June, 2001 Memorials
 
 
 
 
NAME:    HERSCHEL DOUGLAS BOLIN, AGE 60, A LONGTIME ATOKA AREA RESIDENT.
 
BORN:    DECEMBER 20, 1940 AT MILBURN, OKLAHOMA TO JOHN IRVIN AND EVIE BEATRICE (RHEA) BOLIN.
 
PASSED AWAY:   FRIDAY, JUNE 1, 2001 AT ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.
AGE:   60 YEARS    5 MONTHS    AND   11 DAYS.
 
EDUCATION:   ATTENDED AND GRADUATED FROM WAPANUCKA HIGH SCHOOL IN 1958 AND ATTENDED MURRAY STATE COLLEGE IN TISHOMINGO, OK.
 
MARRIED:   LINDA SUE BLADES ON MAY 28, 1966 AT WAPANUCKA, OK.
 
OCCUPATION:  HERSCHEL WAS A BUILDING CONTRACTOR, A FARMER AND A RANCHER.
 
CHURCH AFFiLIATION:  A LONGTIME MEMBER OF BLACKJACK BAPTIST CHURCH. HE TAUGHT SUNDAY SCHOOL, WAS A MEMBER OF THE BLACKJACK CHOIR AND SERVED AS ASSISTANT MUSIC DIRECTOR.  HE ALSO SERVED ON THE BUILDING AND GROUNDS COMMITTEE AND AS TREASURER OF THE BUILDING FUND.
 
HERSCHEL WAS IN THE U. S. ARMY NATIONAL GUARD.
 
 
       survived by
 
WIFE:    SUE BOLIN OF THE HOME NEAR BLACKJACK, EAST OF ATOKA, OK.
 
CHILDREN:    TRESA WALKER and HUSBAND STEPHEN OF ATOKA, OK.
                         CLAY BOLIN and WIFE SHEILA OF NORMAN, OK.
 
CHOSEN SON:  RANDY WERNER OF CANEY, OK.
 
GRANDCHILDREN:   BRANDON and LINDSEY WALKER OF ATOKA, OK.
                                         KERRY and KYLE BOLIN OF NORMAN, OK.
 
MOTHER-IN-LAW:     LORENE BLADES OF WAPANUCKA, OK.
 
BROTHERS:    RAY BOLIN and WIFE NELLIE OF CLARITA, OK.
                           LEROY “PETE” BOLIN and WIFE MAXINE OF TUTTLE, OK.
 
SISTERS:   NEOMA McGLOCKLIN OF MILBURN, OK.
                     LAVON DANIEL and HUSBAND BOB OF ATOKA, OK.
 
UNCLE:   G. T. BOLIN and WIFE OLETA OF OKLAHOMA CITY.
 
AUNT:    VADA ARMSTRONG OF GARLAND, TX.
 
 
       preceded in death by
 
PARENTS:   JOHN IRVIN and EVIE BEATRICE BOLIN.
BROTHERS:    THURMAN BOLIN and JOHN BOLIN.
GRANDDAUGHTER:   KAITLYNNE BOLIN.
FATHER-IN-LAW:   N. D. BLADES.
        
 
FUNERAL SERVICES:    SUNDAY, JUNE 3, 2001 AT 3:00 P.M.
PLACE OF SERVICES:   BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK.
 
INTERMENT:   GREEN MEADOWS CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK.
 
OFFICIATING:   REV. LARRY SCHOONOVER.
ASSISTING:   REV. GENE SLUDER.
 
CASKETBEARERS:   (HIS SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASS MEMBERS) TRENTON ANGEL, MIKE HOOK, MARVIN ISHMAEL, ROGER LEUTY, HURSHELL LEUTY, WAYNE OWENS, RICKY HUNT, BUDDY ELDRIDGE.
 
HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:  KEITH HILL, MIKE EVANS, BOB WYRICK, DALE SILVERS, PAUL SILVERS, RAYMOND TAYLOR, CLYDE HARRISON, BILL KIRBY, CECIL REEVES.
 
 
 
 
NAME:  ZELDA ADELINE (BONES) DAVIS, AGE 84, OF COALGATE, AND A FORMER ADA AND SEMINOLE RESIDENT.
 
BORN:  JULY 26, 1916 AT COALGATE, OKLAHOMA TO PHILIP EDWARD AND MIMA STELLA (BROWN) BONES.
 
PASSED AWAY:   FRIDAY, JUNE 1, 2001 AT HURLEY MANOR IN COALGATE, OK.
AGE:   84 YEARS    10 MONTHS   AND   5 DAYS.
 
EDUCATION:   ATTENDED COALGATE SCHOOLS AND GRADUATED FROM COALGATE HIGH SCHOOL WITH THE CLASS OF 1933 AT THE AGE OF SIXTEEN. SHE COMPLETED A BOOKKEEPING COURSE FROM HILLS BUSINESS COLLEGE.
 
MARRIED:   LEON DAVIS ON MARCH 25, 1938 AT COALGATE, OK.
 
OCCUPATION:  ZELDA WAS WORKING FOR HUDSON’S BIG COUNTRY STORE AS A BOOKKEEPER AT THE TIME OF HER MARRIAGE.. SHE LATER WORKED FOR DAVIS MOTOR CO  IN COALGATE, THE LEE CO. IN ADA, AND THEN RETIRED FROM B AND L ELECTRIC IN SEMINOLE AS SECRETARY AND BOOKKEEPER.
 
CHURCH AFFiLIATION:    ZELDA WAS A LONGTIME FAITHFUL MEMBER OF THE CHURCH OF CHRIST WHERE SHE TAUGHT BIBLE CLASSES AND ASSISTED IN VACATION BIBLE SCHOOLS. SHE AND HUSBAND LEON OPENED THEIR HOME TO MANY VISITING PREACHERS AND THEIR FAMILIES. THEY RAISED THEIR FIVE CHILDREN IN COALGATE, ADA, AND SEMINOLE. HER PRINCIPLE INTERESTS IN LIFE WERE RAISING HER CHILDREN AND THE CHURCH.
 
 
     SURVIVED BY
 
CHILDREN:    RUTH (DAVIS) ISHMAEL AND HUSBAND HAL OF ATOKA, OK.
                         KEN DAVIS AND WIFE NETA OF MOORE, OK.
                         DON DAVIS AND WIFE ADA OF STILLWATER, OK.
                         JANE (DAVIS) JOHNSON AND HUSBAND RAYMOND OF TISHOMINGO, OK.
                         PATTY (DAVIS) COFFMAN AND HUSBAND ROY OF OMAHA, NE.
 
10 GRANDCHILDREN AND 16 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.
 
SISTER:    WILDRED ROBENA (BONES) BROWN OF COALGATE, OK.
 
BROTHER:   DARYL DeWITT BONES OF DALLAS, TX.
 
SISTERS IN-LAW:    ERMA DEAN (DAVIS) FARRIS OF SHAWNEE, OK.
                                     DOLORES JEAN JACKSON OF CHOUTEAU, OK.
 
 
       preceded in death by
 
HUSBAND:   LEON DAVIS ON FEBRUARY 12, 1984.
PARENTS:   PHILIP EDWARD AND MIMA STELLA BONES.
BROTHER:   ED BONES JR.
SISTERS:   HELEN LOUISE (BONES) MAY, RUBY ESTELLE BONES, BESSIE LUCILLE BONES, MABEL BEATRICE (BONES) SORRELLS, LOIS
                     MAGDALYN (BONES) HARRIS, and MILDRED REGINA BONES.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:  TUESDAY, JUNE 5, 2001 AT 2:00 P.M.
PLACE OF SERVICES:   CHURCH OF CHRIST ~ COALGATE, OK.
 
INTERMENT:   COALGATE CEMETERY ~ COALGATE, OK.
 
OFFICIATING:   HAL ISHMAEL.
 
CASKETBEARERS:   (GRANDSONS) CHRIS ISHMAEL, GREG ISHMAEL, BUD DAVIS, ERIC JOHNSON, KEVIN JOHNSON, SHANE COFFMAN.
 
HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:  (GRANDSONS IN-LAW) SCOTT YOUNG, JAMES STEPHENS ll, STEVE VARNER, JEFF HELDT.
 
 
 
 
NAME:    BONNIE BILL (MITCHELL) JOHNSTON, AGE 87, A LONGTIME LANE AREA RESIDENT.

BORN:  APRIL 9, 1914 AT TALIHINA, OKLAHOMA TO ALBERT HARRISON AND TONI (FITZGERALD) MITCHELL.
 
PASSED AWAY: SUNDAY, JUNE 3, 2001 AT WILSON N. JONES HOSPITAL IN SHERMAN, TX.
AGE:   87 YEARS   1 MONTH   AND   24 DAYS

EDUCATION:   ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT TALIHINA AND STRINGTOWN, OK.

MARRIED:   KENNETH LEE JOHNSTON AT HARMONY, OK.

OCCUPATION:  BONNIE WAS A WAITRESS AT JOE’S DINER IN ATOKA AND COOKED A NUMBER YEARS AT LANE SCHOOL.

CHURCH AFFiLIATION:  LONGTIME MEMBER OF LANE CHURCH OF CHRIST.
 

     SURVIVED BY

SON:   DAVID JOE JOHNSTON and WIFE BEVERLY OF SHERMAN, TX.

GRANDCHILDREN:   DEBBIE MOODY and HUSBAND MIKE OF LANE, OK.
                                       CONNIE ZALENSKI OF LANE, OK.
                                       TONY ROBINSON and WIFE RENA OF SHERMAN, TX.
                                       JOHN DAVID JOHNSTON OF MINERAL WELLS, TX.
                                       TIM ZALENSKI and WIFE JANA OF SHAWNEE, OK.
                                       ROY SANDERS and WIFE SHANNON OF McALESTER, OK.

GREAT GRANDCHILDREN:   MALLORY, MATT, DEREK, and DANIEL MOODY.
                                                     WADDELL and AMBER HEARN.
                                                     CORD ZALENSKI.
                                                     GARRETT AGIULAR.
                                                     CODY LANE JOHNSTON.
                                                     CARA and CIARA ZALENSKI.
                                                     CHASE SANDERS.

SISTERS:   RUBY MARLEY OF BUFFALO VALLEY, OK.
                     ALICE THOMPSON OF JACKSONVILLE, FL.

BROTHER:   BUCK MITCHELL OF LOCKHART, TX.

SISTER-IN-LAW:   CONNIE MITCHELL OF MIDWEST CITY, OK.

SPECIAL NEPHEW:  RICHARD MITCHELL IN ATOKA CARE CENTER.


     PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

HUSBAND:   KENNETH JOHNSTON ON NOVEMBER 22, 1975.
PARENTS:   ALBERT and TONI MITCHELL.
BROTHERS:  JOE, MILLARD, and JACK MITCHELL.
SISTERS:   PEARL MARLETT, EFFIE GRIGSBY, MINNIE CHESSER, and EDITH TIDWELL.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:  THURSDAY, JUNE 7, 2001 AT 2:00 P.M.
PLACE OF SERVICES:   BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK.

INTERMENT:   BUTLER CEMETERY ~ LANE, OK.

OFFICIATING:   LLOYD McELHANEY.

CASKETBEARERS:   GLENN NORTON, WADDELL HEARN, BENNY HOGAN, KENNY HOGAN, MATT MOODY, RON MARBLE.
 
 
 
 
NAME:    DOROTHY MAE (COVEY) ESTEP RICHARDSON, AGE 79 A LONGTIME ATOKA AREA RESIDENT.

BORN:  OCTOBER 6, 1921 AT DURANT, OKLAHOMA TO J. W. AND SALLY (HILL) COVEY.
 
PASSED AWAY: SUNDAY JUNE 10, 2001 AT THE ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.
 
AGE: 79 YEARS   8 MONTHS    AND   4 DAYS

EDUCATION:   ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT COBB IN BRYAN COUNTY, OK.

MARRIED:     MACK HARRISON ESTEP ON JULY 3, 1936 AT DURANT, OK.
                         JAMES RICHARDSON.

OCCUPATION:  SHE WAS A HOUSEWIFE AND HOMEMAKER.

CHURCH AFFILIATION:  MEMBER OF THE ATOKA FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH AND FORMER MEMBER OF BENTLEY, HILLCREST, AND SOUTHSIDE BAPTIST.


     SURVIVED BY

CHILDREN:    LOUISE MILAM AND HUSBAND DON OF ATOKA, OK.
                         JERRY ESTEP AND WIFE MARY OF ATOKA, OK.


GRANDCHILDREN:   DONNA LOWE AND HUSBAND BILL OF ATOKA, OK.
                                         RHONDA SAIN AND HUSBAND DONALD OF ATOKA, OK.
                                         DAVID MILAM AND WIFE HEATHER OF ATOKA, OK.
                                         STEVE ESTEP AND WIFE GINA OF ATOKA, OK.

GREAT GRANDCHILDREN:   MELISSA McDANIEL AND HUSBAND ROCKY OF ATOKA, OK.
                                                       BILLY LOWE OF ATOKA, OK.
                                                       DILLON SAIN OF ATOKA, OK.
                                                       SHELBY MILAM OF ATOKA, OK.
                                                       BRANDON ESTEP OF ATOKA, OK.

GREAT GREAT GRANDCHILDREN:   ROXY AND NATHALIE McDANIEL AND ANOTHER IS EXPECTED SOON.

SISTERS:   LILLIAN BRADLEY AND HUSBAND JESS OF PHOENIX, AZ.
                     CHRISTINE COVEY AND HUSBAND PETE OF CALERA, OK.


     PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

PARENTS:   J. W. AND SALLY COVEY.
HUSBANDS:  MACK ESTEP ON MARCH 11, 1964.
                         JAMES RICHARDSON ON DECEMBER 29, 1997.
SON:   BILLY MIKE ESTEP.
SISTERS:   MATTIE MORRIS AND EDITH MULLINS.
BROTHERS:  CLARENCE AND RALPH COVEY.
SPECIAL FRIEND:  VIC DOWNING.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:  TUESDAY, JUNE 12, 2001 AT 2:00 P.M.
PLACE OF SERVICES:   BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK.

INTERMENT:   BENTLEY CEMETERY ~ BENTLEY, OK.

OFFICIATING:   REV. JOHN HOWARD.
ASSISTING:   REV. RICHARD MAGBY.

CASKETBEARERS:   DONALD COYLE, JAY LEE, TOBIE RAINS, TROY GAMMON Jr., BENNIE HOGAN, TRACY COYLE.

HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:    MICHAEL HOOPER, STEVE ESTEP, DAVID MILAM, BILLY LOWE, BILL LOWE, ROCKY McDANIEL, TERRY RICHARDSON.
 
 
 
 
NAME:    BILLIE JO ( BANKER) BROWN, AGE 70, A LONGTIME ATOKA AREA  RESIDENT.
 
BORN:  JUNE 10, 1931 AT DURANT, OKLAHOMA TO JINK DONALDSON “J.D.” AND LORA WILLIE (SLACK) BANKER.
 
PASSED AWAY: SUNDAY JUNE 10, 2001 AT THE HURLEY HOSPITAL IN COALGATE, OK.
AGE:   70 YEARS    0 MONTHS  AND  0 DAYS.
 
EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS IN OKLAHOMA CITY.
 
MARRIED:   ARRIE LEROY “GENE” BROWN ON OCTOBER1, 1949 AT BETHANY, OK.
 
OCCUPATION:  SHE WAS A HOUSEWIFE AND HOMEMAKER AND HAD RESIDED AT THE COLONIAL LIVING CENTER LAST FEW YEARS.
 
CHURCH AFFILIATION:  MEMBER OF THE CHURCH OF CHRIST. SHE WAS A MEMBER OF THE CANEY CONGREGATION AND HAD ATTENDED LANE CONGREGATION WHILE HEALTH PERMITTED.
 
 
       survived by
 
CHILDREN:    CAROLYN JO HARPER AND HUSBAND GEORGE OF MOORE, OK.
                           GLENDA MOBBS AND HUSBAND MIKE OF ATOKA, OK.
                           JEANINE BROWN OF ATOKA, OK.
 
GRANDCHILDREN:   JAMES MONROE HARPER OF MOORE, OK.
                                       SHELLY RYAN AND HUSBAND MICHAEL OF ATOKA, OK.
                                       ASHLEY MOBBS OF ATOKA, OK.
                                       MICHAEL “BUBBA” MOBBS, OF ATOKA, OK.
 
BROTHERS:  HAROLD BANKER AND WIFE MELBA OF OKLAHOMA CITY.
                         JERRY BANKER AND WIFE SHIRLEY OF McALESTER, OK.
                         JACKY BANKER AND WIFE SANDY OF ATOKA, OK.
 
SISTER:  WANDA HUTCHENSON AND HUSBAND PAT OF ATOKA, OK.
 
 
       preceded in death by
 
PARENTS:   J. D. AND LORA BANKER.
HUSBAND:   GENE BROWN ON OCTOBER 4, 1988.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:    TUESDAY, JUNE 12, 2001 AT 10:00 A.M.
PLACE OF SERVICES:   BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK.
 
INTERMENT:   TUSHKA CEMETERY ~ TUSHKA, OK.
 
OFFICIATING:   LLOYD McELHANEY
 
CASKETBEARERS:   (NEPHEWS) DAVID HUTCHENSON, DONALD HUTCHESON, RANDY HUTCHESON, SCOTT HUTCHESON, STEVEN BANKER, BRIAN DAY, DAYNE BANKER, CHRIS BANKER, JEFF BANKER, BRETT BANKER.
 
 
 
 
NAME:    RUBY “NADINE” (ELLIS) ASHLEY, AGE 46, OF LATTA FORMER LONGTIME TUPELO RESIDENT.
 
BORN:  MARCH 15, 1955 AT TUPELO, OKLAHOMA TO JOHN HENRY AND PATSY (REED) ELLIS.
 
PASSED AWAY: SUNDAY JUNE 10, 2001 AT HER HOME IN LATTA, OK.
AGE:     46 YEARS  2 MONTHS   AND   25 DAYS
 
EDUCATION:   GRADUATED FROM TUPELO HIGH SCHOOL IN 1973 AND ATTENDED EAST CENTRAL UNIVERSITY IN ADA, OK.
 
MARRIED:   JOHN ASHLEY ON JANUARY 21, 1978 AT COLE CAMP, KS.
 
OCCUPATION:  SHE WAS A HOUSEWIFE AND HOMEMAKER AND WORKED MANY YEARS IN CHILD CARE IN THE ADA AREA.
 
CHURCH AFFILIATION:    MEMBER OF THE TUPELO BAPTIST CHURCH AND IN RECENT YEARS SHE HAD AFFILIATED WITH THE COVENANT CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN LATTA.
 
 
       survived by
 
HUSBAND:   JOHN OF THE HOME IN LATTA, OK.
 
CHILDREN:    GRAHAM ASHLEY OF THE HOME IN LATTA, OK.
                         CARRIE SOUTER AND HUSBAND RUSSELL OF TULSA, OK.
 
GRANDSON:    LOMIS SOUTER OF TULSA, OK.
 
FATHER:    JOHN HENRY ELLIS AND WIFE LETRELLE OF TUPELO, OK.
 
MOTHER:    PATSY HORTON OF ADA, OK
 
BROTHERS:    CLIFTON ELLIS AND WIFE LINDA OF HOLDENVILLE, OK.
                           BUB ELLIS OF MARSHALL, TX.
                           RICK ELLIS OF TUPELO, OK.
 
SISTER:    DEBRA COLUMBINE AND HUSBAND BOB OF INDEPENDANCE, MO.
 
STEP SISTERS:    ROMANA BUNCH AND HUSBAND TERRY OF KONAWA, OK.
                                 LaDAWN RAGSDALE AND HUSBAND DOUG OF LINDALE, TX.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:    WEDNESDAY, JUNE 13, 2001 AT 2:00 P.M.
PLACE OF SERVICES:   COVENANT CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH ~ LATTA, OK.  
 
INTERMENT:   PLEASANT GROVE CEMETERY ~ TUPELO, OK.
 
OFFICIATING:   REV. KEVIN WARD.
ASSISTING:   REV. NORLAND SCRUDDER.
 
CASKETBEARERS:   (NEPHEWS) JOHN C. ELLIS ll, JEREMY ELLIS, JAMIE ELLIS, RICKY ELLIS, PAUL ELLIS, DOMETRIUS ROBERTS.
 
HONORARY CASKETBEARER:   MELVIN BURRIS.
 
SERVICES UNDER THE DIRECTION OF BROWN’S FUNERAL SERVICE TUPELO, OKLAHOMA
 
 
 
 
NAME:    WILLARD COLEMAN TOWNSEND, AGE 60, OF DURANT AND FORMER LEHIGH RESIDENT.

BORN:  NOVEMBER 15, 1940 AT LEHIGH, OKLAHOMA TO WILLARD PHARMER AND MARCELLA JEAN (MILLS) TOWNSEND.
 
PASSED AWAY:   MONDAY, JUNE 11, 2001 AT SCOTT & WHITE HOSPITAL IN TEMPLE, TEXAS.
AGE:   60 YEARS  6 MONTHS   AND   26 DAYS.

EDUCATION:   GRADUATED FROM COALGATE HIGH SCHOOL IN 1958 AND ATTENDED SEMINOLE JUNIOR COLLEGE AND OKLAHOMA CITY UNIVERSITY.  COLEMAN HAD A BACHELOR OF SCIENCE DEGREE IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE.

MARRIED:   PATRICIA ANN McAUSLAND IN SHERMAN, TX.

OCCUPATION:  EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF CHOCTAW NATION TRIBAL POLICE AND CHOCTAW NATION TRIBAL SECURITY. FORMER LIEUTENANT WITH THE SEMINOLE POLICE DEPARTMENT, CHIEF OF POLICE WITH THE WEWOKA POLICE DEPARTMENT, CHIEF OF POLICE WITH THE DURANT POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR OVER 3 YEARS AND WAS AN AGENT WITH THE OKLAHOMA STATE BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION.

CHURCH AFFILIATION:  BAPTIST FAITH AND WAS A MASON WITH THE DURANT LODGE.

COLEMAN SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE U.S. ARMY AND WAS A PARATROOPER WITH THE 101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION.


     SURVIVED BY

WIFE:  PATRICIA ANN TOWNSEND OF THE HOME IN DURANT, OK.

CHILDREN:    LORA ANN TOWNSEND OF DURANT, OK.
                         TWEETY PROUGH OF CLANTON, AL.
                         GINNA MARIE HILL and HUSBAND DALE OF NINNEKAH, OK.

GRANDCHILDREN:   JUSTIN COLEMAN TOWNSEND OF DURANT, OK.
                                         PRESTON DAKOTA PROUGH OF CLANTON, AL.
                                         COLTON DALE HILL OF NINNEKAH, OK.
                                         TRISTON LANE HILL OF NINNEKAH, OK.
                                         BRANDON LEE PROUGH OF DURANT, OK.

SISTER:    VIRGINIA TOWNSEND OF COALGATE, OK.

SISTER-IN-LAW:   MARY LAYTON and HUSBAND BOB OF COALGATE, OK.

AUNTS:   BEATRICE WOLFE and HUSBAND WAYNE OF LEHIGH, OK.
                 CHARLOTTE BRUNKHORST and HUSBAND GARY OF IRVING, TX.


     PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

PARENTS:   PHARMER and JEAN TOWNSEND.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:  THURSDAY, JUNE 14, 2001 AT 10:00 A.M.
PLACE OF SERVICES:   DR. JOHN O. LINTON BUILDING AT THE COALGATE HIGH SCHOOL.

INTERMENT:   CENTRAHOMA CEMETERY ~ CENTRAHOMA, OK.

OFFICIATING:   REV. HARRY BOYDSTUN.
ASSISTING:   REV. ROSS KIRVEN.

CASKETBEARERS:   JIM WARD, DANNY JOHNSON, RICK ARNOLD, SPENCER MULLENS, JOHN BATES, JEFF GOOSTREE.

HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:  MIKE BAILEY, RICK CLEM, ROY ROBINSON, MIKE RUSSELL, R. D. HENDRIX, EUGENE TAYLOR, KENNETH JOHNSON, ARRON HOMER, CHOCTAW NATION TRIBAL POLICE AND CHOCTAW NATION TRIBAL SECURITY OFFICERS.
 
 
 
 
NAME:      ETHEL (ALLEN) PHILLIPS, AGE 93, LONGTIME LANE AREA RESIDENT.

BORN:    MARCH 18, 1908 AT ALLEN, OKLA. TO ISAAC BAILEY AND MARTHA ISABELLE (DAVIS) ALLEN.
 
PASSED AWAY:   WEDNESDAY, JUNE 13, 2001 AT HURLEY MANOR IN COALGATE, OK.
AGE:   93 YEARS  2 MONTHS   AND   25 DAYS.

EDUCATION: GRADUATED FROM IRONSTOB SCHOOL.

MARRIED:   ESCAR ALSTON PHILLIPS ON MARCH 14, 1926 AT LANE, OK.

OCCUPATION:  HOUSEWIFE AND HOMEMAKER.

CHURCH AFFILIATION:  LONGTIME MEMBER OF THE CRYSTAL BAPTIST CHURCH.


     SURVIVED BY

DAUGHTER:    DEBBIE GEORGE AND HUSBAND ED OF EUFAULA, OK.

SONS:    JESSE WAYNE PHILLIPS OF LANE, OK.
               DONALD PHILLIPS OF OKLAHOMA CITY.
               KENNETH PHILLIPS AND WIFE ERMA OF DAISY OF OK.
               JAMES PHILLIPS AND WIFE SHARON OF LANE, OK.

17 GRANDCHILDREN, 24 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, AND 4 GREAT GREAT GRANDCHILDREN:

SISTERS:   IRENE GOFF OF LANE, OK.
                     OPAL RECTOR AND HUSBAND PETE OF LANE, OK.
                     LUCILLE FOREAKER OF DALLAS, TX.

BROTHERS:    CARL ALLEN OF ATOKA, OK.
                           MONROE ALLEN AND WIFE KATHY OF ATOKA, OK.
                           LESTER ALLEN OF LANE, OK.
                           BILL ALLEN OF ATOKA, OK.


     PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

PARENTS:   ISAAC AND MARTHA ALLEN.
HUSBAND:   ESCAR PHILLIPS ON JANUARY 6, 1981.
SON:   J. D. PHILLIPS.
SISTERS:   DESSIE MORELAND AND BERTHA YATES.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:  SATURDAY, JUNE 16, 2001 AT 10:00 A.M.
PLACE OF SERVICES:   BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK.

INTERMENT:   BUTLER CEMETERY ~ LANE, OK.

OFFICIATING:   FAMILY MEMBERS.

CASKETBEARERS:   (NEPHEWS)   MIKE GOFF, JEFF GOFF, SONNY GOFF, REX ALLEN, BILLY MORELAND, CHARLES MORELAND, I. B. MORELAND, RAY GOFF.

HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:  (NEPHEWS) PHILLIP ALLEN, DEWAYNE ALLEN, BART RECTOR, GENE RECTOR, RONNIE GOFF.
 
 
 
 
NAME:    SHEILA LYNNE’ (WILSON) SANDERS, AGE 39, OF IDABEL, OK.

BORN:  FEBRUARY 6, 1962 AT ROGERS OKLAHOMA TO BILLY DEAN  AND CAROLYN (SNODDERLY) WILSON.
 
PASSED AWAY:   THURSDAY, JUNE 14, 2001 AT McCURTAIN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL IN IDABEL, OK.
 
AGE:   39 YEARS  4 MONTHS   AND   8 DAYS.

EDUCATION:   ATTENDED SCHOOLS IN ARKANSAS.

MARRIED:   CALVIN SANDERS ON MARCH 21, 1987 AT DEQUEEN, AR.

CHURCH AFFILIATION:  MEMBER OF GARVIN FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH IN IDABEL, OK.

OCCUPATION:  HOUSEWIFE AND HOMEMAKER AND WORKED AS AN E.M.T. AT TAHLEQUAH, MUSKOGEE, AND IN ATOKA FOR A SHORT WHILE.


     SURVIVED BY

HUSBAND:   CALVIN SANDERS OF THE HOME IN IDABEL, OK.

STEPCHILDREN:    BRIAN SANDERS and WIFE GINA OF MIDWEST CITY, OK.
                                     APRIL LLOYD and HUSBAND JOHNNY OF IDABEL, OK.
                                     LORI SANDERS OF IDABEL, OK.
                                     AMBER GIBSON and HUSBAND JOEL OF ATOKA, OK.

MOTHER:  CAROLYN WILSON OF GARFIELD, AR.

SISTERS:   BEVERLY WILSON OF GARFIELD, AR.
                     KIM KASSING and HUSBAND DAVID OF GARFIELD, AR.

BROTHER:   KENNY WILSON and WIFE CHRISTI OF PONCA CITY, OK.

MOTHER-IN-LAW:   ALEAN SANDERS OF ATOKA, OK.

11 STEP GRANDCHILDREN.


     PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

GRANDPARENTS:  RALPH and NORA SNODDERLY.
FATHER-IN-LAW:   ERNIE SANDERS.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:    MONDAY, JUNE 18, 2001 AT 2:00 P.M.
PLACE OF SERVICES:   BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK.

INTERMENT:   BENTLEY CEMETERY ~ BENTLEY, OK.

OFFICIATING:   REV. ERNEST ELDRIDGE.

CASKETBEARERS:   MARC SANDERS, GREG MATLOCK, NELSON WESLEY, BILLY DORRIES, WILLIE ELDRIDGE, BUDDY ELDRIDGE.

HIONORARY CASKETBEARERS:   TERRY MATLOCK, JAMES LEE, CARL HUTSON.
 
 
 
 
NAME:    LEXI LEE WILLIS, INFANT DAUGHTER OF RICKY HAYDEN WILLIS AND DANA McCARTY OF THE LANE AREA.

BORN AND PASSED AWAY:  SATURDAY, JUNE 16, 2001 AT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL IN OKLAHOMA CITY.


     SURVIVED BY

PARENTS:   RICKY WILLIS AND DANA McCARTY.

BROTHERS:    GAVIN BURCHFIELD.OF LANE, OK.
                           DAX WILLIS OF LANE, OK.

PATERNAL GRANDPARENTS:   DEBBIE AND TROY BRASFIELD OF LANE, OK.
                                                             HAYDEN WAYNE WILLIS OF CANEY, OK.

MATERNAL GRANDPARENTS:   ABBIE AND NEIL BILLY OF RATTAN, O.
                                                           STEVE AND PAM MOORE OF FARRIS, OK.

GREAT GRANDPARENTS:    COY AND PAT McCARTY OF FARRIS, OK.
                                                     VONDEE WINTERS OF LANE, OK.
                                                     EARLINE AND BOBBY WINTERS OF GRANDBURY OF TX.
                                                     BILL MOORE OF ANTLERS, OK.

GREAT GREAT GRANDPARENTS:    SAM AND LINDA HEARRELL OF LANE, OK.
                                                                   JANIE BRASFIELD OF ARPELAR, OK.


     PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

GREAT GREAT GRANDFATHER:   TROY BRASFIELD SR.
GREAT GRANDMOTHER:   RUBY WINTERS.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:  MONDAY, JUNE 18, 2001 AT 10:00 A.M.
PLACE OF SERVICES:   GRAVESIDE SERVICES..
 
INTERMENT:   BUTLER CEMETERY ~ LANE, OK.

OFFICIATING:   REV. BRAD JONES.

CASKETBEARERS:   STEPHEN MOORE, RAY VASCONCELLOS, NICK VASCONCELLOS, TIELER BILLY, RUSTY WILLIS, RANDY WILLIS, NEWT BRASFIELD.
 
 
 
 
NAME:    IDA BELL (MILLS) MEAD, AGE 79, LONGTIME ATOKA COUNTY RESIDENT.

BORN:  OCTOBER 25, 1921 AT MARIETTA, OK TO OSCAR AND NELL (JOHNSTON) MILLS.
 
PASSED AWAY:   WEDNESDAY, JUNE 27, 2001 AT HER RESIDENCE IN CRYSTAL, OK.
AGE:   79 YEARS  8 MONTHS   AND    2 DAYS.

EDUCATION:   ATTENDED SCHOOL AT MARIETTA, OK.

MARRIED:   ROY LEON MEAD ON DECEMBER 24, 1947 AT ATOKA, OK.

OCCUPATION:    HOUSEWIFE AND HOMEMAKER.

CHURCH AFFILIATION:  LONGTIME MEMBER OF LANE BAPTIST CHURCH.

IDA WAS A MEMBER OF THE EASTERN STAR, ATOKA CHAPTER.


     SURVIVED BY

DAUGHTER:    HYDIE EUBANKS AND HUSBAND MIKE OF LANE, OK.

GRANDCHILDREN:   BRANDY DAWN EUBANKS AND FIANCE’ DELBERT JENKINS OF LANE, OK.
                                         CHEYENNE DESTINY EUBANKS OF LANE, OK.

GREAT GRANDSON:  AUSTIN EUBANKS OF LANE, OK.


     PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

PARENTS:   OSCAR AND NELL MILLS.
HUSBAND:   ROY MEAD ON JANUARY 24, 1998.
SISTER:    MARGARET GREEN.
BROTHER:   LONNIE MILLS.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:  SATURDAY, JUNE 30, 2001 AT 10:00 A.M.
PLACE OF SERVICES:   BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK.

INTERMENT:   BUTLER CEMETERY ~ LANE, OK.

OFFICIATING:   REV. BRAD JONES.

CASKETBEARERS: JOE YOUNG, VERNON EASTRIDGE, DALE HOGAN, R. V. GOODSON, BOB WYRICK, DELBERT SHEFFIELD.

HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:  DOLAN LATIMER, JESSIE WAYNE PHILLIPS, C. E. EUBANKS, BROWN WYRICK, JAMES JACKSON, HOMER BLAKER.
 
 
 
 
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