NAME: AGNES E. (BARON) JENSEN CARLSEN, AGE 93, OF RURAL ATOKA, OK. BORN: JANUARY 12,1904 TO CHARLES AND PHILOMENE (BOURBOUNE) BARON AT EVANSTON, IL. PASSED AWAY: FRIDAY, JANUARY 2, 1998 AT HER RESIDENCE NEAR TUSHKA.AGE: 93 YEARS 11 MONTHS AND 21 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOL AT EVANSTON, IL. MARRIED: CHRISTOPHER JENSEN IN 1925 AT CHICAGO, IL. MANUEL CARLSEN ON SEPTEMBER 23, 1949 AT CHICAGO, IL. OCCUPATION: SHE WAS A HOUSEWIFE. CHURCH AFFILIATION: SHE WAS of the CATHOLIC FAITH. AGNES MOVED TO ATOKA IN 1988 FROM ILLINOIS. SURVIVED BY SONS: RICHARD JENSEN AND WIFE LILLIAN OF ADDISON, IL. STANLEY JENSEN AND WIFE PHYLLIS OF ATOKA, OK. ROBERT JENSEN AND WIFE SANDY OF WEST CHICAGO, IL. STEPSON: ERNEST CARLSEN OF CHICAGO, IL. 9 GRAND CHILDREN, 9 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: CHARLES AND PHILOMENE BARON.FIRST HUSBAND: CHRISTOPHER JENSEN IN 1934.SECOND HUSBAND: MANUEL CARLSEN ON MAY 26, 1988.
MEMORIAL SERVICES WILL BE HELD AT A LATER DATE IN CHICAGO.
NAME: JOYCE MARIE (HUDSON) REASOR, AGE 57, OF OKLAHOMA CITY, FORMER LANE AND ATOKA RESIDENT. BORN: FEBRUARY 19, 1940 TO CLYDE MELVIN AND SARAH ADA (OLSEN) HUDSON AT BAKERSFIELD, CA. PASSED AWAY: FRIDAY, JANUARY 2, 1998 AT DEACONESS HOSPITAL, OKLAHOMA CITY. AGE: 57 YEARS 10 MONTHS AND 13 DAYS EDUCATION: ATTENDED GRADE SCHOOL AT LANE AND GRADUATED FROM ATOKA HIGH SCHOOL IN 1958. OCCUPATION: SHE WORKED IN FOOD SERVICE FOR MANY YEARS AND WAS DISABLED, RETIRING IN 1993. CHURCH AFFILIATION: SHE WAS ASSEMBLY OF GOD FAITH. SURVIVED BY UNCLES AND AUNTS: WILLARD AND FAY OLSEN OF ATOKA, OK. BENJAMIN ARVEL AND RUTH OLSEN OF CALERA, OK. TOMMY OLSEN JR. OF MOYERS, OK. DORA LEE AND ALTON BARNETT OF ODESSA, TX. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: CLYDE AND ADA HUDSON.
DATE OF SERVICES: TUESDAY JANUARY 6, 1998 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: BUTLER CEMETERY ~ LANE, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. GENE SLUDER.ASSISTING: REV. BOB JOHNSON. CASKETBEARERS: JAMES OWENS, PAT KENNEDY, DEWAYNE ALLEN, J. T. MACKEY, CHARLES TIGERT, MARVIN ISHMAEL.
NAME: STARLEEN M. (STRONGMAN) BARRIOS, AGE 49, OF ATOKA, OK.  BORN: SEPTember 18, 1948 AT DECATUR, ILLINOIS TO JACK MILTON AND MARY M. (BURNS) STRONGMAN. PASSED AWAY: SATURDAY, JANUARY 3, 1998 AT MEDICAL CENTER OF SE OKLAHOMA in DURANT.AGE: 49 YEARS 3 MONTHS AND 15 DAYS EDUCATION: GRADUATED FROM HIGH SCHOOL AT THOUSAND OAKS, CA. MARRIED: RICHARD BARRIOS ON NOVEMBER 30, 1989 AT SALINAS, CA. OCCUPATION: SHE WAS A HOUSEWIFE AND FORMERLY WAS IN RETAIL MANAGEMENT IN CALIFORNIA. STARLEEN HAS RESIDED IN ATOKA THE PAST 3 YEARS. SURVIVED BY HUSBAND: RICHARD BARRIOS OF THE HOME IN ATOKA, OK. DAUGHTERS: CHRISTINA MONEY OF ATOKA, OK. SHELLY SANDERS OF COSTA MESA, CA. GRANDCHILDREN: BRITTANY AND VICTORIA SACK OF SALINAS, CA. FATHER: JACK STRONGMAN OF STRINGTOWN, OK. BROTHER: LARRY STRONGMAN OF LAKE ISABELLA, CA. SISTERS: LINDA AND DONNIE COLE OF ATOKA, OK. DREAMLET SANDERS OF PLACERVILLE, CA. ROSEANA AND HUSTON BEENE’ ( BENNAY) OF LAS VEGAS, NV. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY MOTHER: MARY STRONGMAN.
SERVICES: MONDAY, JANUARY 5, 1998 AT 2:00 P.M.PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: NONE - CREMATION. OFFICIATING: REV. JAMES CROWSON.
NAME: LEO KING WILLIAMS, AGE 79, LONGTIME ATOKA COUNTY RESIDENT. BORN: OCTOBER 17, 1918 AT TUSHKA, OK TO JIM AMBROSE AND HATTIE LOU (KING) WILLIAMS. PASSED AWAY: TUESDAY, JANUARY 6, 1998 AT TALIHINA VETERANS CENTER, TALIHINA, OK.AGE: 79 YEARS 2 MONTHS AND 19 DAYS EDUCATION: GRADUATED FROM TUSHKA HIGH SCHOOL AND OBTAINED HIS B. A. AND MASTERS DEGREES FROM SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY. MARRIED: CASSIE E. CARR ON NOVEMBER 23, 1943 AT MCALESTER, OK. OCCUPATION: LEO WAS AN EDUCATOR. HE WAS PRINCIPAL AT TUSHKA SCHOOL FOR MANY YEARS AND LATER WAS PRINCIPAL AT DENISON, TEXAS. CHURCH AFFILIATION: MEMBER OF FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH IN DENISON, TEXAS, WHERE HE TAUGHT MEN’S BIBLE CLASS FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS, AND ALSO TAUGHT THE YOUNG AMBASSADORS GROUP. LEO SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE U. S. ARMY DURING BOTH WORLD WAR II AND KOREA. HE WAS INFANTRY UNIT COMMANDER SERVING IN NORTHERN FRANCE, NORMANDY, ARDENNES, AND RHINELAND EARNING NUMEROUS DECORATIONS. LEO ALSO SERVED IN THE NATIONAL GUARD’S 45TH DIVISION AND HAD ATTAINED THE RANK OF LIEUTENANT COLONEL AT THE TIME OF HIS RETIREMENT. LEO WAS ALSO VERY ACTIVE IN THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA AND SERVED AS SCOUT MASTER. SURVIVED BY WIFE: CASSIE WILLIAMS THE HOME. CHILDREN: ANGELIQUE SANDERS OF LONGVIEW, TX. CARLTON WILLIAMS OF OKLAHOMA CITY. SISTERS: NADINE GORDON OF ARLINGTON, TX. CLEO COOKSEY OF ATOKA, OK. MABEL MILLICAN OF CHECOTAH, OK. LOUISE MILLS OF DALLAS, TX. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: JIM AND HATTIE LOU WILLIAMS.BROTHERS: PAUL AND WALLACE WILLIAMS.SISTER: GENEVA FINK.
DATE OF MEMORIAL SERVICES: FRIDAY, JANUARY 9, 1998 AT 1:00 P.M. PLACE OF MEMORIAL SERVICES: GRAVESIDE SERVICE. INTERMENT: WESTVIEW CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. EDDY COOK.
NAME: STEPHEN PAUL SHORES JR , INFANT SON OF STEPHEN PAUL SHORES AND EDNA LOUISE GRADY OF DURANT, OK. BORN: WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 7, 1998 AT MEDICAL CENTER OF SE OKLAHOMA AT DURANT. PASSED AWAY: WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 7, 1998 AT CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL IN OKLAHOMA CITY. SURVIVED BY PARENTS: STEPHEN PAUL SHORES AND EDNA LOUISE GRADY OF DURANT, OK. GRANDPARENTS: LEO AND GENEVA GRADY OF DURANT, OK. MARY SUMMERS OF COALGATE, OK. DAVID AND CHERI SHORES OF COALGATE, OK. GREAT GRANDPARENTS: ROY AND BETTY McKEEN OF COALGATE, OK. ROGER GRADY OF TEXAS.
DATE OF SERVICES: SATURDAY, JANUARY 10,1998 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: GRAVESIDE SERVICES. INTERMENT: ASHLAND CEMETERY ~ ASHLAND, OK. OFFICIATING: FRANK BREWER.
NAME: ROGER FRANCIS MASTERS, AGE 49, OF LANE, OK. BORN: AUGUST 14, 1948 TO VERNON F. AND RUTH E. (NILSSON) MASTERS AT PENSaCOLA, FL. PASSED AWAY: WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 7,1998 AT THE ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. AGE: 49 YEARS 4 MONTHS AND 23 DAYS MARRIED: ALOIS M. WILLIAMS ON APRIL 1, 1996 AT DEQUEEN, AR. EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT JACKSONVILLE, FL, GARDEN GROVE AND WESTMINSTER, CA. OCCUPATION: MECHANIC. ROGER SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE U.S. NAVY DURING the VIETNAM war. SURVIVED BY WIFE: ALOIS MASTERS OF THE HOME NEAR LANE, OK. CHILDREN: TONYA MASTERS OF GLEN ELLEN, CA. JEREMIAH MASTERS OF RIVERSIDE, CA. GAYLYNN WILLIAMS OF LANE, OKLA. GILBERT WILLIAMS JR. OF LANE, OK. MOTHER: RUTH E. MASTERS OF RIVERSIDE, CA. SISTERS: SANDRA MILLER AND HUSBAND BENNY OF LAKE ELSINORE, CA. CYNTHIA SABULA AND HUSBAND NICK OF YORBA LINDA, CA. BROTHERS: ROBERT McMILLEN AND WIFE DONNA OF NICASIO, CA. RICHARD MASTERS AND WIFE ARLENE OF WESTMINSTER, CA. RANDALL MASTERS AND WIFE ALJ\KA OF CORONA, CA. UNCLE: CARL NILSSON OF LANE, OKLA. AUNT: DORA BERGLUND AND HUSBAND WARREN OF BRADENTON, FL. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY FATHER: VERNON F. MASTERS
DATE OF SERVICES: SATURDAY JANUARY 10, 1998 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: BUTLER CEMETERY ~ LANE, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. TERRY CRIPE. CASKETBEARERS: TERRY BARRIS, JEREMIAH MASTERS, GEORGE NILSSON, JUNIOR ARRINGTON, CLAUDE LOVETT, DENNIS BEACH. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: ARCHIE LEEPER, ROGER HYATT, DANNY ARRINGTON, BOBBY DALE HUNT.
NAME: JUNIOR EDWARD KING, AGE 71, LONGTIME CANEY, OKLA AREA RESIDENT.  BORN: AUGUST 29, 1926 AT QUINTON, OK TO RAYMOND EDWARD AND IRENE (UPTON) KING. PASSED AWAY: FRIDAY, JANUARY 9, 1998 AT TEXOMA MEDICAL CENTER in DENISON, TX.AGE: 71 YEARS 4 MONTHS AND 10 DAYS EDUCATION: ATTENDED LONA VALLEY SCHOOLS IN HASKELL COUNTY OK. MARRIED: WYNEmA DELORES RILEY ON JULY 7, 1948 AT VAN BUREN, AR. OCCUPATION: HE RETIRED IN 1987 FROM FARMING AND RANCHING. CHURCH AFFILIATION: MEMBER OF THE VOCA BAPTIST CHURCH FOR 35 YEARS. SURVIVED BY MOTHER: IRENE KING OF ABILENE, TX. CHILDREN: CHARLIE KING AND WIFE BARBARA OF CANEY, OK. PAT MANNING AND HUSBAND DAVID OF DURANT, OK. CARL KING OF CANEY, OK. DONNA WEBB AND HUSBAND CHARLIE OF CANEY, OK. 10 GRANDCHILDREN, 4 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.2 FOSTER GRANDCHILDREN. SISTERS: MILDRED ANDERSON OF CHOWCHILLA, CA. DONNA RAE CAVINESS OF KERMIT, TX. HELEN WOODWARD OF ABILENE, TX. ELLEN BLASCYK OF ABILENE, TX. BROTHER: JESSIE RAY KING OF ELMER, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY FATHER: RAYMOND E. KING.WIFE: WYNEmA KING oN april 26, 1995.
DATE OF SERVICES: MONDAY, JANUARY 12, 1998 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: VOCA BAPTIST CHURCH ~ CANEY, OK. INTERMENT: PERKINS CEMETERY ~ CANEY, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. BOB JOHNSON. CASKETBEARERS: HOWARD CAHILL, G. L. LAWSON, DONALD GOLDEN, HARLAN VAUGHN, CLINTON GOSSETT, SAM RHODES. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: JOHN JUNIOR SPRINGER, ROY TAYLOR, KEITH HOKETT, ROY NICKLES.
NAME: DILLARD KENNEDY, AGE 90, LONGTIME LANE, OK AREA RESIDENT.  BORN: JULY 5, 1907 AT SIBELS BEND, TX TO BARNEY WARREN AND MARY ZULA (CLARK) KENNEDY. PASSED AWAY: SATURDAY JANUARY 10, 1998 AT HIS RESIDENCE NEAR LANE, OK. AGE: 90 YEARS 6 MONTHS AND 5 DAYS EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT SIBELS BEND, TX. MARRIED: ZONIA LEE LOHDEN IN APRIL OF 1923. LETHA MARCELLA ATTEBERRY ON DECEMBER 26, 1945 AT OKLAHOMA CITY. OCCUPATION: HE WAS A RETIRED FARMER, RANCHER, TRUCKER AND SAW MILL OPERATOR. DILLARD CAME TO ATOKA COUNTY IN 1921. HE JOINED THE IRON STOB PENTECOSTAL CHURCH WHEN A YOUNG MAN. SURVIVED BY WIFE: LETHA kennedy OF THE HOME NEAR LANE, OK. CHILDREN: LURA DEAN LOVELESS AND HUSBAND WALTER OF OKLAHOMA CITY. BARNEY WARREN KENNEDY AND WIFE JOANN OF COOLEDGE, AZ. ROE DALE KENNEDY AND WIFE BETTY OF OKLAHOMA CITY. GYMMIE CAROL SMITH AND HUSBAND JACK OF WICHITA, KS. PAT KENNEDY AND WIFE KATHRYN OF LANE, OK. BOBBY KENNEDY AND WIFE CINDY OF GARVIN, OK. GLEN KENNEDY AND WIFE BRENDA OF BALD KNOB, AR.. DAUGHTER IN-LAW: SAMMY JANE KENNEDY OF HOUSTON, TX. 23 GRANDCHILDREN, 21 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. SPECIAL NEPHEW: DAVID KENNEDY OF WHITESBORO, TX.DEAR FRIENDS: ETHEL WOODS AND PENNY FRITCHER. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY FIRST WIFE: ZONIA LEE KENNEDY IN 1943.PARENTS: BARNEY AND MARY KENNEDY.SONS: ARCHIE AND BARNEY KENNEDY AND AN INFANT BABY BOY.SISTERS: LUCILLE McKINLEY AND ZULA SEICK.GRANDDAUGHTER: DIANA JANE KENNEDY.
DATE OF SERVICES: MONDAY, JANUARY 12, 1998 AT 10:00 A.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: BUTLER CEMETERY ~ LANE, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. BRAD JONES.ASSISTED BY: REV. DWARD JUSTUS.
NAME: MARY LOUISE (COOK) JANZ, AGE 82, LIFE LONG ATOKA COUNTY RESIDENT.  BORN: NOVEMBER 24, 1915 AT ATOKA, OKLA. TO H. H. AND MARY ALICE (BROCK) COOK. PASSED AWAY: MONDAY JANUARY 19, 1998 AT THE COLONIAL MANOR IN ATOKA, OK.AGE: 82 YEARS 1 MONTH AND 25 DAYS. MARRIED: HENRY JANZ ON DECEMBER 24, 1941. EDUCATION: GRADUATED FROM ATOKA HIGH SCHOOL, ATTENDED OKLAHOMA COLLEGE FOR WOMEN (NOW OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS) AT CHICKASHA. SHE LATER OBTAINED HER BACHELORS DEGREE FROM CENTRAL STATE COLLEGE (NOW UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL OK) AND A MASTERS DEGREE FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT FAYETTeVILLE. OCCUPATION: RETIRED EDUCATOR. SHE WAS AN ART TEACHER FOR MANY YEARS IN PRYOR, OKLAHOMA PUBLIC SCHOOLS. AFTER HER RETIREMENT FROM TEACHING SHE OPERATED THE COOK RANCH NEAR ATOKA FOR MANY YEARS. MARY LOUISE ALWAYS MAINTAINED AN ACTIVE INTEREST IN CIVIC AFFAIRS. SHE WAS A MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION AND THE OKLAHOMA RETIRED TEACHERS ASSOCIATION. SHE WAS A TALENTED ARTIST. DURING HER YEARS IN THE PRYOR SCHOOLS, SHE DESIGNED A GROUP OF TWENTY FIVE PLAQUES DEPICTING ANIMALS INDIGENOUS TO MAYES COUNTY. SHE ALSO WROTE POETRY, AND ILLUSTRATED THESE POEMS WITH LINE DRAWINGS OF A nom de plume CHARACTER CALLED SOLUS. HER POEMS REFLECT HER WIDE RANGE OF READING AND HER OWN INDEPENDENT THINKING. SURVIVED BY HUSBAND: HENRY JANZ OF COALGATE, OK. SISTER: MABEL SUE( MRS. LAWRENCE H.) ARMSTRONG OF EDINA, MN. COUSINS: ANN COOK SCALES OF DALLAS, TX. FRANCES COO OF KEMENDA, TULSA, OK. JOHN D. COLEMAN AND WIFE SANDRA OF CANYON, TX. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: H. H. AND MARY ALICE COOK.
DATE OF SERVICES: TUESDAY JANUARY 20, 1998 AT 2:00 P.M.PLACE OF SERVICES: GRAVESIDE SERVICES. INTERMENT: WESTVIEW CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. FREDERICK C. PHILPUTT OF DALLAS.
NAME: EARL EDWARD TIDWELL, AGE 75, LONGTIME ATOKA COUNTY RESIDENT. BORN: JULY 21, 1922 IN PADEN, OKFUSKEE COUNTY, OK TO TINE AND EVA (UPDEGRAFF) TIDWELL. PASSED AWAY: FRIDAY, JANUARY 23, 1998 AT ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.AGE: 75 YEARS 6 MONTHS AND 2 DAYS. EDUCATION: HARMONY, LANE, AND ATOKA PUBLIC SCHOOLS. GRADUATED FROM ATOKA HIGH SCHOOL IN 1939 AND ENTERED THE CCC CAMP. MARRIED: EDITH LUCILLE MITCHELL IN 1943 IN ATOKA COUNTY, OK. JOSIE ELAINE EDGAR ON APRIL 5, 1996 IN STRINGTOWN, OK. OCCUPATION: RANCHER AND BUSINESS MAN. EARL CAME TO THE LANE COMMUNITY IN 1927 WITH HIS PARENTS, BROTHER CARL, MATERNAL GRANDPARENTS, AND AN UNCLE. THEY INITIALLY LIVED IN COVERED WAGONS ON THE BANKS OF THE MUDDY BOGGY. HE ENLISTED IN THE ARMY AIR FORCE IN 1942. HE WAS AN AIRPLANE MECHANIC GUNNER WITH THE 9TH BOMBARDMENT SQUADRON. HE SERVED IN RHINELAND AND ATTAINED THE RANK OF STAFF SGT. HE WAS DECORATED WITH THE AIR SERVICE METAL, GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, EAME THEATRE RIBBON, FOUR BRONZE BATTLE STARS, 1 SILVER BATTLE STAR, AND A BRONZE OAK LEAF CLUSTER. EARL WAS MANAGER OF THE FARMERS CO-OP IN ATOKA FOR MANY YEARS, HE WORKED AS A SALESMAN FOR NICHOLS SEED CO., OWNED AND OPERATED A FORD DEALERSHIP AND THEN A MASSEY FERGUSON TRACTOR DEALERSHIP INTO THE 1970’S AND WAS ALSO CO-OWNER OF T AND T MILLING CO. HE ALSO OPERATED A RANCH WEST OF LANE FOR SEVERAL DECADES. HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE LANE CHURCH OF CHRIST AND A LIFE MEMBER OF THE DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS (D.A.V.) CHAPTER 60 OF ATOKA. SURVIVED BY WIFE: JOSIE ELAINE EDGAR OF THE HOME IN STRINGTOWN, OK. SON: BOBBY EARL TIDWELL AND WIFE JUDY OF LANE, OK. GRANDCHILDREN: SETH, KARA, AND BOBBY JOE. STEPSONS: WAYNE EDGAR OF SULPHUR, OK. CHRIS EDGAR OF STRINGTOWN, OK. STEPDAUGHTER: MARILYN EDGAR OF ATOKA, OK. STEP GRANDCHILDREN: WAYNE JR, PRESTON, SUSAN, CLAYTON, STEVEN, ANGIE, STACY, RICHARD, MARIA, SABRINA, AND KALEM. STEP GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN: TAYLOR, CHANCIE, ASHLEY, LOGAN, AND CHEYENNE. 5 NIECES AND 2 NEPHEWS. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: TINE AND EVA TIDWELL.WIFE: EDITH LUCILLE IN AUGUST, 1995. BROTHERS: CLAUD AND CARL TIDWELLSISTER: MARGARET JEAN TIDWELL
DATE OF SERVICES: MONDAY, JANUARY 26, 1998 AT 2:00 P.M.PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: BUTLER CEMETERY ~ LANE, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. WAYNE EDGAR. CASKETBEARERS: RICKY JONES, TERRY JONES, BILLY WAYNE GOODSON, PAT KENNEDY, RICK RYAN, LEON YATES. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: JACK BONNER, CLYDE PAXTON, DAVID JOE JOHNSTON, BUD WILLIAMSON, LEON JONES.
NAME: WYNOMA BLANCH (HALL) MARTIN COLLIER, AGE 85, LIFELONG ATOKA COUNTY RESIDENT. BORN: SEPTEMBER 9, 1912 AT WAVELAND, AR TO WILLIS BURL AND LILLIE FAYE (OWENS) HALL. PASSED AWAY: SATURDAY, JANUARY 24, 1998 AT ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. AGE: 85 YEARS 4 MONTHS AND 15 DAYS EDUCATION: ATTENDED TUSHKA SCHOOLS. MARRIED: BILL MARTIN IN DECEMBER, 1929 AT CANEY, OK. ROBERT ROSTON COLLIER IN 1954 AT ATOKA, OK. OCCUPATION: HOUSEWIFE AND NURSE. CHURCH AFFILIATION: MEMBER OF PENN & A CHURCH OF CHRIST IN ATOKA, OK. SURVIVED BY HUSBAND: ROSTON COLLIER OF ATOKA, OK. SON: JOHN MARTIN AND WIFE ROSE OF TUSHKA, OK. GRANDSONS: KYLE MARTIN OF ATOKA, OK. BOBBY COLLIER OF BENNINGTON, OK. GRANDDAUGHETERS: DENA GILES OF WEATHERFORD, TX. RHEA MOORE OF WEATHERFORD, TX. SISTERS: ONEDA SMITH OF TUSHKA, OK. NELLIE HODGE OF TUSHKA, OK. BESSIE WITHROW OF CANEY, OK. TRESSA McBRAYER OF TUSHKA, OK. BROTHERS: BURNICE HALL OF FRESNO, CA. BILLY JOE HALL OF FRESNO, CA. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY FIRST HUSBAND: BILL MARTIN ON APRIL 13, 1951.STEPSON: MARVIN DEWAYNE COLLIER.PARENTS: WILLIS BURL AND LILLIE FAYE HALL.BROTHER: BUD HALL.SISTER: VIRGINIA EVANS.
DATE OF SERVICES: TUESDAY, JANUARY 27, 1998 AT 9:30 A.M.PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: SOUTH BURNS CEMETERY, WEST OF DILL CITY, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. BOB JOHNSON. CASKETBEARERS: CLIFF DARST, RALPH MEADOWS, JAMES HALL McBRAYER, JERRY OWEN HALL, JERRY CARTWRIGHT, KEITH HILL. CASKETBEARERS: DUKE ELLIS, DR. ROBERT HAYES, DR. DON RIPPEE, HOWARD SOUTHERN, CALVIN CLEVELAND, BARNEY McCALL.
NAME: EDITH CATHERINE ALLEN, AGE 79, LIFELONG ATOKA COUNTY RESIDENT. BORN: JANUARY 20, 1919 AT CANEY, OKLAHOMA TO JONAS AND PEARL (DUKE) PHILLIPS. PASSED AWAY: SATURDAY, JANUARY 24, 1998 AT DURANT, OK..AGE: 79 YEARS 0 MONTHS AND 4 DAYS EDUCATION: GRADUATED FROM ATOKA HIGH SCHOOL. MARRIED: CARL ALLEN ON MARCH 7,1937 AT CANEY, OK. OCCUPATION: HOUSEWIFE. CHURCH AFFILIATION: LONGTIME MEMBER OF THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH, ATOKA, OK. SURVIVED BY HUSBAND: CARL allen OF THE HOME IN ATOKA, OK. DAUGHTER: CAROLYN HARPER AND husband RONNIE OF ATOKA, OK. GRANDCHILDREN: RON HARPER OF ATOKA, OK. PATRICIA BELLOWS AND HUSBAND KEVIN OF ATOKA, OK. 6 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. SISTERS: BONNIE GLOVER OF OKLAHOMA CITY. BILLYE FAGERQUIST OF LAKE HAVASU, AZ. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: JONAS AND PEARL PHILLIPS.BROTHER: ROY PHILLIPS.SISTERS: JEWELL BUNYARD, MARIE ALLEN, GLADYS CROW, AND THELMA BAKER.
DATE OF SERVICES: MONDAY, JANUARY 26, 1998 AT 10:00 A.M.PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: WEST VIEW CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK. OFFICIATING: PAUL MOORE.ASSISTING: REV. PAT SIX. CASKETBEARERS: PHILLIP ALLEN, BILLY FRANK CROW, DEWAYNE ALLEN, GLO ROUNSAVILLE, DENNIS POWELL, REX ALLEN, RONNIE GLOVER.
NAME: ROY LEON MEAD, AGE 75, LONGTIME ATOKA COUNTY RESIDENT. BORN: DECEMBER 25, 1922 AT HARMONY TO CHARLEY FRANKLIN AND EDNA (SHEFFIELD) MEAD. PASSED AWAY: SATURDAY, JANUARY 24, 1998 AT ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.AGE: 75 YEARS 0 MONTHS AND 29 DAYS EDUCATION: GRADUATED FROM ATOKA HIGH SCHOOL. MARRIED: IDA B. MILLS IN 1947 IN ATOKA COUNTY, OK. OCCUPATION: RETIRED WITH OVER 23 YEARS SERVICE AS A STATE GAME RANGER. ROY WAS A MEMBER OF THE HARMONY BAPTIST CHURCH AND A MEMBER OF MASONIC LODGE, ATOKA LODGE #4. ROY SERVED IN THE 45TH INFANTRY IN WWii. HE LIVED IN CALIFORNIA FROM 1952 UNTIL 1961 AND THEN CAME BACK TO ATOKA WHERE HE LIVED THE REMAINDER OF THIS LIFE. ROY WAS A LOVER OF WILDLIFE AND SPENT MOST OF HIS LIFE WATCHING OVER GODS CREATURES. HE LOVED TO HUNT AND FISH. HE WAS ALSO WELL KNOWN FOR HIS BBQ AS HE COOKED FOR MANY SOCIAL EVENTS THROUGH THE YEARS IN THE COUNTY. SURVIVED BY WIFE: IDA B. mead OF THE HOME. DAUGHTER: HYDIE ROYLENE EUBANKS OF ATOKA, OK. GRANDDAUGHTERS: BRANDY DAWN AND CHEYENNE DESTINY EUBANKS OF ATOKA, OK. BROTHERS: AUTRY MEAD AND WIFE MARY OF LANE, OK. WILLIAM MEAD AND WIFE ALPHA MAE OF LANE, OK. SISTERS: RUBY BEATTIE OF WATSONVILLE, CA. MARY LOU CHRONISTER OF ATOKA, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY BROTHERS: C. F. MEAD, ARTHUR DEAN MEAD, ELMER MEAD, ELMER LYLES, AND DUDLEY LYLES.SISTERS: CHARLENE MEAD BERNARD, OLETA MEAD MAYNARD, AND THELMA MEAD WOOTEN.PARENTS: CHARLIE AND EDNA MEAD.
DATE OF SERVICES: TUESDAY, JANUARY 27, 1998 AT 2:00 P.M.PLACE OF SERVICES: HARMONY BAPTIST CHURCH, EAST OF ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: BUTLER CEMETERY ~ LANE, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. BRAD JONES.ASSISTING: REV. PAT SIX. CASKETBEARERS: (MASONIC BROTHERS) JARVIS WILLIAMS, DUKE ELLIS, J. D. BRADY, CURTIS LAMBERT, JAMES TURNER, DOLAN LATIMER, JOHN LATIMER, DOYLE EAGAN, ROBERT GILLESPIE. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: DOYLE SHEFFIELD, HOMER BLAKER, BROWN WYRICK, MILBERN MEAD, VERNON EASTRIDGE, JESSIE WAYNE PHILLIPS, PHILLIP MEAD, R. V. GOODSON.
NAME: ZELMER CLEMENT, AGE 94, LONGTIME ATOKA COUNTY RESIDENT. BORN: JUNE 8, 1903 AT TISHOMINGO, OK TO THOMAS LEVI AND DELLA CLEMENT. PASSED AWAY: MONDAY, JANUARY 26, 1998 AT ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.AGE: 94 YEARS 7 MONTHS AND 14 DAYS EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT TISHOMINGO. MARRIED: NEVER MARRIED. OCCUPATION: RETIRED FARMER. MR. CLEMENTS CAME TO ATOKA COUNTY AROUND 1910 AND LIVED HERE THE REMAINDER OF HIS LIFE. HE WAS A MASON MANY YEARS AND WAS FORMERLY A MEMBER OF THE CADDO LODGE. SURVIVED BY NEPHEWS: GARY LACKEY AND WIFE JOAN OF DURANT, OK. ANDY LACKEY AND WIFE WANDA OF CANEY, OK. NIECES: MARIE CULBREATH AND HUSBAND BILL OF CANEY, OK. WATHENIA FISH OF ATOKA, OK. BETTY DENSMORE AND HUSBAND BOB OF CANEY, OK. MAXINE COOK AND HUSBAND LEONARD OF COLEMAN, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: THOMAS AND DELLA CLEMENT.4 BROTHERS. 2 SISTERS.
DATE OF SERVICES: THURSDAY, JANUARY 29, 1998 AT 2:00 P.M.PLACE OF SERVICES: GRAVESIDE. INTERMENT: PERKINS CEMETERY ~ WEST CANEY, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. LEONARD COOK. CASKETBEARERS: JIMMY WINGO, CHAD MASON, JACKIE JACKSON, JACK WATSON, TONEY HEAD, CLIFFORD WATSON.
NAME: MARIE OZELLA (LAMB) STEEL, AGE 60, LONGTIME COALGATE AREA RESIDENT. BORN: AUGUST 19, 1937 AT PHOENIX, ARIZONA. TO ERNEST EDWIN AND MILDRED LEONA LAMB. PASSED AWAY: THURSDAY, JANUARY 29, 1998 AT HER RESIDENCE NEAR COALGATE, OK AFTER A LONG ILLNESS.AGE: 60 YEARS 5 MONTHS AND 10 DAYS EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT SOUTH PRAIRIE, PHOENIX, AND PORTERVILLE, CA. MARRIED: TOMMY STEEL IN 1955 AT PORTERVILLE, CA. OCCUPATION: RETIRED FROM WRANGLER IN COALGATE IN 1993. CHURCH AFFILIATION: NEW HOPE CHURCH IN ADA, OK. MS. STEEL LIVED IN COAL COUNTY WHEN A YOUNG GIRL AND LATER LIVED MANY YEARS IN THE NORTHWEST PART OF UNITED STATES MOVING BACK TO COALGATE AREA IN 1978. SHE RAISED 4 CHILDREN BY HERSELF, WORKING AT WRANGLER FOR 16 YEARS AND ALSO TOOK CARE OF HER PARENTS IN THEIR LATER YEARS. SURVIVED BY SONS: RALPH EUGENE STEEL AND WIFE VONDA OF LAMAR, MO. RONNIE THOMAS EDWIN STEEL AND WIFE LIZ OF NEW YORK CITY. RANDALL DAVID STEEL AND WIFE DIANE OF COALGATE, OK. DAUGHTER: MILDRED “RENEE” COLLIER AND HUSBAND ANDY OF ATOKA, OK. GRANDCHILDREN: TINA HILLIS, DAVID STEEL, GARY WAYNE STEEL, RHONDA STEEL, FELISHA FRIEMANN, AND JEFFERY COLLIER. GREAT GRANDCHILDREN: TONYA AND WILLIAM EUGENE HILLIS. TWIN SISTER: MARY ROSELLA GLASS OF LEHIGH, OK. BROTHER: ARVELL LAMB AND WIFE CAROLYN OF PLEASANT VIEW, CO. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: ERNEST AND MILDRED LAMB.HUSBAND: TOMMY IN 1995.DAUGHTER: DENISE OZELLA STEEL.BROTHER: IRVIN LAMB.
DATE OF SERVICES: MONDAY, FEBrUARY 2, 1998 AT 2:00 P.M.PLACE OF SERVICES: GRAVESIDE SERVICES. INTERMENT: WARDVILLE CEMETERY ~ WARDVILLE, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. JIM SMITH. CASKETBEARERS: CLIFFORD GLASS, JACKY WEEKLEY, DAVID DORITY, DAVID LAMB, MICHAEL LAMB. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: DEARL INGRAM, RAY PEBWORTH, ALVIN PEBWORTH, TROY DORITY, JIM GLASS.
NAME: SYBIL J. STALLINGS, AGE 65, LONGTIME TISHOMINGO, OK RESIDENT. BORN: SEPTEMBER 18,1932 AT MILBURN, OKLAHOMA TO NELSON H. AND ANNIE E. (LORRANCE) DALE. PASSED AWAY: FRIDAY JANUARY 30,1998 AT THE JOHNSTON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL IN TISHOMINGO, OK.AGE: 65 YEARS 4 MONTHS AND 12 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT MILBURN, OKLA. MARRIED: CLARENCE STALLINGS ON MARCH 7, 1952 AT EMET, OK. OCCUPATION: HOUSEWIFE AND HOMEMAKER. SYBIL WAS RAISED IN THE MILBURN AREA. AFTER SHE WAS MARRIED THEY LIVED MANY YEARS IN THE WOODWARD AREA WHERE THEY OWNED AND OPERATED NUMEROUS OILFIELD RELATED BUSINESSES. THEY CAME BACK TO TISHOMINGO IN THE EARLY 1980’S WHERE SHE AND CLARENCE OPERATED A RANCH. SHE LIVED THE REMAINDER OF HER LIFE IN TISHOMINGO. SYBIL WAS A LONGTIME MEMBER OF THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH IN TISHOMINGO AND WAS ACTIVE IN THE FOUNDING AND SUPPORTING THE JESUS HOUSE. SURVIVED BY HUSBAND: CLARENCE stallings OF THE HOME IN TISHOMINGO, OK. SONS: GARY AND JONI STALLINGS OF TISHOMINGO, OK. BRYAN STALLINGS OF OKLAHOMA CITY. GRANDCHILDREN: CODY LANE STALLINGS AND AMBER DAWN STALLINGS OF OKLAHOMA CITY. SAMUEL LEVI STALLINGS OF TISHOMINGO, OK. SISTERS: ANN SANDEFUR OF HOUSTON, TX. IRENE JONES OF ARDMORE, OK. BROTHER: NELSON DALE JR. OF BORER, TX. BOBBY DALE OR BORGER, TX. JOHNNY DALE OF LAKE CHARLES, LA. DON DALE OF EULESS, TX. BILLY DALE OF OAKWOOD, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: NELSON AND ANNIE DALE.SISTER: ALMA ROSENSTROM.
DATE OF SERVICES: MONDAY, FEBrUARY 2, 1998 AT 2:00 P.M.PLACE OF SERVICES: FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH ~ TISHOMINGO, OK. INTERMENT: TISHOMINGO CITY CEMETERY ~ TISHOMINGO, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. PERRY CRISP. CASKETBEARERS: DICK BURROWS, GEORGE CARTER, JERRY PASS, GARY BUCKALOO, BOBBY McGLOCKLIN, KENNETH ROBINSON. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: BILL THOMAS, DESMON JOHNSON, JOEY LANSDALE, KENNETH CONVERSE, ROYCE TRIMBLE, LARRY WOOD, WADE WOOD.
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