July, 2001 Memorials
 
 
 
 
NAME:    LEWIS CLYDE “L.C.” HALL, AGE 85, LONGTIME WARDVILLE RESIDENT.
 
BORN:  JUNE 18, 1916 AT PITTSBURG, OKLA. TO DAVID BOONE AND EPPIE (FURR) HALL.
 
PASSED AWAY:   SATURDAY, JULY  7, 2001 AT HIS RESIDENCE NEAR WARDVILLE, OK.
AGE:   85 YEARS   AND   19 DAYS.
 
EDUCATION:   ATTENDED SCHOOL AT BLANCO, OK.
 
MARRIED:   LUCILLE DORA MARTIN ON JULY 17, 1937 AT PITTSBURG, OK.
 
OCCUPATION:    L. C. WORKED MANY YEARS AT THE U.S. NAVAL AMMUNITION DEPOT AND RETIRED FROM THERE IN 1973. HE WAS ALSO A LIFELONG RANCHER.
 
CHURCH AFFILIATION:  LONGTIME MEMBER OF THE WARDVILLE BAPTIST CHURCH                                           
 
 
       survived by
 
CHILDREN:  FRANK CLYDE HALL AND WIFE MACYCE, OF RURAL COALGATE.
                         GEORGE CHESLEY HALL AND WIFE ELLA REE OF LONGVIEW, TX.
                         LEWIS DEAN HALL OF WARDVILLE, OK.
 
8 GRANDCHILDREN AND 12 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.
 
BROTHER:   DAVID BOONE HALL AND WIFE LOIS OF HARPERS VALLEY, OK.
 
SISTERS:   HAZEL STIKES OF GRAND PRAIRIE, TX.
                     MILDRED CAUDLE OF EMPIRE, CA.
 
 
     PRECEDED IN DEATH BY
 
WIFE:  LUCILLE ON APRIL 5, 1996.
PARENTS:   DAVID BOONE AND EPPIE FURR HALL.
SON:   CHARLES BOONE HALL.
BROTHERS:  LEVI, HARVEY, AND HENRY HALL.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:  TUESDAY, JULY 10, 2001 AT 2:00 P.M.
PLACE OF SERVICES:   FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH ~ WARDVILLE, OK.
 
INTERMENT:   WARDVILLE CEMETERY ~ WARDVILLE, OK.
 
OFFICIATING:   REV. JOHN GRUBBS
ASSISTING:   REV. CRAIG COCHRAN
 
CASKETBEARERS:   ROY WILLIAMS, JAMES PRATHER, JAKE SHIELDS, LLOYD BURNETT, J. V. NEWBERRY, DALE HALL.
 
HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:  GEORGE NEWBERRY, CLARK RHYNE.
 
 
 
 
NAME:    ARTHUR "DUCIE" YOUNG JR. AGE 73, LONGTIME COALGATE RESIDENT.

BORN:    MARCH 10, 1928 AT COALGATE, OKLAHOMA TO ARTHUR SR. AND MATTIE GAY (HENDERSON) YOUNG.

PASSED AWAY:   SUNDAY, JULY 8, 2001 AT HIS RESIDENCE NEAR COALGATE, OK.
AGE:   73 YEARS  3 MONTHS   AND   28 DAYS.

EDUCATION:   ATTENDED SCHOOL AT COALGATE., OK.

MARRIED:   BETTY JO BURLESON ON JANUARY 27, 1947 AT ADA, OKA.

OCCUPATION:  HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERATOR AND RANCHER AND HE OWNED AND OPERATED A BACKHOE AND DUMP TRUCK SERVICE A NUMBER OF YEARS.

CHURCH AFFILIATION:  LONGTIME BAPTIST.


     SURVIVED BY

WIFE:  BETTY JO OF THE HOME NEAR COALGATE, OK.

CHILDREN:    JOE YOUNG AND WIFE CAROLYN OF ATOKA, OK.
                         JUNE OLIPHANT AND HUSBAND JAMES CARL OF WETUMKA, OK.
                         SALLY WIGGINS AND HUSBAND DAVID OF COALGATE, OK.
                         SHERRY LOUDERMILK AND HUSBAND CHARLES OF COALGATE, OK.
                         DONNA ROBSON AND HUSBAND RANDY OF COALGATE, OK.
                         TOMMIE FARLEY AND HUSBAND JASON OF COALGATE, OK.

18 GRANDCHILDREN AND 7 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.

BROTHER:   WILLIE D. OSBORN AND WIFE PHYLLIS OF LEHIGH, OK.

SISTERS:   LOIS PAXTON AND HUSBAND CLYDE OF LEHIGH, OK.
                     JENNIE LASTER AND HUSBAND VENDAL OF MOUNDS, OK.
                     HELEN WINLOCK OF SEMINOLE, OK.
                     HAZEL FOREMAN OF COALGATE, OK.
                     EMMA JEAN MARTIN AND HUSBAND E. C. OF COALGATE, OK.
                     CLAUDETTE HOLLOWAY AND HUSBAND LEAMON OF ADA, OK.
                     CHARLENE ISOM AND HUSBAND ERNIE OF LEHIGH, OK.


     PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

PARENTS:   ARTHUR SR. AND MATTIE GAY YOUNG.
SISTER:    MARY ELLEN YOUNG.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:  TUESDAY, JULY 10, 2001 AT 10:00 A.M.
PLACE OF SERVICES:   FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH ~ COALGATE, OK.

INTERMENT:   COALGATE CEMETERY ~ COALGATE, OK.

OFFICIATING:   REV. MATT SMITH.

CASKETBEARERS:   (GRANDSONS)  TIM YOUNG, BRANDON YOUNG, JASON NIX, KEVIN WIGGINS, JAMES DAVID CLEMENS, KEVIN HANEY.

HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:  GEORGE NEWBERRY, RAFAEL BARRON, BILLY STILES, BOB CODY, RUEL GOLDEN AND BROTHERS IN-LAW CLYDE PAXTON, VENDAL LASTER, LEAMON HOLLOWAY, E.C. MARTIN, KENNETH LASTER.
 
 
 
 
NAME:    ANGIE ERNESTINE CATHEY, AGE 81, OF ATOKA AND A FORMER LONGTIME WAPANUCKA AREA RESIDENT.
 
BORN:  NOVEMBER 25, 1919 AT PLEASANT VIEW IN ATOKA COUNTY TO CURTIS A. AND REBECCA (REEVES) McCURRY.
 
PASSED AWAY:   TUESDAY, JULY 10, 2001 AT ATOKA, OK.
AGE:   81 YEARS   7 MONTHS  AND  15 DAYS
 
EDUCATION:   ATTENDED SCHOOL AT WAPANUCKA, OK.
 
MARRIED:   JAMES F. (DICK) CATHEY ON NOVEMBER 18, 1936 IN ATOKA COUNTY.
 
OCCUPATION:    SHE WAS A LONGTIME RESTURANT OWNER.
 
CHURCH AFFILIATION:    LONGTIME MEMBER OF THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH IN ATOKA.
 
 
       survived by
 
CHILDREN:    EDDIE HAYES OF ATOKA, OK.
                         SUE FITZGERALD AND HUSBAND HOSS OF ATOKA, OK.
                         JIM CATHEY AND WIFE SHARON OF ATOKA, OK.
 
GRANDCHILDREN:   CATHEY GRIFFIN, LONNA HERRSCHER, CHRIS CATHEY, BRIAN CATHEY, AARON (HANK) HAYES, PETHI HAYES, DION
                                         JONES, SHANNON HAYES, HOLLY HAYES, and MARK HAYES.
 
13 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.
 
SISTERS:   MERLA GARRETT OF HOUSTON, TX.
                     PATRICIA HODGES OF HOUSTON, TX.
                     CAROL VANZANT OF FT. WORTH, TX.
                     LINDA BOWERMAN OF TUPELO, OK.
 
BROTHERS:    ALFRED McCURRY OF THORTON, TX.
                           MALCOMB McCURRY OF MEAD, OK.
                           CALVIN McCURRY OF WAPANUCKA, OK.
                           KENNETH McCURRY OF MESQUITE, TX.
                           EDWARD McCURRY OF DURANT, OK.
 
 
     PRECEDED IN DEATH BY
 
HUSBAND:   DICK CATHEY ON MARCH 10, 1990.
PARENTS:   CURTIS A. AND REBECCA McCURRY.
STEP MOTHER:   RUTH McCURRY.
BROTHER:   CURTIS R. McCURRY.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:    THURSDAY, JULY 12, 2001 AT 9:00 A.M.
PLACE OF SERVICES:   GRAVESIDE SERVICES.
 
INTERMENT:   ROSEHILL CEMETERY ~ WAPANUCKA, OK.
 
OFFICIATING:   HAL ISHMAEL.
 
 
 
 
NAME:    VALENCIA MAE (DAVIDSON) HAMPTON, AGE 80, OF FOSTER, OKLA. AND A FORMER LONGTIME COALGATE RESIDENT.
 
BORN:  SEPTEMBER 15, 1920 AT COALGATE TO GEORGE POTTS AND CARRIE MAE (REYNOLDS) DAVIDSON.
 
PASSED AWAY:   SATURDAY, JULY 14, 2001 AT THE COMANCHE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL IN LAWTON, OK.
AGE:     80 YEARS  9 MONTHS   AND   29 DAYS.
 
EDUCATION:   ATTENDED SCHOOL AT CAIRO, COTTONWOOD, AND GRADUATED FROM COALGATE HIGH SCHOOL.  SHE ATTENDED OKLAHOMA UNIVERSITY.
 
MARRIED:   CHARLEY LOY HAMPTON ON AUGUST 7, 1939 AT COALGATE, OK.
 
OCCUPATION:  VALENCIA TAUGHT AT GRASSHOPPER SCHOOL IN COAL COUNTY.  SHE WAS A LICENSED DIETICIAN A NUMBER OF YEARS AND LATER WORKED AS A HOME PROVIDER.
 
CHURCH AFFILIATION:    LIFELONG MEMBER OF THE PENTECOSTAL CHURCH.
 
 
       survived by
 
HUSBAND:   LOY HAMPTON OF THE HOME.
 
CHILDREN:    RICHARD HAMPTON AND WIFE PATRICIA OF COALGATE, OK.
                         RONNIE HAMPTON AND WIFE DANA OF COALGATE, OK.
                         ROSALIE FLORES AND HUSBAND PETE OF FOSTER, OK.
                         DAVID HAMPTON AND WIFE JANIE OF MARLOW, OK.
                         BARBARA CAMERON-STUART AND HUSBAND GORDON OF McALESTER, OK.
                         BILLY HAMPTON AND WIFE PAULINE OF GRANDFIELD, OK.
                         MICHAEL HAMPTON AND WIFE SANDRA OF MARLOW, OK.
                         FRANK HAMPTON AND WIFE DONNA OF FOSTER, OK.
 
SISTER IN-LAW:   JANIE DAVIDSON OF MODESTO, CA.
 
34 GRANDCHILDREN AND 31 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.
 
 
       preceded in death by
 
PARENTS:   FEORGE AND CARRIE DAVIDSON.
BROTHER:   GEORGE DAVIDSON.
GRANDCHILDREN:   CYNTHIA LAVON, TINA MARIE AND KEVIN HAMPTON AND ROGER LEE FLORES.
SONS:  CHARLES LaVERN HAMPTON & JIMMIE HAMPTON.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:  WEDNESDAY, JULY 18, 2001 AT 2:00 P.M.
PLACE OF SERVICES:   COTTONWOOD BAPTIST CHURCH ~ COTTONWOOD, OK.
 
INTERMENT:   MOORE CEMETERY ~ CLARITA, OK.
 
OFFICIATING:   REV. BILL WEATHERS
 
CASKETBEARERS:   MARVIN HAMPTON, EDDIE HAMPTON, JOHNNY HAMPTON, IKE TRAYLOR, JIMMY WHITE, ALFRED RILEY.
 
HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:  GORDON CAMERON-STUART, DAVID LEE HAMPTON, LEO ABLES, RONNIE KNAPP.
 
 
 
 
NAME:    WESLEY CHARLES MAXEY, AGE 68, OF THE WILSON COMMUNITY.

BORN:  JUNE 2, 1933 AT ATOKA, OKLAHOMA TO RUBEN LEE AND FLOSSIE GERTRUDE (TRAMBLE) MAXEY.
 
PASSED AWAY:   MONDAY, JULY 16, 2001 AT HIS RESIDENCE.
AGE:   68 YEARS   1 MONTH   AND  14 DAYS.

EDUCATION:   ATTENDED SCHOOL AT WILSON IN ATOKA COUNTY.

MARRIED:   NORMA ELLEN ATTEBERRY ON SEPTEMBER 26, 1953 AT FREDERICK, OK.

OCCUPATION:  RANCHER AND WORKED A NUMBER OF YEARS FOR DALE OIL COMPANY IN ATOKA, OK.

CHURCH AFFILIATION:  MEMBER OF WILSON BAPTIST CHURCH.

WESLEY SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE U.S. ARMY DURING THE KOREAN WAR.


     SURVIVED BY

DAUGHTER:    JULIE RENFRO OF THE WILSON COMMUNITY.

GRANDDAUGHTER:   KATRINA RENFRO OF THE WILSON COMMUNITY.

BROTHERS:    HUSTON MAXEY and WIFE DONNA OF FT. BRAGG, CA.
                           DOYLE LEE MAXEY and WIFE ELIZABETH OF CALERA, OK.
                           JUDGE MAXEY and WIFE LINDA OF WAPANUCKA, OK.
                           JARVIS MAXEY and WIFE NANCY OF ANTLERS, OK.
                           JOE MAXEY and WIFE JO ANN OF ATOKA, OK.

SISTER:    LINDA SUE FRANKS and HUSBAND MELVIN OF MIDWEST CITY, OK.

FORMER SON-IN-LAW:   STEVE RENFRO OF ARDMORE, OK.


     PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

WIFE:  NORMA MAXEY.
DAUGHTERS:   NORMA SUE MAXEY and JUDY ELLEN MAXEY.
PARENTS:   RUBEN LEE and FLOSSIE MAXEY.
BROTHERS:  FLOYD RAY MAXEY and DANNY RAY MAXEY.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:    THURSDAY, JULY 19, 2001 AT 2:00 P.M.
PLACE OF SERVICES:   BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK.

INTERMENT:   WARDS CHAPEL CEMETERY.

OFFICIATING:   REV. BILLY JOE HOWARD.
ASSISTING:   DARRELL ATTEBERRY.

CASKETBEARERS:   BRIAN MORRISON, BARRY COOK, BENNY BRUTON, RAYMOND TAYLOR, RAY BAXTER, LINNIE SPEER.

HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:  CLAY COOK, CARL SMITH, TOM WEBBER, MATT ROBERTSON.
 
 
 
 
NAME:    DYMPLE “BIG MAMA” (PRICE) FORD, AGE 90, LONGTIME ATOKA RESIDENT.
 
BORN:  DECEMBER 11, 1910  AT WAYNETTE, OKLA TO ALONZO L. AND EULA IOLA ESTELLA (BELVA) PRICE.
 
PASSED AWAY:   SATURDAY, JULY 21, 2001 AT THE ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.
AGE:   90 YEARS    7 MONTHS  AND  10 DAYS.
 
MARRIED:   JAMES M. “JAY” FORD ON NOVEMBER 17, 1928 AT CARLSBAD, NM.
 
OCCUPATION:    HOUSEWIFE AND HOMEMAKER.
 
CHURCH AFFILIATION:    MEMBER OF THE CHURCH OF CHRIST.
 
DYMPLE WAS A MEMBER OF THE ATOKA HOME DEMONSTRATION CLUB FOR MANY YEARS.
 
 
       survived by
 
CHILDREN:    ELSIE FAYE GRAY AND HUSBAND WAYNE OF ATOKA, OK.
                           LONNIE FORD AND WIFE CAROLYN OF ATOKA, OK.
                           JOYCE LITTLETON AND HUSBAND RAY OF ATOKA, OK.
 
14 GRANDCHILDREN, 40 GREAT, AND 8 GREAT GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.
 
BROTHER IN-LAW:    ELVIN FORD AND WIFE MADGE OF ATOKA, OK.
 
 
       preceded in death by
 
PARENTS:   ALONZO AND EULA PRICE.
HUSBAND:   JAY FORD ON APRIL 8, 1987.
AN INFANT DAUGHTER.
BROTHERS:  BENNIE, JESSIE, R. L., A. L., AND DURWARD PRICE.
SISTERS:   GRACE GEORGE, JIMMIE WOODY, AND GERALDINE PRICE.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:    TUESDAY, JULY 24, 2001 10:00 AM.
PLACE OF SERVICES:   BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK.
 
INTERMENT:   GREEN MEADOWS CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK.
 
OFFICIATING:   REV. BOB JOHNSON.
ASSISTING:   BOB WYRICK.
 
CASKETBEARERS:   L. C. MEARS, DALE JOHNSON, RANDY MORRIS, RONNIE HOWARD, LON FINK, BILL MILLER.
 
HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:  FLOYD GENE HOWARD, CLARENCE HALL, WENDELL SMITH, RONNIE HARPER.
 
 
 
 
NAME:    LARRY FRED HORN, AGE 54, A LONGTIME KIOWA AND WESLEY AREA RESIDENT.
 
BORN:  FEBRUARY 13, 1947 AT McALESTER, OKLAHOMA TO FRED JR. AND RUBY L. (PONDER) HORN.
 
PASSED AWAY:   FRIDAY, JULY 27, 2001 AT ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.
AGE:     54 YEARS  5 MONTHS   AND   14 DAYS.
 
EDUCATION:   LARRY ATTENDED SCHOOL AT KIOWA AND KIAMICHI VO-TECH, WHERE HE STUDIED SMALL ENGINE AND BOAT REPAIR.
 
MARRIED:   SHIRLEY DIANE ARMSTRONG ON MARCH 19, 1968 AT McALESTER, OK.
                       WILMA JEAN STACEY IN 1982.
 
OCCUPATION:    HE OWNED A BOAT SERVICE IN DALLAS AND WORKED MANY YEARS AT THE U.S. ARMY AMMO DEPOT AND RETIRED THERE IN 1999.
 
CHURCH:  HE WAS A LIFELONG BAPTIST.
 
LARRY SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE U. S. MARINE CORPS DURING VIETNAM WHERE HE RECEIVED A PURPLE HEART, EXPERT RIFLEMAN RIBBON, NATIONAL DEFENSE SERVICE METAL AND THE RVN SERVICE METAL.  HE WAS ALSO AN AVID OUTDOORSMAN AND HUNTER.
 
 
       survived by
 
SON:     MATT HORN and WIFE STEPHANIE OF WESLEY, OK.
 
GRANDDAUGHTERS:    SAMANTHA NICOLE and KATELYNN HORN OF WESLEY, OK.
 
MOTHER:    RUBY HORN MAXWELL OF KIOWA, OK.
 
BROTHER:   DANNY HORN and WIFE BOBBIE OF NOBLE, OK.
 
SISTER:  EARLENE WILSON and HUSBAND JERRY OF KIOWA, OK.
 
FORMER WIFE:   DIANE ARMSTRONG OF PARIS, TX.
 
GRANDMOTHER:   OPAL PONDER OF KIOWA, OK.
 
SISTER-IN-LAW:   KAY HORN OF WESLEY, OK.
 
UNCLES & AUNTS:  BILL and SHIRLEY PONDER OF KIOWA, OK.
                                       DOT and DALE MACKEY OF KIOWA, OK.
                                       MARGE and MARK BURNETT OF KIOWA, OK.
                                       TOBY and CATHY HORN OF ILLINOIS.
                                       BILL and EMELINE HORN OF ILLINOIS.
                                       RAY and IRENE HORN OF ILLINOIS.
                                       VERN HORN OF ILLINOIS.
                                       GLADYS FROST OF ILLINOIS.
                                       VELMA DEATON OF ILLINOIS.
                                       MARY JEAN BIGGERSTAFF OF ILLINOIS.
 
 
       preceded in death by
 
FATHER:    FRED HORN JR.
BROTHER:   KEITH HORN.
STEPFATHER:  BUSTER MAXWELL.
GRANDPARENTS:    EARL PONDER.
                                     FRED and BERNICE HORN.
SPECIAL UNCLE:   LAWRENCE PONDER.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:    MONDAY, JULY 30, 2001 AT 2:00 P.M.
PLACE OF SERVICES:   KIOWA BAPTIST CHURCH ~ KIOWA, OK.
 
INTERMENT:   WESLEY CEMETERY ~ MCALESTER, OK.
 
OFFICIATING:   REV. JAMES CROWSON.
 
CASKETBEARERS:   FRANCIS SHIELDS, PHIL HATRIDGE, BEAR GILLIAM, MARK ARMSTRONG, LARRY DEAN ARMSTRONG, GARY ZACHARY, JAKE SHIELDS, L. L. POWELL JR.
 
HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:  BRAD HORN, BRENT HORN, TIM LANE, JARRET WILSON, ERIC HORN, BRYAN HORN, BILL NEWBERRY, BILL MORELAND.
 
 
 
 
NAME:    LEVINA JANE (COLE) JAMES, AGE 61, OF WARDVILLE, OK.

BORN:  JULY 2, 1940 AT WARDVILLE TO ANICE AND AURORA (NOAH) COLE.
 
PASSED AWAY:   FRIDAY, JULY 27, 2001 AT McALESTER REGIONAL HOSPITAL.
AGE:   61 YEARS  AND   25 DAYS.

EDUCATION:   ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT WARDVILLE AND LIMESTONE GAP.

MARRIED:   HENRY JAMES ON OCTOBER 18, 1981 AT ADA, OK.

OCCUPATION:    CERTIFIED NURSES AIDE. SHE WORKED A NUMBER OF YEARS AT HURLEY MANOR IN COALGATE, OK.

CHURCH:    MEMBER OF CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIAN LONE STAR CHURCH.


       SURVIVED BY

HUSBAND:   HENRY JAMES OF THE HOME IN WARDVILLE, OK.

SON:   TITUS SAMMY COLE OF ADA, OK.

SISTERS-IN-LAW:    NORMA COLE OF ATOKA, OK.
                                     EVELYN COLE OF DURANT, OK.

BROTHER-IN-LAW:    ALBERT JAMES and WIFE MONA OF ADA, OK.

CHILDREN SHE RAISED:   ERNEST COLE OF WARDVILLE, OK.
                                                   SHERMAN COLE OF WARDVILLE, OK.
                                                   PAT MAYER OF COALGATE, OK.
                                                   TERRY COLE OF MESQUITE, TX.
                                                   IRVIN COLE JR. OF WARDVILLE, OK.
                                                   REGINA ANDERSON OF ADA, OK.


     PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

PARENTS:   ANICE and AURORA COLE.
INFANT SON.
BROTHERS:  WILSON COLE, JAMES COLEMAN COLE, and IRVIN COLE.
SISTER:    ISABINDA MOORE.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:    MONDAY, JULY 30, 2001 AT 2:00 PM.
PLACE OF SERVICES:   BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL~ ATOKA, OK.

INTERMENT:   LONE STAR CEMETERY ~  COAL COUNTY, OK.

OFFICIATING:   REV. DON RUSSELL.
ASSISTING:   VIRGIL OTT.

CASKETBEARERS:   ADAM COLE, MARCUS COLE, SONNY ALBARADO, BRANDON COLE, EDDIE MAYER, MOSES FACTOR.

HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:  ALBERT JAMES, CALVIN BATTIEST, J. V. NEWBERRY, RICK CLEM, NATHAN SCOTT.
 
 
 
 
NAME:    RALPH RICHARD MARLEY, AGE 69, OF STRINGTOWN, OK.

BORN:  APRIL 6, 1932 AT STRINGTOWN, OKLAHOMA TO WILLIE LEE AND GRACE LILLIAN (SUTTON) MARLEY.
 
PASSED AWAY:   SATURDAY, JULY 28, 2001 AT HIS RESIDENCE IN STRINGTOWN, OK.
AGE:   69 YEARS   3 MONTHS  AND  22 DAYS.

EDUCATION:   ATTENDED SCHOOL AT STRINGTOWN AND ATTENDED NUMEROUS MILITARY SCHOOLS.

MARRIED:   WILMA BYRDEAN ROWLAND ON JUNE 4, 1953 AT DURANT, OK.

OCCUPATION:  RETIRED WITH 23 PLUS YEARS WITH THE U.S. NAVY AND SERVED IN THE KOREAN AND VIETNAM WARS. RALPH ALSO WAS A RANCHER.

CHURCH AFFILIATION:  HE WAS OF THE BAPTIST FAITH.
 
RALPH WAS A MEMBER OF THE BLIND VETERANS ASSOCIATION, D.A.V., AMERICAN LEGION AND THE SOUTHWEST CATTLEMANS ASSOCIATION. RALPH LOVED RAISING CATTLE AND HORSES AND FISHING.


     SURVIVED BY

WIFE:    BYRDEAN MARLEY OF THEIR HOME IN STRINGTOWN, OK.

CHILDREN:    RICHARD MARLEY OF STRINGTOWN, OK.
                         CONNIE MARLEY OF STRINGTOWN, OK.
 
GRANDCHILDREN:   ADAM and SAMANTHA MARLEY OF LAKE JACKSON, TX.
                                         SARAH J. L SMITH OF STRINGTOWN, OK.

SISTER:    SHARON MORRIS and HUSBAND JOE OF WALLER, TX.

BROTHERS:  PAUL MARLEY and WIFE ROSARY OF ARLINGTON, TX.
                         JACK MARLEY and WIFE PRISCILLA OF STRINGTOWN, OK.
                         GARY MARLEY and WIFE DONNA OF GRAND PRAIRIE, TX.
                         RONNIE MARLEY and WIFE BRENDA OF STRINGTOWN, OK.

AUNTS:   LILLIAN BOWLING OF STRINGTOWN, OK.
                 RUBY MARLEY OF YANUSH, OK.
                 MILDRED SUTTON OF ATOKA, OK.


     PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

PARENTS:   WILLIE LEE and GRACE LILLIAN MARLEY.
BROTHERS:  BILLY JOE, BABY BOY, BOBBY, DON, and JUDE MARLEY.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:    WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 1, 2001 AT 10:00 A.M.
PLACE OF SERVICES:   BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK.

INTERMENT:   STRINGTOWN CEMETERY ~ STRINGTOWN, OK.

OFFICIATING:   REV. BARTT BRADFORD.
ASSISTING:   REV. GENE SLUDER.

CASKETBEARERS:   STEVE HEARD, CHARLIE MASON, DION KIEFFER, A. D. MOORE, HARRY FARRIS, LEWIS GARRETT.

HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:  MARVIN ISHMAEL, LLOYD PATTON, SHEA PATTON, BILL GIVENS, LACEY MOORE, PALO ALLEN.
 
 
 
 
NAME:    JAMES THOMAS MARTIN, INFANT SON OF JOHNNY AND CENDY (RAGAN) MARTIN OF CRYSTAL.

BORN:  JUNE 18, 2001 AT DURANT, OK.

PASSED AWAY: SUNDAY, JULY 29, 2001 AT HIS RESIDENCE.


     SURVIVED BY

PARENTS:   JOHNNY and CENDY MARTIN OF THE HOME.

BROTHER:   JOHNNY WAYNE MARTIN, JR. OF THE HOME.

SISTERS:   LINDA LOU MARTIN and SARAH ANN MARTIN OF THE HOME.

GRANDMOTHER:   SARAH MONTINE RAGAN OF CANEY, OK.


     PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

GRANDMOTHER:   LINDA WALLS.
GRANDFATHER:   JOSEPH THOMAS RAGAN.
GREAT GRANDPARENTS:  MELVIN and LORRAINE MARTIN.
COUSIN:    DAKOTA RAY LIGHT.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:    WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 1, 2001 AT 10:00 A.M.
PLACE OF SERVICES:   CRYSTAL BAPTIST CHURCH ~ CRYSTAL, OK.

INTERMENT:   CRYSTAL CEMETERY ~ CRYSTAL, OK.

OFFICIATING:   REV. DARRELL HEATH.
 
 
 
 
NAME:    WAYNE “KEITH” HARKINS, AGE 40, OF TUPELO, OKLAHOMA.
 
BORN:  SEPTEMBER 18, 1960 AT MERCED, CALIFORNIA TO JAMES RAY AND NAOMI RUTH (HOGUE) HARKINS.
 
PASSED AWAY:   SUNDAY, JULY 29, 2001 AFTER BEING SHOT BY AN ASSAILANT AT HIS RESIDENCE ON PINE STREET IN TUPELO, OK.
AGE:   40 YEARS    10 MONTHS   AND    21 DAYS.
 
EDUCATION:   ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT CENTRAHOMA AND TUPELO, OK.
 
MARRIED:   APRIL DARLENE THOMPSON ON MAY 18, 1987 AT TUPELO, OK.
 
OCCUPATION:    WORKED AS A ROUGHNECK IN OILFIELD FOR BISON DRILLING COMPANY.
 
CHURCH:    KEITH ATTENDED CHURCH OF GOD IN TUPELO FOR MANY YEARS.
 
 
       survived by
 
MOTHER:    NAOMI HARKINS OF ADA, OK.
 
FATHER:    JIM HARKINS OF TUPELO, OK.
 
CHILDREN:    ASHLEY HARKINS OF COALGATE, OK.
                           KENNETH WAYNE HARKINS OF COALGATE, OK.
 
SISTER:  KAREN WINGATE AND HUSBAND CLARENCE OF DURANT, OK.
 
BROTHERS:    BILLY HARKINS and WIFE HEIDI OF KONAWA, OK.
                           RONALD HARKINS OF ADA, OK.
                           TOMMY HARKINS OF ADA, OK.
                           GARY HARKINS OF ADA, OK.
 
STEPFATHER:    A. D. BYERS OF ADA, OK.
 
GRANDMOTHER:   MARY HARKINS OF TUPELO, OK.
 
FORMER WIFE:   APRIL HARKINS OF COALGATE, OK.
 
 
     PRECEDED IN DEATH BY
 
GRANDPARENTS:    C. A. “SLIM” AND JEWEL HOGUE.
GRANDFATHER:   CHESTER HARKINS.
UNCLE:   ROY BILL HOGUE.
 
 
date of funeral SERVICES:  THURSDAY, AUGUST 2, 2001 AT 10:00 A.M.
PLACE OF SERVICES:   BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK.
 
INTERMENT:   BYRDS PRAIRIE CEMETERY ~ TUPELO, OK.
 
OFFICIATING:   DR. RAY SIKES.
 
CASKETBEARERS:   ERNIE HALLMARK, GLEN HALLMARK, LARRY BRASHIERS, TONY GOLD, LEROY HUNTER, GARY HARKINS.
 
HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:  DONNIE JOHNSON, DENVER JOHNSON, JACK SANDERS, JAMES HUNTER, BILLY DEWAYNE HARKINS, WILLIE GOLD.
 
 
 
 
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