May, 2003 Memorials
 
 
 
 
NAME:  EFFIE LEE (BLAGBURN) JENKINS REID, AGE 95, A LONGTIME CANEY AREA RESIDENT.

BORN:  AUGUST 8, 1907 AT EDGEWOOD, TEXAS TO THOMAS AND BEULA (FEARS) BLAGBURN.
 
PASSED AWAY:   FRIDAY, MAY 2, 2003 AT HER RESIDENCE IN CANEY, OK.
 
AGE:   95 YEARS  8 MONTHS   AND   24 DAYS.

EDUCATION:   ATTENDED SCHOOL AT EDGEWOOD, TEXAS.

MARRIED:   WILLIAM HARRISON JENKINS AT EDGEWOOD, TX.
                       LUTHER H. REID AT ATOKA, OK.

OCCUPATION:    EFFIE WORKED AS A GUARD AT THE ROHR AIRCRAFT CO IN CHULA VISTA, CA. SHE OPERATED THE GIFT SHOP AT MACK ALFORD CORRECTIONAL CENTER A NUMBER OF YEARS AND WAS ASSISTANT POSTMASTER SEVERAL YEARS AT CANEY, OK.

CHURCH AFFILIATION:  LONGTIME MEMBER OF THE CANEY BAPTIST CHURCH.

SHE WAS ALSO A MEMBER OF THE EASTERN STAR AND THE REBECAHS CLUB.


     SURVIVED BY

DAUGHTER:  FAYE QUIN OF SAN ANTONIO, TX.

SONS:  HARLEY JENKINS AND WIFE JUDY OF CANEY, OK.
               LLOYD JENKINS AND WIFE KAREN OF PORTLAND, OR.

SISTER:  LELA FRYDAY OF KENEDY, TX.

NUMEROUS GRAND, GREAT GRAND AND GREAT GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.


     PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

FIRST HUSBAND AND FATHER OF HER CHILDREN:  WILLIAM HARRISON JENKINS.
SECOND HUSBAND:  LUTHER H. REID.
SON:   WILLIAM ELTON JENKINS.
DAUGHTER:  CHRISTINE “BILLIE” ADAMS.
PARENTS:   THOMAS AND BEULA BLAGBURN.
BROTHERS:  JOE AND JAY BLADBURN.
SISTER:  ETTA JENKINS.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:  MONDAY, MAY 5, 2003 AT 2:00 PM.
PLACE OF SERVICES:   BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK.
 
INTERMENT:   CADDO CEMETERY ~ CADDO, OK.

OFFICIATING:   DR. BOB CLOYDE.

CASKETBEARERS:   CHARLES McCALL, GERALD EAVES, CHARLEY BOLEY, PERRY WILLIS, DON BARNARD.
 
 
 
 
NAME:    ROY ELLIOTT CHAPMAN, AGE 78, LONGTIME ATOKA AREA RESIDENT.

BORN:  AUGUST 20, 1924 AT CANTON, TEXAS TO VINCENT EARL AND COSY MAY (WILHITE) CHAPMAN.
 
PASSED AWAY:   SUNDAY, MAY 4, 2003 AT THE KINDRED HOSPITAL IN OKLAHOMA CITY.
AGE:   78 YEARS  8 MONTHS   AND   14 DAYS.

EDUCATION:   ROY ATTENDED SCHOOL IN MONTALBA, TX.

MARRIED:   JERENE LaRAE JACKSON ON OCTOBER 29, 1949 AT ATOKA, OK.

OCCUPATION:  ROY WAS RETIRED FROM THE QUALITY CONTROL FIELD WHERE HE INSPECTED MILITARY AIRCRAFT AND OIL FIELD MACHINERY.

CHURCH AFFILIATION:  MEMBER OF NEW ZION METHODIST CHURCH.


     SURVIVED BY

WIFE:    JERENE CHAPMAN OF THE HOME IN ATOKA, OK.
 
CHILDREN:    LINDA BROWN OF COALGATE, OK.
                         KELLY CHAPMAN AND GAY ANN OF CARROLLTON, TX.

GRANDCHILDREN:   KYLE BROWN OF COALGATE, OK.
                                         JAKE CHAPMAN OF CARROLLTON, TX.

SISTERS:   DOROTHY MAGEE OF FRANKLIN, TX.
                     FLORENCE ROBERTSON AND HUSBAND ERNEST OF KNOXVILLE, TN.

BROTHER:   EARL CHAPMAN AND WIFE HELEN OF ATHENS, TX.

BROTHERS-IN-LAW:   MAURICE JACKSON AND WIFE LINDA OF ATOKA, OK.
                                         GERALD JACKSON AND WIFE SUZANNE OF PRUE, OK.

NIECES:    SHERRILL STIDHAM AND HUSBAND H. D. OF FRANKSTON, TX.
                   GAIL MESSER AND HUSBAND JOE OF KNOXVILLE, TN.

NEPHEWS:   STEVE CHAPMAN AND WIFE SUE ELLEN OF JACKSONVILLE, FL.
                       JIM CHAPMAN AND WIFE INGA OF HOUSTON, TX.
                       BRYAN ROBERTSON AND WIFE TINA OF KNOXVILLE, TN.

THE JACKSON NIECES:    KIM AND HUSBAND DWAYNE DALE OF ATOKA, OK.
                                                 HEATHER JORDAN OF PRUE, OK.
                                                 ALISON JACKSON.

FAVORITE AUNT:   GOLDIE GARSIDE OF BAKERSFIELD, CA.


     PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

SISTER:  MILDRED CHAPMAN.
BROTHER: JOHN CHAPMAN.
PARENTS:   VINCENT EARL AND COSY MAY (WILHITE) CHAPMAN.
IN-LAWS:   ROY AND GRACE JACKSON.
NEPHEW:  JEFF JACKSON.
NIECES:  ANNETTE MAGEE AND SHELLY ROBERTSON.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:  THURSDAY, MAY 8, 2003 AT 2:00 PM.
PLACE OF SERVICES:   NEW ZION METHODIST CHURCH ~ ATOKA, OK.

INTERMENT:   NEW ZION CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK.

OFFICIATING:   REV. GENE SLUDER.
ASSISTING:   REV. RICK FORTHMAN.

CASKETBEARERS:   ROBERT ABBOTT, BRIAN VANDER LAAN, DONNIE CAMPBELL, DWAYNE DALE, WENDELL HAMILTON, KYLE BROWN.

HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:  JUNIOR BRUCE, JUNIOR RILEY, LEO DEMENT.
 
 
 
 
NAME:   KAREN MAXINE (LOVELACE) PRICE, AGE 61, LONGTIME ATOKA AREA RESIDENT.

BORN:  JUNE 16, 1941 AT DURANT, OK TO FAUSTER ISOM AND LILA MAXINE (GROSS) LOVELACE.

PASSED AWAY:   MONDAY, MAY 5, 2003 AT THE ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.
AGE:   61 YEARS  10 MONTHS  AND  19 DAYS.

EDUCATION:   KAREN ATTENDED SCHOOL AT ATOKA ELEMENTARY AND WAS A GRADUATE OF ATOKA HIGH AND MEMBER OF THE ATOKA HIGH SCHOOL BAND AS A DRUM MAJOR FOR 4 YEARS, ALSO PLAYED THE TIFFANY DRUMS IN THE BAND. SHE WAS A MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY. SHE ATTENDED OKLAHOMA WOMEN‘SCOLLEGE IN CHICKASHA AND HILLS BUSINESS COLLEGE IN OKLAHOMA CITY.

MARRIED:   BUCK PRICE IN 1974 AT HOUSTON, TX.

OCCUPATION:  KAREN WAS A RETIRED SECRETARY AND WORKED FOR REID MAYFIELD’S LAW OFFICE UNTIL 1996.

CHURCH AFFILIATION:  SHE WAS A MEMBER OF THE FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH IN ATOKA SINCE SHE WAS A CHILD.


     SURVIVED BY

HUSBAND:   BUCK PRICE OF THE HOME NEAR TUSHKA, OK.

CHILDREN:  KIMBERLEY BICKLEY OF AUSTIN, TX.
                         KEVIN KRAHN OF AUSTIN, TX.

GRANDCHILD:  JASMINE NICOLE HARGRAVE OF AUSTIN, TX.

MOTHER:    MAXINE LOVELACE OF ATOKA, OK.

AUNT AND UNCLE:  JACK AND BETTY GROSS OF KALISPELL, MT.


     PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

PATERNAL GRANDPARENTS:   SHELBY AND BELLE LOVELACE.
MATERNAL GRANDPARENTS:   TOM AND ANNA GROSS.
FATHER:    FAUSTER ISOM LOVELACE ON DECEMBER 17, 2000..
SISTER:    CHERYL LOVELACE.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:  WEDNESDAY, MAY 7, 2003 AT 2:00 PM.
PLACE OF SERVICES:   BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK.

INTERMENT:   WESTVIEW CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK.

OFFICIATING:   REV. RON KING.

CASKETBEARERS:   DON BARNARD,DAVID DOWNING, CHAD THOMPSON, MIKE WATTNER, DENNIS MADDEN, LARRY LUMAN.
 
 
 
 
NAME:  MARY LOU (COOKSEY) CALLICOAT, AGE 78, OF BROKEN ARROW, OK AND A FORMER ATOKA AREA RESIDENT.

BORN:  OCTOBER 23, 1924 AT CADDO, OK TO JOHN THOMAS AND EMILY BELL (GABRIEL) COOKSEY.
 
PASSED AWAY: FRIDAY MORNING, MAY 9, 2003 AT THE ST. FRANCIS HOSPITAL IN BROKEN ARROW, OK.
AGE:   78 YEARS    4 MONTHS  AND  16 DAYS.

EDUCATION:   ATTENDED SCHOOL AT BETHANY SCHOOL SOUTH OF ATOKA, OK.

MARRIED:   JACK WALTER CALLICOAT ON APRIL 27, 1940 AT BENTLEY, OK

OCCUPATION:    MARY WAS A HOUSEWIFE AND MOTHER OF THREE CHILDREN.  SHE WAS ALSO A SCHOOL BUS DRIVER FOR OVER 10 YEARS IN STOCKTON, CA.

CHURCH AFFILIATION:  SHE WAS A MEMBER OF THE ASSEMBLY OF GOD CHURCH OF COWETA, OK.


     SURVIVED BY

DAUGHTERS:   THELMA HORTON OF PORTER, OK.
                             SHIRLEY CALLICOAT OF BROKEN ARROW, OK.

SON:   CALVIN CALLICOAT AND WIFE ETTA OF SPRINGFIELD, MO.

8 GRANDCHILDREN AND 21 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.


     PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

HUSBAND:   JACK WALTER CALLICOAT ON JUNE 14, 1997.
GRANDSON:    GARY LEN HORTON
PARENTS:   JOHN THOMAS AND EMILY BELL COOKSEY.
11 SIBLINGS.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:  TUESDAY, MAY 13, 2003 AT 2:00 PM.
PLACE OF SERVICES:   GRAVESIDE SERVICES.
 
INTERMENT:   BENTLEY CEMETERY ~ BENTLEY, OK.

OFFICIATING:   DOYLE FINCHER.
ASSISTING:   JAMES POWELL.

CASKETBEARERS:   SHAWN OWEN, CALVIN “LEE” CALLICOAT JR., LEX HORTON, REX HORTON, KELLY HORTON, JUSTIN HORTON.
 
 
 
 
NAME:  ABBIE ALICE (PITTS) MOORE, AGE 93, A LONGTIME ATOKA AREA RESIDENT.

BORN:  APRIL 7, 1908 AT DeQUEEN, ARKANSAS TO JAMES SANDERS AND EMMA ELVA (WAGNER) PITTS.
 
PASSED AWAY:   THURSDAY, MAY 15, 2003 AT ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.
AGE:   93 YEARS  1 MONTH  AND  8 DAYS.

EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOL IN TUSHKA AND IN TEXAS.

MARRIED:   ROYAL ALTON MOORE ON DECEMBER 4, 1928 AT ELDORADO, OK.

OCCUPATION:  ABBIE WAS A HOUSEWIFE AND MOTHER OF SEVEN CHILDREN.

CHURCH AFFILIATION:  SHE WAS A LONGTIME MEMBER OF THE FIRST CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE, ATOKA, OK.


     SURVIVED BY

DAUGHTERS:   THALIAH HIGGINBOTHAM OF EULESS, TX.
                             LINDA SCRIBNER AND HUSBAND JIMMY OF COLEMAN, OK.
                             BARBARA POWELL AND HUSBAND MILFORD OF ATOKA, OK.
                             CAROLYN HARRIS AND HUSBAND JIMMIE OF ATOKA, OK.

SONS:  HAROLD MOORE AND WIFE MARTHA OF KEMP, OK.
               GLENN MOORE AND WIFE FLOY JEAN OF MILBURN, OK.

25 GRANDCHILDREN, 58 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, AND 21 GREAT-GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.


     PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

HUSBAND:   R. A. MOORE ON NOVEMBER 11, 1980.
PARENTS:   JAMES AND ELVA PITTS.
SON:   RAYMOND ISAAC MOORE.
GRANDSONS:   DAVID POWELL AND STEVEN LEE MOORE.
BROTHER:   CARL PITTS.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:    SATURDAY, MAY 17, 2003 AT 2:00 PM
PLACE OF SERVICES:   BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK.
 
INTERMENT:   TUSHKA CEMETERY ~ TUSHKA, OK.

OFFICIATING:   REV. CHARLIE RAY TIPPS.
ASSISTING:   REV. EUGENE LEDFORD.

CASKETBEARERS:   (GRANDSONS) WENDELL MOORE, DALE HIGGINBOTHAM, GLEN HIGGINBOTHAM, MARC MOORE, JAMES SCRIBNER, DEWAYNE SCRIBNER, PHILLIP POWELL, ED POWELL, STEVE BANKER.

HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:  GRANDDAUGHTERS.
 
 
 
 
NAME:    LOTTIE LOU (AINSWORTH) ISBELL, AGE 83, A LONGTIME ATOKA AREA RESIDENT.

BORN:  APRIL 9, 1920 AT STRINGTOWN, OK TO EDWARD WALLACE AND MABLE LETHA (HUSE) AINSWORTH.
 
PASSED AWAY:   LATE SUNDAY NIGHT, MAY 18, 2003 AT THE TEXOMA MEDICAL CENTER IN DENISON, TX.
AGE:   83 YEARS  1 MONTH  AND  9 DAYS.

EDUCATION:   LOTTIE ATTENDED AND GRADUATED FROM STRINGTOWN SCHOOLS.

MARRIED:   MARLIN ISBELL ON APRIL 26, 1941 AT ATOKA, OK.

OCCUPATION:  LOTTIE WORKED FOR THE U.S. POSTAL SERVICE FOR MORE THAN 20 YEARS AND LATER WORKED 10 YEARS FOR THE OFFICE OF THE BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, RETIRING IN 1977.

CHURCH AFFILIATION:  SHE WAS A MEMBER OF THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH IN ATOKA, OK AND THE ORDER OF THE EASTERN STAR


     SURVIVED BY

SONS:    MARLIN DAVID ISBELL AND WIFE GILLIAN OF SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, CA.
               DARYL WAYNE ISBELL OF EDGEWOOD, NM.

GRANDCHILDREN:   SARA LOUISE MURRAY AND HUSBAND LOUIS “LEUY” OF DALY CITY, CA
                                         MICHAEL DAVID ISBELL OF MEADSVILLE, PA.

GREAT GRANDCHILDREN:   JANELLE ISBELL AND KIMBERLY ISBELL.

SISTER:  EDDIE HIGHT OF ATOKA, OK.

BROTHER: JACK AINSWORTH AND WIFE ANN OF STRINGTOWN, OK.


     PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

HUSBAND:   MARLIN ISBELL ON MAY 7, 2002.
PARENTS:   EDWARD AND MABLE AINSWORTH.
BROTHERS:  WOODROW AND LEE AINSWORTH.
SISTERS:   LORA SELF, EDITH LAMBERT, AND ORA IRENE AINSWORTH.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:  THURSDAY, MAY 22, 2003 AT 10:00 AM.
PLACE OF SERVICES:   BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK.

INTERMENT:   GREEN MEADOWS CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK.

OFFICIATING:   REV. JOE CHAPIN.

CASKETBEARERS:   DEACONS OF THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH.

HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:  JACK AINSWORTH, GARY AINSWORTH, DAVID AINSWORTH, JUNIOR SELF.
 
 
 
 
NAME:    LOU ELLA (SHORES) USHER, AGE 87, LONGTIME ATOKA AREA RESIDENT.

BORN:  MARCH 25, 1916 AT FINLEY, OK TO ROBERT BRUCE AND LILLIE MAE (MAXEY) SHORES.
 
PASSED AWAY:   MONDAY MORNING, MAY 19, 2003 AT HER RESIDENCE IN ATOKA, OK.
AGE:   87 YEARS    1 MONTH   AND   24 DAYS.

EDUCATION:   ATTENDED SCHOOL AT FINLEY, OK.

MARRIED:   THOMAS CHARLES USHER ON MAY 26, 1935 AT ANTLERS, OK.

OCCUPATION:  LOU ELLA WAS A HOUSEWIFE AND DEVOTED MOTHER. SHE DEDICATED HERSELF TO HER SEVEN CHILDREN.
 
CHURCH AFFILIATION:  LOU ELLA WAS A LONGTIME MEMBER OF THE ATOKA FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH AND ATTENDED MT. OLIVE MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH. LOU ELLA ALSO TAUGHT SUNDAY SCHOOL.

SHE LOVED GARDENING, COOKING, SEWING AND MAKING BEAUTIFUL QUILTS.  SHE LOVED AND CARED FOR HER NEIGHBORS, ESPECIALLY WHEN IN NEED.


     SURVIVED BY

CHILDREN:    HAZEL LANE OF ATOKA, OK.
                         WANDA LANGLEY AND HUSBAND BOBBY OF MOBILE, AL.
                         MARGE DIXON AND HUSBAND MERLE OF VINITA, OK.
                         LORETTA PAVELL OF ABILENE, TX.
                         BRUCE USHER AND WIFE KIM OF ATOKA, OK.

13 GRANDCHILDREN AND 12 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.

SISTER:  LOTTIE BROWN AND HUSBAND EARL OF SOUTH FORK, CO.

BROTHERS:    ROBERT SHORES AND WIFE BETTY OF ATOKA, OK.
                           GENE SHORES AND WIFE MARGARET OF ABILENE, TX.


     PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

HUSBAND:   THOMAS CHARLES “CHARLIE” USHER IN 1956.
SONS:  WAYNE AND CHARLES USHER.
GRANDSON:  TOMMY USHER.
PARENTS:   BRUCE AND LILLIE SHORES.
SISTERS:   BILLIE VANZANT AND ETTA PETERS.
BROTHER:   FORREST SHORES.
SON-IN-LAW:    NORRIS LANE.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:    THURSDAY, MAY 22, 2003 AT 2:00 PM.
PLACE OF SERVICES:   BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK.

INTERMENT:   WESTVIEW CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK.

OFFICIATING:   REV. MICHAEL POTTER.

CASKETBEARERS:   RANDY SPARKS, CRAIG LANE, GLEN BAUMERT, KELLY USHER, JEFF PAVELL, MICHAEL PAVELL.

HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:  RON FAULKENBERRY, DAVID DURBIN, JAMES BROWN, STEVE SWINDALL.
 
 
 
 
NAME:    BERTHA LEE (HALES) HARRISON, AGE 74, LIFELONG ATOKA RESIDENT.

BORN:  NOVEMBER 19, 1928 AT ATOKA, OKLAHOMA TO DAVID AND ROSA LEE (CLAYTON) HALES.

PASSED AWAY:   FRIDAY, MAY, 23, 2003 AT HER RESIDENCE IN ATOKA, OK.
AGE:   74 YEARS  6 MONTHS   AND   3 DAYS.

EDUCATION:   ATTENDED SCHOOL AT DUNBAR IN ATOKA, OK.

MARRIED:   TOMMIE LEE HARRISON ON MAY 3, 1948 AT ATOKA, OK.

OCCUPATION:  BERTHA WAS A HOMEMAKER AND HOUSEWIFE.

CHURCH AFFILIATION:  SHE WAS A LONGTIME MEMBER OF THE 4TH WARD CHURCH OF CHRIST.


     SURVIVED BY

CHILDREN:    MARZELLA FREEMAN AND HUSBAND DON OF ATOKA, OK.
                         WILMA BRIGHT AND HUSBAND JIMMY OF RIVERSIDE, CA.
                         ELEANOR J. WILLIAMS AND HUSBAND CHESTER OF WICHITA FALLS, TX.
                         ADA H. CORBRAY OF ATOKA, OK.
                         DICKIE LEON HARRISON AND WIFE JESSIE OF LAWTON, OK.
                         MARSHALL WAYNE HARRISON OF OKLAHOMA CITY.
                         JOSEPHINE HARRISON OF ATOKA, OK.
                         MARSHA MARIE HARRISON OF ATOKA, OK.
                         REBECCA LAVON FULLER AND HUSBAND GARY OF ATOKA, OK.
                         STACY MENIFEE HARRISON OF OKLAHOMA CITY.

35 GRANDCHILDREN, 36 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.

SISTERS:   LORENE ALEXANDER OF SPENCER, OK.
                     ELIZABETH FRAZIER HOPSON OF ATOKA, OK.

BROTHERS:  CHARLES COULTER OF ATOKA, OK.
                         JIMMY M. FRAZIER OF ATOKA, OK.
                         BOBBY D. FRAZIER AND WIFE JOAN OF ATOKA, OK.
                         SONNY DEAN FRAZIER OF CHICAGO, IL..
                         BUDDY BURRIS OF OKLAHOMA CITY.
 
UNCLES:    BILLY JOE CLAYTON OF ATOKA, OK.
                     BOBBY L. CLAYTON OF COLORADO SPRINGS, CO.
                     LUDY CLAYTON JR. OF JULESBURG, CO.

AUNTS:   THERESA CLAYTON ARMSTRONG OF TULSA, OK.
                 ALICE KORANA LACY OF DENVER, CO.


     PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

MOTHER:    ROSA (CLAYTON) HALES FRAZIER.
HUSBAND:   TOMMIE LEE HARRISON ON DECEMBER 2, 2000.
CHILDREN:  LEONARD RAY, DANNY LEE, DAVID EMANUEL, TOMMIE, AND PHYLLIS KAY HARRISON.
BROTHER:   KALIP FRAZIER.
STEP FATHER:   CURLEY FRAZIER.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:  FRIDAY, MAY 30, 2003 AT 2:00 P.M.
PLACE OF SERVICE:  BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK.

INTERMENT:   GREEN HILLS CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK.

OFFICIATING:   JOHN BROWN.
ASSISTING:   REV. BOB GRAHAM.

CASKETBEARERS:   (GRANDSONS AND NEPHEWS) CORNELIUS HARRISON, MATT HARRISON, TODD COOPER, BRADLEY CORBRAY, DONALD CORBRAY, ULYSSES HARRISON, JOSH HARRISON, KENDALL HARRISON, TONY COULTER, JAMELLE HOPSON, ROBERT WALKER, KUNTA NELSON.

HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:  ROOSEVELT BUTLER, ORLIN HILL, CECIL HILL, JESSIE HARRISON,FLOYD SHIELDS, LABARON McJUNKINS.

FLOWERBEARERS: (GRANDDAUGHTERS) ANISSA FREEMAN, TAKHAY HARRISON, MONICA MENIFEE, KENDA MENIFEE, RASHEEDA HARRISON, NAKESHA HARRISON, TRACY MENIFEE, DANIELLE HARRISON.
 
 
 
 
NAME:    CLEO CORDELIA ( BROWN) RICHARD, AGE 93, OF ATOKA AND FORMER LONGTIME RESIDENT OF ODESSA, TX.

BORN:  SEPTEMBER 1, 1909 AT DEMOSSVILLE, KENTUCKY TO HENRY THOMAS AND JULIA FRANCES (BIRCH) BROWN.
 
PASSED AWAY:   SUNDAY, MAY 25, 2003 AT HER RESIDENCE IN ATOKA, OK.
AGE:   93 YEARS  7 MONTHS   AND   25 DAYS.

EDUCATION:   CLEO ATTENDED SCHOOLS IN KENTUCKY, CONNECTICUT, MAINE, AND COLORADO.  SHE GRADUATED FROM NURSING SCHOOL.

MARRIED:   WALTER PAUL RICHARD ON MARCH 24, 1933 AT YATES CENTER, KS.

OCCUPATION:  CLEO WORKED OVER 40 YEARS AS A NURSE IN ODESSA AND MIDLAND, TX.

CHURCH AFFILIATION:    MEMBER OF THE FAITH BIBLE CHURCH IN ATOKA, OK.
 
SHE WAS ALSO A MEMBER OF THE YELLOW ROSE GARDEN CLUB.


     SURVIVED BY

SON:   JOHN RICHARD AND WIFE CAROLYN OF ATOKA, OK.

GRANDDAUGHTERS:    SABRA MATHIS AND HUSBAND RAY OF MARION, AR.
                                             MICHELLE MACE OF CEDAR CITY, UT.

GREAT GRANDCHILDREN:   SHALON GRIGGS OF ARLINGTON, TX.
                                                     SHEA MATHIS OF MARION, AR.
                                                     BAILEY MATHIS OF MARION, AR.
                                                     JOSHUA MACE OF CEDAR CITY, UT.
                                                     CODY MACE OF CEDAR CITY, UT.
                                                     LOGAN MACE OF CEDAR CITY, UT.

NIECE:   BARBARA HILL OF LUBBOCK, TX.

NEPHEW:  MICHAEL BROWN OF ODESSA, TX.

SPECIAL FRIEND:  LORETTA PEACOCK OF ATOKA, OK.


     PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

HUSBAND:   WALTER PAUL RICHARD ON DECEMBER 1, 1989.
DAUGHTER:    AUDREY JOAN RICHARD.
PARENTS:   HENRY AND JULIA BROWN.
BROTHER:   TOM BROWN AND WIFE MARCELLA.
SISTER:    ETHEL DUNLAP AND HUSBAND VERNON.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:  WEDNESDAY, MAY 28, 2003 AT 2:00 PM.
PLACE OF SERVICES:   FAITH BIBLE CHURCH, FORMERLY FIRST CHRISTIAN ~ ATOKA, OK.

INTERMENT:   GREEN MEADOWS CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK.

OFFICIATING:   DR. DON HAZELL.
ASSISTING:   REV. MARK TURNER.

CASKETBEARERS:   (GREAT GRANDSONS) JOSH MACE, CODY MACE, LOGAN MACE. ERNIE GRIFFIN, CHARLES McCALL, GROVER TURNER, MARK TURNER.
 
 
 
 
NAME:    NOVA (CULBREATH) ALLEN, AGE 94, A LONGTIME ATOKA COUNTYRESIDENT.

BORN:  NOVEMBER 5, 1908 AT CADDO, OKLAHOMA TO ROY H. AND NETTIE (BROOKS) CULBREATH.

PASSED AWAY:   MONDAY, MAY 26, 2003 AT THE ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.
AGE:   94 YEARS  6 MONTHS   AND   21 DAYS.

EDUCATION:   NOVA ATTENDED SCHOOL AT LIBERTY HILL IN RURAL ATOKA COUNTY

MARRIED:   RUFUS JOHN ALLEN ON DECEMBER 23, 1928 AT CADDO, OK.

OCCUPATION:    MRS. ALLEN WORKED AS A RESTUARANT COOK AND MANAGED THE ICE CREAM PARLOR ON MAIN STREET IN ATOKA MANY YEARS. SHE WAS A HOMEMAKER AS WELL.

CHURCH AFFILIATION:    MEMBER OF THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH IN ATOKA FOR MANY YEARS.
 
NOVA WAS BORN THE SECOND CHILD OF 13 AND GREW UP ON THE FAMILY FARM. SHE WAS AN AVID GARDENER AND QUILTER.  SHE LOVED TO READ AND COLLECT RECIPES. SHE ALSO WAS AN EXCELLENT COOK.


     SURVIVED BY

CHILDREN:    BONNIE MIXON AND HUSBAND JIM OF ATOKA, OK.
                         S. RAY ALLEN AND WIFE GERI OF EUREKA, CA.
                         BOBBY ALLEN AND WIFE BARBARA OF EDMOND, OK.
                         JOHN M. ALLEN AND WIFE WANDA OF FLORENCE, SC.

8 GRANDCHILDREN, 13 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, AND 1 GREAT GREAT GRANDDAUGHTER.

SISTER:  SYLVIA GREEN OF MADILL, OK.

BROTHERS:  ROY CULBREATH AND WIFE MARILYN OF EDMOND, OK.
                         GENE CULBREATH OF DURANT, OK.
                         JULIOUS “DUDE” CULBREATH AND WIFE HAZEL OF CANEY, OK.
                         BILLY “COTTON” CULBREATH AND WIFE MARIE OF CANEY, OK.
                         ALTON “MUGGS” CULBREATH AND WIFE JOY OF DURANT, OK.


     PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

HUSBAND:   RUFUS JOHN ALLEN ON OCTOBER 6, 1976.
PARENTS:   ROY AND NETTIE CULBREATH.
BROTHERS:  RUSSELL “BUDDY’ AND WALTON TALMEDGE CULBREATH.
SISTERS:   FLOSSIE SNOW, TOMI GREEN TALLMAN, VERNIA MAE DORROUGH, AND KATHRYN SMITH.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:  THURSDAY, MAY 29, 2003 AT 2:00 PM.
PLACE OF SERVICES:   BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK.

INTERMENT:   GREEN MEADOWS CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK.

OFFICIATING:   REV. JOE CHAPIN.
ASSISTING:   JIM MIXON.

CASKETBEARERS:   KEN MIXON, PHILLIP CULBREATH, J. L. CULBREATH, J. D. CULBREATH, ALTON CULBREATH, RANDY CULBREATH.

HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:  BILL MILLER, BOB PRAYTOR, HARVEY CAPPS, ROYCE BLAKER.
 
 
 
 
NAME:   RAYMOND F. WILLIAMS, AGE 69, LIFELONG WAPANUCKA-ATOKA AREA RESIDENT.

BORN:  MAY 14, 1934 TO STANLEY QUAY “BUCK “ AND ANNIE (CATHEY) WILLIAMS AT WAPANUCKA, OK.
 
PASSED AWAY:   MAY 28, 2003 AT THE OKLAHOMA HEART HOSPITAL IN OKLAHOMA CITY.
AGE:   69  YEARS   0 MONTHS  AND  14 DAYS.

EDUCATION: RAYMOND ATTENDED SCHOOL AT WILSON, ATOKA, AND WAPANUCKA.

MARRIED:   MARY RUTH HARRISON ON MARCH 17, 1954 AT ATOKA, OK

OCCUPATION:  RAYMOND WORKED AS A BUTCHER FOR GREEN SPRAY GROCERY IN ATOKA UNTIL GOING TO WORK IN THE ATOKA COUNTY ASSESSOR’S OFFICE IN 1958 AND WAS ATOKA COUNTY ASSESSOR FOR MORE THAN TEN YEARS, RETIRING FROM THAT POSITION IN 1989.  HE WAS ALSO A RANCHER AND HORSEMAN.

CHURCH AFFILIATION:  RAYMOND WAS OF THE BAPTIST FAITH.
 
HE WAS A CHARTER MEMBER AND ONE OF THE FOUNDERS OF THE ATOKA TRAILRIDERS ASSOCIATION. HE ALSO HELD MANY POSITIONS IN THE ASSOCIATION OVER THE YEARS.


     SURVIVED BY

WIFE:  MARY RUTH OF THE HOME IN WAPANUCKA, OK.

CHILDREN:    HANK WILLIAMS AND WIFE JOYCE OF BOGGY DEPOT.
                         BECKY ESTEP AND HUSBAND JOHN OF WAPANUCKA, OK.
                         STANLEY WILLIAMS AND WIFE TRACI OF BROMIDE, OK.
                         YULINDA WILLIAMS AND HUSBAND PAUL OF WAPANUCKA, OK.
                         KELLY DILLARD OF WAPANUCKA, OK.
                         JHONA WALKER OF ATOKA, OK.

16 GRANDCHILDREN.

GREAT GRANDDAUGHTER:   MAYCIE BRUMLEY.

SISTERS:   WANDEAN WILLIS OF MOORE, OK.
                     BENNIE DAWSON AND HUSBAND JACK OF EDMOND, OK.


     PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

PARENTS:   BUCK AND ANNIE WILLIAMS.
BROTHER:   DONALD WILLIAMS.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:  SATURDAY, MAY 31, 2003 AT 2:00 PM.
PLACE OF SERVICES:   BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK.

INTERMENT:   ROSEHILL CEMETERY ~ WAPANUCKA, OK.

OFFICIATING:   REV. LARRY SCHOONOVER.
ASSISTING:   REV. JOHN HOWARD.

CASKETBEARERS:   EARL MCNEIL, TED HENDERSON, TOMMY BARRIS, TOMMY REEDER, WARD WALLACE, RAY BAXTER, MELVIN WOODS, DONNIE WORKMAN.

HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:  (GRANDSONS) CRAIG MORRIS, JUSTIN DILLARD, TONY MCDONALD, CODY BRUMLEY, COLE WALKER, RYAN WILLIAMS, TYLER WILLIAMS, (SPECIAL FRIENDS) BRANDON WALLIS, DUSTIN LAMBERT.
 
 
 
 
NAME:    BETTYE JAYNE (MANSELL) ROBERTS, AGE 60, LONGTIME ATOKA AREA RESIDENT.

BORN:  OCTOBER 23, 1942 AT ATOKA, OKLAHOMA TO HORACE GILBERT AND TULSA ELIZABETH (JOHNSON) MANSELL.

PASSED AWAY:   SATURDAY, MAY 31, 2003 AT HER RESIDENCE NEAR ATOKA, OK.
 
AGE:   60 YEARS  7 MONTHS   AND   8 DAYS.

EDUCATION:   BETTYE ATTENDED MAMIE JOHNSON AND ATOKA HIGH AND COMPLETED REAL ESTATE SCHOOL IN TULSA, OK.

MARRIED:     CARROLL NOWLIN IN SEPTEMBER, 1959 IN OLD MEXICO.
                       LEVI V. ROBERTS IN AUGUST, 1968 AT NASHVILLE, TN.

OCCUPATION:  BETTYE WORKED A NUMBER OF YEARS AT K-MART IN TULSA AND NOELS AT STRINGTOWN AND WAS A WALMART ASSOCIATE & ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT FOR 16 YEARS.  SHE WAS ALSO A HOUSEWIFE AND HOMEMAKER.

CHURCH AFFILIATION:  BLACKJACK BAPTIST CHURCH.
 
SHE WAS ALSO A MEMBER OF ATOKA ELKS LODGE.


     SURVIVED BY

DAUGHTERS:   TENA MARHEA SWEETIN AND HUSBAND DIRK OF BLANCO, OK.
                             TONYA KAYE AMOS OF TULSA, OK.
                             SHELLY CALLICOAT AND HUSBAND BRETT OF ATOKA, OK.

SON:   BRANDON LEVI ROBERTS OF ATOKA, OK.

STEPDAUGHTER:    TONUIA MCCUTCHIN AND HUSBAND PAUL OF BROKEN ARROW, OK.

STEPSONS:      BARRY LEVI ROBERTS AND WIFE RITA OF STRINGTOWN, OK.
                           DALE LYNN ROBERTS AND WIFE RHONDA OF DECATUR, TX.
                           FRANK ROBERTS AND WIFE JAYLENE OF LANE, OK

16 GRANDCHILDREN, 3 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.

SISTERS:   GENEVA DODD AND HUSBAND FREDDIE OF STRINGTOWN, OK.
                     VIRGINA COLLIER OF COLORADO.

BROTHERS:  FORREST MANSELL AND WIFE DOROTHY OF ATOKA, OK.
                         DAR MANSELL AND WIFE LENA OF ATOKA, OK.

SISTERS-IN-LAW:    RUBY PARKER OF ALTUS, OK.
                                     DELIA HOGAN OF ATOKA, OK.
                                     GENEVA ROBERTS OF OKLAHOMA CITY, OK.
                                     MARGARET ROBERTS.
                                     HAZEL ROBERTS.


     PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

HUSBAND:   LEVI ROBERTS ON MARCH 26, 1995.
PARENTS:   HORACE AND TULA (JOHNSON) MANSELL.
BROTHER:   GILBERT MANSELL AND WIFE BILLIE.
NIECES:  SUSAN, KAREN, AND CARLA MANSELL.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:    MONDAY, JUNE 2, 2003 AT 2:00 PM.
PLACE OF SERVICES:   BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK.

INTERMENT:   BENTLEY CEMETERY ~ BENTLEY, OK.

OFFICIATING:   REV. GENE SLUDER.
ASSISTING:   DR. JAMES CROWSON.

CASKETBEARERS:   RICKY HUNT, TODD BIRDSONG, BILL HEFLEY, JOHN STEWART, RONNIE THOMPSON.

HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:  NOEL POWELL, EDDIE HYATT, PHILLIP MILLER, GUY STEPHENS, MALCOLM SHELTON, HERBERT STANLEY, LARRY REECE.
 
 
 
 
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