NAME: MELVIN FRANKLIN PERKINS, AGE 67, A LONGTIME FARRIS AREA RESIDENT. BORN: MAY 7, 1939 AT MILBURN, OKLAHOMA TO ARTHUR FRANKLIN AND SELMA (PALMER) PERKINS. PASSED AWAY: WEDnesday, MARCH 7, 2007 AT THE ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.AGE: 67 YEARS 10 MONTHS. EDUCATION: MELVIN ATTENDED AND GRADUATED FROM MILBURN HIGH SCHOOL WITH THE CLASS OF 1961. HE GRADUATED FROM SOUTHEASTERN STATE UNIVERSITY WITH A BACHELOR OF ARTS DEGREE. MARRIED: WANDA VERN HORATH ON SEPTEMBER 23, 1961 AT EMIT, OK. OCCUPATION: MELVIN RETIRED FROM THE OKLAHOMA DEParTment OF CORRECTIONs AND THE STATE PARDON AND PAROLE board. AFTER retiring, HE WORKED A FEW YEARS IN LAW ENFORCEMENT AT ANTLERS AND HE WAS A FARMER AND RANCHER. CHURCH AFFILIATION: HE WAS OF THE BAPTIST FAITH. MELVIN LOVED HUNTING AND FISHING AND RAISING CATTLE. HE SERVED IN THE U. S.ARMY. he was also A MEMBER OF THE OKLAHOMA CATTLEMANS ASSOCIATION AND WAS A CLEET FIREARMS INSTRUCTOR. survived by SON: MELVIN WAYNE “MOOCHIE” PERKINS and WIFE DEBORAH OF ATOKA, ok. DAUGHTER: MELVA BINGHAM AND HUSBAND KEVIN OF ATOKA, ok. gRANDSON: K. C. JOHN MORELAND OF ATOKA, ok. STEP GRANDCHILDREN: BRANDI MORELAND of PEORIA, AZ. KODY and JODY MORELAND OF TUSHKA. ASHLEY, KENDRA, AND TAYLOR BINGHAM OF ATOKA, ok. GREAT STEP GRANDCHILD: COOPER CALLICOAT. SPECIAL FRIEND: JOSIE HEFFNER OF ANTLERS AND HER CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN: CHRISTY AND FRANK MILLER, JOHN AND LISA HEFFNER AND FAMILY. SAMANTHA AND JOHN MILLER OF ANTLERS. BROTHERS: ALVIN PERKINS AND WIFE GLENDA OF SOPER, ok. GENE PERKINS AND WIFE MICKIE OF MILBURN, ok. SISTERS: CLARICE LAFEVERS AND HUSBAND BILL OF MILBURN, ok. CAROLYN PARIS AND HUSBAND LARRY OF KENEFIC, ok. MARILYN WHITTINGTON AND HUSBAND ROGER OF MILBURN, ok. brothers & sisters IN-LAW: JACKIE WAYNE HORATH OF BEGGS, OK. RONNIE DALE “PAT” HORATH OF BIXBY, OK. VIRGINIA HORATH OF ATOKA, ok. JEAN HORATH OF ATOKA, ok. TERRY FAULKNER OF DENTON, TX. preceded in death by WIFE: WANDA VERN PERKINS on september 25, 2001.PARENTS: ARTHUR AND SELMA PERKINS.BROTHER: ARNOLD WAYNE PERKINS.SON-IN-LAW: DERRIEL MORELAND.IN-LAWS: BILL AND OPAL HORATH.BROTHERS-IN-LAW: BO AND JERRY HORATH.SISTER IN-LAW: MARGARET FAULKNER.
date of SERVICES: FRIDAY, MARCH 9, 2007 AT 2:00 P.M.PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S funeral CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, ok. OFFICIATING: REV. DARREL HEATH. interment: GREEN MEADOWS CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, ok. CASKETBEARERS: MARION KEITH SMITH, JASON HORATH, NIC HORATH, JARROD HORATH, RANDY COLE, WADE WHITTINGTON, GENE PERKINS, ALAN LAFEVERS, MARION PARIS, DEWAYNE LAFEVERS HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: JACK HORATH, PAT HORATH, KEVIN HORATH, CARL McADAMS, RAY KINDRED, JOHN HEFFNER, FRANK MILLER, HENRY COLE, TERRY PATE, ROGER BUCHANNON, DR. DON RIPPEE, WINSTON PALMER, BOB BARNES.
NAME: J. D. SUMMERS, AGE 73, A LONGTIME TISHOMINGO AREA RESIDENT. BORN: SEPTEMBER 5, 1933 AT GERTY, OK TO WILLIAM EDGAR AND RHODA JANE (PEEK) SUMMERS. PASSED AWAY: EARLY THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 8, 2007 AT THE TISHOMINGO HOSPITAL.AGE: 73 YEARS 6 MONTHS 3 DAYS. EDUCATION: J. D. ATTENDED SCHOOL AT GERTY, OK. OCCUPATION: he was. A SELF EMPLOYED HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERATOR AND MECHANIC. HE WORKED FOR ATOKA DISTRICT 2 AND JOHNSTON DISTRICT 1 FOR SEVERAL YEARS, THE CITY OF TISHOMINGO, AND MURRAY STATE COLLEGE AS A MECHANIC. CHURCH AFFILIATION: MEMBER OF THE MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH IN GERTY. HE ENJOYED BLUE GRASS MUSIC AND WAS AN AVID MUSICIAN. J. D. SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE U. S. ARMY DURING THE KOREAN ERA. survived by CHILDREN: TERRY SUMMERS AND WIFE RHONDA OF ALDERSON, OK. MIKE SUMMERS AND WIFE ANN OF HEFLIN, LA. JAYLA SUMMERS OF COALGATE, OK. GRANDCHILDREN: SANDY SUMMERS OF HEFLIN, LA. TERRA, ZACH AND CODY SUMMERS ALL OF SAVANNA, OK. SISTERS: CUBA LAWRENCE OF LAWTON, OK. JEWEL ROCHA OF ALLEN, OK. ANNA MAE KREIE OF ADA, OK. BROTHERS: JAMES SUMMERS AND WIFE CHARLENE OF ALLEN, OK. JOHNNY SUMMERS AND WIFE CAROL OF ALLEN, OK. preceded in death by PARENTS: WILLIAM AND RHODA SUMMERS.BROTHERS: ULICE AND HUBERT SUMMERS.SISTER: LULA LEVINGSTON.
DATE OF SERVICES: SATURDAY, MARCH 10, 2007 AT 11:00 AM GRAVESIDE SERVICES: GERTY CEMETERY ~ gerty, ok. OFFICIATING: REV. RAYMOND BRADY. CASKETBEARERS: TONY FARLEY, JAMES SUMMERS, CHARLES SANDERS, BOB SLIGER, DAVID VANDENBURG, REGGIE EASTERLING. FAMILY NIGHT- NONE
NAME: TERESINA OLIVIA (PELLEGRINI) VOTO, AGE 99, A RESIDENT OF ATOKA SINCE 1932. BORN: SEPTEMBER 8, 1907 AT LEHIGH, OK TO ERNESTO AND CLOTILDE MARIE (ENRIETTO) PELLEGRINI. PASSED AWAY: THURSDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 8, 2007 AT HER RESIDENCE IN ATOKA, ok.AGE: 99 YEARS 6 MONTHS. EDUCATION: TERESINA WAS A 1927 GRADUATE OF LEHIGH HIGH SCHOOL. MARRIED: JOSEPH DOMINIC VOTO ON DECEMBER 24, 1937 AT LEHIGH, OK. HE PRECEDED HER IN DEATH ON DECEMBER 23, 1997. THEY HAD 70 WONDERFUL YEARS TOGETHER. OCCUPATION: SHE WAS A LOVING WIFE AND MOTHER, GRANDMOTHER, AND GREAT GRANDMOTHER. CHURCH AFFILIATION: MEMBER OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH FOR THE PAST 92 YEARS. SHE WAS A CANDY STRIPER AT THE ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOR SEVERAL YEARS. TERESINA HAD A LOVE FOR POETRY AND READING. SHE LOVED SPENDING TIME WITH HER FAMILY AND FRIENDS. survived by CHILDREN: CLO JEAN BUCHANAN OF DENVER, CO. GLORIA STRAIN OF ATOKA, OK. JOSEPHINE OSELL and HUSBAND JON OF FT. COLLINS, CO. J. D. VOTO and VERY DEAR DAUGHTER-IN-LAW KAY OF ATOKA, ok. BROTHER: LOUIS PELLEGRINI OF LEHIGH, ok. SISTER: ISABELLE MOUNT OF TULSA, ok. 14 GRANDCHILDREN.22 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. preceded in death by PARENTS: ERNESTO AND CLOTILDE PELLEGRINI.HUSBAND: JOE VOTO ON DECEMBER 23, 1997.SON: JOE VOTO, JR.SISTERS: JULIA AND ERNeSTINE PELLEGRINI.BROTHER: JOHNNY PELLEGRINI.
DATE OF SERVICES: MONDAY, MARCH 12, 2007 AT 11:00 A.M.PLACE OF SERVICES: ST. PATRICK’S CATHOLIC CHURCH NTERMENT: LEHIGH CEMETERY ~ lehigh, ok. OFFICIATING: FATHER MICHAEL KNIPE. CASKETBEARERS: JOE DON VOTO, JAYSON DEAN VOTO, JAY DEE VOTO, MICHAEL OSELL, RICK SHAHAN, MICHAEL BUCHANAN, PATRICK BUCHANAN, SAMMY McCLENDON, VINCE HANEY. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: BEN HOGAN, JON OSELL, DR. DON RIPPEE. FAMILY NIGHT: NONE
NAME: EARL DON ALFORD, AGE 61, OF SULPHUR SPRINGS, TEXAS AND A FORMER CANEY AREA RESIDENT. BORN: APRIL 16, 1945 in the VOCA community, ATOKA COunty, OK TO ARNOLD ALLEN AND LILLIE FRANCIS (TIGERT) ALFORD. PASSED AWAY: THURSDAY, MARCH 8, 2007 AT TYLER, Tx.AGE: 61 YEARS 10 MONTHS AND 22 DAYS. EDUCATION: DON GRADUATED FROM CANEY HIGH SCHOOL WITH CLASS OF ‘63. HE GRADUATED FROM SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY WITH A MASTERS DEGREE IN MATHEMATICS. OCCUPATION: DON TAUGHT, COACHED, DROVE a SCHOOL BUS AND WAS PRINICPAL AT CANEY school. HE LATER BECAME ASSOCIATED WITH STATE FARM INSurance COmpany AND WAS THE FIRST STATE FARM AGENT IN ATOKA COUNTY. HE WAS PROMOTED TO AGENCY LEADERSHIP IN 1982 AND CONTINUED HIS CAReER WITH STATE FARM IN TEXAS. AT the TIME OF HIS DEATH, HE WAS AGENCY FIELD EXECUTIVE AND HAD OVER 29 YEARS WITH THE COMPANY. DON WAS A MEMBER OF THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH IN SULPHUR SPRINGS, TEXAS as well as A FORMER MEMBER AND DEACON AT CANEY BAPTIST CHURCH. HE WAS A MEMBER AND PAST MASTER OF THE CADDO MASONIC LODGE, A PILOT AND A MEMBER OF THE AIRCRAFT OWNERS PILOTS ASSOCIATION AND LOVED FLYING. HE WAS A CERTIFIED LIFE UNDERWRITER. survived by WIFE: GAYLA alford OF THE HOME at sulphur springs, tx. CHILDREN: CLINT ALFORD AND WIFE CASEY of ATOKA, ok. AMY SCOTT AND HUSBAND WADE of HUGO, ok. AMANDA LAWRENCE AND HUSBAND RYAN of CARTHAGE, TX. GRANDCHILDREN: CADE SCOTT, LAIN SCOTT, CALLIE LAWRENCE, ASHLYN LAWRENCE, TYMBER GRAY AND NATE SCOTT. SISTER: MARY GAY AND HUSBAND JIM of PIEDMONT, OK. BROTHERS: TRAVIS ALFORD AND WIFE BETTY of WICHITA, KS. NEAL ALFORD AND WIFE TRECIA of DOUGLASS, KS. BOB ALFORD AND WIFE ELLA of CANEY, OK. JACK ALFORD AND WIFE JANICE of FT. WORTH, TX. CARL ALFORD AND WIFE VICKIE of THACKERVILLE, OK. WALLACE ALFORD AND WIFE VICKY, CANEY, OK. preceded in death by PARENTS: ARNOLD AND LILLIE ALFORD.SISTER: SAMMIE LEE ALFORD.FATHER IN-LAW: BILL PINGLETON.NEPHEW: PHILLIP ALFORD.
DATE OF SERVICES: MONDAY, MARCH 12, 2007 AT 2:30 P.M.PLACE OF SERVICES: VOCA BAPTIST CHURCH ~ caney, ok. INTERMENT: TUSHKA CEMETERY ~ tushka, ok. OFFICIATING: REV. NEAL ALFORD.ASSISTING: CHRIS CHRISTANELLI, GREG ALFORD, and GARY DON ALFORD. CASKETBEARERS: ED MILLS, ELMER MULHAUSEN, PHIL HEARD, WYNDEL CUMMINS, GARY BUTLER, EDDIE CHEW, BENNY DAVIS, RON FLUKER, RICK GRISHAM, BRAD CAMPBELL, DICK STARK. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: STATE FARM AGENTS IN NORTHEAST TEXAS AND AGENTS THAT WORKED FOR DON WHILE HE WAS MANAGER. FAMILY NIGHT: SUNDAY 6:00 - 8:00 P.M.
NAME: OLLIE LEE (STILES) WILSON LADD, AGE 78, A LIFELONG LANE-ATOKA COUNTY AREA RESIDENT. BORN: JULY 12, 1928 AT COALGATE, OK TO ISAAC AND NANCY JANE (EDWARDS) STILES. PASSED AWAY: EARLY MONDAY MORNING, MARCH 12, 2007 AT ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. AGE: 78 YEARS 8 MONTHS. EDUCATION: OLLIE ATTENDED THE ROUND HILL SCHOOL IN COAL COUNTY. MARRIED: PAUL WILSON ON JUNE 9, 1945. JIM LADD IN JUNE 1997. OCCUPATION: SHE was a HOUSEWIFE AND HOMEMAKER. CHURCH AFFILIATION: OLLIE WAS AFFILIATED WITH THE LANE PENTECOSTAL CHURCH. SHE ENJOYED FISHING AND BEING OUTDOORS. survived by CHILDREN: CHARLIE WILSON AND WIFE DONNA OF CULVER, OR. BOBBY WILSON AND WIFE BRENDA OF FARRIS. NORMA MCDOUGAL AND HUSBAND DOOD OF LANE, OK. 25 GRANDCHILDREN. 37 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.1 GREAT GREAT GRANDCHILD. BROTHER: LINCOLN STILES AND WIFE WILLIE OF LANE, OK. preceded in death by HUSBANDS: PAUL WILSON in 1981. JIM LADD ON JULY 26, 2005.PARENTS: ISAAC AND NANCY JANE STILESSON: DON WILSONDAUGHTER: FREADA HAWKINS.GRANDCHILDREN: PAUL RAY WILSON, EDWARD WILSON AND ROY MOORE.GREAT GRANDSON: SHANE SCOTT.BROTHERS: JESSIE, ANDY “BLUE”, CLABOURN, CLINTON “SKINNER”, AND WILLIE STILES.SISTERS: DOLLIE WILSON AND CARRIE WOODS.
DATE OF SERVICES: THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 2007 AT 10:00 A.M.PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ atoka, ok. INTERMENT: BERA CEMETERY ~ harmony. OFFICIATING: REV. DEE JUSTUS.ASSISTING: JERRY RICHARD. CASKETBEARERS: DAVID STILES, MIKE STILES, MICK SCOTT, JERRY STILES, TONY STILES, RANDY INGRUM. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: (GRANDSONS) Jimmie SHEFFIELD, TEDDY WILSON, ROBBIE WILSON, PHILLIP WILSON, EVAN WILSON, BRYAN McDOUGAL, CHRIS McDOUGAL, SHAWN McDOUGAL FAMILY NIGHT: WEDnesday 6:00 T0 8:00 P.M.
NAME: ODESSA GENEVA (HOLLAND) HARRIS, AGE 85, A LIFELONG COLEMAN AREA RESIDENT. BORN: SEPTEMBER 28, 1921 AT FULSOM, OK TO ALBERT AND IDA (FRAIR) HOLLAND. PASSED AWAY: SUNDAY, MARCH 18, 2007 AT THE OAK RIDGE MANOR AT DURANT, OK.AGE: 85 YEARS 5 MONTHS 20 DAYS. EDUCATION: ODESSA ATTENDED KENEFIC school AND RECeiVED HER G.E.D. AT THE AGE OF 61. MARRIED: ROY HARRIS ON SEPTEMBER 24, 1941. OCCUPATION: SHE WAS A NURSES AID AT OAK RIDGE NURSING HOME IN DURANT as well as HOME HEALTH PROVIDER and HOUSEWIFE AND HOMEMAKER CHURCH AFFILIATION: ODESSA ATTENDED THE HOPEWELL FREEWILL BAPTIST CHURCH. survived by CHILDREN: CLIFTON HARRIS AND WIFE VIRGINIA OF COLEMAN, OK. LYNDEL HARRIS OF COLEMAN, OK. LUTRECA “PAT” BATES OF CALERA, OK. GRANDCHILDREN: CAROLYN PARROTT OF DURANT, OK. dEBBIE KAY ROBERSON AND HUSBAND RANDAL OF BOSWELL, ok. NITA HARRIS OF COLEMAN, OK. DORIS OF ATOKA, OK. ROY KEITH HARRIS AND WIFE MICHELLE OF CALIFORNIA. CLINTON HARRIS OF ATOKA, OK. JACKIE HARRIS OF ATOKA, OK SISTERS: RUBY COLEMAN OF OKLAHOMA CITY. FAYE LYTAL OF FT. GIBSON, OK. IDA BASDEN OF QUINTON, OK. JUANITA BENEFIELD AND HUSBAND BOONER OF ATOKA, OK. BROTHER: JIM HOLLAND OF CADDO, OK GREAT GRANDCHILDREN: DAVID MAYHUE AND WIFE CATHY OF TOM BEAN, TX. AMANDA MAYHUE OF TOM BEAN, TX. MONICA MOSLEY OF DURANT, OK. DARLA HARBOUR OF ATOKA, OK. MEGAN HARRIS OF CALIFORNIA. preceded in death by HUSBAND: ROY HARRIS on march 17, 1993.PARENTS: ALBERT AND IDA HOLLAND.DAUGHTER-IN-LAW: NADINE HARRIS.GRANDSON: EDDIE HARRIS.BROTHERS: TOM, MELVIN, EMMIT, ROBERT, AND WILLiaM HOLLAND.
DATE OF SERVICES: WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21, 2007 AT 10:00 AM PLACE OF SERVICES: HOPEWELL FREEWILL BAPTIST CHURCH INTERMENT: COLEMAN CEMETERY. OFFICIATING: REV. LEONARD COOK ASSISTING: REV. VICTOR COOK AND REV. JOHN BASDEN CASKETBEARERS: LARRY REESE, KENNETH WHITE, MIKE SELF, JESSE FRAIR, DARRELL ATTEBERRY, RANDY TODLOCK. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: KENNETH SALLEE, BILL WHITE. FAMILY NIGHT: TUESDAY 6:00 T0 7:00 P.M .
NAME: BENJAMIN F. BONHAM, AGE 70, A LONGTIME TUSHKA AREA RESIDENT. BORN: NOVEMBER 20, 1936 AT HARMONY, ATOKA COunty, OK TO ORVILLE CARL AND NOVELLA SUSAN ( BURLESON) BONHAM. PASSED AWAY: MONDAY, MARCH 19, 2007 AT THE OKLAHOMA HEART HOSPITAL IN OKLAHOMA CITY.AGE: 70 YEARS 3 MONTHS 29 DAYS EDUCATION: BEN ATTENDED HARMONY SCHOOL IN ATOKA COUNTY. MARRIED: NORMA LEE BOMSBURGER ON SEPTEMBER 1, 1955 IN COALGATE, OK. OCCUPATION: BEN WAS AN AUTO MECHANIC ALL OF HIS LIFE WORKING FOR just ABOUT EVERY CAR DEALERSHIP IN ATOKA, HE WORKED FOR LONNIE SELBY CONSTRUCTION, ATOKA COUNTY DIST. # 3 AND, FOR THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS , OWNED AND OPERATED BONHAM’S GARAGE IN TUSHKA . church affiliation: BEN wAS lEAD TO THE LORD BY HIS SON-IN-LAW BOBBY AND WAS BAPTIZED AT THE BOGGY DEPOT BAPTIST CHURCH. BEN WAS A VERY GIFTED, SELF-TAUGHT MUSICIAN. HE PLAYED GUITAR and BANJO As well as SANG LEAD AND HARMONY IN HIS BAND “BILL GRANT, DELIA BELL AND THE KIAMICHI MOUNTIAN BOYS”, “THE McGEE BLUEGRASS BAND”, AND “THE BOGGY RIVER BLUEGRASS BAND”. BEN ALSO LOVED TO FISH AND HUNT. survived by CHILDREN: CAROL MARTIN AND HUSBAND DANNY OF DURANT, OK. RAMONA SMITH AND HUSBAND BOBBY OF TUSHKA, OK. SISTER: WANDA BONHAM OF HARMONY, OK. GRANDCHILDREN: SHANNON WHITWORTH AND HUSBAND JEFF OF HOUSTON, TX. EDANA ROBINSON OF EDMOND, OK. KaCEE ROBINSON OF DURANT, OK. ROBERT SMITH AND WIFE TINA OF TUSHKA, OK. dANNY SMITH OF TUSHKA, OK. SHERI SMITH OF DURANT, OK. GREAT GRANDCHILDREN: ALEXIA WHITWORTH. SHAINA AND ALAINA SMITH. preceded in death by PARENTS: ORVILLE AND NOVELLA BONHAM.WIFE: NORMA BONHAM in october, 1998.GREAT GRANDSON: JAYDEN SMITHBROTHERS: ORVILLE, CHESTER, AND OLIE BONHAM.HALF BROTHERS AND SISTERS: ZED, HETTIE, MINNIE, NELLIE, JAMES, CARL, AND COLLIE.
DATE OF SERVICES: SATURDAY, MARCH 24, 2007 AT 2:00 P.M.PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ atoka, ok. INTERMENT: TUSHKA CEMETERY ~ tushka, ok. OFFICIATING: REV. GARLAND BLOCKERASSISTING: REV. DON BONHAM CASKETBEARERS: JAMES SUMMERS, DOUGLAS WOODS, MARK PHILLIPS, LOUIE NICHOLS, DON RIDELL, LEON JENNINGS. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: EDDIE BROWN, JOE WILSON, PAUL MORGAN, MARVIN PHILLIPS, DOLAN WILLIS, FRED SANDERS. FAMILY NIGHT: FRIDAY 6 - 8 PM
NAME: BESSIE ZANE “SUE” (BRADFORD) HASTINGS, AGE 67, A LONGTIME LANE AREA RESIDENT. BORN: FEBRUARY 6, 1940 IN IMPERIAL COUNTY, CALIFORNIA TO HASKELL ELDON AND ORA ESTELLE (LITTLE) BRADFORD. PASSED AWAY: EARLY THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 22, 2007 AT THE ATOKA COLONIAL MANOR.AGE: 67 YEARS 1 MONTH AND 16 DAYS. EDUCATION: SUE WAS A GRADUATE OF COLTON, CA HIGH SCHOOL WITH THE CLASS 1957. MARRIED: ROSS HASTINGS ON MARCH 8, 1957 AT COLTON, CA. OCCUPATION: SUE WORKED AS A TELEPHONE OPERATOR AND WAS A SUPERVISOR FOR MONTGOMERY WARD WHILE SHE RESIDED IN CALIFORNIA. CHURCH AFFILIATION: SHE WAS OF THE BAPTIST FAITH. survived by HUSBAND: ROSS hastings OF THE HOME at lane, ok. CHILDREN: CHERYL ROBERTS AND HUSBAND STEVE OF ATOKA, OK. ROBERT W. HASTINGS and WIFE EMELINE OF MERKEL, TX. GRANDCHILDREN: PAMELA SUE ROBERTS OF ATOKA, OK. KELLY MARIE ROBERTS OF ATOKA, OK. WILLIAM “BILLY” ROBERTS OF ATOKA, OK. MATTHEW, NICHOLAS, AND KHRYSTYNE HASTINGS OF MOORESTOWN, NJ. BROTHER: JIM BRADFORD AND WIFE TOMMY OF YUCAiPA, CA. SISTER: ANITA TURNER OF CHULA VISTA, CA. SPECIAL NIECE: BARBARA HARPOLE and HUSBAND BRIAN of LONGMONT, CO. preceded in death by PARENTS: HASKELL E. AND ORA E. BRADFORD.
MEMORIAL SERVICES: SATURDAY, MARCH 24, 2007 AT 4:30 P.M.PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ atoka, ok. OFFICIATING: REV. BOB GRAHAM. FAMILY NIGHT: none.
NAME: FERMAN RICHARD MAYO, AGE 73, A LIFETIME ATOKA COUNTY RESIDENT (other than military service). BORN: MARCH 7, 1934 AT ATOKA, OK TO HENRY FERMAN “PETE” AND OPHELIA (GRAY) MAYO. PASSED AWAY: SATURDAY, MARCH 24, 2007 AT THE ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. AGE: 73 YEARS 0 MONTHS AND 17 DAYS. EDUCATION: FERMAN ATTENDED SCHOOL AT BETHANY, IN ATOKA COunty AND THE ATOKA SCHOOLS. MARRIED: NAOMI HARMON. BETTY (ALVEY) FRAZIER ON JULY 30, 1982 IN ATOKA, OK. OCCUPATION: FERMAN SERVED IN THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE FOR 32 YEARS AND SERVED OVERSEAS DURING THE VIETNAM WAR. after retiring from the service, he BECAME A RANCHER specializing in QUARTER HORSES. CHURCH AFFILIATION: HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE BLACKJACK BAPTIST CHURCH. ferman was a LIFE MEMBER OF THE D.A.V. CHAPTER 60. he WAS ALSO A SELF-TAUGHT MUSICIAN who PLAYED THE GUITAR, FIDDLE, MANDOLIN, PIANO AND OTHERS. survived by WIFE: BETTY mayo OF THE HOME at harmony. CHILDREN: LEAH DEWITT AND HUSBAND STEVE OF ALASKA. HENRY MAYO AND WIFE JENNIFER OF ARIZONA. MARY FRAZIER OF BENTLEY, Ok. BOBBIE JO GLOVER AND HUSBAND RAY OF MONROE, OK. 11 GRANDCHILDREN AND 3 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. SISTER: ELSIE MOONEY OF TEXAS. BROTHER: TOM MAYO AND WIFE DONNA OF HARMONY, OK. VERY SPECIAL FRIENDS: JACK AND PRisciLLA MARLEY OF STRINGTOWN, OK. TED GRIFFITH OF COLEMAN, OK. RALPH WELLS OF BENNINGTON, OK. preceded in death by PARENTS: HENRY FERMAN “PETE” AND OPHELIA MAYO.
DATE OF SERVICES: TUESDAY, MARCH 27, 2007 AT 2:00 P.M.PLACE OF SERVICES: BLACKJACK BAPTIST CHURCH. interment: bentley cemetery. OFFICIATING: REV. GENE SLUDER.ASSISTING: ARVEL HALL. CASKETBEARERS: HARLEY SMITH, CHARLIE KING, CHARLIE BRIDGES, BILL GRANGER, JAMES SMITH, BILL BURDEN, JACK MARLEY, JOHN JACKSON, ALEX BAKER. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: (BLACKJACK MEN’S SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASS) cECIL REEVES, FOY CALLICOAT, EARL MOFIELD, MARVIN ISHMAEL, FREDDIE JONES, JERRY HERRING, WILLARD OLSeN, ARVEL HALL. FAMILY NIGHT: 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. MONDAY.
NAME: JOHN LESTER SPRINGER JR, AGE 80, A LONGTIME CADDO-ATOKA COUNTY AREA RESIDENT. BORN: SEPTEMBER 5, 1926 AT LIBERTY HILL, ATOKA COunty, OKLAHOMA TO JOHN LESTER, SR. AND DELLA (BANTA) SPRINGER. PASSED AWAY: TUESDAY, MARCH 27, 2007 AT HIS RESIDENCE NEAR CADDO, ok.AGE: 80 YEARS 6 MONTHS 22 DAYS. EDUCATION: JOHN ATTENDED LIBERTY HILL AND CADDO SCHOOLS. MARRIED: DORIS RUTH GRAY ON JUNE 26, 1946 AT SHERMAN, TX. OCCUPATION: JOHN WORKED AS A HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERATOR FOR BRADLEY CONSTRUCTION IN DALLAS, TX FOR MANY YEARS UNTIL RETURNING TO CADDO TO WORK AS A FARMER AND RANCHER. CHURCH AFFILIATION: JOHN WAS A LONGTIME MEMBER OF THE CANEY CHURCH OF CHRIST AND PREACHED FROM TIME TO TIME THROUGHout THE YEARS. HE SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE U.S ARMY DURING WWII. john WAS on THE ATOKA COunty ASCS BOARD FOR MANY YEARS. he WAS AN AVID READER OF THE BIBLE. HE LOVED TRUCK FARMING AND SPENDING TIME WITH HIS KIDS, GRANDKIDS, AND GREAT GRANDKIDS. survived by CHILDREN: ROBERT SPRINGER AND WIFE LINDA OF CADDO, OK. DON SPRINGER AND WIFE DELORIS OF DURANT, OK. CONNIE CARROLL AND HUSBAND GLENN OF ATOKA, OK. EDDIE SPRINGER AND WIFE PAMELA OF CADDO, OK. GRANDCHILDREN: SHAWN SPRINGER OF DURANT, OK. JASON SPRINGER AND WIFE KANDRA OF CADDO, OK. WALKER CARROLL AND WIFE LEANN OF ATOKA, OK. BRIAN SPRINGER OF ATOKA, OK. CASEY HINDS AND HUSBAND CHRIS OF DURANT, OK. CALVIN CARROLL AND WIFE KELLI OF ATOKA, OK. STONI CARROLL OF ATOKA, OK. ORRIN SPRINGER OF CADDO, OK. T. J. SPRINGER OF CADDO, OK. JONATHAN SPRINGER OF CADDO, OK. MELISSA SPRINGER OF CADDO, OK. BAILEY SPRINGER OF CADDO, OK. SAMANTHA SPRINGER OF CADDO, OK. 8 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. SISTERS: JUANITA HAMILTON AND HUSBAND LARRY OF MEAD, ok. BETTY OWENS AND HUSBAND LLOYD OF KENEFIC, ok. CAROLYN WORKMAN AND HUSBAND GENE OF CANEY, ok. BROTHER IN LAW: KENNITH GRAY AND WIFE PAT OF CANEY, OK. preceded in death by WIFE: DORIS RUTH SPRINGER ON DECEMBER 19, 2005.PARENTS: JOHN LESTER, SR. AND DELLA SPRINGER.BROTHERS: CURTIS WAYNE AND O. C. SPRINGER.SISTER: COLLEEN SIMMONS.
DATE OF SERVICES: FRIDAY, MARCH 30, 2007 AT 10:00 A.M.PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S funeral CHAPEL ~ atoka, ok. INTERMENT: FOLSOM CEMETERY. OFFICIATING: HAL ISHMAEL.ASSISTING: CALVIN CARROLL. CASKETBEARERS: KENNETH ROY GOLDEN, GARY LAWSON, BUCK EASTWOOD, JERRY SAWYER, RANDY KING, DAVID CHILDERS. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: (GRANDSONS) SHAWN SPRINGER, WALKER CARROLL, CALVIN CARROLL, JASON SPRINGER, BRIAN SPRINGER, jONATHAN SPRINGER, ORRIN SPRINGER, T. J. SPRINGER. FAMILY NIGHT: THURSDAY 6:00 TO 8:00 P.M.
NAME: LINDA KAY (CHASTAIN) BATES, AGE 53, A LONGTIME COLEMAN AREA RESIDENT. BORN: FEBRUARY 19, 1954 AT COALGATE, OKlahoma TO WREASE DUB AND MARY (KING) CHASTAIN. PASSED AWAY: EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING, MARCH 28, 2007 AT THE SE OKLAHOMA MEDICAL CENTER IN DURANT.AGE: 53 YEARS 1 MONTH AND 9 DAYS. EDUCATION: LINDA ATTENDED LEHIGH GRADE SCHOOL AND COALGATE HIGH SCHOOL. MARRIED: RONNY BATES ON MAY 26, 1972 AT LEHIGH, OK. OCCUPATION: LINDA WAS EMPLOYED BY SUNDOWNER TRAILERS AS A DRILL PRESS OPERATOR FOR TEN YEARS. CHURCH AFFILIATION: SHE WAS OF THE FREEWILL BAPTIST FAITH. LINDA ENJOYED COOKING AND FISHING as well as SPENDING TIME WITH HER HUSBAND, KIDS, AND GRANDKIDS. survived by HUSBAND: RONNY bates OF THE HOME at coleman, ok. CHILDREN: RONNY JAMES BATES AND WIFE DONNA OF WAPANUCKA, ok. JENNIFER KAY REEDER AND HUSBAND MICHAEL OF WAPANUCKA, ok. GRANDCHILDREN: JALESA, JESSIE, AND MICHAEL BATES of wapanucka, ok. COURTNEY, JOSEPH, AND KALEE REEDER OF WAPANUCKA, ok. BROTHERS: GLENN CHASTAIN AND WIFE CAROLYN OF FILlMORE, OK. LARRY CHASTAIN AND WIFE judy OF COALGATE, OK. DENNIS CHASTAIN OF LEHIGH, OK. SISTERS: PAT LOWE AND HUSBAND WAYNE OF BROMIDE, OK. THELMA PALMER AND HUSBAND JAMES OF CHOCTAW, OK. CAROLYN SCOTT AND HUSBAND LARRY DON OF LEHIGH, OK. MARGIE SMITHART OF LEHIGH, OK. preceded in death by PARENTS: WREASE AND MARY CHASTAIN.GRANDSON: JAMES LEE BATES.BROTHERS: JACK KING AND VERNON CHASTAIN.
DATE OF SERVICES: FRIDAY, MARCH 30, 2007 AT 2:00 PM PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S funeral CHAPEL ~ atoka, ok. INTERMENT: ROSEHILL CEMETERY ~ wapanucka, ok. OFFICIATING: CASKETBEARERS: FAMILY NIGHT: THURSDAY 6:00 TO 7:00 P.M.
NAME: ROBERT LEE “ROD” SMITH, AGE 69, AN ATOKA COUNTY AREA RESIDENT. BORN: FEBRUARY 4, 1938 AT CANEY, OKlahoma TO COMmODORE PERRY AND BErTHA ANN (BRUMLEY) SMITH . PASSED AWAY: TUESDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 27, 2007 AT HIS RESIDENCE NEAR ATOKAAGE: 69 YEARS 1 MONTH AND 23 DAYS. EDUCATION: ROD ATTENDED NIX, TUSHKA, ATOKA, ok AND AZEL, Tx SCHOOLS. MARRIED: REBECCA JANE CRITES. BONNIE EVANS. OCCUPATION: ROD WORKED AS A CARPENTER AND WAS A MEMBER THE CARPENTERS’ UNION FOR MANY YEARS. CHURCH AFFILIATION: he WAS OF THE BAPTIST FAITH. rod ENJOYED FISHING AND BEING OUTDOORS. survived by CHILDREN: LINDA ANN PETTY. JANET DICKINSON. SUSAN CAROL FRANKE. RODNEY SMITH. RENEE SMITH MOTHER OF HIS CHILDREN: REBECCA JANE WOLFE OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TX. BROTHER: SONNY SMITH OF LANE, OK. SISTER: PEARLINE MEARS OF AZEL, TX. SPECIAL NIECE AND NEPHEW: JAN WALKER AND KELLY LEE SMITH BOTH OF LANE, OK. preceded in death by PARENTS: COMmODORE AND BErTHA SMITH.WIFE: BONNIE (EVANS) SMITH in 2005.BROTHER: C. P. SMITH.SON: RONNIE SMITHSISTERS: MELBA GENEVA HOWARD, GERALDINE WHITE, GOLDIE TYSON, and NAOMI JUNE SMITH.
MEMORIAL SERVICES: FRIDAY, MARCH 30, 2007 AT 4:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S funeral CHAPEL ~ atoka, ok. OFFICIATING: REV. DWARD JUSTUS.
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