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NAME:    JANIS DELOIS (MERRIMAN) EATON, AGE 67, A LONGTIME CANEY AREA RESIDENT.
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BORN:      AUGUST 18, 1937 NEAR THE COMMUNITY OF GUMM SPRINGS IN HUGHES COUNTY, OKLAHOMA TO ALVIS RYAN AND ROSIE MAE (GREEN) MERRIMAN.
 
PASSED AWAY:     SATURDAY, JULY 2, 2005 AT DURANT, OK.
AGE:     67 YEARS 10 MONTHS AND 14 DAYS
 
EDUCATION:     ATTENDED SCHOOL AT MOSS AND HOLDENVILLE.
 
MARRIED:     GLENN EATON ON JANUARY12, 1955 AT HOLDENVILLE, OK.
 
OCCUPATION:      JANIS WORKED ON FARMS IN CALIFORNIA AND COOKED AT THE OLD CANEY TRUCK STOP AND LATER COOKED AT THE CADDO NURSING HOME.
 
CHURCH AFFILIATION:      SHE WAS A MEMBER OF THE CANEY PENTECOSTAL CHURCH AND, WHILE ABLE, SHE WAS ACTIVE IN THE WOMENS AUXILLARY.
 
SHE LOVED HER DOGS AND CHICKENS AND BEING A MOM AND GRANDMA.
 
 
       SURVIVED BY
 
HUSBAND:     GLENN EATON OF THE HOME NEAR CANEY, OK.
 
CHILDREN:      ROY EATON AND WIFE ANGIE OF CANEY, OK.
                           CECELIA BARTON OF CANEY, OK.
 
GRANDCHILDREN:     SHANA SMITH AND HUSBAND JAY OF CANEY, OK.
                                           AMIEE WHITE OF TUSHKA, OK.
                                           ERIKA JOHNSON OF DURANT, OK.
 
GREAT GRANDCHILDREN:     JAMES AND JORDYN SMITH, ZAKKARY WHITE AND HALEY JO TURNER.
 
BROTHER:     GENE BRITTAN AND WIFE SUSIE OF HOLDENVILLE, OK.
 
 
       PRECEDED IN DEATH BY
 
PARENTS:     ALVIS AND ROSIE MERRIMAN.
SISTERS:     RUBY ABERCOMBIE AND BEAULAH MAE ANTHONY.
BROTHERS:      GLENN , AUDIE AND DARRELL MERRIMAN.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:      WEDNESDAY, JULY 6, 2005 AT 10:00 AM.
PLACE OF SERVICES:     VOCA BAPTIST CHURCH ~ CANEY, OK.
 
INTERMENT:     PERKINS CEMETERY ~ CANEY, OK.
 
OFFICIATING:     REV. HAROLD BREWER.
ASSISTING:     REV. JEFF DAVIS.
 
CASKETBEARERS:     JERRY SETTLEMIRE, EUGENE WOOLF, J. B. SETTLEMIRE, ROY WATSON, WAYNE JACKSON, WENDLE MORRIS, HAROLD DELAY.
 
HONORARY CASKETBEARER:     WINFRED EVANS, JACKIE JACKSON, LEON KELLEY, RICHARD EVANS, FLOYD STAFFORD, SAM HARDMAN, VERNON FORTENBERRY.
 
FAMILY NIGHT:  BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL, TUESDAY 7:00 PM.
 
 
 
 
NAME:      BARRY WADE PEBWORTH, AGE 48, A LONGTIME ATOKA-COAL COUNTY AREA RESIDENT.
pebworth,barry
 
BORN:      JUNE 26, 1957 AT NEWPORT NEWS, VIRGINIA TO WADE THOMAS AND MAUREEN ANN (McGEE) PEBWORTH.
 
PASSED AWAY:     SUNDAY, JULY 3, 2005 IN ATOKA COUNTY.
AGE:     48 YEARS 0 MONTHS AND 7 DAYS.
 
EDUCATION:     BARRY WAS A COALGATE HIGH GRADUATE AND ATTENDED EOSC IN WILBURTON AND OU MEDICAL SCHOOL IN NORMAN WHERE HE RECEIVED HIS PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT DEGREE.
 
MARRIED:     WHILE STATIONED IN CALIFORNIA HE MET AND MARRIED SONJA TORRES, HIS BEST FRIEND AND SOULMATE, ON AUGUST 5, 1981 AT PACIFIC GROVE, CA.
 
OCCUPATION:      BARRY CHOSE TO SHARE HIS LOVE AND CONCERN FOR HIS FELLOW MAN BY BECOMING A PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT. HE SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE US ARMY AS A MEDIC FOR EIGHT YEARS AND AFTER HIS DISCHARGE HE WORKED FOR THE BROOK ARMY MEDICAL CENTER IN SAN ANTONIO, TX. MOST RECENTLY HE WAS EMPLOYED BY WARREN CLINIC IN McALESTER WHERE IT WAS HIS GREATEST REWARD TO HEAL AND COMFORT OTHERS.
 
HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS AND THE OKLAHOMA ACADEMY OF PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS.
 
 
       SURVIVED BY
 
WIFE:      SONJA PEBWORTH OF THE HOME.
CHILDREN:      MATTHEW PEBWORTH OF DURANT, OK.
                           DESTINY PEBWORTH OF DURANT, OK.
 
GRANDCHILDREN:     BRITANY AND BRENDAN STONE OF ADA, OK.
 
FATHER:      WADE PEBWORTH, SR. OF ATOKA COUNTY.
 
MOTHER:      MAUREEN ANNE WARREN OF OKLAHOMA CITY.
 
BROTHERS:      STEVE PEBWORTH AND WIFE LIBBY OF ATOKA, OK.
                             CORY PEBWORTH OF ATOKA COUNTY.
                             DAVID WARREN AND FAMILY OF OKLAHOMA CITY.
 
AUNTS:     REGINA HORTON OF STONEWALL, OK.
                   VELMA LEMONS OF YUKON, OK.
 
SISTERS-IN-LAW:      BARBARA TORRES OF CALIFORNIA.
                                       NANCY LEE AND HUSBAND DANNY OF CALIFORNIA.
                                       ELVIRA TORRES AND DAUGHTER STEPHANIE STOLTZ OF CA.
                                       DIANA BRIDGES, III AND HUSBAND JORDAN OF LAS VEGAS, NV.
 
BROTHER-IN-LAW:      KARL TORRES OF CALIFORNIA.
 
IN -LAWS:      MARGARITO AND MONIKA TORRES OF CALIFORNIA.
 
SPECIAL FRIENDS:     JOE PASQUALI, JACK MOORE, BOB OLIVER, ANN LOVETT, AND JOHN TURNER.
 
 
       PRECEDED IN DEATH BY
 
BROTHER:     WADE THOMAS PEBWORTH, JR.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:      SATURDAY, JULY 9, 2005 AT 10:00 AM.
PLACE OF SERVICES:     BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ COALGATE, OK.
 
INTERMENT:     PEBWORTH FAMILY CEMETERY ~ WARDVILLE ROAD, ATOKA COUNTY.
 
OFFICIATING:     REV. MARVIN DUNN.
 
CASKETBEARERS:     STEVE PEBWORTH, MATTHEW PEBWORTH, CORY PEBWORTH, BRAD TISDALE, JACK MOORE, JOHN TURNER.
 
HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:      KEVIN McCORMICK, BARRY ROBERTS, RICK PERKINS, ROBERT OLIVER, KARL TORRES, CLAY HORTON, SKYLER MANION, JOE PASQUALI.
 
FAMILY NIGHT:  BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ COALGATE ON FRIDAY 7:00-8:00 PM.
 
 
 
 
NAME:      REV. CHESTER ARTHUR WARD II, AGE 88, AN ATOKA RESIDENT AND FORMER BAKERSFIELD, CA RESIDENT UNTIL 1970 WHEN HE MOVED TO TUSKAHOMA WHERE HE RESIDED UNTIL 1980. HE THEN MOVED TO NASHOBA VALLEY UNTIL HIS RETURNING TO ATOKA IN 2001.
ward,chester
 
BORN:      JUNE 29, 1917 AT ATOKA, OK TO CHESTER ARTHUR AND MINNIE MACOGA (BAXTER) WARD.
 
PASSED AWAY:     JULY 4, 2005 AT HIS RESIDENCE IN ATOKA, OK.
AGE:     88 YEARS 0 MONTHS AND 5 DAYS
 
EDUCATION:     CHESTER ATTENDED AND GRADUATED FROM ATOKA HIGH SCHOOL IN 1934.
 
MARRIED:     DOROTHY JANE CLIFFORD ON FEBRUARY 17, 1937 AT ATOKA, OK. THEY WERE MARRIED FOR 62 YEARS.
JUANITA SMITH MCCONNELL IN JANUARY, 2000 AT THE NASHOBA VALLEY BAPTIST CHURCH.
 
OCCUPATION:      CHESTER WAS A MINISTER FOR 30 YEARS AND WAS ALSO A BUILDING CONTRACTOR, RETIRING IN 2001.
 
CHURCH AFFILIATION:      SOUTHSIDE BAPTIST CHURCH, ATOKA, OK.
 
 
       SURVIVED BY
 
WIFE:      JUANITA WARD OF THE HOME IN ATOKA, OK.
 
SON:     DR. CHESTER WARD III AND WIFE CARROL OF PONCA CITY, OK.
 
GRANDDAUGHTERS:      DOTTIE MINSHALL OF WILBURTON, OK.
                                             MELINDA CALHOUN OF CHOCTAW, OK.
 
GRANDSONS:     WARD BIGLER OF TULSA, OK.
                               CHESTER WARD IV OF McKINNEY, TX.
 
GREAT GRANDCHILDREN:     ERICK MINSHALL, RHETT MINSHALL, JAMES BIGLER, EMILY BIGLER, KRISTEN
                                                         WARD, CALEB WARD, DANIELLE CALHOUN, LYDIA CALHOUN.
 
SISTER:      ESTHER JOHNSTON OF SAN FRANCISCO, CA.
 
 
       PRECEDED IN DEATH BY
 
WIFE:      DOROTHY JANE WARD ON AUGUST 16, 1999.
DAUGHTER:      DONNA KATHLEEN BIGLER ON MAY 9, 1999.
PARENTS:     CHESTER WARD AND MINNIE MACOGA (BAXTER) WARD.
SISTERS:     GENEVA JOHNSON AND VINITA FAUDREE.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:      FRIDAY, JULY 8, 2005 AT 1:00 PM.
PLACE OF SERVICES:     BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK.
 
INTERMENT:     WARDS CHAPEL CEMETERY, ATOKA COUNTY, OK.
 
OFFICIATING:     DR. CHESTER WARD III
ASSISTING:     DR. STEVE HAVENER.
 
CASKETBEARERS:     DON WALKER, JIM POOL, REV. WARD BIGLER, REV. TODD MINSHALL, ROGER McININCH, WILLARD SCARBERRY.
 
HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:      MEMBERS OF HIS SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASS.
 
FAMILY NIGHT:  NONE.
 
 
 
 
NAME:      DELORA A. DeARMON, AGE 80, A NORMAN AREA RESIDENT AND FORMER LONGTIME ATOKA AREA RESIDENT.
deArmon,delora
 
BORN:      FEBRUARY 19, 1925 AT DANVILLE, ARKANSAS TO JIM AND ANNIE (REICH) DeARMON.
 
PASSED AWAY:     EARLY TUESDAY, JULY 5, 2005 AT NORMAN, OK.
AGE:     80 YEARS 4 MONTHS AND 16 DAYS.
 
EDUCATION:     DELORA WAS AN ATOKA HIGH GRADUATE AND ATTENDED OKLAHOMA COLLEGE FOR WOMEN IN CHICKASHA, OK.
 
OCCUPATION:      SHE WORKED FOR MANY YEARS AT THE FAMILY STORE, DeARMON’S DRY GOODS, IN ATOKA, OK.
 
CHURCH AFFILIATION:      SHE WAS AN ACTIVE AND LONGTIME MEMBER OF THE ATOKA CHURCH OF CHRIST.
 
 
       SURVIVED BY
 
NIECES:      ALICE WATKINS OF NORMAN, OK.
                     MARTHA McELROY OF LONGVIEW, TX.
 
NEPHEW:      JACK DeARMON OF NORMAN, OK.
 
TWO GREAT NIECES:      TRICIA McELROY OFF ANN ARBOR, MI.
                                               ANNE McELROY OF HOUSTON, TX.
 
COUSINS:       WINSTON HOWARD, VINCENT HOWARD, MARTHA RUTH WHITEHURST, ROY HOWARD,
                         AND JUNE REISH.
 
 
       PRECEDED IN DEATH BY
 
PARENTS:     JIM AND ANNIE DeARMON.
BROTHER:     O. L. DeARMON.
SISTER:      BENNIE WATKINS.
 
 
GRAVESIDE SERVICES:      FRIDAY, JULY 8, 2005 AT 10:00 AM.
PLACE OF SERVICES:     WESTVIEW CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK.
 
OFFICIATING:     PAT CRAIG.
 
FAMILY NIGHT:  NONE.
 
 
 
 
NAME:      MICHAEL SHAWN BROWN, AGE 21, A RESIDENT OF COPPELL, TEXAS.
brown.michael
 
BORN:      MARCH 02, 1984 AT IRVING, TEXAS TO ROBERT LYNN AND JANICE FAYE (CLEVELAND) BROWN.
 
PASSED AWAY:     SATURDAY, JULY 9, 2005 AT HIS RESIDENCE AT COPPELL, TEXAS.
AGE:     21 YEARS 4 MONTHS AND 7 DAYS
 
EDUCATION:     MICHAEL ATTENDED LEE ELEMENTARY, COPPELL MIDDLE SCHOOL EAST, AND GRADUATED FROM COPPELL HIGH SCHOOL WITH THE CLASS OF 2002. HE ALSO ATTENDED NORTH LAKE COLLEGE (DALLAS COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE).
 
OCCUPATION:      CO-OWNER OF A CONSTRUCTION COMPANY AND DID HOME REMODELING.
 
MICHAEL LOVED FISHING, HUNTING, TARGET SHOOTING, PAINT BALL, BILLIARDS, VISITING WITH HIS FRIENDS, AND PLAYING COMPUTER GAMES. HE ALSO LOVED THE OUTDOORS.
 
 
       SURVIVED BY
 
PARENTS:     ROBERT AND JANICE (CLEVELAND) BROWN OF COPPELL, TX.
 
BROTHER:     DAVID BROWN AND WIFE JENNIFER OF LEWISVILLE, TX.
 
PATERNAL GRANDMOTHER:      SHIRLEY BROWN OF COLEMAN, OK.
 
MATERNAL GRANDPARENTS:     MR. AND MRS. RAYMOND CLEVELAND OF WAPANUCKA, OK.
 
 
       PRECEDED IN DEATH BY
 
PATERNAL GRANDFATHER:      GENE BROWN.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICE:     TUESDAY JULY 12, 2005.
MEMORIAL SERVICE:      COVENANT CHURCH CHAPEL AT 10:00 AM.
PLACE OF SERVICE:      2644 E. TRINITY MILLS RD., LEWISVILLE, TX.
 
GRAVESIDE COMMITTAL SERVICE:     TUESDAY, JULY 12 AT 4:00 P.M.
INTERMENT:     ROSEHILL CEMETERY ~ WAPANUCKA, OK.
 
OFFICIATING:     HIS COUSIN, MARLON BROWN.
 
CASKETBEARERS:     DAVID BROWN, AUSTIN THEMENS, RANDY GRIMSLEY, BRIAN GRIMSLEY, AARON COLTON, KRIS BROWN.
 
HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:      ANTHONY GRIMSLEY, KENNETH CLEVELAND, CHANCE MOBBS, ROLAND MUNGUIA.
 
FAMILY WILL MEET AT BROWN’S CHAPEL IN ATOKA PRIOR TO THE SERVICE ON TUESDAY AND TRAVEL IN PROCESSION TO THE CEMETERY.
 
 
 
 
NAME:      PAULINE ELIZABETH (ABLES) REASOR, AGE 83, A LIFELONG ATOKA AREA RESIDENT
reasor,pauline
 
BORN:      DECEMBER 22, 1921 AT LEHIGH, OK. TO ARTHUR THOMAS AND LEORA (COUCHMAN) ABLES.
 
PASSED AWAY:     TUESDAY, JULY 12, 2005 AT THE ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
AGE:     83 YEARS 6 MONTHS AND 20 DAYS
 
EDUCATION:     PAULINE ATTENDED SCHOOL IN THE BETHANY COMMUNITY IN ATOKA COUNTY.
 
MARRIED:     FULTON RAY “DUDE” REASOR ON MARCH 16, 1939 IN THE HARDWOOD COMMUNITY.
 
OCCUPATION:      PAULINE WORKED IN THE SHIPYARDS IN CALIFORNIA, SHE WORKED A NUMBER OF YEARS FOR WACKERS VARIETY STORE AND FOR A.W. THOMAS AT THE TUSHKA TRUCK STOP AND WAS A HOUSEWIFE AND HOMEMAKER.
 
CHURCH AFFILIATION:      PAULINE WAS A LONGTIME MEMBER OF THE WARDS CHAPEL BAPTIST CHURCH.
 
SHE LOVED READING, GARDENING, AND RAISING FLOWERS.
 
 
       SURVIVED BY
 
GRANDSONS:     ROBERT BAUGHMAN OF ATOKA, OK.
                                 DALE BAUGHMAN OF ATOKA, OK.
                                 RON RELEFORD OF DURANT, OK.
 
GREAT GRANDCHILDREN:       DAKOTA, KASSI, TIFFANY, BRITTANY, RHONDA LOU, AND RONNIE JACK.
 
SISTERS:     BEA ANDERSON, RUBY YORK, AND GENEVA LEEPER ALL OF ATOKA, OK.
 
 
       PRECEDED IN DEATH BY
 
PARENTS:     ARTHUR AND LEORA ABLES.
HUSBAND:     DUDE REASOR.
DAUGHTER:      NADINE BAUGHMAN RELEFORD.
BROTHER:     MARVIN H. “BOAGE” ABLES.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICE:     FRIDAY JULY 15, 2005 AT 10:00 A.M.
PLACE OF SERVICE:      BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK.
 
INTERMENT:     WARDS CHAPEL CEMETERY ~ ATOKA OK.
 
OFFICIATING:     ARVEL HALL.
 
CASKETBEARERS:     HOOTER McININCH, DEWAYNE WORKMAN, GLENN CARROLL, DENNIS COURTNEY, STEVE HOWARD, RAYGAN CALVERT.
 
HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:      TOT CALVERT, ROBERT CALVERT, FORREST CALVERT, RAY CARROLL, LLOYD PENICK, TOP GRAHAM.
 
FAMILY NIGHT WILL BE 7:00 PM ON THURSDAY AT BROWN’S CHAPEL, ATOKA.
 
 
 
 
NAME:      MYRTLE “LILLIAN” (HAMM) MARTIN, AGE 93, A CADDO NURSING HOME RESIDENT, AND FORMER ATOKA AND WEWOKA AREA RESIDENT.
 
BORN:    AUGUST 27, 1911 AT HOXIE, ARKANSAS TO MILLARD F. AND DELLA (BIGLOW) HAMM
 
PASSED AWAY:     SUNDAY, JULY 24, 2005 AT THE CADDO NURSING HOME
AGE:     93 YEARS  10  MONTHS    AND   27 DAYS
 
EDUCATION:     LILLIAN ATTENDED SCHOOL IN ARKANSAS, AND THEN MCALESTER AND OKLAHOMA CITY.
 
MARRIED:     JESSIE F. SIMMONS AT OKLAHOMA CITY, HE PRECEDED HER IN DEATH.
                         ERNEST D. MARTIN IN OKLAHOMA CITY, OK.
 
OCCUPATION:      LILLIAN WORKED AS A NURSES’ AIDE AT THE HAMMS NURSING HOME IN OKLAHOMA CITY AND LATER CHAVERS NURSING HOME IN ATOKA.
 
CHURCH AFFILIATION:      SHE WAS A MEMBER OF THE SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH.
 
 
       SURVIVED BY
 
CHILDREN:      ZETA L. SIMMONS OF ATOKA, OK.
                           TED C. SIMMONS AND WIFE LORETTA OF JONES, OK.
                           DONNIE SIMMONS AND WIFE DEBBIE OF ALEXANDRIA, VA.
 
SISTER:      BESSIE CHAVERS OF ATOKA, OK.
 
21 GRANDCHILDREN, NUMEROUS GREAT GRANDCHILDREN AND GREAT GR. GRANDCHILDREN.
 
 
       PRECEDED IN DEATH BY
 
PARENTS:     MILLARD DELLA HAMM.
HUSBAND:     JESSIE SIMMONS.
CHILDREN:      BENNIE, JESSIE, CHRISTINE, AND DELLA ANN.
BROTHERS:      BUCK HAMM, JESS HAMM AND EUGENE HAMM.
SISTERS:     GLADYS TAYLOR, FAYE BRYANT, EMMA LACKEY, AND AGNES HAMM.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:      THURSDAY, JULY 28, 2005 AT 2:00 PM 
 
PLACE OF SERVICES:     GRAVESIDE.
 
INTERMENT:     ROSE HILL BURIAL PARK ~ OKLAHOMA CITY.
OFFICIATING:       REV. SAMMY VAUGHN.
 
 
FAMILY NIGHT:  WEDNESDAY 6 PM.
 
 
 
 
NAME:      HATTIE MAE (COLBERT) DOCTOR, AGE 95, OF ATOKA AND A FORMER McALESTER RESIDENT.
doctor,hattie
 
BORN:      MAY 8, 1910 IN PITTSBURG  COUNTY  TO LEAMON AND JANE (LEWIS) COLBERT.
 
PASSED AWAY:     SATURDAY, JULY 16, 2005 AT THE ATOKA COLONIAL MANOR.
AGE:     95 YEARS 2 MONTHS   AND  8 DAYS
 
EDUCATION:     HATTIE ATTENDED MOUNTAIN VIEW COUNTRY SCHOOL NEAR McALESTER.
 
MARRIED:       RAY DOCTOR IN 1963 AT MEMPHIS, TX.
 
OCCUPATION:      MATTIE WAS A HOUSEWIFE AND HOMEMAKER.
 
CHURCH AFFILIATION:    MATTIE WAS A PROTESTANT AND ATTENDED NUMEROUS AREA CHURCHES.
 
 
       SURVIVED BY
 
NEPHEWS:     HERMAN DOCTOR AND WIFE SANDRA OF TULSA, OK.
                         GEORGE DOCTOR AND WIFE MAGGIE OF QUINTON, OK.
                         KENNETH DOCTOR OF KINTA, OK.
 
NIECES:    ROSE BROYLES AND HUSBAND ROY OF LONGTOWN, OK.
                     BRENDA MILLER OF QUINTON, OK.
 
GREAT NIECES:    JIMMIE ROBINSON AND HUSBAND JAMES OF SUNRAY, TX.
                                   JUANITA KICINSKI AND HUSBAND JOHN OF BURLESON, TX.
 
GREAT NEPHEWS:     CHESTER EASTEP AND WIFE WANDA OF LOGAN, NM.
                                         DALE EASTEP AND WIFE ZINA OF DAUROZETT, TX.
                                         DONNIE EASTEP AND WIFE FAYE OF ATOKA, OK.
                                         CHARLIE BAKER AND WIFE WANDA OF ASHER, OK.
                                         LEROY BAKER OF NORMAN, OK.
 
GREAT GREAT NEPHEW:      LARRY EASTEP AND WIFE PAM.
 
 
       PRECEDED IN DEATH BY
 
HUSBAND:     RAY DOCTOR.
PARENTS:     LEAMAN AND JANE COLBERT.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICE:     WEDNESDAY, JULY 20, 2005 AT 10:00 A.M.
PLACE OF SERVICE:      GRAVESIDE.
 
INTERMENT:     LEHIGH CEMETERY ~ LEHIGH, OK.
 
OFFICIATING:     JERRY RICHARD.
 
CASKETBEARERS:     AARON KICINSKI, ERIC KICINSKI, JASON EASTEP, CODY EASTEP, LARRY EASTEP, ARTY COLE.
 
HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: 
 
FAMILY NIGHT WILL BE 7:00 PM ON TUESDAY AT BROWN’S CHAPEL, ATOKA
 
 
 
 
NAME:      DAVID AARON “FUZZIE” BARRIS, AGE 92, AN ANTLERS RESIDENT FOR THE PAST 15 YEARS AND FORMER LONGTIME ATOKA COUNTY AREA RESIDENT.
BARRIS,DAVID
 
BORN:    JULY 8, 1913 AT CARDWELL, MO TO LUDLOW AND BERTHA MAUDE DELLA (SISSOM) BARRIS.
 
PASSED AWAY:     SUNDAY, JULY 24, 2005 AT THE PARIS REGIONAL HOSPITAL IN PARIS, TX.
AGE:     92 YEARS  0 MONTHS   AND  16 DAYS
 
EDUCATION:     AARON ATTENDED PLAINVIEW SCHOOL IN JOHNSTON COUNTY.
 
MARRIED:     EMMA ALBERTA MAE BAUGHMAN ON MARCH 10, 1936 AT COALGATE, OK, SHE PRECEDED HIM
                         IN DEATH .
                         INAS WANETA (STEEL) SHIELDS ON NOVEMBER 14, 1990 AT ANTLERS, OK.
 
OCCUPATION:    AARON WORKED AS A CONSTRUCTION WORKER AND WAS ALSO A LONGTIME FARMER AND RANCHER.
 
CHURCH AFFILIATION:      HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH IN HUGO AND FORMER LONGTIME MEMBER OF THE WARDS CHAPEL BAPTIST CHURCH IN ATOKA. 
 
HE WAS A LONGTIME MEMBER OF THE ATOKA ODD FELLOWS.
 
 
       SURVIVED BY
 
WIFE:    INAS BARRIS OF THE HOME IN ANTLERS, OK.
 
DAUGHTERS:     CLETUS REEVES OF LINCOLN, AR.
                               SHERYL ARNOLD AND HUSBAND MICHAEL OF PORT ARANSAS, TX.
 
SONS:      TOMMY D. BARRIS AND WIFE DORIS OF ATOKA, OK.
                 DAVID E. BARRIS AND WIFE DOICE OF PLANO, TX.
 
STEP CHILDREN:     NEDRA CAROLE SEARS AND HUSBAND WILLIAM OF ADA, OK.
                                       PAUL ANTHONY SHIELDS OF HOBART, OK.
 
14 GRANDCHILDREN, 27 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, 22 GREAT GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.
 
BROTHERS:      NED BARRIS OF SILVER CITY, NM.
                             HERBERT BARRIS OF PHARUMP, NV.
 
SISTERS:     MARY LOU GRISWALD OF CASPER, WY.
                       SYBLE WHITE OF SILVER CITY, NM.
                       ADDIE TRUITT OF POTTSBORO, TX.
                       EDITH McKASKLE OF STILLWELL, OK.
                       GOLDIE CHERRY OF SILVER CITY, NM.
                       OZIE CANTRELL OF SHERMAN, TX.
 
 
       PRECEDED IN DEATH BY
 
FIRST WIFE:    EMMA ALBERTA MAE BARRIS ON JANUARY 11, 1972.
PARENTS:     LUDLOW AND BERTHA BARRIS
BROTHER:     PAUL BARRIS
SISTERS:     LOTTIE JONES, IVA STANPHILL, DAISY BARRIS
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:    FRIDAY, JULY 29, 2005 AT 2:00 PM.
PLACE OF SERVICES:     BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK.
 
INTERMENT:   WARDS CHAPEL CEMETERY.
 
OFFICIATING:     REV. WALTER TRUITT.
ASSISTING:     RAY STANPHILL.
 
CASKETBEARERS:     TOT CALVERT, TOP GRAHAM, HENRY BROWN, RICHARD LILLARD, RODNEY ARNOLD. RICKEY ARNOLD.
 
FAMILY NIGHT:  6 PM THURSDAY EVENING
 
 
 
 
NAME:    JIMMY JAMES LADD, AGE 80, A LANE AREA RESIDENT.
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BORN:    JANUARY 2, 1925 IN ATOKA COUNTY, OKLAHOMA TO RAY AND STELLA (WOODS) LADD.
 
PASSED AWAY:     TUESDAY, JULY 26, 2005 AT THE COLONIAL NURSING HOME IN ATOKA
AGE:     80 YEARS  6 MONTHS    AND 24 DAYS
 
MARRIED:     MARY LOU STANLEY ON SEPTEMBER 18, 1954 AT PIERRE, SD.
                         SHE PRECEDED HIM DEATH.
                                                       OLLI WILSON IN JUNE 1997 AT SHERMAN, TX.
 
OCCUPATION:      JIM WAS A IRON WORKER FOR MORE THAN 50 YEARS IN OKLAHOMA CITY, OK.
 
JIM SERVED HIS COUNTRY DURING WWII IN THE U.S. NAVY.
 
HE WAS A MASONIC 32ND DEGREE, A SHRINER, MEMBER OF IRON WORKERS #48 UNION OF OKLAHOMA CITY, AND LIFETIME MEMBER OF ODD FELLOWS LODGE.
 
 
       SURVIVED BY
 
WIFE:    OLLIE LADD OF THE HOME IN LANE, OK.
 
SON:     JEFF LADD AND WIFE MICHELE OF HARTSHORNE, OK.
 
STEP CHILDREN:     CHARLIE RAY WILSON AND WIFE DONNA OF CLOVER, OR.
                                       BOBBY RAY WILSON AND WIFE BRENDA OF FARRIS, OK.
                                       NORMA MCDOUGAL AND HUSBAND DUDE OF LANE, OK.
 
SISTER:    JUANITA HALGERIA OF SAN ANGELO, TX.
 
GRANDCHILDREN:     ROBERT LADD, ERIN LADD AND BILLY LADD ALL OF HAWAII IN THE MILITARY.
 
NUMEROUS STEP GRANDCHILDREN.
 
 
       PRECEDED IN DEATH BY
 
PARENTS:     RAY AND STELLA LADD.
FIRST WIFE:    MARY LOU LADD ON AUGUST 12, 1993.
SISTERS:     OLETA ROSS, MARY FRATES, AND DONNA VERA JONES.
BROTHERS:    CECIL, PAUL, AND JACK LADD.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:      THURSDAY, JULY 28, 2005 AT 10:00 AM.
PLACE OF SERVICES:     BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK.
 
INTERMENT:     GREEN MEADOWS CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK.
 
OFFICIATING:   JERRY RICHARD.
 
CASKETBEARERS:     BILL FLOWERS, BILL MALONE, EDDIE MOORE, DOYLE SHEFFIELD, LARRY SHEFFIELD, JACK SHEFFIELD, CURTIS SHEFFIELD.
 
HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:    JERRY LYTLE, JACK BONNER.
 
FAMILY NIGHT:  WEDNESDAY 7 PM
 
 
 
 
NAME:      ROBERT DEWAIN “BOB” UBER, AGE 68, A LONGTIME ATOKA AREA AND FORMER COAL CO. AREA RESIDENT
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BORN:      OCTOBER 23, 1936 AT ATOKA, OKLAHOMA TO GAILORD DEWAIN AND LOUISE ADELL (WITHROW) UBER.
 
PASSED AWAY:     TUESDAY, JULY 26, 2005 IN COAL COUNTY.
AGE:     68 YEARS  9 MONTHS   AND  3 DAYS
 
EDUCATION:     BOB ATTENDED ATOKA SCHOOLS AND WAS A CLASS OF ‘55 GRADUATE.  HE THEN ATTENDED A SEMESTER AT SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY IN DURANT.
 
MARRIED:     HE MARRIED MARY LOUISE PREWITT ON DECEMBER 31, 1965 AT ALBUQUERQUE, NM.
 
OCCUPATION:      BOB OWNED AND OPERATED HIS OWN PLUMBING BUSINESS IN COALGATE FOR MANY YEARS.  HE THEN DROVE A PROPANE TRUCK FOR COCHRAN’S PROPANE FOR SEVERAL YEARS, THEN ATOKA COUNTY PROPANE AND LATER FOR COOK’S PROPANE. HE WAS CURRENTLY EMPLOYED BY THE CANEY HIGH SCHOOL AS CUSTODIAN AND MAINTENANCE WORKER THE PAST THREE YEARS. 
 
CHURCH AFFILIATION:      BOB WAS OF THE BAPTIST FAITH.
 
 
       SURVIVED BY
 
SISTERS & SISTER-IN-LAW:     WANDA JANICE MILLER OF MOORE, OK.
                                                           DEBRA ANN ASHMORE AND HUSBAND TONY OF MCALESTER , OK.
                                                           MARGARET ETTA ROGERS OF ALBUQUERQUE, NM.
 
BROTHER & BROTHERS-IN-LAW:     JACK N. UBER AND WIFE LOUISE OF ATOKA, OK.
                                                                   FLOYD ARNOLD PREWITT OF RICHMOND, KY.
                                                                   JESSE PREWITT OF LEXINGTON, KY.
 
NEPHEWS:     MICHAEL N. UBER AND WIFE SUSANNE OF ZACHARY, LA.
                           SCOTT B. MILLER OF MOORE, OK.
                           KENNETH “KENNY” GREER AND WIFE PAULA OF DALLAS, TX.
                           ROBERT “BOBBY” PREWITT AND WIFE DONNA OF HAMILTON, OH.
                           ALLEN ROGERS AND WIFE JUDY OF RIO RANCHO, NM.
                           JERRY ROGERS AND WIFE FAYE OF SANTA ROSA, NM.
 
NIECES:    TINA G. WOODS AND HUSBAND BILL OF ROSWELL, GA.
                     MELISSA D. BOWMAN AND HUSBAND WELDON OF TULSA, OK.
                   JANE ASBILL AND FAMILY OF FT. WAYNE, IN.
                   JANIE HERN AND HUSBAND BILL OF RIO RANCHO, NM.
                   PEGGY ROWLLINGS AND HUSBAND BILL OF LEXINGTON, KY.
                   CAROL BOYD AND HUSBAND JOHN OF NICHOLASVILLE, KY
 
 
       PRECEDED IN DEATH BY
 
PARENTS:     GAILORD D. AND LOUISE A. UBER.
WIFE:    LOUISE WHO PASSED AWAY WITH HIM IN THE AUTO ACCIDENT.
SISTERS-IN-LAW:    JUDY UBER.
                                     CRYSTAL GREER
BROTHERS-IN-LAW:     JAMES ALLEN PREWITT
                                           ROY ALLEN ROGERS.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:    SATURDAY, JULY 30, 2005 AT 11:00 AM 
PLACE OF SERVICES:     BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK.
 
INTERMENT:     BUTLER CEMETERY ~ LANE, OK.
 
OFFICIATING:     DR. JAMES CROWSON.
 
CASKETBEARERS:     MARVIN DALE, ROGER RICHARDSON, BRIAN McNUTT, DON WALLACE, CLOVIS ROLAND, ROBERT SPRADLIN.
 
HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:      CLIFF DARST, OREN COCHRAN, DAVID BLACKBURN, JERRY STEPHENS, MARVIN PHILLIPS, LEON CRITES, NICK BRISTER, BEN BONHAM, JOSH TURNER, PAUL HUFFMAN.
 
FAMILY NIGHT 6-8 PM FRIDAY
 
 
 
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NAME:      MARY “LOUISE” (PREWITT) UBER, AGE 75, A LONGTIME ATOKA AREA AND FORMER COAL COUNTY AREA RESIDENT
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BORN:      DECEMBER 14, 1929 AT RICHMOND, KY TO ALLEN THURMAN AND LYDIA FRANCIS (JOHNSON) PREWITT.
 
PASSED AWAY:     TUESDAY, JULY 26, 2005 IN COAL COUNTY.
AGE:     75 YEARS  7 MONTHS   AND  12 DAYS
 
EDUCATION:     LOUISE ATTENDED WHITHALL SCHOOLS IN MADISON COUNTY, KY.
 
MARRIED:     ROBERT DEWAIN “BOB” UBER ON DECEMBER 31, 1965 AT ALBUQUERQUE, NM.
 
OCCUPATION:      LOUISE WORKED FOR ELMA LOU RAY FOR 6 YEARS AS HER “RIGHT HAND” AND SHOPPING BUDDY.  LOUISE AND HUSBAND BOB HAVE OWNED AND OPERATED ROBERT UBER’S DOG KENNEL FOR SEVERAL YEARS SPECIALIZING IN THE SMALLER BREEDS, MALTESE AND YORKIES.
 
CHURCH AFFILIATION:      LOUISE WAS OF THE BAPTIST FAITH.
 
 
       SURVIVED BY
 
SISTER & SISTERS-IN-LAW:     MARGARET ETTA ROGERS OF ALBUQUERQUE, NM.
                                                           WANDA JANICE MILLER OF MOORE, OK.
                                                           DEBRA ANN ASHMORE AND HUSBAND TONY OF MCALESTER, OK.
                                                           BERNICE PREWITT OF LEXINGTON, KY.
 
BROTHERS & BROTHER-IN-LAW:     FLOYD ARNOLD PREWITT OF RICHMOND, KY.
                                                                     JESSE PREWITT OF LEXINGTON, KY.
                                                                     JACK N. UBER AND WIFE LOUISE OF ATOKA, OK.
 
NEPHEWS:     KENNETH “KENNY” GREER AND WIFE PAULA OF DALLAS, TX.
                         ROBERT “BOBBY” PREWITT AND WIFE DONNA OF HAMILTON, OH.
                         ALLEN ROGERS AND WIFE JUDY OF RIO RANCHO, NM.
                         JERRY ROGERS AND WIFE FAYE OF SANTA ROSA, NM.
                         MICHAEL N. UBER AND WIFE SUSANNE OF ZACHARY, LA.
                         SCOTT B. MILLER OF MOORE, OK.
 
NIECES:    JANE ASBILL AND FAMILY OF FT. WAYNE, IN.
                   JANIE HERN AND HUSBAND BILL OF RIO RANCHO, NM.
                   PEGGY ROWLLINGS AND HUSBAND BILL OF LEXINGTON, KY.
                   CAROL BOYD AND HUSBAND JOHN OF NICHOLASVILLLE, KY.
                   TINA G. WOODS AND HUSBAND BILL OF ROSWELL, GA.
                   MELISSA D. BOWMAN AND HUSBAND WELDON OF TULSA, OK.
 
 
       PRECEDED IN DEATH BY
 
PARENTS:     ALLEN THURMAN AND LYDIA PREWITT.
HUSBAND:     BOB WHO PASSED AWAY WITH HER IN THE AUTO ACCIDENT.
BROTHER:     JAMES ALLEN PREWITT.
BROTHER-IN-LAW:      ROY ALLEN ROGERS.
SISTER:      CRYSTAL GREER AND HUSBAND KENNETH.
SISTER-IN-LAW:     JUDY UBER.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:      SATURDAY, JULY 30, 2005 AT 11:00 AM.
PLACE OF SERVICES:     BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK.
 
INTERMENT:     BUTLER CEMETERY ~ LANE, OK.
 
OFFICIATING:     DR. JAMES CROWSON.
 
CASKETBEARERS:     THOMAS MERRITT, RICK LACKEY, JOHN MILLER, MIKE PEIGARE, MARK BARNES, TERRY CLEMENTS.
 
HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:      CLIFF DARST, OREN COCHRAN, DAVID BLACKBURN, JERRY STEPHENS, MARVIN PHILLIPS, LEON CRITES, NICK BRISTER, BEN BONHAM, JOSH TURNER, PAUL HUFFMAN.
 
FAMILY NIGHT 6 TO 8 PM FRIDAY
 
 
 
 
NAME:      GOMER MAX LEE WALKER, AGE 81, A COAL COUNTY  AND FORMER ATOKA COUNTY AREA RESIDENT.
WALKER,gomer2
 
BORN:      MARCH 6, 1924 AT COLEMAN, TX TO HENRY THIRSTEN AND EMMA (STEWART) WALKER.
 
PASSED AWAY:     SATURDAY, JULY 30, 2005 AT THE MCALESTER REGIONAL HOSPITAL
AGE:     81 YEARS  4 MONTHS   AND  24  DAYS
 
EDUCATION:     GOMER ATTENDED BENTLEY SCHOOLS.
 
MARRIED:     RUBY FAYE CALLICOAT IN DECEMBER 1948 AT DURANT, OK.  SHE PRECEDED HIM IN DEATH .
 
OCCUPATION:      GOMER WAS A WOOD CUTTER FOR MANY YEARS.
 
HE LOVED TO HUNT AND FISH.
 
 
       SURVIVED BY
 
CHILDREN:      MAX WALKER AND WIFE DOROTHY OF OREGON.
                           LEROY WALKER OF ATOKA, OK.
                           CARL WALKER AND WIFE DIANE OF ATOKA, OK.
                           LARRY WALKER OF ATOKA, OK.
                           LEON WALKER OF ATOKA, OK.
                           JERRY WALKER OF ATOKA, OK.
                           FOY WALKER AND WIFE DEANNE OF LEHIGH, OK.
                           PATRICIA POWELL OF ATOKA, OK.
                           GEQUITA EDINGER AND HUSBAND DWIGHT OF CARSON, ND.
 
26 GRANDCHILDREN AND 8 GREAT GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.
 
BROTHERS:    HENRY WALKER OF DURANT, OK.
                           ODELL RAY WALKER OF DURANT, OK.
 
SISTER:      ESTELLE PRATER OF DURANT, OK.
 
 
       PRECEDED IN DEATH BY
 
WIFE:    RUBY FAYE ON OCTOBER 15, 1999.
PARENTS:     HENRY AND EMMA WALKER
CHILDREN:      JANE, STEVEN, AND AN INFANT SON
BROTHER:     BILL WALKER
HALF BROTHER:      WALLY WALKER
SISTERS:     CHAROLETT MORALES, VIOLA JOHNSTON, ELLA WALKER BANKS, AND NAN PRATER.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:    WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3, 2005 AT 10:00 AM.
PLACE OF SERVICES:     BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK.
 
INTERMENT:     BENTLEY CEMETERY ~ BENTLEY, ATOKA COUNTY, OK.
 
OFFICIATING:     ARVEL HALL.
 
CASKETBEARERS:     DWIGHT EDINGER, ROCKY FORTENBERRY, CARL WALKER, TRAVIS WALKER, RICKY BANKS, BRADLEY CLONTS.
 
HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:      ROBERT BANKS, EUGENE BANKS, JIMMY SMITH.
 
FAMILY NIGHT:  TUESDAY 7 PM
 
 
 
 
NAME:      KRISTIN NICOLE MOBBS, AGE 21, OF THE CRYSTAL-LANE AREA.
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BORN:      FEBRUARY 9, 1984 AT ANTLERS, OK TO MARK ALAN AND DONNA SUE (CALHOUN) PERRYMORE.
 
PASSED AWAY:     SUNDAY, JULY 31,  2005  AT THE O.U. MEDICAL CENTER IN OKLAHOMA CITY.
AGE:   21 YEARS 5 MONTHS AND  22 DAYS.
 
EDUCATION:     ATTENDED SCHOOL AT LANE AND WAS LATER HOME SCHOOLED.
 
CHURCH:      SHE WAS AFFILIATED WITH THE VICTORY LIFE CHURCH IN ATOKA.
 
KRISTIN LOVED PEOPLE.
 
 
       SURVIVED BY
 
PARENTS:     DONNA AND DAVID MOBBS OF CRYSTAL, OK.
 
BROTHERS:    JOSHUA, STUART, AND STEVEN MOBBS OF THE HOME AT CRYSTAL.
 
MATERNAL GRANDPARENTS:   JIM AND JUDY CALHOUN OF ANTLERS, OK.
 
PATERNAL GRANDPARENTS:     DALE MOBBS OF BENTLEY.
                                                             JUNE SHELTON OF BENTLEY.
                                                             DOTTIE MILLER OF MOORE, OK.
 
BIRTH FATHER:      MARK PERRYMORE OF MUSKOGEE, OK.
 
AUNT:      ESTHER GENTRY AND HUSBAND JIM OF CEDAR HILL, TX.
 
UNCLE:     DALE MOBBS AND WIFE MARGO OF TOM BEAN, TX.
 
COUSINS:     JOSHUA AND CALEB GENTRY.
                         CHRIS, CODY, AND CHEYENNE MOBBS
 
 
DATE OF SERVICE:     WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3, 2005 AT 2:00 PM.
PLACE OF SERVICE:    VICTORY LIFE CHURCH ~ ATOKA, OK.
 
INTERMENT:     BUTLER CEMETERY ~ LANE, OK.
 
OFFICIATING:     REV. LEE ARMSTRONG.
ASSISTING:     REV. ANN LEWIS.
 
CASKETBEARERS:     CHRIS MOBBS, CODY MOBBS, JAY BENSON, JAN LEE, DAVID MCINTYRE, RANDY DODSON.
 
 
 
 
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