NAME: COLLEEN “RICKY” (BOWEN) CLOTFELTER, AGE 75, LIFELONG WARDVILLE AREA RESIDENT. BORN: APRIL 24, 1923 AT WARDVILLE, ok TO BEN LACEY AND JESSIE LEOMA (MOORE) BOWEN. PASSED AWAY: FRIDAY, JANUARY 1, 1999 AT HER RESIDENCE NEAR WARDVILLE, OK.AGE: 75 YEARS 8 MONTHS AND 7 DAYS. EDUCATION: GRADUATED FROM LIMESTONE GAP AND ATTENDED TULSA BUSINESS COLLEGE. MARRIED: GEORGE CLOTFELTER ON OCTOBER 17, 1959 AT MCALESTER, OK. RICKY WAS VERY ACTIVE IN THE WARDVILLE COMMUNITY. SHE HAD OWNED AND OPERATED NUMEROUS BUSINESSES SUCH AS FLOWER SHOPS IN COALGATE AND ANTLERS, BEAUTY SHOPS IN ATOKA AND McALESTER, AND A RESTaURANT IN ADA. SHE WAS ACTIVE IN THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND THE COUNTY HOMEMAKER CLUBS THROUGH THE YEARS. SHE HELPED TO REORGANIZE THE LIMESTONE GAP SCHOOL ALUMINI ASSOCIATION AND WAS OF BAPTIST FAITH. SURVIVED BY HUSBAND: GEORGE CLOTFELTER OF THE HOME NEAR WARDVILLE, OK. DAUGHTER: JESSIE JOE TUNNEL AND HUSBAND HARRY OF ADA, OK. 6 GRANDCHILDREN, 6 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. STEPSONS: RONALD CLOTFELTER OF SNOW, OK. CHARLES CLOTFELTER OF LAS VEGAS, NV. STEPDAUGHTERS: GEORGINE CLOTFELTER AND SANDRA BASS BOTH OF UTAH. VERY SPECIAL GRANDDAUGHTERS: ELODIE CLOTFELTER AND SUZANNE ESTES. VERY SPECIAL NIECES AND NEPHEWS: ALICE BOWEN, CODY BOWEN, RICKEY LEE BOWEN, JOE BEN BOWEN. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: BEN AND JESSIE BOWEN.BROTHERS: ELMER EARL, BEN LACEY”CHUG”, AND JIM BOWEN.
DATE OF SERVICES: MONDAY, JANUARY 4, 1998 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: IN THE BOWEN ADDITION OF THE BETHEL CEMETERY, NORTHWEST OF STRINGTOWN, OK OFFICIATING: REV. JAMES CROWSON.ASSISTING: ROYCE MANION. CASKETBEARERS: JAKE SHIELDS, KERWIN MANION, JUSTIN MANION, RODNEY COUCH, TERRY ENSCO, RALPH MCCLENDON. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: TOMMY MANION, JAMES THOMPSON, N. Y. THOMPSON, ROBERT HOWARD, BILL COUCH, TRACY BRYANT, J. V. NEWBERRY, BUD COUCH.
NAME: JACK WALTON LEEPER, AGE 74, A LIFETIME ATOKA COUNTY RESIDENT. BORN: JUNE 10, 1924 AT STRINGTOWN, OK TO FENTON L. AND LEONA (PIERCE) LEEPER. PASSED AWAY: SATURDAY, JANUARY 2, 1999 AT THE ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.AGE: 74 YEARS 6 MONTHS AND 22 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOL AT LIMESTONE GAP. MARRIED: HELEN G. ABLES ON JUNE 10, 1945 AT ATOKA, OK. OCCUPATION: FARM SUPERVISOR AT MACK ALFORD CORRECTIONAL CENTER IN STRINGTOWN, OK. CHURCH AFFILIATION: MEMBER OF WARDS CHAPEL BAPTIST CHURCH. SURVIVED BY WIFE: HELEN LEEPER OF THE HOME IN ATOKA, OK. SON: MARVIN LEEPER OF ATOKA, OK. BROTHER: JIM LEEPER OF DURANT, OK. SISTERS: ESTELLA MCDANIEL OF HUGO, OK. ADA LOWRANCE OF KERRVILLE, TX. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: FENTON AND LEONA LEEPER.BROTHERS: BOB AND JOHN LEEPER.
DATE OF SERVICES: TUESDAY, JANUARY 5, 1999 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: GRAVESIDE SERVICES. INTERMENT: WARDS CHAPEL CEMETERY ~ ATOKA COUNTY, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. BOB JOHNSON. CASKETBEARERS: TOP GRAHAM, DON LOFTIS, FREDDY WOODS, CHARLES CALLICOAT, JACK TURNER, JAMES POWELL. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: KENNETH ALLEN AND BOB FREDERICK.
NAME: ALINE (LETKA) TAYLOR, AGE 61, OF ATOKA, OK. BORN: SEPTEMBER 26,1937 AT BENTLEY, ok TO JOE AND MATTIE (BARCUS) LETKA. PASSED AWAY: SATURDAY, JANUARY 2, 1999 AT THE PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL IN OKLAHOMA CITY.AGE: 61 YEARS 3 MONTHS AND 6 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOL AT BENTLEY, OK. OCCUPATION: HOMEMAKER. CHURCH AFFILIATION: MEMBER OF THE FIRST INDIAN BAPTIST CHURCH IN McALESTER, OK. SURVIVED BY SONS: GARY DANEY OF HORN LAKE, MS. NATHAN DANEY AND WIFE STELLA OF ATOKA, OK. EDWARD DANEY OF McALESTER, OK. DAUGHTER: SHELLI DAILEY OF ATOKA, OK. GRANDCHILDREN: CASSANDRA FRAZIER, SARAH HARDY, JENNIFER DANEY, THOMAS HARDY, JOSHUA DANEY, AND JAMIE DANEY. SISTER: DEBRA PETERS AND HUSBAND LARRY OF BENTLEY, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: JOE AND MATTIE LETKA.BROTHER: RAYMOND WILSON.SONS: RICHARD AND BENNY DANEY.
DATE OF SERVICES: TUESDAY, JANUARY 5, 1998 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: MACeDONIA BAPTIST CHURCH ~ BENTLEY, OK. INTERMENT: BENTLEY INDIAN CEMETERY ~ BENTLEY, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. WILLIAM FRYE. CASKETBEARERS: RANDY BAPTISTE, AARON FRAZIER, EDMOND FRAZIER, JR., CHARLES ALLEN, LAWYER BOBB, LEROY MOSE.
NAME: ELLA MAE (WILLIAMS) FOWLER, AGE 91, LONGTIME COAL AND ATOKA COUNTY RESIDENT. BORN: MARCH 13, 1907 AT ANADARKO, OKLAHOMA TO JAMES AND LAURA (THOMAS) WILLIAMS. PASSED AWAY: TUESDAY, JANUARY 5, 1999 AT THE HURLEY MANOR IN COALGATE, OK.AGE: 91 YEARS 9 MONTHS AND 22 DAYS EDUCATION: GRADUATED FROM LANGSTON UNIVERSITY. MARRIED: ORAN F. FOWLER IN 1946 AT WICHITA, KS. OCCUPATION: LONGTIME SCHOOL TEACHER. SHE TAUGHT IN ATOKA AND COAL COUNTIES. CHURCH AFFILIATION: SHE WAS A BAPTIST. she AND HUSBAND ORAN HAD RESIDED IN LEHIGH MANY YEARS. SURVIVED BY SONS: MARVIN ARTRY AND WIFE ELVERA OF LOS ANGELES, CA. FORREST ARTRY AND WIFE RUBY OF GARDENIA, CA. DAUGHTER: LESSIE LOIS LeSURE OF OKLAHOMA CITY. GRANDCHILDREN: INDIA ARTRY OF GARDENIA, CA. DARYL LeSURE OF OKLAHOMA CITY. KARLOS LeSURE OF OKLAHOMA CITY. BROTHER: STERLING WILLIAMS OF OKLAHOMA CITY. SISTER-IN-LAW: PARALEE PLEASANT OF ATOKA, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: JAMES AND LAURA WILLIAMS.HUSBAND: ORAN FOWLER on october 3, 1996.3 SISTERS.
DATE OF SERVICES: WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 13, 1999 AT 10:00 A.M.PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: SUMMIT VIEW CEMETERY ~ GUTHERIE, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. WILBURN BRUNER. CASKETBEARERS: CARL BROWN, OTIS D. BROWN, CHARLIE COLTON, CHARLES FISHER. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: FREDDIE BRICE, DELBERT POWELL, CARL SPEARS, ORLAN HILL. FLOWER BEARERS: UETELEE PERKINS, LINDA NOWABBIE, CONNIE EDWARDS, IRMA WOODARD, ELIZABETH FRAZIER, BETTY LANGSTON.
NAME: NANCY L. (ARTERBERRY) PIERCE, AGE 89, LONGTIME ATOKA COUNTY RESIDENT. BORN: JULY 24, 1909 IN ORANGE COUNTY, TEXAS TO ALLISON AND BEATRICE (MILLS) ARTERBERRY. PASSED AWAY: SUNDAY, JANUARY 10, 1999 AT THE ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.AGE: 89 YEARS 5 MONTHS AND 16 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED DUNDAR SCHOOLS IN ATOKA MARRIED: HENRY SYLVESTER PIERCE IN 1927 IN ATOKA COUNTY, OK. OCCUPATION: WORKED OVER 20 YEARS FOR THE I.N.C.A HEADSTART AS A COOK. CHURCH AFFILIATION: SHE WAS A LONGTIME AND FAITHFUL MEMBER OF THE FOURTH WARD CHURCH OF CHRIST. NANCY WAS VERY ACTIVE THROUGH THE YEARS IN THE SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMS IN ATOKA. SURVIVED BY CHILDREN: NERE BUTLER AND HUSBAND ROOSEVELT OF ATOKA, OK. OREAN BOWEN OF ATOKA, OK. BETTYE JOHNSON OF ATOKA, OK. FREDDIE PIERCE AND WIFE EVELYN OF LEWISVILLE, TX. ROBERT PIERCE AND WIFE ANN OF LIVERMORE, CA. 17 GRANDCHILDREN, 20 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, 34 GREAT GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. DAUGHTER-IN-LAW: EDNA ANN PIERCE OF OKLAHOMA CITY. SISTER: FRANCILLE PIERCE AND HUSBAND GEORGE OF ATOKA, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HUSBAND: HENRY PIERCE ON NOVEMBER 6, 1969.PARENTS: ALLISON AND BEATRICE ARTERBERRY.SON: HENRY SYLVESTER PIERCE JR.DAUGHTER: RUTH EVELYN PIERCE.STEP MOTHER: BERTHA GILMER.BROTHERS: LEONARD, ALLISON, AARON, AND MARVIN ARTERBERRY.SISTERS: OREAN ARTERBERRY, BONNIE BROWN, MARGARET PRINCE, MARY ANN DAVIS, and HELEN ARTERBERRY.5 GRANDCHILDREN.
DATE OF SERVICES: FRIDAY, JANUARY 15, 1999 AT 1:00 P.M.PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: GREEN HILL CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK. OFFICIATING: BRO. WILLARD HARRISON.ASSISTING: BRO. BILLIE JOE CLAYTON AND BRO. TOMMY HARRISON. CASKETBEARERS: (GRANDSONS) LARRY BOWEN, KEVEN BOWEN, WAYNE BOWEN, GERALD BOWEN, JOHNNY PIERCE, LYNN PIERCE, DARNELL BOWEN, LAMOUNT BOWEN. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: JESSIE HARRISON, BOBBY JOHNSON, BILLIE JOE CLAYTON, TOMMY HARISON, JOE HARRISON. FLOWER BEARERS: LULA MAE SUTTER, DORIS SUTTER, MS. CECIL DAVIS, DORIS MOTON, EVELYN VINSON, ELIZABETH CLAYTON, PAULINE WALTERS, PAULINE HARRISON.
NAME: PHILLIP ALLEN ALFORD, AGE 19, A LIFELONG CANEY, OKLAHOMA AREA RESIDENT. BORN: NOVEMBER 20, 1979 AT DENISON, TEXAS TO WALLACE M. AND VICTORIA KAY (ZACHARIAS) ALFORD. PASSED AWAY: MONDAY, JANUARY 18, 1999 WEST OF CADDO FROM INJURIES SUSTAINED IN A MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT.AGE: 19 YEARS 1 MONTH AND 28 DAYS. EDUCATION: GRADUATED FROM CANEY HIGH SCHOOL IN 1998 AND ATTENDED OKLAHOMA STATE HORSESHOEING SCHOOL IN ARDMORE. MARRIED: LESLIE MARIE UMSTED ON AUGUST 8, 1998 AT CANEY, OK. OCCUPATION: WORKED AS A FARRIER AND WELDER AT SUNDOWNER TRAILER. HE WAS A MEMBER OF VOCA BAPTIST CHURCH, A MEMBER OF THE AMERICAN FERRIERS ASSOCIATION, M.R.C.A., O.Y.R.A AND O.T.R.A RODEO ASSOCIATIONS. HE WORKED AS A PICKUP MAN OF THE J. C. WARD RODEO COMPANY AND WAS ACTIVE IN RANCH RODEO. DURING HIS SCHOOLING HE WAS IN FFA AND 4H. HE LOVED TO HOG HUNT, DEER HUNT, AND ROPE. SURVIVED BY WIFE: LESLIE MARIE alford OF THE HOME NEAR CANEY, OK. BABY DAUGHTER: JAYCIE MARIE ALFORD OF THE HOME NEAR CANEY. PARENTS: WALLACE AND VICKY OF THE CANEY AREA. BROTHER: GREG ALFORD OF CANEY, OK. SISTER-IN-LAW: LISA UMSTED OF CANEY, OK. GRANDMOTHER: LILLIE ALFORD OF CANEY, OK. MOTHER IN-LAW: CAROL UMSTED OF CANEY, OK.FATHER IN-LAW: RICK UMSTED OF CANEY, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY GRANDPARENTS: EVERETT AND BEULA ZACHARIAS. ARNOLD ALFORD.
DATE OF SERVICES: WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 20, 1998 AT 10:00 A.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: CANEY CEMETERY ~ CANEY, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. WOODROW KING. ASSISTING: REV. J. NEAL ALFORD. CASKETBEARERS: DENNIS BURKHALTER, TONY GOODSON, KELLY HARDMAN, HUNK BOEHME, DEREK MARLOW, CLINT HELMS. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: EDDIE WILLIS, KEVIN WILLIS, KASEY WILLIS, BART WORKMAN, CLAY GOSSETT, BRADY RICHARDSON, RICKY BURKHALTER, ZAC COATES, JOHN DOOLEN, NICHOLAS WATSON, CARL CRITES, DERK MEADOWS.
NAME: AMERICA MAYE (DARST) FITZGERALD DANDRIDGE, AGE 94, FORMER LONGTIME ATOKA RESIDENT. BORN: JULY 4, 1904 AT LEONARD, TEXAS TO HENRY LEWIS AND DELLA ANN (PARKER) DARST. PASSED AWAY: SUNDAY, JANUARY 24, 1999 AT SOUTHWEST MEDICAL CENTER IN OKLAHOMA CITY.AGE: 94 YEARS 6 MONTHS AND 20 DAYS EDUCATION: ATTENDED CANEY SCHOOL. MARRIED: FRANK FITZGERALD ON NOVEMBER 1, 1920 AT WELLINGTON, TX. EARLY DANDRIDGE IN 1975. OCCUPATION: SHE WORKED FOR DOUGLAS AIRCRAFT AND WORKED MANY YEARS FOR THE OKLAHOMA DEPT. OF PUBLIC SAFTY, RETIRING IN 1966. CHURCH AFFILIATION: MAYE WAS A LONGTIME MEMBER OF THE NEW ZION METHODIST CHURCH. MAYE WAS ALSO A MEMBER OF THE ATOKA HOME DEMONSTRATION CLUB AND WAS ALWAYS A VERY ACTIVE PERSON. HER FAMILY CAME TO OKLAHOMA WHEN SHE WAS 6 YEARS OLD. THEY LIVED ON A FARM NEAR CANEY. AFTER HER MARRIAGE SHE LIVED MANY YEARS IN OKLAHOMA CITY, COMING BACK TO ATOKA IN 1966. SURVIVED BY DAUGHTERS: FRANKIE MILLER OF OKLAHOMA CITY. MADELINE LOWE OF MUSTANG, OK. GRANDCHILDREN: DON LOWE OF MUSTANG, OK. TRICIA HUNT OF BLANCHARD, OK. CHARMEN ROSE OF OKLAHOMA CITY. LARRY MILLER OF MOORE, OK. BRENDA DOBEY OF MOORE, OK. GREAT GRANDCHILDREN: JAMES FRANKLIN SELF, TIFFANY FOX, JOHN MILLER, LINDSAY MILLER, AND RANDEL ROSE. GREAT GREAT GRANDCHILDREN: KA-DEE SELF AND ALEXIS FOX. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: HENRY AND DELLA DARST.HUSBAND: (OF OVER 50 YEARS) FRANK FITZGERALD ON JANUARY 21, 1973.SECOND HUSBAND: James “EARLY“ DANDRIDGE IN November, 1979.DAUGHTER: WANDA JOY PORTER.SONS IN-LAW: FRANK LOWE JR., RAY PORTER, AND JOHN LAVERN MILLER.BROTHERS: R. B. AND HOMER DARST.SISTERS: MATTIE ALLEN, BEULAH MARLOW, AND OPAL SAYLORS.
DATE OF SERVICES: WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 27, 1999 AT 12:00 NOON.PLACE OF SERVICES: NEW ZION METHODIST CHURCH ~ ATOKA COUNTY, OK. INTERMENT: NEW ZION CEMETERY ~ ATOKA COUNTY, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. OSCAR WILKIE. CASKETBEARERS: JUNIOR RILEY, SCOTT RILEY, JUNIOR BRUCE, LEO DEMENT, DENNIS COURTNEY, DONNIE ALLEN. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: JOE GRIFFIN, RUSSELL COURTNEY, BILL ROBERSON.
NAME: THEAH MARY LEONA (BOWLIN) BLACKWOOD, AGE 75, LONGTIME ATOKA COUNTY RESIDENT. BORN: SEPTEMBER 6, 1923 AT SPIRO, OKLAHOMA TO JESS HENRY AND MARY INEZ (GARRETT) BOWLIN. PASSED AWAY: WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 27, 1999 AT ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.AGE: 75 YEARS 3 MONTHS AND 21 DAYS EDUCATION: ATTENDED ATOKA SCHOOLS. MARRIED: ODIE WILLIAM BLACKWOOD ON SEPTEMBER 28, 1940 AT ATOKA, OK. OCCUPATION: SHE WAS A COOK MANY YEARS AT ATOKA TRUCK STOP AND PRATER CAFE. ALSO, WORKED SOME 4 YEARS AS A MILITARY EMPLOYEE AT THE U.S. NAVAL AMMUNITION BASE LOCATED IN SAVANNA DURING WORLD WAR II. CHURCH AFFILIATION: PENTECOSTAL AND BAPTIST FAITH. THEAH WAS VERY ACTIVE IN ACTIVITIES AND FUND RAISERS AT THE NURSING HOME WHERE SHE RESIDED SINCE 1992. SURVIVED BY CHILDREN: OZIE BLACKWOOD OF TULSA, OK. BOBBY BLACKWOOD AND WIFE ETHEL OF ARDMORE, OK. BETTY COLE OF ATOKA, OK. GRANDCHILDREN: KATHY, JEREMY, SHANNON, ROBERT, AND BRADLEY. GREAT GRANDCHILDREN: DAKOTA AND A. J. BROTHERS: EDWARD BOWLIN OF MAYSVILLE, OK. ROBERT BOWLIN OF FT. WORTH, TX. SISTERS: LEAH BURLESON OF ATOKA, OK. MABEL RUFFIN OF FT. WORTH, TX. ELIZABETH AUTREY OF PHOENIX, AZ. BARBARA BURT OF WILLARD, WA. MATADORE WARREN OF CONGRESS JET, AZ. AUNT: ROSIE LEANOR OF PHOENIX, AZ. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HUSBAND: ODIE WILLIAM BLACKWOOD IN July, 1969.PARENTS: JESS HENRY AND MARY INEZ BOWLIN.DAUGHTER: FOSSIE MAE COOKSEY.BROTHERS: RICHARD AND JESSY DEAN BOWLIN.
DATE OF SERVICES: FRIDAY, JANUARY 29, 1999 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: STRINGTOWN CEMETERY ~ STRINGTOWN, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. FRANKLIN PIERCEY. CASKETBEARERS: JEREMY BLACKWOOD, SHANNON BAYS, ALAN BLACKWOOD, JAMES ODIE BURLESON, TEDDY RAY BURLESON, BRADLEY BLACKWOOD, ROBERT BAYS, JOHN GRIFFIN.
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