAYO, WESLEY MAYO, JOHN MAYO, STEVEN MAYO, GILBERT DWIGGINS, GLEN DWIGGINS, EUGENE MAYO, CLINT MAYO, LLOYD MAYO.
NAME: DON EDWARD WILSON, AGE 45, A LIFELONG LANE AREA RESIDENT.
 BORN: JUNE 15, 1955 AT LANE TO PAUL AND OLLIE LEE (STILES) WILSON. PASSED AWAY: SATURDAY, JANUARY 13, 2001 AT THE TEXOMA MEDICAL CENTER IN DENISON, TX. AGE: 45 YEARS 6 MONTHS AND 28 DAYS.
EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT HARMONY AND LANE, OK. OCCUPATION: BRICK LAYER. CHURCH AFFILIATION: BAPTIST. HE WAS AN AVID OUTDOORSMAN and LOVED TO HUNT AND FISH.
SURVIVED BY
CHILDREN: KHY, LENDY, AND OLLIE D. DANDRIDGE OF LANE, OK.
GRANDSON: ROBERT DON PAUL HOLLEY OF TULSA, OK.
MOTHER: OLLIE WILSON LADD AND HUSBAND JIM OF LANE, OK.
BROTHERS: CHARLIE WILSON AND WIFE DONNA OF CULVER, OR. BOBBY WILSON OF HARMONY.
SISTER: NORMA McDOUGAL AND HUSBAND DOOD OF LANE, OK.
NIECE: HANNON ASHCRAFT AND HUSBAND JIMMY OF LANE, OK.
PRECEDED IN DEATH BY
FATHER: PAUL WILSON. SISTER: FREADA HAWKINS. NEPHEWS: ROY LYNN MOORE, PAUL RAY WILSON, AND EDWARD WILSON.
DATE OF SERVICES: WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 17, 2001 AT 10;00 A.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: LANE PENTECOSTAL CHURCH.
INTERMENT: BERA CEMETERY IN THE HARMONY COMMUNITY.
OFFICIATING: REV. DWARD JUSTUS.
CASKETBEARERS: CURTIS WILSON, CHRIS McDOUGAL, MIKE STILES, BOBBY REED, RAY SHEFFIELD, DELBERT SHEFFIELD, KELLY STANDRIDGE, JIMMIE ASHCRAFT.
NAME: WOODROW RAYMOND WILLIAMS, AGE 61, A LONGTIME LANE AREA RESIDENT.
 BORN: MARCH 16, 1939 AT LANE, OKLAHOMA TO GRAYMON TOM AND SOPHIA M. (LEFLORE) WILLIAMS. PASSED AWAY: MONDAY, JANUARY 15, 2001 AT VALLEY VIEW HOSPITAL IN ADA, OK. AGE: 61 YEARS 9 MONTHS AND 29 DAYS.
EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT LANE, OK.
CHURCH AFFILIATION: MEMBER OF PINE GROVE METHODIST CHURCH IN LANE, OK.
WOODROW WAS IN THE OKLAHOMA NATIONAL GUARDS 45TH INFANTRY DIVISION. HE WAS ASSIGNED TO GUARD PRESIDENT KENNEDY WHEN THE PRESIDENT CAME TO BROKEN BOW, OK.
SURVIVED BY
MOTHER: SOPHIA WOODS OF LANE, OK.
CHILDREN: VANNETTE TURNER and HUSBAND ROBERT OF LANE, OK. QUANNAH WATSON and HUSBAND KENNEY OF MIDWEST CITY, OK. RAYMOND WILLIAMS OF LANE, OK. KENITH WILLIAMS OF LANE, OK. JENETTA DODSON and HUSBAND GENE OF LANE, OK. ROYAL WILLIAMS OF LAWTON, OK. ELTON WILLIAMS OF LANE, OK.
21 GRANDCHILDREN, 1 GREAT GRANDSON.
SISTERS: NORMA GEAN HOWE and HUSBAND VERNON OF WILBURTON, OK. SHIRLEY HAMILTON OF DURANT, OK.
FAVORITE COUSIN: VIVIAN MARRIS and HUSBAND WOODROW OF TUSHKA, OK.
AUNT: ISABel WILLIAMS and HUSBAND REED OF TUSHKA, OK.
PRECEDED IN DEATH BY
FATHER: GRAYMON TOM WILLIAMS. BROTHER: GILBERT BON WILLIAMS. SISTER: NANCY IRVIN.
DATE OF SERVICES: THURSDAY, JANUARY 18, 2001 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK.
INTERMENT: CANE HILL CEMETERY ~ BENTLEY, OK.
OFFICIATING: REV. JAMES CROWSON.
CASKETBEARERS: THOMAS HENRY, ROBERT TURNER, WOODROW MARRIS, RAYMOND WILLIAMS, KENNY WATSON, KENITH WILLIAMS.
HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: GENE DODSON, KEVIN CLURE, JAMES NELSON SR., GILBERT WILLIAMS JR., KENNY WATSON JR.
NAME: DOROTHY L. “DOT” (HYATT) VIETTA, AGE 61, A LIFETIME ATOKA RESIDENT.
 BORN: JANUARY 2, 1940 AT ATOKA TO MARION FREEMAN AND OCIE IRA (WOODS) HYATT. PASSED AWAY: FRIDAY, JANUARY 19, 2001 AT TEXOMA MEDICAL CENTER IN DENISON, TX. AGE: 61 YEARS AND 17 DAYS.
EDUCATION: GRADUATED FROM ATOKA HIGH SCHOOL IN 1958 AND GRADUATED FROM PARIS BEAUTY SCHOOL AND LATER ATTENDED SOUTHEASTERN STATE UNIVERSITY.
MARRIED: ROBERT EUGENE VIETTA ON SEPTEMBER 29, 1957 AT ATOKA, OK.
OCCUPATION: SHE WAS A BEAUTICIAN OVER 36 YEARS IN ATOKA, OK.
CHURCH AFFILIATION: SHE WAS LONGTIME MEMBER OF ATOKA PENN AND A CHURCH OF CHRIST AND SINCE DECEMBER OF 1986 SHE HAS BEEN A MEMBER OF THE SOUTH ATOKA CONGREGATION.
SURVIVED BY
HUSBAND: GENE VIETTA OF THE HOME IN ATOKA, OK.
SONS: BUTCH VIETTA OF ATOKA, OK. RICKY VIETTA OF FORNEY, TX. GRAND DAUGHTER: NATALLIE VIETTA OF OOLAGAH, OK.
MOTHER: OCIE HYATT OF ATOKA, OK.
BROTHER: MARION HYATT JR. AND WIFE NANCY OF ATOKA, OK.
SISTER: VIRGINIA COPELAND AND HUSBAND JIM OF GRAND PRAIRIE, TX.
SPECIAL NIECES AND NEPHEWS: TERESA AND STEVE HYATT OF ATOKA, OK. CINDY PHILIPOON AND BRYAN COPELAND.
PRECEDED IN DEATH BY
FATHER: MARION HYATT SR IN-LAWS: PETE AND EMMA VIETTA.
DATE OF SERVICES: MONDAY, JANUARY 22, 2001 AT 2:00 PM. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK.
INTERMENT: GREEN MEADOWS CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK.
OFFICIATING: JOHN CARROLL. ASSISTING: HAL ISHMAEL.
CASKETBEARERS: JOHNNY SELF, DENNIS POWELL, JAMES POWELL, STEVE MANSELL, BOB FREDERICK, JOHN DARST.
HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: ALL HER FAITHFULL CUSTOMERS OVER THE PAST 36 YEARS.
NAME: JIMMY MACK BRAZIELL, AGE 13, A LIFETIME CANEY AREA RESIDENT. BORN: MAY 12, 1987 AT ADA, OKLAHOMA TO JAMES EDWARD AND RAQUEL (WALLINGBERG) BRAZIELL. PASSED AWAY: FRIDAY, JANUARY 19, 2001 AT ST. FRANCIS HOSPITAL IN TULSA, OK.AGE: 13 YEARS 8 MONTHS AND 7 DAYS. EDUCATION: HE WAS A STUDENT AT CANEY, OK. CHURCH AFFILIATION: HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE VOCA BAPTIST CHURCH. survived by FATHER: JAMES BRAZIELL OF CANEY, OK. SISTER: JONI BRAZIELL OF CANEY, OK. BROTHER: JOHNNY BRAZIELL OF CANEY, OK. MOTHER: RAQUEL WALLINBERG OF LAWTON, OK. HALF SISTER: PATTY WALLINBERG OF LAWTON, OK. GRANDMOTHER: LOUISE BRAZIELL OF CANEY, OK. UNCLE: RICK BRAZIELL OF CANEY, OK. AUNTS: TAMMY MORRIS AND FAY WEBSTER OF CANEY, OK. COUSINS: RICHARD, BECKY, RICKI GAYLE BRAZIELL. WENDY AND MATT MORRIS. G. W. WEBSTER. MISTY ALEXANDER. preceded in death by GRANDFATHER: VOID BRAZIELL.BROTHERS: KEVIN AND KEN BRAZIELL.
DATE OF SERVICES: MONDAY, JANUARY 22, 2001 AT 10:00 AM.PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: BOGGY DEPOT CEMETERY ~ ATOKA COUNTY, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. BOB JOHNSON. CASKETBEARERS: RONNIE HILL, EDDIE HILL, CLINT GOSSETT, BRANDON “BUTCH” MORRIS, GREG DAVIDSON, RONNIE WATSON, B. J. WILLIS, RICHARD BRAZIELL. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: KEITH “PIG” WATSON, BOBBY GLOVER, TOMMY GLOVER, JOHN SANDRIDGE.
NAME: BERTIE L. (FREEMAN) BOYD, AGE 65, A LONGTIME CADDO AREA RESIDENT AND A FORMER TISHOMINGO RESIDENT. BORN: OCTOBER 25, 1935 AT SASAKAWA, OKLAHOMA TO WILLIAM “BILL” AND OPAL (LANDRETH) FREEMAN. PASSED AWAY: FRIDAY, JANUARY 19, 2001 AT MEDICAL CENTER OF SE OKLAHOMA IN DURANT.AGE: 65 YEARS 2 MONTHS AND 24 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT CENTRAHOMA, OK. MARRIED: LLOYD STEPHENS IN 1961 AT DURANT, OK. C. K. BOYD. CHURCH AFFILIATION: SHE WAS PENTECOSTAL FAITH. survived by FORMER HUSBAND: LLOYD STEPHENS OF CADDO, OK. COUSIN: R. J . THOMPSON OF ADA, OK. VERY DEAR FRIEND: ROSETTA MEDCALF OF ATOKA, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HUSBAND: C. K. BOYD.PARENTS: WILLIAM & OPAL FREEMAN.AUNT: LOLA LANDRETH.
DATE OF SERVICES: TUESDAY, JANUARY 23, 2001 AT 2:00 PM.PLACE OF SERVICES: GRAVESIDE SERVICES. INTERMENT: CROSSROADS CEMETERY ~ SASAKAWA, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. VINCENT PAYNE.
NAME: LETA LEOLA (DAVIS) PAYNE, AGE 84, A LIFETIME ATOKA COUNTY RESIDENT.
 BORN: DECEMBER 22, 1916 AT REYNOLDS IN NORTH ATOKA COUNTY TO WALTER THEDORE AND ALMA (GRIFFITH) PAYNE. PASSED AWAY: SATURDAY, JANUARY 20, 2001 AT HER RESIDENCE EAST OF ATOKA. AGE: 84 YEARS AND 28 DAYS.
EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT REYNOLDS AND LIMESTONE GAP.
MARRIED: HORACE PAYNE ON JULY 19, 1937 AT ATOKA, OK.
OCCUPATION: SHE WAS A HOUSEWIFE AND HOMEMAKER AND HAD WORKED A NUMBER OF YEARS AT BLUE BELL AND AT THE THUNDERBIRD MOTEL.
CHURCH AFFILIATION: SHE WAS LONGTIME MEMBER OF THE HARMONY BAPTIST CHURCH.
SHE WAS ALONGTIME MEMBER OF THE HARMONY EXTENSION HOMEMAKERS CLUB.
SURVIVED BY
CHILDREN: ELZIE RAY PAYNE OF ATOKA, OK. CHARLES PAYNE AND WIFE HELLEN OF MOORE, OK. EUNA PAYNE OF COALGATE, OK. LARRY PAYNE AND WIFE DALE OF ATOKA, OK. MICHAEL PAYNE AND WIFE FRANCIS OF OKLAHOMA CITY.
SISTER: CLEO BURKE OF TEMPE, AZ.
11 GRANDCHILDREN AND 18 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.
PRECEDED IN DEATH BY
PARENTS: WALTER AND ALMA DAVIS. HUSBAND: HORACE PAYNE IN 1992. GRANDSON: BILLY PAYNE. BROTHER: LLOYD, TOM, KENNETH, JAKE, AND BILL DAVIS.
DATE OF SERVICES: TUESDAY, JANUARY 23, 2001 AT 10:00 A.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: HARMONY BAPTIST CHURCH, EAST OF ATOKA, OK.
INTERMENT: GREEN MEADOWS CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK.
OFFICIATING: REV. JASON YARBROUGH.
CASKETBEARERS: SCOTT HAMILTON, CHARLES SANDERS, BILLY WAYNE GOODSON, JOHNNY MORRIS, DEWAYNE PAYNE, WES MOORE, HAROLD THOMPSON.
HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: KENNETH COCHRAN, MUNROE COCHRAN, LARRY PAYNE ll, MICHAEL PAYNE ll, ELVIN FORD.
NAME: JAMES DWIGHT “JIMMY” WHEELER, AGE 45, A PUSHMATAHA COUNTY RESIDENT.
 BORN: SEPTEMBER 20, 1955 AT HUGO, OK TO JAMES W. AND LOUISE (GAYLOR) WHEELER. PASSED AWAY: SUNDAY, JANUARY 21, 2001 NEAR HIS HOME NORTH OF SOBOL IN EASTERN PUSHMATAHA COUNTY. AGE: 45 YEARS 4 MONTHS AND 1 DAY.
EDUCATION: GRADUATED FROM HUGO IN 1974, ATTENDED WELDING CLASSES AT HUGO VO-TECH.
MARRIED: JUDY GAIL CUMPTON ON JUNE 28, 1974 AT SOBOL, OK.
OCCUPATION: JIMMY WAS A SELF-EMPLOYED LOGGER AND TRUCK DRIVER.
CHURCH AFFILIATION: JEHOVAH’S WITNESSES OF ANTLERS, OK.
SURVIVED BY
WIFE: JUDY OF THE HOME IN SOBOL, OK.
SON: BRAD WHEELER OF THE HOME IN SOBOL, OK.
FATHER: JAMES WHEELER OF SPENCERVILLE, OK.
MOTHER: LOUISE WHEELER OF SPENCERVILLE, OK.
BROTHERS: DANNY LEE WHEELER AND WIFE JO ANN OF COVE, AR. CARL RANDALL WHEELER AND WIFE SHELLY OF SPENCERVILLE, OK.
SISTERS: LINDA FRANCES SKIPPER AND HUSBAND EARL OF SPENCERVILLE, OK. PERILEE ELKINS OF MILBURN, OK. MARY JANE PIERCE OF SPENCERVILLE, OK. SANDY JEAN BARCHEERS AND HUSBAND BILLY BUCK OF SAWYER, OK. MOTHER-IN-LAW: ISABEL CUMPTON OF SOBOL, OK.
PRECEDED IN DEATH BY
DATE OF SERVICES: WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 24, 2001 AT 11:00 A.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: RATTAN HIGH SCHOOL AUDITORIUM ~ RATTAN, OK.
INTERMENT: SPENCERVILLE CEMETERY ~ SPENCERVILLE, OK.
OFFICIATING: MIKE SMITH.
CASKETBEARERS: GEORGE HENSLEY, ROBBY BAZE, GARRY BENSON, RICK DICKERSON, KEITH LYONS, SCOTT BAZE.
HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: DANIEL DICKERSON, DWAYNE MORGAN, JIM WOODS.
NAME: NOLA MAY (WILSON) CHAFFIN, AGE 88, A LONGTIME ATOKA RESIDENT. BORN: OCTOBER 20, 1912 AT TY VALLEY, OKLAHOMA TO SAMUEL THOMAS AND LORA ISABEL (COATE) WILSON. PASSED AWAY: FRIDAY, JANUARY 26, 2001 AT THE MEDICAL CENTER OF SE OKLAHOMA IN DURANT.AGE: 88 YEARS 3 MONTHS AND 6 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOL AT EAST TELICO AND STRINGTOWN. MARRIED: LONNIE CHAFFIN ON NOVEMBER 1, 1930 IN ATOKA, OK. OCCUPATION: HOUSEWIFE AND HOMEMAKER. CHURCH AFFILIATION: SHE WAS A MEMBER OF HILLCREST BAPTIST CHURCH IN ATOKA AT THE TIME OF HER DEATH; BUT SERVED THE LORD FAITHFULLY IN PREVIOUS YEARS IN THE COTTONWOOD BAPTIST CHURCH OF COAL COUNTY, FARRIS BAPTIST CHURCH AND THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH IN STRINGTOWN, WHERE SHE RAISED HER FAMILY. NOLA WAS A MEMBER OF THE LADIES AUXILIARY, AND WAS FAITHFUL TO VISIT THE RESIDENTS OF SURROUNDING NURSING HOMES. SURVIVED BY DAUGHTER: DARLENE CHAFFIN ALLEN and HUSBAND MAURICE W. OF OKLAHOMA CITY. SONS: LONNIE CHAFFIN, JR. and WIFE CAROLYN OF TULSA, OK. KEN CHAFFIN and WIFE LIL OF ATOKA, OK. JAMES CHAFFIN and WIFE LINDA OF COMANCHE, OK. JOHNNY CHAFFIN and WIFE CISSYE OF LEHIGH, OK. 9 GRANDDAUGHTERS. 12 GRANDSONS. 25 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. 24 NIECES and NEPHEWS. BROTHER: JESS WILSON OF STRINGTOWN, OK. SISTER: SUSIE JAMES OF FARRIS, OK. 4 DAUGHTERS-IN-LAW. 1 SON-IN-LAW. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: SAMUEL THOMAS and LORA ISABEL WILSON.HUSBAND: LONNIE CHAFFIN.A BABY SONBROTHER: JOHN WILSON OF SAN PABLO, CA.SISTER: IRVA BARKER OF RIVERDALE, CA.GRANDSON: KENNY CHAFFIN, JR. GREAT GRANDDAUGHTER: RACHEL CELESTE CHAFFIN.GREAT GRANDSONS: NATHAN SAMUEL CHAFFIN & JOSH CHAFFIN.
DATE OF SERVICES: MONDAY, JANUARY 29, 2001 AT 2:00 PM.PLACE OF SERVICES: HILLCREST BAPTIST CHURCH. INTERMENT: STRINGTOWN CEMETERY ~ STRINGTOWN, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. SILAS HENRY, JR.ASSISTING: REV. BILLY JOE HOWARD. CASKETBEARERS: (GRANDSONS) MICHAEL CHAFFIN, RONNIE CHAFFIN, ROWLAND CHAFFIN, SCOTT CHAFFIN, JERAMY CHAFFIN, DANNY CHAFFIN, JASON CHAFFIN, CASEY CHAFFIN, CODY CHAFFIN, STEVE CHAFFIN, RICK CHAFFIN, RANDY RAINS. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: DOYLE MORSE, T. A. FRANK, MELVIN ISHMAEL, GORDON ISHMAEL, HAL ISHMAEL, MARVIN ISHMAEL, JOE MORRIS, DAVEY MORRIS, JAMES SMITH.
NAME: TAMI LOUISE (BICKNELL) WILLIAMS, AGE 39, A STRINGTOWN AREA RESIDENT.
 BORN: JUNE 28, 1961 AT BAKERSFIELD, CALIFORNIA TO ARCHIE LEE AND VIVIAN GAIL (MUNCTON) BICKNELL.. PASSED AWAY: SATURDAY, JANUARY 27, 2001 EAST OF STRINGTOWN FROM INJURIES RECEIVED IN A MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT. AGE: 39 YEARS 6 MONTHS AND 29 DAYS
EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS IN FT. BRAGG, CALIFORNIA AND ATOKA.
MARRIED: TONY WILLIAMS ON SEPTEMBER 3, 1976 AT FT. BRAGG, CA. KEITH WILLIAMS ON JUNE 11, 1997 AT SHERMAN, TX.
OCCUPATION: HOUSEWIFE AND HOMEMAKER AND WORKED AT BEGLEY’S FRUIT STAND AND AT LOVE’S COUNTRY STORE.
CHURCH AFFILIATION: SHE WAS A FORMER MEMBER OF BLACKJACK BAPTIST CHURCH AND WAS CURRENTLY A MEMBER OF STRINGTOWN BAPTIST CHURCH.
SURVIVED BY
HUSBAND: KEITH WILLIAMS OF THEIR HOME NEAR STRINGTOWN, OK.
CHILDREN: BRIAN LEE WILLIAMS OF ATOKA, OK. PATRICIA LYNN WILLIAMS and FIANCE’ ROY McAUSLAND OF ATOKA, OK. JENNIFER DAWN WILLIAMS OF ATOKA, OK. TIFFANY ROSE WILLIAMS OF ATOKA, OK.
GRANDSON: HARLEY DEWAYNE WILLIAMS OF ATOKA, OK.
PARENTS: ARCHIE and VIVIAN BICKNELL OF ATOKA, OK.
IN-LAWS: CLYDE and NANCY WILLIAMS OF STRINGTOWN, OK.
BROTHER: CARL LEE BICKNELL and WIFE CYNTHIA OF CANEY, OK.
GRANDPARENTS: CECIL and CALDONIE BICKNELL OF ATOKA, OK. CHARLES and MARJORIE WAGNER OF McKINLEYVILLE, CA.
NEPHEWS: ROBBY DEE HUMPHREY OF CANEY, OK. COREY LEE BICKNELL OF CANEY, OK.
NIECE: SUMMER NICOLE BICKNELL OF CANEY, OK.
SPECIAL FRIEND: CHRISTOPHER PAUL SMITH OF ATOKA, OK.
PRECEDED IN DEATH BY
GRANDFATHER: LESLIE MUNCTON.
DATE OF SERVICES: FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2001 AT 10:00 AM. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK.
INTERMENT: GREEN MEADOWS CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK.
OFFICIATING: REV. LES PEEVYHOUSE. ASSISTING: REV. LOYD THOMPSON.
CASKETBEARERS: CURTIS WILLIAMS, DAVID WILLIAMS, CHRISTOPHER WILLIAMS, JASON WILLIAMS, JUSTIN WILLIAMS, SHAWN WILLIAMS.
HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: JOHNNY MORRIS, KEITH FUGATE, HANK MAGBY, RANDY LANSDALE.
NAME: GENEVA ILENE (GADDIS) LANG, AGE 75, A LIFELONG ATOKA RESIDENT.
 BORN: NOVEMBER 28, 1925 AT ATOKA, OKLAHOMA TO JOE J. AND CORA L. (HOPKINS) GADDIS. PASSED AWAY: TUESDAY, JANUARY 30, 2001 AT THE ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. AGE: 75 YEARS 2 MONTHS AND 2 DAYS.
EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT EAST ALLISON AND FORREST HILL.
MARRIED: LOYD DALTON LANG ON AUGUST 30 1947 AT RENO, NV.
OCCUPATION: HOUSEWIFE AND HOMEMAKER.
CHURCH AFFILIATION: SHE WAS A MEMBER OF MOUNTAIN VIEW PENTECOSTAL CHURCH OF GOD IN ATOKA, OK.
SURVIVED BY
HUSBAND: LOYD LANG OF THEIR HOME EAST OF ATOKA, OK.
CHILDREN: BILL LANG and WIFE SHARON OF ATOKA, OK. J. D. LANG and WIFE VI OF ATOKA, OK. CATHIE GLASCO and HUSBAND GARY OF SEMINOLE, OK.
GRANDCHILDREN: TERRY A HORN and HUSBAND LARRY OF ATOKA, OK. BILLY RAY LANG JR. OF MUSKOGEE, OK. JOHNNY LANG OF OKLAHOMA CITY. DAWN CASE and HUSBAND GREG OF EDGAR SPRINGS, MO. KEVIN MAXWELL and WIFE PAULA OF OKLAHOMA CITY. JOE LANG JR OF ATOKA, OK. AMBER GLASCO OF SEMINOLE, OK.
GREAT GRANDCHILDREN: SECRET, CAROLYN, SARAH, JOSHUA ANDREW, JOSHUA BRADLEY, LUKE, TYLER, and JUSTIN.
SISTERS: PAULINE WADE OF MYRTLE CREEK, OR. MILDRED BURNS OF MOLINE, IL. LORENE MILLER OF PAULS VALLEY, OK. BEULAH HECTOR OF ADA, OK.
PRECEDED IN DEATH BY
PARENTS: JOE and CORA GADDIS. DAUGHTER: CAROLYN LANG. BROTHER: MELVIN GADDIS. SISTER: CLARA CLEVENGER.
DATE OF SERVICES: SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2001 AT 2:00 PM. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK.
INTERMENT: GREEN MEADOWS CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK.
OFFICIATING: REV. GENE HURLEY. ASSISTING: SISTER VIOLA HURLEY.
CASKETBEARERS: (GRANDSONS) BILLY LANG, JOHNNY LANG, KEVIN MAXWELL, JOE LANG, LARRY HORN, GREG CASE.
HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: JACK BURLESON, LLOYD G. LANG, EUGENE LANG, GENE LANG, WILLARD HECTOR, J. T. MILLER.
NAME: FRANCES ISOBEL (FOOTE) SCARBER, AGE 79, A LONGTIME ATOKA RESIDENT.
 BORN: DECEMBER 11, 1921 AT POTEAU, OKLAHOMA TO ARTHUR FRANCIS AND ELIZABETH VIRGINIA (LEWIS) FOOTE.
PASSED AWAY: WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 31, 2001 AT THE ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. AGE: 79 YEARS 12 MONTHS AND 10 DAYS.
EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOL AT POTEAU - SHE WAS THE ONLY GIRL IN THE POTEAU BOYS MARCHING BAND. AFTER 25 YEARS, SHE CONTINUED HER EDUCATION BY GOING BACK TO HIGH SCHOOL, GRADUATING FROM ATOKA HIGH SCHOOL IN 1965 AT AGE 43 AND MAKING STRAIGHT A’S. SHE ALSO ATTENDED BACONE COLLEGE IN MUSKOGEE, GRADUATING WITH AN R. N. DEGREE.
MARRIED: HOGAN THURMAN SCARBER ON MAY 9, 1954 AT PANAMA, OK.
OCCUPATION: MINISTER AND R. N. SHE STARTED HER MINISTRY AT AGE 16. SHE AND HER HUSBAND PASTORED MANY CHURCHES IN OKLAHOMA, TEXAS, AND KENTUCKY, INCLUDING BLACKJACK PENTECOSTAL AND MOUNTAIN VIEW PENTECOSTAL. SHE OWNED AND OPERATED SCARBER NURSING HOME IN ATOKA FOR MANY YEARS. SHE WAS DIRECTOR OF NURSING WHEN ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL OPENED. SHE WORKED MANY YEARS AT SEVERAL HOSPITALS AND NURSING HOMES IN OKLAHOMA, THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS AT COLONIAL MANOR.
CHURCH AFFILIATION: SHE WAS A MEMBER OF PENTECOSTAL CHURCH OF GOD, MOUNTAIN VIEW FOR MANY YEARS.
FRANCES WROTE THE MOUNTAIN VIEW NEWS FOR THE ATOKA COUNTY TIMES. SHE WAS A LONGTIME MEMBER OF PENTECOSTAL LADIES ORGANIZATION AND MEMBER OF THE OKLAHOMA NURSING HOME ASSOCIATION.
SURVIVED BY
HUSBAND: REV. HOGAN SCARBER OF THEIR HOME IN ATOKA, OK.
CHILDREN: JOHNNIE LEE THOMPSON AND WIFE LeNELL OF ROWLETT, TX. JAMES ALFRED THOMPSON AND WIFE DOROTHY OF MCALESTER, OK. THELMA FRANCIS WALKER AND HUSBAND BOB OF COUNCE, TN. JUANITA BOUNDS OF NORMAN, OK.
13 GRANDCHILDREN, 13 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.
PRECEDED IN DEATH BY
PARENTS: ARTHUR AND ELIZABETH FOOTE. CHILDREN: THURMAN SCARBER AND LAVERNE BRUEHL. GRANDSON: LARRY DON KIRK. SON-IN-LAW: GLEN BOUNDS. 8 SISTERS.3 BROTHERS.1 GREAT GRANDCHILD.
DATE OF SERVICES: SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2001 AT 10:00 AM. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK.
INTERMENT: GREEN MEADOWS CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK.
OFFICIATING: REV. LEON MCDOWELL. ASSISTING: REV. BOB MCCLOUGH.
CASKETBEARERS: ROBERT WALKER, STEPHEN THOMPSON, JOHN THOMPSON, RICHARD THOMPSON, GEORGE FIALA, JONATHAN SMITH.
HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: TYLER BOUNDS, OWEN PRATER, CLINT BOONE, JOHNNY FAULKENBERRY, RICHARD BOND.
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