NAME: LUM OLEN PRATER, AGE 87, LONGTIME ATOKA RESIDENT. BORN: DECEMBER 11, 1909 AT BENTLEY, OK TO TOMMY AND TINY (PIERCE) PRATER. PASSED AWAY: THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 6, 1997 AT HIS ATOKA RESIDENCE.AGE: 87 YEARS 2 MONTHS 25 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED EAST ALlISON SCHOOLS IN ATOKA COUNTY. MARRIED: HALLA MAE FRENCH ON SEPTEMBER 30, 1930 AT HOLLIS, OK. OCCUPATION: HE WAS A RESTAURANT OWNER FOR OVER 30 YEARS, RETIRING IN 1976. CHURCH AFFILIATION: LONGTIME MEMBER OF MOUNTAIN VIEW PENTECOSTAL CHURCH. SURVIVED BY WIFE: HALLA MAE PRATER OF THE HOME IN ATOKA, ok. DAUGHTER: NOLA FAY COOK AND HUSBAND TITUS OF WICHITA FALLS, TX. SON: LEAMON OLLEN PRATER AND WIFE DELORES OF ATOKA, OK. 10 GRANDCHILDREN, 12 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, 5 GREAT GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. SISTER: SETTIE FRENCH OF OKLAHOMA CITY. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: TOMMY AND TINY PRATER.DAUGHTER: ALTA LAVON PRATER.GREAT GRANDDAUGHTER: TIFFANY SHEER.
DATE OF SERVICES: SATURDAY, MARCH 8, 1997 AT 10:00 A.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: BENTLEY CEMETERY ~ BENTLEY, ATOKA COUNTY, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. HOGAN SCARBER.ASSISTING: REV. TERRY CRIPE. CASKETBEARERS: ROGER PRATER, ROY LEE PRATER, RUSSELL PRATER, LARRY COOK, JASON SOKORA, COREY SOKORA, CODY COOK
NAME: EDWARD WILLIAM KEELER, AGE 67, OF OKLAHOMA CITY, FORMERLY OF ATOKA. BORN: JULY 16, 1929 AT PARIS, TEXAS TO JAMES WESLEY AND CLIDDIE OLA (NEWSOM) KEELER. PASSED AWAY: THURSDAY, MARCH 6, 1997 AT VETERAN’S HOSPITAL IN OKLAHOMA CITY.AGE: 67 YEARS 7 MONTHS AND 20 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT LANE AND FORREST HILL, OK. MARRIED: RUTHIE L. HENDERSON ON FEBRUARY 23, 1950 AT ATOKA, OK. OCCUPATION: HE WAS A TRUCK DRIVER AND RETIRED IN 1987. CHURCH AFFILIATION: MEMBER OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY AND CHURCH OF THE FIRST BORN, ATOKA. HE SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE U. S. ARMY FROM JANUARY, 1948 TO JANUARY, 1950. SURVIVED BY WIFE: RUTHIE KEELER OF THE HOME IN OKLAHOMA CITY. DAUGHTERS: JOYCE BALBANTIN AND HUSBAND PABLO OF OKLAHOMA CITY. MARGIE FLORES AND HUSBAND ARMANDO OF OKLAHOMA CITY. SONS: GARRY KEELER OF CANEY, OK. LARRY KEELER AND WIFE CARLA OF BENTLEY, OK. GRANDCHILDREN: MELISSA, NATHAN, TREVOR, TRAVIS, LETICIA, PABLO JR, RANDY, RODNEY, TONY, STORMY, DUSTIN, TIMOTHY, AND RYAN. GREAT GRANDCHILDREN: DESTINY AND NATHAN, JR. SISTERS: FLORA SNEED OF ATOKA, OK. JIMMIE LEE ADAMS AND HUSBAND HOLLIS OF ATOKA, OK. MILDRED PEELER OF HOPELAND , CA. HALF BROTHERS: ROBERT KEELER OF ADA, OK. JAMES KEELER OF WILDORADO, TX. SPECIAL BROTHERS-IN-LAW: BO FINCHER, JAMES POWELL, AND RICHARD ABLES. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: JAMES AND CLIDDIE KEELER.BROTHERS: BILLIE GENE, JOHNNY, AND INFANT KEELER.SISTERS: MYRTLE MOSLEY, NORA MAE MOSLEY, OLECTRICE CORNWELL, AND MARIE ALLEN.
DATE OF SERVICES: SATURDAY, MARCH 8, 1997 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: CHURCH OF THE FIRST BORN ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: BETHANY CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OKLAHOMA. OFFICIATING: ELDER KENNETH HERRING.ASSISTING: ELDER BILL DOBBS. CASKETBEARERS: MARVIN HENDERSON, JOHN HENDERSON, JERRY HENDERSON, JIM HENDERSON, FRED HENDERSON, PERRY HENDERSON, FRANK HENDERSON, TED HENDERSON.
NAME: WALTER LLOYD COPELAND, AGE 70, LIFELONG RESIDENT OF ATOKA, OK.  BORN: OCTOBER 17, 1926 AT ATOKA, OK TO WALTER PARKS AND ZULENE ETHEL (HOSKINS) COPELAND. PASSED AWAY: THURSDAY, MARCH 6, 1997 AT MEDICAL CENTER OF SE OKLAHOMA IN DURANT, OK.AGE: 70 YEARS 4 MONTHS 19 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT ATOKA, OKLAHOMA A&M, AND SOUTHEASTERN STATE UNIVERSITY. MARRIED: JANE BAUGHMAN ON FEBRUARY 14, 1997 AT DURANT, OKLAHOMA. OCCUPATION: POSTAL WORKER OF OVER 30 YEARS OF SERVICE. CHURCH AFFILIATION: LONGTIME (SINCE 1937) MEMBER OF FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH IN ATOKA. HE SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE U. S. ARMY AND WAS A MEMBER OF VFW, ATOKA POST #60. SURVIVED BY WIFE: JANE copeland OF THE HOME IN ATOKA, OK. CHILDREN: TERESA LOCKE AND HUSBAND SCOTT OF SWEET WATER, OK. JIM WOOD AND WIFE EVELYN OF SAN JOSE, CA. CLAY COPELAND AND WIFE MICHELLE OF FT. WORTH, TX. GRANDCHILDREN: MICHAEL COPELAND, REID COPELAND, TYLER LOCKE, OLIVIA LOCKE, AND MICHAEL WOOD. BROTHER: MAX COPELAND AND WIFE KATHRYN OF ATOKA, OK. SISTER: PAULINE BROOME OF ATOKA, OK. UNCLES: JIM HOSKINS, CLINE HOSKINS, DURR HOSKINS, TONY HOSKINS, AND THEADUS HOSKINS. AUNT: THERESA PAIGE. SPECIAL COUSIN: PATSY WILLIAMSON. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: WALTER AND ZULENE COPELAND.BROTHER: LOUIS COPELAND.3 UNCLES.1 AUNT.
DATE OF SERVICES: SUNDAY, MARCH 9, 1997 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA. INTERMENT: GREEN MEADOWS CEMETERY ~ ATOKA. OFFICIATING: REV. MARK BOLERJACK.ASSISTING: REV. BETTY BOLERJACK. CASKETBEARERS: GILBERT BAKER, ARVEL HALL, JACK BONNER, HARLEY JENKINS, JIMMY LADD, BILL MALONE, CLYDE SHEFFIELD.
NAME: MARIE (GARRARD) MUNGUIA, AGE 70, OF LEHIGH, OK. BORN: APRIL 24, 1926 AT BALD HILL, OKMULGEE COUNTY, OK TO THEODORE G. AND NANCY JANE (McCURLEY) GARRARD. PASSED AWAY: SATURDAY, MARCH 8, 1997 AT MARY HURLEY HOSPITAL IN COALGATE, OK.AGE: 70 YEARS 10 MONTHS AND 14 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED MERREL, SEMINOLE COUNTY, OK SCHOOLS. MARRIED: JESSE ROMERO MUNGUIA. IN 1949 AT OKLAHOMA CITY. OCCUPATION: SHE WAS A HEALTH CARE PROVIDER. CHURCH AFFILIATION: MEMBER OF MOUNTAIN VIEW PENTECOSTAL CHURCH IN ATOKA, OK. SURVIVED BY DAUGHTERS: SHIRLEY PRATER AND HUSBAND OWEN OF CRYSTAL, OK. IDA FAY WALLACE OF OKLAHOMA CITY. ANNA MAE PAYNE AND HUSBAND BOB OF LEHIGH, OK. PAT LUELLEN OF LEHIGH, OK. SANDRA WATSON AND HUSBAND ARRON OF LEHIGH, OK. SON: JESSE R. MUNGUIA JR AND WIFE RAGINA OF CHOCTAW, OK. 16 GRANDCHILDREN, 18 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, 1 GREAT GRANDSON ON THE WAY. SISTERS: EVELYN DILL AND HUSBAND HAROLD OF MORRIS, OK. LETHA BELL MELTON AND HUSBAND HERMAN OF OKLAHOMA CITY. LOUISE McKEE OF OKLAHOMA CITY. BROTHERS: HAROLD E. GARRARD AND WIFE BETTY OF DURANT, OK. JOHNNY LEE GARRARD AND WIFE BARBARA OF OKLAHOMA CITY. THEO GARRARD AND WIFE MORENE OF OKLAHOMA CITY. JACKIE RAY GARRARD AND WIFE JANETT OF OKLAHOMA CITY. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HUSBAND: JESSE MUNGUIA SR. in november, 1985.PARENTS: THEODORE AND NANCY GARRARD.GRANDSON: MARVIN WALKER.3 BROTHERS.2 SISTERS.
DATE OF SERVICES: MONDAY, MARCH 10,1997 AT 4:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S FUNERAL SERVICE ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: LEHIGH CEMETERY ~ LEHIGH, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. TERRY CRIPE. CASKETBEARERS: DAVID TOWNSEND, LEO ABLES, DELBERT POWELL, CARL SPEARS, ALFRED HORN, LARRY HENSLEY. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: JACK WATSON, ROY WASHBURN, DENNIS R. MOSLEY SR.
NAME: GOFFERY ALLEN POWELL, AGE 63, OF THE HARMONY AREA, ATOKA COUNTY, OK. BORN: JANUARY 7, 1934 AT ELMORA, NM TO DANIEL COLLIER AND BESSIE MAY (THOMAS) POWELL. PASSED AWAY: TUESDAY, MARCH 11, 1997 AT TEXOMA MEDICAL CENTER, DENISON, TX. AGE: 63 YEARS 2 MONTHS AND 4 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOL AT ELMORA AND GRANTS, NM AND ATTENDED CARUTH REHABILITATION SCHOOL IN DALLAS, TX. MARRIED: ALMA CHRISTENA DUNCAN ON MAY 25, 1972 AT IRVING, TX. OCCUPATION: HE WAS AN ARTIST FOR MEISEL PHOTCHROME COLOR LAB IN DALLAS, TX. CHURCH AFFILIATION: DAYSPRING CHURCH IN ATOKA, OK. GOFFERY SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE U. S. NAVY FROM 1956 TO 1962. HE WAS A FAITHFUL FAN OF THE ATOKA WAMPUS CATS FOOTBALL TEAM AND WAS CONSIDERED THE 1993 TEAM’S HONORARY GRANDPA. SURVIVED BY WIFE: CHRIS powell OF THE HOME AT HARMONY, OK. CHILDREN: JANIE WILSON AND HUSBAND BOBBY OF HARMONY, OK. CECELIA WEST AND HUSBAND STEVE OF DALLAS, TX. OCIA LEA RODRIQUEZ OF IRVING, TX. BRENDA ATILANO AND HUSBAND JOE OF RED OAK, TX. TERESA JENNINGS OF LUBBOCK, TX. GRANDCHILDREN: DEON, TEDDY, TENA, KELLY, JEREMIE, KRISTY, JOSHUA, RAYANN, MISTY, LETA, DERRICK, AMY, JODY, JACOB, AND JOANIE. 6 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. BROTHER: DANIEL POWELL OF OREGON. SISTERS: FRANCES DUTTON OF ANTLERS, OK. DARLENE JORDON AND HUSBAND MIKE OF ARCADIA, CA. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: DANIEL AND BESSIE POWELL.BROTHERS: KENNETH AND QUENON POWELL.NEPHEW: DANNY MAYNARD.
DATE OF SERVICES: FRIDAY, MARCH 14, 1997 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: GRAVESIDE SERVICE. INTERMENT: BERA CEMETERY ~ HARMONY, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. JAMES CROWSON. CASKETBEARERS: JOE ATILANO, JEREMIE ATILANO, JOSHUA ATILANO, TRAVIS NEAL, RICK CHERRY, CLINT HOLLAND. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: TOMMY JOHNSON, BOBBY WILSON, ROSS ANDREWS, BILLY FRANK CROW, GARY MCCOOL, BOB FREDERICK, TEDDY WILSON, DEON COOK.
NAME: ELLEN LOUISE (WOOD) MORRIS, AGE 65, OF ATOKA, OK. BORN: APRIL 15, 1931 AT ATOKA, OK TO ROY I. AND ETHEL AVEL (FORGASON) WOOD. PASSED AWAY: WEDNESDAY, MARCH 12, 1997 AT TEXOMA MEDICAL CENTER IN DENISON, TX.AGE: 65 YEARS 10 MONTHS AND 27 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED ATOKA SCHOOLS. OCCUPATION: SHE WAS IN PROPERTY MANAGEMENT IN DALLAS AND HOUSTON FOR MANY YEARS, RETIRING IN 1996 AND MOVED BACK TO ATOKA. CHURCH AFFILIATION: FULL GOSPEL CHURCH IN ATOKA, OK. SURVIVED BY DAUGHTER: MARY LOUISE FRISCHENMEYER AND HUSBAND STEPHEN OF HIGHLANDS, TX. SON: DEAN PRIVETT OF ATOKA, OK. GRANDCHILDREN: REGINA LYNN PIERCE AND HUSBAND CHARLES OF DALLAS, TX. ERIC DEAN COX OF HUNTSVILLE, TX. JIMMY POWELL COX OF HOUSTON, TX. DONNITA WILSON AND HUSBAND SCOTT OF HOUSTON, TX. KEVIN PRIVETT OF WYLIE, TX. GREAT GRANDCHILDREN: JAMES BREEDED OF DALLAS, TX. HEATHER PRIVETT OF DALLAS, TX. TYLER COX OF ATLANTA, GA. NATHAN COX OF DENTON, TX. KYLE COX OF DENTON, TX. KRISTINA COX OF HOUSTON, TX. SISTER: HELEN LENARDO OF McALESTER, OK. JUNE COCKE AND HUSBAND WINSTON OF HERNANDO, MS. BROTHER: RALPH WOOD AND WIFE OPAL OF YUMA, AZ. STEPMOTHER: NELLIE WOOD OF ATOKA, OK. STEPBROTHER: J. D. KERR OF CERES, CA. STEPSISTERS: EDDIE PEARL D’ASKQUITH OF CERES, CA. UELENE STUBB OF HEREFORD, TX. SISTER-IN-LAW: PAT WOOD OF ATOKA, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: ROY AND ETHEL WOOD.BROTHERS: JACK WOOD.
DATE OF SERVICES: SATURDAY, MARCH 15,1997 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S FUNERAL SERVICE ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: BUTLER CEMETERY ~ LANE, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. MACK DOLCHOCK. CASKETBEARERS: MICHAEL WOOD, ROY LENARDO, CARL LENARDO, DON WOOD, ERIC COX, JIM COX. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: JIM WOOD, CHRIS JEFFRIES.
NAME: OTIS LEE GRIGG, AGE 64, TUPELO, OK RESIDENT. BORN: MARCH 20, 1932 AT STALEY, OK TO OTIS LEE, SR. AND LUCIELLE (LEMONS) GRIGG. PASSED AWAY: FRIDAY, MARCH 14, 1997 AT VALLEY VIEW HOSPITAL IN ADA, OK.AGE: 64 YEARS 11 MONTHS 23 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS IN MODESTO, CA. MARRIED: VERA FRANCES HUNT ON APRIL 30, 1952 AT COALGATE, OK. MILITARY: SERVED IN THE U. S. ARMY. OCCUPATION: HE WAS A MECHANIC MANY YEARS, RETIRED IN 1979. CHURCH AFFILIATION: LIGHTHOUSE PENTECOSTAL CHURCH IN COALGATE, OK. SURVIVED BY WIFE: VERA grigg OF THE HOME NEAR TUPELO, OK. CHILDREN: MARY FRANCES CROW AND HUSBAND HENRY OF TUPELO, OK. EDWARD DAVID GRIGG AND WIFE SHARON OF FITZHUGH, OK. FRANKLIN D. GRIGG AND WIFE OLA MAE OF COALGATE, OK. HAROLD GLEN GRIGG AND WIFE VICKY OF NOBLE, OK. JANETTE BOND AND HUSBAND GLEN OF ADA, OK. CHARLES OTIS GRIGG AND WIFE BOBBI OF TUPELO, OK. BRENDA CHERYL GRIGG OF EDMOND, OK. SISTERS: BETTY JO CHASE OF CALIFORNIA. DOROTHY WALKER AND HUSBAND MAX OF WENACHIPIE, WA. BROTHER: SYDNEY ROSCO GRIGG AND WIFE DOROTHY OF KINGFISHER, OK. 15 GRANDCHILDREN, 6 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: OTIS LEE AND LUCILLE GRIGG.SON: ALVIN DEAN GRIGG.BROTHERS: JOSEPH LEONARD, ALFRED, AND EDWARD D. GRIGG..SISTERS: NETTIE ELLIS, CORA MAE ELLIS, RACHEL OWENS, AND JOSELEE BOYD.
DATE OF SERVICES: MONDAY, MARCH 17, 1997 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: GRAVESIDE SERVICES. INTERMENT: BYRD’S PRAIRIE CEMETERY ~ TUPELO, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. DOUGLAS WEST. CASKETBEARERS: FRANKIE HUNT, RICKY HUNT, STEVE BILLEY, BOBBY DALE HUNT, RAYMONG JACKSON, BILLY MAC CARROLL, JOE CARROLL.
NAME: KEVIN HEATH GIBSON, AGE 12, OF OKLAHOMA CITY, FORMERLY OF ATOKA. BORN: JANUARY 9, 1985 AT ATOKA, OK TO MARILYN DIANE GIBSON. PASSED AWAY: SATURDAY MARCH 15, 1997 AT BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER, OKLAHOMA CITY.AGE: 12 YEARS 2 MONTHS 5 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT THUNDERBIRD AND MAMIE JOHNSON IN ATOKA AND RANCHO VILLA AND TEL STAR IN OKLAHOMA CITY. CHURCH AFFILIATION: MEMBER OF CAPITOL HILL CHURCH OF GOD IN OKLAHOMA CITY. SURVIVED BY MOTHER: DINAE GIBSON OF THE HOME IN OKLAHOMA CITY. BROTHER: JOSHUA GIBSON OF OKLAHOMA CITY. SISTER: MIRANDA LeFLORE OF OKLAHOMA CITY. GRANDMOTHER: LIZZIE LeFLORE OF ATOKA. GRANDFATHER: ABE LeFLORE OF CLEVELAND, OK. AUNT: STEPHANIE LeFLORE OF DURANT, OK. UNCLES: LEON LeFLORE AND WIFE ANITA OF ATOKA. CALVIN LeFLROE AND WIFE DEBORAH OF OKLAHOMA CITY. NIECE: REGINA JOHNSON OF OKLAHOMA CITY. FOSTER GRANDMOTHER: GRETTA MANUEL OF SPENCER, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY GREAT GRANDPARENTS: WILLIAM AND TRACY PETERS. HERMAN AND MARY LeFLORE.BROTHER: GERALD LeFLORE.
DATE OF SERVICES: THURSDAY MARCH 20, 1997 AT 2:00 P.M.PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL. INTERMENT: DOUBLE SPRINGS CEMETERY ~ LANE, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. VIRGINIA ESPINOZA.ASSISTING: REV. RAY TAYLOR. CASKETBEARERS: MICHAEL SCOTT, LLOYD COLE, WILLIE NELSON, THOMAS LeFLORE, SHANE COLE, TRAVIS COLE.
NAME: MARY LENA HOOPER, AGE 63, LIFELONG ATOKA COUNTY, OK RESIDENT. BORN: MAY 21, 1933 EAST OF TUSHKA, OK TO WILLIAM HENRY AND OLLIE (MURRELL) BRITT. PASSED AWAY: WEDNESDAY, MARCH 19, 1997 AT VALLEY VIEW REGIONAL HOSPITAL IN ADA, OK.AGE: 63 YEARS 9 MONTHS AND 28 DAYS. MARRIED: WAYNE HOOPER ON FEBRUARY 13, 1954 AT DURANT, OK (DIVORCED). OCCUPATION: SHE WORKED FOR BELL TELEPHONE CO FOR 9 YEARS, FarMED AND RANCHED FOR 6 YEARS, AND WAS A HEALTH PROVIDER. CHURCH AFFILIATION: MEMBER OF MELBA AVENUE CHURCH OF CHRIST IN ATOKA. SURVIVED BY SON: STANLEY HOOPER OF ATOKA, OK. BROTHER: VERNON BRITT AND WIFE BETTY OF ATOKA, OK. SISTERS: MILDRED ANDERSON OF PHOENIX, AZ. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: WILLIAM AND OLLIE BRITT.SISTER: JO ANN BRITT.
DATE OF SERVICES: SATURDAY, MARCH 22, 1997 AT 10:00 A.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA. INTERMENT: GREEN MEADOWS CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OKLAHOMA. OFFICIATING: ARNOLD JOHNSON.ASSISTING: LARRY BUNCH. CASKETBEARERS: PAUL LEWIS, DONALD MILAM, RANDY BRITT, ROGER PITTMAN, VIRGIL CRAWFORD, GENE SWINDELL. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: MONTIE PARKER, RICHARD VILLA, JAMES ALLEN, MELVIN ISHMAEL.
NAME: JACK COY SANDERS, AGE 75, LIFELONG ATOKA COUNTY, OK RESIDENT. BORN: AUGUST 20, 1921 AT CANEY, OKLAHOMA TO ERNEST DILLON AND EFFIE (ALFORD) SANDERS. PASSED AWAY: THURSDAY, MARCH 20, 1997 AT ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.AGE: 75 YEARS 7 MONTHS AND 9 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED CANEY, OK SCHOOLS. MARRIED: DORIS L. ATTEBERRY IN FEBRUARY, 1940. OCCUPATION: jack was a GAME RANGER WITH OKLAHOMA DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE 30 YEARS. CHURCH AFFILIATION: WARDS CHAPEL BAPTIST CHURCH. SURVIVED BY SONS: DON SANDERS AND WIFE GLENNA OF BROKEN ARROW, OK. STEVE SANDERS OF COALGATE, OK. GRANDSON: GLENDON SANDERS AND WIFE DIANE OF TULAS, OK. GRANDDAUGHTER: PATRICIA KAY SANDERS OF McALESTER, OK. GREAT GRANDCHILDREN: SHELBY AND LESLIE SANDERS OF TULSA, OK. BROTHERS: PAUL SANDERS AND WIFE MARGIE OF BOONE, NC. CURTIS SANDERS AND WIFE LOIS OF VALLEJO, CA. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY WIFE: DORIS SANDERS IN OCTOBER, 1962.PARENTS: ERNEST AND EFFY SANDERS.DAUGHTER: SHEILA KAY SANDERS.BROTHERS: E. J. SANDERS AND CECIL EDWARDS.SISTER: DEMPLE MASON.
DATE OF SERVICES: SUNDAY, MARCH 23, 1997 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: GREEN MEADOWS CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. TOM HARGRAVE. CASKETBEARERS: DAN HARDMAN, JACK PARKER, BENNIE WYRICK, BUD CARR, TINKER RAY, PERRY RAY. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: ELMO THOMAS, BEN THOMAS, LEON HATTER, TOMMY DEAN BARRIS, DON BARNARD.
NAME: RHOENA (JAMES) DAVIS, AGE 78, LONGTIME ATOKA COUNTY RESIDENT. BORN: NOVEMBER 12, 1918 AT OLNEY, OK TO MOSES P. AND ZEMRUH (BUCHANAN) JAMES. PASSED AWAY: SATURDAY, MARCH 22, 1997 AT HER ATOKA RESIDENCE. AGE: 78 YEARS 4 MONTHS 10 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT OLNEY, OK. MARRIED: LEWIS DAVIS IN 1940 AT COALGATE, ok. OCCUPATION: HOUSEWIFE. CHURCH AFFILIATION: LONGTIME MEMBER OF SOUTHSIDE BAPTIST CHURCH IN ATOKA. SURVIVED BY SON: SAMMY DAVIS AND WIFE DEBBIE OF MILBURN, OK. DAUGHTER: RAMONA TAYLOR AND HUSBAND DARRELL OF COALGATE, OK. GRANDSON: TONY TAYLOR AND WIFE MELODY OF COALGATE, OK. GRANDDAUGHTERS: JADE EASON AND HUSBAND TY OF TISHOMINGO, OK. JODI HOLT AND HUSBAND JAMES OF MILBURN, OK. GREAT GRANDCHILDREN: JOSIE HOLT, BRECKEN EASON, JOHN TAYLOR, AND JIMMY TAYLOR. SISTERS: GENEVA ESTES OF VALLEJO, CA. JUANITA WILSON AND HUSBAND ROY OF SEAGOVILLE, TX. BROTHER: C. P. JAMES AND WIFE SYBIL OF THE WILSON COMMUNITY IN ATOKA COUNTY. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: MOSES AND ZEMRUH JAMES.BROTHER: CLAY JAMES.
DATE OF SERVICES: MONDAY, MARCH 24, 1997 AT 2 :00 P.M.PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA. INTERMENT: ROSE HILL CEMETERY ~ WAPANUCKA, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. LOYD THOMPSON. CASKETBEARERS: TY EASON, TONY TAYLOR, JAMES HOLT, DON WALKER, JIM POOL, BRICKIE GRIFFIN. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: GEORGIE BICKNELL, ROGER McININCH.
NAME: EARL WAYNE WOODS, AGE 60, OF THE CLARITA, OK AREA. BORN: OCTOBER 28, 1936 AT CLARITA, OKLAHOMA TO EARL DEWITT AND MILLIE (RAMAY) WOODS. PASSED AWAY: SUNDAY, MARCH 23, 1997 AT TULSA REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER.AGE: 60 YEARS 4 MONTHS AND 25 DAYS EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOL AT CLARITA, OK. MARRIED: ANITA GAYLE HALLFORD ON MARCH 17, 1972 AT TULSA, OK. OCCUPATION: HE WA A TRUCK DRIVER MANY YEARS UNTIL DISABLED IN 1990. MILITARY: earl SERVED IN THE U. S. ARMY. CHURCH AFFILIATIONS: MEMBER OF THE CORNERSTONE PRAISE AND WORSHIP CENTER IN COALGATE, ok. SURVIVED BY WIFE: ANITA woods OF THE HOME AT CLARITA, OK. DAUGHTER: MELODY TAYLOR AND HUSBAND TONY OF COALGATE, OK. SONS: JAMES “RUSTY” CAMPBELL OF BROMIDE, OK. RICHARD CAMPBELL AND WIFE KIM OF TULSA, OK. JEFF WOODS AND WIFE BRENDA OF COALGATE, OK. BRIAN WOODS AND WIFE SHELLI OF LEXINGTON, OK. MOTHER: MILLIE WOODS OF CLARITA, OK. GRANDCHILDREN: HARLEY, KRISTIN, MARKUS, NIKKI, SARA, CHRIS, RACHEL, AMBER, LOGAN, DALTON, STEPHANIE, JOHN, JIM. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY FATHER: EARL DEWITT WOODS.SON: LLOYD WOODS.
DATE OF SERVICES: WEDNESDAY MARCH 26, 1997 AT 2:00 P.M.PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA. INTERMENT: MOORE CEMETERY ~ CLARITA, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. DAVID UNSELL.ASSISTING: GARY BOLIN. PALLBEARERS: WINFORD “PETE” STUTTE, CRAIG TURNEY, GARY BOLIN, W. M. BASKETT, ZANE BRECHEEN, LEWIS FELKNER. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: LARRY BERGMAN, STONEY MARLOW, JOHN ALLEN DANIEL, CLENE DANIEL, TONY TAYLOR.
NAME: ELMER GRADY HARRIS, AGE 90, LONGTIME ATOKA COUNTY, OK RESIDENT. BORN: AUGUST 2, 1906 AT LEONARD, TX TO WILLIAM WILBUR AND BERTHA MAE (REEVES) HARRIS. PASSED AWAY: WEDNESDAY, MARCH 26, 1997 AT ATOKA COLONIAL MANOR NURSING HOME.AGE: 90 YEARS 7 MONTHS AND 24 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT MUNDAY, TX. MARRIED: ROSA DOLL NANNEY ON NOVEMBER 19, 1932 AT ATOKA, OK. OCCUPATION: HE WAS A MERCHANT AND OPERATED A GROCERY STORE FOR 20 YEARS. RETIRED FROM EASTERN OKLAHOMA STATE COLLEGE IN 1970. SURVIVED BY SONS: BILL HARRIS OF ATOKA, OK. HARVEY HARRIS AND WIFE ALMETA OF OKLAHOMA CITY. JIMMIE HARRIS OF LONGTOWN, OK. GRADY DON HARRIS AND WIFE MARILYN OF BLOOMINGTON, IN. DAUGHTERS: NADINE BUTLER AND HUSBAND CECIL OF FARRIS, OK. BARBARA SUTER AND HUSBAND BOBBY OF KIOWA, OK. LYNDA SUE GALLMORE AND HUSBAND DON OF McALESTER, OK. SISTER: LELA MAE MILLICAN OF CHOCTAW, OK. BROTHERS: PORTER HARRIS OF FT. WORTH, TX. DEWEY HARRIS AND WIFE NADINE OF ENID, OK. 15 GRANDCHILDREN, 15 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY WIFE: ROSA DOLL HARRIS ON SEPTEMBER 18, 1969.PARENTS: WILLIAM AND BERTHA HARRIS.BROTHERS: BILLY JOE AND BONNY HARRIS.GRANDSON: CHARLES MICHAEL HARRIS.GREAT GRANDDAUGHTER: ALISON ELAINE CARR.
DATE OF SERVICES: FRIDAY, MARCH 28, 1997 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA. INTERMENT: SAVANNA CEMETERY ~ SAVANNA, OKA. OFFICIATING: REV. LOYD THOMPSON.ASSISTING: BOB RAY. CASKETBEARERS: (GRANDSONS) KEVIN HARRIS, MARK HARRIS, BRYAN HARRIS, DAVID HARRIS, RONNIE BUTLER, STACY BUTLER, BOBBY SUTER, MICHAEL GALLMORE, JUSTIN HARRIS.
NAME: JAMES CHESTER ELMORE, AGE 84, LONGTIME ATOKA COUNTY RESIDENT. BORN: SEPTEMBER 22, 1912 IN HOWARD COUNTY, TEXAS TO JAMES FRANK AND ROSIE LEE (TERRELL) ELMORE. PASSED AWAY: SATURDAY, MARCH 29, 1997 AT VALLEY VIEW HOSPITAL IN ADA, OK.AGE: 84 YEARS 6 MONTHS AND 7 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED HOWARD ELEMENTARY AND PAINT CREEK SCHOOLS IN WEST TEXAS. MARRIED: RUBY DINSMORE ON NOVEMBER 27, 1934. OCCUPATION: HE WAS A RANCHER, RETIRED IN 1985. CHURCH AFFILIATION: HE WAS METHODIST BUT ATTENDED WARDS CHAPEL BAPTIST CHURCH AFTER MOVING TO OKLAHOMA. SURVIVED BY DAUGHTERS: JOE ANN LANE OF ARLINGTON, TX. LINDA TURBYFILL AND HUSBAND DEAN OF ATHENS, TX. GRANDCHILDREN: TONYA BATCHELOR AND HUSBAND SHAWN OF ARLINGTON, TX. ORION TURBYFILL AND WIFE DONNA OF PEARLAND, TX. LINCOLN LANE OF ARLINGTON, TX. STACIE WINDHAM AND HUSBAND DUSTY OF ATHENS, TX. GREAT GRANDCHILDREN: KRISTEN BATCHELOR, TRAVIS LITTRELL, KELSEY WINDHAM, BRANDON BATCHELOR, JOSHUA LANE, JACOB TURBYFILL, AND HANNAH WINDHAM. BROTHER: E. L. ELMORE OF RULE, TX. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY WIFE: RUBY ELMORE IN JULY, 1984.PARENTS: JAMES AND ROSIE ELMORE.BROTHERS: OTIS, DOYLE, AND J. W. ELMORE.
DATE OF SERVICES: MONDAY, MARCH 31, 1997 AT 10:00 A.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA. OFFICIATING: REV. JOHN HOWARD.ASSISTING: REV. TOM HARGRAVE. GRAVESIDE COMMITTAL SERVICES: TUESDAY, APRIL 1, 1997 AT 10:00 A. M. OFFICIATING: W. O. ELMORE. INTERMENT: WILLOW CEMETERY ~ HASKELL, TX. CASKETBEARERS: LOIE ABLES, DAVID BATTLES, BILLY HAWORTH, DAVID HALL, GERALD ROBERTSON, JAMES RAINS, LARRY RAINS.
NAME: TED IVAN ISHMAEL, AGE 47, LIFELONG RESIDENT OF ATOKA, OK.  BORN: MARCH 1, 1950 AT ATOKA, OK TO MELVIN S., SR. AND CORA IRENE (REYNOLDS) ISHMAEL. PASSED AWAY: SUNDAY, MARCH 30, 1997 NEAR TUSHKA, OK.AGE: 47 YEARS 0 MONTHS AND 28 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED ATOKA, OK SCHOOLS. GRADUATED WITH CLASS OF 1970. CHURCH AFFILIATION: MEMBER OF MELBA AVENUE CHURCH OF CHRIST IN ATOKA. SURVIVED BY PARENTS: MELVIN AND IRENE ISHMAEL OF THE HOME IN TUSHKA, OK. SISTER: TRISH RAY OF WAGONER, OK. NEPHEW: ROSS RAY OF WAGONER, OK. NIECE: AMY RAY OF WAGONER, OK. UNCLES: GORDON ISHAMEL AND WIFE BETTY OF TULSA, OK. HAL ISHAMEL AND WIFE RUTH OF ATOKA, OK. MARVIN ISHMAEL AND WIFE DEBBIE OF ATOKA, OK. AUNTS: HELEN LENNARD AND HUSBAND BOB OF SEMINOLE, OK. LILLIAN FRANK AND HUSBAND T. A. OF ATOKA, OK. CAROLYN CHAFFIN AND HUSBAND LONNIE OF TULSA, OK. JEAN STAMPS OF TOPEKA, KS. MARTHA MORDE AND HUSBAND DOYLE OF TULSA, OK. REAVY ADAMS OF BASSETT, VA. RACHEL LARGEN AND HUSBAND ARLESS OF MEADOWS OF DAN, VA. LILLIE MORRISON AND HUSBAND LEONARD OF MARTINSVILLE, VA. EVA HILL OF SANFORD, NC. FATHER-IN-LAW: TOM WHITE OF TISHOMINGO, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY UNCLES: JOHN ISHMAEL. ESTRIDGE, HARRY, ALTON, RALPH, CLARENCE, AND OTIS REYNOLDS.
DATE OF SERVICES: TUESDAY, APRIL 8, 1997 AT 3:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: TUSHKA CEMETERY ~ TUSHKA, OKLAHOMA. OFFICIATING: ARNOLD JOHNSON.ASSISTING: LARRY BUNCH. CASKETBEARERS: DOUG ISHMAEL, ELSON FRANK, RONALD JACKSON, STANLEY HOOPER, JAMES ALLEN, ROGER PITTMAN, JERRY BARTON, ROBERT “TOT” CALVERT. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: BOB LENNARD, DELBERT POWELL, DALE POWELL, T. A. FRANK, HAL ISHMAEL, MARVIN ISHMAEL, GORDON ISHMAEL, DOYLE MORRIS, LONNIE CHAFFIN, JOHN COOK, FRED DUKE, DEAN WHITE.
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