NAME: THOMAS ALLEN GUDGEL, AGE 86, LONGTIME ATOKA, OK RESIDENT. BORN: MARCH 27, 1911 AT BOGGY DEPOT, OK TO HOLLAND PORTER AND SALLY EVYLENE (SPINDLE) GUDGEL. PASSED AWAY: FRIDAY, JULY 4, 1997 AT ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.AGE: 86 YEARS 1 MONTH 7 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT BOGGY DEPOT, OK. MARRIED: EMMA CHRISTINE PRICE ON FEBRUARY 16, 1930 AT CHEYENNE, OK. OCCUPATION: HE WAS A FARMER AND RANCHER. SURVIVED BY DAUGHTER: DEBBIE NORTHRIP AND HUSBAND JERRALL OF BOGGY DEPOT, OK. SONS: JAMES GUDGEL AND WIFE CLETA FAYE OF WAPANUCKA, OK. ROBERT GUDGEL OF BOGGY DEPOT, OK. WILL GUDGEL AND WIFE NIKKI OF TUSHKA, OK. JOHN GUDGEL AND WIFE THYRA OF BOGGY DEPOT, OK. 9 GRANDCHILDREN, 9 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. SISTER: MARY WOODS OF MERCED, CA. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY WIFE: CHRISTINE GUDGEL ON JUNE 12, 1991.PARENTS: HOLLAND AND SALLY GUDGEL.BROTHERS: ELMER, EUGENE, DOYLE, AND LEON GUDGEL.SISTERS: ANNA McGHEE AND FLORA GUDGEL.
DATE OF SERVICES: SUNDAY, JULY 6, 1997 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: GRAVESIDE SERVICES. INTERMENT: BOGGY DEPOT CEMETERY ~ ATOKA COUNTY, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. DALE KUECHENMEISTER. CASKETBEARERS: KEITH HILL, BENNIE EVANS, LAYTON GOSSETT, RONNIE HILL, ED HENDERSON, DWIGHT COATS.
NAME: MELVIN THOMAS LATIMER, AGE 81, OF ATOKA, OK. BORN: AUGUST 15, 1915 AT CLARKSVILLE, RED RIVER COUNTY, TEXAS TO THOMAS ALBERT AND CALLIE (SHEFFIELD) LATIMER. PASSED AWAY: TUESDAY, JULY 8, 1997 AT ATOKA COLONIAL MANOR NURISNG HOME.AGE: 81 YEARS 10 MONTHS 23 DAYS EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS IN HARMONY AND LANE. MARRIED: LUCILLE PELTS. OCCUPATION: RETIRED COPPER MINER IN ARIZONA CHURCH AFFILIATIONS: PENTECOSTAL FAITH, FORMERLY ATTENDED MOUNTAIN VIEW PENTECOSTAL CHURCH OF GOD. SURVIVED BY SONS: HOWARD LATIMER OF BLYTHE, CA. MELVIN LATIMER, JR. OF MESA, AZ. DAUGHTER: WANDA LACKEY OF MESA, AZ. 6 GRANDCHILDREN. BROTHER: DOLAN LATIMER OF LANE, OK. SISTERS: GERALDINE WHITMIRE OF ATOKA, OK. FALBA WEST OF SANDY, UT. NORENE ISOM AND HUSBAND MONROE OF DAISY, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY WIFE: LUCILLE LATIMER.PARENTS: THOMAS ALBERT AND CALLIE LATIMER.
DATE OF SERVICES: FRIDAY, JULY 11, 1997 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: BERA CEMETERY ~ HARMONY, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. TERRY CRIPE. CASKETBEARERS: CHARLEY MAYS, CLAY MAYS, DELBERT SHEFFIELD, LEONARD SHEFFIELD, JR., WAYNE HARRIS, GLEN ROBBINS. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: DOYLE BROWN, TOMMY ISOM, KEVIN ISOM, ANDY MAYS.
NAME: WOODROW “WOODY” WILSON, AGE 77, OF THE REDDEN, OK AREA. BORN: NOVEMBER 18, 1919 NEAR REDDEN, OKLAHOMA TO JOSIAH AND CILLIAN (BYINGTON) WILSON. PASSED AWAY: THURSDAY, JULY 10, 1997 AT TALAHINA INDIAN HOSPITAL.AGE: 77 YEARS 7 MONTHS AND 2 DAYS. EDUCATION: GRADUATED FROM STRINGTOWN HIGH SCHOOL AND ATTENDED THE DUX BUSINESS COLLEGE IN CHILLICOTHE, Mo. MARRIED: NADINE GUNTER ON JULY 15, 1983 AT REDDEN, OK. OCCUPATION: RETIRED WITH 20 PLUS YEARS SERVICE AT THE NAVAL AMMUNITION DEPOT. MILITARY: SERVED IN THE U. S. ARMY IN BOTH WWii AND KOREAN WARS. HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE V.F.W POST 1098, McALESTER, OK. CHURCH AFFILIATIONS: HE WAS of the BAPTIST FAITH AND AFFILIATED WITH THE McGEE VALLEY BAPTIST CHURCH. WOODY LIVED HIS ENTIRE LIFE AROUND THE REDDEN AND STRINGTOWN AREA. SURVIVED BY WIFE: NADINE wilson OF THE HOME NEAR REDDEN, ok. DAUGHTER: CONI FIELDS AND HUSBAND HAL, STATIONED IN GERMANY. SONS: BRENT WILSON AND WIFE SONDRA OF ANTLERS, OK. BRAD ANDERSON AND WIFE APRIL OF KETCHUM, OK. BEN ANDERSON AND WIFE BRENDA OF STRINGTOWN, OK. 12 GRANDCHILDREN, GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. SISTERS: IMAGEAN BREEDEN AND HUSBAND BOB OF ATOKA, OK. JoDEAN COOK AND HUSBAND EDDIE OF ATOKA, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: JOSIAH AND CILLIAN WILSON.
DATE OF SERVICES: WEDNESDAY JULY 16, 1997 AT 2:00 P.M.PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA. INTERMENT: REDDEN CEMETERY ~ ATOKA COUNTY, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. BOB MUNCY. PALLBEARERS: NATHAN SELF, MILTON KADLE, KEVIN ISOM , LESLIE THOMPSON, CURTIS LAMBERT, RONNIE MARLEY. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: J. C. LAMBERT, J. T. HEARD, DICK HEARD, JOHN WINTERS, DUKE ELLIS, BOB BRIDGES.
NAME: AUDREY ADELINE (MOFFATT) LEE, AGE 90, LONGTIME ATOKA COUNTY RESIDENT. BORN: JANUARY 22, 1907 NEAR CADDO, OKLAHOMA I.T. TO HARRY AND SARAH (WHITTENBURG) MOFFATT. PASSED AWAY: SATURDAY, JULY 12, 1997 AT McALESTER REGIONAL HOSPITAL.AGE: 90 YEARS 5 MONTHS 20 DAYS EDUCATION: POST OAK, CANEY, AND GRADUATED FROM SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA UNIVERSITY, DURANT, OK. MARRIED: JOHN M. LEE ON JULY 31, 1937 AT CADDO, OK. OCCUPATION: RETIRED SCHOOL TEACHER. AUDREY TAUGHT MANY YEARS AT SCHOOLS THROUGHOUT THE AREA. CHURCH AFFILIATION: LONGTIME MEMBER OF THE FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH OF ATOKA. SHE WAS A LONGTIME MEMBER OF THE ORDER OF THE EASTERN STAR, CADDO. SURVIVED BY SON: WILLIAM LEE AND WIFE KATY OF TUSHKA, OK. GRANDCHILDREN: TONYA, HEATHER, AMY, JOHNNA, AND SARA LEE. JOSH, JOEY, AND CASSIE WALKER. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HUSBAND: JOHN LEE ON JUNE 15, 1993.SON: JOHN MILTON LEE.PARENTS: HARRY AND SARAH MOFFATT.BROTHERS: ROBERT AND BYRON MOFFATT.SISTERS: DIXIE BECK, JENNIE REEVES, AND MARY HILLIARD.
DATE OF SERVICES: TUESDAY JULY 15, 1997 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: CADDO CEMETERY ~ CADDO, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. DAN FLETCHER. PALLBEARERS: CHARLEY BONNER, RED LAWSON, DR. BILL EVANS, LARRY PRUITT, MIKE ELLIOTT, G. L. LAWSON. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: BILL MOORE, DONALD GOLDEN, Dr. LEE EVANS.
NAME: ORVILLE MARION BONHAM, AGE 70, LONGTIME ATOKA COUNTY, OKLAHOMA RESIDENT. BORN: NOVEMBER 17, 1926 AT ATOKA, OK TO ORVILLE CARL AND NOVELLA SUSIE (BURLESON) BONHAM. PASSED AWAY: MONDAY, JULY 14, 1997 AT HIS RESIDENCE EAST OF ATOKA. AGE: 70 YEARS 7 MONTHS AND 27 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED HARMONY SCHOOL. MARRIED: LILLIE MAE HARRIS ON SEPTEMBER 12, 1949 AT ATOKA, OK. OCCUPATION: HE WAS A MECHANIC. CHURCH AFFILIATION: IRON STOB PENTECOSTAL CHURCH AT LANE, OK. ORVILLE SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE U. S. ARMY DURING WORLD WAR II, ATTAINING THE RANK OF CORPORAL. HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE D. A. V., WAS A BLUEGRASS FIDDLE PLAYER (KNOWN AS “LONESOME FIDDLER”). HE PLAYED BLUEGRASS CLASSIC AND OLD TIME COUNTRY MUSIC FOR MANY MANY YEARS THROUGHOUT OKLAHOMA AND SURROUNDING STATES. SURVIVED BY CHILDREN: SARAH ANN PHILLIPS AND HUSBAND MARVIN OF TECUMSEH, OK. GLEN DALE BONHAM AND WIFE PAM OF NORMAN, OK. VIRGIL LYNN BONHAM AND WIFE RHONDA OF OKARCHE, OK. YVETTE LEE ANN RYAN AND HUSBAND STEWART OF ADA, OK. 15 GRANDCHILDREN, 2 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. SISTER: WANDA BONHAM OF ATOKA, OK. BROTHERS: OLIE V. BONHAM AND WIFE CALLIE OF OKLAHOMA CITY. BEN BONHAM AND WIFE NORMA OF TUSHKA, OK. SISTERS IN-LAW: DORIS BONHAM OF TUSHKA, OK. CARRIE BONHAM OF ATOKA, OK. UNCLE: AUDIE BURLESON OF ATOKA, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: ORVILLE AND NOVELLA BONHAM.BROTHER: CHESTER BONHAM.HALF BROTHERS: ZED AND OREN CARL BONHAM.HALF SISTER: MINNIE RAINS.
DATE OF SERVICES: THURSDAY, JULY 17, 1997 AT 10:00 A.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: HARMONY BAPTIST CHURCH. INTERMENT: BUTLER CEMETERY ~ LANE, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. BOB JOHNSON. CASKETBEARERS: CLIFFORD PARROT, FRED SANDERS, WAYNE RINKER, MICKEY FLATT, WAYNE PHILLIPS, MARK PHILLIPS. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: BUD WILLIAMSON, LINC STILES, JOE WOOLF, CLIFFORD COATS, JIMMIE MANION.
NAME: WILBERT GLEE RICKMAN, AGE 87, OF LANE, OK, FORMERLY OF CALIFORNIA. BORN: MARCH 11, 1910 AT BEAR CREEK, MISSOURI TO LONNIE AND HATTIE (GREER) RICKMAN. PASSED AWAY: SATURDAY, JULY 19, 1997 AT THE OKLAHOMA VETERANS CENTER AT TALAHINA, OK.AGE: 87 YEARS 4 MONTHS AND 8 DAYS. EDUCATION: MARRIED: AUDRA GRACE TAYLOR ON MARCH 23, 1942 IN LAS VEGAS, Nv. OCCUPATION: HE WAS A HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERATOR IN CALIFORNIA. CHURCH AFFILIATION: HE WAS BAPTIST FAITH. HE SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE U. S. ARMY DURING WORLD WAR II AS A CONSTRUCTION ENGINEER. HE FOUGHT IN THE BATTLE OF LUZON, RECEIVED THE ASIATIC PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL, PHILIPPINE LIBERATION RIBBON, GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, AND VICTORY MEDAL. HE WAS A MEMBER OF D.A.V. AND EAGLES LODGE IN VENTURA, CALIFORNIA AND WAS A LONGTIME MEMBER OF THE OPERATING ENGINEERS LOCAL #12 IN PASADENA, CA. MR. RICKMAN LIVED IN AVENAL AND VENTURA, CALIFORNIA BEFORE MOVING TO THE LANE AREA SOME 3 YEARS AGO AND HAD RESIDED THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS IN THE VETERANS CENTER AT TALAHINA, OK. SURVIVED BY WIFE: AUDRA rickman OF LANE, OK. SON: DAVID RICKMAN OF SUSANVILLE, CA. GRANDSON: DAVID RICKMAN JR. OF SAN FRANCISCO, CA. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: LONNIE AND HATTIE RICKMAN.BROTHERS: MALLIE AND JOHNNY RICKMAN.SISTER: BERNICE MASKRIGHT.
DATE OF SERVICES: PRIVATE FAMILY MEMORIAL SERVICES . INTERMENT: MR. RICKMAN WAS CREMATED.
NAME: REEVA DALE (LITTLEJOHN) LAYTON, AGE 74, LONGTIME REDDEN AND STRINGTOWN AREA RESIDENT. BORN: OCTOBER 30, 1922 AT REDDEN, OKLA TO T. E. “ED” AND BESSIE ANN (SNOW) LITTLEJOHN. PASSED AWAY: SUNDAY, JULY 20, 1997 AT HER RESIDENCE NEAR REDDEN.AGE: 74 YEARS 8 MONTHS 20 DAYS. EDUCATION: GRADUATED FROM STRINGTOWN HIGH SCHOOL. MARRIED: K. R. LAYTON ON NOVEMBER 15, 1949 AT DeQUEEN, ARKANSAS. OCCUPATION: HOUSEWIFE AND HOMEMAKER CHURCH AFFILIATION: LONGTIME MEMBER OF THE STRINGTOWN BAPTIST CHURCH. SURVIVED BY HUSBAND: K. R. LAYTON OF THE HOME NEAR REDDEN, OK. CHILDREN: KENNY LAYTON AND WIFE GINGER OF FARRIS, OK. KATHY GADBERRY AND HUSBAND ROY OF STRINGTOWN, OK. LOUIE LAYTON AND WIFE SHIRLEY OF STRINGTOWN, OK. SANDY REED AND HUSBAND CLIFTON, OF FARRIS, OK. DAVID LAYTON AND WIFE GAIL OF WARDVILLE, OK. ANN LAYTON OF OKLAHOMA CITY. 16 GRANDCHILDREN AND 3 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN SISTERS: BEATRICE AMERIAN OF SAVANNA, OK. KATHRYN MELTON AND HUSBAND ODELL OF SAVANNA. MINNIE SMITH AND HUSBAND BILL OF CHOCTAW, OKLA. MARY LE RAVEN AND HUSBAND GEORGE OF WACO, TX. BROTHERS: EDDIE LITTLEJOHN AND WIFE PAULINE OF OKLAHOMA CITY. BILL LITTLEJOHN OF SAVANNA, OK. TROY LITTLEJOHN AND WIFE JAQUITTA OF OKLAHOMA CITY. PERRY LITTLEJOHN AND WIFE DONNA OF SAVANNA, OK. RAY LITTLEJOHN AND WIFE IRENE OF YUKON, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: ED AND BESSIE ANN LITTLEJOHN.CHILDREN: KAREN, DONNA, JENNIE AND JANIE LAYTON.
DATE OF SERVICES: WEDNESDAY, JULY 23, 1997 AT 10:00 A.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: STRINGTOWN BAPTIST CHURCH. INTERMENT: REDDEN CEMETERY. OFFICIATING: REV. LOYD THOMPSON.ASSISTING: REV. JOHN GRUBBS. CASKETBEARERS: KENNY LAYTON, LOUIE LAYTON, DAVID LAYTON, CLIFTON REED, ROY GADBERRY, LEWIS LAYTON JR. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: DAVID LAYTON JR, ZACK GADBERRY, JACKIE LAYTON, WAYLON LAYTON, JOHN LAYTON, EVAN LAYTON, RICHIE LAYTON, JEFF LAYTON, RUSS LAYTON, MIKE TALLY.
NAME: PAUL SAMPSON FINCH, SR., AGE 87, LONGTIME ATOKA COUNTY RESIDENT. BORN: SEPTEMBER 5, 1909 IN BLUE MOUNTAIN, ARKANSAS TO JAMES RICHARD AND ILA (JACKSON) FINCH. PASSED AWAY: MONDAY, JULY 28, 1997 AT ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. AGE: 87 YEARS 10 MONTHS 23 DAYS EDUCATION: ATTENDED HIGH HILL AND TUSHKA SCHOOLS. MARRIED: ETHEL MAY COURTNEY ON DECEMBER 22, 1934 AT ATOKA, OK. OCCUPATION: RETIRED FARMER AND RANCHER. CHURCH AFFILIATION: HE WAS OF METHODIST BELIEF. PAUL SERVED OVER 25 YEARS AS A COUNTY COMMITTEEMAN FOR THE ASCS, he HAD SERVED A NUMBER OF YEARS ON BOTH THE FARMERS HOME ADMIniSTRATION BOARD AND THE SOIL CONSERVATION COMMITTEE. HE WAS A LONGTIME MEMBER OF ATOKA MASONIC LODGE #4 AND WAS A 33 DEGREE MASON. PAUL SERVED 4 YEARS IN THE U. S.NAVY AND SERVED in MANY AREAS OF THE PACIFIC OCEAN IN THE SUB MARINE SERVICE. PAUL WAS A FARMER AND RANCHER ALL OF HIS ADULT LIFE. SURVIVED BY WIFE: ETHEL finch OF THE HOME EAST OF ATOKA, OK. CHILDREN: PAUL FINCH JR. AND WIFE VIRGINIA OF ATOKA, OK. CYNTHIA ANDERSON OF ATOKA, OK. 10 GRANDCHILDREN AND 17 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. SISTERS: FLORA HARDY OF COSTA MESA, CA. VELMA JOHNSON OF NORTHROP, CO. BROTHER IN-LAW: GENE COURTNEY OF ATOKA, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: JAMES AND ILA FINCH.SON: PRENTISE FINCH.GRAND DAUGHTER: KRISTI DAWN FINCH.GREAT GRAND DAUGHTER: ALISHA KAY MOODY.BROTHERS: JAMES T., CHARLES HENRY AND EARL FINCH.
DATE OF SERVICES: WEDNESDAY , JULY 30, 1997 AT 10:00 A.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL. INTERMENT: TUSHKA CEMETERY. OFFICIATING: REV. BOB JOHNSON. PALLBEARERS: (GRANDSONS) MARTY FINCH, CHUCK FINCH, RON SLAWSON, JAMEY FINCH, KENNY SLAWSON, PAUL FINCH III, MARK FINCH. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: BARNEY McCALL, HOMER BARRETT, CLIFF DARST, JOE WHITTINGTON.
NAME: NATHAN MURAL SMITH, AGE 76, LONGTIME RESIDENT OF ATOKA, OK. BORN: APRIL 13, 1921 AT BENTLEY, OK TO JABE S. AND LULA JANE (HARRIS) SMITH. PASSED AWAY: WEDNESDAY, JULY 30, 1997 AT MEDICAL CENTER OF SE OKLAHOMA, DURANT.AGE: 76 YEARS 3 MONTHS AND 17 DAYS EDUCATION: ATTENDED LANE SCHOOL IN ATOKA COUNTY. MARRIED: VIOLET M. (PENICK) MOORE ON SEPTEMBER 6, 1981 AT SHERMAN, TX. OCCUPATION: WAREHOUSEMAN, 25 YEARS OF SERVICE WITH THE CIVIL SERVICE AT ARMY BASES IN CALIFORNIA AND UTAH. CHURCH AFFILIATION: MEMBER OF SOUTHSIDE BAPTIST CHURCH. HE SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE U. S. ARMY DURING WORLD WAR II AND WAS A MEMBER OF V. F. W. BRYAN COUNTY POST 3916 IN DURANT, OK. SURVIVED BY WIFE: VIOLET SMITH OF ATOKA, OK. SON: DENNIS SMITH OF DURANT, OK. DAUGHTER: CAROLINE SUE SHARPE AND HUSBAND TIM OF PALM DESERT, CA. GRANDCHILDREN: MIKE SMITH, MARK SMITH, ASHLEY SHARPE, AND JESSICA SMITH. GREAT GRANDCHILD: MICHAEL SMITH. STEPSONS: RONNIE MOORE AND WIFE TAMMY OF ATOKA, OK. BILLY MOORE AND WIFE SHERYL OF HARTSHORNE, OK. RICHARD MOORE OF OKLAHOMA CITY. STEP GRANDCHILDREN: TIFFANY MOORE, DEREK RITTER, DAVID ARTERBERRY, DANIEL ARTERBERRY, AND JOSH ATTERBERRY. BROTHER: HARVEY SMITH AND WIFE DORIS OF ATOKA, OK. SISTER: MARTHA B. WASSON OF VACAVILLE, CA. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: JABE AND LULA SMITH.SON: MICKLE DEWAYNE SMITH.BROTHER: CLARENCE SMITH.SISTER: CLARA ROBINSON.
DATE OF SERVICES: SATURDAY, AUGUST 2, 1997 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: BUTLER CEMTERY ~ LANE, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. BOB JOHNSON.ASSISTING: REV. LOYD THOMPSON. CASKETBEARERS: DENNIS SMITH, MARK SMITH, MIKE SMITH, BILLY MOORE, RONNIE MOORE, RICHARD MOORE. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: JACK BLAKER, MARVIN DALE
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