June, 1997 Memorials
 
 
 
 
NAME:      JESSIE DEAN (ROWELL) BAKER, AGE 73, LIFELONG STRINGTOWN AREA RESIDENT.
 
BORN:      MARCH 26, 1924 AT GREASY BEND, EAST OF STRINGTOWN, OK TO JACK AND LUCILLE (TEDFORD) ROWELL.
 
PASSED AWAY:     WEDNESDAY, JUNE 4, 1997 AT HER STRINGTOWN RESIDENCE.
AGE:     73  YEARS   2  MONTHS  AND    8 DAYS.
 
EDUCATION:     ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT STRINGTOWN, OK.
 
MARRIED:     JAKE BRADFORD BAKER ON DECEMBER 24, 1944 AT COALGATE, OK.
 
OCCUPATION:      SHE WAS A HOUSEWIFE. 
 
CHURCH AFFILIATION:    LONGTIME MEMBER OF STRINGTOWN FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH.
 
 
     SURVIVED BY
 
CHILDREN:      PRICILLA MAINE AND HUSBAND RUSSELL OF ATOKA, OK.
                           RONNIE BAKER AND WIFE CAROLYN OF ALLEN, OK.
                           JAKE ANTHONY BAKER AND WIFE SHERRY OF TULSA, OK.
                           PAMELA THOMPSON AND HUSBAND LESTER OF STRINGTOWN, OK.
                           WAYNE BRADFORD BAKER AND WIFE SHERRI OF FT. GIBSON, OK.
                           KATHRYN LUCILLE BENSON AND HUSBAND KURT OF ATOKA, OK.
 
20 GRANDCHILDREN, 17 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.
 
AUNT:    GRACE JACKSON OF MIAMI, OK.
 
NIECE:     CAROLYN HAND OF HOUSTON, TX.
 
NEPHEW:    SKIP ROWELL OF ARPALER, OK.
 
 
     PRECEDED IN DEATH BY
 
PARENTS:     JACK AND LUCILLE ROWELL.
HUSBAND:     JAKE BAKER ON MARCH 3, 1972.
BROTHER:   O. D. ROWELL.
SISTER:    VIOLET STRICKLAND.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:      FRIDAY, JUNE 6, 1997 AT 10:00 A.M.
PLACE OF SERVICES:     FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH ~ STRINGTOWN.
 
INTERMENT:    RESTHAVEN MEMORIAL PARK  ~ OKLAHOMA CITY.
 
OFFICIATING:     REV. LOYD THOMPSON.
 
CASKETBEARERS:     BILL GIVENS, FRANKLIN STALLINGS, WILLIE BLAIR, RON MARLEY, BILL POTTS, STEVE KENNEDY.
 
HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:    SHANE MATTHEWS, FLOYD GIBSON, FLETCHER B. GIVENS, ARCHIE BOWELS, AND (GRANDSONS) JOEL MAINE, TERRY DON BAKER, DAVID WAYNE BAKER, JOSH BRADFORD BAKER, KURTIS JAMES BENSON, BOBBY JAKE BAKER.
 
 
 
 
NAME:      LUCY (PRUETT) PARHAM, AGE 71, OF RURAL CANEY, OKLAHOMA.
 
BORN:    JUNE 14, 1925 AT JETHRO, AR TO CANNIE (“Caney”) HOWARD AND JESSIE (CAMPBELL) PRUETT.
 
PASSED AWAY:     SUNDAY, JUNE 8, 1997 AT HER RESIDENCE EAST OF MT. CARMEL.
AGE:     71 YEARS  11 MONTHS   AND   24 DAYS.
 
EDUCATION:     ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT MINERAL HILL (MULBERRY), ARKANSAS AND WEST ALISON, ATOKA COUNTY, OK.
 
MARRIED:     CURTIS PARHAM JR ON JUNE 27, 1965 AT DURANT, OK.
 
OCCUPATION:    SHE WAS A HOUSEWIFE.
 
CHURCH AFFILIATION:    LONGTIME MEMBER OF MT. CARMEL BAPTIST CHURCH, NEAR CANEY, OK.
 
 
     SURVIVED BY
 
HUSBAND:     CURTIS PARHAM, JR. OF THE HOME NEAR CANEY, OK.
 
CHILDREN:    WILMA GIBBY AND HUSBAND JOHN OF CANEY, OK.
                           GLEN DILLARD AND WIFE CHRISTINE OF CANEY, OK.
                           LEE SMITH AND HUSBAND DONNIE OF CANEY, OK.
 
GRANDCHILDREN:     RANDELL DILLARD AND WIFE SHERRY OF CANEY, OK..
                                         DANNY SMITH AND WIFE CHRISTINE OF CANEY, OK.
                                         ANTHONY DILLARD AND WIFE JANIE OF CANEY, OK.
                                         VICKY SMITH OF CANEY, OK.
                                         TANYA GIBBY OF CANEY, OK.
 
GREAT GRANDCHILDREN:     JEFFREY, JASON, TOBY, BRAD, CLETUS, SHELBY, AND JUSTIN.
 
BROTHER:     WAYNE PRUETT AND WIFE BARBARA OF CANEY, OK.
                         BILL PRUETT OF OKLAHOMA CITY.
 
SISTERS:     NADINE PARHAM OF CANEY, OK.
                       HALEY JEWELL PRUETT OF ROANOKE, TX.
                       DOROTHY THOMAS OF ROANOKE, TX.
                       FRANCIS PUGH AND HUSBAND ROY OF CANEY, OK.
 
 
     PRECEDED IN DEATH BY
 
PARENTS:     CANNIE AND JESSIE PRUETT.
SON:     H. L. DILLARD.
SISTER:    ONA EMERY.
BROTHERS:    THOMAS AND RALPH PRUETT.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:    TUESDAY, JUNE 10, 1997 AT 2:00 P.M.
PLACE OF SERVICES:     MT. CARMEL BAPTIST CHURCH ~ NEAR CANEY, OK.
 
INTERMENT:     CANEY CEMETERY ~ CANEY, OKLAHOMA.
 
OFFICIATING:     REV.  BOB JOHNSON.
ASSISTING:     REV. VON WEAVER.
 
CASKETBEARERS:     KENNETH HOUSER, COLEMAN HOUSER, DONALD HOUSER, DORMAN NUTTALL, DANIEL CRITE, PHENO WILSON.
 
 
 
 
NAME:      MARY ANN (ROBINS) DANIELS , AGE 81 OF ATOKA, OKLAHOMA.
 
BORN:    AUGUST 2, 1915 AT BOKCHITO, OK TO JACOB G. AND JULIA ANN (GENTRY) ROBINS.
 
PASSED AWAY:     WEDNESDAY NIGHT, JUNE 11, 1997  AT HER ATOKA RESIDENCE.
AGE:     81 YEARS  10 MONTHS    9 DAYS.
 
EDUCATION:     ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT BOSWELL AND NORTH WARD IN ATOKA, OK.
 
MARRIED:     EUGEAN DANIELS IN 1946 IN KANSAS.
 
OCCUPATION:    HOUSEWIFE.
 
CHURCH AFFILIATION:    MEMBER OF THE FIRST PENTECOSTAL CHURCH IN ATOKA.
 
 
     SURVIVED BY
 
SISTERS:     ROXIE ROBINS OF ATOKA, OKLA.
                       LUCILLE COLLIER OF YOUNGSTOWN, FL.
 
NEPHEWS:     ROY ROBINS OF ATOKA, OK.
                         ROBERT GENE STOCKWELL OF COLORADO.
                         GRADY COLLIER OF PANAMA CITY, FL.
                         JAMES COLLIER OF BIRMINGHAM, AL.
 
 
     PRECEDED IN DEATH BY
 
PARENTS: JACOB AND JULIA ROBINS.
HUSBAND:   EUGEAN DANIELS ON JANUARY 3, 1979.
SISTER:  HELEN STOCKWELL.
NIECE:   ELISABETH BEULIER.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:    FRIDAY JUNE 13, 1997 AT 10 :00 A.M.
PLACE OF SERVICES:     FIRST PENTECOSTAL HOLINESS CHURCH ON W. 6TH STREET IN ATOKA.
 
INTERMENT:     ANTLERS CEMETERY ~ ANTLERS, OK.
 
OFFICIATING:   REV. AL SPAULDING.
ASSISTING:     REV. DONNIE COLLINS.
 
CASKETBEARERS:     MILFORD POWELL, JAMES POWELL, BILL WALSTON, PERRY SCROGGINS, PHIL POWELL, BOBBY SMITHART.
 
HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:    ALBERT BARTHOLOMEW, BENNIE OWENS, OREN COCHRAN.
 
 
 
 
NAME:      NEWTON RUSSELL CALLICOAT, AGE 59, LIFELONG ATOKA COUNTY, OKLAHOMA RESIDENT.
 
BORN:    DECEMBER 11, 1937 AT BENTLEY, OK TO LENARD T. AND DENIA MAY (TOMLINSON) CALLICOAT.
 
PASSED AWAY:     THURSDAY EVENING, JUNE 12, 1997 AT HIS RESIDENCE EAST OF ATOKA, NEAR BENTLEY.
AGE:     59 YEARS  6  MONTHS  AND  1 DAY.  
 
EDUCATION:     ATTENDED SULPHUR, OK SCHOOLS.
 
MARRIED:     JOAN LOYD IN JANUARY, 1964 AT GRANNIS, AR.
 
OCCUPATION:    HE WORKED MANY YEARS IN THE GROCERY BUSINESS.
 
 
     SURVIVED BY
 
WIFE:    JOAN callicoat OF THE HOME NEAR BENTLEY.
 
CHILDREN:      MARILYN M. CALLICOAT OF ATOKA, OK.
                           NELSON RUSSELL CALLICOAT AND WIFE PAMELA OF BOKCHITO, OK.
                           SANDRA M. SWINNEY AND HUSBAND TERRY OF MIDWEST CITY, OK.
                           TONY TROY CALLICOAT OF BENTLEY, OK.
                           JERRY LEE CALLICOAT OF BENTLEY, OK.
 
FATHER:    LENARD CALLICOAT AND WIFE JANE OF LANE, OK.
 
GRANDCHILDREN:     WILLIAM HOLT OF ATOKA, OK.
                                         JOSHUA HOLT OF ATOKA, OK.
                                         TARA CALLICOAT OF OKLAHOMA CITY.
                                         TYLER CALLICOAT OF OKLAHOMA CITY.
                                         TRINA WELCH OF ATOKA, OK.
                                         HEATHER SWINNEY OF OKLAHOMA CITY.
                                         ROBERT SWINNEY OF OKLAHOMA CITY.
 
 
     PRECEDED IN DEATH BY
 
MOTHER:    DENIA BAGBY AND HUSBAND ELICK.
GRANDDAUGHTER:     BELINDA WELCH.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:    MONDAY, JUNE 16, 1997 AT 2:00 P.M.
PLACE OF SERVICES:     BENTLEY BAPTIST CHURCH.
 
INTERMENT:     BENTLEY CEMETERY ~ BENTLEY, OK.
 
OFFICIATING:     REV. JOHN HOWARD.
 
CASKETBEARERS:     ROBERT PERRY, DONNIE WELCH, MARK MOBBS, LOYD ELDRIDGE, DARRYL MAXEY, GARY ARMSTRONG.
 
 
 
 
NAME:      RUTH PEARL (HANCOCK) FAUDREE, AGE 92, LIFELONG ATOKA COUNTY RESIDENT.
 
BORN:    NOVEMBER 14, 1904  AT CADDO, INDIAN TERRITORY TO CLEMENT ALLEN AND JULIA ANN (SIMS) HANCOCK.
 
PASSED AWAY:   FRIDAY, JUNE 20, 1997  AT ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
AGE:     92  YEARS   7  MONTHS    6  DAYS.
 
EDUCATION:     ATTENDED AND GRADUATED FROM CADDO HIGH SCHOOL.
 
MARRIED:     RUSSELL EARL FAUDREE ON JULY 23, 1933  AT CADDO, OKLA.    
 
OCCUPATION:    HOUSEWIFE.
 
MEMBER OF THE  FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH IN ATOKA, THE WSCS AND THE PIONEER CLUB.
 
 
       SURVIVED BY
 
HUSBAND:     RUSSELL EARL FAUDREE SR. OF THE HOME IN ATOKA, ok.
 
CHILDREN:      GAYLEEN RUTH ANDREWS AND HUSBAND OLIN JR OF DES MOINES, IA.
                           RUSSELL E. FAUDREE JR. OF ARLINGTON VA.
                           FRANCES CAROLENA MADILL AND HUSBAND GEORGE OF ALEXANDRIA, VA.
                           ROY GLEN FAUDREE AND WIFE PAMELA OF NORTH HAMPTON, MA.
 
GRANDCHILDREN:     OLIN N. ANDREWS III OF DES MOINES, IA.
                                         TERESA GAY BRANT AND HUSBAND GREGORY OF DES MOINES, IA.
                                         WILLIAM A. ANDREWS OF DES MOINES, IA.
                                         JANET ANN ROBERTSON AND HUSBAND GAR OF CARY, NC.
                                         LORI ANN MADILL OF RICHMOND, VA.
 
GREAT GRANDSON:      NICHOLAS G. BRANT OF DES MOINES, IA.
 
SISTER:      MARY FRANCES PARKER OF OKLAHOMA CITY.
 
 
     PRECEDED IN DEATH BY
 
PARENTS:     CLEMENT AND JULIA HANCOCK.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:      TUESDAY JUNE 24, 1997 AT  2:00 P.M.
PLACE OF SERVICES:     FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH ~ ATOKA.
 
INTERMENT:     GREEN MEADOWS CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK.
 
OFFICIATING:     REV.  ROBERT KANARY.
 
CASKETBEARERS:   CHARLES McCALL, OLIN ANDREWS JR., OLIN ANDREWS III, WILLIAM ANDREWS, GREGORY BRANT, GEORGE MADILL.
 
HONORARY CASKET BEARERS:   JOE GRIFFIN, VIC DOWNING, JOE ADAIR, BILL FLOWERS, FAUSTER LOVELACE, BILL MALONE, OTHO HAM, JACK BONNER.
 
 
 
 
NAME:      STELLA MAE (PIERCE) SELF, AGE 96, OF HAYWARD, CA, FORMER STRINGTOWN RESIDENT.
 
BORN:    AUGUST 10, 1901 AT SULPHUR SPRINGS, TEXAS TO DAVID MARION AND LAURA (HOOVER) PIERCE.
 
PASSED AWAY:   TUESDAY, JUNE 24, 1997 AT HAYWARD, CALIFORNIA.
AGE:     96 YEARS  10 MONTHS  AND  14 DAYS.
 
EDUCATION:     ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT REDDEN AND STRINGTOWN.  RECEIVED HER BS DEGREE IN SCIENCE AND EDUCAtiON FroM SOUTHEASTERN OK UNIVERSITY AND HER TEACHING CERTIFICATE IN 1923.
 
MARRIED:     JOHN ROBERT SELF ON JULY 1, 1917 NEAR REDDEN, OK.
 
OCCUPATION:      SHE WAS A SCHOOL TEACHER AT REDDEN, DAISY, AND ASHLAND, SOME 40 YEARS IN OREGON AND NORWALK, CALIFORNIA.  SHE WAS ASSIsTANT PRINCIPLE IN SANGERS, CA UNTIL HER RETIREMENT IN 1962.
 
CHURCH AFFILIATION:    FORMER MEMBER OF STRINGTOWN BAPTIST CHURCH.
 
STELLA WAS THE OLDEST OF 10 CHILDREN.  SHE RETURNED TO ATOKA IN 1962 AND LIVED HERE UNTIL HER HEALTH FAILED and SHE MOVED IN WITH HER DAUGHTER IN HAYWARD, ca.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:    WEDNESDAY JULY 2, 1997 AT 2:00 P.M.
PLACE OF SERVICES:     FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH ~ STRINGTOWN, ok.
 
INTERMENT:     REDDEN CEMETERY ~ NEAR STRINGTOWN, ATOKA COUNTY, OK.
 
OFFICIATING:     REV. PAUL CUNNINGHAM.
 
CASKETBEARERS:     GUY KELLOGG, JR., JIM KELLOGG, PAUL DILLARD, BILL KELLOGG, RAY DILLARD, DONALD HARRIS.
 
HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:    J. C. DILLARD, BUD WILLIAMSON, BILL SELF, JR., BUSTER HARRIS, RAY WILLIAMSON, BOB GABBART.
 
 
 
 
NAME:    CECIL  N. FRAZIER LONGTIME ATOKA COUNTY RESIDENT AND FORMER ATOKA COUNTY SHERIFF.
 
BORN:    APRIL 5, 1911 AT COUNCIL HILL IN MUSKOGEE COUNTY, OK TO JOHN WEIGHTMAN AND WILLIE ANN (MORELAND) FRAZIER.
 
PASSED AWAY:     WEDNESDAY, JUNE 25, 1997 AT TEXOMA MEDICAL CENTER IN DENISON, TX.
AGE:     86 YEARS  2 MONTHS AND  20 DAYS.
 
EDUCATION:     ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT NIX AND CANEY, OK.
 
MARRIED:     IRMA MABEL TONEY  ON MAY 14, 1932 AT CANEY, OK.
 
OCCUPATION:    RETIRED LAW ENFORCeMENT OFFICER WITH 35 PLUS YEARS SERVICE.
 
MEMBER AND DEACON OF ATOKA FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH, FORMER MEMBER OF THE OKLA. SHERIFFS AND PEACE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION, AND PAST PRESIDENT OF THE SHERIFFS POSSE AND LONGTIME MEMBER AND PAST PRESIDENT OF THE ATOKA TRAILRIDERS.
 
 
     SURVIVED BY
 
BROTHERS-IN-LAW:     ROY TONEY AND WIFE PEGGY OF COALGATE, OK.
                                           RAY TONEY OF BROMIDE, OK.
                                           J. T. TONEY OF CALVIN, OK.
 
SISTERS-IN-LAW:      HELEN McBRIDE AND HUSBAND ROY OF STRATFORD, OK
                                       EDITH KELLEY OF BENTLEY, OK.
                                       KATHRYN CARTER OF DENISON, TX.
                                       BELVA FRAZIER OF PHOENIX, AZ.
 
16 NEPHEWS, 5 NIECES, MANY GREAT NEPHEWS AND NIECES.
 
 
     PRECEDED IN DEATH BY
 
WIFE:      IRMA frazier ON MAY 22, 1992.
PARENTS:   JOHN AND WILLIE ANN FRAZIER.
SISTER:    GERTRUDE FREEMAN.
BROTHERS:    JIM, A. J., COMMADORE, O. B., AND ROLAND FRAIZER.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:    FRIDAY JUNE 27, 1997 AT  2:00 P.M.
PLACE OF SERVICES:     FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH ~ ATOKA
 
INTERMENT:     GREEN MEADOWS CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK.
 
OFFICIATING:     REV. JEFF HOLLAND .
ASSISTING:   REV. BILLY JOE HOWARD.
 
CASKETBEARERS:     (NEPHEWS)   DAVE McBRIDE, ROY DALE McBRIDE, LEON FRAZIER, J. B FRAZIER, KENNETH FRAZIER, BILL TONEY, JIM TONEY, DON TONEY, MIKE CARTER, I.J. FRAZIER, FRANKIE FRAZIER, DEWAYNE FRAZIER, DENNIS ADAIR, MIKE ADAIR.
 
HONORARY CASKET BEARERS:   ALL DEACONS OF FIRST BAPTIST, AND SNAKE NORMAN, BILL MALONE, L. V. TURNER, RAY WOODS, JEFF SEWELL, RON THOMAS, PAUL MULLINS, HAROLD ROLAND, JIM LYONS, NEAL MERRIOTT.
 
 
 
 
NAME:      CLARENCE ROY HALL, AGE 86, LONGTIME ATOKA COUNTY, OK RESIDENT.
 
BORN:    MARCH 22, 1911 AT WARDS CHAPEL, ATOKA COUNTY, OK TO LEE AND LE ELLAR (MOREHEAD) HALL.
 
PASSED AWAY:     THURSDAY, JUNE 26, 1997 AT ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.
AGE:     86 YEARS    3 MONTHS   AND    4 DAYS  
 
EDUCATION:     ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT ATOKA, OK.
 
MARRIED:     ELLIE NELSON ON AUGUST 18, 1933 AT POTEAU, OK.
 
OCCUPATION:    HE OWNED AND OPERATED NUMEROUS BUSINESSES IN ATOKA, INCLUDING A MOTEL, A PACKAGE STORE, AND SEVERAL SERVICE STATIONS.
 
CHURCH AFFILIATION:      METHODIST FAITH.
 
CLARENCE SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE U. S. NAVY DURING WORLD WAR II AS A SEABEE. HE WAS ALSO A FIREMAN AND WAS A LIFE MEMBER OF D. A. V. CHAPTER 60, AND A MEMBER OF THE AMERICAN LEGION.  HE SERVED IN THE OKLAHOMA NATIONAL GUARD AS WELL.
 
 
     SURVIVED BY
 
SISTERS-IN-LAW:      MARY A. MOORE OF DELANO, CA.
                                       EDRA BRADY OF HOLDENVILLE, OK.
 
 
     PRECEDED IN DEATH BY
 
WIFE:    ELLIE HALL ON MAY 23, 1994.
PARENTS:     LEE AND LUELLAR HALL.
INFANT BROTHER.
SISTER:    DOVIE HANKINS.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:    MONDAY, JUNE 30, 1997 AT 10:00 A.M.
PLACE OF SERVICES:     BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK.
 
INTERMENT:     GREEN MEADOWS CEMETERY  ~ ATOKA, OK.
 
OFFICIATING:     REV. DAN FLETCHER OF FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH.
 
CASKETBEARERS:   (MEMBERS OF D. A. V. CHapter 60)   WAYNE GRAY, RALPH MEADOWS, ALLEN HUDDLESTON, GLENN NORTON, WILLARD OLSEN, HENRY BROWN.
 
HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:    BUCK BICKNELL, JACK PARKER, JOHNNY WALTON, GLIBERT MANSELL, MACK STOBAUGH, JIMMY POOLE.
 
 
 
 
NAME:      GEORGE RAYMOND “DOC” LAFAVERS, AGE 68, OF CHECOTAH and FORMER LONGTIME ATOKA COUNTY RESIDENT.
 
BORN:    NOVEMBER 18, 1928 AT BUTLER, OKLAHOMA TO EDWARD EVERETT “TOM” AND JANE LORENE (NICHOLS) LAFAVERS.
 
PASSED AWAY:     EARLY FRIDAY MORNING, JUNE 27, 1997 AT MUSKOGEE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER, MUSKOGEE, OK.
AGE:     68 YEARS  7  MONTHS    9 DAYS.
 
EDUCATION:     ATTENDED MAMIE JOHNSON GRADE SCHOOL IN ATOKA, OK.
 
MARRIED:     NEVER MARRIED:
 
OCCUPATION:    RETIRED, WORKED AS A FARMER AND WORKED FOR BUD PITTS,  HE WAS DISABLED AT A YOUNG AGE IN A FARM ACCIDENT.
 
CHURCH AFFILIATION:    WHEN RESIDING IN ATOKA, ATTENDED MOUNTAIN VIEW PENTECOSTAL CHURCH.
 
 
     SURVIVED BY
 
BROTHERS:    ALFRED” BUCK” LAFAVERS OF TUSHKA., OK.
                           J. R. LAFAVERS AND WIFE PANSY OF CHECOTAH, OK.
 
SISTERS:     MARY PAYNE AND HUSBAND ROY OF CHECOTAH, OK.
                       VIRGINIA PRUITT AND HUSBAND JIM OF ATOKA, OK.
 
 
     PRECEDED IN DEATH BY
 
PARENTS:     TOM AND JANE LAFAVERS.
BROTHERS:      ED AND J. D LAFAVERS.
SISTERS:     MARIE DECKARD AND GOLDIE MOORE.
NIECE:     LISA LAFAVERS.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:    MONDAY, JUNE 30, 1997 AT 2:00 P.M.
PLACE OF SERVICES:     MOUNTAIN VIEW PENTECOSTAL CHURCH.
 
INTERMENT:     BUTLER CEMETERY ~ LANE, OK.
 
OFFICIATING:     REV.  TERRY CRIPE.
 
CASKETBEARERS:     MILFORD POWELL, JAMES POWELL, JERRY HENDERSON, MARVIN HENDERSON, JIM PRUITT, WALTER ALLEN MOORE.
 
 
 
 
NAME:      EARL DEAN CRENSHAW , AGE 65  OF FARRIS, OK.
 
BORN:      MAY 28, 1932 AT HORATIO, ARKANSAS TO EARL EUGENE  AND ELLA MAE (THOMPSON) CRENSHAW.
 
PASSED AWAY:     SATURDAY, JUNE 28,  1997  AT ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.
AGE:     65 YEARS  1 MONTH.
 
EDUCATION:   ATTENDED GRADE SCHOOL AT FARRIS AND GRADUATED FROM HIGH SCHOOL IN BAKERSFIELD, CA.
 
MARRIED:     VERNA JEAN OTTO ON  MARCH 31, 1974  IN TENNESEE.
 
OCCUPATION:    EMPLOYED BY RELIANCE TELEPHONE IN MINNESOTA, RETIRING IN 1994.
 
CHURCH AFFILIATION:    MEMBER OF THE FARRIS BAPTIST CHURCH.
 
MILITARY SERVICE:    earl SERVED IN THE U. S. ARMY.
 
he MOVED BACK TO FARRIS FROM MINNESOTA AFTER RETIRING.
 
 
     SURVIVED BY
 
WIFE:    JEAN crenshaw OF THE HOME NEAR FARRIS, OK.
 
SON:     MICHAEL CRENSHAW OF MINNESOTA.
 
7 GRANDCHILDREN.
 
STEPSON:   RANDY LEE PINKERTON OF CALIFORNIA.
 
STEPDAUGHTERS:     RHONDA SUE GONZALES OF FT. WORTH, TX.
                                         ROBIN LORAONE KAERCHER OF FT. WORTH, TX.
 
SISTER:    GENEVA LIVINGSTON OF WEBBERS FALLS, OK.
 
BROTHER:     LARRY CRENSHAW OF OKLAHOMA CITY.
 
 
     PRECEDED IN DEATH BY
 
PARENTS:     EARL AND ELLA MAE CRENSHAW.
 
 
DATE OF MEMORIAL SERVICES:     THURSDAY JULY 3, 1997 AT 4 :00 P.M.
PLACE OF SERVICES:     FARRIS BAPTIST CHURCH.
 
INTERMENT:     NONE - CREMATION.
 
OFFICIATING:   BRO. PETE SPRADLIN. 
 
 
 
 
NAME:      GEORGE NORVIN BAUGHMAN, AGE 82,  LONGTIME ATOKA COUNTY AND WAPANUCKA AREA RESIDENT.
 
BORN:    SEPTEMBER 30, 1914 AT PROTEN, TANEY COUNTY, MISSOURI TO GEORGE WASHINGTON AND ROSA (JUDA) BAUGHMAN.
 
PASSED AWAY:     MONDAY, JUNE 30, 1997 AT ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.
AGE:     82 YEARS   9  MONTHS    AND   0 DAYS.
 
EDUCATION:     ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT ATOKA, OK.
 
MARRIED:     TERESA TUDOR ON JULY 10, 1936 AT AMARILLO, TX.
 
OCCUPATION:    HE WAS A FARMER AND RANCHER. HE ALSO DROVE THE SCHOOL BUS FOR OLNEY SCHOOLS. 
 
CHURCH AFFILIATION:    MEMBER OF OLNEY BAPTIST CHURCH.
 
 
     SURVIVED BY
 
WIFE:    TERESA baughman OF THE HOME IN WAPANUCKA, ok.
 
SONS:    WAYNE BAUGHMAN OF ATOKA, OK.
                 GARY BAUGHMAN OF MESQUITE, TX.
 
GRANDCHILDREN:     WILLIAM BAUGHMAN OF MESQUITE, TX.
                                         BENAA BAUGHMAN OF MESQUITE, TX.
                                         DALE BAUGHMAN AND WIFE SHERRY OF DURANT, OK.
                                         ROBERT BAUGHMAN OF ATOKA.
 
GREAT GRANDCHILDREN:     DAKOTA AND CASSEY BAUGHMAN.
 
DAUGHTERS-IN-LAW:    CHARLOTTE BAUGHMAN OF MESQUITE, TX.
                                             PAT BAUGHMAN OF ATOKA.
 
STEP GRANDCHILDREN:    JIMMY HOWARD, PAM ALLEN, DEBBIE ISHMAEL, AND STEVE HOWARD.
 
 
     PRECEDED IN DEATH BY
 
PARENTS:   GEORGIE AND ROSA BAUGHMAN.
1 SISTER.
5 BROTHERS.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:    THURSDAY,  JULY 3, 1997 AT 2:00 P.M.
PLACE OF SERVICES:     OLNEY BAPTIST CHURCH.
 
INTERMENT:     ROSE HILL CEMETERY  ~ WAPANUCKA, OK.
 
OFFICIATING:     REV. BOBBY GRAHAM.
 
CASKETBEARERS:     JUNIOR RILEY, GLEN HAMMERSLY, CARL SMITH, TROY BLEVINS, O. N. RILEY.
 
HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:    BOB GRAHAM, CHARLES STOVER, PETE STUTTE, CARL JAMES, HARVEY CARTER, BOBBY MILES.
 
 
 
 
NAME:     JAMES EMMITT HOLCOMB LONGTIME ATOKA COUNTY RESIDENT.
 
BORN:    FEBRUARY 21, 1927  AT TUSHKA, OK TO CLAUD EARL HOLCOMB AND MARY OLIVE (BROOKS) HOLCOMB.
 
PASSED AWAY:     MONDAY, JUNE 30, 1997 AT ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.
AGE:     70 YEARS  4 MONTHS   AND    9 DAYS.
 
EDUCATION:     GRADUATED FROM TUSHKA HIGH SCHOOL.
 
MARRIED:     WANDA BRAY ON  DECEMBER 17, 1951 AT ATOKA, OK.
 
OCCUPATION:    RETIRED WITH 31 YEARS SERVICE WITH THE U. S. POSTAL SERVICE AND WAS  A RANCHER, RAISING ANGUS CATTLE.
 
CHURCH AFFILIATION:    MEMBER OF THE LANE BAPTIST CHURCH AND  LIFETIME  MEMBER OF THE AMERICAN ANGUS ASSOCIATION.
 
MILITARY SERVICE:    SERVED IN THE U. S. ARMY IN BOTH WWii AND KOREAN WARS.
 
 
     SURVIVED BY
 
WIFE:    WANDA holcomb OF THE HOME NEAR LANE, OK.
 
SONS:    JAMES HOLCOMB JR. OF ATOKA, OK.
                 JOHN A. HOLCOMB AND WIFE SHARON OF ATOKA, OK.
                 RUSSELL D. HOLCOMB OF COALGATE, OK.
 
DAUGHTERS:     TERRY COOK AND HUSBAND JAMES OF NASHVILLE, AR.
                               TRISH MOBBS AND HUSBAND DeWAYNE OF ATOKA, OK.
                               DELORIS HOLLAND AND HUSBAND JERRY OF ATOKA, OK.
 
GRANDSONS:     SHANE, ASHLEY, TADD ROBERT, AND KYLE.
 
GRANDDAUGHTERS:    BRANDY,  LORI, JENNIFER, KATHY, AND HALI.
 
SISTER:    BETTY LOVELL OF ATOKA, OK.
 
FATHER:    CLAUD E. HOLCOMB OF TUSHKA, OK.
 
2 NEPHEWS, ONE NIECE.
 
 
     PRECEDED IN DEATH BY
 
SON:     PAUL FRANKLIN HOLCOMB.
MOTHER:      MARY OLIVE HOLCOMB.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:    TUESDAY, JULY 1, 1997 AT 10 :00 A.M.
PLACE OF SERVICES:     BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA.
 
INTERMENT:     GREEN MEADOWS CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK.
 
OFFICIATING:     REV. RAY INGRAM.
 
CASKETBEARERS:     PAT KENNEDY, DeWAYNE BRYAN, ERNIE GRIFFIN, BILL BRADFORD, HENRY BROWN,  GILBERT BAKER, BILL MALONE, PETE HOWARD, JOE BOB WHITE.
 
 
 
 
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