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NAME:      ELLA JOY (mcdougal) GOLDEN, AGE 92, A LONGTIME CANEY-ATOKA COUNTY AREA RESIDENT.
golden,ELLA
 
BORN:    AUGUST 11, 1913 IN TEXAS TO JOHN AND GLENNIE (JACKSON) MCDOUGAL.
 
PASSED AWAY:     SUNDAY, JULY 2, 2006 AT HER DAUGHTER’S RESIDENCE IN TUSHKA, OK.
AGE:   92  YEARS   10 MONTHS   AND    21 DAYS.
 
EDUCATION:     SHE ATTENDED schools in texas.
 
MARRIED:     G. G. GOLDEN IN 1929 AT BROKEN BOW, OK.
 
OCCUPATION:      SHE WAS HOUSEWIFE AND HOMEMAKER, AND WORKED OUTSIDE THE HOME AS A COOK.
 
CHURCH AFFILIATION:    JOY WAS OF THE BAPTIST FAITH.
 
 
       survived by
 
CHILDREN:    DONALD GOLDEN AND WIFE PHYLLIS OF CANEY, OK.
                           BETTY GIVENS OF THORnTON, AR.
                           CHARLINE WELLS and HUSBAND EVERETT OF OAKLAND, CA.
                           MARY STILL AND HUSBAND ROY OF TUSHKA, OK.
 
14 OR MORE GRANDCHILDREN.
 
GREAT, GREAT GREAT, and GREAT GREAT GREAT GRANDCHILDREN TOo NUMEROUS TO MENTION.
 
SON-IN-LAW:      ROY CLUVER OF CANEY, OK.
 
NEPHEWS:     HOPPY MCDOUGAL OF TUSHKA, OK.
                           DOOD MCDOUGAL OF LANE, OK.
 
COUSIN:    TINNY BELL MCDOUGAL OF ATOKA, OK.
 
 
       preceded in death by
 
PARENTS:     JOHN AND GLENNIE MCDOUGAL
HUSBAND:     G. G. GOLDEN ON MARCH 19, 2001.
DAUGHTERS:   JOHNNY LOU GOLDEN AND CUBA CLUVER.
2 GRANDSONS.
BROTHERS:    DOOD AND CHOCK MCDOUGAL.
SISTER:    MARY LOU LOWE.
SONS-IN-LAW:     HOWARD GIVENS AND JIM ROSS.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:    WEDNESDAY, JULY 5, 2006 AT 2:00 PM.
PLACE OF SERVICES:     BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ atoka, ok.
 
INTERMENT:     PERKINS CEMETERY ~ caney, ok.
 
OFFICIATING:     REV. SAMMY VAUGHN.
 
CASKETBEARERS:     MIKE GOLDEN, JOhNNY ROSS, HAROLD WELLS, KEN GOLDEN, STEVEN SIMPSON, ROY STILL, STACY STILL, COREY STILL, JIMMY GIVENS, MARK WELLS, MITCHELL WELLS.
 
 
 
 
NAME:    MARY b. (BELCHER) WITHROW, AGE 82, A LONGTIME ATOKA AREA RESIDENT.
withrow,mary
 
BORN:    SEPTEMBER 8, 1923 AT SALISBURY, CT TO ALEXANDER JOHN AND JENNY BEATRICE (DOTY) BELCHER.
 
PASSED AWAY:     TUESDAY, JULY 4, 2006 AT THE ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.
AGE:   82  YEARS   9 MONTHS   AND   26 DAYS.
 
EDUCATION:     MARY ATTENDED GRADE SCHOOL IN AMESVILLE, CT AND A PRIVATE HIGH SCHOOL IN SALISBURY, CT.
 
MARRIED:       WINDLE  OLIVER WITHROW ON FEBRUARY 10, 1951 AT GULFPORT, Ms.  HE PRECEDED HER IN DEATH .
 
OCCUPATION:      MARY WORKED AT THE A & P GROCERY and WAS A HOUSEWIFE AND HOMEMAKER.
 
CHURCH AFFILIATION:    SHE WAS OF THE EPISCOPAL FAITH.
 
SHE SERVED HER COUNTRY in the u.s. army DURING THE KOREAN WAR FOR ONE YEAR AND THE AIR FORCE AS A RADIO OPERATOR AND CLERK FOR 3 YEARS.
 
 
       survived by
 
BROTHERS:    JOHN AND RICHARD BELCHER.
 
 
       preceded in death by
 
PARENTS:     JOHN AND JENNY BELCHER
HUSBAND:     WINDLE OLIVER WITHROW ON OCTOBER 6, 1999.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:    FRIDAY, JULY 7, 2006 AT 3 PM.
PLACE OF SERVICES:     GRAVESIDE.
 
INTERMENT:   GREEN MEADOWS CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK.
 
OFFICIATING:     REV. FRED WALDReP.
 
CASKETBEARERS:     MIKE PEIGARE, DON WALLACE, JACK UBER, MIKE ADAIR.
 
HONOR GUARD:     ATOKA COUNTY VETERANS.
 
 
 
 
NAME:    anna BELLE “ANN” (WHITE) EVANS, AGE 77, A LONGTIME BOGGY DEPOT-ATOKA COUNTY AREA RESIDENT.
evans,ann
 
BORN:    MARCH 7, 1929 AT COLEMAN, OK TO CLAUDE ADKINS and BEULAH BELLE (LOGAN) WHITE.
 
PASSED AWAY:     THURSDAY, JULY 6, 2006 AT HER RESIDENCE NEAR BOGGY DEPOT.
AGE:   77  YEARS   3 MONTHS   AND  29 DAYS.
 
EDUCATION:     ANN ATTENDED BOGGY DEPOT SCHOOL.
 
MARRIED:     CLEaO EDWARD EVANS ON NOVEMBER 13, 1948 AT SHERMAN, TX.
 
ANN WAS A LOVING WIFE, MOTHER, GRANDMOTHER, AND GREAT GRANDMOTHER.   SHE ENJOYED DANCING, AND BEING WITH HER FAMILY AND FRIENDS, AND WAS ACTIVE IN THE ATOKA ELKS LODGE.
 
CHURCH AFFILIATION:    ANN WAS OF THE BAPTIST FAITH.
 
 
       survived by
 
CHILDREN:      JEANETTE ANDERSON OF ROCKWALL, TX.
                           BENNIE EVANS AND WIFE SANDRA OF BOGGY DEPOT.
                           LINDA BELLETTINI and HUSBAND JOHNNY OF COALGATE, ok.
 
GRANDCHILDREN:     BRAD REASOR AND WIFE CARLA OF GARLAND, TX.
                                           BRYAN REASOR AND WIFE KIM OF GARLAND, TX.
                                           TRACY WILLIAMS and HUSBAND BRAD OF WILSON, ok.
                                           B. J. BELLETTINI AND WIFE MELISSA OF KINGSTON, OK.
                                           AMY CREWS AND HUSBAND SHAM OF LANE, OK.
 
GREAT GRANDCHILDREN:     FABRI REASOR, MADI REASOR, JACY MUELLER, ROLEIGH REASOR, DACE CREWS, EMILY BELLETTINI.
 
SISTER:    GOLDIE HALL OF BOGGY DEPOT.
 
BROTHERS:    D. A. WHITE AND WIFE SYBLE OF SILVER CITY, NM.
                           C. J. WHITE AND WIFE BERVA OF VOCA.
                           TOMMY WHITE AND WIFE VIRGINIA OF TULSA, OK.
 
 
       preceded in death by
 
HUSBAND:     CLEaO EDWARD EVANS on 25 april 1992.
PARENTS:     CLAUDE ADKINS AND BEULAH BELLE WHITE.
BROTHERS:    JOHNNY “NON” AND BUCK WHITE.
GRANDSONS:     SHANNON EVANS AND BRENDAN BELLETTINI.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:      SATURDAY, JULY 8, 2006 AT 2: 00 PM 
PLACE OF SERVICES:     BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK.
 
INTERMENT:     BOGGY DEPOT CEMETERY ~ atoka, ok. 
 
OFFICIATING:     ARVEL HALL
 
CASKETBEARERS:     NEPHEWS
 
FAMILY NIGHT:    FRIDAY EVENING 7 PM
 
 
 
 
NAME:      LEWIS RAY PENICK, AGE 66, A LIFELONG ATOKA COUNTY AREA RESIDENT.
penick,lewis
 
BORN:      FEBRUARY 15, 1940 AT BOGGY DEPOT, OK TO WILLIAM LEE AND UNICE MAY (ADAMS) PENICK.
 
PASSED AWAY:     EARLY FRIDAY MORNING, JULY 7, 2006 AT OKLAHOMA HEART HOSPITAL IN OKLAHOMA CITY.
AGE:   66 YEARS  4  MONTHS    AND   22 DAYS.
 
EDUCATION:     LEWIS ATTENDED BOGGY DEPOT AND OTHER ATOKA COUNTY SCHOOLS.
 
MARRIED:       CHERYL TOWNSEND, SHE PRECEDED HIM IN DEATH.
                           BONNIE (YOUNG) LAUNIUS ON OCTOBER 19, 1987 AT DE QUEEN, AR.
 
OCCUPATION:    LEWIS SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE U. S. ARMY FOR 4 YEARS AND HE SERVED 29 YEARS IN THE U. S. NAVY WITH 5 TOURS SERVED IN VIET NAM, RETIRing AFTER 33 YEARS OF SERVICE.
 
CHURCH AFFILIATION:      LEWIS WAS OF THE PROTESTANT FAITH.
 
 
       survived by
 
WIFE:    BONNIE penick OF THE HOME IN ATOKA, ok.
 
CHILDREN:    MICHAEL DWAYNE KIRTLEY PENICK OF ATOKA, ok.
                           RENEE ANNIS AND HUSBAND STEVE OF AVERY, TX.
                           MELINDA BASTARDO and HUSBAND BRANDON OF DALLAS, tx.
 
GRANDCHILDREN:     K. C. KIRTLEY, McKENLIEGH KIRTLEY, and KIRT KIRTLEY,
                                         DANIELLE AND MICHELLE WHISENHUNT.
 
BROTHERS:      CECIL PENICK AND WIFE PAT OF ANTLERS, Ok.
                             VERNON PENICK AND WIFE EDNA OF SULPHUR, OK.
                             ORVILLE PENICK AND WIFE JANE OF ANTLERS, OK.
 
SISTERS:     ALMETA BICKNELL OF ATOKA, OK.
                       JUDY PENICK OF ATOKA, OK.
 
 
       preceded in death by
 
PARENTS:     WILLIAM AND UNICE PENICK.
FIRST WIFE:    CHERYL (TOWNSEND) PENICK.
BROTHERS:      PETE, ROY AND TERRY JR. penick.
SISTERS:     LUCILLE JONES, BERTIE DUKE, MAYBELLE SMITH, AND MARIE LANSDALE.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:    SUNDAY, JULY 9, 2006 AT 2:00 PM.
PLACE OF SERVICES:     BROWN’S funeral CHAPEL ~ atoka, ok.
 
INTERMENT:     TUSHKA CEMETERY ~ tushka, ok.
 
OFFICIATING:     REV. JOE CHAPIN.
ASSISTING:     ARVEL HALL.
 
CASKETBEARERS:     RICKY BICKNELL, JIMMY BICKNELL, DOUG PENICK, DALE PENICK, JERRY SAWYER, RONNIE MOORE, BILLY MOORE, DANNY PENICK.
 
HONORARY CASKETBEARER:     DOYLE MOORE.
 
FAMILY NIGHT:    SATURDAY 6 TO 8 PM
 
 
 
 
NAME:    LOIS LAVONA (wilson) TUCKER, AGE 79, A LONGTIME ATOKA COUNTY AREA RESIDENT AND A FORMER FINLEY AREA RESIDENT MOVING BACK TO ATOKA AFTER HER HUSBAND, RAY’S DEATH.
tucker,lois
 
BORN:      NOVEMBER 27, 1926 iN THE WARD SPRINGS COMMUNITY, PITTSBURG COUNTY, ok TO CLARENCE RUSSELL “C. R.” AND RHUE LAVONA (HARRINGTON) WILSON.
 
PASSED AWAY:     FRIDAY MORNING, JULY 7, 2006 AT PAULS VALLEY, OK.
AGE:   79 YEARS  7  MONTHS    AND   10 DAYS.
 
EDUCATION:     LOIS ATTENDED WARDVILLE AND ATOKA SCHOOLS, GRADUATing WITH THE CLASS OF 1943. 
 
MARRIED:       RAY TUCKER ON MAY 24, 1946 AT MCALESTER, OK WITH THEIR GOOD FRIENDS, THE LATE CECIL AND MARY THORNLEY, AS THEIR ATTENDANTS.
 
OCCUPATION:    BEFORE HER MARRIAGE SHE WORKED AS A SECRETARY AT THE KIAMICHI PRODUCTION OFFICE AND WAS ALWAYS A LOVING WIFE AND MOTHER.
 
CHURCH AFFILIATION:    SHE WAS A MEMBER OF THE ATOKA PENN AND “A” CHURCH OF CHRIST.
 
 
       survived by
 
CHILDREN:    JANET MCCOY AND HUSBAND DENNY OF TUPELO, OK.
                           GAIL KEITH AND HUSBAND JACK OF ELMORE CITY, OK.
                           LELAND TUCKER OF SOPER, OK.
                           TODD TUCKER AND WIFE JANE OF FINLEY, OK.
 
GRANDCHILDREN:   JUSTEN MCCOY AND WIFE KIM OF ADA, OK
                                       AND CHILDREN AYLA, KATE, KATIE AND QUIN.
 
                                       NIKKI CALLISON and HUSBAND ROGER OF FITTSTOWN, OK
                                       AND CHILDREN REED, KYE AND KATELYN.
 
                                       JoRAY MCCOY AND WIFE TINA OF GUTHRIE, OK
                                       AND CHILDREN TUCKER, CHACE, AND CUTTER.
 
                                       JET MCCOY AND WIFE ASHLEE OF ADA, OK.
 
                                       CORD MCCOY OF TUPELO, OK.
 
                                       BECKY CUSTER AND HUSBAND JOE OF COMANCHE, OK
                                       AND CHILDREN ETHAN AND JAY.
 
                                       MATT KEITH OF ELMORE CITY, OK.
 
                                       AMY MCLIN AND HUSBAND WILL OF ELMORE CITY, OK
                                       AND SON RIDGE.
 
                                       SGT. CLARK TUCKER OF FT. CAMPBELL, KY.
                                       STERLING TUCKER OF FINLEY, OK
 
GREAT GRANDDAUGHTER:     JACY JOHNSON AND HUSBAND DAVID OF TUPELO, OK.
 
BROTHER:     RUSSELL WILSON AND WIFE JUDY OF COALGATE, OK.
SISTER-IN-LAW:     BOBBIE WILSON OF ATOKA, OK.
 
 
       PRECEDED IN DEATH BY
 
PARENTS:     CLARENCE AND RHUE WILSON.
HUSBAND:     RAY TUCKER ON NOVEMBER 3, 1985.
TWIN INFANT SONS.
BROTHERS:    DALE AND BOB WILSON.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:    MONDAY, JULY 10, 2006 AT 11:00 AM.
PLACE OF SERVICES:     FINLEY CHURCH OF CHRIST.
 
INTERMENT:     FINLEY CEMETERY.
 
OFFICIATING:     JET MCCOY.
ASSISTING:       CORD MCCOY.
PRAYER:    JoRay McCOY.
 
CASKETBEARERS:     STERLING TUCKER, JUSTEN MCCOY, JoRAY MCCOY, JOE CUSTER, WILL McLIN, ROGER CALLISON.
 
 
 
 
NAME:    EVA MAE (REEVES) HENDERSON, AGE 87, A LONGTIME STRINGTOWN AREA RESIDENT.
henderson,eva02
 
BORN:      JULY 1, 1919 AT HOBART, OK  TO WALTER OREN AND CONNIE (ELROD) REEVES.
 
PASSED AWAY:     SATURDAY JULY 8, 2006 AT THE ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.
AGE:   87 YEARS  0  MONTHS    AND   7 DAYS.
 
EDUCATION:     MAE ATTENDED HOBART AND HILL SCHOOLS, GRADUATING FROM GOTEBO HIGH SCHOOL WITH CLASS OF ‘37.
 
MARRIED:     RICHARD HAROLD HENDERSON ON APRIL 1, 1939 AT GOTEBO, OK.
 
OCCUPATION:    MAE WAS A HOMEMAKER, MOTHER, AND GRANDMOTHER AS WELL AS A COOK FOR THE STRINGTOWN SCHOOL SYSTEM, RETIRING AFTER 21 YEARS OF SERVICE.
 
CHURCH AFFILIATION:    MAE WAS A FORMER MEMBER OF HILLCREST BAPTIST CHURCH, SHE TAUGHT SUNDAY SCHOOL AND VACATION BIBLE AND WAS A MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY BAPTIST CHURCH OF STRINGTOWN.
 
SHE LOVED GARDENING, COOKING, AND FLOWERS.
 
 
       SURVIVED BY
 
DAUGHTERS:     BEVERLY ROBINSON AND HUSBAND RAY OF NORMAN, OK.
                               JUDY MYERS OF CALVIN, OK.
                               GAIL MASON AND HUSBAND CHARLES OF STRINGTOWN, OK.
 
GRANDCHILDREN:     GWEN GRIZZLE AND HUSBAND BRAD OF McALESTER, OK.
                                         WILL ROBINSON AND WIFE MELISSA OF CLAYTON, OK.
                                         DAVID ROBINSON AND WIFE JENNIFER OF WISTER, OK.
                                         CLAYTON ROBINSON AND WIFE KATHLEEN OF NORMAN, OK.
                                         LANETTE FORBES AND HUSBAND HUGH OF BETHEL, ALASKA.
                                         GARY MYERS AND WIFE KIMBERLY OF NEW ORLEANS, LA.
                                         CARLETTA DANIELS AND HUSBAND JONATHAN OF STRINGTOWN, OK.
                                         DONNA UNDERWOOD AND HUSBAND JOHN OF STRINGTOWN, OK.
                                         CHAD MASON AND RUSS MASON OF DURANT, OK.
 
21 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN AND 9 GREAT GREAT GREANDCHILDREN.
 
BROTHERS:      LEONARD REEVES AND WIFE SHIRLEY OF MUSTANG, OK.
                             LEO REEVES AND WIFE IVERNA OF CARNEGIE, OK.
 
SISTERS:     VELMA HENDERSON OF LAKELAND, FL.
                       LELA BELLE HUTCHERSON OF DEL CITY, OK.
                       WANDA ADAY OF LAWTON, OK.
 
 
       PRECEDED IN DEATH BY
 
PARENTS:     WALTER OREN AND CONNIE REEVES.
HUSBAND:     HAROLD HENDERSON ON NOVEMBER 23, 1999.
BROTHERS:    GLEN AND KENNETH REEVES.
SISTER:    LEONA BAKER.
HALF SISTER:     ROXIE REEVES
GREAT GRANDDAUGHTER:     SANDRA ELOIS GRIZZLE.
SON IN-LAW:      DONNIE MYERS.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:      MONDAY, JULY 10, 2006 AT 3:00 PM
PLACE OF SERVICES:     BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, ok.
 
INTERMENT:     STRINGTOWN CEMETERY ~ STRINGTOWN, OK.
 
OFFICIATING:     REV. JOHN HOWARD.
 
CASKETBEARERS:     (GRANDSONS)   WILL ROBINSON, DAVID ROBINSON, CLAYTON ROBINSON, GARY MYERS, CHAD MASON, RUSS MASON.
 
HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:      CHARLES MASON, RAY ROBINSON, BRAD GRIZZLE, JONATHAN DANIELS, HUGH FORBES, JOHN UNDERWOOD.
 
 
 
 
NAME:    HADWOOD LEE “WOODY” BICKERSTAFF, AGE 54, A NATIVE OF OKLAHOMA CITY. HE MOVED TO THE BENTLEY-ATOKA AREA IN 1990 AND MORE RECENTlY RESIDED IN BOKCHITO, ok.
bickerstaff,woody
 
BORN:    FEBRUARY 1, 1952 AT OKLAHOMA CITY TO CHESTER HADWOOD AND LEONA MAE (CAMPBELL) BICKERSTAFF.
 
PASSED AWAY:     SUNDAY, JULY 9, 2006 AT THE MEDICAL CENTER OF se OKLAHOMA in durant.
AGE:   54 YEARS   5 MONTHS   AND    8 DAYS.
 
EDUCATION:     WOODY ATTENDED AND GRADUATED FROM CAPITAL HILL HIGH SCHOOL IN 1970 AND ATTENDED QUALITY MEAT CUTTERS COLLEGE IN OKLAHOMA CITY.
 
OCCUPATION:      WOODY WORKED AS A BUTCHER AND MEAT CUTTER FOR CANADIAN vALLEY MEAT COmpany AND LATER WORKED FOR TOWN & COUNTRY GROCERY IN ATOKA, OK.
 
CHURCH AFFILIATION:  HE WAS AFFiLIATED WITH BENTLEY BAPTIST CHURCH.
 
WOODY SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE U.S. ARMY DURING THE VIET NAM WAR.
 
HE LOVED FISHING AND HUNTING, AND HIS KIDS.
 
 
       survived by
 
CHILDREN:      CHESTER HADWOOD BICKERSTAFF OF OKLAHOMA CITY.
                           DAVID LEE BICKERSTAFF OF BOKCHITO, OK.
                           JENNIFER DENISE BICKERSTAFF OF ATOKA, OK.
                           REBECCA JO BICKERSTAFF OF BOKCHITO, OK.
 
GRANDCHILD:    LEONA MARIE LEFLORE OF ATOKA, OK.
 
SISTER:      PATRICIA FRENCH AND HUSBAND BILL OF ATOKA, OK.
 
BROTHER:     STERLING BICKERSTAFF AND WIFE MARY OF RALEIGH, NC.
 
 
       preceded in death by
 
PARENTS:     CHESTER AND LEONA BICKERSTAFF.
BROTHER:     CASEY FLETCHER.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:    THURSDAY, JULY 13, 2006 AT 2:00 PM  
place of SERVICES:     GRAVESIDE.
 
iNTERMENT:     BENTLEY CEMETERY ~ bentley, ok.
 
OFFICIATING:     REV. JOHN HOWARD.
 
CASKETBEARERS:     STERLING BICKERSTAFF, JASON BICKERSTAFF, GREG LEFLORE, DAVID BICKERSTAFF, BILL FRENCH, DAVID SANDERS.
 
HONOR GUARD:     ATOKA COUNTY VETERANS.
 
 
 
 
NAME:    STEVEN FLOYD STAFFORD, AGE 28, A KIOWA AREA RESIDENT FOR THE PAST 10 YEARS AND RAISED IN THE CANEY AREA.
stafford,steven
 
BORN:    MARCH 7, 1978 AT OKLAHOMA CITY TO FLOYD AND JANICE LARRAINE (CROWELL) STAFFORD.
 
PASSED AWAY:     EARLY TUESDAY MORNING, JULY 11, 2006 AT THE MCALESTER REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER FROM INJURIES RECEIVED IN AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT.
AGE:   28 YEARS  4  MONTHS    AND   4 DAYS
 
EDUCATION:     STEVEN WAS A CANEY HIGH school GRADUATE WITH THE CLASS OF 1996. HE also ATTENDED KIAMICHI TECHNICAL SCHOOL WHERE HE RECEIVED HIS WELDING CERTIFICATE.
 
OCCUPATION:    HE WAS EMPLOYED BY BRONCO DRILLING AS A ROUGHNECK.
 
CHURCH AFFILIATION:    STEVEN WAS A PENTECOSTAL BY FAITH.
 
 
       survived by
 
“HIS GIRL”   MELISSA WOOD AND HER SONS LANE AND TRENTON OF PITTSBURG, OK.
 
MOTHER:    LARRAINE TERRAL AND HUSBAND JAMES OF KIOWA, ok.
 
FATHER:    FLOYD STAFFORD AND WIFE PAT OF TUSHKA, OK.
 
SISTER:    CASONDRA KIOUS AND HUSBAND JOSH OF MCALESTER, ok.
 
STEPBROTHERS:    BRIAN SMITH AND WIFE RHONDA OF VIAN, OK.
                                     ANDREW BRAME OF TULSA, OK
 
STEPSISTERS:     JACQUELINE AND JESSICA TERRAL BOTH OF KIOWA, ok.
                                 MISTY HOBBS AND HUSBAND JOHN OF KENeFIC, OK.
                               BETH BRAME OF CANEY, OK
 
GRANDPARENTS:    VIRGINIA CROWELL OF KIOWA, OK.
                                       ANNETTE HATRIDGE OF KIOWA, OK.
                                       PHILLIP AND PAULA HATRIDGE OF KIOWA, OK.
                                       LEO AND RUTH BURNS OF BOKCHITO, OK.
 
NIECES:    ANGEL BRAME, LINDSEY HOBBS, CAMERON AND KATELYN SMITH
 
SPECIAL LITTLE COUSIN:     WILLIE WATKINS OF DURANT, OK.
 
 
       preceded in death by
 
GRANDFATHER:     PETE CROWELL.
GRANDPARENTS:    JOHN Z. AND MAMIE L. STAFFORD.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:    THURSDAY, JULY 13, 2006 AT 2:00 P.m.
PLACE OF SERVICES:     BROWN’S funeral CHAPEL ~ atoka, ok.
 
INTERMENT:     KNOB HILL CEMETERY ~ MARSHALL COunty, ok. 
 
OFFICIATING:     ARVEL HALL.
ASSISTING:     REV. BRENT DAVIS.
 
CASKETBEARERS:     MICHAEL SHORES, KENT WHEIR, STEVE FINCHER, SHAG FINCHER, TOMMY AUMILLER, KEVIN MCCORMICK, BRANDON MORRIS, BRIAN WEBB.
 
HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:      CLIFF CROWELL, JOSH KIOUS, ANDREW BRAME, DONOVAN CROWELL, PHILLIP CAPSHAW,  NATHAN TAYLOR. BRAD CROWELL. WILLIE YOST, JUNIOR CROWELL.
 
 
FAMILY NIGHT:    WEDNESDAY EVENING 7 P.M.
 
 
 
 
NAME:      MABEL E. (KELLOGG) ROY, AGE 86, A LONGTIME ATOKA AREA RESIDENT.
roy,mabel
 
BORN:      APRIL 23, 1920 AT SAPULPA, OKLAHOMA TO ERNEST AND ETHEL (WHEELER) KELLOGG.
 
PASSED AWAY:     EARLY TUESDAY, JULY 11, 2006 AT THE ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
AGE:     86  YEARS   2 MONTHS   AND    18 DAYS.
 
EDUCATION:     SHE ATTENDED STRINGTOWN HIGH school, graduating with THE CLASS OF ‘39.
 
MARRIED:       cARROLL “ED” ROY ON DECEMBER 12, 1940 AT ATOKA, OK.
 
OCCUPATION:    SHE WAS A LOVING WIFE AND MOTHER.
 
CHURCH AFFILIATION:    MABEL WAS A LONGTIME MEMBER OF THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF ATOKA, OK.
 
 
       survived by
 
DAUGHTER:    CAROL MAGAR AND HUSBAND JERRY OF ATOKA, OK.
 
GRANDCHILDREN:     KIM MAGAR AND DWAIN BOLES OF CANYON LAKE, TX.
                                         SHEILA PARKER and HUSBAND CRAIG OF FLOWER MOUND, TX.
                                         JERRY MAGAR, JR. AND ALEX KENSNICK OF DALLAS, TX
 
GREAT GRANDCHILDREN:     CHY BOLES OF HOUSTON, TX.
                                                         CHELSEA PARKER OF FLOWER MOUND, TX.
                                                         lAUREN PARKER OF FLOWER MOUND, TX.
 
VERY DEAR FRIENDS:       FAYE WALLACE OF ATOKA, OK.
                                                 BARBARA MORELAND OF ATOKA, OK.
                                                 THE KELLOGG, DURBIN, AND ROY FAMILIES OF ATOKA, OK.
 
 
       preceded in death by
 
PARENTS:     ERNEST AND ETHEL KELLOGG.
HUSBAND:     ED ROY ON JUNE 6, 1996.
2 INFANT SISTERS.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:      FRIDAY, JULY 14, 2006 AT 10:00 A.M.
PLACE OF SERVICES:     BROWN’S funeral chapel ~ atoka, ok.
 
INTERMENT:     WESTVIEW CEMETERY ~ atoka, ok.
 
OFFICIATING:     JIM KELLOGG.
 
CASKETBEARERS:     BILLY GUY KELLOGG, CHRIS KELLOGG, OWEN KELLOGG, DAVID KELLOGG, MIKE KELLOGG, RODNEY KELLOGG.
 
HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:      BILL MALONE, BILL KELLOGG, BOB FREDERICK, CHARLES MORELAND.
 
 
FAMILY NIGHT:  NONE
 
 
 
 
NAME:      NELLIE EURLEE (HALL) HODGE, AGE 95, A LONGTIME ATOKA COUNTY AREA RESIDENT.
hodge,nellie02
 
BORN:    AUGUST 29, 1910 at WAVELAND, ARKANSAS TO WILLIS B. AND FAYE (OWENS) HALL.
 
PASSED AWAY:     TUESDAY, JULY 11, 2006 AT THE CALERA MANOR NURSING HOME.
AGE:   95 YEARS  10  MONTHS   AND    12 DAYS    
 
EDUCATION:     NELLIE ATTENDED TUSHKA SCHOOLS.
 
MARRIED:     JOHN T. HODGE SR. IN 1929 AT COALGATE, OK.
 
OCCUPATION:      SHE WAS A LOVING WIFE AND MOTHER.
 
 
       survived by
 
CHILDREN:    JOHN T. HODGE JR and WIFE ROSANN OF WALNUT CREEK, CA.
                           ALMA “JEAN” BONELLI OF ORINDA, CA.
 
SISTER:    BESSIE WITHROW OF ATOKA, OK.
 
12 GRANDCHIILDREN.
 
NUMEROUS GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.
 
 
       preceded in death by
 
PARENTS:     WILLIS AND FAYE HALL.
HUSBAND:     JOHN T. HODGE SR in may, 1978.
SISTERS:     ONEIDA SMITH, WYNOMA MARTIN, VIRGINIA EVANS, AND TRESSA MCBRAYER.
BROTHERS:      OWEN, BERICE, AND BILLY JOE HALL
 
 
date of MEMORIAL SERVICES:      FRIDAY, JULY 14, 2006 AT 2:00 PM  
PLACE OF SERVICES:     BROWN’S funeral CHAPEL ~ atoka, ok.
 
OFFICIATING:     ARVEL HALL
 
 
 
 
NAME:      ROBERT LEWIS VAN ZANDT JR, AGE 64, OF ATOKA, OKLAHOMA.
vanzant,robert
 
BORN:      NOVEMBER 27, 1941 AT ANSON, TX TO ROBERT LEWIS SR AND QUANITA COURTNEY (EDWARDS)  VAN ZANDT.
 
PASSED AWAY:     TUESDAY, JULY 11, 2006 AT THE DALLAS V.A. CENTER.
AGE:     64 YEARS  7  MONTHS    AND   14 DAYS
 
EDUCATION:     ROBERT RECEIVED HIS G. E. D. IN THE SERVICE.
 
MARRIED:     PATRICIA BECKER ON OCTOBER 12, 1965 AT HOLLYWOOD, CA.  HE AND PATRICIA RENEWED THEIR VOWS ON JULY 23, 1978 AT LAS VEGAS, NV.
 
OCCUPATION:  HE WAS A PLUMBER AS WELL AS APARTMENT, RESTAURANT, AND MOTEL MANAGER.
 
ROBERT SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE U. S. MARINES FOR 6 YEARS.
 
HE LOVED TO GOLF AND FISH AND HE WAS A GOLF MARSHALL.
 
 
       SURVIVED BY
 
WIFE:    PAT VAN ZANDT OF THE HOME IN ATOKA, OK.
 
CHILDREN:      VICKIE LYNN HENDRICKS AND HUSBAND BOBBY OF VANCOUVER, WA.
                           DONNA MERRITT AND HUSBAND JIMMY OF ATOKA, OK.
                          
 
FOSTER CHILDREN:     JEFF ANDERSON AND WIFE NANCY OF VANCOUVER, WA.
                                           GARY RAY BLUM OF VANCOUVER, WA.
                                           PAULA MCMANUS OF AFRICA.
                                           DONNA HENSERLING AND HUSBAND BOB OF GRANBURY, TX.
                                           RONNIE BLUM OF WALLA WALLA, WA.
                                           LARRY LUNDSTROM AND WIFE REGINA OF KENNEWICK, WA.
 
“EVEN IF I DID NOT BORN THESE CHILDREN, THEY ARE IN MY HEART AND SOUL FOREVER. I LOVE YOU ALL.  THANK YOU, LORD, FOR THEM”.
 
14 GRANDCHILDREN, 2 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN
 
SIBLINGS:    CHARLOTTE QUALLINE AND HUSBAND PETE OF LILLIAN, TX.
                         AUDREY BARKER AND HUSBAND DON OF NORMAN, OK.
                       EDDIE VAN ZANDT OF ALVARADO, TX.
 
HALF SIBLINGS:     IMA JEAN OF MISSOURI.
                                     JIMMY CORTNEY OF TEXAS.
                                     ROY CORTNEY OF TEXAS.
                                     DON CORTNEY OF MONTANA.
 
 
       PRECEDED IN DEATH BY
 
FATHER:    ROBERT VAN ZANDT SR.
MOTHER:    QUANITA CORTNEY.
STEP MOTHER:     BILLE L. VAN ZANDT
SON:   JIMMY ANDERSON
DAUGHTER:      CHERYL PITTMAN.
 
 
DATE OF MEMORIAL SERVICES:     SATURDAY, JULY 15, 2006 AT 2:00 P.M.
PLACE OF SERVICES:     BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK.
 
INTERMENT:     ASHES TO BE TAKEN TO WASHINGTON STATE TO THE OCEAN. 
 
OFFICIATING:     PASTOR JARED ALLEN.
ASSISTING:     ROCKY CLAYTON.
 
HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:      R. J. RAINS, HARLEY NEAL, JIMMY MERRITT, RICKY DYKES, DORA LEE MOORE, MARGARET KNIGHT, EDDIE VAN ZANDT JR, AL NIEMO.
 
FAMILY NIGHT:  FRIDAY, 7 - 8 P.M.
 
 
 
 
NAME:    JOE L. WHITTINGTON, AGE 90, A LIFELONG ATOKA COUNTY AREA RESIDENT.
whittington,joe
 
BORN:      DECEMBER 29, 1915 AT WAVELAND, AR TO HENDERSON EDWARD AND MARY ELIZABETH (FINCH) WHITTINGTON.
 
PASSED AWAY:     WEDNESDAY, JULY 12, 2006 AT THE WILSON N. JONES HOSPITAL IN SHERMAN, tx.
AGE:   90 YEARS    6 MONTHS   AND    13  DAYs.
 
EDUCATION:     JOE ATTENDED HIGH HILL elementary AND TUSHKA HIGH school.  HE ATTENDED SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY IN DURANT WHERE HE RECEIVED HIS BACHELORS’ DEGREE IN SOCIAL SCIENCE.
 
MARRIED:       PAULINE CROW ON SEPTEMBER 12, 1936 AT DURANT, OK.
 
OCCUPATION:    JOE TAUGHT SCHOOL AND COACHED AT TUSHKA, CANEY, AND CADDO.  HE LATER WORKED FOR 40 YEARS AS A RURAL MAIL CARRIER.
 
CHURCH AFFILIATION:    JOE WAS A LONGTIME MEMBER OF THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH IN ATOKA.
 
JOE SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE U. S. AIR FORCE DURING WWII.
 
HE WAS A MASON OF ATOKA LODGE #4 AND A MEMBER OF THE MCALESTER CONSISTORY. HE WAS A SHRINER AND FORMER MEMBER OF THE ATOKA LIONS CLUB AS WELL.  HE LOVED POLITICS AND PUBLIC SERVICE.
 
 
       SURVIVED BY
 
SON:     NEIL WHITTINGTON AND WIFE NATALIE OF ATOKA, OK.
 
GRANDCHILDREN:     KAREN LANGREHR AND HUSBAND LLOYD OF OKLAHOMA CITY.
                                         ELIZABETH WHITTINGTON OF OKLAHOMA CITY.
                                         JULIE WHITTINGTON OF ATOKA, OK.
 
GREAT GRANDCHILDREN:     SPC RYAN L. RUSSELL AND WIFE RONNI OF FT. RUCKER, AL.
                                                         LAUREN RUSSELL OF OKLAHOMA CITY.
 
 
       PRECEDED IN DEATH BY
 
PARENTS:     HENDERSON AND MARY WHITTINGTON.
WIFE:      PAULINE WHITTINGTON on may 6, 2004.
BROTHERS:      FLOYD AND KINION WHITTINGTON.
GREAT GRANDSON:    KYLE JOSEPH RUSSELL.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:      MONDAY, JULY 17, 2006 AT 2:00 PM.
PLACE OF SERVICES:     BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK.
 
INTERMENT:     GREEN MEADOWS CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK.
 
OFFICIATING:     REV. JOHN HOWARD
 
CASKETBEARERS:     LARRY MASON, JOHN CONSTANTIKES, JERRY STEVENS, LOWELL WIELDT, SNAKE NORMAN, ARVEL HALL.
 
HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:    CLIFF DARST, VERNON BEE, JOHN SELBY, DOIS EARL MOFIELD. larry mullins, jim mullins, huey sewell, keith hill, chris wingo.
 
FAMILY NIGHT:    SUNDAY EVENING AT 7 P.M.
 
 
 
 
NAME:      VELORA ELLENDER  (CREWS) COOPER, AGE 90, AN ATOKA COUNTY AREA RESIDENT, COMING TO THE LANE AREA IN ABOUT 1935.
cooper,velora
 
BORN:      SEPTember 12, 1915 NEAR THE RURAL COAL COUNTY COMMUNITY OF PARKER TO QUINCEY A. AND NANCY LAURA “UNA” (VERNON) CREWS.
 
PASSED AWAY:     FRIDAY, JULY 14, 2006 AT THE COLONIAL MANOR NURSING HOME IN ATOKA, ok.
AGE:   90 YEARS  10  MONTHS   AND    2 DAYS.
 
EDUCATION:     VELORA STARTED SCHOOL IN McALESTER AND ATTENDED VARIOUS RURAL SCHOOLS IN THE AREA, GRADUATing FROM ATOKA HIGH SCHOOL WITH THE CLASS OF 1936.
 
MARRIED:       IRA COOPER ON DECember 11, 1937 AT LANE, ok.
 
OCCUPATION:    DURING WORLD WAR ii ,SHE WORKED AT THE AMMUNITION DEPOT IN SAVANNAH. LATER SHE COOKED AT LANE SCHOOL, HUBBARD NURSING HOME, AND THE ATOKA HOSPITAL WHEN IT FIRST OPENED.
 
church affiliation:      VELORA WAS A MEMBER OF THE LANE BAPTIST CHURCH.
 
SHE WAS A LOVING WIFE AND MOTHER AND A  HOMEMAKER WHO ALWAYS HAD A NICE GARDEN AND YARD. SHE WAS ACCOMPLISHED AT A VARIETY OF NEEDLEWORK.
 
 
       survived by
 
DAUGHTER:      THELMA BRADY AND HUSBAND J. D. OF ATOKA, ok.
 
GRANDCHILDREN:     BETH BURETTA AND DOUG BRADY BOTH OF ATOKA, ok.
 
3 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.
 
BROTHERS:    JACK CREWS AND WIFE RUTH OF LANE, ok.
                           QUINCY CREWS AND WIFE LOUISE OF LANE, ok.
 
6 NIECES, 4 NEPHEWS, SEVERAL GREAT NIECES AND NEPHEWS.
 
 
       preceded in death by
 
PARENTS:   QUINCY A. AND NANCY “UNA” CREWS.
HUSBAND:   IRA COOPER ON NOVember 5, 1994..
BROTHER:   AMOS CREWS AND A NIECE.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:      MONDAY, JULY 17, 2006 AT 10:00 AM.
PLACE OF SERVICES:     BROWN’S CHAPEL IN ATOKA, ok.
 
OFFICIATING:   JERRY LEWIS.
 
CASKETBEARERS:     DOUG BRADY, ARTHUR CREWS, JERRY LEWIS, BRIT LEWIS, SHAM CREWS, SETH CREWS.
 
HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:    BETH BURETTA, QUINNA LEWIS, TINA CREWS.
 
 
 
 
NAME:      MEDFORD LEE “PETE” FOSTER, AGE 75, A LONGTIME BROMIDE, OK AREA RESIDENT.
foster,pete1
 
BORN:      MAY 30, 1931 AT CLARITA, OK TO JOHN WILLIAM AND ORVA Z. (GOFF) FOSTER.
 
PASSED AWAY:     WEDNESDAY EVENING, JULY 19, 2006 AT HIS RESIDENCE AT BROMIDE, OK.
AGE:   75 YEARS  1  MONTH   AND  19  DAYS.
 
EDUCATION:       PETE ATTENDED BROMIDE SCHOOLS.
 
MARRIED:       ETHEL “MARGIE” PLUMLEY ON DECEMBER 8, 1954 AT OKLAHOMA CITY.
 
OCCUPATION:      HE HAD WORKED AS A PIPELINER AND WAS A CATTLEMAN. HE WORKED FOR AND RETIRED FROM TINKER AIR FORCE BASE WHERE HE WAS AN AIRCRAFT ASSEMBLER.
 
CHURCH AFFILIATION:    HE WAS A PROTESTANT.
 
PETE SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE U.S. ARMY AND WAS A MEMBER OF THE D.A.V.
 
PETE WAS A MEMBER OF THE BROMIDE AND WAPANUCKA SCHOOL BOARDS.  PETE WAS AN AVID DOMINO PLAYER AND MEMBER OF THE BROMIDE DOMINO CLUB. HE LOVED GARDENING, FISHING, AND OPENING CHRISTMAS GIFTS. 
 
 
       SURVIVED BY
 
WIFE:    MARGIE FOSTER OF THE HOME AT BROMIDE, OK.
 
CHILDREN:    DEBBIE PARNELL AND HUSBAND JAMES OF BROMIDE, OK.
                           KIM WOOD AND HUSBAND PAT OF ADA, OK.
                           STEVE FOSTER AND WIFE LISA OF BROMIDE, OK.
                           KELLIE HILBURN AND HUSBAND DENNY OF WAPANUCKA, OK.
                           LISA FOSTER OF BROMIDE, OK.
                           STACY FOSTER AND WIFE KIM OF BROMIDE, OK.
                           KRISTI GREEN AND HUSBAND LARRY OF ADA, OK.
 
GRANDCHILDREN:   JAMIE, JEFFERY, MICHAEL, KEVIN, KYLE, JACOB, TRAVIS, BRYAN, KIMBERLY, JAISA,
                                         ASHLEY, WESLEY & KACI, KALIE, KENDEL, SHELBY, AND ALI
 
GREAT GRANDCHILDREN:     ZANE, FAITH, CARTER, BLAINE, TINLEE, COLETON, EMILY, AND TALESE WILL
                                                         BE HERE SOON.
 
SISTER:    VIOLET HOHENHAUS.
 
 
       PRECEDED IN DEATH BY
 
PARENTS:     JOHN AND ORVA FOSTER.
DAUGHTER:    ANGEL FOSTER SARTIN.
BROTHERS:    JOHN K., AL, AND EDGAR FOSTER, AND TOM PATTERSON.
SITERS:    LAVETA AND LAVERA.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:      SATURDAY, JULY 22, 2006 AT 2:00 PM  
PLACE OF SERVICES:     WAPANUCKA CAFETORIUM ~ WAPANUCKA, OK.
 
OFFICIATING:     REV. ALLEN HICKS.
 
INTERMENT:     ROSE HILL CEMETERY ~ WAPANUCKA, OK.
 
CASKETBEARERS:     WILLIE BILL KIRKPATRICK, ADAM KIRKPATRICK, FREDDIE JOHNSON, TOMMY BROOKS,
 JOHNNY WADE WILLIAMS.
 
HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:      TOMMY SCHULTZ, MELVIN WOODS, BILL WOODS, S. R. ROBINSON, GENE LAFITTE, WILBURN WILSON.
 
FAMILY NIGHT FRIDAY 7 PM.
 
 
 
 
NAME:    BENNIE ODESTA (RILEY) THOMPSON, AGE 86, FROM RURAL PITTSBURG AREA NEAR DAISY.
thompson,odesta
 
BORN:    SEPTember 13, 1919 AT SOBOL IN PUSHMATAHA COUNTY, OKLAHOMA TO BEN WALLY AND CHRISTINE LOUIZA (COVERHOUSE) riley.
 
PASSED AWAY:     FRIDAY, JULY 21, 2006 AT HER RESIDENCE near daisy, ok.
AGE 86 YEARS  10  MONTHS   AND 8 DAYS.
 
EDUCATION:     ODESTA ATTENDED SCHOOL AT GREASY BEND in atoka county
 
MARRIED:     THOMAS T. TUCKER AT ATOKA, ok.
                       ALEX THOMPSON.
 
OCCUPATION:    SHE WORKED A NUMBER OF YEARS AS A BOTTLE PACKER AT A GLASS PLANT IN SUPULPA AND WAS A RANCHER.
 
 
       survived by
 
NEPHEWS AND NIECES:    ROGER RILEY OF COALGATE, ok.
                                                   DANNY RILEY OF COALGATE, ok.
                                                   GAIL McCURRY OF DURANT, ok.
                                                   LINDA RILEY OF TUCuMCARI, NM.
                                                   EARL GENE RILEY OF ALBUquerque, NM.
                                                   LARRY RILEY OF ALBUquerque, NM.
                                                   R. B. RILEY OF BOVINA, TX.
                                                   LaVERNE THATCHER OF BOVINA, TX.
                                                   MARY LOU BARHAM OF AMARILLO, TX.
                                                   GEORGIA LEE OF BOSSIER CITY, LA.
                                                   R. L. STUART OF OREGON.
                                                   VERA AND BENNIE JOE RILEY OF PHOENIX, AZ.
 
SISTER-IN-LAW:     FANNIE RILEY OF COALGATE, OK.
 
VERY DEAR FRIENDS:       PAT AND THE LATE BILL LAIRD OF DAISY, OK.
                                                 CHARLIE ARMSTRONG OF REDDEN, OK.
 
 
       PRECEDED IN DEATH BY
 
HUSBANDS:    T. T. TUCKER AND ALEX THOMPSON.
PARENTS:     BEN AND CHRISTINE RILEY
SISTERS:     LORRINE “SIS” STEWART AND AN INFANT SISTER.
BROTHERS:    JOE, LEON, EARL, BEARL AND U. V. RILEY.
NIECES:      COLDEN RILEY AND WANDA STUART.
NEPHEWS:     (LONG O SOUND) OTHER RILEY, JIMMY RILEY, AND DON RILEY.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:    TUESDAY, JULY 25, 2006 AT 10:00 AM 
PLACE OF SERVICES:   GRAVESIDE.
 
INTERMENT:     MOUNTAIN. HOME CEMETERY ~ DAISY, OK.
 
OFFICIATING:   ARVEL HALL
 
 
 
 
NAME:    JOSEPH RAYMOND JOHNSON, AGE 72,  ATOKA AREA RESIDENT.
johnson,james
 
BORN:      AUGUST 12, 1933 AT WALDEN, NY TO ALDEN JOSEPH AND JULIA (DUPCHEC) JOHNSON.
 
PASSED AWAY:     TUESDAY, JULY 25, 2006 AT THE VALLEY VIEW HOSPITAL IN ADA, OK.
AGE:   72 YEARS 11 MONTHS   AND  13 DAYS
 
EDUCATION:     JOSEPH ATTENDED and GRADUATED HIGH SCHOOL AT ANSONiA, CT .
 
MARRIED:     EMMA KAY LANE IN 1970 AT DERBY, CT.
 
OCCUPATION:      JOSEPH WORKED AS HEAD OF SECURITY FOR PHILLIPS MEDICAL IN CONNECTICUT.
 
church AFFILIATION:      GOD’S HOUSE IN ATOKA, OK.
 
JOSEPH SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE U.S. ARMY DURING THE KOREAN WAR.
 
 
       survived by
 
SONS:    RAYMOND EUGENe JOHNSON and WIFE CARLA OF ATOKA, OK.
                 jOHN STOCKER and WIFE GUILA OF EDMOND, OK.
 
STEPDAUGHTERS:     MELODY CUNI OF LAWTON, OK.
                                         PATRICIA DARST and HUSBAND BOBBY OF AMELIA ISLAND, FL.
 
GRANDCHILDREN:     DAVID CHESTNEY OF ALBUQUERQUE, NM.
                                           WILLIAM JENNINGS OF ATOKA, OK.
                                           jUSTIN GIBSON OF ALBUQUERQUE, NM.
                                           PATTY DARST SPARKS OF KEY LARGO, FL.
                                           SHANNA DARST BELL OF wEST COLUMBIA, SC.
                                           BOBBY DARST, JR. OF SAN BERNADINO, CA.
                                           BILLY WILCOX OF LAWTON, OK.
                                           CASANDRA KOSZ OF SHELTON, CT.
                                           ROBERT DAVIS OF DERBY, CT
 
8 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.
 
 
       PRECEDED IN DEATH BY
 
PARENTS:   ALDEN AND JULIA JOHNSON.
WIFE:    EMMA KAY JOHNSON ON JULY 1, 2004.
BROTHERS:    FRANK , CHAUNCEY, AND HARRY JOHNSON.
SISTER:    MARY JOHNSON.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:    FRIDAY, JULY 28, 2006 AT 2:00 P.M.
PLACE OF SERVICES:     BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK.
 
INTERMENT:     GREEN MEADOWS CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK.
 
OFFICIATING:     REV. LARRY BEACH.
ASSISTING:     JOHNNY STOCKER.
 
CASKETBEARERS:     JAY KRINENSKY, BOBBY WARD, Matt lane, clay lane, brett lane.
 
FAMILY NIGHT:    THURSDAY AT 6 P.M.
 
 
 
 
NAME:      VELDA  FERN ( RICHARDSON) SMITH, AGE 78, A  WESLEY AREA RESIDENT for the  PAST 57 YeaRS.
smith,velda1
 
BORN:      MAY 26, 1928 AT ASHER, OK TO CARL AND TINA BELL (BROWN) RICHARDSON.
 
PASSED AWAY:     WEDNESDAY, JULY 26, 2006 AT GAUSE, Tx.
AGE:     78 YEARS  2  MONTHS  AND  0 DAYS
 
EDUCATION:     VELDA ATTENDED SCHOOL AT ASHER, OK AND GRADUATED WITH THE CLASS OF ‘46.
 
MARRIED:       FRED A. SMITH ON OCTOBER 13, 1949 AT ATOKA, OK.
 
OCCUPATION:    VELDA RETIRED AFTER 25 YEARS from the ARMY AMMUNITION DEPOT AT SAVANNA AS A DEMOLITION INSPECTOR.
 
church AFFILIATION:      METHODIST.
 
 
       survived by
 
HUSBAND OF OVER 57 YEARS:    FRED SMITH OF THE HOME NEAR WESLEY, ok.
 
DAUGHTERS:     GENICE MABRAY AND HUSBAND GARY OF KIOWA, OK.
                               SUE TAYLOR AND HUSBAND MICHAEL OF GAUSE, Tx.
 
SON:     DONALD FRED SMITH AND WIFE VICKY OF MELROSE, NM.
 
GRANDCHILDREN:     MICHAEL AND LISA MABRAY of KIOWA, ok.
                                           MICHELLE AND CHAD VADNAIS of FORNEY, Tx.
                                           MICKEY AND ILA  MABRAY of McALESTER, OK.
                                           RENDY SHAW of HEARNE, Tx.
                                           KRISTI AND H.P. CARGILE of MELROSE, NM.
                                           KEITH AND CINDY SMITH of McKINNEY, Tx.
 
14 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.
 
BROTHERS:      BUCK AND RUBY RICHARDSON of OKLAHOMA CITY.
                             BILLY CARL AND LOU RICHARDSON of CLEVELAND, OK.
 
SISTER:      OLETTA MATTHEWS of CRESENT, OK.
 
SISTER IN LAW:       RUTH RICHARDSON of HALLSVILLE, MO.
                                     CLARA MAE WARD of DALLAS, TX.
                                     FRANCES HALSTEAD of DURANT, OK.
                                     PAULINE HARBERT of ENID, OK.
                                     THERESSA DEAN HUFF of ADA, OK.
                                     ALICE WARREN of DALLAS, TX.
 
BROTHER IN LAW:      WALTER SMiTH of ADA, OK
 
 
       preceded in death by
 
PARENTS:     CARL AND TINA BELL RICHARDSON.
BROTHERS:      RUSSELL AND RALPH RICHARDSON.
BROTHER IN-LAW:    TOMMY MATTHEWS.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:      SATURDAY, JULY 29, 2006 AT 2:00 PM
PLACE OF SERVICES:       BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL
 
INTERMENT:     SMITH FAMILY CEMETERY NEAR WESLEY, ok.
 
OFFICIATING:     REV. BOBBY KINSEY
ASSISTING:     bro. toby CLAY/
 
CASKETBEARERS:       MICHAEL MABRAY, MICKEY MABRAY, CHAD VADNAIS, KEITH SMITH, H. P CARGILE, STEVE PEBWORTH.
 
HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:      GARY MABRAY, MICHAEL TAYLOR, BUCK RICHARDSON, BILLY CARL RICHARDSON, DEON KEIFFER, BOB CISCO.
 
FAMILY NIGHT:    friDAY AT 7 PM.
 
 
 
 
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