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 BORN: MARCH 12, 1924 AT HASTINGS, OK TO C.C. AND JOSEPHINE MAE (CLARK) STEPHENS. PASSED AWAY: THURSDAY EVENING, JUNE 3, 2004 AT THE HURLEY MANOR IN COALGATE, OK. AGE: 80 YEARS 2 MONTHS AND 21 DAYS. EDUCATION: REBEKAH ATTENDED WALTERS ELEMENTARY AND GRADUATED FROM ATOKA HIGH SCHOOL IN 1942. SHE ATTENDED THE UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA. MARRIED: JUVIN JENE MUNGLE ON JUNE 12, 1943 AT ATOKA, OK. OCCUPATION: REBEKAH WORKED AT THE ATOKA STATE BANK IN THE ‘40’S AND WAS A PARTNER AND BOOKKEEPER FOR THE MUNGLE DAIRY. CHURCH AFFILIATION: S HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH FOR 60 YEARS AND WAS ACTIVE IN THE CHOIR FOR MANY YEARS, SHE WAS A SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHER AND PRESIDENT OF U.M.W. FOR SEVERAL YEARS. BECKY WAS ALSO PRESIDENT OF THE PIONEER CLUB, CHARTER MEMBER AND PAST PRESIDENT OF THE PINK IRIS GARDEN CLUB, AND WAS A MEMBER OF THE AMERICAN GUERNSEY CATTLE CLUB. SURVIVED BY CHILDREN: MARSHALL PAUL MUNGLE AND WIFE CONNIE OF OKLAHOMA CITY. MASON BENJAMIN MUNGLE AND WIFE RENEE OF NORMAN, OK. MALINDA REBEKAH DURBIN AND HUSBAND BUDDY OF ATOKA, OK. MATTHEW WILLIAM MUNGLE OF NORTH HOLLYWOOD, CA. MARGRETTA ELOISE GARDE AND HUSBAND JON OF OWASSO, OK. GRANDCHILDREN: MONICA, MARK, DANIEL, HEATH, MEGHAN, MYLES, MICHELE, TRE’, LINDSAY, JOEL, AND SHANNON. GREAT GRANDCHILDREN: JACKSON, JAXSON, MOLLIE, ANDEE, AND BABY BOY COMING SOON. SISTER: JOSEPHINE ADKINS OF OKLAHOMA CITY. BROTHER: SAM STEPHENS AND WIFE BETTY OF CLAYTON, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HUSBAND: JENE MUNGLE ON SEPTEMBER 1, 1993. PARENTS: C. C. AND JOSEPHINE STEPHENS. BROTHERS: JOFFREE AND BILLY STEPHENS.
PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: WESTVIEW CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. RON KING. CASKETBEARERS: DON BARNARD, MIKE ELLIOTT, RAYMOND HERRING, NEIL MERRIOTT, DAVID DOWNING, JAY LEE. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: MEDFORD UNDERWOOD, CHARLES MCKEE, PAULINE UNDERWOOD, ALPHA DEAN DURBIN ENGLAND, DORIS WYRICK. THE FAMILY REQUEST THAT DONATIONS, IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, BE MADE TO THE ATOKA FIRST METHODIST CHURCH MEMORIAL FUND.
 BORN: JANUARY 7, 1956 AT MCALESTER, OK TO ARTHUR WAYNE AND LOIS YUVONNE (WILKERSON) THOMPSON. PASSED AWAY: SATURDAY EVENING, JUNE 5, 2004 AT LANE FROM INJURIES RECEIVED IN AN AUTO ACCIDENT. AGE: 48 YEARS 4 MONTHS AND 28 DAYS. EDUCATION: HE ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT LANE AND ATOKA.. MARRIED: JANETTE KATHILENE MILLER ON MARCH 8, 1974 AT OKLAHOMA CITY. OCCUPATION: CARL WAS A LIFELONG LOGGER WHO OWNED AND OPERATED CARL THOMPSON LOGGING COMPANY. HE WAS FORMERLY A CONCRETE FINISHER. CHURCH AFFILIATION: HE WAS A MEMBER OF IRON STOB PENTECOSTAL CHURCH. SURVIVED BY WIFE: JANETTE THOMPSON OF THE HOME. CHILDREN: KIM THOMPSON OF OKLAHOMA CITY. DALE THOMPSON AND WIFE AMBER OF LANE, OK. CHARLES THOMPSON AND WIFE KHY OF LANE, OK. DUDE THOMPSON OF LANE, OK. CARLA THOMPSON OF LANE, OK. DOBE THOMPSON OF LANE, OK. GRANDMOTHER: LILLIE THOMPSON OF ATOKA, OK. GRANDCHILDREN: BROOKLYN, SHERRIE, WAYLON, AND RAY. BROTHER: JACK THOMPSON AND WIFE CHRIS OF OKLAHOMA CITY. HALF BROTHER: JOHN THOMPSON AND WIFE APRIL OF ANTLERS, OK. HALF SISTERS: QUETHA MILAM AND HUSBAND DEAN OF OKLAHOMA CITY. ZINDY THOMPSON OF PHILLIPS, OK. TAMMY THOMPSON OF LANE, OK. SHEILA THOMPSON OF LANE, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: WAYNE AND LOIS THOMPSON. GRANDFATHER: DOBE THOMPSON. GRANDPARENTS: CHARLES CARL AND HATTIE ANNE WILKERSON.
PLACE OF SERVICES: GRAVESIDE. INTERMENT: BUTLER CEMETERY ~ LANE, OK. OFFICIATING: LESTER BRADFORD. ASSISTING: REV. TOMMY TOMLINSON. CASKETBEARERS: DALE THOMPSON, CHARLES THOMPSON, DUDE THOMPSON, DOBE THOMPSON, DAVID LOGUE, JODY WHITE. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: ALAN RECTOR, JAMES ALLISON, JACK THOMPSON, CLINT LOGUE, JOHN THOMPSON.
 BORN: AUGUST 6, 1924 AT CANEY, OK TO HOMER AND OLA (HANEY) SMITH. PASSED AWAY: MONDAY EVENING, JUNE 7, 2004 AT THE MEDICAL CENTER OF SE OKLAHOMA IN DURANT. AGE: 79 YEARS 8 MONTHS AND 1 DAY. EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOL IN TUSHKA, OK. OCCUPATION: HAROLD WORKED AS A LOGGER. HE ALSO BOUGHT AND SOLD LUMBER. CHURCH AFFILIATION: HAROLD WAS OF THE BAPTIST FAITH. SURVIVED BY BROTHERS: LEO SMITH OF TUSHKA, OK. MARLAND SMITH AND WIFE BONNIE OF CADDO, OK. BILLY SMITH AND WIFE JOANNE OF DURANT, OK. DON SMITH AND WIFE LEE OF CANEY, OK. SISTERS: JOYCE HULME OF VENICE, CA. ELVIE FITZPATRICK OF CADDO, OK. DOROTHY DAMRON OF DURANT, OK. SHIRLEY CARTER AND HUSBAND MARSHALL OF DENISON, TX. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: HOMER AND OLA (HANEY) SMITH. BROTHER: FLOYD SMITH. SISTER: BONNIE BELLE SMITH.
PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA,OK. INTERMENT: TUSHKA CEMETERY. OFFICIATING: REV. JEREMY PARHAM. CASKETBEARERS: MYRON SMITH, DANNY SMITH, STEPHEN SMITH, LARRY DAMRON, WENDELL SMITH, DAVID CARTER.
 BORN: FEBRUARY 9, 1930 AT GIBSON SWITCH, AR TO CECIL DICK AND ELSIE PEARL (DANIELS) GIBSON. PASSED AWAY: JUNE 9, 2004 AT ST. JOHNS HOSPITAL IN TULSA, OK. AGE: 74 YEARS 4 MONTHS AND 0 DAYS EDUCATION: TOOTSIE ATTENDED SCHOOL IN JONESBORO, ARKANSAS. MARRIED: LEONARD BAUGUS ON AUGUST 29, 1945 AT JONESBORO, AR. OCCUPATION: TOOTSIE WORKED AS A COOK FOR VARIOUS HOSPITALS AND NURSING HOMES. CHURCH AFFILIATION: MEMBER OF THE JONESBORO, ARKANSAS BAPTIST CHURCH UNTIL MOVING TO COLEMAN, OK . SHE ATTENDED CHURCH WITH HER GRANDDAUGHTER IN COALGATE WHEN HER HEALTH ALLOWED. SURVIVED BY HUSBAND: LEONARD BAUGUS OF THE HOME CHILDREN: PATSY HALL OF COLEMAN, OK. PORTIA REYNOLDS OF MIAMI, AZ. BOBBY BAUGUS OF TUCSON, AZ. BRENDA TROY OF TUCSON, AZ. DAVID BAUGUS OF TUCSON, AZ. DANNY BAUGUS OF JONESBORO, AR. SEVERAL GRANDCHILDREN, GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, AND GREAT GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. 6 BROTHERS. 2 SISTERS. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: CECIL AND ELSIE GIBSON.
 BORN: SEPTEMBER 30, 1924 AT TO WILLIAM HENRY AND BEULAH (NIXON) ALSTON. PASSED AWAY: THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE 10, 2004 AT TEXOMA MEDICAL CENTER IN DENISON, TX AGE: 79 YEARS 8 MONTHS AND 10 DAYS. EDUCATION: MARVENE ATTENDED AND GRADUATED FROM STRINGTOWN, OK. MARRIED: E. J. SANDERS ON JUNE 15, 1945 AT CANEY, OK. EULICE DILLARD ON DECEMBER 6, 1991 AT LAMONT, CA. OCCUPATION: MARVENE WAS HOUSEWIFE AND HOMEMAKER. CHURCH AFFILIATION: MARVENE WAS A MEMBER OF THE TUSHKA BAPTIST CHURCH. SHE ENJOYED FISHING AND WORKING IN HER YARD. SURVIVED BY HUSBAND: EULICE DILLARD OF THE HOME IN DURANT, OK. DAUGHTER: TERESA SANDERS OF MUSTANG, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY FIRST HUSBAND: E. J. SANDERS ON AUGUST 5, 1986. PARENTS: WILLIAM AND BEULAH ALSTON. BROTHERS: THOMAS “BUCK” ALVA AND JOE HARPER ALSTON. SISTER: MERLE “POLLY” ROBERTSON.
DATE OF SERVICES: SATURDAY, JUNE 12, 2004 AT 1:00 PM. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: GREEN MEADOWS CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. KEN MCCARTHICK. ASSISTING: ARVEL HALL. CASKETBEARERS: JACK POWELL, ARVEL HALL. **VISITATION WILL BE FRIDAY 8 AM TO NOON AT BROWN’S ~ DURANT AND FROM 1 PM TO 8 PM AT BROWN’S ~ ATOKA.
 BORN: NOVEMBER 19, 1943 AT LAMESA, TEXAS TO NORMAN AND LETHA (PRATT) COCHRAN. PASSED AWAY: FRIDAY JUNE 11, 2004 AT THE BAPTIST HOSPITAL IN LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS FROM INJURIES HE RECIEVED IN A TRUCK ACCIDENT NEAR ARKADELPHIA, AR. AGE: 60 YEARS 6 MONTHS AND 22 DAYS. EDUCATION: DON GRADUATED FROM HIGH SCHOOL IN EDGEWOOD, TEXAS AND ATTENDED HENDERSON COUNTY JUNIOR COLLEGE. HE ATTENDED PARAMEDIC SCHOOL IN DALLAS AND NUMEROUS TRAINING COURSES IN THE AIR FORCE AND THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER AS A PARAMEDIC. MARRIED: SUE LEACH ON JANUARY 22,1962 AT CANTON, TX. SHELIA JONES ON DECEMBER 24, 1985 AT CANTON, TX. OCCUPATION: DON WAS A FIREMAN AND PARAMEDIC, RETIRING FROM THE DALLAS FIRE DEPARTMENT. THE PAST 15 YEARS HE WAS A CROSS COUNTRY TRUCK DRIVER FOR CELEDON TRUCKING OF INDIANAPOLIS, IN. CHURCH AFFILIATION: METHODIST. DON SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE U.S. AIR FORCE. SURVIVED BY WIFE: SHELIA (JONES) COCHRAN OF THE HOME NEAR LANE, OK. DAUGHTERS: SUSAN COCHRAN OF CANTON, TX. LISA EVERITT AND HUSBAND CRAIG OF CANTON, TX. AMY COCHRAN OF CANTON, TX. STEPCHILDREN: CRAIG JONES OF LANE, OK. SUBRENA BELL AND HUSBAND DEWAYNE OF ANTLERS, OK. TABITHA HONEYCUTT AND HUSBAND MICHAEL OF BOHLER, OK. 14 GRANDCHILDREN. BROTHERS: W. P. COCHRAN AND WIFE JENE OF PASADENA, TX. SAM COCHRAN AND WIFE PAULA OF FORNEY, TX. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: NORMAN AND LETHA COCHRAN. BROTHER: EUGENE COCHRAN.
PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. OFFICIATING: DR. JAMES CROWSON. CASKETBEARERS: CHARLES HALL, SAM SHOEMAKE, JOE BOB WHITE, TERRY REECE, SHAWN RUNYAN, DEWAYNE BELL. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: WILLARD EZELL, FRED MASTERS, CODY WHITE, JOE HAGGARD, SAM GREATHOUSE, D.C. COLBY. COMMITTAL SERVICE: TUESDAY, JUNE 15, 2004 AT 11:00 A.M. INTERMENT: OAK HILL CEMETERY ~ EDGEWOOD, TX. OFFICIATING: PASTOR JERRY TRUETT. CASKETBEARERS: CRAIG EVERITT, LARRY BROCK, JAKE STARR, RICKY BAUGH, JERRY RUSSELL, DEWAYNE BELL.
 BORN: JULY 15, 1917 AT STRINGTOWN TO JESSIE AND LEONA (MANNINGS) EVANS. PASSED AWAY: SATURDAY, JUNE 12, 2004 AT THE ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. AGE: 86 YEARS 10 MONTHS AND 27 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOL AT STRINGTOWN, OK. MARRIED: CHARLES BUDDY KIRK ON JANUARY 21, 1935 AT STRINGTOWN, OK. OCCUPATION: A HOMEMAKER AND HOUSEWIFE. CHURCH AFFILIATION: LIFELONG MEMBER OF THE MILES CHAPEL CME METHODIST CHURCH, WHERE SHE SERVED AS STEWARDESS AND MISSIONARY TREASURER. SHE WAS AN AVID GARDENER AND LOVED TO FISH, QUILT, SEW AND COOK AND LOVED GOING AND VISITING FRIENDS, NEIGHBORS AND FAMILY. SURVIVED BY DAUGHTER: JEWEL COLBERT OF STRINGTOWN, OK. GRANDDAUGHTER: REGINA CHEADLE AND HUSBAND McKINLEY OF STRINGTOWN, OK. GREAT GRANDCHILDREN: GREG COLBERT AND JESSICA, JEREMY CHEADLE, AND GINKINA CHEADLE. GREAT GREAT GRANDCHILDREN: MALCOM, DONTE’, BRYCE, ANDRE’, DENISHA, KELCEY, AND OLIVIA CHEADLE, J. C. .JEWEL COLBERT, CHRISTIANA COLBERT, AND TRISTEN ELLIOTT. BROTHER: ARTHUR RAY EVANS OF LOS ANGELES, CA. SPECIAL NEPHEW: RODNEY BROWN OF STRINGTOWN, OK. SPECIAL FRIEND: GAIL HAGGARD OF STRINGTOWN, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: JESSIE AND LEONA EVANS. HUSBAND: BUDDY KIRK ON AUGUST 21, 1999. SON-IN-LAW: JUNIOR C. COLBERT. GREAT GRANDSON: GREG COLBERT JR. BROTHERS: LEE, L. C. “JOHNNY”, CHARLES, AND JESSIE EVANS JR. SISTERS: LOIS MENNIFEE, SUDIE BELL CARTER, DEBORAH EVANS, AND CHARLENE LEWIS.
DATE OF SERVICES: WEDNESDAY, JUNE 16, 2004 AT 2:00 PM. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: WELLS STREET CEMETERY ~ STRINGTOWN, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. GERALD STEPHENS. CASKETBEARERS: MIKE BROWN, GREG COLBERT, CRANDALL WASHINGTON, CURTIS WASHINGTON, LEWIS McGEE, MIKE WASHINGTON. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: CARL BROWN, LAWRENCE NEAL, JIM WILKERSON, RODNEY BROWN.
 BORN: AUGUST 22, 1962 AT CLARKSDALE, MISSISSIPPI TO KINION AND MARILYN (CASE) WHITTINGTON. PASSED AWAY: MONDAY, JUNE 14, 2004 AT HIS RESIDENCE NEAR TUSHKA, OK. AGE: 41 YEARS 9 MONTHS AND 22 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED GRADE SCHOOL IN ORLANDO, FLORIDA AND GRADUATED FROM ATOKA HIGH SCHOOL WITH THE CLASS OF ‘78. STEVE WAS ATOKA HIGH FOOTBALL CAPTAIN HIS SENIOR YEAR AND WAS VOTED THE MOST LIKELY TO SUCCEED. HE ATTENDED EAST CENTRAL STATE UNIVERSITY AND OKLAHOMA UNIVERSITY. OCCUPATION: STEVE WAS A RANCHER AND HORSEMAN AND OPERATED MIDCONTINENTAL CHEMICAL COMPANY UNTIL HE WAS FORCED TO RETIRE DUE TO DISABLING INJURIES HE RECEIVED IN A 1998 AUTO ACCIDENT. CHURCH AFFILIATION: MEMBER OF THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH IN ATOKA. HE WAS A FORMER MEMBER OF THE ATOKA JAYCEES AND HE WAS AN OUTDOORSMAN. SURVIVED BY SON: TYLER RYAN WHITTINGTON OF SAVANNAH, OK. MOTHER: MARILYN CASE WHITTINGTON OF THE HOME NEAR TUSHKA, OK. BROTHERS: MARK EDWARD WHITTINGTON AND WIFE SUSAN OF OKLAHOMA CITY. KINION EDWARD WHITTINGTON AND WIFE ROBIN OF DURANT, OK. JAMES MICHAEL WHITTINGTON OF OKLAHOMA CITY. NEPHEWS: KINION BLAKE AND NICHOLAS ANDREW WHITTINGTON OF DURANT, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY FATHER: KINION WHITTINGTON ON NOVEMBER 3, 1998. PATERNAL GRANDPARENTS: KINION AND LEACY (ON JANUARY 18, 2000) WHITTINGTON. MATERNAL GRANDPARENTS: JEFF AND LIZZIE CASE.
PLACE OF SERVICES: FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: HIGH HILL CEMETERY ~ TUSHKA, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. JOE CHAPIN. EULOGY: SUE TATE. CASKETBEARERS: PETE TATE, TOM HAMILTON, CHARLIE BONNER, JOHN WILLIAMS, LEO FUNDARO, MIKE LEE.
 BORN: MAY 24, 1925 AT KIOWA, OK TO GEORGE ALBERT AND MARY LYDIA (STAMPS) PATTON. PASSED AWAY: TUESDAY MORNING, JUNE 15, 2004 NEAR HIS HOME IN KIOWA, OK. AGE: 79 YEARS 0 MONTHS AND 21 DAYS. EDUCATION: VIRGIL ATTENDED SCHOOL AT HARPERS VALLEY AND KIOWA, OK. MARRIED: ANNA MAE SWAIN ON AUGUST 16, 1946 AT MCALESTER, OK. OCCUPATION: VIRGIL WORKED A NUMBER OF YEARS FOR THE AMMUNITION PLANT IN SAVANNA AND ALSO PASTORED FOR MANY YEARS AT THE ASSEMBLY OF GOD CHURCH IN STRINGTOWN. CHURCH AFFILIATION: he WAS A LONGTIME MEMBER OF THE ASSEMBLY OF GOD CHURCH IN KIOWA AND WAS VERY INVOLVED IN HIS CHURCH WORK. SURVIVED BY CHILDREN: ALICE WINDHAM AND HUSBAND ROB OF SHERMAN, TX. LEON PATTON AND WIFE BRENDA OF CALERA, OK. GRANDCHILDREN: TABITHA GRAVES AND HUSBAND LONNIE OF MADILL, OK. JEFF PATTON AND WIFE MELANIE OF CALERA, OK. TED MILLER AND WIFE TAMARA OF TEMECULA, CA. JASON PATTON AND WIFE BETH OF CALERA, OK. GREAT GRANDCHLDREN: ASHLEY AND BROOKE JOHNSON; ANDREW, NOAH, TITUS, SAMUEL, AND JOASH PATTON; ZACHARY, GRANT, AND MACIE MILLER; AND ZEPHAN PATTON. BROTHER: GENE PATTON AND WIFE RUBY OF OKLAHOMA CITY. MOTHER-IN-LAW: HAZEL ESTER SWAIN OF WARDVILLE, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY WIFE: ANNA MAE PATTON ON SEPTEMBER 15, 2003. PARENTS: GEORGE ALBERT AND MARY PATTON. SEVERAL BROTHERS AND SISTERS.
PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: KIOWA CEMETERY ~ KIOWA, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. JACKIE CRAFTON. ASSISTING: REV. TIM BRYAN AND REV. JACOB TOEWS. CASKETBEARERS: JERRY RICHARD, WALTER MOORE, BRIAN MOORE, JOE PARENT, CLIFTON PARENT, CLYDE SWAIN.
 BORN: APRIL 23, 1944 AT TISHOMINGO, OKLAHOMA TO ROBERT LAFAY AND MILDRED IRENE (NASH) GIBSON. PASSED AWAY: SATURDAY, JUNE 19, 2004 AT MOORE NURSING CENTER IN MOORE, OK. AGE: 60 YEARS 1 MONTH AND 26 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT VICTORY, OK AND MCKINNEY, TX. HE ALSO ATTENDED CHRYSLER AND JOHN DEERE TECHNICAL SCHOOLS. MARRIED: PATRICIA ANN (FARMER) RILEY ON NOVEMBER 7, 1986 AT VERNON, TX. OCCUPATION: JOHNNY WAS A LONGTIME AUTO AND DIESEL MECHANIC AND JOHN DEERE TECHNICIAN, HE TAUGHT JOHN DEERE MECHANICS AT ALTUS, OK. CHURCH AFFILIATION: PENTECOSTAL FAITH. SURVIVED BY WIFE: PAT GIBSON OF THE HOME IN OKLAHOMA CITY. CHILDREN: JoANN WEBB AND HUSBAND BARRY OF ALTUS, OK. ROBERT GIBSON AND WIFE JAMIE OF ALTUS, OK. CURTIS GIBSON AND WIFE AMY OF ALTUS, OK. CHARLES GIBSON OF ALTUS, OK. EDDIE RILEY AND WIFE MALINDA OF RAVIA, OK. SHARON TURVIVILLE AND HUSBAND DANNY OF CHILICOTHE, TX. WAYLON RILEY AND WIFE LAJUANNA OF TISHOMINGO, OK. STEPHANIE GRAY AND KEN COOKSEY OF ALTUS, OK. DON THRELKELD AND WIFE PAT OF OKLAHOMA CITY. AMY GIBSON OF OKLAHOMA CITY. 26 GRANDCHILDREN, 7 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. SISTERS: RITA HARWELL AND HUSBAND CHARLES OF MANNSVILLE, OK. BETTY HEARRELL AND HUSBAND J. B. OF TISHOMINGO, OK. BRENDA RUSSELL AND HUSBAND CECIL OF FILLMORE, OK. EDNA LEONARD AND HUSBAND JACK OF MILBURN, OK. BROTHERS: EDDIE GIBSON AND WIFE WANDA OF MILBURN, OK. RONNIE GIBSON OF LINDSEY, OK. PHILIP GIBSON OF TISHOMINGO, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: ROBERT AND MILDRED GIBSON. TWIN BABIES: FREDIA GAIL AND DONNA GAIL GIBSON.
PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: CONDON GROVE CEMETERY ~ MILBURN, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. JOEY LANSDALE. CASKETBEARERS: CECIL RUSSELL, CHRIS RUSSELL, PETE HEARRELL, J. B. HEARRELL, BRANDAN RUSSELL, FRANCES RUSSELL.
NAME: WILBURN VERNON SMITH, AGE 79, A LIFELONG WAPANUCKA AREA RESIDENT.  BORN: SEPTEMBER 19, 1924 TO LONZO AND ELMA (BRUMLEY) SMITH AT BOGGY DEPOT, ATOKA CO., OK. PASSED AWAY: FRIDAY MORNING, JUNE 25, 2004 AT JOHNSTON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL IN TISHOMINGO, OK. AGE: 79 YEARS 9 MONTHS AND 6 DAYS EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOL AT WILSON AND WAS A GRADUATE OF THE WAPANUCKA HIGH SCHOOL. MARRIED: NEATHA HICKMAN ON MAY 19, 1945 AT ATOKA, OK. OCCUPATION: WILBURN WORKED AS A BUILDER AND WAS ALSO A FARMER AND RANCHER UNTIL HIS RETIREMENT IN 1986. CHURCH AFFILIATION: HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE WAPANUCKA FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH AND FORMER DEACON. HE LATER AFFILIATED WITH WAPANUCKA CHURCH OF GOD OF PROPHECY. HE WAS A 32ND DEGREE MASON AND MEMBER OF THE WAPANUCKA LODGE AND FORMER MEMBER OF THE ATOKA TRAIL RIDERS AND AMERICAN QUARTER HORSE ASSOCIATION. SURVIVED BY CHILDREN: TAWANA SMITH OF MCALESTER, OK. WILYON SMITH OF WAPANUCKA, OK. LON SMITH OF WAPANUCKA, OK. MOTHER OF WILYON AND LON: MONA TAYLOR OF WAPANUCKA, OK. GRANDCHILDREN: GABRIEL AND TAWATHA. FORMER WIFE: NEATHA HICKMAN SMITH OF MCALESTER, OK. BROTHERS: BRUCE AND MARVIN. SISTERS: CHRISTINE, BETHEL LEE, LORENE, BERTHA, ANNA, AND LAWAN. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: LONZO AND ELMA SMITH. SON: RODERICK. BROTHER: JERRY.
DATE OF SERVICES: MONDAY, JUNE 28, 2004 AT 10:00 AM. PLACE OF SERVICES: WAPANUCKA CHURCH OF GOD OF PROPHECY. INTERMENT: ROSEHILL CEMETERY ~ WAPANUCKA, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. JAMES POULIN. CASKETBEARERS: ADAM BAXTER, CLINT BRAGGS, RAY BAXTER, DON BAXTER, ED “POODLE” JONES, DAVID UPCHURCH, BILLY SMITH, WESLEY SARTIN. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: JOHNNY MACK CLEMENTS, GUY BERRY, LARRY PARKER, CLARENCE JUNIOR ROBERTSON.
 BORN: AUGUST 13, 1947 AT CHOCKIE, ATOKA COUNTY, OK TO THOMAS LEE AND B. D. (SELF) MANION. PASSED AWAY: SATURDAY MORNING, JUNE 26, 2004 AT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER, SHAWNEE, OK. AGE: 56 YEARS 10 MONTHS AND 13 DAYS EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOL AT LIMESTONE GAP, GRADUATED HIGH SCHOOL AT KIOWA, AND ATTENDED GORDON COOPER VO TECH, LEARNING FLORAL DESIGN. MARRIED: JAMES WALTER ABLES ON MAY 7, 1965 AT CANEY, OK. GARY JONES ON OCTOBER 14, 1988 AT OKLAHOMA CITY. OCCUPATION: LINDA WORKED FOR THE U.S. ARMY AMMUNIATION PLANT AT SAVANNA FOR 5 YEARS AND WAS MANAGER OF TRANSPORTATION FOR THE U.S. POSTAL SERVICE FOR OVER 32 YEARS. CHURCH AFFILIATION: SHE WAS PENTECOSTAL HOLINESS FAITH. LINDA WAS A MEMBER OF THE SHAWNEE CHAPTER OF INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF RED HAT SECURITY AND THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF POSTAL SUPERVISORS. SHE WAS ALSO A MEMBER OF THE POSTAL BOWLING LEAGUE AND WAS AN AVID BOWLER. SURVIVED BY HUSBAND: GARY JONES OF THE HOME AT TECUMSEH, OK. SONS: BRIAN KEITH ABLES AND CINDY HOLLINGSWORTH OF OKLAHOMA CITY. RANDALL KENT ABLES AND WIFE JACQUELINE OF CARNEY, OK. STEPSONS: DONALD BRYAN JONES OF DALLAS, TX. WILLIAM DARRELL JONES AND WIFE VALERIE OF SAN ANGELO, TX. DAVID BRADLEY OF ARLINGTON, TX. GRANDCHILDREN: TRAVIS SAMUEL TOMBERLIN. TREVOR JOE ABLES. MORGAN PAIGE ABLES. TRAVIS TRUESDELL. KYLE TRUESDELL. GREAT GRANDCHILD: CARSON TRUESDELL. BROTHER: ROYCE MANION AND WIFE HELEN OF WARDVILLE, OK. SISTER: EMMA MCCORMICK OF KIOWA, OK. NIECE: MELONIE BASINGER AND HUSBAND MARK OF MARIETTA, OK. NEPHEWS: KEVIN MCCORMICK AND WIFE TONYA OF KIOWA, OK. JUSTIN MANION AND WIFE BERNICE OF WARDVILLE, OK. KERWIN MANION OF WARDVILLE, OK. GREAT NIECE: HEATHER BASINGER. GREAT NEPHEWS: CARSON LYLE MANION AND JARED BASINGER. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: THOMAS AND B. D. MANION. 2 BABY SISTERS: JOYCE ANN AND ALINE MANION.
DATE OF SERVICES: WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30, 2004 AT 2:00 PM. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: STRINGTOWN CEMETERY ~ STRINGTOWN, OK. OFFICIATING: DR. JAMES CROWSON. CASKETBEARERS: RAY ANDERSON, WYATT REYNOLDS, BEAR GILLIAM, RON MURRAY, GORDON WHEELER, RICHARD ABLES. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: DANNY CASTRO, JERRY MARTIN, STEVE STONE, VERNON MCCORMICK, TONY HACKLER, CORKY INSCHO.
 BORN: SEPTEMBER 30, 1932 AT GADSDEN, ALABAMA TO RUFUS B. AND ARKEDELL (STONE) WHITE. PASSED AWAY: SATURDAY, JUNE 26, 2004 AT THE SE OKLAHOMA MEDICAL CENTER IN DURANT. AGE: 71 YEARS 9 MONTHS AND 26 DAYS. EDUCATION: BUSTER ATTENDED SCHOOL AT GADSDEN, ALABAMA AND GRADUATED FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA. MARRIED: LOVOLIA STOVALL AT GADSDEN, AL. PATTI BLACKMON ON MARCH 12, 1973 AT LUVERN, AL. OCCUPATION: BUSTER WAS A PROFESSIONAL CONTRACTOR AND OWNED AND OPERATED A ROOFING COMPANY IN THE DALLAS-FT.WORTH AREA. CHURCH AFFILIATION: HE WAS A BAPTIST. BUSTER SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE U.S. ARMY DURING THE KOREAN WAR. HE WAS STATIONED IN GERMANY AND KOREA. HE WAS CAPTURED AND HELD AS A PRISONER OF WAR IN KOREA FOR 33 MONTHS. BUSTER RECEIVED NUMEROUS METALS INCLUDING U.S. SERVICE METAL, THE KOREAN SERVICE METAL, GOOD CONDUCT METAL, 2 BRONZE STARS AND MARKSMAN METAL ALONG WITH NUMEROUS OTHERS. HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE DAV AND THE KOREAN POW ASSN. BUSTER WAS ACTIVE IN COMMUNITY PROGRAMS AND SERVED AS A CITY COUNCILMAN AT ROYCE CITY, TEXAS. HE WROTE A SPORTS COLUMN FOR THE ROYCE CITY NEWSPAPER. HE WAS ALSO A MEMBER OF THE ODD FELLOWS AND WAS A FOUNDING MEMBER OF THE ROYCE CITY LODGE. HE LOVED PLAYING DOMINOS. SURVIVED BY WIFE: PATTI WHITE OF THE HOME IN ATOKA, OK. CHILDREN: RANDY WHITE OF HATTIESBURG, MS. JOY MOORE, JEANNI WHITE AND TRUMAN WHITE OF MCALESTER, OK. TANAYE HARVANEK AND HUSBAND KAMERON OF MCALESTER, OK. DANIEL WHITE AND WIFE TAWNYA OF CENTRAHOMA, OK. BILLY WHITE AND WIFE NACOLE OF CANEY, OK. GRAND CHILDREN: AUSTIN, KAYLEE, AND MORGAN HARVANEK OF MCALESTER, OK. BRAXTON AND BRALYNN WHITE OF CENTRAHOMA, OK. TAYLOR WHITE OF ROWLETTE, TX. CHRISTOPHER WHITE OF OKLAHOMA CITY. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: RUFUS B. AND ARKEDELL WHITE. BROTHER: R. J. WHITE. SISTER: MAYDELL PHILLIPS.
DATE OF SERVICES: TUESDAY, JUNE 29, 2004 AT 2:00 PM. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: GREEN MEADOWS CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. JOHNNY MORRIS. CASKETBEARERS: AARON MONTGOMERY, DARREN BRUMBELOW, MIKE TALLEY, BRAD PENGELLY, BRYAN ADAMS, NICK BEIZER. HONORARY BEARERS: WHITE DETHERAGE, EARNEST JONES, ALONZO LEDKINS, ROBERT POWELL.
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