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 BORN: JUNE 8, 1924 AT HOMINY, OK. TO JOHN WILLIAM AND FLORENCE M. (KAMPPLAIN) LANE. PASSED AWAY: THURSDAY EVENING, JULY 1, 2004 AT HER RESIDENCE IN ATOKA, OK. AGE: 80 YEARS 0 MONTHS AND 23 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOL AT HARMONY. MARRIED: JOSEPH JOHNSON IN 1970 AT DERBY, CONNECTICUT. OCCUPATION: EMMA WAS A HOME HEALTH CARE PROVIDER. CHURCH AFFILIATION: GOD’S HOUSE CHURCH IN ATOKA, OK. SURVIVED BY HUSBAND: JOSEPH OF THE HOME AT ATOKA, OK. SONS: RAYMOND EUGENE JOHNSON AND WIFE CARLA OF ATOKA, OK. JOHNNIE STOCKER AND WIFE GUILA OF EDMOND, OK . DAUGHTERS: 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. JUNSTINE GIBSON OF ALBUQUERQUE, NM. PATTY DARST SPARKS OF KEY LARGO, FL. SHANA DARST BELL OF WEST COLUMBIA, SC. BOBBY DARST JR OF SAN BERNADINO, CA. BILLY WILCOX OF LAWTON, OK. 8 GREAT GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. BROTHERS: TOMMY LANE OF ATOKA, OK. RUSSELL LANE OF ATOKA, OK. SISTER: JOAN BUTLER OF HARTSHORNE, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: BIG JOHN AND FLORENCE LANE. DAUGHTER: PAMELA GIBSON. SISTERS: DONNA SMITH AND LUCILE SIDES. BROTHERS: NORRIS LANE AND JOHN LANE.
DATE OF SERVICES: SUNDAY, JULY 4, 2004 AT 2:00 PM PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: GREEN MEADOWS CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. PAUL BUTLER. EULOGY: JOHNNIE STOCKER. CASKETBEARERS: BILLY JENNINGS, MATT LANE, CLAY LANE, DARRYL LANE, NEAL BUTLER, JOHN CROW.
 BORN: APRIL 24, 1960 AT TISHOMINGO TO OTIS LEROY AND EVELYN WYNEMA (PITTMAN) PUGH. PASSED AWAY: THURSDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 8, 2004 AT THE HOLDENVILLE HOSPITAL, OK. AGE: 44 YEARS 2 MONTHS AND 14 DAYS. EDUCATION: JOHNNY ATTENDED ATOKA AND DICKSON SCHOOLS. MARRIED: ELLEN STINSON ON JULY 16, 1988 IN JOHNSTON COUNTY, OK. OCCUPATION: HE WAS PREVIOUSLY EMPLOYED BY VERSITLE HELICOPTER IN ARDMORE AND FOR THE PAST SIX YEARS HE HAS WORKED FOR JETT SERVICES OF KIOWA AS A FORMAN AND ELECTRICAL RIGHT OF WAY MAINTANENCE. JOHNNY WAS AN AVID OUTDOORSMAN WHO LOVED HUNTING, FISHING, AND CAMPING. HE ALSO ENJOYED HUNTING FOR ARROWHEADS AND RATTLE SNAKES. SURVIVED BY WIFE: ELLEN PUGH OF THE HOME NEAR ATOKA, OK. SONS: JOHN OTIS AND KELLY RAY PUGH OF THE HOME. MOTHER: EVELYN WYNEMA PUGH OF MILBURN, OK. SISTERS: EVELYN JOYCE PITTMAN AND HUSBAND MIKE OF ATOKA, OK. TINA KATHLEEN SCHULTZ OF NEW SMYRNA BEACH, FL. KAREN WYNETTE TAYLOR AND HUSBAND WAYNE OF MILBURN, OK. LISA ANN BAYLES AND HUSBAND JIM OF TUPELO, OK. BROTHER: OTIS LYNN PUGH OF DURANT, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY FATHER: OTIS LEROY PUGH. SON: JESSE WILLIAM PUGH.
DATE OF SERVICES: MONDAY, JULY 12, 2004 AT 10:00 AM. PLACE OF SERVICES: GRAVESIDE SERVICES. INTERMENT: COAL CREEK CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. STEVE HENRY CASKETBEARERS: THOMAS NALLEY, MARK NOWLIN, DONALD BAILEY JR., JAMES TERRELL, TERRY HEAD, MIKE SELF. HONORARY CASKET BEARERS: MIKE PITTMAN, BILL PITTMAN, DEWAYNE HUMPHREY.
 BORN: DECEMBER 7, 1919 ON CEMETERY HILL NEAR COTTONWOOD, OK TO ANGELO AND LOIS (WILSON) CERIOTTI. PASSED AWAY: FRIDAY JULY 9, 2004 IN MICHIGAN. AGE: 84 YEARS 7 MONTHS AND 1 DAY. EDUCATION: RAYMOND ATTENDED COTTONWOOD, CAIRO, AND COALGATE SCHOOLS. HE PLAYED BASEBALL, BASKETBALL, AND FOOTBALL. HE PLAYED SOFTBALL ON THE HUDSON’S STORE TEAM. HE DECLINED SIX OFFERS TO ATTEND AND PLAY SPORTS AT COLLEGE. MARRIED: JULIA YURGELAITIS FOR 62 YEARS. OCCUPATION: AS A YOUNGSTER, RAYMOND WORKED FOR A MEXICAN GROCERY STORE IN NEW MEXICO. HE CAME BACK TO COALGATE AND WORKED FOR HUDSONS BIG COUNTRY STORE. HE LATER WORKED IN THE CITY FOUNDRIES IN DETROIT AND, IN 1951, HE BOUGHT A BEVERAGE BUSINESS IN DETROIT AND OPERATED THAT FOR MANY YEARS. RAYMOND SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE U. S. NAVY DURING WWll AS A GUNNERY INSTRUCTOR. IN 1955, MR. CERIOTTI WAS RAISED AS A MASTER MASON HE REACHED THE 32nd DEGREE AND WAS A SHRINER. UPON HIS RETIREMENT HE MOVED TO WYOMING TO “HUNT THE REST OF HIS LIFE”. HE GOT IN 10 OR 12 YEARS OF GOOD HUNTING AND FISHING, ESPECIALLY IN ALASKA, UNTIL HIS FAILING HEALTH BROUGHT HIM BACK TO DETROIT. SURVIVED BY SONS: RAY CERIOTTI OF GREAT FALLS, VA. ROBERT CERIOTTI OF LINCOLN PARK, MI. 6 GRANDCHILDREN AND 7 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY WIFE: JULIA ON MARCH 8, 2004.
PLACE OF SERVICES: GRAVESIDE SERVICES. INTERMENT: COALGATE CITY CEMETERY ~ COALGATE, OK. OFFICIATING: DR. JAMES CROWSON. CASKETBEARERS: RAY CERIOTTI, BOB CERIOTTI, BOB CERIOTTI JR, JOHN CERIOTTI, SONY PERCICH, DAVID CERIOTTI.
 BORN: JULY 18, 1923 TO MIGNON W. AND IVA MAE (SAFRIT) MACOMB AT EARLSBORO, OK. PASSED AWAY: FRIDAY MORNING, JULY 9, 2004 AT HER RESIDENCE IN STRINGTOWN, OK. AGE: 80 YEARS 11 MONTHS AND 21 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED AND GRADUATED ATOKA SCHOOLS. MARRIED: MERRILL LESSLIE EDGAR, JR. ON MAY 13, 1946 AT ATOKA, OK. OCCUPATION: JOSIE WORKED IN THE DEFENSE INDUSTRY IN CALIFORNIA DURING WWII. SHE LATER BECAME A PHARMACIST TECHNICIAN FOR HODGES DRUG AND CARNEY DRUG FOR OVER 30 YEARS. CHURCH AFFILIATION: SHE WAS A MEMBER OF THE MT. OLIVE MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH. SURVIVED BY SONS: WAYNE EDGAR AND WIFE SUSIE OF SULPHUR, OK. CHRIS EDGAR AND WIFE ALBERTA OF STRINGTOWN, OK. DAUGHTER: MARILYN EDGAR OF MCALESTER, OK. GRANDCHILDREN: STEVEN, STACY, CLAYTON, WAYNE JR., PRESTON, AND SUSAN EDGAR, AND ANGIE wHITE AND HUSBAND MICHAEL. GREAT GRANDCHILDREN: TAYLOR AND TYLER EDGAR, AND MADISON AND GIBBON EDGAR. SISTER: AUDIE MACOMB OF MCALESTER, OK. NEPHEWS: ALLEN AND JIM HILL. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HUSBAND: M. L. EDGAR, JR. ON NOVEMBER 17, 1984. PARENTS: MIGNON AND IVA MACOMB. SISTER: JUANITA HILL.
DATE OF SERVICES: SUNDAY, JULY 11, 2004 AT 2:00 PM. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: STRINGTOWN CEMETERY ~ STRINGTOWN, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. WAYNE EDGAR. ASSISTING: REV. BARTT BRADFORD. CASKETBEARERS: (GRANDSONS) STEVEN EDGAR, STACY EDGAR, CLAYTON EDGAR, WAYNE EDGAR JR., PRESTON EDGAR, AND MICHAEL WHITE.
 BORN: DECEMBER 29, 1941 AT SENTINEL, OKLAHOMA TO CLIFFORD LEO AND DORIS ANN (PULLEN) ROACH. PASSED AWAY: EARLY FRIDAY MORNING, JULY 9, 2004 AT HIS RESIDENCE NEAR WAPANUCKA, OK. AGE: 62 YEARS 6 MONTHS AND 10 DAYS. EDUCATION: DOYLE ATTENDED SENTINEL, OK AND JAL, NEW MEXICO SCHOOLS. HE THEN ATTENDED NEW MEXICO STATE COLLEGE IN LOS CRUCES, NEW MEXICO. MARRIED: LINDA WALTERS ON FEBRUARY 15, 1975 AT OIL CENTER, NEW MEXICO. OCCUPATION: WORKED THE OILFIELDS IN NEW MEXICO UNTIL AN OILFIELD ACCIDENT FORCED HIM TO RETIRE. CHURCH AFFILIATION: A MEMBER OF THE COLEMAN CHURCH OF CHRIST SINCE RETURNING TO THE AREA IN 1989. DOYLE PROUDLY SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE U. S. ARMY DURING THE VIETNAM WAR. SURVIVED BY WIFE: LINDA ROACH OF THE HOME NEAR WAPANUCKA, OK. SON: KEVIN AND WIFE LOUANN OF CANEY, OK. MOTHER: DORIS ROACH OF WAPANUCKA, OK. BROTHER: ROBERT ROACH AND WIFE JO OF SPRING, TX. SISTERS-IN-LAW: BETTY ROACH AND HUSBAND HOY OF EUNICE, TX. JOY STINSON AND HUSBAND PAT OF WAPANUCKA, OK. GAYLENE SMITH AND HUSBAND J. D. OF WAPANUCKA, OK. WYLLENE HOLLAND AND HUSBAND DANNY OF WAPANUCKA, OK. BROTHER-IN-LAW: BOBBY WALTERS AND WIFE CLAUDIA OF WAPANUCKA, OK. MOTHER-IN-LAW: GERNETTA WALTERS OF WAPANUCKA, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY FATHER: CLIFFORD ROACH. FATHER-IN-LAW: JOHNNY WALTERS.
DATE OF SERVICES: MONDAY, JULY 12, 2004 AT 2:00 PM. PLACE OF SERVICES: CHURCH OF CHRIST ~ COLEMAN, OK. INTERMENT: ENTERPRISE CEMETERY ~ COLEMAN, OK. OFFICIATING: PAT MANNON. ASSISTING: BUD JONES. CASKETBEARERS: (NEPHEWS) BRAD WALTERS, RONNIE WALTERS, DAVE WALTERS, JEREMY SMITH, JONATHAN SMITH, SAMMY BLEVINS, LEE ROY PETTYJOHN. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: WESTON HOLLAND, DILLON COOK, SHAWN ROACH.
BORN: JUNE 23, 1935 AT FT. WORTH, TX TO LONNIE LEO AND OLA MAE (MORRIS) GRAHAM. PASSED AWAY: SATURDAY, JULY 10, 2004 AT THE SE OKLAHOMA MEDICAL CENTER IN DURANT. AGE: 69 YEARS 0 MONTHS AND 20 DAYS EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOL AT TRINIDAD, TX. MARRIED: MARY MARGARET DEMOND AT DUNCAN, OK. OCCUPATION: HE WAS A PRODUCE VENDOR AND WORKED MANY AREAS OF OKLAHOMA, TEXAS, NEW MEXICO, AND COLORADO. SURVIVED BY CHILDREN: LONZO GRAHAM, JR OF ATOKA, OK. MARY SUE LAMBRIGHT AND HUSBAND LARRY OF LA RUE, TX. LONNIE GRAHAM OF ATHENS, TX. ROBERT GRAHAM OF ATHENS, TX. MELODY GRIFFITH AND HUSBAND RUSS OF EUSTICE, TX. 7 GRANDCHILDREN. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: LONNIE AND OLA GRAHAM. WIFE: MARY GRAHAM IN 1996. SISTERS AND BROTHERS: J. W., JOE EDWARD, L. G., AND DORIS.
DATE OF SERVICES: NO SERVICES INTERMENT: NONE - DIRECT CREMATION
 BORN: SEPTEMBER 13, 1928 TO ESTEL ELVIN AND OPAL LEE (BESSENT) LONG AT MCLEAN, TX. PASSED AWAY: SATURDAY, JULY 10, 2004 AT THE ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. AGE: 75 YEARS 11 MONTHS AND 27 DAYS. EDUCATION: JOHNNY ATTENDED SCHOOL IN MODESTO, CA AND NUMEROUS MILITARY SCHOOLS. OCCUPATION: HE WORKED SOME 25 YEARS AS A MECHANIC AND LATER AS A CROSS COUNTRY TRUCK DRIVER. AFTER COMING TO THE ATOKA AREA HE DID LAWN WORK AND MOWED CEMETERIES. JOHNNY WAS A SCOUT MASTER FOR MANY YEARS, HE FOUNDED A CUB PACK AND A BOY SCOUT TROOP AND AN AREA YOUTH GROUP IN CALIFORNIA. HE ENJOYED BEING OUTSIDE AND LOVED FISHING. SURVIVED BY CHILDREN: SHERRIE MORALES AND HUSBAND RAPHAEL OF VANCOUVER, WA. LEO LONG AND WIFE CAROL OF RIO LINDA, CA. DARRELL LONG AND WIFE CINDY OF MODESTO, CA. JARRELL LONG AND WIFE DE ANN OF AMARILLO, TX. BARBARA PROCTOR AND HUSBAND DARIN OF MIDLAND, TX. JONATHAN LONG OF WASHINGTON STATE. FORMER WIFE: FRANCES LONG OF RIO LINDA, CA. 15 GRANDCHILDREN AND 6 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. SISTERS: BOBBIE JARRETT OF SHINGLE SPRINGS, CA. LINDA HENSHAW-KRAMM OF SUNOL, CA. BROTHER: TRAVIS LONG OF CERES, CA. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: ESTEL ELVIN AND OPAL LEE LONG. SISTER: JERRY MCGILL.
DATE OF SERVICES: THURSDAY, JULY 15, 2004 AT 10:00 AM. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: BERA CEMETERY ~ HARMONY, ATOKA COUNTY, OK. OFFICIATING: ARVEL HALL CASKETBEARERS: (SONS) LEO LONG, DARRELL LONG, AND JARRELL LONG, (GRANDSONS) RYAN LONG, KAYCEE PROCTOR, DREW LONG, SCOTT LONG.
 BORN: JULY 12, 1951 TO SHELLY CLAYTON AND MARY LOY (FREEMAN) HUDNALL AT LONGVIEW, TX PASSED AWAY: THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 15, 2004 AT THE ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. AGE: 53 YEARS 0 MONTHS AND 3 DAYS EDUCATION: SHEILA ATTENDED AND GRADUATED FROM ODESSA HIGH SCHOOL IN ODESSA, TX. SHE ALSO ATTENDED ODESSA COLLEGE FOR 2 YEARS. MARRIED: ROB G. MILLIKAN ON MARCH 18, 1972 AT ODESSA, TX. OCCUPATION: SHEILA WAS A RECEPTIONIST-SECRETARY FOR THE PHYSICAL THERAPY DEPT.AT MEMORIAL SOUTHWEST HOSPITAL IN HOUSTON, TX. SHE MADE STAINED GLASS ON CONTRACT AND WAS A PROFESSIONAL CALLIGRAPHER. CHURCH AFFILIATION: MEMBER OF THE LANE BAPTIST CHURCH AND SHE WAS A MISSION SERVICE CORPS VOLUNTEER WITH THE SOUTHERN BAPTIST CONVENTION. SURVIVED BY HUSBAND: ROB MILLIKAN OF THE HOME. CHILDREN: JUSTIN MILLIKAN AND WIFE TABITHA OF ROUND ROCK, TX. MELISSA BELL AND HUSBAND STANLEY OF FLINT, TX. GRANDSON: JOSHUA RYAN MILLIKAN OF ROUND ROCK, TX. PARENTS: SHELLY AND MARY LOY HUDNALL OF JACKSONVILLE, TX. SISTER: CAROL MAXWELL AND HUSBAND KENNETH OF ODESSA, TX. BROTHERS: DAVID HUDNALL AND WIFE DONNA OF JACKSONVILLE, TX. DON HUDNALL AND WIFE ANGIE OF FRISCO, TX. FATHER AND MOTHER-IN-LAW: BOB AND PEGGY MILLIKAN OF TEMPLE, TX.
DATE OF SERVICES: SATURDAY, JULY 17, 2004 AT 2:00 PM. PLACE OF SERVICES: LANE BAPTIST CHURCH ~ LANE, OK. OFFICIATING: RAYMOND HUMPHREY. COMMITTAL SERVICES: MONDAY, JULY 19, 2004 AT 2:00 PM AT FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH ~ BELTON, TX INTERMENT: NORTH BELTON CEMETERY ~ BELTON, TX. OFFICIATING: DR. LEROY KEMP. IN LIEU OF FLOWERS THE FAMILY REQUEST THAT MEMORIALS BE MADE TO THE SHEILA L. MILLIKAN MEMORIAL FUND AT THE AMERISTATE BANK OR BROWN’S FUNERAL SERVICE.
 BORN: NOVEMBER 15, 1923 AT BROMIDE, OK TO WALTER PAT AND LILLIE MAE (KING) HACKWORTH. PASSED AWAY: FRIDAY EVENING, JULY 16, 2004 AT HIS HOME IN WAPANUCKA, OK. AGE: 80 YEARS 8 MONTHS AND 1 DAY. EDUCATION: RAY ATTENDED SCHOOL AT BROMIDE, OK. MARRIED: LOVETA ANGEL ON DECEMBER 3, 1997 AT DEQUEEN, AR. OCCUPATION: HE WAS A LIFELONG FARMER AND RANCHER AND WORKED MANY YEARS AS A PIPELINER AND HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERATOR. CHURCH AFFILIATION: HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE BROMIDE BAPTIST CHURCH. RAY SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE U.S. ARMY DURING WWII. HE WAS A FORMER MEMBER OF THE V.F.W., THE OKLAHOMA CATTLEMANS ASSOCIATION AND THE INTERNATIONAL UNION OF OPERATING ENGINEERS LOCAL 627. SURVIVED BY WIFE: LOVETA HACKWORTH OF THE HOME IN BROMIDE, OK. SON: CORKEY HACKWORTH OF BROMIDE, OK. DAUGHTER: LEA ANN NELSON OF CLARITA, OK. GRANDSONS: JAMIE DON HACKWORTH OF HAMMOND, IN. KRIS DAVIDSON OF BROMIDE, OK. DUSTIN LAMBERT OF CLARITA, OK. BART THOMPSON OF STERLING, OK. GREAT GRANDSONS: MATHEW THOMPSON OF FILLMORE, OK. LUKE THOMPSON AND JACOB THOMPSON OF STERLING, OK. DYLAN DAVIDSON OF BROMIDE, OK. BROTHERS: AUSTIN HACKWORTH OF LANE, OK. FLOYD HACKWORTH OF BROMIDE, OK. SISTERS: HELEN DEWBERY OF BROMIDE, OK. NANCY BENGE OF AMARILLO, TX. NELLIE TRAYLOR OF FT. WORTH, TX. STEPCHILDREN: TRENTON ANGEL OF ATOKA, OK. RHONDA PIDGUE OF WAPANUCKA, OK. STEP GRANDCHILDREN: JUSTIN RECTOR AND KEVIN ANGEL OF ATOKA, OK. BRYAN AND RICK JUSTICE OF WAPANUCKA, OK. 4 STEP GREAT GRANDCHILDREN PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: WALTER PAT AND LILLIE MAE HACKWORTH. BROTHER: ALBERT “DOC” HACKWORTH. GRANDSON: MICHAEL RAY HACKWORTH.
DATE OF SERVICES: TUESDAY JULY 20, 2004 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: WAPANUCKA BAPTIST CHURCH ~ WAPANUCKA, OK. INTERMENT: ROSE HILL CEMETERY ~ WAPANUCKA, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. LARRY SCHOONOVER. CASKETBEARERS: CORKEY HACKWORTH, BART THOMPSON, KRIS DAVIDSON, DUSTIN LAMBERT, MATHEW THOMPSON, TOMMY THOMPSON, JACKIE HAMILTON.
 BORN: MARCH 5, 1924 AT CADDO, OKLAHOMA TO HARVEY AND WILLIE MAE (PRIDDY) STRICKLEN. PASSED AWAY: FRIDAY MORNING, JULY 16, 2004 AT THE MEDICAL CENTER OF SE OKLAHOMA IN DURANT. AGE: 80 YEARS 4 MONTHS AND 11 DAYS EDUCATION: HOYLE ATTENDED MATOY AND CANEY SCHOOLS AND SE STATE UNIVERSITY. MARRIED: MINA MORGAN IN THE EARLY 1950’S.. WILDA SHACKLEFORD IN THE MID 1960’S.. OCCUPATION: HOYLE WORKED AT LTV IN FORT WORTH, TX AND LOCKHEED AND BOEING AIRCRAFT PLANTS AND WAS RETIRED FROM THE SAVANNA AMMUNITION PLANT AS QUALITY ASSURANCE AND SAFETY INSPECTOR. CHURCH AFFILIATION: HE WAS A BAPTIST AND HAD A LONG AFFLIATION WITH THE MT. CARMEL BAPTIST CHURCH IN CANEY. HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE 45TH INFANTRY FIGHTING THUNDERBIRDS AND SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE U.S. ARMY DURING WWII AND THE KOREAN WAR. SURVIVED BY SON: STEVE STRICKLEN OF TUSHKA, OK. DAUGHTER: LORETTA SANDERS AND HUSBAND MIKE OF LITTLE ROCK, AR. STEPDAUGHTERS: LIZ COMBEST AND HUSBAND TIM OF TUSHKA, OK. PAT CHRISTEN AND HUSBAND KEN OF CANADIAN, TX. FORMER WIVES: MINA ELLSWORTH AND HUSBAND ROBERT OF REDDING, CA. WILDA STRICKLEN OF EUFAULA, OK. 8 GRANDCHILDREN. BROTHER: JOE STRICKLEN AND WIFE BONNIE OF ATOKA, OK. SISTER: JUNE LOVE OF BARTLESVILLE, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: HARVEY AND WILLIE MAE (PRIDDY) STRICKLEN. STEP FATHER: LEROY TIGERT.
DATE OF SERVICES: MONDAY JULY 19, 2004 AT 10:00 A.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: TUSHKA CEMETERY ~ TUSHKA, OK. OFFICIATING: ARVEL HALL CASKETBEARERS: MARVIN LEEPER, J. R. MCCARTY, JACK SANDERS, FRANK GLOVER, CHARLES DUNCAN, WILBUR ALLEN. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: WILLARD OLSEN, SAMMY BURKE, RICKEY BURKE AND THE 45TH INFANTRY DIVISION MEMBERS.
 BORN: SEPTEMBER 9, 1937 AT BOEHLER, OKLAHOMA TO MARVIN WESLEY AND RILLA (McKINNEY) NICHOLS. PASSED AWAY: SATURDAY, JULY 17, 2004 AT THE ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. AGE: 66 YEARS 10 MONTHS AND 8 DAYS. EDUCATION: LESTER ATTENDED SCHOOL AT REDDEN, OK. MARRIED: LOIS WILLIS IN DURANT, OK. OCCUPATION: LESTER WAS A LOGGER AND TRUCK DRIVER FOR THE JOE BROWN COMPANY FOR 18 YEARS CHURCH AFFILIATION: MEMBER OF THE MT. OLIVE MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH. LESTER SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE U.S. NAVY. HE LOVED VISITING WITH FRIENDS AND MAKING NEWS FRIENDS AT THE LOCAL COFFEE SHOPS. SURVIVED BY FORMER WIFE AND MOTHER OF HIS CHILDREN: LOIS WOODS OF BROKEN ARROW, OK. CHILDREN: TONY DWAIN NICHOLS AND WIFE DEBRA OF SAN ANTONIO, TX. JAMES WESLEY NICHOLS AND WIFE CRYSTAL OF ATOKA, OK. TERESA LYNN WILLIAMS AND FRIEND WILLIE OF TULSA, OK. DAVID RAY NICHOLS AND WIFE GINA OF BROKEN ARROW, OK. ROBERT ALLEN NICHOLS AND WIFE KAREY OF TULSA, OK. 22 GRANDCHILDREN, 3 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. SISTERS: JOYCE WINSOR OF STRINGTOWN, OK. WANDA PEELER AND HUSBAND HENRY OF BLACKJACK, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: MARVIN WESLEY AND RILLA (McKINNEY) NICHOLS. BROTHER: WENDELL EARL NICHOLS ON APRIL 15, 2002. SON: BOBBY RAY NICHOLS.
DATE OF SERVICES: TUESDAY JULY 20, 2004 AT 10:00 A.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: MT OLIVE MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH ~ STRINGTOWN, OK. INTERMENT: MAGBY FAMILY CEMETERY ~ STRINGTOWN, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. BARTT BRADFORD. ASSISTING: REV. LARRY ROSE. CASKETBEARERS: WAYNE FARMER, JOHN ROWLAND, ROY PITTMAN, HOWEL MAGBY, HANK MAGBY, EUGENE MAGBY. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: DOLAN WILLIS, PAUL FINCH, GENE VIETTA, COY MARLOW, TOMMY BARRIS, KENNETH WILLIS, LESTER WILLIS, DAVID WILLIS.
NAME: MARY “ARLENE” (TRIMBLE) LAHMAN, AGE 64, A CANEY-ATOKA COUNTY AREA RESIDENT SINCE 1990.  BORN: NOVEMBER 25, 1939 AT PLAINVIEW, TX TO JOHNATHAN B. AND BETTY FRANCIS (GOFORTH) TRIMBLE. PASSED AWAY: THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 22, 2004 AT HER RESIDENCE IN CANEY, OK. AGE: 64 YEARS 7 MONTHS AND 27 DAYS EDUCATION: ARLENE ATTENDED HALE CENTER, TX AND CADDO, OK SCHOOLS. MARRIED: JAMES LAHMAN ON MARCH 16, 1956 AT DURANT, OK. OCCUPATION: ARLENE WAS A HEALTH CORDINATOR FOR THE HEADSTART PROGRAM IN PURCELL AND ALSO A CAPP CORDINATOR FOR THE PURCELL YOUTH AND FAMILY SERVICES. SHE WORKED AS THE POSTAL CLERK FOR THE CANEY POST OFFICE FOR 3-4 YEARS AND WAS LATER THE CANEY CITY CLERK AND COURT CLERK FOR 5 YEARS. ARLENE AND JAMES ALSO CARED FOR FOSTER CHILDREN FOR MANY YEARS. CHURCH AFFILIATION: MEMBER OF THE PRIMITIVE BAPTIST CHURCH IN OKLAHOMA CITY, PURCELL, OK, AND PARIS, TX. SURVIVED BY HUSBAND: JAMES OF THE HOME IN CANEY, OK. CHILDREN: KARLA SALMANS AND HUSBAND JIM OF NOBLE,OK. PAMELA LAHMAN OF NOBLE, OK. BRAD LAHMAN AND WIFE KAREN OF CANEY, OK. GRANDCHILDREN: JONATHAN INGLIS AND JAMES INGLIS OF NOBLE, OK. LIDDY LAHMAN OF CANEY, OK. SISTERS: ERMA FULLER OF CADDO, OK. THELMA HICKSON OF BROWNFIELD, TX. BROTHERS: RICHARD TRIMBLE OF PLAINVIEW, OK. ROYCE TRIMBLE OF TISHOMINGO, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: JOHNATHAN B. AND BETTY TRIMBLE. SISTER: JEANIE WILSON. BROTHERS: M. F. AND KENNETH TRIMBLE.
DATE OF SERVICES: SATURDAY, JULY 24, 2004 AT 10:00 AM PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: CANEY CEMETERY ~ CANEY, OK. OFFICIATING: ELDER MIKE HUGHES. ASSISTING: SHANE NIX. CASKETBEARERS: TROY BINNEBOSE, MIKE FRANKLIN, MIKE HARKEY, BRUCE MCBRIDE, JOE THOMAS, RANDY TRIMBLE. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: BOB FRANKLIN, GENE GREEN, BARRY TRIMBLE, FABIAN TRIMBLE, STORMEY TRIMBLE.
 BORN: OCTOBER 16, 1919 IN MONTAGUE COUNTY, TX.TO A. J. AND EULA PEARL (MIDDLETON) COFFMAN. PASSED AWAY: EARLY FRIDAY MORNING, JULY 23, 2004 AT THE KINGS’ DAUGHTERS NURSING HOME IN DURANT, OK. AGE: 84 YEARS 9 MONTHS AND 7 DAYS. EDUCATION: MARY ATTENDED LONE STAR, TX SCHOOLS AND GRADUATED FROM BOWIE, TX HIGH SCHOOL WITH THE CLASS OF 1936. MARRIED: ELMER WOOD ON FEBRUARY 3, 1950 AT LAS CRUCES, NM. OCCUPATION: MARY AND HER HUSBAND ELMER OWNED AND OPERATED WOOD’S STYLE SHOP AND EL WOOD’S DEPARTMENT STORE. THEY WERE ALSO CATTLE RANCHERS. MARY WAS ALSO A CERTIFIED MEDICAL ASSISTANT. SHE LATER WORKED AS THE ASSISTANT MANAGER OF THE ATOKA TRUCK STOP AND WAS A FUNERAL ASSISTANT FOR BROWN’S FUNERAL SERVICE. CHURCH AFFILIATION: SHE WAS A MEMBER OF THE SOUTH ATOKA CHURCH OF CHRIST. SURVIVED BY GRANDCHILDREN: DONNIE LEE BLACKMON AND WIFE DEBBIE OF STRINGTOWN, OK. LINDA RAE WILLIS AND HUSBAND CHRIS OF DURANT, OK. DAVID LYNN BLACKMON OF OKLAHOMA CITY. DEBBIE KAY SPANGLER OF OKLAHOMA CITY. GREAT GRANDCHILDREN: APRIL AND DUSTIN BLACKMON. CHRIS JARMON AND WIFE NICHOLE. BRIAN AND JUSTIN HUTCHINSON. ROWDY AND DAKOTA BLACKMON. GREAT GREAT GRANDCHILD: DOMINICK JARMON. BROTHER: PAUL LYNN COFFMAN AND WIFE RUTH OF ODESSA, TX. STEP BROTHERS: CALVIN COOPER AND WIFE TIDDLEY OF EL PASO, TX. JERRY COOPER AND WIFE LOUISE OF EL PASO, TX. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HUSBAND: ELMER WOOD ON MAY 20, 1982. DAUGHTER: LOIS BLACKMON. PARENTS: A. J. AND PEARL COFFMAN. STEP-MOTHER: LEO COFFMAN. SISTERS: JUANITA COFFMAN AND VELVA COFFMAN. BROTHER: JACKIE COFFMAN.
DATE OF SERVICES: MONDAY, JULY 26, 2004 AT 10:00 AM. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: GREEN MEADOWS CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK. OFFICIATING: PAUL COFFMAN. ASSISTING: JOHN CARROLL. CASKETBEARERS: HAL ISHMAEL, ARVEL HALL, EDDIE BROWN, MARVIN ESTES, HERMAN PARKER. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: JOHNNIE SELF, FLOYD KEELER, STEVE HYATT, DON BARNARD, OREN COCHRAN, DAN HARDMAN, BILL KING.
 BORN: AUGUST 21, 1933 TO EMMETT AND DESSA (ROBINSON) DAVIS AT MANNSVILLE, OK. PASSED AWAY: EARLY SATURDAY MORNING, JULY 24, 2004 AT OKLAHOMA CITY AFTER A SHORT ILLNESS. AGE: 70 YEARS 11 MONTHS AND 3 DAYS. EDUCATION: DOTTIE ATTENDED SCHOOL AT RUSSETT AND GRADUATED FROM RAVIA HIGH SCHOOL. MARRIED: HER HIGH SCHOOL SWEETHEART CLAUDUS G. SMITH IN 1951. THEY WERE BLESSED WITH 53 WONDERFUL YEARS TOGETHER. OCCUPATION: SHE WORKED SEVERAL YEARS AT THE ATOKA STATE BANK. DOTTIE AND HER HUSBAND LATER OWNED AND OPERATED THE TISHOMINGO TRUE VALUE STORE BEFORE RETIRING TO RUN THEIR CATTLE RANCH WEST OF COLEMAN, OK. CHURCH AFFILIATION: DOTTIE WAS A TRUE CHRISTIAN LADY WHO LOVED HER CHURCH AND HER CHURCH FAMILY. SURVIVED BY HUSBAND: CLAUDUS G. SMITH OF THE HOME. DAUGHTERS: CINDI SMITH WALTERS OF MURFREESBORO, TN. PAMELA SMITH AND MICK UMSTED OF COLEMAN, OK. PENNY SMITH OF COLEMAN, OK. CRISTY ROBERTS AND HUSBAND AARON OF COALGATE, OK. GRANDCHILDREN: DOKOTA UMSTED, SMITH WALTERS, AND TORIE ROBERTS. BROTHERS: DUB DAVIS AND WIFE GEN OF CANYON LAKE, TX. BILL DAVIS AND WIFE KAY OF IRVING, TX. SISTERS: SUE DeARMAN OF WYNNEWOOD, OK. LYNDA MCDANIEL AND HUSBAND LARRY OF MADILL, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: EMMETT AND DESSA DAVIS. BROTHERS: EMMETT JR. AND LESLEY DAVIS.
DATE OF SERVICES: WEDNESDAY, JULY 28, 2004 AT 2:00 PM. PLACE OF SERVICES: PLEASANT VIEW FREEWILL BAPTIST CHURCH ~TUSHKA, OK. INTERMENT: COLEMAN CEMETERY ~ COLEMAN, OK. OFFICIATING: BROTHER STANLEY SMITH. ASSISTING: BROTHER LEONARD COOK. CASKETBEARERS: W. T. DAVIS JR., RODNEY DAVIS, ROY DAVIS, RALPH DAVIS, KEVIN DAVIS, ROBERT DAVIS, DAVID MCDANIEL, DOYLE DAVIS, L. T. DAVIS.
BORN: AUGUST 20, 1914 AT POTTAWATOMIE COUNTY, OKLAHOMA TO WILLIAM AUGUST AND NAOMI JANE (COX) TAYLOR. PASSED AWAY: EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING, JULY 28, 2004 AT THE MCALESTER REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER. AGE: 89 YEARS 11 MONTHS AND 8 DAYS. EDUCATION: AUDRA ATTENDED SCHOOL IN ARIZONA. MARRIED: WILBERT “BILL” RICKMAN IN 1942 IN NEVADA. OCCUPATION: AUDRA WAS A HOUSEWIFE AND HOMEMAKER. WHILE LIVING IN VENTURA, CA SHE WORKED AS A COOK FOR AREA RESTURANTS. CHURCH AFFILIATION: BAPTIST FAITH. SURVIVED BY SISTER-IN-LAW: IRENE TAYLOR OF LANE, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HUSBAND: WILBERT “BILL” RICKMAN ON JULY 19, 1997. PARENTS: WILLIAM AND NAOMI TAYLOR. BROTHERS: EMMERY AND ALFRED TAYLOR.
DATE OF SERVICES: NO SERVICES TO BE HELD
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