March, 2001 Memorials
 
 
 
 
NAME:    ALENE (HASS) CROWSON, AGE 79, A LONGTIME ATOKA AND COAL COUNTY BUSINESSWOMAN.
 
BORN:  NOVEMBER 14, 1921 AT BIG FORK, ARKANSAS TO ILA AND ARTIE MAE (BATES) HASS.
 
PASSED AWAY:   SATURDAY, MARCH 3, 2001 AT THE ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.
AGE:   79 YEARS   3 MONTHS  AND  19 DAYS.
 
EDUCATION:   SHE GRADUATED FROM  PITTSBURG HIGH SCHOOL IN 1938.
 
MARRIED:   HARLON HUGH “BUCK” CROWSON ON DECEMBER 23, 1939 AT PITTSBURG, OK.
 
OCCUPATION:    ALENE OWNED AND OPERATED NUMEROUS CAFES AND RESTURANTS IN THE AREA. SHE STARTED IN THE LATE 40’S AT KIOWA. SHE OPERATED THE TOURIST CAFE AT PHILLIPS, ROCKING T AT ATOKA, TROLLY AT WAPANUCKA AND THE BEST WESTERN AND BLEDSOE’S DINER IN ATOKA.FOR THE LAST 2 YEARS OR SO SHE DID BAKING AND CATERING. ALENE WAS ALWAYS VERY ACTIVE AND MUCH INVOLVED IN THE DAY TO DAY OPERATIONS OF HER BUSNESS. THE LAST FEW YEARS FROM A WHEEL CHAIR.
 
CHURCH AFFILIATION:    MEMBER OF THE DAYSPRING CHURCH IN ATOKA
 
 
       survived by
 
SON:   JAMES CROWSON AND WIFE FRANKIE OF ATOKA, OK.
 
GRANDCHILDREN:   JAMIE STANDRIDGE AND HUSBAND SEAN OF ATOKA, OK.
                                       COREY CROWSON AND WIFE AMANDA OF ATOKA, OK.
 
GREAT GRANDCHILDREN:   STETSON FROST, DILLON ROBERTS, TUKER STANDRIDGE, TAYLOR GRACE CROWSON, KALI JO STANDRIDGE,
                                                       MAZIE MARIE STANDRIDGE OF ATOKA, OK.
 
SISTER:    ARMEL BURNS AND HUSBAND VIRGIL OF DEXTER, NM.
 
BROTHERS:  ILA JOE HASS AND WIFE SYLVIA OF McALESTER, OK.
                         JULIUS A. HASS AND WIFE MARGIE OF HARTSHORN, OK.
 
 
       PRECEDED IN DEATH BY
 
PARENTS:   ILA AND ARTIE MAE HASS.
HUSBAND:   BUCK IN MAY, 1982.
BROTHER:   NELSON HASS.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:    MONDAY, MARCH 5, 2001 AT 2:00 PM.
PLACE OF SERVICES:   BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK.
 
INTERMENT:   OAK HILL CEMETERY ~ McALESTER, OK.
 
OFFICIATING:   DANNY COCHRAN AND STEVE SWINDALL.
 
CASKETBEARERS:   DONALD HASS, BENNIE NEAL, ROYCE MANION, CHARLES SCROGGINS, JOHN ROWLAND, CHESTER EDGE.
 
HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:    BILL ED GLASSCOCK, JIM POOL, BOB FREDERICK, J. D. VOTO, ABBOTT JONES, BRICK DASHNER, HAL ISHMAEL, EARL MOFIELD, LESTER NICHOLS, PHILLIP ALLEN, RICHARD GARSIDE.
 
 
 
 
NAME:    JOANN (BREWER) MENELEY, AGE 65, A LONGTIME STRINGTOWN AREA RESIDENT.

BORN:  AUGUST 20, 1935 AT WALTERS, OKLAHOMA TO JOHN RILEY AND ELLA LEE (McDONALD) BREWER.
 
PASSED AWAY:   SUNDAY, MARCH 4, 2001 AT THE McALESTER REGIONAL HOSPITAL.
AGE:   65 YEARS   6 MONTHS  AND  14 DAYS.

EDUCATION: SHE ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT WALTER, OK.

MARRIED:   HOWARD LEE MENELEY ON NOVEMBER 10, 1951 AT DURANT, OK.

OCCUPATION:  A HOUSEWIFE AND HOMEMAKER. SHE HAD WORKED A NUMBER OF YEARS AS MEDICAL AID IN A HEALDTON NURSING HOME. SHE RETIRED IN 1993.

CHURCH:  MEMBER OF THE PENN AND A CHURCH OF CHRIST AND A FORMER MEMBER OF THE RATLIFF CITY CONGREGATION.


     SURVIVED BY

HUSBAND:   HOWARD MENELEY OF THE HOME AT STRINGTOWN, OK.

DAUGHTER:  BRENDA DARLING AND HUSBAND KENNY OF RATLIFF CITY, OK.

GRANDDAUGHTER:   KENNAH DARLING OF STRINGTOWN, OK.

GRANDSON:  DUKE DARLING OF RATLIFF CITY, OK.

SISTER:    GLENDA CURTIS AND HUSBAND MARVIN OF NILAND, CA.

BROTHERS:    EUGENE BREWER AND WIFE FAUNA OF STOCKTON, CA.
                           ARCHIE BREWER OF YUMA, AZ.

SISTERS-IN-LAW:    CAROL BREWER OF KANSAS CITY, MO.
                                     BILLIE GARSIDE OF ATOKA, OK.
                                     CRICKIT BOWEN AND HUSBAND ERNEST OF RATLIFF CITY, OK.


     PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

PARENTS:   JOHN AND ELLA BREWER.
SON:   BRANDON MENELEY.
BROTHERS:  JOHN, DONALD, DOYLE, AND CALVIN BREWER.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:  TUESDAY, MARCH 6, 2001 AT 2:00 PM.
PLACE OF SERVICES:   PENN AND A CHURCH OF CHRIST ~ ATOKA, OK.
 
INTERMENT:   STRINGTOWN CEMETERY ~ STRINGTOWN, OK.

OFFICIATING:   MARION THURMAN AND DAVID HARENDT.

CASKETBEARERS:   RICKY GARSIDE, KENNY DARLING, GARLAND MILLIGAN, JACKIE MANION, DONNIE ALLEN, DUKE DARLING.

HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:  RONNY GARSIDE AND ERNEST BOWEN.
 
 
 
 
NAME:    ELLAR (GRIFFITH) GEORGE, AGE 86, A LONGTIME ATOKA AREA RESIDENT.
 
BORN:  AUGUST 28, 1914 AT BRIARTOWN, MUSKOGEE COUNTY, OKLAHOMA TO JESS E. AND ELLIE (BAYLES) GRIFFITH.
 
PASSED AWAY:   MONDAY, MARCH 5, 2001 AT ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.
AGE:   86 YEARS   6 MONTHS  AND  7 DAYS.
 
EDUCATION:   SHE ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT BRIARTOWN, OK.
 
MARRIED:   EDDIE HILL IN 1933.
                       RUSSELL WAYNE GEORGE ON FEBRUARY 2, 1964 IN ATOKA, OKLAHOMA
 
OCCUPATION:  ELLAR WAS A PENTECOSTAL MINISTER.  SHE OWNED AND OPERATED HILL’S JEWELRY FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS, SHE WORKED AS A HOME HEALTH PROVIDER AND SHE AND HER HUSBAND OWNED A RESTAURANT - GEORGE’S PLACE.
 
CHURCH AFFILIATION:  A LONGTIME MEMBER OF MT. VIEW PENTECOSTAL CHURCH OF GOD IN ATOKA. SHE PASTORED SEVERAL YEARS AT THE BELIEVERS CHURCH IN COALGATE.
 
 
      SURVIVED BY
 
CHILDREN:    MILLIE MOSLEY OF ATOKA, OK.
                         PATRICIA BAYLES and HUSBAND CLIFFORD OF ATOKA, OK.
                         WAYNE GEORGE and WIFE NANCY OF TUSHKA, OK.
                         ALVIN GEORGE and WIFE MARGARET OF ATOKA, OK.
                         ELLA PETERS and HUSBAND PAUL OF LAVON, TX.
 
14 GRANDCHILDREN, 29 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, 5 GREAT GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.
 
STEPMOTHER:  LEAH BURLESON OF ATOKA, OK.
 
BROTHER:   ELMER (JABO) GRIFFITH OF ATOKA, OK.
                       JOHN GRIFFITH and WIFE JEANNIE OF ATOKA, OK.
                       ORVIL (DUCKY) GRIFFITH and WIFE SUE OF ARKANSAS.
                       KENNATH GRIFFITH OF ARKANSAS.
 
SISTERS:   EMMER PARKHILL OF OKLAHOMA CITY.
                     SHIRLEY TAYLOR and HUSBAND RAY OF WAPANUCKA, OK.
 
 
       PRECEDED IN DEATH BY
 
PARENTS:   JESS and ELLIE GRIFFITH.
FIRST HUSBAND:   EDDIE HILL IN 1961.
SECOND HUSBAND:  R. W. GEORGE ON SEPTEMBER 24, 1995.
GRANDCHILDREN:   ERIKA BAYLES and VERNON FORTENBERRY.
BROTHERS:  MARTIN, GEORGE, and JOHN HENRY GRIFFITH.
SISTERS:   ZONA GRIFFITH and CINSADIE POUTLOCK.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:  FRIDAY, MARCH 9, 2001 AT 10:00 A.M.
PLACE OF SERVICES:   BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK.
 
INTERMENT: BERA CEMETERY IN THE HARMONY COMMUNITY.
 
OFFICIATING:   REV. BOB McCLOUGH.
 
CASKETBEARERS:   (GRANDSONS) PAUL PETERS, JR., TRACY PETERS, GLENDON MOSLEY, CHRIS GEORGE, ROBBY MOSLEY, SHANNON FORTENBERRY.
 
HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:    ERNIE GEORGE, RAFAEL BARROW, KEVIN GEORGE.
 
 
 
 
NAME:    STARLIE (PEELER) WILSON, AGE 96, A FORMER LONGTIME LANE AREA RESIDENT.

BORN:  MARCH 5, 1905 AT QUINTON, OK, INDIAN TERRITORY TO WILLIAM ARTHUR AND NANNA LOU (PIERSON) PEELER.
 
PASSED AWAY:   WEDNESDAY, MARCH 7, 2001 AT MEDICAL CENTER OF SE OKLAHOMA IN DURANT.
AGE:   96 YEARS  2 MONTHS   AND   2 DAYS.

EDUCATION:   SHE ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT GRASSY LAKE AND MARY’S CHAPEL, OK.

MARRIED:   NOEL J. WILSON ON JULY 2, 1922 AT HARMONY IN ATOKA COUNTY, OK.

OCCUPATION:  STARLIE WORKED AT THE U.S. NAVAL AMMUNITION BASE DURING WWII AND SHE WAS A HOUSEWIFE AND HOMEMAKER.

CHURCH AFFILIATION:  A LONGTIME MEMBER OF LANE BAPTIST CHURCH.
 
SHE LOVED TO GARDEN AND RAISE FLOWERS. SHE ENJOYED QUILTING AND ARTS AND CRAFTS.

     SURVIVED BY

CHILDREN:    EDITH JEWELL SOESTER AND HUSBAND HOWARD, FORMERLY OF EMORY, TX.
                         G. E. “PENO” WILSON OF TUSHKA, OK.
                         FERMAN WILSON OF CENTERPOINT, OK.
                         RUTH MORRIS OF DURANT, OK.
                         ELOISE BINGHAM AND HUSBAND JOE OF BARTLESVILLE, OK.
                         BUTCH WILSON AND WIFE MAXINE OF STRINGTOWN, OK.

33 GRANDCHILDREN, 56 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, 30 GREAT GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.

BROTHER:   ED PEELER AND WIFE SALLY OF LANE, OK.

SISTERS:   INA LANE OF ARDMORE, OK.
                     BERNICE HOPSON OF ATOKA, OK.
                     MARY CHEESEMAN OF IRVING, TX.

SPECIAL FRIEND, CAREGIVER, AND DOMINO BUDDY:   FRANCES FARRELL OF DURANT, OK.


     PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

PARENTS:   WILLIAM AND NANNA PEELER.
HUSBAND:   NOEL WILSON ON JANUARY 24, 1994.
SONS:  EUGENE, AUBREY, AND JAMES WILSON.
DAUGHTER:  MARJORIE NADEAN WARFORD.
1 GRANDSON.
BROTHERS:  TOM, CURTIS, JAMES, AND ADRIAN PEELER.
SISTERS:   BEULAH LANE, LEONA STRANG, DELLA MAE YATES, AND NINA PEELER.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:  SATURDAY, MARCH 10, 2001 AT 2:00 P.M.
PLACE OF SERVICES:   BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK.
 
INTERMENT:   BUTLER CEMETERY ~ LANE, OK.

OFFICIATING:   REV. BOB JOHNSON.
ASSISTING:   REV. HARRY BOYDSTON.

CASKETBEARERS:   (GRANDSONS)   BUCK WILSON, TONY BINGHAM, JOE WILSON, RONNIE WARFORD, MICHAEL BINGHAM, DAVID WILSON, EMMETT WILSON.

HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:  CURTIS PARHAM, DENNIS COURTNEY, J. D. McGINTY, BILL PASQUALI, LEON YATES, BILL MULLEN, BILLY PIERCE, ERNIE DEAN.
 
 
 
 
NAME:    TOMMIE ELVIS “UNCLE TOM” WHITE, AGE 89, A LONGTIME TISHOMINGO AREA RESIDENT.

BORN:  MAY 7, 1911 AT HOPEWELL IN JOHNSTON COUNTY, OKLAHOMA TO ALEXANDER GROVER AND MARY REBECKAH HOLLY (HILL) WHITE.

PASSED AWAY:   THURSDAY, MARCH 8, 2001 AT JOHNSTON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL IN TISHOMINGO, OK.
AGE:   89 YEARS  10 MONTHS  AND  1 DAY.

EDUCATION:   HE ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT HOPEWELL, OK.

MARRIED:     BLANCHE ROACH.
                       LOUELLA ATTEBERRY POINDEXTER ON MARCH 29, 1951 AT SHERMAN, TX.

OCCUPATION:  FARMER.

CHURCH AFFILIATION:  A MEMBER OF HOPEWELL BAPTIST CHURCH.
 
HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE EAGLES LODGE WHILE LIVING IN CALIFORNIA.


     SURVIVED BY

CHILDREN:  NORMAN LEE WHITE and WIFE MARIE OF FT. WORTH, TX.
                         BETTY JEAN WILLIAMSON and HUSBAND DUB OF JACKSBORO, TX.
                         MARY MILDRED ROGERS and HUSBAND HOMER OF BRYSON, TX.
                         BOBBY POINDEXTER and WIFE ROSIE OF TUSHKA, OK.
                         BUDDY POINDEXTER and WIFE LINDA OF MUSTANG, OK.
                         JOY HARRIS OF PORT ARANSAS, TX.
                         CHESTER WHITE and WIFE BARBARA OF SAND SPRINGS, OK.
                         GOLDIE WHITE OF ODESSA, TX.
                         KARON PARKER and HUSBAND CURTIS OF RAVIA, OK.
                         MARLINE HOUSE OF OKLAHOMA CITY.
                         DANNY ROSS WHITE and WIFE SHIRLEY OF BOSWELL, OK.

34 GRANDCHILDREN.

MANY GREAT GRANDCHILDREN AND GREAT GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.

SISTER:  KATHERINE HICKS and HUSBAND WILLIE OF FRESNO, CA.

BROTHERS:  NICK WHITE and WIFE EFFIE OF OAKLAND, CA.
                         BUCK WHITE and WIFE VERA OF CADDO, OK.

UNCLE:   HERSCHEL HICKMAN OF SULPHUR, OK.

AUNTS:   AUDREY WITT OF PHOENIX, AZ.
                 EMMA JUANITA CASON OF DURANT, OK.
                 MARTHA UMSTED OF DURANT, OK.
                 EUNICE WHITMIRE OF DURANT, OK.

SISTER-IN-LAW:   HELEN WHITE and HUSBAND GARLAND OF TISHOMINGO, OK.

BROTHER-IN-LAW:  WESLEY MAXEY OF BOGGY DEPOT.


     PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

WIFE:    LOUELLA WHITE ON NOVEMBER 6, 1996.
PARENTS:   ALEXANDER GROVER and MARY REBECKAH WHITE.
SON:   J. W. WHITE.
DAUGHTER:    NORMA JANE.
SISTER:  LULLA MAE WHITE.
BROTHERS:  HENRY, ALBERT, ALFRED, and A. G. WHITE.
GRANDDAUGHTER:   ANNETTE WOODALL.
GREAT GRANDCHILDREN:   BRANDON WEIN and ASHLEY ROWELL.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:  MONDAY, MARCH 12, 2001 AT 2:00 P.M.
PLACE OF SERVICES:   HOPEWELL BAPTIST CHURCH ~ HOPEWELL, OK.
 
INTERMENT:   WARDS CHAPEL CEMETERY ~ WEST ATOKA, OK.

OFFICIATING:   REV. LEONARD COOK.
ASSISTING:   DARREL ATTEBERRY.

CASKETBEARERS:   FLOYD BOX, ANDY ATTEBERRY, CHARLIE BROWN WALKER, HAROLD COLLINS, DONNIE COFFEE, MARVIN POINDEXTER, FLOYD WHITE.

HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:  RED OWENS, JESS DEAN, LEON DEAN, ELBERT OWENS, J.R. ALLEN, JAY O’NEAL.
 
 
 
 
NAME:    DARWIN HALE SETLIFF, AGE 87, A FORMER LONGTIME RESIDENT OF ATOKA, OKLAHOMA.

BORN:  MAY 17, 1913 AT CRETA, JACKSON COUNTY, OKLAHOMA , ONE OF 12 CHILDREN BORN TO BENJAMIN SMITHERS AND ALETHA (DARWIN) SETLIFF.

PASSED AWAY:   MONDAY, MARCH 12, 2001 AT MERCY MEMORIAL HEALTH CENTER IN ARDMORE, OK.
AGE:   87 YEARS    9 MONTHS  AND  25 DAYS.

EDUCATION:   HE GRADUATED FROM ELDORADO HIGH SCHOOL, ELDORADO, OKLAHOMA, ATTENDED CAMERON COLLEGE IN LAWTON, OKLAHOMA, AND GRADUATED FROM OKLAHOMA A & M IN STILLWATER WITH BACHELOR OF SCIENCE DEGREES IN ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND EDUCATION.

MARRIED:   REBECCA JOSEPHINE BRISCOE OF FREDERICK, OKLAHOMA ON DECEMBER 22, 1939 AT OKLAHOMA CITY.

OCCUPATION:  A RETIRED RANCHER AND BUSINESSMAN, DARWIN CAME TO ATOKA IN NOVEMBER OF 1940 WHEN HE JOINED THE FARM SECURITY ADMINISTRATION. IN 1946, THE SETLIFFS PURCHASED WALKER’S GROCERY STORE AND AFTER RESELLING THE STORE TO MR. WALKER, MR. SETLIFF OPENED SETLIFF IMPLEMENT COMPANY IN 1949, THE FIRST FULL SERVICE JOHN DEERE DEALERSHIP IN THE ATOKA AREA. THE SETLIFFS AND WENDELL HUNT PURCHASED PAUL KELLEY’S HARDWARE AND FURNITURE STORE IN 1958. IN 1970, MR. SETLIFF SOLD HIS IMPLEMENT BUSINESS TO JOE BRECHEEN. IN 1978, WHEN THE SETLIFFS ACQUIRED THE HUNT’S INTEREST IN THE HARDWARE AND FURNITURE BUSINESS, MR. SETLIFF RELOCATED HIS BUSINESS TO A NEW BUILDING ON SOUTH MISSISSIPPI IN ATOKA.  MR. SETLIFF SOLD THE BUSINESS TO BOB AND MYRNA OLDS IN 1981.

MR. SETLIFF WAS STEADFAST IN HIS INVOLVEMENT WITH HIS FAMILY, CHURCH, AND COMMUNITY, SERVING AS A DEACON AND ELDER FOR MANY YEARS IN THE PENN AND A STREET CHURCH OF CHRIST IN ATOKA. HE ALSO SERVED ON THE ATOKA CITY COUNCIL, THE ATOKA SCHOOL BOARD, WAS PAST PRESIDENT OF THE ATOKA LIONS CLUB, A FOUNDING MEMBER OF THE ATOKA COUNTY INDUSTRIAL AUTHORITY, A FOUNDER OF THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF ATOKA, SERVING AS A DIRECTOR OF THE BANK. IN ADDITION TO HIS BUSINESS AND COMMUNITY INTEREST, MR. SETLIFF WAS ACTIVELY INVOLVED IN RANCHING THROUGHOUT HIS LIFE, ENJOYING MANY YEARS OF WORK ON THE FAMILY HOMEPLACE AT ATOKA.


     SURVIVED BY

WIFE:    JOSEPHINE OF THE HOME IN ARDMORE, OK.

CHILDREN:    REBECCA J. HEATHERLY AND HUSBAND GLENN E. OF ABILENE, TX.
                         MEREDITH C. SMARTT AND HUSBAND CLAUDE E. OF ARMORE, OK.

GRANDCHILDREN:   RONALD G. HEATHERLY OF ARLINGTON, TX.
                                         PHILLIP A. HEATHERLY OF EULESS, TX.
                                         REBECCA A. POWELL AND HUSBAND JAMES OF FLOWER MOUND, TX.
                                         JOHN C. SMARTT AND WIFE SHELLI OF CARROLLTON, TX.
                                         DAVID E. SMARTT OF DALLAS, TX.
                                         ROBERT M. SMARTT OF SPRINGFIELD, MO.
                                         RACHAEL L. MARTINO AND HUSBAND NICOLA OF ARMORE, OK.

GREAT GRANDCHILDREN:   CHARLES A. “CHASE” HEATHERLY.
                                                       LACEY R. HEATHERLY.
                                                       BETHANY L. POWELL.
                                                       CALEB J. POWELL.
                                                       ISAAC W. POWELL.
                                                       JULIA MEREDITH POWELL.

BROTHERS:    ENNIS SETLIFF OF CROWELL, TX.
                           BEN S. SETLIFF AND WIFE DOROTHY OF AMARILLO, TX.
                           DAVID E. SETLIFF AND WIFE MELBA OF LUBBOCK, TX.
                           DUANE A. SETLIFF AND WIFE MARGIE OF DALLAS, TX.

SISTERS:     GLADYS A. SETLIFF OF HEREFORD, TX.
                       M. RUTH JOHNSTON OF MESA, AZ.


     PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

PARENTS:   BENJAMIN AND ALETHA SETLIFF.
SON:   MICHAEL DARWIN SETLIFF IN 1981.
BROTHER:   CHESTER B. SETLIFF.
SISTERS:   LOCHIE SETLIFF, BERNICE TARTER, DAISY I. ROWLAND, EVA MAE EARNHART.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:  FRIDAY, MARCH 16, 2001 AT 11:00 AM.
PLACE OF SERVICES:   PENN AND A STREET CHURCH OF CHRIST ~ ATOKA, OK.
 
INTERMENT:   GREEN MEADOWS CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK.

OFFICIATING:   GARY HENSON.
ASSISTING:   RICK POPEJOY AND DAVID HARENDT.

CASKETBEARERS:   (GRANDSONS) RONALD HEATHERLY, PHILLIP HEATHERLY, JOHN SMARTT, DAVID SMARTT, ROBERT SMARTT, JIM POWELL, NICOLA MARTINO, CHASE HEATHERLY.

HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:  JIM BRIGGS, CLIFFORD BROWN, MORRIS COCHRAN, RONNIE COCHRAN, A. B. ELROD, LEE EVAN, RALPH FUGATE, RUSSELL FUGATE, RAY HARNESS, JESSE KNIGHT, TOM MATLOCK, CHARLES MCCALL, BILL STEWART, CAP STEWART, ROYCE THOMAS, BROWN WYRICK, BILL YOUNG.
 
 
 
 
NAME:    OCIE IRA (WOOD) HYATT, AGE 81, A LONGTIME ATOKA RESIDENT.
 
BORN:  SEPTEMBER 1, 1919 AT FORT SMITH, ARKANSAS TO JESSE OLLIE AND CANZADIE (UNKNOWN) WOOD.
 
PASSED AWAY:   MONDAY, MARCH 12, 2001 AT ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.
AGE:   81 YEARS   6 MONTHS   AND   11 DAYS.
 
MARRIED:   MARION FREEMAN HYATT, SR. ON MARCH 14, 1936 AT COALGATE, OK.
 
OCCUPATION:  PARTNER IN FAMILY RETAIL BUSINESS.
 
CHURCH AFFILIATION:  MEMBER OF SOUTH ATOKA CHURCH OF CHRIST.
 
 
       survived by
 
CHILDREN:  MARION HYATT, JR. and WIFE NANCY OF ATOKA, OK.
                         VIRGINIA COPELAND and HUSBAND JIM OF GRAND PRAIRIE, TX.
 
SON-IN-LAW:  GENE VIETTA OF ATOKA, OK.
 
GRANDCHILDREN:   STEVE HYATT and WIFE TERESA OF ATOKA, OK.
                                       BUTCH VIETTA OF ATOKA, OK.
                                       RICKY VIETTA OF FORNEY, TX.
                                       CINDY PHILIPOOM and HUSBAND BRUCE OF SEFFNEY, FL.
                                       BRYAN COPELAND OF JUSTIN, TX.
 
GREAT GRANDCHILDREN:   RANDY, JERED, and JAMIE HYATT OF ATOKA, OK.
                                                     NATALLIE VIETTA OF OOLAGAH, OK.
                                                     JADE and JASMINE PHILIPOOM OF SEFFNEY, FL.
 
GREAT GREAT GRANDSON:  TANNER BLAIR HYATT OF ATOKA, OK.
 
 
       PRECEDED IN DEATH BY
 
PARENTS:   JESSE and CANZADIE WOOD.
HUSBAND:   MARION HYATT, SR. ON FEBRUARY 15, 1995.
DAUGHTER:  DOROTHY VIETTA ON JANUARY 19, 2001.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:  WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14, 2001 AT 10:00 A.M. ON HER 65TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY.
PLACE OF SERVICES:   BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK.
 
INTERMENT:   WESTVIEW CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK.
 
OFFICIATING:   JOHN CARRELL.
ASSISTING:   HAL ISHMAEL.
 
CASKETBEARERS:   BUTCH VIETTA, STEVE HYATT, RANDY HYATT, BRYAN COPELAND, JERED HYATT, RICK VIETTA, BRUCE PHILIPOOM.
 
HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:  ALL STAFF AT ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.
 
 
 
 
NAME:    LLOYD HENRY WILSON, AGE 87, A WAPANUCKA AREA RESIDENT.

BORN:  APRIL 16, 1913 AT WAYNE, McCLAIN COUNTY, OKLAHOMA TO THEODORE ARTHUR AND MILLIE N. (MOOREHEAD) WILSON.

PASSED AWAY:   TUESDAY, MARCH 13, 2001 AT VALLEY VIEW REGIONAL HOSPITAL IN ADA, OK.
AGE:   87 YEARS   10 MONTHS   AND   27 DAYS.
 
EDUCATION:   ATTENDED SCHOOL AT WAYNE, OK.

MARRIED:   EDNA IRENE MAY ON AUGUST 14, 1932 AT PURCELL, OK.

OCCUPATION:  FARMER.

HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE MASONIC LODGE WHILE LIVING IN CALIFORNIA.


     SURVIVED BY

CHILDREN:  KENNETH WILSON and WIFE RAMONA OF FERNLEY, NV.
                         JUNE SIMS OF LEWISVILLE, TX.
                         BOB WILSON and WIFE PRIMO OF RENO, NV.
                         SHARON JOHNSON and HUSBAND ROYCE OF WAPANUCKA, OK.

14 GRANDCHILDREN, 8 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.

SISTER:  MARGIE DADONE OF SANGER, CA.


       PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

PARENTS:   THEODORE and MILLIE WILSON.
WIFE:  EDNA WILSON ON FEBRUARY 1, 1998.
DAUGHTER:  SUE WILSON.
BROTHERS:  ED, ERNEST, and RAY WILSON.
SISTER:  RUTH.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:  NO SERVICES.
 
INTERMENT:   NONE - DIRECT CREMATION.
 
 
 
 
NAME:    JOHN WILLIE JAMES SR, AGE 87, LONGTIME RESIDENT OF ATOKA, OK.

BORN:  JANUARY 28, 1914 AT BOSWELL, BRYAN COUNTY, OK TO WILLIE AND CARRIE (FOSTER) JAMES.
 
PASSED AWAY: WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14, 2001 AT TEXOMA MEDICAL CENTER IN DENISON, TX.
AGE:   87 YEARS   1 MONTH   AND  16 DAYS.

EDUCATION:   ATTENDED DUNDAR SCHOOL IN ATOKA, OK.

MARRIED:   OLIVE YARBROUGHON MAY 19, 1934 AT ATOKA, OK.

OCCUPATION:  WORKED A NUMBER OF YEARS AT WYRICK LUMBER IN ATOKA, OK.


     SURVIVED BY

SON:   JOHN W. JAMES, JR. AND WIFE CAROL OF MORENO VALLEY, CA.

GRANDDAUGHTERS:    OPAL JAMES OF AURORA, CO.
                                             MARCIA JOHNSON AND HUSBAND WILLIAM OF ARLINGTON, TX.
                                             ANGILA JAMES OF RIVERSIDE, CA.
                                             TANYA WHITE AND HUSBAND ARTHUR OF OKINAWA, JAPAN.

GRANDSON:  JOHN W. JAMES AND WIFE ELISA MORENO, VALLEY, CA.

7 GREAT GRANDDAUGHTERS, 6 GREAT GRANDSONS, AND 1 GREAT GREAT GRANDDAUGHTER.

COUSINS:   JOAN BEASLEY OF OKLAHOMA CITY.
                       MARY JONES OF CHICAGO, IL.


     PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

PARENTS:   WILLIE JAMES AND CARRIE HUNTER.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:  WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21, 2001 2:00 PM.
PLACE OF SERVICES:   BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK.

INTERMENT:   GREEN HILL CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK.

OFFICIATING:   REV. FLETCHER MURPHY.
ASSISTING:   REV. LONNIE SMITH.

CASKETBEARERS:   BOB WYRICK, JACKIE HILL, KENNETH JACKSON, SAMMY JACKSON, LONELL NEAL, JOHN W. JAMES III.

HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:  CHARLIE COULTER, JESSIE HARRISON, ORLON HILL, BROWN WYRICK, CECIL HILL, ROOSEVELT BUTLER, JR., NAPOLEON BROWN.

FLOWER BEARERS:  TANISHA WALKER, TYANIA JACKSON, PATSY NEAL, VALERIE MENIFEE, TIFFANY NEAL, BARBARA JACKSON.

USHERS:  BERNADINE PERKINS, JEAN FISHER.

SOLOISTS:  VALERIE BROWN, CAROL JAMES.
 
 
 
 
NAME:    VIVIAN (RICHARDSON) ALLEN, AGE 91, OF ATOKA AND FORMER LANE RESIDENT.
 
BORN:  JUNE 4, 1909  AT CADDO, OKLAHOMA TO JIM AND ALLEY (FITZHUE) RICHARDSON.
 
PASSED AWAY: FRIDAY, MARCH 16, 2001 AT THE COLONIAL LIVING CENTER IN ATOKA.
AGE:   91 YEARS   9 MONTHS   AND   12 DAYS.
 
MARRIED:   LEE ALLEN IN JANUARY, 1951.
 
OCCUPATION:  HOUSEWIFE AND HOMEMAKER.
 
CHURCH:  MEMBER OF THE CRYSTAL BAPTIST CHURCH.
 
VIVIAN LIVED IN LANE SOME 40 YEARS.  SHE LOVED GARDENING, CANNING AND QUILT MAKING.
 
 
       survived by
 
CHILDREN:    ARCHIE SMITH OF LANE, OK.
                         LORENE HART OF ATOKA, OK.
                         FRANCES SMITH OF CASPER, WY.
 
14 GRANDCHILDREN NUMEROUS GREAT AND GREAT GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.
 
 
       preceded in death by
 
PARENTS:   JIM AND ALLY RICHARDSON.
HUSBAND:   LEE ALLEN.
BROTHER:   BILL (SHORTY) RICHARDSON.
SISTERS:   BELL HOFFMAN.
                     MANDY BOWMAN.
                     OPAL ENGLEMAN.
                     MYRTLE CONNER.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:  TUESDAY MARCH 20, 2001 10:00 AM.
PLACE OF SERVICES:   BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK.
 
INTERMENT:   BUTLER CEMETERY ~ LANE, OK.
 
OFFICIATING:   REV. DARRELL HEATH.
 
 
 
 
NAME:    FANNIE ALMA (TRENT) HEWITT, AGE 82, OF CLINTON, TENN SINCE 1995 AND A  FORMER LONGTIME ATOKA RESIDENT.
 
BORN:    MARCH 5, 1919 AT BOSWELL, OKLAHOMA TO CLEM AND FANNIE (GREER) TRENT.
 
PASSED AWAY:   SATURDAY, MARCH 17, 2001 AT THE METHODIST MEDICAL CENTER IN OAK RIDGE, TN.
AGE:   82 YEARS   AND   26 DAYS.
 
MARRIED:   HUDY C. HEWITT.
 
OCCUPATION:  WORKED A NUMBER OF YEARS AT THE ATOKA FOOD CENTER.
 
CHURCH AFFILIATION:    FANNIE ATTENDED FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH IN CLINTON, TENN. WAS A LIFELONG MEMBER OF ATOKA FIRST BAPTIST AND WAS VERY ACTIVE IN THE SENIORS GROUPS OF THE CHURCH.
 
SHE WAS A MEMBER OF THE CHAPTER OF THE AARP AND THE HOME DEMONSTRATION IN CLINTON. AFTER HER RETIREMENT FROM THE ATOKA FOOD CENTER SHE WAS AN ACTIVE VOLUNTEER AT THE ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. SHE WAS AN ACTIVE CRAFTSMAN AND SEAMSTRESS UNTIL HER DEATH.
 
 
       survived by
 
SON:   JIM HEWITT AND WIFE BILLIE OF CLINTON, TN.
 
GRANDSON:  BRIAN HEWITT AND WIFE ELLEN OF CINCINNATI, OH.
 
GRANDDAUGHTERS:    ANNA THURKETTLE AND HUSBAND ED OF TAZEWELL, VA.
                                             JULIE MILLER AND HUSBAND ED OF KINGSTON, TN.
                                             ROBIN BAUMER AND HUSBAND TOM OF DENVER, CO.
                                             LANEY DuFOUR OF NEW OLEANS, LA.
 
GREAT GRANDDAUGHTERS:    AIMEE, KESHIA, ERIN,ABBIE, AND KATIE.
 
GREAT GRANDSON:  JOSH.
 
DAUGHTER IN-LAW:   MARY ALICE HEWITT OF SLIDELL, LA.
 
BROTHERS:    DEE AND EDNA TRENT.
                           WARREN AND RUTH TRENT.
                           CURTIS AND CHARLOTTE TRENT.
 
 
       preceded in death by
 
PARENTS:   CLEM AND FANNIE TRENT.
HUSBAND:   HUDY C. HEWITT.
SON:   HUDY C. HEWITT JR.
BROTHERS:  LOIS, MARVIN, HOWARD, AND BOB TRENT.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:    TUESDAY MARCH 20, 2001 2:00 PM.
PLACE OF SERVICES:   BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK.
 
INTERMENT:   GREEN MEADOWS CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK.
 
OFFICIATING:   REV. SAM TRENT.
 
CASKETBEARERS:   (NEPHEWS) MARK TRENT, JONATHAN TRENT, CLEM TRENT, PAUL TRENT, JASON TRENT, AND BILL MILLER.
 
HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:  CHARLES KNIGHT, BILL MALONE, BOB PRAYTOR, HOMER BLAKER, ROYCE BLAKER.
 
 
 
 
NAME:    SHIRLEY MAE (MACKEY) BOCK, AGE 67, OF ATOKA, OK.
 
BORN:  OCTOBER 23, 1933 AT ATOKA TO LAWRENCE A. AND MARGARET AMY (BRISCO) MACKEY.
 
PASSED AWAY:   SATURDAY, MARCH 17, 2001 AT HER HOME IN THE BRUNO COMMUNITY, EAST OF ATOKA, OK.
AGE:   67 YEARS   4 MONTHS  AND  24 DAYS.
 
EDUCATION:   ATTENDED GRADE SCHOOL IN ATOKA AND LAS CRUCES, NM. SHE ATTENDED HIGH SCHOOL AT TISHOMINGO, OK.
 
MARRIED:   JOSEPH LEONARD BOCK ON AUGUST 13, 1949 AT DEMING, NM.
 
OCCUPATION:    WORKED A NUMBER OF YEARS AT INDIANA UNIVERSITY. SHE ALSO WAS A NURSES AIDE AT THE BLOOMINGTON, INDIANA HOSPITAL AND AFTER MOVING BACK TO ATOKA SHE WAS A HOME HEALTH PROVIDER.
 
CHURCH:    MEMBER OF THE HARMONY BAPTIST CHURCH AND A LIFE MEMBER OF THE D.A.V AUXILLARY.
 
 
       survived by
 
SON:   DAVID LEE BOCK AND WIFE JEANIE OF RHODE ISLAND.
 
DAUGHTER:    MARGIE LYNN REASOR AND HUSBAND LEN OF IRVING, TX.
 
GRANDCHILDREN:   ANGELA AND BOBBY BOCK OF RHODE ISLAND.
                                         MIKE REASOR AND WIFE KELLY OF McALESTER, OK.
                                         TONY REASOR AND WIFE MONICA OF ATOKA, OK.
                                         JOEY REASOR OF IRVING, TX.
 
STEP GRANDCHILDREN:  BRAD AND BRIAN REASOR OF DALLAS, TX.
 
GREAT GRANDCHILDREN:   TRAY, GARRET, ANNA, TARA, RADLEY, CHAD, SEAN, AND MADELYN.
 
BROTHERS:  RAY MACKEY OF ATOKA, OK.
                         LAWRENCE MACKEY JR. OF LAS CRUCES, NM.
                         J. T. MACKEY OF ATOKA, OK.
 
SISTERS:   WANDA PIPPEN OF DUNCAN, OK.
                     VIRGINIA REASOR OF ATOKA, OK.
                     GLENNETTE SHILDERS OF OKLAHOMA CITY.
 
 
       preceded in death by
 
PARENTS:   LAWRENCE AND AMY MACKEY.
HUSBAND:   JOSEPH BOCK ON OCTOBER 12, 1998.
BROTHERS:  JERRY AND GENE MACKEY.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:    MONDAY MARCH 19, 2001 2:00 PM.
PLACE OF SERVICES:   BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK.
 
INTERMENT:   GREEN MEADOWS CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK.
 
OFFICIATING:   REV. JASON YARBROUGH.
 
CASKETBEARERS:   FERMAN MAYO, HARLEY SMITH, CHARLIE KING, KENNY KING, EDDIE VANDENBERG, CHAD YORK.
 
HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:  DALE AMEND, KIM REDDEN, BILLY HARRIS.
 
 
 
 
NAME:    GRANVIL G. “G. G.” GOLDEN, AGE 89, A LONGTIME RESIDENT OF CANEY, OK.
 
BORN:  JULY 13, 1911 AT CANEY, OKLAHOMA TO FRANK AND BETTY (SAMPLES) GOLDEN.
 
PASSED AWAY:   MONDAY, MARCH 19, 2001 AT COLONIAL LIVING CENTER IN ATOKA, OK.
AGE:     89 YEARS  8 MONTHS   AND   6 DAYS.
 
EDUCATION:   G. G. ATTENDED SCHOOL AT CANEY, OK.
 
MARRIED:   ELLA JOY MCDOUGAL ON DECEMBER 21, 1929 AT BROKEN BOW, OK.
 
OCCUPATION:    G. G. WORKED PART OF HIS LIFE AT LUMBER MILLS IN OAKLAND, OREGON, AND SAMOA, CALIFORNIA.  AFTER HIS RETIREMENT IN 1979, HE MOVED BACK TO HIS HOME ON VOCA ROAD WHERE HE LOVED TO GROW HIS GARDEN AND TAKE CARE OF HIS COWS AND CHICKENS. HE LEFT TOO MANY FRIENDS TO MENTION AND WILL BE LOVED AND MISSED BY HIS FAMILY FOREVER.
 
 
       survived by
 
WIFE OF 71 YEARS:    ELLA JOY GOLDEN.
 
SON:   DONALD GOLDEN AND WIFE PHYLLIS OF CANEY, OK.
 
DAUGHTERS:   CUBA CLUVER AND HUSBAND ROY OF TUSHKA, OK.
                             MARY STILL AND HUSBAND ROY OF TUSHKA, OK.
                             BETTY GIVENS AND HUSBAND HOWARD OF THORNTON, AR.
                             CHARLINE WELLS AND HUSBAND EVERETT OF OAKLAND, OR.
 
18 GRANDCHILDREN, 53 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, AND 14 GREAT-GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.
 
SISTERS:   VIVIAN WATSON OF CANEY, OK.
                     EULA COATES OF PIRU, CA.
 
 
       preceded in death by
 
PARENTS:   FRANK AND BETTY GOLDEN.
DAUGHTER:    JOHNNIE LOU GOLDEN.
BROTHERS:    GRADY, JOHNNY, ROY, AND JERRY GOLDEN, ALL FROM BRYAN and ATOKA COUNTIES.
1 GRANDSON AND 1 GREAT GRANDSON.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:    SATURDAY  MARCH 24, 2001 2:00 PM.
PLACE OF SERVICES:   BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK.
 
INTERMENT:   PERKINS CEMETERY ON VOCA ROAD.
 
OFFICIATING:   REV. BOB JOHNSON.
ASSISTING:   REV. BILLY JOE HOWARD.
 
CASKETBEARERS:     (GRANDSONS) JIMMY GIVENS, MICHAEL GOLDEN, KENNETH GOLDEN, JOHNNY ROSS, STACY STILL, CORY STILL, HAROLD WELLS, MARK WELLS, MITCHELL WELLS, DENNIS GIVENS.
 
HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:  JIMMY CRUZ, TOM GOLDEN, JACK AARON WATSON.
 
 
 
 
NAME:  EDITH (YORK) MITCHELL, AGE 89, A LIFELONG ATOKA RESIDENT.

BORN:  DECEMBER 24, 1911 AT ATOKA, OKLAHOMA TO ERDA C. AND MELLIE (COOK) YORK.
 
PASSED AWAY: WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21, 2001 AT THE MEDICAL CENTER OF SE OKLAHOMA IN DURANT.
AGE:   89 YEARS  2 MONTHS   AND   27 DAYS.

EDUCATION:   ATTENDED AND GRADUATED FROM ATOKA HIGH SCHOOL IN 1928 AND GRADUATED FROM SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY IN DURANT IN DECEMBER OF 1969.

MARRIED:   ROBERT L. MITCHELL ON JUNE 29, 1932 IN GOODLAND, OK.

OCCUPATION:  EDITH WAS A SCHOOL TEACHER.  SHE TAUGHT FOR 9 YEARS IN A ONE ROOM SCHOOL HOUSE AT TELLICO, WHICH IS EAST OF STRINGTOWN. SHE ALSO TAUGHT AND SUBSTITUTED FOR YEARS IN THE ATOKA SCHOOL SYSTEM.

CHURCH:  MEMBER OF ATOKA FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH.
 
SHE WAS ALSO A MEMBER OF THE RETIRED TEACHERS ASSOCIATION, EASTERN STAR AND THE TUESDAY NIGHT BRIDGE CLUB FOR OVER 50 YEARS.


     SURVIVED BY

DAUGHTER:  SAMANTHA MITCHELL OF ARLINGTON, TX.

NIECE:   CAROL FRESQUEZ OF NAPA, CA.

COUSINS:     MAVIS YORK OF NORMAN, OK.
                       AURELIUS “CHIEF” HARRISON OF NORMAN, OK.
                       DENNIS YORK OF NORMAN, OK.
                       KENNETH SWINNEY OF BLANCHARD, OK.
                       BILL HARMON OF BLANCHARD, OK.
                       VINITA FAUDREE OF ATOKA, OK.

SPECIAL FRIEND:  JAN UNDERWOOD OF ATOKA, OK.


     PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

PARENTS:   ERDA and MELLIE YORK.
HUSBAND:   ROBERT L. MITCHELL ON AUGUST 21, 1980.
COUSIN:    WILLIAM YORK.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:  SATURDAY, MARCH 24, 2001 AT 11:00 AM.
PLACE OF SERVICES:   ATOKA FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH.

INTERMENT:   GREEN MEADOWS CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK.

OFFICIATING:   REV. RON KING.
ASSISTING:   REV. GLEN THOMASON.

CASKETBEARERS:   JAMES HARRISON, JERRY HARRISON, GENE HARRISON, TOMMY HARRISON, BILLY SAMPLE, ROGER SAMPLE, KELLY SAMPLE.

HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:  GEORGE BREWSTER, ANTHONY CLAYTON, DAVID DOWNING, CODY MILLER, PHILLIP MILLER, LEWIS PENICK, ROBERT TURNER, MED UNDERWOOD.
 
 
 
 
NAME:  JACOB RYAN SIMON, INFANT SON OF DAVID AND JANIE SIMON OF ATOKA, OK.
 
BORN AND PASSED AWAY:  THURSDAY, MARCH 22, 2001 AT THE MEDICAL CENTER OF SE OKLAHOMA IN DURANT.
 
 
     SURVIVED BY
 
PARENTS:   DAVID CHESTER AND JANIE RENEE (PUGH) SIMON.
 
MATERNAL GRANDPARENTS:   WESLEY AND DEBORAH PUGH OF ATOKA, OK.
 
PATERNAL GRANDFATHER:  HAROLD SIMON OF TUSHKA, OK.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:    MONDAY, MARCH 26, 2001 AT 10:00 A.M.
PLACE OF SERVICES:   GRAVESIDE.
 
INTERMENT:   TUSHKA CEMETERY ~ TUSHKA, OK.  
 
OFFICIATING:   REV. LELAND BARTLETT.
 
 
 
 
NAME:  LEE ALEXANDER, AGE 77, A LONGTIME FARRIS AREA RESIDENT.
 
BORN:  MAY 3, 1923 AT ANTLERS, OKLAHOMA TO GEORGE LOGAN AND SEVELAR (STILES) ALEXANDER.
 
PASSED AWAY:   THURSDAY, MARCH 22, 2001 AT THE PUSHMATAHA COUNTY HOSPITAL IN ANTLERS .
AGE:   77 YEARS  10 MONTHS    AND   19 DAYS.
 
EDUCATION:   ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT FARRIS, OK.
 
MARRIED:   BERTHA MARIE BOYD ON AUGUST 13, 1942 AT ATOKA, OK.
 
OCCUPATION:  RETIRED SUPERINTENDENT FOR LAMAR CONSTRUCTION AND HE BUILT WATER AND SEWER PLANTS ALL OVER OKLAHOMA AND KANSAS.
 
CHURCH:  HE WAS A MEMBER OF FARRIS BAPTIST CHURCH. 
 
LEE SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE U.S. ARMY DURING WORLD WAR II IN THE TANK BATTALION.
HE ENJOYED FISHING AND GARDENING.  HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE V.F.W. NORMAN POST 4890.
 
 
     SURVIVED BY
 
WIFE:    BERTHA ALEXANDER OF THEIR HOME NEAR FARRIS, OK.
 
CHILDREN:    DIAN EVANS AND HUSBAND LARRY OF MONROE, OK.
                         NANCY STANDIFER AND HUSBAND JERRY OF HOWE, OK.
                         DONNIE ALEXANDER AND WIFE JEANIE OF LAVACA, AR.
                         ALICIE ALEXANDER JORDAN OF FARRIS, OK.
 
12 GRANDCHILDREN, 18 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.
 
SISTERS:   JEWELL STANDIFER OF TALIHINA, OK.
                     FLOYE HORN OF FARRIS, OK.
 
BROTHERS:  GEORGE ALEXANDER AND WIFE BETTY  OF WICHITA, KS.
                         L. D. ALEXANDER OF TEXAS.
                         L. W. “DUB”  ALEXANDER AND WIFE LOIS OF FARRIS, OK.
 
 
     PRECEDED IN DEATH BY
 
PARENTS:   GEORGE AND SEVELAR ALEXANDER.
BROTHER:   EMMETT ALEXANDER.
DAUGHTER-IN-LAW:   DEBBIE ALEXANDER.
SON-IN-LAW:    BOLL VAN KIRK.
IN-LAWS:   J. A. AND ETHEL BLOYD.
BROTHERS-IN-LAW:   BILL BLOYD, EDWARD HORN, AND JIM STANDIFER.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:    SUNDAY, MARCH 25, 2001 AT 2:00 P.M.
PLACE OF SERVICES:   GRAVESIDE.
 
INTERMENT:   FARRIS CEMETERY ~ FARRIS, OK.
 
OFFICIATING:   REV. TERRY BURTON
 
CASKETBEARERS:   (GRANDSONS) LARRY EVANS, DAVID EVANS, RON BERANEK, JERRY STANDIFER, JOHN ALEXANDER, ED BERANEK, BRYAN ALEXANDER.
 
IN LIEU OF FLOWERS THE FAMILY REQUEST THAT MEMORIAL BE MADE TO THE FARRIS BAPTIST CHURCH OR THE FARRIS FIRST RESPONDERS.
 
 
 
 
NAME:    DELPHIALENE STARLEY (GRIFFIN) JOHNSON, AGE 83, LONGTIME ATOKA RESIDENT.

BORN:  SEPTEMBER 18, 1917 TO JOHN JOSEPH AND EULA MAE (PROCTOR) GRIFFIN.
 
PASSED AWAY: SATURDAY, MARCH 24, 2001 AT THE ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, OK.
AGE:   83 YEARS    6 MONTHS    AND   7 DAYS.

EDUCATION:   ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT TUSHKA, OK.

MARRIED:   HULETTE JOHNSON ON AUGUST 10, 1935 AT DURANT, OK.

OCCUPATION:  HOMEMAKER.


     SURVIVED BY

DAUGHTER:    SHARRON KAY VOTO AND HUSBAND JOE D. OF ATOKA, OK.

GRANDCHILDREN:   JOE DON VOTO OF EDMOND, OK.
                                         STEPHANIE KAY HANEY AND HUSBAND VINCE OF COALGATE, OK.
                                       JAYSON DEAN VOTO OF ATOKA, OK.
                                       JAY DEE VOTO OF ATOKA, OK.

GREAT GRANDCHILD:  CHANDLER MICHAEL HANEY OF COALGATE, OK.

BROTHER:   TAYMOND JOE GRIFFIN AND WIFE MABLE OF ATOKA, OK.

SISTER:  DOROTHY SMITHART OF DURANT, OK.


     PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

PARENTS:   JOHN JOSEPH AND EULA MAE GRIFFIN.
husband:   hulette A. “HUGH” JOHNSON of Atoka on august 4, 1993.
BROTHERS:  CECIL, HUBERT, DOYLE, ODELL, AND JAMES B. GRIFFIN.
SISTERS:   RUBY LEE DURBIN AND LORENE GRIFFIN.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:  MONDAY, MARCH 26, 2001 AT 2:00 P.M.
PLACE OF SERVICES:   GRAVESIDE SERVICES.

INTERMENT:   CARNEY CEMETERY ~ STILLWATER, OK.

OFFICIATING:   ARVEL HALL.

CASKETBEARERS: JOE D. VOTO, JOE DON VOTO, JAY VOTO, VINCE HANEY, BRICKIE GRIFFIN.
 
 
 
 
NAME:    SUSAN ELLEN “SUSIE” (HELT) WILLIAMS, AGE 89, A RESIDENT OF HURLEY MANOR IN COALGATE AND FORMER LONGTIME STRINGTOWN RESIDENT.

BORN:  MAY 8, 1911 AT STOVE BLUFF, OKLAHOMA TO JOHN WILLIAM, SR. AND SUSAN ELIZABETH (ALKIRE) HELT.
 
PASSED AWAY:   MONDAY, MARCH 26, 2001 AT HURLEY HOSPITAL IN COALGATE, OK.
AGE:   89 YEARS  10 MONTHS  AND  18 DAYS.

EDUCATION:   ATTENDED SCHOOLS IN ATOKA COUNTY AND ATTENDED NURSES SCHOOL.

MARRIED:   LEVVRIETT LEE WILLIAMS ON NOVEMBER 21, 1929 AT COALGATE, OK.

OCCUPATION:  SHE WORKED AS A NURSE AT HUBBARD’S NURSING HOME AND CANADAY’S NURSING IN ATOKA.

CHURCH AFFILIATION:    MEMBER OF STRINGTOWN BAPTIST CHURCH.


     SURVIVED BY

CHILDREN:    CHARLES WILLIAMS and WIFE NEDRA OF FT. WORTH, TX.
                         BETTY McKEEN and HUSBAND ROY OF COALGATE, OK.
                         JOHN WILLIAMS OF STRINGTOWN, OK.
                         JIMMIE LUE JONES OF COALGATE, OK.
                         LEVVRIETT PAUL WILLIAMS and WIFE RUTH OF LONGTOWN, OK.
                         LANIUS LYNN NELSON and HUSBAND HORACE OF STRINGTOWN, OK.
                         ANNIEBELLE JOHNSON and HUSBAND LEONARD OF ALDERSON, OK.
                         MARY CATHERINE MANNON OF COALGATE, OK.
                         LINDA STEAGALL and HUSBAND JOHN OF SEMINOLE, OK.
                         RONALD WAYNE WILLIAMS OF INDINOLA, OK.
                         SHIRLEY LAYTON and HUSBAND LEWIS OF STRINGTOWN, OK.

45 GRANDCHILDREN, 75 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, 11 GREAT GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.


     PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

HUSBAND:   LEVVRIETT LEE WILLIAMS ON SEPTEMBER 18, 1973.
PARENTS:   JOHN and SUSAN HELT.
SONS:  OLIVER JOE WILLIAMS and LONNIE WILLIAMS.
6 GRANDCHILDREN.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:    SATURDAY, MARCH 31, 2001 AT 2:00 P.M.
PLACE OF SERVICES:   BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL~ ATOKA, OK.
 
INTERMENT:   McCARTY CEMETERY IN COAL COUNTY.

OFFICIATING:   REV. LOYD THOMPSON.

CASKETBEARERS: (GRANDSONS)  BILLY CHARLES JONES, MICHAEL WILLIAMS, LEWIS LAYTON JR., RONALD LEE WILLIAMS, DOUGLAS WILLIAMS, DOUGLAS JOHNSTON.

HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:  (GRANDSONS & GREAT GRANDSONS)  CHARLES WILLIAMS JR., LEROY McKEEN, DONALD McKEEN, RUSSELL JOHNSON, D. J. FEATHERSTON, KENNETH SHORES, STEPHEN SHORES, RANDY SAWYER, CHARLES MANNON, THOMAS HANSON.
 
 
 
 
NAME:    JAMES DEAN “J. D.” CARROLL, AGE 39, A RESIDENT OF YALE, OKLAHOMA AND FORMERLY OF BENTLEY.
 
BORN:  OCTOBER 20 1961 AT OKLAHOMA CITY TO J. O. AND HAZEL WYNETH (ARMSTRONG) CARROLL.
 
PASSED AWAY: SUNDAY, MARCH 25, 2001 AT HIS RESIDENCE IN YALE, OK.
AGE:   39 YEARS  5 MONTHS AND  5 DAYS
 
EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT OKLAHOMA CITY, BAKERSFIELD, CALIFORNIA, HARMONY, AND GRADUATED FROM ATOKA HIGH SCHOOL IN 1980.
 
MARRIED:   GAYE NELL OLIVE ON AUGUST 13, 1995 AT YALE, OK.
 
OCCUPATION:  HE WORKED AS A CARPENTER AND DID DRYWALL WORK. HE WORKED AT GREEN COUNTRY INTERIORS IN TULSA, OK.
 
CHURCH AFFILIATION:  HE WAS BAPTIST FAITH AND WAS BAPTIZED IN THE HILLCREST BAPTIST CHURCH IN ATOKA, OK.
 
J. D. WAS IN THE OKLAHOMA NATIONAL GUARDS AND WAS A MARKSMAN.
 
 
       survived by
 
WIFE:  GAYE NELL CARROLL OF THE HOME IN YALE, OK.
 
STEPCHILDREN:  JAYSON YOUNG and WIFE TIMMIE OF ARDMORE, OK.
                                   JOEY YOUNG and WIFE SABRINA OF OKLAHOMA CITY.
 
STEP GRANDCHILDREN:  LUKE, AUSTIN, and JESSICA YOUNG.
 
MOTHER:  HAZEL ROBERTS OF BLACKJACK, OK.
 
BROTHERS:  DAVID CARROLL OF CADDO, OK.
                         EDDIE ROBERTS and WIFE KATHY OF ATOKA, OK.
 
SISTERS:   BEVERLY ANDERTON and HUSBAND RONNIE OF BLACKJACK, OK.
                     LINDA CAVES OF CADDO, OK.
                     JOYCE JACKSON and HUSBAND JESSIE OF STRINGTOWN, OK.
                     VIOMA JEAN PIERCE OF ATOKA, OK.
 
GRANDMOTHER:   VERLIE ARMSTRONG OF ATOKA, OK.
 
IN-LAWS:   BILLIE JO and LEWIS OLIVE OF YALE, OK.
 
 
       preceded in death by
 
FATHER:    J. O. CARROLL.
GRANDFATHER:   OTAH ARMSTRONG.
PATERNAL GRANDPARENTS:   JOHN and GEORGENA CARROLL.
NIECE:   HADLEY BURGESS.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:    FRIDAY, MARCH 30, 2001 AT 2:00 P.M.
PLACE OF SERVICES:   BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK.
 
INTERMENT:   BENTLEY CEMETERY ~ BENTLEY, OK.
 
OFFICIATING:   REV. JOHN HOWARD.
ASSISTING:   REV. CLINT THURMAN.
 
CASKETBEARERS:   JOHNNY HOGAN, ROGER DUNCAN, BILL MOBBS, STANLEY HOOPER, KENNETH OWENS, GARY ARMSTRONG.
 
HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:  HERBERT HOGAN, STEVE GIBSON.
 
 
 
 
NAME:    DORIS MAE (LOVELL) MARTIN STURGIS, AGE 68, A RESIDENT OF LANE, OK.

BORN:  SEPTEMBER 19, 1932 AT HAYWOOD, PITTSBURG COUNTY, OK TO JOHNIE MARIE LOVELL AND PETE ALMOND McWILLIAMS.
 
PASSED AWAY:   MONDAY, MARCH 26, 2001 AT HER RESIDENCE IN LANE, OK.
AGE:   68 YEARS   6 MONTHS  AND  7 DAYS.

EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT STUART AND ROCK ISLAND, OK.

MARRIED:   EVERETT ANUEL MARTIN ON JANUARY 27, 1951 IN FT. SMITH, SEBASTIAN COUNTY, AR.
                       CHARLES JEROME STURGIS IN 1966.

OCCUPATION:  SHE WAS A HOMEMAKER.

CHURCH AFFILIATION:  SHE WAS BAPTIST BUT WAS AFFILIATED WITH THE LANE PENTECOSTAL CHURCH OF GOD.

DORIS LOVED FAMILY, AND TRAVELING, AND SHE LOVED TO GO "YARDSALING".


     SURVIVED BY

CHILDREN:    JUDY DARLENE (MARTIN) STARR and HUSBAND CHARLES OF HANFORD, CA.
                         SHERRI DIANN (MARTIN) MIDDLETON and HUSBAND WALLACE OF ATOKA, OK.
                         CAROLYN SUE (MARTIN) DeVASURE and HUSBAND JOHN OF DENAIR, CA.
                         CHARLES JEROME “C. J.” STURGIS II and WIFE WANDA OF EMMETT, ID.
                         KELLEY DAWN (STURGIS) ABBOTT and HUSBAND JERRY OF IDAHO CITY, ID.

GRANDCHILDREN:   ROBERT EVERETT MIDDLETON AND WIFE CHRISTY OF BAKERSFIELD, CA.
                                       TIMOTHY WALLACE MIDDLETON OF BAKERSFIELD, CA.
                                       CHARLES RAYMOND STARR AND WIFE KAREN OF HANFORD, CA.
                                       ANGEL DARLENE MARTIN OF EMPIRE, CA.
                                       SCOT JASON MIDDLETON OF ATOKA, OK.
                                       ANGELA DAWN STEVENS AND HUSBAND KRIS OF LAKE TAHOE, NV.
                                       JOHN MARTIN STARR OF HANFORD, CA.
                                       SARAH ELIZABETH DEVASURE OF DENAIR, CA.
                                       CATHLINA JUANITA STURGIS OF IDAHO CITY, ID.
                                       DAWN ROCHELLE ABBOTT OF IDAHO CITY, ID.
                                       CHARLES JEROME "BUDDY" STURGIS OF EMMETT, ID.
                                       LUCAS JEROME ABBOTT OF IDAHO CITY, ID.
                                       MEGAN DIANN DEVASURE OF DENAIR, CA.
                                       CAROLYN JOLENE "JO" STURGIS OF EMMETT, ID.
                                       CYNTHIA JAYNE "PUDGE" STURGIS OF EMMETT, ID.
                                       ASHLII ANN ABBOTT OF IDAHO CITY, ID.

STEP GRANDCHILDREN:    CHANDRA AND MATTHEW DEVASURE, JEANNIE FAIRLESS, AND ROBERT, RICHARD, and RYAN FISCHER.

GREAT GRANDCHILDREN:     AMANDA DIANN AND CHELSY ANN MIDDLETON OF ATOKA, OK.
                                                       MIRANDA AMARIS AND JAMES EVERETT ANUEL MARTIN OF EMPIRE, CA.
                                                       SHYANN JANAE AND HALEY MONIQUE MIDDLETON OF BAKERSFIELD, CA.
                                                       TESSA OCEANA MARIE MIDDLETON OF UKIAH, CA.
                                                       KAYLA MARIE STARR OF HANFORD, CA.
                                                       ALEXANDER ROBERT AND HUNTER ANDREW MIDDLETON OF BAKERSFIELD.

FORMER DAUGHTER-IN-LAW:    MISSIE STURGIS OF LANE, OK.

AUNTS:   LORENE LOVELL OF LANE, OK.
                 ETHEL LENOX OF ARKOMA, OK.

BROTHERS:  DONALD GENE “MUTT” LOVELL OF STILWELL, OK.
                         LEONARD JUNIOR LUNA OF TENKILLER, OK.
                         GLENDALL RAY LUNA and WIFE MARY ANN OF McALESTER, OK.
                         JAMES HENRY “BUGS” LUNA OF ROCK ISLAND, OK.

HALF SISTERS:  GLORIA FAYE “SHUG” JAMES and HUSBAND LEE OF McALESTER, OK.
                               PAULA MARIE LUNA OF JAY, OK.

HALF SISTER:   DAVINE MCWILLIAMS OF CALIFORNIA.
HALF-BROTHER:  JOSEPH MCWILLIAMS OF CALIFORNIA.

FORMER HUSBAND:    CHARLES STURGIS OF DENTON, TX.


     PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

FIRST HUSBAND:   EVERETT A. MARTIN ON AUGUST 12, 1994 AT MODESTO, CA.
FATHER:    PETE McWILLIAMS ON OCTOBER 8, 1982 AT MODESTO, CA.
MOTHER:  JOHNIE (LOVELL) LUNA ON MAY 16, 1994 AT MCALESTER, OK.
HALF SISTERS:  SHIRLEY ANN FRY ON NOVEMBER 20, 1978 IN COLORADO.
                                 infants SANDRA KAY and OLA MAE LUNA.
HALF BROTHERS:   JOHNNY WILLIAM LUNA IN 1955 IN OKLAHOMA.
                                     JASPER WILLIAM LUNA ON MAY 10, 1990 AT MCALESTER, OK.
                                     TOMMY LEE LUNA ON MARCH 4, 1994 AT MCALESTER, OK.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:    THURSDAY, MARCH 29, 2001 AT 2:00 P.M.
PLACE OF SERVICES:   BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK.

INTERMENT:   BUTLER CEMETERY ~ LANE, OK.

OFFICIATING:   REV. CHARLIE LUMAN.
ASSISTING:   REV. GENE SLUDER.

CASKETBEARERS:   BOBBY LEE RECTOR, BILLY RAY JAMES, SCOTT CASTLEBERRY, JOE BOB WHITE, WILLARD CASTLEBERRY, WALLACE MIDDLETON.

HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:    SCOTT TISDALE AND SCOT MIDDLETON.
 
 
 
 
NAME:    BEAULAH MABEL (BLACKBURN) WITHROW, AGE 89, A LONGTIME ATOKA RESIDENT.

BORN:  J ULY 15, 1911 AT DUSTIN, HUGHES COUNTY, OKLAHOMA TO DAVID WASHINGTON AND SARAH ISABELL (YEATS) BLACKBURN.
 
PASSED AWAY:   TUESDAY, MARCH 27, 2001 AT ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.
AGE:   89 YEARS  8 MONTHS   AND   12 DAYS.

EDUCATION:   ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT HARMONY AND GRADUATED FROM ATOKA HIGH SCHOOL IN 1932.

MARRIED:   CLYDE VERNON WITHROW ON SEPTEMBER 24, 1932 AT ATOKA, OK.

OCCUPATION:  SHE WAS HOUSEWIFE and HOMEMAKER.

CHURCH AFFILIATION:    MANY YEARS WITH THE PENN & A STREET CHURCH OF CHRIST AND LATER WITH THE MELBA AVENUE CHURCH OF CHRIST AND THE WAPANUCKA CONGREGATION.

MABEL WAS VERY ACTIVE WITH THE PARENT TEACHERS ASSOCIATION AND SERVED AS HOMEROOM MOTHER DURING HER CHILDRENS SCHOOL YEARS.  SHE WAS THE P.T.A. HISTORIAN. MABEL WAS A MEMBER OF THE SUNSHINE HOME DEMONSTRATION CLUB, THE ATOKA COUNTY HISTORICAL CLUB AND WAS INVOLVED IN (AND A CONTRIBUTOR TO) THE BOOKS “TALES OF ATOKA COUNTY” . SHE WAS VERY INTERESTED IN GENEaLOGY AND CONVERSED WITH PEOPLE ALL OVER THE U.S.  ONE OF HER MANY HOBBIES WAS COLLECTING LOCAL OBITUARIES.  SHE CONTRIBUTED 8 BOOKS OF OBITUARIES TO THE ATOKA COUNTY LIBRARY.


     SURVIVED BY

DAUGHTERS:   LOIS WINTERS and HUSBAND TOMMY OF MIDWEST CITY, OK.
                             ALICE WITHROW OF THE HOME.
                             RUTH HIGHT OF GARLAND, TX.
                             NELDA HOLLAND OF BURLESON, TX.

GRANDCHILDREN:   BILL WINTERS and WIFE VICKI OF MOORE, OK.
                                         JOEY WINTERS OF MIDWEST CITY, OK.
                                         CHRIS HOLLAND and WIFE ROBIN OF ROCKWALL, TX.
                                         LISA WASHER and HUSBAND CHAD OF DALLAS, TX.
                                         JANA BROWN and HUSBAND STEVE OF WILLS POINT, TX.

GREAT GRANDCHILDREN:   SARAH WINTERS, SHELBY WINTERS, KIMBERLY, KATIE, and KEVIN
                                                       HOLLAND, KAMI HIGHT, JAKE and BETHANY BROWN.

BROTHER:   FLOYD BLACKBURN OF DURANT, OK.


     PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

PARENTS:   DAVID and SARAH BLACKBURN.
HUSBAND:   CLYDE WITHROW ON DECEMBER 9, 1990.
BROTHERS:  HOUSTON, COLEMAN, and LEROY BLACKBURN.
SISTER:  OLA BELL BLACKBURN.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:  FRIDAY, MARCH 30, 2001 AT 11:00 A.M.
PLACE OF SERVICES:   BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK.

INTERMENT:   GREEN MEADOWS CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK.

OFFICIATING:   REV. LLOYD McELHANEY.
ASSISTING:   BILL WINTERS.

CASKETBEARERS:   BILL WINTERS, JOEY WINTERS, ROY GENE BLACKBURN, KENNETH BLACKBURN, DAVID BLACKBURN, CHAD WASHER.
 
 
 
 
NAME:    LUCILLE (BURKHALTER) COATS, AGE 74, A LIFELONG LANE AREA RESIDENT.
 
BORN:  SEPTEMBER 8, 1926 AT LANE, OKLAHOMA TO W. E. AND THELMA (YATES) BURKHALTER.
 
PASSED AWAY: THURSDAY, MARCH 29, 2001 AT ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.
AGE:   74 YEARS  6 MONTHS   AND   21 DAYS
 
EDUCATION:   ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT IRON STOB AND ATOKA.
 
MARRIED:   CLIFFORD COATS ON MARCH 10, 1946 AT SHERMAN, TX.
 
OCCUPATION:  SHE WAS A COOK AT IRON STOB AND LANE SCHOOLS AND WORKED AT DIAPER JEANS SEWING FACTORY IN ATOKA.
 
CHURCH AFFILIATION:  MEMBER OF HILLCREST BAPTIST CHURCH
 
 
     SURVIVED BY
 
HUSBAND:   CLIFFORD COATS OF THE HOME NEAR LANE, OK.
 
CHILDREN:    DARRELL COATS and WIFE SHARON OF LANE, OK.
                         HAROLD COATS and WIFE FLORA OF STRINGTOWN, OK.
                         SHARON HOOK and HUSBAND MIKE OF TUSHKA, OK.
 
GRANDCHILDREN:   ROBERT COATS and WIFE COURTNEY OF HOLDENVILLE, OK.
                                       CINDY FAULKENBERRY and HUSBAND BUDDY OF ATOKA, OK.
                                       VALERIE BLACKWOOD and HUSBAND JOSH OF LANE, OK.
                                       CHAD COATS and WIFE WINDY OF CANEY, OK.
                                       CARI SUTTON and HUSBAND JAMES OF ATOKA, OK.
                                       ANGIE FROST and HUSBAND CODY OF LANE, OK.
                                       TAMI MURRAY and HUSBAND STEPHEN OF TUSHKA, OK.
                                       MINDY HOOK OF TUSHKA, OK.
 
16 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.
 
BROTHERS:  LEON BURKHALTER and WIFE BEA OF ATOKA, OK.
                         PINKY BURKHALTER and WIFE PAT OF LANE, OK.
 
SISTERS:   GERALDINE EAVES and HUSBAND KENNETH OF LANE, OK.
                     GINGER SILVERS and HUSBAND PAUL OF LANE, OK.
 
 
     PRECEDED IN DEATH BY
 
PARENTS:   W. E. and THELMA BURKHALTER.
BROTHER:   DOUGLAS BURKHALTER.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:  SATURDAY, MARCH 31, 2001 AT 10:00 A.M.
PLACE OF SERVICES:   BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL
 
INTERMENT:   BUTLER CEMETERY ~ LANE, OK.
 
OFFICIATING:   REV. JOHN HOWARD.
 
CASKETBEARERS:   GERALD EAVES, ROY BURKHALTER, KIM BURKHALTER, DENNIS BURKHALTER, ROBERT COATS, CHAD COATS, BRYAN FROST.
 
HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:  EUNA NICHOLS, MARTHA BRADFORD, TRUDY GILL, JOHNNY FAULKENBERRY, J. T. SAIN, R. V. GOODSON.
 
 
 
 
NAME:    LEBERN MITCHELL, AGE 89, A LONGTIME ATOKA AREA RESIDENT.

BORN:  APRIL 16, 1911 AT BOONEVILLE, ARKANSAS TO MACK AND ROSE (UNKNOWN) MITCHELL.
 
PASSED AWAY:   FRIDAY, MARCH 30, 2001 AT THE HILLCREAST MEDICAL CENTER IN TULSA, OK.
AGE:   89 YEARS  11 MONTHS  AND  14 DAYS.

EDUCATION:   ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT BOONEVILLE AND WEBBERS FALLS, OK.

MARRIED:   DORA COAL ON MARCH 8, 1938 AT ATOKA, OK.

OCCUPATION:  HE WAS A MECHANIC AND WORKED A NUMBER OF YEARS FOR THE M.K.T. RAILROAD.

CHURCH AFFILIATION:  HE WAS A BAPTIST.


     SURVIVED BY

WIFE:  DORA OF THE HOME IN ATOKA, OK.

SONS:  LEROY MITCHELL AND WIFE BARBARA OF MADERA, CA.
               BUDDY RAY MITCHELL OF DALLAS, TX.
               JERRY MITCHELL AND WIFE BILLYE OF PERNELL, OK.
               BOBBY MITCHELL AND WIFE DEBI OF PERNELL, OK.
               CARL MITCHELL AND WIFE MARGARET OF PERNELL, OK.

DAUGHTERS:   LOLA WILSON AND HUSBAND D. OF RATLIFF CITY, OK.
                             DOROTHY HEATH AND HUSBAND ROD OF REDDING, CA.

13 GRANDCHILDREN, 29 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, AND 4 GREAT GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.

SISTER:  RUBY COLE OF ATOKA, OK.

SISTER IN-LAW:   LEONA SANDBERG OF ATOKA, OK.


     PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

PARENTS:   MACK AND ROSE MITCHELL.
SON:   BILLY MITCHELL.
BROTHERS:  WALTER, OTHEL, THOMAS, AND JACK MITCHELL.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:  TUESDAY, APRIL 3, 2001 AT 2:00 P.M.
PLACE OF SERVICES:   GRAVESIDE.

INTERMENT:   STRINGTOWN CEMETERY ~ STRINGTOWN, OK.

OFFICIATING:   REV. BOB JOHNSON.

CASKETBEARERS:   WILBUR ALLEN, DARRELL COLE, ALBERT COLE, CHARLES COLE, JIMMY DEAN COLE, STEVEN COLE, DAVID PELTS, JOSHUA WILSON.
 
 
 
 
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