NAME: BRIAN CHARLES PAYNE CARVER, INFANT SON OF DAVID B. CARVER AND DEBY CARLENE PAYNE OF FARRIS, OK. BORN AND PASSED AWAY: THURSDAY, JULY 02, 1998 AT CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL IN OKLAHOMA CITY. SURVIVED BY PARENTS: DAVID CARVER AND DEBY PAYNE. GRANDPARENTS: MACK AND CAROLYN PAYNE OF NORTH POLE, AK. GEANN CARVER OF WELLINGTON, NC. GREAT GRANDPARENTS: SID AND THELMA DEATON OF LANE, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY GRANDFATHER: GEORGE ALFRED CARVER.GREAT GRANDPARENTS: JOE AND EFFIE PAYNE.
DATE OF SERVICES: MONDAY, JULY 6, 1998 AT 4:00 P.M.PLACE OF SERVICES: GRAVESIDE SERVICES. INTERMENT: BUTLER CEMETERY ~ LANE, OK. OFFICIATING: KENNETH STANEART.
NAME: EVA CAROLYN “LIL” HARNER, AGE 73, A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF THE COLEMAN AREA. BORN: APRIL 1, 1916 AT COLEMAN, OK TO WILLIE AND MARY ELIZABETH (JENKINS) HARRIS. PASSED AWAY: FRIDAY, JULY 03, 1998 AT HER RESIDENCE NEAR COLEMAN, OK.AGE: 82 YEARS 3 MONTHS AND 2 DAYS EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT ELI SOUTH OF COLEMAN, OK. MARRIED: BEN HARNER ON MARCH 22, 1942 AT TISHOMINGO, OK. OCCUPATION: SHE WAS A HOUSEWIFE. CHURCH AFFILIATION: LIL WAS OF BAPTIST FAITH. SURVIVED BY CHILDREN: BENNIE HARNER AND WIFE VELMA OF COLEMAN, OK. BRENDA HEFFINGTON AND HUSBAND SEIGEL OF TISHOMINGO, OK. CAROLYN PIGG OF COLEMAN, OK. GRANDCHILDREN: KEVIN HARNER AND WIFE KELLI OF COLEMAN, OK. KENLEY HARNER AND FIANCE MISTY SHEFFIELD OF COLEMAN AND LANE, OK. KAREN ROUNDTREE AND HUSBAND KEVIN OF COLEMAN, OK. TONYA HEFFINGTON OF TISHOMINGO, OK. JANEY BEAM AND HUSBAND CHRIS OF COLEMAN, OK. GREAT GRANDCHILDREN: LAUREN AND HALEI ROUNDTREE OF COLEMAN, OK. BRITTANY HARNER.OF COLEMAN, OK. BRUCE AND ALAN WILLIAMS OF COLEMAN, OK. SCOTT ALLEN BEAM ALL OF COLEMAN, OK. SISTERS IN LAW: FLORA WILLIAMS OF PURCELL, OK. ODESSA HARRIS OF COLEMAN, OK. BROTHER-IN-LAW: LEWIS HARNER OF DENISON, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HUSBAND: BEN HARNER ON MARCH 13, 1993.PARENTS: WILLIE AND MARY ELIZABETH HARRIS.BROTHERS: ROY, CLARENCE AND ROB HARRIS.SISTERS: BERTIE SHELTON, WILLIE CURTIS, EDITH SHARBUTT AND ETHEL SPEAKS.
DATE OF SERVICES: MONDAY JULY 06, 1998 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: FOLSOM BAPTIST CHURCH, SOUTH OF COLEMAN, OK. INTERMENT: COLEMAN CEMETERY ~ COLEMAN, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. LEONARD COOK CASKET BEARERS: KEVIN HARNER, KENLEY HARNER, KEVIN ROUNDTREE, CHRIS BEAM, ALAN WILLIAMS, BRUCE WILLIAMS. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: EVERETT HARRIS, J. L. SHELTON, EDWARD HARRIS.
NAME: JEREMY DEAN SHARP, AGE 15, OF RATTAN, OKLAHOMA. BORN: OCTOBER 27, 1982 AT DALLAS, TEXAS TO JOHNNY DAVID, SR. AND JOYCE DEAN (MARTIN) SHARP. PASSED AWAY: SATURDAY, JULY 4, 1998 IN A WOODED AREA NEAR ANTLERS, OK.AGE: 15 YEARS 8 MONTHS AND 7 DAYS. EDUCATION: STUDENT AT HUGO ALTERNATIVE SCHOOLS SURVIVED BY PARENTS: JOHNNY AND JOYCE SHARP OF RATTAN, OK. BROTHERS: JOHNNY SHARP JR. OF RATTAN, OK. JAMES SHARP OF RATTAN, OK. MATERNAL GRANDPARENTS: C. H. MARTIN OF DALLAS, TX. HELEN MARTIN OF DALLAS, TX. VERY SPECIAL FRIENDS: HERB, FRANCINE, DEBBIE, AND DAVID COMSTOCK OF ANTLERS, OK. TAMA MORRIS OF ANTLERS. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PATERNAL GRANDPARENTS: MARVIN AND AMANDA SHARP.
DATE OF SERVICES: WEDNESDAY, JULY 8, 1998 AT 10:00 A.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: GRAVESIDE SERVICES. INTERMENT: ANTLERS CITY CEMETERY ~ ANTLERS, OK. OFFICIATING: BRO. PETE GREEN. CASKET BEARERS: MICHAEL JENKINS, JOHNNY SHARP JR, JAMES SHARP, CHRIS JONES, THOMAS JENKINS, C. H. MARTIN.
NAME: BILLY HILTON CHAFFIN, AGE 71, A LONGTIME RESIDENT OF ATOKA COUNTY, OK. BORN: JULY 26, 1926 AT MADILL, OKLA. TO GARVIN AND RUBY MAE (SHIRES) CHAFFIN. PASSED AWAY: SATURDAY, JULY 04, 1998 AT THE COLONIAL LIVING CENTER IN ATOKA, OK.AGE: 71 YEARS 11 MONTHS AND 8 DAYS EDUCATION: GRADUATED FROM ATOKA SCHOOLS IN 1946 AND ATTENDED OKLAHOMA UNIVERSITY. OCCUPATION: RETIRED MILITARY. BILL WAS A MEMBER OF ST. PATRICKS CATHOLIC CHURCH, ATOKA LIONS CLUB AND VARIOUS MODEL TRAIN CLUBS. HE SERVED IN THE U.S. ARMY WITH OVER 22 YEARS ACTIVE DUTY. SURVIVED BY SISTERS: MAXINE C. HOOVER OF KENT, WA. LORENE HARRISON OF ATOKA, OK. PAULINE C. RICHARDS AND HUSBAND GORDEN OF ST. PAUL, MN. UNCLE: BUSTER SHIRES AND WIFE SCOTTY OF ENID, OK. 11 NEPHEWS AND NIECES, 13 GRAND NIECES AND NEPHEWS. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: GARVIN AND RUBY CHAFFIN.BROTHER: WALTER ANDREW CHAFFIN.
DATE OF SERVICES: TUESDAY, JULY 07, 1998 AT 10:30 A.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: ST. PATRICKS CATHOLIC CHURCH ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: WOODBERRY FOREST CEMETERY ~ MADILL, OK. OFFICIATING: FATHER NORBERT KARAVA.ASSISTING: FATHER MICHAEL KNIPE. CASKETBEARERS: MILLARD KIZZIA, BILL MILLER, JOSEPH FAULDS, RICHARD BERBERET, TOM HAAN, DON LeMIUX, BILL ANDERSON.
NAME: JULIUS CEASAR “J.C.” FOLSOM JR., AGE 96, A LIFETIME RESIDENT OF ATOKA COUNTY, OK. BORN: DECEMBER 13, 1901 AT ATOKA , OKLA. INDIAN TERRITORY TO JUDGE J. C. AND HATTIE (COFFLAN) FOLSOM. PASSED AWAY: WEDNESDAY, JULY 08, 1998 AT THE ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.AGE: 96 YEARS 6 MONTHS AND 25 DAYS EDUCATION: GRADUATED FROM ATOKA HIGH SCHOOL IN 1921. MARRIED: NEVER MARRIED. OCCUPATION: RETIRED SURVEYOR AND HUNTING AND FISHING GUIDE. CHURCH AFFILIATION: JULIUS WAS A PRESBYTERIAN. SURVIVED BY NEPHEW: H. F “JACK” HEWETT AND WIFE LOIS OF OKLAHOMA CITY. GRAND NEPHEW: H. A.”HANK” HEWETT III AND WIFE KATHRENE OF NORMAN, OK. GRAND NIECES: SALLY CONWAY AND HUSBAND DENNIS OF LENEXA, KS. LAURIE HEWETT OF HOUSTON, TX. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: JUDGE J. C AND HATTIE FOLSOM. SISTERS: ORILLA HEWETT AND TEPHIA FOLSOM SLATER.
DATE OF SERVICES: FRIDAY JULY 10, 1998 AT 11:00 A.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: GRAVESIDE SERVICES. INTERMENT: WESTVIEW CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. MERVIN REDWINE.
NAME: EDGAR ROOSEVELT MILLER, AGE 89, LONGTIME ATOKA COUNTY RESIDENT. BORN: NOVEMBER 23, 1908 AT NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS TO JAMES DANIEL AND SUSAN IDA (NIVENS) MILLER. PASSED AWAY: THURSDAY, JULY 9, 1998 AT HIS RESIDENCE.AGE: 89 YEARS 7 MONTHS AND 16 DAYS EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS IN NACOGDOCHES, TX. MARRIED: LOIS MAURINE LASSITER ON SEPTEMBER 5, 1942 AT CADDO, OK. OCCUPATION: OWNED AND OPERATED MILLER’S TEXACO FOR NEARLY 40 YEARS AND LATER WORKED FOR ALBERT FURR MOTOR COMPANY. CHURCH AFFILIATION: BAPTIST FAITH. ED MOVED TO OKLAHOMA IN THE LATE 1920’S AND SETTLED IN THE CADDO AND MATOY AREA. IN 1945 HE AND HIS FAMILY MOVED TO ATOKA COUNTY. ED SERVED IN THE U. S. ARMY during WORLD WAR II WITH THE BATTERY B 522D COAST ARTILleRY BATTALION, ACHieVING THE RANK OF STAFF SERGEANT. he ALSO SERVED A NUMBER OF YEARS ON THE ATOKA COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD. SURVIVED BY WIFE: LOIS MILLER OF THE HOME. SONS: JIM MILLER AND WIFE CINDY OF WAPANUCKA, OK. PHILLIP MILLER AND WIFE GAYLENE OF ATOKA, OK. DAN MILLER AND WIFE TAMMI OF ATOKA, OK. DAUGHTERS: LINDA COYLE AND HUSBAND DON OF BENTLEY, OK. MARY SHEFFIELD AND HUSBAND CURTIS OF LANE, OK. BETTY HARTSFIELD AND HUSBAND TED OF CLARITA, OK. JAN McDONALD AND HUSBAND GARY OF STRINGTOWN, OK. 16 GRANDCHILDREN, 10 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. BROTHERS: FRED MILLER OF CADDO, OK. CLARENCE “DOC” MILLER AND WIFE VIRGINIA OF GRANTS PASS, OR. SISTER: EVA HULL AND HUSBAND LUTHER OF CADDO, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: JAMES DANIEL AND SUSAN IDA MILLER.BROTHER: RAY MILLER.SISTERS: INEZ SMITH, IRENE, AND FLORENCE MILLER.
DATE OF SERVICES: SUNDAY, JULY 12, 1998 AT 2:00 P.M.PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: BUTLER CEMETERY ~ LANE, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. LOYD THOMPSON. ASSISTING: REV. BOB JOHNSON. CASKETBEARERS: (GRANDSONS) TRACY COYLE, ALAN COYLE, STEVEN SHEFFIELD, LANCE HARTSFIELD, TRAVIS MILLER, JASON MILLER, JAMEY MILLER, AND JOSH McDONALD. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: DWIGHT ROGERS, WALLACE ALLEN, DEAN ALLEN, MIKE SETTLEMIRES, JOHNNY ESKUE, CLYDE PRUITT, BOB BREEDEN, HARVEY CAPPS, BARNEY McCALL, HARRISON STEWART, DOYLE SHEFFIELD, AND PAUL MULLINS.
NAME: TONY GALE HURD, AGE 47, OF PHOENIX, ARIZONA, FORMER ATOKA COUNTY RESIDENT. BORN: SEPTEMBER 22, 1950 AT BLYTHE, CA TO THOMAS A. AND DOROTHY LOUISE (FLOWERS) HURD. PASSED AWAY: TUESDAY, JULY 14, 1998 AT HIS RESIDENCE IN PHOENIX, AZ AFTER A LONG ILLNESS.AGE: 47 YEARS 9 MONTHS AND 22 DAYS EDUCATION: ATTENDED GRADE SCHOOL AT BLYTHE, ca AND GRADUATED FROM ATOKA HIGH IN 1968. MARRIED: CANDACE A. IRWIN ON MARCH 18, 1977 AT PHOENIX, AZ. OCCUPATION: ELECTRICIAN. CHURCH AFFILIATION: HE WAS OF PROTESTANT FAITH. TONY SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE U. S. ARMY. SURVIVED BY WIFE: CANDACE hurd OF THE HOME IN PHOENIX, AZ. CHILDREN: SUMMER, THOMAS, AND KENDALL HURD OF PHOENIX, AZ. MOTHER: DOROTHY HURD OF TUSHKA, OK. SISTERS: ALMA VANWINCKLE AND HUSBAND GALE OF AVANT, TX. MODRA BOCKMANN AND HUSBAND JOHN OF TULSA, OK. DEBBIE MARQUESS OF TULSA, OK. BROTHER: C. T. HURD AND WIFE DONNA OF FARRIS, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY FATHER: THOMAS ALBERT HURD IN 1986.
DATE OF SERVICES: SATURDAY, JULY 18, 1998 AT 10:00 A.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: MOUNTAIN VIEW PENTECOSTAL CHURCH ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: DARWIN CEMETERY ~ DARWIN, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. TERRY CRIPE. CASKETBEARERS: SHAWN ROMINES, DAVID DOWNING, BUDDY DURBIN, RODNEY ARNOLD, JIMMY HALL, JERRY RICHARD.
NAME: EVELYN (WILLS) SETTLEMIRES BURLESON, AGE 73, LONGTIME ATOKA COUNTY RESIDENT. BORN: MAY 16, 1925 AT STRINGTOWN, OK TO WILEY “MIKE” AND WINNIE MARY (MOORE) WILLS. PASSED AWAY: WEDNESDAY, JULY 15, 1998 AT THE ATOKA COLONIAL MANOR NURSING HOME. AGE: 73 YEARS 1 MONTH AND 29 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED GRADE SCHOOL AT LIMESTONE GAP AND GRADUATED FROM STRINGTOWN HIGH SCHOOL IN 1944. MARRIED: ROBERT LEE SETTLEMIRES ON NOVEMBER 22, 1944 AT ANTLERS, OK. GEORGE W. BURLESON ON OCTOBER 12, 1979 AT DURANT, OK. OCCUPATION: HOUSEWIFE AND MOTHER. CHURCH AFFILIATION: STRINGTOWN BAPTIST CHURCH. SURVIVED BY CHILDREN: BOB SETTLEMIRES and WIFE GALE OF TUSHKA, OK. SHARON F. LANG and HUSBAND BILL OF ATOKA, OK. TRUDY L. SMITH and HUSBAND STEVE OF MABANK, TX. DOROTHY BROWN and HUSBAND ROBERT OF ATOKA, OK. MIKE SETTLEMIRES and WIFE PATRICIA OF TUSHKA, OK. STEPCHILDREN: JERRY BURLESON OF SAVANNAH, OK. JOHNNY BURLESON OF DAISY, OK. RUTHIE BURLESON OF DAISY, OK. SISTERS: NEOMA YORK and HUSBAND JAMES OF LINDALE, TX. WANDA BOWEN and HUSBAND LAWRENCE OF STRINGTOWN, OK. BETTY SEEBECK and HUSBAND EVERETT OF OKLAHOMA CITY. SHIRLEY STEPHEN and HUSBAND DALE OF STRINGTOWN, OK. BROTHER: DON WILLS and WIFE JOYCE OF ATOKA, OK. 12 GRANDCHILDREN, 12 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, 5 STEP GRANDCHILDREN. AUNTS & UNCLES: OTIS and ALMEDA MOORE OF COALGATE, OK. CLARENCE and MABel MOORE OF BUCKEYE, AZ. MATTIE MOORE OF ATOKA, OK. SISTER-IN-LAW: SIS WILLS OF ATOKA, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: WILEY and WINNIE WILLS.FIRST HUSBAND: ROBERT LEE SETTLEMIRES ON NOVEMBER 19, 1974.SECOND HUSBAND: GEORGE W. BURLESON ON NOVEMBER 4, 1984.BROTHERS: EUGENE AND BILLY JOE WILLS.
DATE OF SERVICES: FRIDAY, JULY 17, 1998 AT 10:00 A.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: GREEN MEADOWS CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. RICHARD MAGBY.ASSISTING: REV. TERRY CRIPE. CASKET BEARERS: BILL LANG, ROBERT BROWN, JOHNNY BURLESON, STEVE SMITH, GARY McCOOL, JERRY SETTLEMIRES, J. B. SETTLEMIRES. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: LOYD LANG, LARRY HORN, JAMES BROWN, HENRY BROWN, DONNIE ALLEN.
NAME: KITTIE AILSIE (PERRY) GONZALVES, AGE 82, OF ATOKA, FORMER LONGTIME RESIDENT OF RICHMOND, CA. BORN: JUNE 23, 1916 AT ALBANY, OK TO LUCIAN RAINES AND ROY MAY (BEAL) PERRY. PASSED AWAY: THURSDAY, JULY 16,1998 AT ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.AGE: 82 YEARS 0 MONTHS AND 23 DAYS EDUCATION: GRADUATED FROM GOODLAND INDIAN SCHOOL NEAR HUGO. MARRIED: MANUEL GONZALVES IN 1959 AT CONTA COSTA COUNTY, CA. OCCUPATION: RETIRED FLORIST AND FLOWER SHOP OWNER AND OPERATOR. CHURCH AFFILIATION: SHE WAS PRESBYTERIAN FAITH. SURVIVED BY GRANDCHILDREN: GLENDON AND JOYCE PARTIN OF ATOKA, OK. GLORIA AND GARRY RENNELS OF OKLAHOMA CITY. GREAT GRANDCHILDREN: GLENDON PARTIN lV OF McALESTER, OK. JOE DON AND PRISCILLA PARTIN BOTH OF ATOKA, OK. DAKOTA RENNELS OF OKLA. CITY. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: LUCIAN AND ROY MAY PERRY.HUSBAND: MANUEL GONZALVES ON AUGUST 19, 1982.SON: GLENDON PARTIN JR.BROTHER: EMANUEL PERRY.SISTER: FRANCILE SPRING.
DATE OF SERVICES: FRIDAY, JULY 18, 1998 AT 7:00 P.M.PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S FUNERAL SERVICE CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: ROLLING HILLS CEMETERY ~ RICHMOND, CA. OFFICIATING: REV. BARTT BRADFORD
NAME: VIOLA (WALKER) CHILDERS, AGE 82, LIFELONG RESIDENT OF RURAL CADDO-CANEY AREA. BORN: AUGUST 22, 1915 AT CANEY, OKLA. TO ANDREW WALKER AND OLA GREEN WALKER. PASSED AWAY: FRIDAY, JULY 17,1998 AT DURANT, OK.AGE: 82 YEARS 10 MONTHS AND 25 DAYS EDUCATION: ATTENDED LIBERTY SCHOOLS. MARRIED: RUFUS CHILDERS SR. ON OCTOBER 26, 1931 AT CANEY, OK. OCCUPATION: SHE WAS A HOUSEWIFE AND MOTHER. CHURCH AFFILIATION: BAPTIST FAITH. SURVIVED BY SONS: RUFUS CHILDERS AND WIFE BESSIE OF CADDO, OK. JAMES CHILDERS AND WIFE JANIE OF CADDO, OK. JESSIE CHILDERS AND WIFE ANITA OF CADDO, OK. DAUGHTERS: BERTHA CHILDRESS OF COLLEYVILLE, TX. RUBY RHODES AND HUSBAND SAM OF OF CADDO, OK. SHIRLEY STANDRIDGE AND HUSBAND CHARLES OF GREENVILLE, TX. SISTERS: ELLIE PERRY OF GRAND PRAIRIE, TX. VIDA MAE DIXON OF DURANT, OK. 17 GRANDCHILDREN, 30 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HUSBAND: RUFUS CHILDERS SR in july, 1987.PARENTS: ANDREW AND OLA WALKER.BROTHERS: R. C., ROY LEE, AND HENRY WALKER.SISTERS: MAGGIE TEETER AND HELEN COOPER.
DATE OF SERVICES: MONDAY, JULY 20, 1998 AT 2:00 P.M.PLACE OF SERVICES: CANEY FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH. INTERMENT: FULSOM CEMETERY NEAR CANEY, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. BOB JOHNSON. CASKETBEARERS: H. L. HARBIN, CHIP JOHNSON, GRAHAM FRYER, JOHNNY STAFFORD, FLOYD STAFFORD, J. J. LORANCE, JIM EDWARDS, JUNIOR SMITH.
NAME: DR. PAUL LEWIS WINSOR, AGE 66, LONGTIME COALGATE, ANTLERS, AND STRINGTOWN AREA RESIDENT. BORN: NOVEMBER 11, 1931 TO GLENN EVERETT AND CLARA LEONA (BROGDON) WINSOR. PASSED AWAY: MONDAY, JULY 20,1998 AT HIS HOME NEAR STRINGTOWN, OK.AGE: 66 YEARS 8 MONTHS AND 9 DAYS EDUCATION: GRADUATED FROM PERRY, OK HIGH SCHOOL AND OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY WITH A DR. OF VETERINARIAN DEGREE IN JUNE OF 1959. MARRIED: JOYCE MAGBY ON JUNE 2, 1978 AT SHAWNEE, OK. OCCUPATION: OWNED AND OPERATED WINSOR ANIMAL CLINICS IN BOTH COAL AND PUSHMATAHA COUNTIES OVER 35 YEARS. CHURCH AFFILIATION: MEMBER OF THE MT. OLIVE MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH. HE SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE U. S. AIR FORCE AND WAS A 32 DEGREE MASON. SURVIVED BY WIFE: JOYCE winsor OF THE HOME NEAR STRINGTOWN, OK. CHILDREN: TIMOTHY GLENN WINSOR AND WIFE TERRI OF MUKILTED, WA. GAYNELLE DRAKE AND HUSBAND DALE OF MCKINNEY, TX. NANCY DELL LAMBERT AND HUSBAND JIM OF ADA, OK. MICHELE BROWN AND HUSBAND DOUG OF FT. WORTH, TX. STEPCHILDREN: GLENDA AND ROBERT ROEBUCK OF COALGATE, OK. BRENDA AND DANNY PEEL OF STRINGTOWN, OK. EUGENE AND SHEILA MAGBY OF STRINGTOWN, OK. HOWELL AND KAYLENE MAGBY OF STRINGTOWN, OK. HANK AND TAMI MAGBY OF STRINGTOWN, OK. MELINDA AND MARK FERRERO OF RUSSELL, KS BROTHER: LAWRENCE RICHARD WINSOR OF JACKSONVILLE, FL. GRANDCHILDREN: LUKE WINSOR, JIMMY WINSOR, KATY DRAKE, CAROLINE DRAKE, ABIGAIL DRAKE, LANIE LAMBERT, NICHOLAS BROWN, JACOB BROWN. STEP GRANDCHILDREN: STACI GOFF, TRACI PRATER, DANNY PEEL JR., JENNY PEEL, BRADLEY MAGBY, B.J. PEEL, DUSTY MAGBY, SUMMER MAGBY, TODD MAGBY, SHANA MAGBY, SHELLI MAGBY, HEATH MAGBY, HOLLIS ERIC MAGBY, PADEN FERRERO, DAKATA FERRERO. STEP GREAT GRANDCHILD: JORDAN GOFF. SPECIAL FRIENDS: LEWIS AND STEVE SANDMAN, STANLEY POPE, ROBERT AND MESCHELLE WILLIAMS, KIRK McCLENDON, JILL DENSMORE AND JOYCE COURTWRIGHT. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: GLENN AND CLARA WINDSOR.SISTER: LELA FAYE WINSOR.
DATE OF SERVICE: WEDNESDAY, JULY 22, 1998 AT 2:00 P.M.PLACE OF SERVICES: MT. OLIVE MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH ~ STRINGTOWN, OK. INTERMENT: MAGBY FAMILY CEMETERY, NEAR STRINGTOWN, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. LARRY ROSE.ASSISTING: REV. BARTT BRADFORD.EULOGY TO BE READ BY: DR. CLIFF McDONALD. CASKETBEARERS: GUY FRANKS, JOE DON EAVES, BILL GENGLER, DUANE GIBBS, LELAND TUCKER, L. D. BARKER, GENE ALLEN, KENNETH BATTLES, BRUCE AKARD, JOE BILL HOLSTINE. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: WREN SHAW, BRAD MILLER, JACK GRIFFIN, CALVIN WHITE, BILL NICHOLS, JOE STAMPER, ALVIN J. MORRIS, JOHN CROWDER.
NAME: NORMAN LOUIS RHODES, AGE 83, LONGTIME FARRIS, OKLAHOMA AREA RESIDENT. BORN: JANUARY 10, 1915 AT HUMBOLT, ARIZONA TO ROBERT AND BESSIE (HANCOCK) RHODES. PASSED AWAY: WEDNESDAY, JULY 22, 1998 AT HIS HOME NEAR FARRIS, OK. AGE: 83 YEARS 6 MONTHS AND 12 DAYS. EDUCATION: GRADUATED FROM SCHOOLS AT HUMBOLT AND GRADUATED FROM MURRAY STATE COLLEGE IN 1974 WITH AN ASSOCIATES DEGREE IN AGRICULTURE. MARRIED: MARTHA STEWART ON JUNE 5, 1965 AT FT. SMITH, ARKANSAS. OCCUPATION: RETIRED WITH 26+ YEARS OF SERVICE IN THE U. S. ARMY AND WAS A FARMER AFTER HIS MILITARY CAREER. NORMAN WAS SerGeanT 1ST CLASS WHEN HE RETIRED FROM THE MILITARY. HE WAS A VETERAN OF WORLD WAR II, KOREA, AND VIETNAM WARS. SURVIVED BY WIFE: MARTHA RHODES OF THE HOME NEAR FARRIS, OK. CHILDREN: LOUIS RHODES AND WIFE BARBARA OF PHOENIX, AZ. FRANKIE RHODES AND WIFE PAT OF PHOENIX, AZ. A. RHODES OF FARRIS, OK. B. RHODES AND WIFE KIMBERLY OF FARRIS, OK. STEPCHILDREN: MARILYN PFAFF AND HUSBAND RICHARD OF FARRIS, OK. LOU MARTIN AND HUSBAND DON OF MEMPHIS, TN. JOYCE SMITH AND HUSBAND BRETT OF ANTLERS, OK. JACKY NOAH OF ATOKA, OK. ALFRED NOAH OF ATOKA, OK. PEGGY GEARY AND HUSBAND BILL OF ATOKA, OK. SISTERS: ROBERTA LaDAM OF CALIFORNIA. BESSIE LOU WILLIAMS OF ARIZONA. 19 GRANDCHILDREN, 14 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: ROBERT AND BESSIE RHODES.BROTHERS: PIERCE RHODES AND ADRAIN ROBERTS.
DATE OF SERVICES: FRIDAY, JULY 24, 1998 AT 10:00 A.M.PLACE OF SERVICES: GRAVESIDE SERVICES. INTERMENT: FARRIS CEMETERY ~ FARRIS, OK. CASKETBEARERS: A. RHODES, B. RHODES, JACKY NOAD, ALFRED NOAH, JIMMY NOAH AND RICKEY PFAFF.
NAME: MICHAEL STEPHEN SEABOURN, AGE 44, LONGTIME ATOKA COUNTY RESIdENT. BORN: OCTOBER 22, 1953 AT ATOKA TO ELZIE BENJAMIN AND MATTIE ILENE (CALLOWAY) SEABOURN. PASSED AWAY: FRIDAY, JULY 24,1998 AT HIS HOME IN ATOKA, OK.AGE: 44 YEARS 9 MONTHS AND 2 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS IN ATOKA AND GRADUATED FROM HIGH SCHOOL AT SAN JOSE, CA. OCCUPATION: WORKED MANY YEARS AS A UNION CARPENTER. CHURCH AFFILIATION: HE WAS A LONGTIME MEMBER OF THE CARPENTERS UNION IN ST. LOUIS, MO. SURVIVED BY CHILDREN: JUSTIN MICHAEL NORTIN OF CHESTER, IL. BRIAN NORTIN OF CHESTER, IL. TORI MICHELLE NORTIN OF CHESTER, IL. SISTERS: GERTRUDE TIDWELL OF ATOKA, OK. CAROLYN ROLAND AND HUSBAND HAROLD OF ATOKA, OK. JOYCE REED OF ATOKA, OK. JEANNIE MICHELLE LAWSON AND HUSBAND J. R. OF ATOKA, OK. BROTHER: RILIEGH SEABOURN AND WIFE LOU OF DIBBLE, OK. AUNTS: TINA JOHNSON OF ATOKA, OK. DANA MEARA OF DALLAS, TX. MAE STRAWN OF WILSON, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: ELZIE AND MATTIE SEABOURN.
SERVICEs: WEDNESDAY, JULY 29, 1998 AT 10:00 A.M.PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA. INTERMENT: FARRIS CEMETERY ~ FARRIS, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. AL JONES. CASKETBEARERS: (NEPHEWS) VERNON ROLAND, JEROME REED, RON SINGLETON, RUSTY SEABOURN, BEN SEABOURN, MATTHEW HAMPTON, WAYNE ROBERTS, LES BRUST, SHANE COLLINS.
NAME: OLIVIA LEAH (HANKS) BECK, AGE 91, OF RIVERSIDE, CALIFORNIA. BORN: JUNE 22, 1908 AT GREASY BEND, ATOKA COUNTY, OK TO ANDREW JACKSON AND AURIE (CHESTER) HANKS. PASSED AWAY: MONDAY, JULY 26, 1999 AT HER RESIDENCE IN RIVERSIDE, CA.AGE: 91 YEARS 1 MONTH AND 4 DAYS MARRIED: HOWARD W. BECK ON APRIL 20, 1940 AT STRINGTOWN, OK. OCCUPATION: HOUSEWIFE AND NURSE. SURVIVED BY CHILDREN: BETTE JOLLY and HUSBAND NORMAN OF RIVERSIDE, CA. GLENDA GRAHAM and HUSBAND THOMAS OF ATOKA, OK. HOWARD BECK AND WIFE EVELYN OF ORANGE, CA. RUDY BECK and WIFE MARY OF GROVE CITY, OH. GRANDCHILDREN: LONNIE HARRISON, HOWARD W. HARRISON, JAY HARRISON, MARJORIE HARRISON, ROGER HARRISON & WIFE sHERRY, DAVID WRIGHT, MARK GAINES, HOWARD BECK, GARY BECK, THOMAS GRAHAM IV, STACEY SLAWSON & HUSBAND KENNY, CHRISTOPHER GRAHAM & WIFE SHERRY, TARA HUDDLESTON & HUSBAND BRIAN, RAENA BECK, and RUDY BECK. 26 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HUSBAND: HOWARD W. BECK ON NOVEMBER 19, 1992.PARENTS: A. J. and AURIE HANKS.SON: NORMAN “JAKE” HARRISON.DAUGHTER: BILLIE JEAN HARRISON.GRANDDAUGHTER: NORMA JANE COLEMAN.SISTER: BETTY BREWSTER.BROTHERS: CUSTER, RENO, ROOSEVELT, AND FIELDING HANKS.
DATE OF SERVICES: SATURDAY JULY 31, 1999 AT 11:00 A.M.PLACE OF SERVICES: MT. OLIVE BAPTIST CHURCH ~ STRINGTOWN, OK. INTERMENT: MT. OLIVE CEMETERY ~ STRINGTOWN, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. LOYD THOMPSON. CASKETBEARERS: BEN MARLEY, KENNY SLAWSON, CHRIS GRAHAM, BRIAN HUDDLESTON, DAVID WRIGHT, THOMAS GRAHAM lV. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: HAROLD HENDERSON, FREDDIE DODD, JOE BILL HOLSTINE, JOE TISDELL, JAMES HOLSTINE, BILL POTTS.
NAME: AUDIE H. BURLESON, AGE 77, LONGTIME ATOKA COUNTY RESIDENT. BORN: MAY 1, 1921 IN ATOKA COUNTY, OKLAHOMA TO JILES M. AND LILLIE COLUMBIE (McGILL) BURLESON. PASSED AWAY: THURSDAY, JULY 30, 1998 AT TALIHINA VETERANS CENTER.AGE: 77 YEARS 2 MONTHS AND 29 DAYS EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT DAISY AND MEYERS CHAPEL. MARRIED: HAZEL GUNTER IN 1946 AT SHERMAN, TX. OCCUPATION: WORKED AS A RESTAURANT COOK IN ATOKA AND MANY YEARS IN CALIFORNIA. CHURCH AFFILIATION: BAPTIST FAITH. AUDIE SERVED IN THE U. S. ARMY FROM OCTOBER 1942 TO 1946 AND WAS A PARATROOPER IN 101ST AIRBOURNE DIVISION AND WAS A SURGICAL TECH IN THE MEDICS IN WORLD WAR II. HE RECEIVED MANY COMMENDATIONS INCLUDING 4 BRONZE STARS AND 1 BRONZE ARROWHEAD. SURVIVED BY CHILDREN: EVELYN JEAN BARBOUR AND GENE OF BAKERSFIELD, CA. MARILYN GAIL SURGENER AND HUSBAND WES OF HENDERSON, NV. DALE WAYNE BURLESON OF BAKERSFIELD, CA. BRUCE BURLESON AND WIFE TAMI OF BAKERSFIELD, CA. 6 GRANDCHILDREN, 2 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. SISTERS-IN-LAW: MYRTLE BURLESON OF ATOKA, OK. MARY LOU CHRONISTER OF ATOKA, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: JILES and LILLIE BURLESON.WIFE: HAZEL BURLESON IN 1984.SISTERS: NOVELLA BONHAM AND LAURA CAMPBELL.BROTHERS: MARK, LUKE, AND ODIS BURLESON.
DATE OF SERVICE: MONDAY, AUGUST 3, 1998 AT 10:00 A.M. PLACE OF SERVICE: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: GREEN MEADOWS CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. BOB JOHNSON. CASKETBEARERS: GLEN BONHAM, JACKIE BURLESON, BEN BONHAM, BRAD BONHAM, JEFF BONHAM, DAVID BONHAM .
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