NAME: LILLIE LORENA (BREWER) MORRIS, AGE 82, LIFELONG ATOKA COUNTY RESIDENT. BORN: SEPTEMBER 2, 1916 IN ATOKA COUNTY, OKLAHOMA TO THOMAS “TOM” AND LILLIE BELLE (FREEMAN) BREWER. PASSED AWAY: FRIDAY, MARCH 5, 1999 AT HER RESIDENCE EAST OF ATOKA, OK.AGE: 82 YEARS 6 MONTHS AND 3 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOL AT WEST ALISON IN ATOKA COUNTY, OK. MARRIED: JAMES ANDREW LESLEY MORRIS ON MARCH 16, 1932 AT BENTLEY, OK. OCCUPATION: HOUSEWIFE. CHURCH AFFILIATION: A LONGTIME MEMEBER OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GOD AND CHURCH OF THE FIRST BORN. SURVIVED BY SON: ELVIN RAY MORRIS, SR. OF ATOKA, OK. DAUGHTERS: EVELYN RUTH SMITH AND HUSBAND BILL OF ATOKA, OK. JOYCE DARNELL LEWIS AND HUSBAND CECIL OF ATOKA, OK. MARY HENDERSON AND HUSBAND MARVIN OF ATOKA, OK. 12 GRANDCHILDREN, 13 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN AND ONE ON THE WAY. BROTHERS: THOMAS ARTHUR BREWER AND WIFE FAY OF FT. SMITH, AR. JAMES A. CAREY AND WIFE THELMA OF ATOKA, OK. JESSE MERIOTT CAREY AND WIFE BETTY OF ATOKA, OK. JOHNIE DEWITT CAREY AND WIFE JOANN OF OKLAHOMA CITY. SISTERS: MARY “E. C.” CAREY SLATEN OF ATOKA, OK. LELA BELLE PEMBERTON OF OKLAHOMA CITY. DOLLIE JACKSON OF OKLAHOMA CITY. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: THOMAS AND LILLIE BELLE BREWER.HUSBAND: JAMES MORRIS ON JUNE 28, 1953.DAUGHTERS: PATSY GERALDINE MORRIS AND LUCILLE JANE (MORRIS) MILLS.INFANT BROTHERS: HENRY HENDERSON BREWER AND CARL CAREY.STEPFATHER: JAMES A. “ANDY” CAREY.
DATE OF SERVICES: SUNDAY, MARCH 7, 1999 AT 3:00 P.M.PLACE OF SERVICES: GENERAL ASSEMBLY AND CHURCH OF THE FIRST BORN, EAST OF ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: HIGH HILL CEMETERY ~ ATOKA COUNTY, OK. OFFICIATING: BRO. JIM PREWITT.ASSISTING: BRO. JAMES POWELL AND BRO. CECIL LEWIS, JR. CASKETBEARERS: (GRANDSONS) ELVIN RAY MORRIS JR, CECIL RAY LEWIS JR, ALAN WESLEY MORRIS, JAMES ROBERT LEWIS, MARK DEAN HENDERSON, ROBERT RACKLEY, MIKE DRISKILL, GREG HAMM. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: HAROLD COOKSEY, DOYLE FINCHER, JOHNNY CAMPBELL, JIM HENDERSON, CARROLL COOKSEY, JOHN HENDERSON.
NAME: BEN F. WILLIAMS, AGE 81, LONGTIME ATOKA COUNTY RESIDENT OF THE WILSON COMMUNITY.  BORN: SEPTEMBER 29, 1917 AT COMANCHE, OK TO JAMES ALBERT AND MARGARET ELIZABETH (HARGROVE) WILLIAMS. PASSED AWAY: SUNDAY, MARCH 7, 1999 AT HIS RESIDENCE NEAR WILSON.AGE: 81 YEARS 5 MONTHS AND 8 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOL AT WILSON AND OLNEY. MARRIED: DAISY LORENE RIDDLE ON SEPTEMBER 4, 1942 AT ATOKA, OK. OCCUPATION: RETIRED FARMER AND RANCHER AND CARPENTER. BEN WORKED IN THE SHIPYARDS IN OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA DURING WWii AND WORKED A NUMBER OF YEARS FOR THE RAILROAD. CHURCH AFFILIATION: HE WAS CHURCH OF CHRIST FAITH. SURVIVED BY DAUGHTERS: LOU MITCHELL OF ATOKA, OK. RADONA LADA AND HUSBAND GREG OF WICHITA, KS. SONS: BEN WILLIAMS JR. AND WIFE KRISTI OF THE WILSON COMMUNITY. MARTIN WILLIAMS AND WIFE NETA OF SAND SPRINGS, OK. GRANDCHILDREN: TONY MITCHELL AND WIFE SHELLEY OF ADA, OK. SHELLEY TEAGUE AND HUSBAND KENT OF DENVER, CO. E. J. LADA OF NORMAN, OK. JESSICA LADA OF WICHITA, KS. BRAD WILLIAMS OF BROMIDE, OK. BARRY WILLIAMS OF ADA, OK. JENNIFER WILLIAMS OF SAND SPRINGS, OK. CHRIS WILLEY OF SAND SPRINGS, OK. GREAT GRANDCHILDREN: ETHAN AND CALEB MITCHELL. AUSTIN AND ERIC TEAGUE. BROTHERS: WILLARD O. WILLIAMS AND WIFE LENNIE OF WILSON COMMUNITY. WADE WILLIAMS AND WIFE MARY OF BROMIDE,OK. SISTER: SYBIL JAMES AND HUSBAND ROE OF WILSON COMMUNITY. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY SON: ROGER WADE WILLIAMS IN 1946.WIFE: DAISY on november 13, 1991BROTHER: BUCK WILLIAMS.
DATE OF SERVICES: WEDNESDAY, MARCH 10, 1999 AT 3:00 P.M.PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: ROSE HILL CEMETERY ~ WAPANUCKA, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. MERVIN REDWINE. CASKETBEARERS: RAY BAXTER, DAVID BLACKBURN, GLEN HAMERSLEY, CECIL LEWIS, CHARLES MASON, CLARENCE ROBERTSON, JR. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: O’DELL McCURRY, CALVIN McCURRY, OWEN PRITCHARD, RUSSELL COURTNEY, FLOYD BLACKBURN, J. W. REED, BOB JONES, BILL PASQUALI, ARCHIE HENSON, J. B. TAYLOR, HARVEY HOKETT, ORVILLE MEADOWS, RICHARD STEVENS.
NAME: MARGARET “MARGIE” MARIE (MOORE) BAYLES, AGE 54, LONGTIME ATOKA RESIDENT. BORN: OCTOBER 21, 1944 AT TISHOMINGO, OKLAHOMA TO JOHN DILLARD AND EFFIE MAE (SIDES) MOORE. PASSED AWAY: MONDAY, MARCH 8, 1999 AT MARY HURLEY HOSPITAL IN COALGATE, OK.AGE: 54 YEARS 4 MONTHS AND 17 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOL AT WAPANUCKA, OK. MARRIED: JOHN MARION BAYLES ON FEBRUARY 3, 1962 AT ATOKA, OK. OCCUPATION: HOUSEWIFE AND MINISTER. SHE WAS A MEMBER OF MOUNTAIN VIEW PENTECOSTAL CHURCH OF GOD IN ATOKA. SHE JOINED THE CHURCH IN 1970 AND LOVED SINGING AND PLAYING THE GUITAR IN CHURCH. SURVIVED BY HUSBAND: JOHN BAYLES OF THEIR HOME IN ATOKA, OK. CHILDREN: RONALD GENE BAYLES OF ATOKA, OK. TOMMY CONWAY BAYLES OF ATOKA, OK. TERRY McCARTY AND HUSBAND FLOYD OF STRINGTOWN, OK. JENNIFER MARIE BAYLES OF ATOKA, OK. MARY BRADFORD AND HUSBAND CLIFFORD OF ATOKA, OK. DAVID BRYAN BAYLES AND WIFE SHERRY OF ATOKA, OK. GRANDCHILDREN: BRENDA WILLIAMS OF PORTLAND, OR. SHIRLEY McCARTY OF JONESBORO, AR. FLOYD McCARTY III OF STRINGTOWN, OK. DANNA JEAN BAYLES OF ANTLERS, OK. ASHLEY BAYLES OF LANE, OK. JONATHAN THACKER OF ATOKA, OK. MONTANA ALAN BRADFORD OF ATOKA, OK. THOMAS LELAND BAYLES OF LANE, OK. BRYAN LELAND BAYLES OF ATOKA, OK. BROTHERS: BILL MOORE OF OKLAHOMA CITY. EARNEST MOORE OF MILBURN, OK. KENNETH MOORE OF CHICKASHA, OK. JOHN MOORE OF CHICKASHA, OK. SISTERS: BETTY GIST OF OKLAHOMA CITY. LUCY BRADY OF WICHITA FALLS, TX. JANIE GARRISON OF LONE GROVE, OK. JOSIE DAVIDSON OF CHICKASHA, OK. preceded in death by PARENTS: JOHN DILLARD AND EFFIE MAE MOORE.SISTER: KATHY SHAKE.SON: JOHN LELAND BAYLES.
DATE OF SERVICES: THURSDAY, MARCH 11, 1999 AT 2:00 P.M.PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: STRINGTOWN CEMETERY ~ STRINGTOWN, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. CLAUDE BUIE.ASSISTING: REV. VIRGIL PATTON. CASKETBEARERS: WAYLON WILSON, TONY MYERS, BRAD ELLIOT, ROGER MAZEY, STEVE MAZEY, NORMAN BRADFORD. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: CLIFFORD BAYLES, DENNIS TAYLOR, GARY TAYLOR, JAMES LOFTIN, BILL BAYLES.
NAME: NADINE (CLIFFORD) FAULKENBERRY, AGE 79, LONG TIME ATOKA COUNTY RESIDENT.  BORN: JUNE. 6, 1919 AT CLARITA, OK TO LATHAN AND CLARA MAE (CROWELL) CLIFFORD. PASSED AWAY: FRIDAY, MARCH 12, 1999 AT ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.AGE: 79 YEARS 9 MONTHS AND 6 DAYS EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOL AT WAPANUCKA AND GRADUATED FROM DALLAS HIGH SCHOOL. MARRIED: JOHN D. FAULKENBERRY ON DECEMBER 21,1943 AT LOS ANGELES, CA. OCCUPATION: HOUSEWIFE AND HOMEMAKER. NADINE WORKED FOR LOCKHEED AIRCRAFT DURING WWll AND WORKED A NUMBER OF YEARS FOR THE PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY IN WAPANUCKA, OK. CHURCH AFFILIATION: SHE WAS A LONGTIME MEMBER OF THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH IN WAPANUCKA WHERE SHE WAS ALWAYS VERY ACTIVE IN THE CHURCH ACTIVITIES AND SANG WITH THE CHOIR. SURVIVED BY HUSBAND: JOHN D. faulkenberry OF ATOKA, OK. DAUGHTER: MARY PRATER AND HUSBAND BOB OF ATOKA, OK. SON: RONALD D. FAULKENBERRY OF ATOKA, OK. GRANDCHILDREN: STEPHEN COOPER AND WIFE TONYA OF TUSHKA, OK. SHERRY McCOY OF ATOKA, OK. GREAT GRANDSON: ROBBIE McCOY OF ATOKA, OK. SISTER: GENEVIEVE BOONE AND HUSBAND CLINT OF ATOKA, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: LATHAN AND CLARA MAE CLIFFORD.SISTER: THEDA PARIGEN.
DATE OF SERVICES: TUESDAY MARCH 16, 1999 AT 2:00 P.M.PLACE OF SERVICES: GRAVESIDE SERVICES. INTERMENT: ROSE HILL CEMETERY ~ WAPANUCKA, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. BOB JOHNSON.
NAME: UDELL (HAMMOND) JONES, AGE 61, LIFELONG ATOKA COUNTY RESIDENT.  BORN: NOVEMBER 1, 1937 AT HARMONY, OKLA. TO ROBERT SETH AND LAVADA J. (DOSHIER) HAMMOND. PASSED AWAY: SATURDAY, MARCH 13, 1999 AT ATOKA, OK.AGE: 61 YEARS 4 MONTHS AND 12 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOL AT LANE AND ATOKA, OK. MARRIED: LEON JONES ON APRIL 21, 1957 AT LANE, OK. OCCUPATION: HOMEMAKER AND MOTHER. CHURCH AFFILIATION: LONGTIME BAPTIST AND MOST RECENTLY AFFILIATED WITH THE HARMONY BAPTIST CHURCH. SURVIVED BY MOTHER: LAVADA HAMMOND OF LANE, OK. CHILDREN: SHEILA COCHRAN AND HUSBAND DON OF LANE, OK. CHRIS BENJAMIN OF FARRIS, OK. DEBBIE REECE AND HUSBAND TERRY OF CADDO, OK. NANCY SELF OF LANE, OK. RICKEY JONES AND WIFE TRACY OF LANE, OK. TERRY JONES AND WIFE GINA OF LANE, OK. GRANDCHILDREN: CRAIG JONES, SUBRENA BELL, TABITHA HONEYCUTT, KRISTI ADAMS, SEAN BENJAMIN, ROWDY JONES, NICK JONES, TANNER JONES, TERRA REECE, CHELSEA REECE, KANION JONES, BOGGY JONES, KOUNTRY JONES, AND KACE SELF. GREAT GRANDCHILDREN: SPUR JONES, BROOK AND RIKKI BELL, JESSIE AND DEREK HONEYCUTT, DANIELLE AND ETHAN ADAMS AND TAYLOR BENJAMIN. SISTER: ROBERTA GREEN AND HUSBAND BOB OF LANE, OK. BROTHERS: SCOTT HAMMOND AND WIFE LINDA OF McALESTER, OK. GARY HAMMOND AND WIFE RAYLENE OF LANE, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY FATHER: ROBERT SETH HAMMOND.BROTHER: ROBBIE TOM HAMMOND.GRANDSON: BLAKE SELF.
DATE OF SERVICES: MONDAY MARCH 15, 1999 AT 2:00 P.M.PLACE OF SERVICES: HARMONY BAPTIST CHURCH ~ ATOKA COUNTY, OK. INTERMENT: BUTLER CEMETERY ~ LANE, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. PATRICK SIX. CASKETBEARERS: RICKEY HUNT, GARY McCOOL, LARRY MULLINS, CLYDE GOODSON, DENNIS BURKHALTER, SHAWN BIRCHFIELD. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: ALLEN SARTIN, BILL HEFLEY, LARRY TUCK, MICKEY BELL, CHARLES HALL, RALPH WILSON, SHERMAN “SHUG” BLEDSOE, LEON YATES, BILL ALLEN, SAM SHOEMAKE.
NAME: PANOLA IRENE (GRAY) MULKEY, AGE 78 , LONG TIME ATOKA COUNTY RESIDENT  BORN: FEBRUARY 23, 1920 AT TUSHKA, OKLA. TO RILEY LUMAS GRAY AND BERTIE RUTH (NOAH) GRAY. PASSED AWAY: SATURDAY, MARCH 13, 1999 AT DENISON, TX.AGE: 78 YEARS 11 MONTHS AND 20 DAYS. EDUCATION: GRADUATED FROM TUSHKA SCHOOLS IN 1938 AND FROM DRAUGHN’S BUSINESS COLLEGE IN DALLAS IN 1959. MARRIED: ROBERT BUSTER MULKEY IN 1943. OCCUPATION: HOMEMAKER AND MOTHER. IRENE WORKED MANY DIFFERENT JOBS IN ATOKA INCLUDING JONES IMPLEMENT, STRINGTOWN ROCK CRUSHER, HARVEY CHEVROLET, BUD PITTS FEED STORE AND HER LAST EMPLOYMENT WAS WITH MRS. PAUL KELLEY. SHE RETIRED IN 1985. church affiliation: SHE WAS A LONGTIME MEMBER OF THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH IN ATOKA WHERE SHE WAS ALWAYS VERY ACTIVE IN THE CHURCH ACTIVITIES AND SUNDAY SCHOOL. SURVIVED BY DAUGHTERS: B. RUTH BOSSIER AND HUSBAND DAVID OF GRAND PRAIRIE, TX. MARY SUE USSERY AND HUSBAND WALTON RAY OF DALLAS, TX. GRANDCHILDREN: ERICA LYNN BAXTER AND HUSBAND PAT OF OVERLAND, KS. PATRICIA MICHELLE LYON AND HUSBAND RANDY OF MIDLOTHIAN, TX. JENNIFER LOUISE BROYLES OF CUMBRIA CARLISLE, ENGLAND. GREAT GRANDCHILDREN: BRANDON KEITH EARLY, CHRISTOPHER MATTHEW LYON, COURTNEY LYNN EARLY, ANGELA ROSE LYON, RACHEL ELIZABETH BAXTER, JOHN CULLEN BAXTER, JUSTIN LEE LYON, MALLORY RUTH BAXTER, BRADLEY NOAH BAXTER, MICHAEL PATRICK BAXTER. SISTERS: OLA WHITAKER OF ATOKA, OK. JUANITA ULRICH OF ATOKA, OK. WILLIE MAE BUFF OF JACKSON, MI.
DATE OF SERVICES: TUESDAY, MARCH 16, 1999 AT 10:00 A.M.PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: WESTVIEW CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. JAMES CROWSON. CASKETBEARERS: TOM MAYO, RILEY MAYO, FERMAN MAYO, CARL RAY GOFF, DAVID WHITAKER, CHRIS LYON, EVERETT McGEE, WALTON USSERY, DAVID BOSSIER, PAUL WAYCASTER.
NAME: GEORGE W. CALLICOATT, SR., AGE 78, LONGTIME ATOKA RESIDENT. BORN: AUGUST 28, 1920 IN SMITHVILLE, OKLAHOMA TO WILLIAM AND TIPPY (McKAY) CALLICOATT. PASSED AWAY: SATURDAY MARCH 13, 1999 AT TULSA REGIONAL HOSPITAL. AGE: 78 YEARS 6 MONTHS AND 15 DAYS MARRIED: VERDA GRACE SEIFERT. AMI NELL FRANCAIS IN 1952. OCCUPATION: TRUCK DRIVER. SURVIVED BY CHILDREN: JOANNE SHUGART OF ST. GEORGE, UT. CINDY MORRISON AND HUSBAND JACK OF SCOTTSBLUFF, NE. STEVEN CALLICOATT AND WIFE CHRISTIE OF ADAMSVILLE, TN. GEORGE CALLICOATT, JR. AND WIFE JUDY OF GARLAND, TX. 14 GRANDCHILDREN, 11 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. SISTERS: LAUVINIA ROBERDS AND HUSBAND HAMP OF THREE RIVERS, TX. LILLIE MAE SELBY AND HUSBAND LEE OF ATOKA, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: WILLIAM AND TIPPY CALLICOATT.FIRST WIFE: VERDA CALLICOATT. SECOND WIFE: AMI NELL CALLICOATT.SON: TOM CALLICOATT.
DATE OF SERVICES: WEDNESDAY, MARCH 17, 1999 AT 10:00 A.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: GRAVESIDE SERVICES. INTERMENT: GREEN MEADOWS CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. BOB JOHNSON.
NAME: J. W. JONES, AGE 77, OF ATOKA AND FORMER LONGTIME DENTON, TEXAS RESIDENT. BORN: AUGUST 30, 1921 IN JUSTIN, DENTON COUNTY, TEXAS TO CLAUDE NELSON AND DORA FRANCIS (TEEL) JONES. PASSED AWAY: SUNDAY, MARCH 14, 1999 AT DENTON REGIONAL HOSPITAL. AGE: 77 YEARS 6 MONTHS AND 14 DAYS. MARRIED: NELLIE MAE CHRISTIAN IN 1947 AT GAINESVILLE, TX. MARY HELEN GRAHAM ON SEPTEMBER 6, 1997 AT FT. WORTH, TX. OCCUPATION: HE WAS RETIRED FROM THE AUBREY INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT IN 1985. CHURCH AFFILIATION: LONGTIME MEMBER OF COUNTY LINE BAPTIST CHURCH IN COLLINSVILLE, TEXAS AND LATER WITH THE AUBREY ASSEMBLY OF GOD. SURVIVED BY WIFE: MARY HELEN JONES OF THEIR HOME IN ATOKA, OK. SON: WILLIAM “BILL” JONES AND WIFE REBA OF AUBREY, TX. DAUGHTERS: IDA FRANCIS DILLON AND HUSBAND DANIEL OF TIOGA, TX. JOSIE JONES OF TIOGA, TX. GRANDSONS: STEVEN JONES, GARY DILLON, PAUL DILLON, JAYSON BROWN, JEFF JONES, AND JOE ROBARE. GRANDDAUGHTERS: CRISTIE ROBARE, JENNIFER DILLON, CASSIE BROWN, AND LAURA JONES. 6 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. SISTERS: BILLIE JO KIMBALL AND HUSBAND RICHARD OF FARMERS BRANCH, TX. THELMA BRUCE OF AUBREY, TX. LELIA WILSON OF AUBREY, TX. BETTY WALL AND HUSBAND ROY OF CEDAR CREEK LAKE, TX. FLORENCE RITCHIE OF SAN ANTOINIO, TX. STEPCHILDREN: DON ANDREW DENMAN AND WIFE DANA OF FT. WORTH, TX. ANITA McELYEA OF FT. WORTH, TX. STEP GRANDCHILDREN: JIMMY DON McELYEA, JASON LEE McELYEA, MONICA MARIE DENMAN, AND SABRINA WHITWORTH. 6 STEP GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: CLAUDE AND DORA JONES.FIRST WIFE: NELLIE MAE JONES ON JULY 4, 1989 IN MOUNTAIN SPRINGS, TX.
DATE OF SERVICES: THURSDAY, MARCH 18, 1999 AT 2:00 P.M.PLACE OF SERVICES: AUBREY ASSEMBLY OF GOD CHURCH ~ AUBREY, TX. INTERMENT: ROSELAWN CEMETERY ~ DENTON, TX. OFFICIATING: REV. HERB WHARTON.ASSISTING: REV. DAVID BRUCE. CASKETBEARERS: (GRANDSONS) JIMMY DON McELYEA, JASON LEE McELYEA, DALE RAY BRUCE, GARY DILLON, STEVEN JONES, JOE ROBARE. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: JAYSON BROWN, PAUL DILLON.
NAME: REBA LEE (parker) jones REED, AGE 75, LONGTIME ATOKA AREA RESIDENT. BORN: AUGUST 10, 1923 IN ATOKA COUNTY, OKLAHOMA TO WILLIE AND ROSA (CONE) PARKER. PASSED AWAY: THURSDAY, MARCH 18, 1999 AT ATOKA COLONIAL MANOR. AGE: 75 YEARS 7 MONTHS AND 8 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOL AT BLACKJACK, OK. MARRIED: HAROLD JONES ON AUGUST 24, 1940 AT BLACKJACK, OK. RAYMOND REED ON SEPTEMBER 12, 1987 AT ATOKA, OK. OCCUPATION: HOUSEWIFE AND HOMEMAKER. CHURCH AFFILIATION: MEMBER OF McGEE VALLEY BAPTIST CHURCH. SURVIVED BY DAUGHTERS: LAVONA FERN WYRICK AND HUSBAND BENNY C. III OF McGEE VALLEY, OK. LORI ANNETTE ARMSTRONG AND HUSBAND GARY W. OF ATOKA, OK. LISA JEANETTE WILSON OF TUSHKA, OK. SON: RODGER HAROLD JONES AND WIFE CARLA OF HARMONY, OK. GRANDCHILDREN: LYNN WYRICK, GLENN WYRICK, JAN EMBRY, CLAY WYRICK, JEFF JONES, RIKKI STEPP, CHANDRA HUTSON, CHASE HUTSON, AND ZACH ARMSTRONG. GREAT GRANDCHILDREN: CHAYLEN MARSHALL, LaTISHIA WYRICK, SABRINA WYRICK, CAITLIN EMBRY, HEATHER WYRICK, JARED WYRICK, TANNER LUKE JONES, AND ONE ON THE WAY. SISTERS: CELERA AUSTIN OF OKLAHOMA CITY. ARNETA JOHNSON OF CADDO, OK. BROTHER: COOLIDGE PARKER OF WICHITA FALLS, TX. DEAR FRIEND: MARY LOWARY OF DUNCAN, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: WILLIE AND ROSA PARKERFIRST HUSBAND: HAROLD JONES ON MAY 11, 1986.SECOND HUSBAND: RAYMOND REED ON JUNE 27, 1991.GRANDCHILD: MARK WYRICK.SISTER: BEVERTA SMITH.BROTHERS: ATHNY PARKER, WILLIAM J. “DUB” PARKER, AND L. B. PARKER.
DATE OF SERVICES: SUNDAY, MARCH 21, 1999 AT 2:00 P.M.PLACE OF SERVICES: HILLCREST BAPTIST CHURCH ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: NEW ZION CEMETERY ~ ATOKA COUNTY, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. JOHN HOWARD. ASSISTING: REV. BOB MUNCY. CASKETBEARERS: (GRANDSONS & GRAND SONS-IN-LAW) LYNN WYRICK, GLENN WYRICK, MIKE EMBRY, CLAY WYRICK, JEFF JONES, HASS STEPP, CHASE HUTSON, ZACH ARMSTRONG. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: WALLACE ROBBINS, WAYNE HOOPER, BO HORATH, JERRY ESTEP.
NAME: DIXIE DRUNELL (WILSON) FANN, AGE 67, OF ATOKA, OK. BORN: SEPTEMBER 30, 1931 AT SOPER, CHOCTAW COUNTY, OK TO TOMMY ALMER AND CHARLIE DELL (HOLDER) WILSON. PASSED AWAY: FRIDAY, MARCH 19, 1999 AT HER ATOKA RESIDENCE.AGE: 67 YEARS 5 MONTHS AND 19 DAYS EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT LONG PINE IN ATOKA COUNTY, AND HANFORD, CA. MARRIED: JEROLD JORDAN FANN IN 1984 AT LAS VEGAS, NV. OCCUPATION: SHE WAS A WAITRESS AND A HOMEMAKER. CHURCH AFFILIATION: NON-DENOMINATIONAL. SURVIVED BY BROTHERS: BILLY WILSON AND WIFE CAROL OF ATOKA, OK. GENE WILSON AND WIFE BILLIE JANE OF ATOKA, OK. SISTER: BETTY SUE HILL AND HUSBAND BILLY OF ATOKA, OK. STEPDAUGHTER: LENNY IVERSON AND HUSBAND RAYMOND OF BONNERS FERRY, ID. STEP GRANDCHILDREN: BOBBY AND EDDIE IVERSON OF BONNERS FERRY, ID. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: TOMMY AND CHARLUE HOLDER.HUSBAND: JEROLD FANN IN 1994.BROTHER: TOMMY WILSON.SISTERS: JOHNNIE MARJANO AND BARBARA HARRIS..
DATE OF SERVICES: NO FORMAL SERVICES. INTERMENT: FT. GIBSON NATIONAL CEMETERY ~ FT. GIBSON, OK.
NAME: NADINE “LAVERNE” (CARTER) PETTIGREW, AGE 62, FORMER LONGTIME ATOKA AND CADDO AREA RESIDENT. BORN: DECEMBER 9, 1936 AT BORGER, TEXAS TO WALTER L. AND ANN ELIZABETH (MERRIFIELD) CARTER. PASSED AWAY: SATURDAY, MARCH 20, 1999 AT DENTON, TX.AGE: 62 YEARS 3 MONTHS AND 11 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOL AT PLAINVIEW AND VERNON, TEXAS AND ATTENDED 2 YEARS AT COOKE COUNTY COLLEGE IN THE NURSING PROGRAM. MARRIED: GLEN PETTIGREW ON MAY 24, 1952 AT VERNON, TX. OCCUPATION: RETIRED MANAGER OF SALLY’S BEAUTY SUPPLY IN DALLAS, TX. CHURCH AFFILIATION: SAVED AND ATTENDED CHURCH OF CHRIST. NADINE LOVED TO TRAVEL. SHE LIVED MANY YEARS IN ALASKA, WHERE SHE WORKED FOR WEIN AIRLINES AND LATER WORKED AS A SECRETARY FOR ESKIMO, INC. IN 1972 SHE MOVED BACK TO ATOKA WHERE THE FAMILY WAS INVOLVED IN RANCHING. SHE MOVED TO GAINSVILLE IN 1981, WHERE SHE LATER ATTENDED COLLEGE AND LIVED THE REMAINDER OF HER LIFE. SURVIVED BY HUSBAND: GLEN PETTIGREW OF CADDO, OK. CHILDREN: PHILLIP MICHAEL PETTIGREW OF MIDLOTHIAN, TX. JEFFREY SCOTT PETTIGREW AND WIFE PAM OF ROCKWALL, TX. DANON COLES AND HUSBAND CORY OF LANE, OK. GRANDCHILDREN: CAMERON AND CHASE PETTIGREW. JARED, JENNA, AND JORDAN COLES. ASHLEY MICHELLE PETTIGREW. SISTERS: NONA WILLIAMS AND HUSBAND CURTIS OF GAINSVILLE, TX. BETTY FONTAINE AND HUSBAND KEITH OF LAMPASAS, TX. SPECIAL GREAT NEPHEW: STEVEN SMITH OF GAINSVILLE, TX. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: WALTER and ANN CARTER.BROTHER: J. D. CARTER.
DATE OF SERVICES: TUESDAY, MARCH 23, 1999 AT 2:00 P.M.PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: BOGGY DEPOT CEMETERY ~ ATOKA COUNTY, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. BOB JOHNSON CASKETBEARERS: OREN COCHRAN, GARY PETTIGREW, JAMES POWELL, CLAY SIMPSON, KEITH FONTAINE, CURTIS WILLIAMS.
NAME: FOCH KIRBY, AGE 81, LONGTIME WAPANUCKA, OK AREA RESIDENT. BORN: MARCH 5, 1918 AT CLARITA , OKLAHOMA TO ELIGIA AND LELA (HILBURN) KIRBY. PASSED AWAY: WEDNEsDAY, MARCH 24, 1999 AT HIS RESIDENCE NORTH OF WAPANUCKA, OK.AGE: 81 YEARS AND 19 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOL AT WILSON AND CLARITA WHERE HE GRADUATED IN 1936. HE ALSO ATTENDED EAST CENTRAL STATE UNIVERSITY IN ADA, OK. MARRIED: OPAL JENNINGS ON OCTOBER 22,1938 AT STONEWALL, OK. OCCUPATION: FARMER AND RANCHER. CHURCH AFFILIATION: WAPANUCKA BAPTIST CHURCH. FOCH WAS A MASTER MASON AND A LONGTIME MEMBER OF THE WAPANUCKA LODGE. HE WAS ONCE A MEMBER OF THE I.O.O.F WHEN WAPANUCKA HAD AN ACTIVE LODGE. SURVIVED BY WIFE: OPAL KIRBY OF THE HOME IN WAPANUCKA, OK. SON: BILL KIRBY AND WIFE NANCY OF WAPANUCKA, OK. GRANDDAUGHTER: DR. DANA KIRBY OF JOHNSON CITY, TN. SISTER: DESSIE ROMINE OF ADA, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: ELIGIA AND LELA KIRBY.BROTHER: BILLY CLAY KIRBY.SISTERS: LUCILLE HARRISON, FRANCIS WILKINS, LELA ”JUNIOR” SANDERS, AND LORENA BELL HUNT.
DATE OF SERVICES: SATURDAY, MARCH 27, 1999 AT 2:00 P.M.PLACE OF SERVICES: WAPANUCKA BAPTIST CHURCH. INTERMENT: ROSE HILL CEMETERY ~ WAPANUCKA, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. LARRY SCHOONOVER. ASSISTING: REV. BOB GRAHAM. CASKETBEARERS: SAMMY LOVELACE, HERSCHEL BOLIN, TERRY CANADA, BOBBY GRAHAM, KEITH WOODS, JERREL WOODS. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: ODELL McCURRY, TOMMY JEMISON, JOHN WOODS, RAYMOND TAYLOR, J.W. REED.
NAME: CLARA BELL (BAUMER) ERVIN, AGE 87, OF ATOKA SINCE 1990 AND A FORMER LONGTIME RESIDENT OF LAMONT, OK. BORN: JUNE 5, 1911 AT TROY, OHIO TO CLARENCE EDWARD AND MARY ELLEN (LEFFEL) BAUMER. PASSED AWAY: THURSDAY, MARCH 25, 1999 AT THE ATOKA COLONIAL MANOR NURSING HOME.AGE: 87 YEARS 9 MONTHS AND 20 DAYS EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOL IN TROY, OH. MARRIED: CLARENCE T. “BILL” ERVIN ON DECEMBER 20, 1927 AT TULSA, OK. OCCUPATION: SHE WAS A MEDICAL AID AT A TONKAWA, OKLAHOMA NURSING HOME. CHURCH AFFILIATION: SHE WAS A LONGTIME MEMBER OF THE LONGMONT BAPTIST CHURCH AND A MEMBER OF ATOKA FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH AFTER MOVING TO ATOKA.. CLARA WAS ALSO A LONGTIME MEMBER OF THE LAMONT V. F. W. AUXILARY. SURVIVED BY DAUGHTER: SYLVIA PETTIGREW AND HUSBAND A. C. OF ATOKA, OK. SON: WILLIAM EDWARD “BILL” ERVIN AND WIFE DONNA OF ORANGE, CA. DAUGHTER-IN-LAW: NORMA ERVIN OF WICHITA, KS. GRANDCHILDREN: DEE ANN GREGORY, GARY PETTIGREW, CAROL GOODSON, RHONDA HENDRIX, JIM ERVIN, VICKY GRUVER, BOBBY ERVIN, RICKY ERVIN, AND RANDY ERVIN. 22 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, 8 GREAT GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. SISTER: FAY TRAMMELL OF JOPLIN, MO. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: CLARENCE AND MARY BAUMER.HUSBAND: BILL ERVIN ON AUGUST 16, 1978.SONS: RICHARD LEE AND CHARLES DWAYNE ERVIN.BROTHERS: WALTER, CHARLIE, ILGAR, HARRY, AND CLARENCE PAUL BAUMER.SISTER: BERTHA WILLETT.
DATE OF SERVICES: TUESDAY, MARCH 30, 1999 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. BOB JOHNSON. GRAVESIDE COMMITTAL SERVICE: WEDNESDAY, MARCH 31, 1999 AT 2: 00 P.M. INTERMENT: LAMONT CEMETERY ~ LAMONT, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. BOB LANDIS. CASKETBEARERS: JIM ERVIN, RICKEY ERVIN, RANDY ERVIN, AND BILL ERVIN.
NAME: WILLIE LEE MARLEY, AGE 88, LIFE LONG STRINGTOWN, OKLAHOMA RESIDENT. BORN: JANUARY 21, 1911 AT MILL CREEK, OKLAHOMA TO WILLIAM ALEXANDER AND PEGGY JANE (HUGHES) MARLEY. PASSED AWAY: FRIDAY, MARCH 27, 1999 AT THE HEARTLAND HEALTH CENTER IN McALESTER, OK.AGE: 88 YEARS 2 MONTHS AND 6 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOL AT STRINGTOWN, OK. MARRIED: GRACE LILLIAN SUTTON ON MARCH 8, 1930 AT ST. CHARLES, MO. OCCUPATION: WILLIE WORKED AT A ROCK QUARRY IN MISSOURI AND MOVED BACK TO STRINGTOWN AND WORKED AT THE CRUSHER THERE SEVERAL YEARS. HE WORKED ON THE RAILROAD, FUGATES SAWMILL AND McALESTER NAVAL DEPOT ALONG WITH HIS FARMING AND RANCHING. HE RETIRED IN 1969. CHURCH AFFILIATION: BAPTIST. SURVIVED BY DAUGHTER: SHARON SUE MORRIS AND HUSBAND JOE OF KATY, TX. SONS: RALPH RICHARD MARLEY AND WIFE BYRDEAN OF ATOKA, OK. JULIUS LEE MARLEY OF STRINGTOWN, OK. PAUL EDWARD MARLEY AND WIFE ROSARY OF ARLINGTON, TX. JACKIE RAY MARLEY AND WIFE PRESCILLA OF STRINGTOWN, OK. GARY WAYNE MARLEY AND WIFE DONNA OF GRAND PRAIRIE, TX. RONALD STEPHEN MARLEY AND WIFE BRENDA OF STRINGTOWN, OK. 17 GRANDCHILDREN, 21 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. SISTER: MAXINE GERRISH OF STRINGTOWN, OK. 15 NEPHEWS AND 12 NIECES. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY WIFE: GRACE LILLIAN MARLEY ON MARCH 2, 1969.PARENTS: WILLIAM AND PEGGY MARLEY.SONS: BILLY JOE, DONALD GENE, BOBBY DEAN, AND BABY BOY MARLEY.SISTERS: GLADYS WISDOM, ALLIE MARLEY, CALLIE MARLEY, AND GENEVA MARLEY.BROTHERS: RAY MARLEY, TWINS - ROY AND TROY MARLEY, LEO MARLEY, AND GRANVILLE MARLEY.
DATE OF SERVICES: MONDAY, MARCH 29, 1999 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: MT. OLIVE BAPTIST CHURCH ~ STRINGTOWN, OK. INTERMENT: STRINGTOWN CEMETERY ~ STRINGTOWN, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. BARTT BRADFORD.ASSISTING: REV. LES PEEVEYHOUSE AND REV. JOE MORRIS. CASKETBEARERS: MATHEW MARLEY, MARLEY MORRIS, STEVE MARLEY, JUSTIN HARDIN, RICHARD MARLEY, JON TURAN, DAVID HOLLIWAY, DARIN CHARLES, STEVE BROUSSARD, TOM LUCAS, JASON GREGG, CHRIS PACE. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: JESS WILSON, BILL POTTS, CHARLES MASON, RAY ROBINSON, HARRY FARRIS, KENT HUTSON, RALPH FUGATE, LESLIE THOMPSON, BILL HARRIS, FERMAN MAYO, ROBERT REEVES, TERRY HOLSTINE, LARRY RAINS.
NAME: FLOYD DEE McCARTY, AGE 61, LONGTIME STRINGTOWN RESIDENT. BORN: SEPTEMBER 1, 1937 AT BLANCO, OKLAHOMA TO ADDIS FRANK AND ORA JEWELL (SKINNER) McCARTY. PASSED AWAY: SATURDAY, MARCH 27, 1999 AT McALESTER REGIONAL HOSPITAL.AGE: 61 YEARS 6 MONTHS AND 26 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOL AT STRINGTOWN, OK. MARRIED: NORMA LEE HUTSON ON FEBRUARY 28, 1957 AT LAKEWOOD, NJ. OCCUPATION: RETIRED FROM AMIS MATERIAL AT THE STRINGTOWN CRUSHER AS A FORMAN. CHURCH AFFILIATION: FLOYD WAS A MEMBER OF THE FIRST ASSEMBLY OF GOD CHURCH IN ATOKA, WHERE HE SERVED AS A TRUSTEE. HE WAS ONE OF THE CHARTER MEMBERS OF THE STRINGTOWN FIRE DEPT .AND SERVED THERE MANY YEARS AS A VOLUNTEER UNTIL HIS HEALTH FORCED HIM TO RESIGN. HE WAS A FORMER CITY COUNCILMAN FOR THE CITY OF STRINGTOWN. SURVIVED BY WIFE: NORMA mccarty OF THE HOME AT STRINGTOWN, OK. CHILDREN: PHYLLIS ANN TULLOS AND HUSBAND KIM OF CENTRALIA, TX. FLOYD D. McCARTY ll AND WIFE TERRI OF STRINGTOWN, OK. WANDA SUE WILLIAMS AND HUSBAND PAUL OF DURANT, OK. DOTTIE JUNE WILSON AND HUSBAND MAX OF CLAYTON, OK. GRANDCHILDREN: REBECCA ANN SCARBERRY AND HUSBAND SHAWN. RACHEL BETH ISOM. MONROE THOMAS ISOM lll. SHIRLEY LANETTE McCARTY. FLOYD DEE McCARTY lll. CHANDRA LASHANE NEWKIRK. TIFFANY DAWN NEWKIRK. JAMES VAN “JJ” NEWKIRK ll. BILLY RAY WILLIAMS. GREAT GRANDCHILD: KATHRYN MEGAN SCARBERRY AND ANOTHER ONE DUE IN JUNE. SISTERS: IRENE CASSELL OF STRINGTOWN, OK. DOROTHY WILSON OF ARIZONA. VELMA JUNE STANKE OF SCHULTER, OK. BROTHER: MELVIN RAY McCARTY OF STRINGTOWN, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: FRANK McCARTY AND ORA JEWELL McCARTY INGRAM.STEP FATHER: BRADLEY INGRAM.SISTER: BEATRICE McCARTY.BROTHER: FRANK McCARTY Jr.
DATE OF SERVICES: TUESDAY, MARCH 30, 1999 AT 10:00 A.M.PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: MOUNTAIN HOME CEMETERY ~ DAISY, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. HERB WHARTON.ASSISTING: REV. ROBERT S. CLARK. CASKET BEARERS: DALE NUB STEPHEN, STEVE HOLSTINE, EVAN LAYTON, GLENN ROBBINS, JACK LANSDALE, PRESTON BENGE. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: OREN COCHRAN, BILL LUKER, BUDDY WILSON, KEVIN WILSON, HARVEY SMITH, MELVIE “PAPPY” CONATSER, ROSS ANDREWS.
NAME: ALBERT EDGAR COLE, AGE 69, LONGTIME STRINGTOWN RESIDENT. BORN: MARCH 18, 1930 IN ATOKA COUNTY TO WILLIAM HENRY AND MILLIE IRENE (PHILLIPS) COLE. PASSED AWAY: MONDAY, MARCH 29, 1999 AT WILSON JONES HOSPITAL IN SHERMAN, TX.AGE: 69 YEARS 0 MONTHS AND 11 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT WEST ALLISON, BLACKJACK, AND HIGH HILL. OCCUPATION: RETIRED TRUCK DRIVER. MARRIED: CHRISTINE MAY BAYLES ON AUGUST 23, 1952 AT ARDMORE, OKLAHOMA. CHURCH AFFILIATION: PENTECOSTAL FAITH. SURVIVED BY CHILDREN: JANIE LOFTIN OF STRINGTOWN, OK. AILTE CLARK AND HUSBAND BILL OF CALARA, OK. ALBERT COLE, JR. AND WIFE KIT OF STRINGTOWN, OK. CHARLES COLE AND WIFE BRENDA OF ATOKA, OK. 11 GRANDCHILDREN, 7 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN BROTHER: LEWIS COLE AND WIFE LOLA MAY OF ATOKA, OK. SISTERS: LEDONIA PELTS OF ATOKA, OK. DORA MITCHELL OF ATOKA, OK. LEONA SANDBERG OF ATOKA, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: WILLIAM AND MILLIE COLE.WIFE: CHRISTINE COLE ON JANUARY 19, 1995.BROTHER: ROY COLE.SISTERS: MAE COLE, LORAINNE COLE, AND WANDA COLE.
DATE OF SERVICES: FRIDAY, APRIL 2, 1999 AT 4:00 P.M.PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: STRINGTOWN CEMETERY ~ STRINGTOWN, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. BOB JOHNSON CASKETBEARERS: JIMMY COLE, STEVEN COLE, DAVID BOSTON, DARRELL MAXEY, JERRY BAYLES, ERIC GILBERT, CLAY COLE, ARTEY COLE, RICKY PELTS.
NAME: GARY DEWAYNE BOWEN, AGE 41, LIFELONG ATOKA RESIDENT. BORN: AUGUST 15, 1957, IN ATOKA TO HOUSTON JAY AND OREAN (PIERCE) BOWEN. PASSED AWAY: MONDAY, MARCH 29, 1999 AT THE ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.AGE: 41 YEARS 7 MONTHS AND 14 DAYS EDUCATION: ATTENDED DUNBAR AND ATOKA SCHOOLS WHERE HE WAS ACTIVE IN ALL SPORTS, GRADUATING IN 1975. GRADUATED FROM EAST CENTRAL STATE UNIVERSITY IN 1979 WITH A DEGREE IN MARKETING. OCCUPATION: WORKED FOR THE DUNBAR AND ATOKA SCHOOLS PRIOR TO A FOOTBALL ACCIDENT AT AGE 16 THAT LEFT HIM A QUADRiPLEGIC. CHURCH AFFILIATION: LIFELONG MEMBER OF THE FOURTH WARD CHURCH OF CHRIST. GARY ENJOYED PHOTOGRAPHY, COMPUTERS, AND A GOOD FOOTBALL GAME. SURVIVED BY MOTHER: OREAN BOWEN OF ATOKA, OK. BROTHERS: LARRY L. BOWEN AND WIFE DEBORAH OF MISSOURI CITY, TX. KEVEN BOWEN OF ATOKA, OK. SISTERS: THELMA GREEN OF OKLAHOMA CITY. GLENDA FAI MACK OF ATLANTA, GA. DENITA GAIL UWAIFA OF ATOKA, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY FATHER: HOUSTON J. BOWEN.BROTHER: LAWRENCE DENFORD BOWEN.GRANDPARENTS: HENRY AND NANCY PIERCE. FRED AND EULA BOWEN.UNCLE: HENRY PIERCE JR.
DATE OF SERVICES: FRIDAY, APRIL 2, 1999 AT 1:00 P.M.PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: GREEN HILL CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK. OFFICIATING: BRO. WILLARD HARRISON. CASKETBEARERS: LOUIE LAYTON, CLIFFORD BROWN, JOE HARRISON, VENOY SHIELDS, TOMMY GAGE, CRANDELL SHIELDS, DELBERT GAGE.
NAME: GASTON CLAUD JONES, AGE 83, LIFELONG ATOKA RESIDENT.  BORN: AUGUST 28, 1915 AT CANEY, OKLAHOMA TO TULLIS BERNARD AND PEARL ELLEN (GILLEY) JONES PASSED AWAY: TUESDAY, MARCH 30, 1999 AT ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.AGE: 83 YEARS 7 MONTHS AND 2 DAYS EDUCATION: ATTENDED GRADE SCHOOL AND GRADUATED FROM TUSHKA HIGH SCHOOL IN 1932. HE ATTENDED SOUTHEASTERN STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE IN DURANT, OKLAHOMA, EARNING ENOUGH CREDITS FOR A TEACHING CERTIFICATE. MARRIED: MYRTLE ANN McGAHEY ON FEBRUARY 12, 1938 AT ATOKA, OK. OCCUPATION: HE TAUGHT school AT ROBERSON, BUTLER, STANDING ROCK, AND PLEASANT HILL. DURING THE 1950’S AND 1960’S GASTON MANAGED SHARPE’’S DEPARTMENT STORE . IN 1964 HE PURCHASED THE FORD DEALERSHIP / GARAGE IN ATOKA, WHICH WAS CALLED GASTON JONES FORD AND LATER SOLD IT TO HERMAN BURKE, BUT REMAINED AS PARTS MANAGER UNTIL HIS RETIREMENT. CHURCH AFFILIATION: GASTON WAS A MEMBER OF THE ATOKA FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH. HE served IN THE U. S. NAVY AND SERVED IN WORLD WAR II WITH THE 12TH CONSTRUCTION BATTALION. HE WAS A FORMER CITY COUNCILMAN FOR ATOKA AND ALSO SERVED AS A VOLUNTEER FIREMAN WITH THE ATOKA FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS. HE ALSO WAS A 32 DEGREE MASON WITH THE ATOKA LODGE #4. SURVIVED BY WIFE: MYRTLE ANN JONES OF THEIR HOME IN ATOKA, OK. CHILDREN: CLAUDIA MESTAN AND HUSBAND VIC OF ARLINGTON, TX. LUTHER B. JONES OF LEXINGTON, OK. FRED JONES OF MILFORD, TX. LEWIS GENE JONES AND WIFE ROSALINDA OF WHITE BEAD, OK. 6 GRANDCHILDREN, 7 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY DAUGHTER: NEVA IRENE BRUMLEY.PARENTS: TULLIS AND PEARL JONES.SISTER: VIVIAN TONEY.BROTHER: GLEN JONES.
DATE OF SERVICES: FRIDAY, APRIL 2, 1999 AT 10:00 A.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: NEW ZION CEMETERY ~ ATOKA COUNTY, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. JOHN HOWARD. ASSISTING: REV. BOB JOHNSON. CASKET BEARERS: ABBOTT JONES, HUGH SEWELL, PETE HOWARD, BILL TONEY, JIM TONEY, DON WALLACE, RONNIE BURKE. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: BOB BURKE, BILL FLOWERS, BILL MALONE, BO HORATH, BENNY WYRICK, FAUSTER LOVELACE, JACK BONNER, BILL MILLER, HAROLD ROLAND, BROWN WYRICK, WALTER COOPER, JIM POOL, LEROY BLACKBURN, HARVEY CAPPS, HERMAN COCHRAN, JOE GRIFFIN, O. P. RAY, JEFF SEWELL, HASKELL COOK, BOB WYRICK, ROGER JONES, JIM BRIGGS.
NAME: MAMIE ELIZBETH “ANDY” (RICHARDSON) MITCHELL, AGE 84, LIFELONG STRINGTOWN AREA RESIDENT. BORN: JULY 16, 1914 AT BREWER IN PITTSBURG COUNTY, OK TO WALTER AND IRENE (SMITH) RICHARDSON. PASSED AWAY: WEDNESDAY, MARCH 31, 1999 AT THE ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.AGE: 84 YEARS 8 MONTHS AND 15 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOL AT STRINGTOWN, OK. MARRIED: MILLARD MITCHELL ON APRIL 6, 1934 AT STRINGTOWN, OK. CHURCH AFFILIATION: WAS A LONGTIME MEMBER OF THE STRINGTOWN BAPTIST CHURCH AND REGULARLY ATTENDED THE BENTLEY BAPTIST CHURCH BEFORE HER HEALTH FAILED. SURVIVED BY DAUGHTERS: SALLY WHITE AND HUSBAND KERMIT OF PARKS, AR. JANESE EDGE OF ATOKA, OK. MARGARET HOGAN OF BENTLEY, OK. DOROTHY CARPENTER OF ATOKA, OK. HELEN SHIELDS AND HUSBAND FRANCIS OF KIOWA, OK. IRMA RAINS OF BENTLEY, OK. RENA WORKMAN AND HUSBAND JIMMY OF CANEY, OK. SONS: GLEN MITCHELL OF STRINGTOWN, OK. RICHARD MITCHELL OF ATOKA, OK. JACK McDANIEL AND WIFE CAROLYN OF RUSSELLVILLE, AR. 21 GRANDCHILDREN, 36 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. SISTERS: RUTH AND CECIL DUNHAM OF KIOWA, OK. NELL WARD OF WEST ALLIS, WI. MARIE TURNER OF KIOWA, OK. BROTHERS: JOE RICHARDSON OF BAKERSFIELD, CA. MARVIN RICHARDSON OF KIOWA, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: WALTER AND RENA RICHARDSON.HUSBAND: MILLARD MITCHELL IN 1983.2 INFANT SONS.GRANDSON: FRANKIE EDGE.GRANDDAUGHTERS: CAROL WHITE AND REGINA SHIELDS.SON-IN-LAW: JACKIE HOGAN.
DATE OF SERVICES: SATURDAY, APRIL 3, 1999 AT 2:00 P.M.PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: STRINGTOWN CEMETERY ~ STRINGTOWN, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. CLINTON THURMAN.ASSISTING: REV. BARTT BRADFORD. CASKETBEARERS: ARTIE COLE, EDDIE ESTEP, FERMAN WILSON, BILL POTTS, CHESTER EDGE, JACK LANSDALE, DEON KIFFER, TOM BAYLES. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: JUNIOR EDGE, KENNETH CHAFFIN, JACK MOODY, JACK MAGBY, FARRIS SELF, TOM TAYLOR.
NAME: CHARLOTTE DON (CLAPP) POOL, AGE 67, LONGTIME TUSHKA RESIDENT. BORN: MAY 24, 1931 AT MIDLAND, TEXAS TO DON N. AND IRENE (BRAGIER) CLAPP. PASSED AWAY: WEDNESDAY, MARCH 31, 1999 AT COMMUNITY HOSPITAL IN SHERMAN, TX. AGE: 67 YEARS 10 MONTHS AND 7 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOL IN CALIFORNIA. MARRIED: JOE DRIVER. ART POOL. OCCUPATION: CHARLOTTE OWNED AND OPERATED AN ANTIQUE SHOP IN IOWA AND SHE ALSO WORKED A NUMBER OF YEARS FOR THE HERSHEY CANDY COMPANY. CHURCH AFFILIATION: MEMBER OF TUSHKA BAPTIST CHURCH. SURVIVED BY BROTHERS: JERRY PAIGE AND WIFE MARY OF TUSHKA, OK. LARRY PAIGE AND WIFE RUTH OF OKLAHOMA CITY. SISTER: BETTY SMITH OF ARIZONA. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: DON AND IRENE CLAPP.FIRST HUSBAND: JOE DRIVER.SECOND HUSBAND: ART POOL on march 6, 1991.
DATE OF SERVICES: SATURDAY, APRIL 3, 1999 AT 10:00 A.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: TUSHKA BAPTIST CHURCH ~ TUSHKA, OK. INTERMENT: TUSHKA CEMETERY ~ TUSHKA, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. LARRY ARGO.ASSISTING: REV. BOB JOHNSON. CASKET BEARERS: JOHN COOK, JERRY HALL, RALPH BREWSTER, MILFORD POWELL, BRAD BONHAM, HOPPY MCDOUGAL, GENE BROOME.
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