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NAME:    CUBA LAVERNE (GOLDEN) ROSS CLUVER, AGE 74, RESIDENT OF CANEY UNTIL 1969 WHEN SHE MOVED TO EUREKA, CA. SHE RETURNED TO CANEY IN 1997.
cluver,cuba
 
BORN:    OCTOBER 1, 1931 AT CANEY, OK TO  GRANVIL G. AND ELLA JOY (MCDOUGAL) GOLDEN.
 
PASSED AWAY:     WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1, 2006 AT HER RESIDENCE NEAR CANEY.
AGE:     74 YEARS    5 MONTHS    AND   0 DAYS
 
EDUCATION:     CUBA ATTENDED CANEY SCHOOLS.
 
MARRIED:       JIM ROSS ON MAY 9, 1956 AT KANSAS CITY, KS.
                         ROY CLUVER ON FEBRUARY 17, 1977 AT RENO, NV.
 
OCCUPATION:    CUBA WORKED AS A WAITRESS FOR MANY YEARS AND WAS A CREW LEADER IN THE REDWOOD NATIONAL FOREST, AND she later  WORKED AS A BOOKKEEPER FOR A GAS STATION.
 
CHURCH AFFILIATION:    SHE WAS OF THE PROTESTANT FAITH. SHE WAS A LOVING WIFE, MOTHER AND GRANDMOTHER.
 
 
       survived by
 
MOTHER:    JOY GOLDEN OF CANEY, ok.
 
HUSBAND:     ROY OF THE HOME NEAR CANEY, ok.
 
CHILDREN:    JOHN ROSS AND WIFE PEGGY OF CANEY, ok.
                           TAMMY SHIELDS AND JIM LANGSTON OF ARCATA, CA.
                           HAZEL FRY AND HUSBAND RUSSELL OF SALYER, CA.
                           TERRY AINSWORTH and FRIEND PHIL BROOKS OF CANEY, ok.
 
GRANDCHILDREN:     STEPHEN SIMPSON AND WIFE KATRINA OF FORTUNA, CA.
                                           MIRANDA ROSS OF WILLITS, CA.
                                           STEPHANIE, BEN, and NICOLE TREVINO ALL OF CANEY, OK.
                                           BRANDY FUSI and HUSBAND CHRIS OF JUNCTION CITY, CA.
                                           LACEE ROSS OF WILLITS, CA.
                                           RUSSELL FRY JR and STACY FRY OF SALYER, CA.
                                           CUBA AINSWORTH AND MONTY SIMS OF TUSHKA, OK.
                                           JESSY AND SIERRA ROSS OF CANEY, OK.
                                           MANDY AINSWORTH OF CANEY, ok.
                                           BENJI EVANSON OF ARCATA, CA.
 
STEPCHILDREN:    DOUG CLUVER AND WIFE SHERRY OF SUTHERLIN, OR.
                                     EDD CLUVER and WIFE DOROTHY OF WASHINGTON STATE.
                                     ALLEN CLUVER AND WIFE BEV OF REDDING, CA.
                                     SKI, MARGIE, AND DOLLIE CLUVER OF CALIFORNIA.
 
BROTHER:     DONALD GOLDEN AND WIFE PHYLLIS OF CANEY, ok.
 
SISTERS:     BETTY GIVENS AND HUSBAND HOWARD OF ARKANSAS.
                       CHARLIN WELLS and HUSBAND EVERETT OF OAKLAND, OR.
                       MARY STILL AND HUSBAND ROY OF TUSHKA, OK.
 
6 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.
 
 
       preceded in death by
 
FATHER OF HER CHILDREN:    JIM ROSS ON JUNE 28, 1976.
SISTER:      JOHNNY LOU GOLDEN.
FATHER:      GRANVIL GOLDEN.
GREAT GRANDCHILD:    HAZEL JO FUSI.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:    FRIDAY, MARCH 3, 2006 AT 2:00 PM.
PLACE OF SERVICES:     BROWN’S funeral CHAPEL ~ atoka, ok.
 
OFFICIATING:     REV. CHARLES HOWARD.
 
CASKETBEARERS:     JESSY ROSS, MONTY SIMS, PHIL BROOKS, BEN TREVINO, JOHN ROSS, RUSSELL FRY.
 
HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:    STEPHEN SIMPSON, BUBBA FRY.
 
FAMILY NIGHT:  TONIght at 6 PM
 
 
 
 
NAME:    BEVERLY JOAN (STRAWMIER) BRIELS, AGE 61, AN ATOKA AREA RESIDENT FOR THE PAST 2 YEARS AND FORMER SOUTH DAKOTA RESIDENT.
briels,beverly
 
BORN:    SEPTEMBER 22, 1944 AT GRAND JUNCTION, COlorado TO HAROLD VINCENT AND HAZEL MARY (REED) STRAWMIER.
 
PASSED AWAY:     THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 2, 2006 AT THE ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.
AGE:     61 YEARS    6  MONTHS    AND 10 DAYS.
 
EDUCATION:     BEVERLY ATTENDED SCHOOL IN DENVER, CO.
 
MARRIED:       JAMES LEWIS BRIELS ON  OCTOBER 5, 1963 AT LITTLETON, CO.
 
OCCUPATION:    BEVERLY WAS A COOK IN RESTAURANTS IN COLORADO, CALIFORNIA, and TEXAS.
 
CHURCH AFFILIATION:    SHE WAS PRESBYTERIAN. 
 
SHE LOVED COACHING GIRLS SOFTBALL TEAMS, SEWING, ARTS AND CRAFTS, AND SPENDING TIME WITH GRANDCHILDREN.
 
 
       survived by
 
DAUGHTERS:     JAMALYNN JO MORRIS AND HUSBAND BRUCE OF TUSHKA, ok.
                               TAMBRA LEE MORRIS AND HUSBAND JOHN OF LANE, ok.
                               TOMALEE RAE BRIELS OF TUSHKA, ok.
                               TRACIE RENEE BRIELS OF HARMONY.
 
SON:   JAMES LEWIS BRIELS JR AND WIFE SHELLY OF MALVERN, IA.
 
FATHER OF HER CHILDREN:    JAMES LEWIS BRIELS SR OF GLENWOOD, IA.
 
GRANDCHILDREN:     JOHNNY LYNN MORRIS and FIANCE KAYLEE OF WEATHERFORD, TX.
                                         COLT STEVEN MORRIS AND WIFE HEATHER OF OCEANSIDE, CA.
                                         JESSICA LYNN HINES AND HUSBAND MATTHEW OF TUSHKA, ok.
                                         ZACHARY VINCENT BRIELS OF HARMONY.
                                         ADAM BENJAMIN MORRIS OF TUSHKA, ok.
                                         KENNETH WILLIAM SNOW OF KING, NC.
                                         ELY ROWDY MORRIS OF LANE, ok.
                                         ROBERT THOMAS SNOW OF KING, NC.
                                         JAMBER NICOLE BRIELS OF HARMONY.
                                         JONATHAN ABRAM SNOW OF KING, NC.
                                         CARL WAYNE BRIELS OF HARMONY.
                                         BOW JAMES MORRIS OF LANE, ok.
                                         JAQUELINE NICOLE MORRIS OF TUSHKA, ok.
                                         CHANCE DAKOTA MORRIS OF LANE, ok.
                                         JACOB WRANGLER BRIELS OF HARMONY.
                                         SHYLA TWISTY MORRIS OF LANE, ok.
                                         TANNER BOWDEE BRIELS OF TUSHKA, ok.
                                         (TWINS) MAVERICK LEE AND STETSON CINCH MORRIS OF LANE, ok.
                                         eMILEE ELIZABETH BRIELS OF TUSHKA, ok.
 
GREAT GRANDCHILDREN:     CALEB LEVI HINES OF TUSHKA, ok.
                                                       MARISSA JADEN MORRIS OF OCEANSIDE, CA.
                                                       TRAPPER MASON HINES OF TUSHKA, ok.
                                                       AND ANOTHER ONE due THIS MONTH.
 
BROTHERS:      RICHARD STRAWMIER AND WIFE SHIRLEY OF COMMERCE CITY, CO.
                             THOMAS STRAWMIER OF DENVER, CO.
 
SISTERS:     SHIRLEY VANGOSBIK OF GREELEY, CO.
                       WANDA SMITH OF GREELEY, CO.
                       DIANA SUE  BRIELS AND HUSBAND THOMAS OF DENVER, CO.
 
 
       preceded in death by
 
PARENTS:     HAROLD VINCENT AND HAZEL MARY STRAWMIER.
BROTHERS:      ROBERT AND DONALD STRAWMIER.
TWINS SONS AT BIRTH.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:    MONDAY, MARCH 6, 2006 AT 11:00 AM.
place of SERVICES:     graveside.
 
interment:     BETHANY CEMETERY.
 
OFFICIATING:     ARVEL HALL.
 
FAMILY NIGHT:    SUNDAY 6 TO 8 PM
 
 
 
 
NAME:    ANTHONY EUGENE WILLIAMS, AGE 42, A MCALESTER AREA RESIDENT AND FORMER ATOKA AND OKMULGEE AREA RESIDENT.
williams,anthony
 
BORN:      DECEMBER 28, 1963 AT TALIHINA, OK. TO HAROLD D. AND WYELENE (NICHOLAS) WILLIAMS.
 
PASSED AWAY:     WEDNESDAY, MARCH 8, 2006 AT HIS RESIDENCE IN MCALESTER, OK
AGE:     42 YEARS    2 MONTHS    AND   10 DAYS
 
EDUCATION:     HE ATTENDED SPRING VALLEY ELEMENTARY IN DALLAS, TX AND OKMULGEE GRADE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL.
 
OCCUPATION:      ANTHONY WORKED AS A GENERAL LABORER IN THE CONSTRUCTION FIELD.
 
CHURCH AFFILIATION:      HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE BELVIN BAPTIST CHURCH IN OKMULGEE, OK AND WAS ALSO A MEMBER OF THE CHOCTAW NATION.
 
 
       SURVIVED BY
 
MOTHER:      WYELENE WADLEY OF OKMULGEE, OK.
 
SISTER:      RAMONA DAVIS OF MCALESTER, OK.
 
BROTHERS:      HAROLD WILLIAMS, JR. OF OKMULGEE, OK.
                             BRUCE WADLEY OF OKMULGEE, OK.
 
UNCLE:     RAYSON NICHOLAS OF ATOKA, OK.
 
AUNT:      THEDA (NICHOLAS) CARNES OF ATOKA, OK.
 
4 NIECES, 1 NEPHEW, 3 GREAT NIECES AND 2 GREAT NEPHEWS.
 
 
       PRECEDED IN DEATH BY
 
FATHER:    HAROLD D. WILLIAMS, SR.
BROTHERS:      PHILLIP E. AND EMMANUEL WILLIAMS.
GRANDMOTHERS:      GEORGIA WILLIAMS AND WINEY BREWER.
GRANDFATHERS:      ISOM WILLIAMS AND WILLIS NICHOLAS.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:    SATURDAY, MARCH 11, 2006 AT 2:00 PM 
PLACE OF SERVICES:     GRAVESIDE.
 
INTERMENT:     BUTLER CEMETERY ~ LANE, OK.
 
OFFICIATING:     RAYSON NICHOLAS.
 
CASKETBEARERS:       ROY NICHOLAS, MICHAEL MENEELY, ANDREW NICHOLAS,     TOMMY GAGE, ROBERT UPONCA, MIKE DAVIS
 
HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:      BRUCE WADLEY, HAROLD WILLIAMS, SCOTTY GAGE, JACK BROWN.
 
 
FAMILY NIGHT:    FRIDAY 6 PM.
 
 
 
 
NAME:      DOUGLAS WAYNE WOODS, AGE 35, AN OVERLAND, MISSOURI AREA RESIDENT.
woods,douglas
 
BORN:      JANUARY 23, 1971 AT TYLER, TX TO HAROLD FLOYD and LADONNA KAY (BENGE) WOODS.
 
PASSED AWAY:     WEDNESDAY, MARCH 8, 2006 AT HIS RESIDENCE IN OVERLAND, MO
AGE:     35 YEARS    1 MONTH    AND   15 DAYS
 
EDUCATION:     HE ATTENDED IRVING, TX SCHOOLS.
 
MARRIED:       DENA ROWLAND ON JUNE 6, 2000 AT ST. LOUIS, MO.
 
OCCUPATION:      DOUGLAS WORKED AS A CONTRACTOR FOR DELUXE CLEANING SERVICES FOR 10 YEARS IN SainT LOUIS, MO.
 
HE LOVED DIRT BIKES, MOTORCYCLES, FISHING AND CAMPING.
 
 
       survived by
 
PARENTS:     HAROLD AND LADONNA WOODS OF TUSHKA, ok.
 
FORMER WIFE:     DENA ROWLAND OF ST. LOUIS, MO.
 
AUNTS:       MARGIE CANTRELL AND HUSBAND BILL OF ADA, ok.
                     LOIS PATRICK AND HUSBAND CLARENCE OF MILL CREEK, ok.
                     LOUISE GRANGER AND HUSBAND ARTHUR OF ATOKA, ok.
                     NEVA NICHOLS AND HUSBAND TONY OF WAPANUCKA, ok.
 
 
       preceded in death by
 
GRANDPARENTS:      ELMER AND LESIE WOODS.
                                       LEONARD AND HELEN BENGE.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:      THURSDAY, MARCH 16, 2006 AT 2:00 PM
Place of SERVICES:     Graveside.
 
interment:       BOGGY DEPOT CEMETERY.
 
OFFICIATING:     REV. JOE CHAPIN.
 
FAMILY NIGHT:    NONE.
 
 
 
 
NAME:      SADIE ANN (MOODY) SANFORD, AGE 45, A DURANT AREA RESIDENT.
sanford,sadie
 
BORN:      DECEMBER 10, 1960 AT FRESNO, CA TO JAMES HENRY AND JUDY ANN (CUMMINGS) MOODY.
 
PASSED AWAY:     THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 9, 2006 AT THE MEDICAL CENTER OF SOUTHEASTERN OK IN DURANT, OK.
AGE:     45 YEARS  3 MONTHS   AND  29 DAYS.
 
EDUCATION:       SHE ATTENDED SCHOOL IN CALIFORNIA.
 
MARRIED:       RAY SANFORD and later united with ROBERT GARCIA.
 
OCCUPATION:      HOUSEWIFE AND HOMEMAKER.
 
 
       survived by
 
FIANCE’ :      ROBERT GARCIA OF DURANT, OK.
 
CHILDREN:      JUDY ANN SANFORD OF BATESVILLE, AR.
                           ELISABETH MOODY OF ORANGE COVE, CA.
                           ANGIE SANFORD OF CALIFORNIA.
 
BROTHERS:      HENRY MOODY AND WIFE ROSE OF DURANT, OK.
                             JAMES MOODY AND WIFE REBECCA OF DURANT, OK.
                             HOWARD MOODY OF PORTERVILLE, CA.
 
SISTERS:     CINDY BECERRA OF PORTERVILLE, CA.
                       LINDA COLLINS AND HUSBAND STEVE OF VISAlIA, CA.
                       ALICE HOLE of HANFORD, CA
 
SPECIAL NEPHEWS:     JAYSON MOODY, ATOKA AND LeRADO MOODY of DURANT, ok.
SPECIAL NIECE:     NATASHA  MOODY CUNNINGHAM.
 
AUNT:      DEBBIE SMITH AND HUSBAND TROY of ATOKA, ok.
 
GREAT AUNT:    EDNA HORN of COALGATE, ok.
 
 
       preceded in death by
 
 
PARENTS:     JAMES HENRY MOODY.
                         JUDY ANN MAYO.
SON:     EUGENE SANFORD
SISTER:      MELISSA MOODY
GRANDPARENTS:    JESSE SAMUEL AND MARIE CUMMINGS.
                                       HOWARD MOODY.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:      TUESDAY, MARCH 14, 2006 AT 2:30 P.M.
place of SERVICES:     BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, ok.
 
OFFICIATING:       REV. DANNY MAPLES, REV. DEWEY SHAFFER, and REV. DELBERT WHITE.
 
CASKETBEARERS:     EDWARD BARNES, JAMIE KELSEY, ROBERT WOMACK, GENE MARSHALL, ALLEN SIMS, RODNEY BURLESON, JEFF MARSHALl, HENRY MOODY, JAMES MOODY, ROBERT GARCIA.
 
 
FAMILY NIGHT:    MONDAY EVENING 7 TO 8 PM
 
 
 
 
name:    CARROLL RAY TIGERT, AGE 62, A LONGTIME CANEY AREA RESIDENT.
tigert,carroll
 
BORN:    SEPTEMBER 27, 1943 AT CANEY, OK TO BENJAMIN FRANKLIN AND MARY ANICE (NICKLES) TIGERT.
 
PASSED AWAY:       MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 13, 2006 AT HIS RESIDENCE IN CANEY, ok.
AGE:     62 YEARS      3 MONTHS   AND  16 DAYS
 
EDUCATION:     CARROLL ATTENDED AND GRADUATED FROM CANEY HIGH IN 1961 AND HE THEN ATTENDED MURRAY STATE COLLEGE FOR TWO YEARS.
 
MARRIED:       NELDA KAY RICHARDSON ON NOVember 30, 1963 AT CANEY, OK.
 
OCCUPATION:    CARROLL WORKED AS PROJECT MANAGER SUPERVISOR FOR BROWN AND ROOT CONSTRUCTION COmpany FOR 42 YEARS.   HIS WORK TOOK HIM AND HIS FAMILY TO TEXAS, ALASKA, LOUISIANA, AND CALIFORNIA.
 
CHURCH AFFILIATION:      HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH IN CANEY. ok.
 
CARROLL SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE AIR FORCE DURING THE VIETNAM WAR.
 
 
       survived by
 
WIFE:    NELDA OF THE HOME IN CANEY, ok.
 
CHILDREN:    JEFFREY TODD TIGERT AND WIFE KIM OF LINDSAY, OK.
                           CHAD WESLEY TIGERT AND WIFE TIFFANY OF MOCKSVILLE, NC.
                           CeDANA CARROLL LANIG AND HUSBAND JASON OF DURANT, OK.
 
GRANDCHILDREN:     ELIJAH SEXTON, JEFFREY BROOKS TIGERT, BLAKELY ANNE TIGERT, AND DANICA PAISLEY LANIG.
 
BROTHER:     CHARLES W. TIGERT AND WIFE LOIS OF ATOKA, OK.
 
SISTERS:     LORENE BUFORD AND HUSBAND RAY OF FT. WORTH, TX.
                       JULIA DEAN ALEXANDER AND HUSBAND JURNA OF CANEY, ok.
                       BERNICE WHITTEN AND HUSBAND WILLIS OF DENISON, TX.
                       JOYCE FERGUSON OF CANEY, OK.
 
 
       preceded in death by
 
PARENTS:     BENJAMIN AND MARY TIGERT.
BROTHER:     DONALD FRANKLIN TIGERT.
SISTER:      MARLENE KEEL.
BROTHER-IN-LAW:      FERG FERGUSON.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:      THURSDAY, MARCH 16, 2006 AT 2:00 PM
PLACE OF SERVICES:       CANEY FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH ~ caney, ok.
 
INTERMENT:     CADDO CEMETERY ~ caddo, ok.
 
OFFICIATING:     REV. JEREMY PARHAM.
ASSISTING:     REV. CHARLES HOWARD.
 
CASKETBEARERS:     RYAN RICHARDSON, BRADY RICHARDSON, BEN HOWARD, BRAD BRISTER, JACK ALLEN WALKER, JUSTIN WALKER, JIM WARD, STEVE MANSELL.
 
HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:      HIS SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASS.
 
 
FAMILY NIGHT:    WEDnesday 6 TO 8 PM.
 
 
 
 
NAME:      PASSION LEE GREEN, INFANT DAUGHTER OF DERIC LEE GREEN AND LEAH JANE SANDERS.
green,passion
 
BORN:      NOVEMBER 30, 2005 AT THE MEDICAL CENTER OF SE OKLAHOMA IN DURANT, OK
 
PASSED AWAY:     SATURDAY, MARCH 18, 2006 AT THE ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
AGE:     0 YEARS    3 MONTHS   AND  18 DAYS
 
 
       survived by
 
PARENTS:     DERIC LEE GREEN AND LEAH JANE SANDERS OF ATOKA, ok.
 
GRANDPARENTS:      MARCELLE SANDERS OF ATOKA, OK.
                                         CARMEN GREEN OF OKLAHOMA CITY.
                                         CEDRIC GREEN OF LAWTON, OK.
 
GREAT GRANDPARENTS:      MARGERET JEANENE GILLENTINE OF STRINGTOWN, ok.
                                                       CARL AND LILLIE WILLIAMS OF OKLAHOMA CITY.
                                                       ROBERT AND GLORIA GeBRON OF ROYCE CITY, TX.
 
GREAT GREAT GRANDMOTHER:     PAULINE GeBRON OF MCKINNEY, TX.
 
UNCLES:      CEDRIC GREEN JR. OF OKLAHOMA CITY.
                       DANIEL SANDERS OF ATOKA, OK.
                       DAVID SANDERS OF ATOKA, OK.
                       STEVEN GILLENTINE OF PORTLAND, OR
 
AUNTS:     NATASHA GILLENTINE OF GARLAND, TX.
                   ARRISSA WILLIAMS OF OKLAHOMA CITY.
                   DAWN WILLIAMS OF OKLAHOMA CITY.
 
 
       preceded in death by
 
GRANDFATHER:     DANNY LYNN SANDERS.
GREAT GRANDFATHER:     RONALD DEAN GILLENTINE.
AUNT:    GINA GeBRON KEKG.
UNCLE:   AARON GeBRON.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:      THURSDAY, MARCH 23, 2006 AT 2:00 PM
PLACE OF SERVICES:       BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ atoka, ok.
 
INTERMENT:     REDDEN CEMETERY ~ daisy, ok.
 
OFFICIATING:
 
CASKETBEARERS:       CODY MAXEY, DANIEL SANDERS, MICHAEL GeBRON, DERIC GREEN.
 
HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:      MIKE BROWN, DAVID SANDERS, NIKE STOUGH, MELODY WELCH.
 
 
FAMILY NIGHT:    NONE
 
 
 
 
NAME:      THOMAS WITTEN “T.W.” REEVES, AGE 85, A LIFELONG COAL-ATOKA COUNTY AREA RESIDENT.
reeves,thomas
 
BORN:      FEBRUARY 1, 1921 IN COAL COunty, OKLAHOMA TO ROBERT T. AND GOLDIE (JORDAN) REEVES.
 
PASSED AWAY:     WEDNESDAY, MARCH 22, 2006 AT THE ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.
AGE:     85 YEARS   1 MONTH   AND  21  DAYS
 
EDUCATION:       T. W. ATTENDED MIDWAY SCHOOL IN COAL COunty.
 
MARRIED:       RUTH MILLER ON JANUARY 11, 1947 AT ATOKA, OK.
 
OCCUPATION:      T. W. WORKED AT FURR MOTOR COmpany FOR MANY YEARS AND LATER DID YARD WORK.
 
CHURCH AFFILIATION:      HE WAS A LONGTIME MEMBER OF THE MOUNTAIN VIEW PENTECOSTAL CHURCH IN ATOKA.    T. W. HELPED RAISE MANY OF HIS NIECES AND GREAT NIECES.   HE LOVED FISHING AND SPENDING TIME WITH HIS FRIENDS.
 
 
       survived by
 
MOTHER-IN-LAW:     MITTIE MILLER OF CALERA, ok.
 
NIECES:      FRANCES SMITH OF ATOKA, OK.
                     DONNA CALLAHAN OF ANTLERS, OK.
                     WANDA McCLAIN OF CALERA, OK.
 
GREAT NIECES:    TERRI WILSON OF CALIFORNIA.
                                   SHELLY BEARDEN OF DURANT, OK.
                                   LISA BROOME OF DURANT, OK.
                                   GALA BRAUDRICK OF ATOKA, OK.
                                   MIJA THOMAS OF POTTSBORO, TX.
                                   BELINDA HICKS OF ATOKA, OK.
                                   HEATHER HICKS OF ATOKA, OK.
                                   BRANDY HICKS OF IDABEL, OK.
                                   TRACIE CARLTON OF CALERA, OK.
                                   AMIE RANGLE OF SHERMAN, TX.
 
GREAT NEPHEW:      MICHAEL HICKS OF PERNEL, OK.
 
SPECIAL COUSIN:      BILL HARRIS OF ATOKA, OK.
 
 
       preceded in death by
 
WIFE:    RUTH reeves in january, 1984.
PARENTS:     ROBERT AND GOLDIE REEVES.
BROTHERS:      JACK AND J. D. REEVES.
FATHER-IN-LAW:     FRED MILLER.
NEPHEWS:     JON, DAVID, DAKOTA, AND ALAN.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:      FRIDAY, MARCH 24, 2006 AT 10:00 A.M.
PLACE OF SERVICES:       BROWN’S funeral CHAPEL ~ atoka, ok.
 
INTERMENT:     GREEN MEADOWS CEMETERY ~ atoka, ok.
 
OFFICIATING:     REV. GLEN THOMASON.
 
CASKETBEARERS:     OWEN PRATER, BOBBY SMITH, CARL CALLICOAT, TOMMY INGRAM, KENNY LAM, JOSEPH DARLING, ELMER “JABO” GRIFFITH.
 
HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:      FRED HOLLEY, JOHNNY HOLLEY, CLINTON BOONE, AL JONES, JASPER MILLS. BILL LANG, BILL HARRIS.
 
FAMILY NIGHT:    THURSDAY 6 TO 8 P.M.
 
 
 
 
NAME:      THURMAN “SHORTY” SNOW, AGE 69, A LONGTIME REDDEN-ATOKA COUNTY AREA RESIDENT.
 
BORN:      MAY 14, 1936 AT REDDEN, ATOKA COunty, OK TO ELMER AND JESSIE MAE (ELKINS) SNOW.
 
PASSED AWAY:     WEDNESDAY, MARCH 22, 2006 AT HIS RESIDENCE  NEAR REDDEN, OK
AGE:       69 YEARS  10 MONTHS    AND   12 DAYS
 
EDUCATION:       shorty ATTENDED SCHOOL AT REDDEN.
 
OCCUPATION:        he WORKED AS A GENERAL LABORER DOING HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION AND WORKED MANY YEARS AS A FARMER AND LUMBERJACK.
 
 
       survived by
 
BROTHERS:      BURLEY AND JAMES SNOW OF REDDEN, OK.
 
 
       preceded in death by
 
PARENTS:     ELMER AND JESSIE SNOW.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:      SUNDAY, MARCH 26, 2006 AT 2:30 P.M.
place of SERVICES:     GRAVESIDE.
 
interment:     REDDEN CEMETERY ~ daisy, ok.
 
OFFICIATING:     ARVEL HALL.
 
FAMILY NIGHT:    6 TO 8 P.M. SATURDAy.
 
 
 
 
NAME:      carl CHARLES WILLIAMSON, AGE 74, A LONGTIME WAPANUCKA AREA RESIDENT.
williamson,carl
 
BORN:      NOVEMBER 20, 1931 AT DIBBLE, OK TO GEORGE HENRY AND VERA JUANITA (MILLS) WILLIAMSON. 
 
PASSED AWAY:       FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 24, 2006 AT THE MARY HURLEY HOSPITAL IN COALGATE, OK
AGE:     74 YEARS  4 MONTHS   AND  4 DAYS
 
EDUCATION:     CARL ATTENDED ALEX AND BRADLEY, OK  SCHOOLS.
 
MARRIED:       FAY MURPHY ON APRIL 27, 1972 AT OKLAHOMA CITY.
 
OCCUPATION:      CARL WORKED FOR MANY YEARS AS AN AUTO MECHANIC.
 
CHURCH AFFILIATION:      HE WAS OF THE BAPTIST FAITH.
 
 
       survived by
 
WIFE:    FAY williamson OF THE HOME.
 
CHILDREN:    DALE WILLIAMSON OF LEXINGTON, OK.
                           KENNETH WILLIAMSON OF ADA, OK.
                           RICK WILLIAMSON OF CEMENT, OK.
                           TERRY WILLIAMSON AND WIFE LaVONDA OF ADA, OK.
                           DELBERT WILLIAMSON AND WIFE LILLY OF TISHOMINGO, ok.
                           CONNIE SHIRLEY and HUSBAND KEVIN OF STRINGTOWN, ok.
                           EMMA WOOTEN OF PITTSBURG, OK.
 
MOTHER OF HIS CHILDREN:      SUE FULTON OF PITTSBURG, OK.
 
HIS MOTHER:      VERA MILLS OF CADDO, OK.
 
25 GRANDCHILDREN, 22 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.
 
BROTHER:     RUSSELL WILLIAMSON AND WIFE JANE OF TISHOMINGO, ok.
 
SISTERS:     FLORETTA WOOTEN and HUSBAND ARNOLD OF COLEMAN, ok.
                       WILMA MANION AND HUSBAND BEN OF TISHOMINGO, ok.
                       CAROLYN McENTIRE OF BENNINGTON, OK.
 
 
       preceded in death by
 
FATHER:      GEORGE HENRY WILLIAMSON.
BROTHERS:      WOODY AND LEON WILLIAMSON.
STEPDAUGHTER:      LISA KIRK.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:      MONDAY, MARCH 27, 2006 AT 2:00 P.M.
place of SERVICES:     GRAVESIDE.
 
interment:     ROSEHILL CEMETERY-WAPANUCKA, OK.
 
OFFICIATING:     REV. VICTOR COOK.
 
CASKETBEARERS:       BOONE WILLIAMSON, TERRY WILLIAMSON, RICK WILLIAMSON, JOHNNY LOWE, KEITH KIRK, MICHAEL KIRK.
 
FAMILY NIGHT:    SUNDAY 6 TO 8 P.M.
 
 
 
 
NAME:      KAMDEN MAE DICKINSON, INFANT DAUGHTER OF NATHAN PAUL AND LORI DAWN (OLDHAM) DICKINSON OF DENISON, Tx.
 
BORN and passed away:      MARCH 24, 2006 AT THE TEXOMA MEDICAL CENTER IN DENISON, tx.
 
 
       survived by
 
PARENTS:     NATHAN PAUL AND LORI DAWN DICKINSON OF DENISON, tx.
 
GRANDPARENTS:      LARRY AND LINDA OLDHAM of ATOKA, ok.
                                         RAYMOND AND LYNN DICKINSON OF SALLISAW, OK.
 
 
GREAT GRANDPARENTS:      DALE OLDHAM of WOODWARD, OK.
                                                       GEORGE AND DORIS REEVES of GORE, OK.
                                                       MARY ELLEN DICKINSON of CAPE MAY, N.J.
 
 
UNCLE:     ROSS DICKINSON of CAPE MAY, N.J.
AUNTS:       ANGIE DICKINSON of CAPE MAY, N.J.
                     LACEY OLDHAM of ATOKA, ok.
 
COUSIN:      ALEXIS JADE OLDHAM of ATOKA, ok.
 
 
       preceded in death by
 
GREAT GRANDPARENTS:      WOODROW AND JULIA AINSWORTH.
                                                       BESSIE OLDHAM
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:      MONDAY, MARCH 27, 2006 AT 11:00 AM
PLACE OF SERVICES:       GRAVESIDE SERVICE.
 
INTERMENT:       GREEN MEADOWS CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, ok.
 
OFFICIATING:     REV. BARTT BRADFORD.
 
 
FAMILY NIGHT:    NONE.
 
 
 
 
NAME:    JAKE ANTHONY BAKER, AGE 57, A LIFELONG STRINGTOWN AREA RESIDENT.
baker,jake
 
BORN:      DECEMBER 11, 1948 AT STRINGTOWN, OK TO JAKE BRADFORD AND JESSIE DEAN (ROWELL) BAKER.
 
PASSED AWAY:     SUNDAY, MARCH 26, 2006 AT THE VETERAN’S HOSPITAL IN OKLAHOMA CITY
AGE:     57 YEARS   3 MONTHS    AND   15 DAYS.
 
EDUCATION:     JAKE ATTENDED STRINGTOWN SCHOOLS AND WAS SENIOR CLASS PRESIDENT OF THE CLASS OF ‘67.   HE THEN ATTENDED SOUTHEASTERN STATE COLLEGE FOR TWO YEARS.
 
OCCUPATION:      JAKE WORKED AS A GENERAL LABORER IN THE CONSTRUCTION FIELD.
 
CHURCH AFFILIATION:      HE WAS A LONGTIME MEMBER OF THE STRINGTOWN FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH.
 
JAKE WAS A DECORATED ARMY VETERAN OF THE VIETNAM WAR.
 
 
       survived by
 
CHILDREN:      JOSHUA BRADFORD BAKER OF TULSA, OK.
                           ASHLEY JANE BAKER OF ATOKA, OK.
                           BOBBY JAKE BAKER OF ATOKA, OK.
                           SARA ANN BAKER OF ATOKA, OK.
 
MOTHERS OF HIS CHILDREN:       CATHY CLOUSE OF TULSA, OK.
                                                               SHERRY JANE CUNNINGHAM OF ATOKA, OK.
 
BROTHER:       WAYNE BAKER AND WIFE SHERI OF FT. GIBSON, OK.
 
SISTERS:       PRISCILLA ANN MAINE and HUSBAND RUSSELL OF ATOKA, ok.
                         PAM THOMPSON and HUSBAND LESTER OF STRINGTOWN, ok.
                         LUCILLE BANKS AND HUSBAND SHERMAN OF ATOKA, OK.
 
ALONG WITH NUMEROUS OTHER RELATIVES AND MANY VERY DEAR AND LOVED FRIENDS.
 
 
       preceded in death by
 
PARENTS:     JAKE BRADFORD AND JESSIE DEAN BAKER.
BROTHER:     RONNIE BAKER.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:      THURSDAY, MARCH 30, 2006 AT 2:30 P.M.
PLACE OF SERVICES:     STRINGTOWN FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH.
 
INTERMENT:     STRINGTOWN CEMETERY.
 
OFFICIATING:     REV. WAYNE EDGAR.
 
CASKETBEARERS:     JOHNNY CHAFFIN, WAYNE FARMER, CURTIS SPARKS, JOE HAGGARD, DAVID KELLOGG, RONNIE MARLEy.
 
HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:      JOHN WILLIAMS, DITTERS COLE, PHILLIP CAPSHAW, KIRBY WILLIAMS, SONNY RICHARD, JAMIE THOMPSON, FRED BRADFORD, ROBBIE KILPATRICK.
 
 
FAMILY NIGHT:    nONE.
 
 
 
 
NAME:    ALFRED ELSWORTH NEEDHAM, AGE 73, A LONGTIME LEHIGH AREA RESIDENT.
needham,alfredBORN:    OCTOBER 18, 1932 AT GREENFIELD, MO TO IRA FRANKLIN AND EUNICE MARY (MATTHEWS) NEEDHAM.
 
PASSED AWAY:     SUNDAY, MARCH 26, 2006 AT THE VETERANS HOSPITAL IN OKLAHOMA CITY.
AGE:     73 YEARS    5 MONTHS    AND 8  DAYS.
 
EDUCATION:     ALFRED ATTENDED school in DADEVILLE, MO as well as JAMES SCHOOL AND NorthEast HIGH SCHOOL BOTH  IN KANSAS CITY, MO.
 
MARRIED:       NOAMI JONES IN CALIFORNIA.
                         FLORA MARIE (HORN) NANNEY IN 1973 IN JOHNSTON COunty, OK.
 
OCCUPATION:      ALFRED WORKED AS A CROSS COUNTRY TRUCK DRIVER FOR MANY YEARS. AFTER HIS RETIREMENT HE WORKED PART TIME AT THE ADA, OK LANDFILL.
 
ALFRED SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE U.S. MARINES DURING THE KOREAN WAR.
 
CHURCH AFFILIATION:      HE WAS OF THE BAPTIST FAITH.
 
HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE AMERICAN LEGION AND VFW COALGATE POST.  ALFRED LOVED FISHING AND COON HUNTING
 
 
       survived by
 
WIFE:    MARIE needham OF THE HOME at lehigh, ok.
 
CHILDREN:      ROBERT NEEDHAM OF STILLWELL, KS.
                           SUSAN NEEDHAM OF STILLWELL, KS.
                           JACKIE JONES OF STILLWELL, KS.
                           NANCY HEISER OF STILLWELL, KS.
                           ANN HACKER OF HILL CENTER, TX.
                           MONNIE ROSE OF LEHIGH, OK.
                           DODIE NANNEY OF RAVIA, OK.
                           MICHAEL NANNEY OF OKLAHOMA CITY.
                           BUTCH NANNEY OF RAVIA, OK.
 
24 GRANDCHILDREN, NUMEROUS GREAT AND GREAT GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.
 
 SISTERS:      WANDA KURTZ OF KANSAS CITY, MO.
                         NADINE QUALLS OF LEHIGH, OK.
                         ALLENE DePERALTA OF KANSAS CITY, MO.
 
 
       preceded in death by
 
PARENTS:     IRA AND EUNICE NEEDHAM.
CHILDREN’S MOTHER:     NOAMI NEEDHAM.
DAUGHTER:    DARLENE FOSHEE.
TWIN SISTERS:    EVA AND EVELYN NEEDHAM.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:      FRIDAY, MARCH 31, 2006 AT 2: 00 P.M.
PLACE OF SERVICES:     BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ atoka, ok.
 
INTERMENT:     LEHIGH CEMETERY ~ lehigh, ok.
 
OFFICIATING:     ARVEL HALL.
 
CASKETBEARERS:       DODIE NANNEY, MICHAEL NANNEY, SHEA NANNEY, STEPHEN YOAKUM, LESLIE FLIPPO, RICKY MILLIGAN.
 
HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:      JAMES AIRINGTON, DON McCULLUM, ROBERT NEEDHAM, NORM lIVINGSTON, LOUIE PELLIGRINI, KEITH HORN.
 
FAMILY NIGHT:    THURSDAY 6 PM TO 8 PM, ATOKA LOCATION.
 
 
 
 
NAME:    FLORENCE MARY (ROGERS) NEAL, AGE 105, A RESIDENT OF ARDMORE AND FORMER LONGTIME ATOKA, COUNTY AREA RESIDENT.
neal,florence
 
BORN:      JANUARY 6, 1901 IN THE INDIAN TERRITORY, ATOKA COunty, OKLAHOMA TO WILLIAM F. AND KITTIE D. (GREGG) ROGERS.
 
PASSED AWAY:     EARLY TUESDAY MORNING, MARCH 28, 2006 AT THE SOUTH BROOK NURSING HOME IN ARDMORE, OK.
AGE:     105 YEARS   2 MONTHS    AND   22 DAYS
 
EDUCATION:     FLORENCE WAS A 1918 ATOKA HIGH school GRADUATE.  SHE ATTENDED SOUTHEASTERN STATE AND THEN EAST CENTRAL UNIVERSITY WHERE SHE RECEIVED HER TEACHING DEGREE.
 
MARRIED:       HUGH KNIGHT NEAL ON AUGUST 22, 1923 AT COALGATE, OK.
 
OCCUPATION:    SHE TAUGHT SCHOOL AT TELICO, OK AND WAS A HOUSEWIFE AND HOMEMAKER.
 
CHURCH AFFILIATION:    FLORENCE WAS A LONGTIME MEMBER OF THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH IN ATOKA.
 
SHE SERVED AS BENEVOLENCE COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN AND SHE WAS A MEMBER OF THE EASTERN STAR, YELLOW ROSE CLUB, AND CHARTER MEMBER OF THE PIONEER CLUB.  FLORENCE WAS ALSO A MEMBER OF THE RUTH SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASS AND W.M.U. ORGANIZATION.
 
 
       survived by
 
DAUGHTER:    JEANNE PRIDDY AND HUSBAND BILL OF ARDMORE, ok.
 
GRANDSON:    BILL PRIDDY, JR., and WIFE TERESA OF GLADEWATER, TX.
 
GREAT GRANDDAUGHTERS:      AMY SMITH AND HUSBAND FRED OF SULPHUR, OK.
                                                             AMBER HOBBS AND HUSBAND JEREMY OF ARDMORE, ok.
 
GReat GREAT GRANDDAUGHTERS:    CHAELI SMITH, CHASTA SMITH, JESSICA HOBBS, AND COURTNEY
                                                                           HOBBS
 
SISTER-IN-LAW:     EMMA ROGERS GRIGGS OF OKLAHOMA CITY.
 
 
       preceded in death by
 
HUSBAND:     HUGH KNIGHT NEAL ON MARCH 28, 1970.
PARENTS:     WILLIAM AND KITTIE NEAL.
BROTHERS:      WILLIAM F. ROGERS, JR. AND DWIGHT C. ROGERS.
INFANT DAUGHTER.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:    THURSDAY, MARCH 30, 2006 AT 11:00 A.M.
PLACE OF SERVICES:     FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH ~ atoka, ok.
 
INTERMENT:     WESTVIEW CEMETERY ~ atoka, ok.
 
OFFICIATING:     REV. JOE CHAPIN.
 
CASKETBEARERS:     JACK SHADLE, JR., DAVID ROGERS, DON BREWSTER, JIMMY NEAL TERRY, ROBERT CROAK.
 
FAMILY NIGHT:  NONE
 
 
 
 
NAME:      AUDREY CYNTHIA (ALTSTATT) DERRYBERRY, AGE 75, A LONGTIME ATOKA AREA RESIDENT.
derryberry,audrey
 
BORN:      AUGUST 6, 1930 AT STIGLER, OK TO HIRAM BIFF AND THERA (NOLAN) ALTSTATT.
 
PASSED AWAY:     MARCH 28, 2006 AT HER RESIDENCE IN ATOKA, ok.
AGE:     75 YEARS    7 MONTHS   AND      22 DAYS
 
EDUCATION:     SHE  ATTENDED STIGLER, OK AND BAKERSFIELD, CA SCHOOLS.   SHE ATTENDED MURRAY STATE COLLEGE WHERE SHE RECEIVED HER ASSOCIATES’ DEGREE IN NURSING IN 1970.
 
MARRIED:       HASKELL PEDRO DERRYBERRY ON FEBRUARY 28, 1947 AT WARDVILLE, OK.
 
OCCUPATION:      AUDREY WORKED AS A NURSE AT ATOKA MEMORIAL, MARY HURLEY HOSPITAL IN COALGATE, BRYAN CO. HOSPITALL IN DURANT AND THE COLONIAL MANOR.   SHE LATER WORKED FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES AS A SUPERVISOR AND RETIRED IN 1996.
 
CHURCH AFFILIATION:      she WAS AFFILIATED WITH SOUTHSIDE BAPTIST CHURCH.
 
SHE LOVED GARDENING, RAISING FLOWERS,  AND HER ANIMALS.
 
 
       survived by
 
SON:     RAY DERRYBERRY AND WIFE NANCY OF ARLINGTON, TX.
 
DAUGHTER:    LINDA BAKER OF DENISON, TX.
 
GRANDCHILDREN:     DAVID BAKER OF ARLINGTON, TX.
                                         JENNIE NEAL OF ARLINGTON, TX.
                                         AMY TRAMMELL OF AUSTIN, TX.
                                         MATTHEW TRAMMELL OF AUSTIN, TX.
                                         HOPE WHITFIELD OF ARLINGTON, TX.
                                         JOSEPH TRAMMELL OF ARLINGTON, TX.
 
SISTER:      MILDRED WREN AND HUSBAND BURL OF HASKELL, OK.
 
GREAT GRANDCHILDREN:     MASON NEAL, MYKALA NEAL, AYDEN TRAMMELL, JACKSON TRAMMELL, ELLA TRAMMELL.
 
 
       preceded in death by
 
HUSBAND:     HASKELL DERRYBERRY IN 1983.
PARENTS:     HIRAM AND THERA ALTSTATT
BROTHER:     HARLIS RAY ALTSTATT
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:    SATURDAY, APRIL 1, 2006 AT 2:00 PM
PLACE OF SERVICES:     BROWN’S funeral CHAPEL ~ atoka, ok.
 
INTERMENT:   NONE.
 
OFFICIATING:     ARVEL HALL.
 
CASKETBEARERS:       CLIFFORD BROWN, J. D. VOTO, CHARLIE BONNER, RONNIE WILLIAMS, RAY DERRYBERRY, DAVID BAKER.
 
HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:      CLIFF DARST, DR. DON RIPPEE.
 
 
FAMILY NIGHT:    FRIDAY 6 PM TO 8 PM
 
 
 
 
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