July, 1995 Memorials
 
 
 
 
NAME:    JAMES D. “CHOCK” McDOUGAL, AGE 73,  ATOKA RESIDENT.
 
BORN:    JANUARY 14, 1922 AT TISHOMINGO, OK TO JOHN AND LONA (ALFORD) McDOUGAL.
 
PASSED AWAY:   TUESDAY, JULY 4, 1995 AT TEXOMA MEDICAL CENTER, DENISON, TX..
AGE:     73 YEARS    5 MONTHS   AND   20  DAYS.
 
MARRIED:     EVA NELL LANE IN 1940, JOANN ELAINE MURRAY IN 1959, AND MILDRED BEAL.
 
OCCUPATION:    CHOCK HAD A RODEO CAREER AS BRONC RIDER AND CLOWN, LATER HE WORKED INDUSTRIAL CONSTRUCTION IRONWORK ON PROJECTS ALL AROUND THE COUNTRY AS WELL AS GREENLAND.
 
CHURCH AFFILIATION:    MEMBER OF FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH IN ATOKA.
 
CHOCK WAS HIS BROTHER’S KEEPER, SHOWING IT BY HIS CARE AND CONSIDERATION FOR ALL THE LORD BROUGHT ACROSS HIS PATH.  HE received MANY AWARDS FOR HIS SERVICE. HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE RODEO COWBOYS ASSOCIATION. HE WAS AWARDED THE SOUTHWESTERN BAREBACK CHAMPIONSHIP IN 1954 AND THE COLORADO STATE BAREBACK CHAMPIONSHIP IN 1956.  HE WAS PROUD TO SHARE COMPETITION AND FRIENDSHIPS WITH SUCH GREATS AS JIM SHOULDERS, JOHN McENTIRE, FRECKLES BROWN, AND BUCK LaGRANGE. IN 1962 HE WAS SELECTED BUSINESS AGENT FOR HIS LOCAL UNION IN DENVER, COLORADO. AFTER MANY YEARS AWAY FROM ATOKA COUNTY, CHOCK RETURNED IN THE 1970’S, HE VOLUNTEERED FOR DHS AND FOR ELDER CARE AND BECAME AN OMBUDSMAN VOLUNTEER FOR SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA DEVELOPMENT AGENCY.
 
 
     SURVIVED BY
 
SONS:    HOPPY D. McDOUGAL AND WIFE SYBIL OF TUSHKA, OK
                 DOOD D. McDOUGAL AND WIFE NORMA OF LANE, OK.
 
DAUGHTERS:     SANDRA K. POTTS AND HUSBAND JOEL OF WOODWARD, OK.
                               BONNIE LEA EASTLAND AND HUSBAND MATT OF OKLAHOMA CITY.
 
SISTERS:     ELLA JOY GOLDEN OF CANEY, OK.
                       WILMA McDOUGAL OF NEW YORK.
 
GRANDSONS:     BRYAN MICHAEL McDOUGAL OF KOREA.
                               SHAWN PATRICK McDOUGAL OF PHOENIX, AZ.
                               CHRISTOPHER ALLAN McDOUGAL OF FORT COLLINS, CO.
                               JOEL TAYLOR POTTS AND JUSTIN WARREN POTTS OF WOODWARD, OK.
                               NICOLAS EVAN EASTLAND OF OKLAHOMA CITY.
 
GRANDDAUGHTERS:    JAMIE LOU McDOUGAL OF GRAND PRAIRIE, TX.
                                             JESSICA LAUREN EASTLAND OF OKLAHOMA CITY.
                                             JODI LYNN POTTS OF WOODWARD., OK.
 
GREAT GRANDSON:    ZACHERY McDOUGAL.
 
GREAT GRANDDAUGHTERS:    AMANDA McDOUGAL AND DEANNA KATHLEEN McDOUGAL.
 
 
     PRECEDED IN DEATH BY
 
PARENTS:   JOHN AND LONA McDOUGAL.
BROTHER:   DUDE McDOUGAL IN WORLD WAR II.
SISTER:    MARY LOU COLLINSWORTH IN 1973.
GRANDCHILDREN:     PLAZ McDOUGAL AND JOHNNY McDOUGAL.
WIVES:     EVA NELL IN 1988, MILDRED IN 1992.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:    THURSDAY, JULY 6, 1995 AT 3:00 P.M.
PLACE OF SERVICES:   FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH ~ ATOKA.
 
INTERMENT:   PERKINS CEMETERY ~ VOCA ROAD.
 
OFFICIATING:     REV. JOHN HOWARD.
ASSISTING:     BILLY JOE HOWARD.
 
CASKETBEARERS:     LEON HOWARD, JOE CRITES, FREDDIE DOD, CODY MILLER, LES THOMPSON, CLARK McENTIRE.
 
HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:    LEON MOORE, BUTCH FLEMINGS, CECIL FRAZIER, RAY WOODS, HARRY FARRIS, PAT LAYNE.
 
 
 
 
NAME:    ROBERT LEE WINBORN, AGE 74,  BENTLEY AREA RESIDENT.
 
BORN:    JUNE 6, 1921 AT FARRIS, OK  TO BENJAMIN AND OMA GANELL (AUSTIN) WINBORN.
 
PASSED AWAY:     MONDAY, JULY 10, 1995 AT HIS BENTLEY RESIDENCE.
AGE:   74 YEARS   1 MONTH   AND   4 DAYS.
 
EDUCATION:   ATTENDED BLACKJACK SCHOOLS.
 
MARRIED:     OLETA BROWN ON DECEMBER 11, 1948 AT SHERMAN, TX.
 
OCCUPATION:    FORD DISTRIBUTING COMPANY, OKC FOR 31 YEARS. WINNING THE SALESMAN OF THE YEAR AWARD IN 1980, HE RETIRED IN 1983.
 
CHURCH AFFILIATION:    FULL GOSPEL PENTECOSTAL CHURCH IN ATOKA.
 
ROBERT SERVED HIS COUNTRY DURING WORLD WAR II IN THE U. S. AIRFORCE IN AFRICA AND INDIA. HE WAS AIRPLANE MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN, OBTAINING THE RANK OF SERGEANT.
 
 
     SURVIVED BY
 
WIFE:    OLETA winborn OF THE HOME at bentley.
 
SON:     ROGER LEE WINBORN AND WIFE LESLIE OF YUKON, OK.
 
DAUGHTER:  JANET PAYTON AND HUSBAND TOMMY OF MOORE, OK.
 
BROTHERS:    FRED WINBORN OF TULSA, OK.
                           OTHAL RAY WINBORN OF LEWISVILLE, TX.
                           DEAN WINBORN OF CANTON, TX.
 
GRANDCHILDREN:     SHELLY JONES OF MOORE, OK.
                                         MATHEW WINBORN OF YUKON, OK.
                                         ANGIE PAYTON OF MOORE, OK.
                                         DEBORAH PAYTON OF MOORE, OK.
                                         ADAM “ROBERT LEE” WINBORN OF YUKON, OK.
                                         BRIAN WINBORN OF YUKON, OK.
 
 
     PRECEDED IN DEATH BY
 
PARENTS:   BENJAMIN (may 15, 1967) AND OMA WINBORN of atoka.
BROTHER:   CARL WINBORN of el dorado, Ar in may, 1978.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:    WEDNESDAY, JULY 12, 1995 AT 11:00 A.M.
PLACE OF SERVICES:     FULL GOSPEL PENTECOSTAL CHURCH ~ ATOKA.
 
INTERMENT:     BENTLEY CEMETERY ~ ATOKA.
 
OFFICIATING:     REV. BILL ROBERSON.
 
CASKETBEARERS:     SANDY DANDERSON, CLAUDE SHOBERT, HERSHEL TOMLINSON, CLINTON BOONE, DALE RATLIFF, DAVID BROWN.
 
HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:    DAVEY BROWN, TROY BAGBY, CECIL CALLICOAT, TERRY CALLICOAT, LLOYD CALLICOAT.
 
 
 
 
NAME:    EURA VIVIAN (MAXWELL) FURR, AGE 79, LIFELONG STRINGTOWN RESIDENT.
 
BORN:    DECEMBER 18, 1915 AT FULSOM RANCH, ATOKA COUNTY, OK TO WINFRED V. AND MYRTLE M. (JONES) MAXWELL.
 
PASSED AWAY:   THURSDAY, JULY 20, 1995 AT STRINGTOWN, OK.
AGE:   79  YEARS   7 MONTHS   AND   2 DAYS.
 
EDUCATION:   ATTENDED SCHOOL AT STRINGTOWN, WAS VALEDICTORIAN OF HER CLASS. ALSO ATTENDED BUSINESS COLLEGE IN TULSA, OK.
 
MARRIED:     CECIL BRUCE FURR ON APRIL 22, 1939 AT ATOKA, OK.
 
OCCUPATION:    SHE WORKED IN COUNTY TREASURERS OFFICE AND WAS POSTMASTER OF STRINGTOWN FOR 21 YEARS, RETIRNG IN 1982.
 
CHURCH AFFILIATION:    MEMBER OF STRINGTOWN FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH.
 
EURA WAS A MEMBER OF EASTERN STAR, DAUGHTERS OF AMERICAN REVOLUTION, NATIONAL LEAGUE OF POSTMASTERS, AND BPW CLUB OF ATOKA.
 
 
     SURVIVED BY
 
SON:   BRUCE MAXWELL FURR AND WIFE BETTY OF STRINGTOWN, OK.
 
DAUGHTER:    MAXINE WILSON AND HUSBAND BUTCH OF STRINGTOWN, OK.
 
GRANDCHILDREN:     EDDIE WAYNE THOMPSON OF CENTERPOINT.
                                         TERRI LEDFORD OF STRINGTOWN, OK.
                                         LISA BAGHERPOUR OF SEWELL, NJ.
 
GREAT GRANDCHILDREN:     ROY GENE McININCH OF STRINGTOWN, OK.
                                                       DAVID AND CIMA BAGHERPOUR OF SEWeLL, NJ.
 
SISTERS:   HELEN THOMPSON AND HUSBAND GEORGE OF TERRELL, TX.
                     FLOY STRUCK OF ATOKA, OK.
 
 
     PRECEDED IN DEATH BY
 
PARENTS:   WINFRED AND MYRTLE (february, 1978) MAXWELL of stringtown, ok.
HUSBAND:   CECIL FURR of stringtown ON APRIL 25, 1968.
SISTER:    JUANITA MAXWELL..
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:    SATURDAY, JULY 22, 1995 AT 10:00 A.M.
PLACE OF SERVICES:   FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH ~ STRINGTOWN, OK.
 
INTERMENT:   STRINGTOWN CEMETERY ~ STRINGTOWN, OK.
 
OFFICIATING:     REV. PAT LAYNE.
 
CASKETBEARERS:   BUTCH WILSON, JIM KELLOGG, KENT HUTSON, RON MARLEY, DAVID KELLOGG, ED FISHER.
 
HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:    RICHARD JOHNSON, BEN MARLEY, JACKIE MARLEY, JOHN WINTERS, SHORTY POWELL, EVERETT MANION, JOE TISDELL.
 
 
 
 
NAME:    MILLARD L. “SAM” LOWE, AGE 74,  ATOKA RESIDENT.
 
BORN:    SEPTEMBER 5, 1920 AT DAISY, OK  TO ESAU AND OLLIE F. (NEWKIRK) LOWE.
 
PASSED AWAY:   WEDNESDAY, JULY 26, 1995 AT TEXOMA MEDICAL CENTER, DENSION, TX.
AGE:   74 YEARS  10 MONTHS   AND   21  DAYS.
 
EDUCATION:   ATTENDED DAISY SCHOOLS.
 
married:     NOT MARRIED.
 
OCCUPATION:    HEAVY EQUIPMENT MECHANIC FOR BERT SMITH MACHINERY IN OKlahoma City, RETIRING IN 1987.
 
SAM SERVED HIS COUNTRY DURING WORLD WAR II IN THE U. S. ARMY IN SICILY, SOUTH FRANCE, ROME-ARNO, RHINELAND,  AND CENTRAL EUROPE. HE WAS AWARDED THE EAME THEATRE WITH ONE SILVER STAR, ONE BRONZE ARROWHEAD, VICTORY RIBBON, AND GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL. SAM WAS ALSO A MASON.
 
 
     SURVIVED BY
 
SISTER:    VELMA TAYLOR OF OKLAHOMA CITY.
 
SISTERS-IN-LAW:    ALENE LOWE OF ATOKA, OK.
                                     TRESSIE LOWE OF ATOKA, OK.
 
SPECIAL FRIEND:    ELAINE EDGAR.
 
 
     PRECEDED IN DEATH BY
 
PARENTS:     ESAU AND OLLIE (december 15, 1966) LOWE.
BROTHERS:    JOHN lowe of atoka in september, 1980.
                           FRANK “BUS” lowe.
                           MARVIN lowe of atoka on march 22, 1989.
                           RAY LOWE of atoka on june 26, 1995.
SISTER:    BARzELLA G. ROSS of atoka on july 10, 1994.
NEPHEW:      BRUCE ALLEN ROSS.
2 GREAT GREAT NEPHEWS..
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:    SATURDAY,  JULY 29, 1995 AT 10:00 A.M.
PLACE OF SERVICES:     GRAVESIDE SERVICES.
 
INTERMENT:     MOUNTAIN HOME CEMETERY ~ DAISY, OK.
 
OFFICIATING:     REV. WAYNE EDGAR OF SULPHUR.
 
CASKETBEARERS:   NONE.
 
 
 
 
NAME:    BOSTON LEE WALLACE, AGE 77, LONGTIME ATOKA RESIDENT.
 
BORN:    OCTOBER 18, 1917 AT BRYAN COUNTY, OK TO ELI ABERNATHY AND MARY HELEN (BURCHETT) WALLACE.
 
PASSED AWAY:   FRIDAY, JULY 28, 1995 AT ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.
AGE:   77 YEARS   9 MONTHS   AND   10  DAYS.
 
EDUCATION:   ATTENDED COBB AREA SCHOOLS.
 
MARRIED:     IDELL WITHROW ON MAY 7, 1940 AT ATOKA, OK.
 
OCCUPATION:    BOSTON WAS SELF-EMPLOYED FOR MORE THAN 25 YEARS AS A WHOLESALE GASOLINE DISTRIBUTOR FOR SHELL OIL CO AND AN L.P. GAS DEALER. LATER, HE WAS EMPLOYED WITH OKLAHOMA STATE L. P. GAS ADMINISTRATION AS INSPECTOR FOR 12 YEARS UNTIL HIS RETIREMENT.  HE WAS ALSO A RANCHER.
 
CHURCH AFFILIATION:    PENN AND A CHURCH OF CHRIST MEMBER OVER 55 YEARS.
 
BOSTON SERVED ON THE ATOKA CITY COUNCIL AND WAS MAYOR OF ATOKA FOR SOME 20 YEARS, HE ALSO SERVED ON THE ATOKA COUNTY ELECTION BOARD FOR SEVERAL YEARS.
 
 
     SURVIVED BY
 
WIFE:    IDELL wallace OF THE HOME at atoka.
 
SON:   DON WALLACE AND WIFE FAYE OF ATOKA, OK.
 
DAUGHTER:    WANDA THOMPSON AND HUSBAND BOBBY OF OKLAHOMA CITY.
 
SISTERS:   ELLEN HAMILTON OF DALLAS, TX.
                     JULIA AINSWORTH OF ATOKA, OK..
 
GRANDCHILDREN:     RICK WALLACE OF ATOKA, OK.
                                         KEVIN THOMPSON OF DALLAS, TX.
                                         BRENT THOMPSON OF DALLAS, TX.
                                         LISA HOOK OF MOORE, OK.
                                         RHONDA WALLACE OF BRANSON, MO.
 
GREAT GRANDCHILDREN:   ASHLEY WALLACE, LaNAA WALLACE, DANA BAYLES, ASHLEY HOOK,
                                                       ANDREW HOOK, AND MEGAN THOMPSON.
 
 
     PRECEDED IN DEATH BY
 
PARENTS:   ELI  AND MARY (september 15, 1969) WALLACE of Durant, ok.
BROTHERS:    CHARLIE wallace.
                           CYRUS “CYE” WALLACE of durant in april, 1967.
SISTER:    RUBY JEWELL WALLACE.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:    SUNDAY, JULY 30, 1995 AT 3:00 P.M.
PLACE OF SERVICES:   PENN AND A CHURCH OF CHRIST ~ ATOKA.
 
INTERMENT:   GREEN MEADOWS CEMETERY ~ ATOKA.
 
OFFICIATING:   HASKELL ENGLAND.
ASSISTING:   KENT GRAHAM.
 
CASKETBEARERS:   JERRY CARTWRIGHT, JERED CARTWRIGHT, RAY CARROLL, SAM HARDMAN, KENT GRAHAM, BRETT BRADFORD.
 
HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:  HAROLD THOMAS, DARWIN SETLIFF, TOMMY THOMAS, CLIFF DARST, BUD EVANS, RON THOMAS.
 
 
 
 
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