NAME: BESSIE (BOWMAN) RICHARDSON, AGE 99, A LONGTIME ATOKA COUNTY RESIDENT. BORN: MARCH 30, 1898 AT CHANDLER, INDIAN TERRITORY (now ok) TO H. T. AND NANCY (MOORISON) BOWMAN. PASSED AWAY: SUNDAY, MARCH 1, 1998 AT COLONIAL MANOR NURSING HOME IN ATOKA, OK.AGE: 99 YEARS 11 MONTHS AND 1 DAY EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS IN BRYAN COUNTY, OK. MARRIED: J. H. RICHARDSON ON DECEMBER 9, 1916 AT CADDO, BRYAN COUNTY, OK. OCCUPATION: SHE WAS A HOUSEWIFE. BESSIE WAS A LONGTIME MEMBER OF THE SOUTHSIDE BAPTIST CHURCH IN ATOKA, OK. SURVIVED BY STEPDAUGHTERS: VIVIAN ALLEN OF ATOKA, OK. MYRTLE CONDRA OF WACO, TX. NUMEROUS STEP GRANDCHILDREN, NIECES, NEPHEWS, GREAT NieCES AND NEPHEWS. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: H. T AND NANCY BOWMAN.HUSBAND: J. H. RICHARDSON.DAUGHTER: AGNES RICHARDSON.
DATE OF SERVICES: TUESDAY MARCH 3, 1998 AT 11:00 A.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: GRAVESIDE SERVICES INTERMENT: WEST VIEW CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. LOYD THOMPSON.
NAME: JOHN JOSEPH PERSHING SUMMEY, AGE 79, OF ATOKA, OK. BORN: MARCH 23, 1918 AT MEMPHIS, TEXAS TO JOHN A. AND MARY (ALLEN) SUMMEY. PASSED AWAY: TUESDAY MARCH 3, 1998 AT THE VETERANS HOSPITAL IN BONHAM, TX.AGE: 79 YEARS 11 MONTHS AND 10 DAYS EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT MEMPHIS, TEXAS. MARRIED: PAULINE FITZGERALD IN JANUARY, 1946 AT SHERMAN, TX. OCCUPATION: INDUSTRIAL MANAGER AT THE INTERCONTINENTAL MFG. CO. IN GARLAND, TX. CHURCH AFFILIATION: NEW ZION METHODIST CHURCH, ATOKA COUNTY, OK. JOHN SERVED HIS COUNTRY THE U. S. ARMY DURING WORLD WAR II FROM 1942 TO 1945 IN THE 1ST ARMORED DIVISION, MILITARY POLICE PLATOON, SERVING IN EUROPE AND RECEIVING THE EUROPEAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, 5 BRONZE STARS, 1 BRONZE ARROWHEAD, GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, VICTORY RIBBON, 1 SERVICE STRIPE, AND 5 OVERSEAS BARS. HE WAS A LIFE MEMBER OF THE D. A. V., BONHAM, TEXAS CHAPTER. SURVIVED BY SONS: PAUL SUMMEY AND WIFE GERALDINE OF IDAHO FALLS, CO. WAYNE SUMMEY AND WIFE MARTHA OF ATOKA, OK. GRANDSON: BENJAMIN WAYNE SUMMEY OF ATOKA, OK. GRANDDAUGHTERS: STEPHANIE STEPHENS OF COALGATE, OK. KIM BRANNON OF LEAH, NE. GREAT GRANDSON: JERAD STEPHENS OF COALGATE, OK. SISTER: MARGARET GREATHOUSE OF NORMAN, OK. FORMER DAUGHTER IN-LAW: BONNIE LOWE OF ATOKA, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY WIFE: PAULINE SUMMEY ON OCTOBER 28, 1992.PARENTS: JOHN AND MARY ALLEN SUMMEY.
DATE OF SERVICES: FRIDAY, MARCH 6, 1998 AT 11:00 A.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: GRAVESIDE SERVICES. INTERMENT: NEW ZION CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. FRANKLIN SIMMONS.ASSISTING: VANGIE GIBSON AND SANDRA RICE. CASKETBEARERS: GARY ARMSTRONG, JUNIOR RILEY, LEO DEMET, ROGER JONES, LOYD CALLICOAT, JERRY STEPHENS. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: DAN JACOBS AND SCOTT RILEY.
NAME: AUDREY MAE (BROWN) BOYETT, age 77, OF WETUMKA, OK and A FORMER LONGTIME ATOKA COUNTY RESIDENT. BORN: OCTOBER 12, 1920 AT WELEETKA, OK TO ALBERT ROSS AND ELIZABETH (McGLOTHLIN) BROWN. PASSED AWAY: TUESDAY, MARCH 3, 1998 AT ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.AGE: 77 YEARS 4 MONTHS AND 21 DAYS EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT DUSTIN, OK, OKLAHOMA CITY, AND BRISTOW, OK. MARRIED: JACK I. L. BOYETT ON AUGUST 28, 1936 AT OKLAHOMA CITY. OCCUPATION: HOUSEWIFE. SURVIVED BY DAUGHTERS: JACKIE CASE AND HUSBAND BOB OF BRISTOW, OK. JEAN BOWENS AND HUSBAND GLEN OF DURANT, OK. OVEDA DILLARD AND HUSBAND BOB OF DURANT, OK. CAROL AMIOTT AND HUSBAND GARY OF LANE, OK. RHONDA McCONNELL AND HUSBAND WALTER OF WETUMKA, OK. SON: RICK BOYETT AND WIFE MARTHA OF SAND SPRINGS, OK. 23 GRANDCHILDREN, 28 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. SISTER: LUCILLE HUGHES OF OKLAHOMA CITY. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HUSBAND: JACK BOYETT ON FEBRUARY 18, 1993.PARENTS: ALBERT AND ELIZABETH BROWN.5 SISTERS AND 5 BROTHERS
DATE OF SERVICES: THURSDAY, MARCH 5, 1998 AT 2:00 P.M.PLACE OF SERVICES: MT. OLIVE BAPTIST CHURCH ~ STRINGTOWN, OK. INTERMENT: MT. OLIVE CEMETERY ~ STRINGTOWN, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. BARTT BRADFORD. CASKETBEARERS: RICK BOYETT, WALTER McCONNELL, DAVID PARKER, CRAIG AMIOTT, WILLIAM NEW, TONY CASE. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: KENNETH BECK, GARY AMIOTT, DALE HOWARD, BOB DILLARD, BOB CASE.
NAME: NELLIE FLORA (KING) NELSON, AGE 92, LONGTIME ATOKA COUNTY RESIDENT. BORN: FEBRUARY 26, 1906 AT STEADMAN, PONTOTOC COUNTY, Indian Territory (now OK) TO IRA RICHARD AND ELBA (ODOM) KING. PASSED AWAY: SATURDAY, MARCH 7, 1998 AT ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.AGE: 92 YEARS 0 MONTHS AND 11 DAYS EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT HARMONY AND ATOKA. MARRIED: Charles R. NELSON ON APRIL 21, 1929 AT ATOKA, OK. J. B. NELSON IN 1954 AT ATOKA, OK. OCCUPATION: HOUSEWIFE. SURVIVED BY CHILDREN: ARTHUR NELSON AND WIFE DONNA OF CANEY, OK. BERTHENA COOPER AND HUSBAND JAMES OF ATOKA, OK. GRANDCHILDREN: DEBBIE LOUISE SINGLETON AND HUSBAND KALIN OF CADDO, OK. JAMES RICHARD COOPER, JR. AND WIFE SHEILA OF ATOKA, OK. ROBERT ALLEN COOPER AND WIFE GINA OF McKINNEY, TX. JOHN COOPER OF HODGEN, OK. THOMAS COOPER OF ADA, OK. GREAT GRANDCHILDREN: KRISTI DAWN NELSON, JAY DEE SINGLETON, PATRICK COOPER, MATTHEW COOPER, AND RACHEL COOPER. SISTER: DOLLY McCONNELL OF ATOKA, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: IRA AND ELBA KING.FIRST HUSBAND: C. R. NELSON IN january, 1976.SECOND HUSBAND: J. B. NELSON IN 1990.BROTHER: ALLEN KING.SISTERS: GLADYS CAMPBELL AND MAMIE STALLINGS.GRANDSON: JOSEPH COOPER.GREAT GRANDDAUGHTER: REBEKAH COOPER.
DATE OF SERVICES: MONDAY, MARCH 9, 1998 AT 10:00 A.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: GRAVESIDE SERVICE. INTERMENT: NEW ZION CEMETERY ~ ATOKA COUNTY, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. JAMES CROWSON. CASKET BEARERS: DONALD RAY GOLDEN, DON PIERCE, LEON CRITES, JOE CRITES, CLINT CRITES, ROY TAYLOR. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: JAMES RICHARD COOPER, ROBERT ALLEN COOPER, KALIN SINGLETON, JOHN COOPER, R. V. GOODSON.
NAME: JACK WALTON BLAKER, AGE 75, LONGTIME ATOKA RESIDENT. BORN: AUGUST 22, 1922 AT ANTLERS, OK TO THOMAS ELEXANDER AND NANNIE KATHRYN (SURRETT) BLAKER. PASSED AWAY: SUNDAY, MARCH 8, 1998 AT WILSON N. JONES HOSPITAL, SHERMAN, TX.AGE: 75 YEARS 6 MONTHS AND 16 DAYS EDUCATION: HE ATTENDED PRAIRIE VIEW SCHOOLS AND GRADUATED FROM STRATFORD HIGH SCHOOL IN 1941. MARRIED: ILA JUANITA CASE ON MARCH 20, 1949 AT ATOKA FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH IN ATOKA, OK. OCCUPATION: A RETIRED MERCHANT, HE MANAGED SHARPE’S DRY GOODS IN SEMINOLE AND OKLAHOMA CITY. JACK OWNED AND OPERATED JACK’S MENS WEAR IN ATOKA FOR OVER 30 YEARS AND CURRENTLY OWNED THE ATOKA DOWNTOWN MALL. CHURCH AFFILIATION: MEMBER OF ATOKA FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH. JACK WAS RAISED ON A FARM IN THE PRAIRIE VIEW AREA, WHICH IS NEAR STRATFORD, OKLAHOMA. HE SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE U. S. NAVY AS PHARMACIST’S MATE FIRST CLASS DURING WORLD WAR II. HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE D.A.V., V.F.W. AMERICAN LEGION, MASONIC LODGE #4, ROD & GUN CLUB IN ATOKA. FORMER MEMBER OF THE KiWANIS & LION’S CLUB. SERVED AS PRESIDENT OF THE ATOKA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND WAS VOTED MAN OF THE YEAR IN ATOKA IN 1968. SURVIVED BY WIFE: JUANITA BLAKER OF THE HOME IN ATOKA, OK. CHILDREN: TERESA GAYE DODDERER AND HUSBAND FRANK DEWAIN OF VALLIANT, OK. REGINA KAYE HALL AND HUSBAND MICHAEL TERRY OF ADA, OK. TWYLA RAE DEUPREE OF ADA, OK. TERRELL JACK BLAKER AND WIFE BARBARA ANN OF CHEYENNE, WY. GRANDCHILDREN: JAY DEWAIN DODDERER OF VALLIANT, OK. JENNIFER GAYE FARLEY AND HUSBAND STANLEY SHAWN OF VALLIANT, OK. WHITNEY REBEKAH HALL OF ADA, OK. BETHANY KAITLIN HALL OF ADA, OK. TORRE LAYNE DEUPREE OF HOBBS, NM. TALIA RAE DEUPREE OF ADA, OK. LOGAN TERRELL BLAKER OF CHEYENNE, WY. BROTHER: HOMER HOWARD BLAKER AND WIFE TOMMIE JANE OF ATOKA, OK. SISTERS: GEORGIA LEE GARGIS OF OKLAHOMA CITY. RUTH MANN AND HUSBAND HARVEY OF MOORE, OK. preceded in death by PARENTS: TOM and NANNIE BLAKER.SISTER: ALCIE McCARY.BROTHERS: ZANEY, ED, AND T. E. BLAKER.
DATE OF SERVICES: THURSDAY, MARCH 12, 1998 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: ATOKA FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH ~ ATOKA, OK. COMMITTAL SERVICE: WESTVIEW CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK.INTERMENT: FAMILY PLOT ON PINE TREE RANCH NEAR DAISY, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. JAMES CROWSON.ASSISTING: REV. BILL ELKINS CASKETBEARERS: RUSSELL LANE, DENNIS GRANGER, CHARLES JEFFERSON, MORRIS COCHRAN, DON BARNARD, JOE CROWLEY. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: GERALD VEGHER, KENNETH TURRENTINE, JACK BRODUS, MONROE ALLEN, KENNETH ROWE MOSER, LEONARD FREEMAN, JOE ALEXANDER, JACK PARKER, HOMER BARRETT, SAM STEEL.
NAME: WILLIAM STANLEY “BILL” BURKE, AGE 74, OF PISMO BEACH, CALIFORNIA.  BORN: OCTOBER 31, 1923 IN SLAYTON, TEXAS TO SAM HUNTER AND JANIE CINDUSKY (ROUSAVILLE) BURKE.. PASSED AWAY: SUNDAY, MARCH 8, 1998 AT HIS RESIDENCE IN PISMO BEACH, CA.AGE: 74 YEARS 4 MONTHS AND 7 DAYS BILL WAS RAISED IN OKLAHOMA AND RESIDED IN CALIFORNIA FROM 1945 TO THE PRESENT. HE SERVED IN THE ARMY DURING WORLD WAR II. HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE LOS GRANDES RIDERS, MOOSE LODGE, AND THE LIONS CLUB. BILL WILL ALWAYS BE REMEMBERED AS BEING THE BOSS AND ALWAYS RIGHT. THOSE WHO KNEW BILL WILL REMEMBER THERE WAS THE RIGHT WAY, THE WRONG WAY, AND BILL’S WAY. SURVIVED BY SON: ROBERT BURKE and JANE OF OXNARD, CA. DAUGHTER: MARY SUE HUDGINS OF GROVER BEACH, CA. GRANDCHILDREN: MONICA OF GROVER BEACH, CA. RONNIE OF OXNARD, CA. KENNETH DAVID OF TULSA, OK. RaCHELLE OF OXNARD, CA. BROTHERS: BOBBY BURKE AND WIFE DEE OF ATOKA, OK. ROY BURKE AND WIFE BONNIE OF ARROYO GRANDE, CA. BILLY JOE “B.J.” BURKE OF ARROYO GRANDE, CA. GLEN “BUSTER” BURKE AND WIFE PAT OF SALINAS, CA. SISTER: LORETTA PEACOCK OF ATOKA, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: SAM and JANIE BURKE.BROTHERS: HERMAN, SAM, AND DOICE BURKE.
DATE OF SERVICES: FRIDAY, MARCH 13, 1998 AT 10:00 A.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: BERA CEMETERY ~ HARMONY, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. LOYD THOMPSON CASKETBEARERS: RON BURKE, EDDIE MOORE, JAMIE THOMPSON, RICHARD LILLARD, MAX LANE, RONNIE DALE BURKE. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: DON BURKE, HARVEY CAPPS, GASTON JONES, BILL MALONE, BILL FLOWERS.
NAME: KENNETH ESTEL KREBBS, INFANT SON OF KENNETH JAMES AND TANYA MICHELLE (GIBBY) KREBBS. BORN: WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1998 AT DURANT, OKLAHOMA. PASSED AWAY: TUESDAY, MARCH 10, 1998 AT CHILDRENS HOSPITAL IN OKLAHOMA CITY. AGE: 29 DAYS. SURVIVED BY PARENTS: KENNETH JAMES AND TANYA MICHELLE KREBBS OF CANEY, OK. GRANDPARENTS: HUBERT ESTEL AND LADALE KREBBS OF CADDO, OK. FRANCIS MARLOW OF BELLS, TX. JOHNNY RAY AND WILMA GIBBY OF CANEY, OK. FOSTER GRANDPARENTS: CHAROLETTE AND CHARLEY BOLEY OF CANEY, OK. GREAT GRANDPARENTS: KENNETH AND IMOGENE KREBBS OF BELLS, TX. JUNIOR PARHAM OF CANEY, OK. JAMES MULLICAN OF SAVOY, TX. PETE MUGLER OF CADDO, OK. GREAT GREAT GRANDMOTHER: RUBY RISNER OF BLUE, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY GREAT GRANDPARENTS: BERTA MUGLER. JOHNNY AND ALFA GLADIS GIBBY.GREAT GREAT GRANDMOTHER: LUCY PARHAM.
DATE OF SERVICES: FRIDAY, MARCH 13, 1998 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: MT. CARMEL BAPTIST CHURCH ~ CADDO, OK. INTERMENT: CADDO CEMETERY ~ CADDO, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. VON WEAVER.ASSISTING: JIM BRADLEY. CASKETBEARERS: JASON ROSE AND CODY CRAWFORD. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: ROY JENNINGS, D. C. TAYLOR, JOHNNY PHILLIPS, JASON CANADA, RUSSELL ROSE.
NAME: GUY B. HUDDLESTON, AGE 81, LONGTIME TUSHKA RESIDENT. BORN: AUGUST 29, 1916 AT MILBURN, OKLAHOMA TO JESSE NEWTON AND NANNIE (CARGILL) HUDDLESTON. PASSED AWAY: TUESDAY, MARCH 10, 1998 AT TEXOMA MEDICAL CENTER IN DENISON, TX.AGE: 81 YEARS 6 MONTHS AND 11 DAYS EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT MILBURN, OK. MARRIED: THELMA L. CHOAT ON AUGUST 2, 1941 AT MADILL, OK. OCCUPATION: WORKED 35 YEARS FOR MUNGLE DAIRY IN ATOKA, OK BEFORE RETIRING IN 1985. CHURCH AFFILIATION: ATOKA FIRST CHURCH OF NAZARENE. SURVIVED BY WIFE: THELMA HUDDLESTON OF THE HOME IN TUSHKA, OK. SONS: BOB HUDDLESTON AND WIFE DREDA OF WICHITA, KS. ALLEN HUDDLESTON AND WIFE DEBBIE OF TUSHKA, OK. GRANDCHILDREN: DWAYNE, TINA, ROB, DEDE, AND J. B. GREAT GRANDCHILDREN: KYNNA, SAMUEL, ZACHARY, BRIAN, JUSTIN, AND SHYENNA. SISTER: ALICE DAWSON OF LOYALTON, CA. HIS FAVORITE CANINE COMPANION: BO. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: JESSE AND NANNIE HUDDLESTON.BROTHERS: J. N., TOM, AND BERT HUDDLESTON.SISTER: CORA LIGHT.
DATE OF SERVICES: FRIDAY, MARCH 13, 1998 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: CONDON GROVE CEMETERY ~ MILBURN, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. BOB JOHNSON. ASSISTING: REV. MARK BOLLERJACK. CASKETBEARERS: MASON MUNGLE, BILL PINGLETON, WAYNE GEORGE, JERRY O. HALL, RAYMOND HERRING, JERRY HALL HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: TOM HYDE, DANNY COOPER, LUTHER COOPER, MACK STOBAUGH.
NAME: JAMES HENRY “JIM” HALL, AGE 76, LONGTIME BOGGY DEPOT AREA RESIDENT. BORN: JULY 19, 1921 AT BOGGY DEPOT IN ATOKA COUNTY, OKLAHOMA TO GEORGE WASHINGTON “BUD” AND NETTIE LOU (JACKSON) HALL. PASSED AWAY: MONDAY, MARCH 16, 1998 AT ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.AGE: 76 YEARS 7 MONTHS AND 27 DAYS EDUCATION: ATTENDED ROCK CREEK SCHOOL IN ATOKA COUNTY AND COLEMAN SCHOOL. MARRIED: GOLDIE IRENE WHITE ON NOVEMBER 11, 1939 AT ATOKA, OK. OCCUPATION: FARMER AND RANCHER; WORKED AT NAPA CHAVERS AUTO SUPPLY AND GAS STATION FOR ABOUT 15 YEARS. CHURCH AFFILIATION: MEMBER OF BOGGY DEPOT BAPTIST CHURCH WHERE HE SERVED AS DEACON SEVERAL YEARS. SURVIVED BY WIFE: GOLDIE HALL OF THE HOME IN BOGGY DEPOT. SONS: JIMMY WAYNE HALL AND WIFE MARGARET OF GARLAND, TX. JERRY LEE HALL AND WIFE VICKIE OF ATOKA, OK. DARWIN ODELL HALL AND WIFE DEBBIE OF ATOKA, OK. GRANDCHILDREN: JEFF, SCOTT, SHAWN, JERROD, BRANDON, JODY, and MICHAEL HALL. TANJA BILLS and AMBER MEADOWS. 9 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. BROTHERS: WILLIE WALDON AND WIFE ALICE OF FT. WORTH, TX. LUNSFORD HALL AND WIFE JUANITA OF IDABEL, OK. ARVEL HALL AND WIFE HELEN OF ATOKA, OK. LAROY HALL AND WIFE WANDA OF OKLAHOMA CITY, OK. GEORGE HALL AND WIFE EVA MAE OF ATOKA, OK. SISTERS: BONNIE EVELYN CRANE AND HUSBAND LLOYD OF GARLAND, TX. OLIVE NUTTALL AND HUSBAND PAUL OF DIERKS, AR. IRENE WARMON and HUSBAND ART OF CANON CITY, CO. AUNTS & UNCLES: DOLLIE MAE BRANT OF SHERMAN, TX. JESS JACKSON OF CARNEGIE, OK. VIRGIL JACKSON OF ATOKA, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: BUD AND NETTIE HALL.SISTER: LEOMA DOLLAR.
DATE OF SERVICES: WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18, 1998 AT 10:00 A.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: BOGGY DEPOT CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. GENE SLUDER. CASKETBEARERS: (GRANDSONS) JEFF HALL, SCOTT HALL, SHAWN HALL, JERROD HALL, BRANDON HALL, JODY HALL AND MICHAEL HALL. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: M. H. CROWELL AND BUDDY NEEDHAM.
NAME: MATTHEW JAMES HOGAN, AGE 16, LIFELONG RESIDENT OF MOORE, OK. BORN: FEBRUARY 1, 1982 AT OKLAHOMA CITY TO LARRY JAMES AND CONNIE LYNN (BREEDEN) HOGAN. PASSED AWAY: FRIDAY, MARCH 20, 1998 NEAR BENTLEY, IN ATOKA COUNTY, VICTIM OF A BOATING ACCIDENT.AGE: 16 YEARS 1 MONTH AND 19 DAYS EDUCATION: HE WAS A SOPHoMORE AT MOORE HIGH SCHOOL. OCCUPATION: HE WAS A STUDENT AND ALSO WORKED PART TIME AS A CARPENTER. MATTHEW WAS VERY INVOLVED IN HIS F. F. A CHAPTER. HE WAS AN OUTDOORSMAN AND LOVED HUNTING AND FISHING. SURVIVED BY PARENTS: LARRY AND CONNIE HOGAN OF MOORE, OK. PATERNAL GRANDPARENTS: HERBERT JAMES AND PEGGY HOGAN OF BENTLEY, OK. MATERNAL GRANDPARENTS: CHESTER AND EVELYN BREEDEN OF OKLAHOMA CITY. UNCLES: RICKY HOGAN OF BENTLEY, OK. JOHNNY HOGAN OF BENTLEY, OK. GARY BREEDEN OF McCLOUD, OK. AUNTS: LEE ANN HUNTER OF OKLAHOMA CITY. SARI LEE COMBS OF TUSHKA, OK. REBECCA BREEDEN OF ATOKA, OK. MELISSA ROGERS OF KINGSTON, OK.
DATE OF SERVICES: TUESDAY, MARCH 24, 1998 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: SOUTHERN HILLS BAPTIST CHURCH ~ SOUTH PENN & SW 85TH IN OKLAHOMA CITY. INTERMENT: RESTHAVEN CEMETERY ~ OKLAHOMA CITY. OFFICIATING: REV. JERRY FIELDER.ASSISTING: REV. JOE HOWARD. CASKETBEARERS: CHRIS MYERS, GABE JOBE, DANIEL BAIRD, MATT PARTAN, NATHAN JOBE, BRANDON WACKLEY, CHRIS O’STEEN. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: MEMBERS OF THE MOORE HIGH SCHOOL F. F. A. CHAPTER.
NAME: BONITA MATTISON, AGE 73, A RESIDENT OF LEXINGTON, OK. BORN: MAY 4, 1924 AT ANTLERS, OKLA TO JAMES M. AND LURA (McDONALD) MATTISON. PASSED AWAY: MONDAY, MARCH 23, 1998 AT SUNSET MANOR NURSING HOME IN LEXINGTON, ok.AGE: 73 YEARS 10 MONTHS AND 19 DAYS SCHOOLS ATTENDED: NONE. MARRIED: NEVER MARRIED. SURVIVED BY SISTERS: JEANNIE BROWN AND HUSBAND ROBERT OF ATOKA, OK. ATHA NORED OF FRESNO, CA. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: JAMES AND LURA MATTISON.
DATE OF SERVICES: WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25, 1998 AT 10:30 A.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: GRAVESIDE SERVICE. INTERMENT: BUTLER CEMETERY ~ LANE, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. LENARD CALLICOAT.
NAME: FUNNANDA JOYE (BETSEY) BAKER, AGE 36, OF DURANT, OKLAHOMA (FORMER LONGTIME ATOKA COUNTY RESIDENT). BORN: JANUARY 12, 1962 IN ATOKA, OKLAHOMA TO ADAM AND ANNIE MAE (PHILLIPS) BETSEY. PASSED AWAY: MONDAY, MARCH 23, 1998 ON HWY 69/75 AT COLBERT, OK.AGE: 36 YEARS 2 MONTHS AND 11 DAYS EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS IN BENTLEY AND ATOKA, OK. MARRIED: JOSEPH LEE BAKER IN 1979 AT SHERMAN, TEXAS. OCCUPATION: DISABLED. CHURCH AFFILIATION: ATTENDED HARVEST TIME CHURCH IN SHERMAN, TX.. SURVIVED BY HUSBAND: JOSEPH BAKER OF SHERMAN, TX. CHILDREN: JOLEE, JOSEPH LEE JR., AND JIMMY LEE BAKER OF DURANT, OK. GRANDSON: DAIRYEN CHAVEZ OF DURANT, OK. FATHER: ADAM BETSEY OF ATOKA, OK. MOTHER: ANNIE BETSEY OF DURANT, OK. BROTHERS: DANNY BETSEY OF NEOSHO, MO. ENOS BETSEY OF DURANT, OK. KENNARD BETSEY OF ATOKA, OK. SISTERS: GLORIA LOFTIN OF MIAMI, OK. DARLENE CONNELL OF SENECA, MO. DIANE TAYLOR OF SENECA, MO. DONNA EDWARD OF TULSA, OK. TINA BETSEY OF ATOKA, OK. PAMELA JENNING OF ATOKA, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY SISTERS: LINDA HENDERSON and JANIE HAMILTON.
DATE OF SERVICES: THURSDAY, MARCH 26, 1998 AT 2:00 P.M.PLACE OF SERVICES: MACEDONIA BAPTIST CHURCH ~ ATOKA COUNTY, OK. INTERMENT: BENTLEY INDIAN CEMETERY ~ ATOKA COUNTY, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. ALBERT SIMON. CASKETBEARERS: CHRIS CONNELL, BRYAN PENICK, STEVEN COLE, KENNY GILMORE.
NAME: MAX ALLEN BENEFIELD, AGE 44, OF CLAREMORE, OK, FORMER LONGTIME ATOKA COUNTY RESIDENT.  BORN: AUGUST 22, 1953 AT DURANT, OK TO BOONER AND ELWANDA (SMITH) BENEFIELD. PASSED AWAY: TUESDAY, MARCH 24, 1998 AT ATOKA, OKLAHOMA .AGE: 44 YEARS 6 MONTHS AND 2 DAYS EDUCATION: ATTENDED ATOKA SCHOOLS. MARRIED: MARY SARVER ON MARCH 29, 1995 AT TULSA, OK. OCCUPATION: FORMER CORRECTIONAL OFFICER AT MACK ALFORD CORRECTIONAL CENTER IN STRINGTOWN, OK. SURVIVED BY WIFE: MARY BENEFIELD OF THE HOME IN CLAREMORE, OK. STEPSONS: ANDY HIRSCHMAN OF CLAREMORE, OK. JAKE HIRSCHMAN OF CLAREMORE, OK. DAUGHTERS: LAURA BENEFIELD OF ATOKA, OK. LESLIE BENEFIELD OF ATOKA, OK. SISTERS: NORMA HUDELSON AND HUSBAND EDWARD OF TULSA, OK. NELDA JONES OF BROKEN ARROW, OK. BROTHER: DON BENEFIELD AND WIFE GLENDA OF ADA, OK. FATHER: BOONER BENEFIELD OF ATOKA, OK. STEPMOTHER: JUANITA BENEFIELD OF ATOKA, OK. NIECES & NEPHEWS: JERRI, JIMMY, BOBBY, KARA, STACY, KACY DAWN & RYAN. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY MOTHER: ELWANDA BENEFIELD.
DATE OF SERVICES: THURSDAY, MARCH 26, 1998 AT 2:30 P.M.PLACE OF SERVICES: GRAVESIDE. INTERMENT: GREEN MEADOWS CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. JAMES CROWSON.
NAME: WADE REX WOOD, AGE 84, LONGTIME FARRIS RESIDENT. BORN: JULY 21, 1913 NEAR CADDO, OKLAHOMA TO SAMUEL AND KATE (BROCKETT) WOOD. PASSED AWAY: TUESDAY, MARCH 24, 1998 AT HIS FARRIS, OKLAHOMA RESIDENCE.AGE: 84 YEARS 8 MONTHS AND 3 DAYS EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT MAYTOY IN BRYAN COUNTY, OK. MARRIED: LEONA BROWNING ON FEBRUARY 15, 1946 AT SAND SPRINGS, OK. OCCUPATION: RETIRED FROM ETHAN ALLEN AND THE COUNTY OF ATOKA. CHURCH AFFILIATIONS: MEMBER OF FARRIS ASSEMBLY OF GOD. REX WAS IN THE U. S. ARMY AND SERVED IN WORLD WAR II. HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE D.A.V. ATOKA CHAPTER 60. SURVIVED BY WIFE: LEONA WOOD OF THE HOME IN FARRIS, OK. SONS: WHALEN WOOD OF DARNELLE, AR. WENDELL WOOD OF FARRIS, OK. DAUGHTER: GLENDA ENGLAND OF FARRIS, OK. STEPSON: NEAL BUNNELL OF CEMENT, OK. 8 GRANDCHILDREN, 7 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. BROTHER: J. D. WOOD OF FARRIS, OK. SISTER: ETHEL WOOD OF HARMONY, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: SAMUEL AND KATE WOOD.SON: FRANKLIN ALLEN WOOD. BROTHERS: WILLIAM PORTER WOOD AND SAMUEL WOOD.
DATE OF SERVICES: FRIDAY, MARCH 27, 1998 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: FARRIS CEMETERY ~ FARRIS, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. ALLEN TURK. CASKETBEARERS: WHALEN WOOD, WESLEY WOOD, WENDELL WOOD, RICKY ENGLAND, J. D. WOOD, JERRY HABERMAN. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: BUCK SATTERFIELD, RANDALL McCLENDON.
NAME: FRED H. WARD, AGE 91, OF COALGATE, FORMER LONGTIME GALEY AREA RESIDENT. BORN: FEBRUARY 22, 1907 AT GALEY, PONTOTOC COunty, indian territory (now ok) TO SHERMAN AND MARY (HARMON) WARD. PASSED AWAY: SATURDAY MARCH 28, 1998 AT HIS HOME IN COALGATE, OK. AGE: 91 YEARS 1 MONTH AND 6 DAYS EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT GALEY, OK. MARRIED: WINONA RYCROFT ON FEBRUARY 18, 1944 AT BYERS, OK. OCCUPATION: A RETIRED FARMER AND HORSE TRAINER. SURVIVED BY WIFE: WINONA WARD OF THE HOME. CHILDREN: BARBARA WILLIAMS OF COALGATE, OK. ELLENE MEEK OF ADA, OK. WELDON WARD OF GALEY, OK. LINDA WELCH OF ADA, OK. BILL WARD OF POND CREEK, OK. EDDIE WARD OF GALEY, OK. JUDY DODD OF TUSKAHOMA, OK. SHIRLEY HUTTO OF TALAHASEE, FL. POLLY WATSON OF STRATFORD, OK. MARTHA HUBBARD OF PAULS VALLEY, OK. GLENDA KEELING OF GALEY, OK. RAMONA McMILLAN OF GREENVILLE, TX. TOMMY WARD OF ADA, OK. NORA YOUNG OF DUBLIN, TX. 28 GRANDCHILDREN, NUMEROUS GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: SHERMAN AND MARY WARD.SON: DELOY WARD.ALL OF HIS BROTHERS AND SISTERS.
DATE OF SERVICES: TUESDAY MARCH 31, 1998 AT 11:00 A.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: GRAVESIDE SERVICES. INTERMENT: McGEE CEMETERY NEAR STRATFORD, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. MIKE YOUNG. CASKETBEARERS: WELDON WARD, BILL WARD, VINCENT WILLIAMS, DOYLE TRAYLOR, RUSSELL HAMPTON, FLOYD, MAXEY. HONORARY CASKETBEARER: BRETT WILLIAMS.
NAME: LORENE PEARL (WINTER) WILSON, AGE 84, OF STRINGTOWN AND LONGTIME ATOKA COUNTY RESIDENT. BORN: MAY 9, 1913 AT ATOKA, OKLA. TO SAMUEL PORTER AND CARRIE ELIZABETH (HICKS) WINTER. PASSED AWAY: SATURDAY MARCH 28, 1998 IN NORTHERN ATOKA COUNTY FROM INJURIES RECEIVED IN AN AUTO ACCIDENT.AGE: 84 YEARS 10 MONTHS AND 19 DAYS EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT EAST TELICO, REDDEN, MIDWAY, AND STRINGTOWN, OK. MARRIED: JESSE SAMUEL WILSON ON JUNE 30, 1934 AT ATOKA, OK. OCCUPATION: A HOUSEWIFE AND HOMEMAKER. LONGTIME MEMBER OF THE MT. OLIVE MISSiONARY BAPTIST CHURCH. SURVIVED BY HUSBAND: JESS wilson OF THE HOME NEAR STRINGTOWN, OK. CHILDREN: LORA AND JIM BEAVER OF YUKON, OK. SAM AND JEANNIE WILSON OF MASSILLION, OH. WILBURN AND RUTH WILSON OF BROMIDE, OK. PEGGY AND LOYD RAINS OF NEWALLA, OK. BILL AND BARBARA WILSON OF McLOUD, OK. BOB AND PRISCILLA WILSON OF IRVING, TX. HELEN WILSON OF STRINGTOWN, OK. GLENDA AND DON BENEFIELD OF ADA, OK. BROTHERS: THOMAS WINTER OF PORTERVILLE, CA. BILL WINTER OF COMANCHE, OK. 23 GRANDCHILDREN, 26 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, 2 GREAT GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: SAMUEL AND CARRIE WINTER.SON: JESSE WILSON JR.SISTER: PINKIE POWELL.BROTHER: FLOYD WINTER.GREAT GRANDCHILD: JEFF WILSON.
DATE OF SERVICES: TUESDAY MARCH 31, 1998 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: GRAVESIDE SERVICE. INTERMENT: MT. OLIVE BAPTIST CHURCH ~ EAST STRINGTOWN, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. BARTT BRADFORD.ASSISTING: REV. LLOYD THOMPSON. CASKETBEARERS: (GRANDSONS) DARRELL KENNEDY, MIKE WILSON, STEPHEN WILSON, KEVIN RAINS, DANNY WILSON, SCOTT WILSON, BRIAN WILSON, SHAWN WILSON, MICHAEL WILSON, RYAN BENEFIELD. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: (GRANDSONS IN-LAW) MIKE SHANNON, BILLY ROGERS, STEVE FOSTER, GREG MANN, DARREN TRAINER, BRANDON THARP, MARTY MILLER, JOHN MCKINNON, CHAD LEBARRE.
NAME: NORMA MAY (McNEIL) RIDGWAY, AGE 63, OF TECUMSEH, FORMER LONGTIME ATOKA RESIDENT. BORN: JUNE 23, 1934 AT KILGORE, TEXAS TO CHARLEY E. AND MAY ELLEN (RIDENOUR) McNEIL. PASSED AWAY: SUNDAY, MARCH 29, 1998 AT HER RESIDENCE IN TECUMSEH, OKAGE: 63 YEARS 9 MONTHS AND 6 DAYS EDUCATION: ATTENDED ATOKA SCHOOLS. MARRIED: W. R. RIDGWAY ON DECEMBER 3, 1949 AT TEXARKANA, AR. OCCUPATION: HOUSEWIFE. CHURCH AFFILIATION: PENN & A STREET CHURCH OF CHRIST IN ATOKA, OK. SURVIVED BY CHILDREN: CASSANDRA ALLEN OF ATOKA, OK. VIVIAN BIRDWELL AND HUSBAND TOMMY OF TECUMSEH, OK. GRANDCHILDREN: JIMMY AND JASON ALLEN OF ATOKA, OK. JERAMY LAYTON OF TECUMSEH, OK. JACOB BIRDWELL OF TECUMSEH, OK. SEAN CROSS AND WIFE MICHELE OF BROKEN ARROW, OK. GREAT GRANDCHILDREN: BREANNA AND CONNER CROSS OF BROKEN ARROW, OK. BROTHERS: CHARLES McNEIL OF ARDMORE, OK. LEON McNEIL OF ATOKA, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: CHARLEY AND MAY McNEIL.HUSBAND: W. R. RIDGWAY ON NOVEMBER 3, 1995.SISTER: JEAN LASSITER.BROTHER: NORMAN McNEIL.DAUGHTER: TONI McDONALD.GRANDSON: AARON CAPSHAW.
DATE OF SERVICES: WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1, 1998 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: GRAVESIDE SERVICES. INTERMENT: GREEN MEADOWS CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK. OFFICIATING: LARRY A. BUNCH. CASKETBEARERS: TOMMY BIRDWELL, SEAN CROSS, GENE VIETTA, HERMAN COCHRAN, RUSSELL COURTNEY, ARVEL HALL
NAME: CLAUDIE MORRELL “C. M.” MOORE, AGE 76, OF COOPER, TX, FORMER LONGTIME ATOKA COUNTY RESIDENT. BORN: MAY 8, 1921 AT LAKE CREEK, TX TO DICK AND EVA (CLIFFTON) MOORE. PASSED AWAY: MONDAY, MARCH 30, 1998 AT ST. JOSEPH MEDICAL CENTER IN PARIS, TX. AGE: 76 YEARS 10 MONTHS AND 22 DAYS EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT COOPER, TX. MARRIED: JERRY MARIE SLATON ON NOVEMBER 17, 1949. OCCUPATION: HE WAS SELF-EMPLOYED FOR MANY YEARS WITH AN AMUSEMENT COMPANY. C. M. WAS A PEOPLE PERSON. HE ENJOYED FISHING AND GOING TO FLEA MARKETS. HE HAD LIVED SEVERAL YEARS IN ATOKA PRIOR TO MOVING BACK TO COOPER. SURVIVED BY WIFE: JERRY MARIE MOORE OF THE HOME AT COOPER, TX. CHILDREN: CLAUDIE V. KAPPLE AND HUSBAND TERRY OF TULSA, OK. KYLE D. MOORE AND WIFE PAULA OF COOPER, TX. SHELLEY R. NELSON AND HUSBAND PAUL OF ODESSA, TX. GRANDCHILDREN: BRIAN KAPPLE, CURTIS MOORE, DUSTY MOORE, TAD NELSON, TY NELSON. GREAT GRANDCHILD: CAITLYN KAPPLE. SISTER: VALERIE TRIGANOWAN AND HUSBAND RICHARD OF HOMELAND, CA. BROTHER: JESSIE MOORE OF IDAHO. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: DICK AND EVA MOORE. BROTHERS: MONROE, RICHARD, AND CHRISTOPHER MOORE. SISTERS: JO McCLURE AND HELEN PRUITT.
DATE OF SERVICES: THURSDAY, APRIL 2, 1998 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: GRAVESIDE SERVICE. INTERMENT: WELLS VALLEY CEMETERY ~ BROMIDE, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. JAMES CROWSON. CASKETBEARERS: PAUL NELSON, TERRY KAPPLE, JAMES SLATON, JOHN SLATON, JOE SLATON, SHAWN SLATON, FRANKIE HUNT, RICK HUNT, DEE HUNT.
NAME: EWEN HUGH CATHEY, AGE 46, OF AUSTIN, TEXAS AND FORMER LONGTIME CONNERVILLE RESIDENT. BORN: MAY 3, 1951 AT BOGGY DEPOT IN ATOKA COUNTY, OK TO CHARLIE ANDERSON AND MINNIE IVA (EVANS) CATHEY. PASSED AWAY: TUESDAY, MARCH 31, 1998 AT TISHOMINGO, OKLAHOMA.AGE: 46 YEARS 10 MONTHS AND 28 DAYS EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT BOGGY DEPOT, CLARITA, WAPANUCKA, AND ACHILLE, OK. OCCUPATION: BRICK MASON, WORKED MANY YEARS WITH JIM DUNCAN BRICK CONSTRUCTION. CHURCH AFFILIATION: ATTENDED A BAPTIST CHURCH IN AUSTIN, TX. SURVIVED BY DAUGHTER: LINDA JEAN UNDERWOOD OF TISHOMINGO, OK. BROTHERS: CHARLIE LAVERN CATHEY and WIFE RITA OF WILBURTON, OK. EARL RAY CATHEY and WIFE JAMIE OF HAWORTH, OK. GLEN ANDERSON CATHEY and WIFE NAOMI OF ADA, OK. SISTER: METTIE ANN HAWKINS and HUSBAND RICK OF DUNCAN, OK. AUNTS: WILLIE DUFER OF CANEY, OK. ALMA NANNEY OF SPENCER, OK. IONE FURR OF MOORE, OK. FLORA CATHEY OF ALLEN, OK. DONA CORREA OF COLORADO SPRINGS, CO. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: CHARLIE AND IVA CATHEY.BROTHER: GENE CATHEY.SISTER: COLLEEN KAY CATHEY.
DATE OF SERVICES: FRIDAY, APRIL 3, 1998 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: BOGGY DEPOT CEMETERY ~ ATOKA COUNTY, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. NELSON BAKEN. CASKETBEARERS: DANNY HOOK, MICHAEL HOOK, WAYNE CATHEY, MICHAEL CATHEY, ALLEN CATHEY, DAVID RITTER. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: WILLIAM C. “BILL” MOORE, CHARLEY CARTER, JOHN McDANIEL, JIM DUNCAN, WILBURN SMITH.
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