NAME: HOMER FRED WINBORN, AGE 82, A JENKS AREA RESIDENT as well as FORMER ATOKA AND BRYAN COUNTY AREA RESIDENT. BORN: SEPTEMBER 21, 1923 IN ATOKA COUNTY TO BEN FRED AND OMA GANELL (AUSTIN) WINBORN. PASSED AWAY: EARLY FRIDAY, MAY 5, 2006 AT THE SOUTHCREST HOSPITAL IN TULSA, OK.AGE: 82 YEARS 7 MONTHS AND 14 DAYS. EDUCATION: FRED ATTENDED BLACKJACK SCHOOL IN ATOKA COUNTY, OKLAHOMA MARRIED: RUBY HOWARD ON APRIL 24, 1948 AT SHERMAN, TX. OCCUPATION: FRED WORKED FOR IDEAL BAKING COMPANY IN PARIS, TX FOR MANY YEARS AS A SALESMAN. CHURCH AFFILIATION: HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE DURANT FAIRVIEW BAPTIST CHURCH. HE SERVED HIS COUNTRY DURING WW II IN THE U. S. ARMY. survived by WIFE: RUBY OF THE HOME IN JENKS, OK. CHILDREN: PAT SAXBY AND HUSBAND GEORGE OF JENKS, OK. SHERON NORRIS AND HUSBAND DAVID OF JENKS, OK. GRANDCHILDREN: AMY CASEY AND HUSBAND CHET OF GLENPOOL, OK. RYAN NORRIS OF JENKS, OK. ALYN VEITCH AND HUSBAND DREW OF TULSA, OK. GREAT GRANDCHILDREN: BRYCE CASEY, ANNA CASEY, AND AHREN NORRIS. BROTHER: RAY WINBORN OF GAINESVILLE, TX. SEVERAL NIECES, NEPHEWS, AND MANY VERY DEAR FRIENDS AND LOVED ONES. preceded in death by PARENTS: BEN FRED AND OMA GANELL WINBORN.BROTHERS: ROBERT, CARL, AND DEAN WINBORN.
DATE OF SERVICES: SUNDAY, MAY 7, 2006 AT 2:00 PM.PLACE OF SERVICES: BENTLEY BAPTIST CHURCH. INTERMENT: BENTLEY CEMETERY. OFFICIATING: REV. JOHN HOWARD. CASKETBEARERS: DAVID NORRIS, GEORGE SAXBY,RYAN NORRIS, CHET CASEY, DREW VEITCH, JAY CUMMINGS. FAMILY NIGHT: SATURDAY 6 TO 8 PM.
NAME: ALICE UYVONNE (BEESLEY) LOWE, age 56, OF BROMIDE, OK. BORN: SEPTEMBER 25, 1949 TO CARLTON LEON AND MARGARET ALICE (BALDWIN) BEESLEY IN SULPHUR, OK. PASSED AWAY: SATURDAY MAY 6, 2006 AT THE SOUTHEASTERN MEDICAL CENTER IN DURANT, OK.AGE: 56 YEARS 7 MONTHS AND 11 DAYS EDUCATION: ATTENDED MILL CREEK SCHOOL IN JOHNSTON COUNTY. MARRIED: JOHNNY LOWE ON AUGUST 6, 1965 IN DURANT, OK. OCCUPATION: ALICE WAS A NURSES AID IN AREA NURSING HOMES AND WAS ALSO A HOME HEALTH PROVIDER. CHURCH AFFILIATION: SHE WAS OF THE BAPTIST FAITH. survived by HUSBAND: JOHNNY LOWE OF THE HOME at bromide, ok. CHILDREN: MARGARET SANDERS AND HUSBAND PHILLIP OF MILAM, TX. JOHNNY LOWE, JR. AND WIFE PAM OF BROMIDE, OK. GENE LOWE AND WIFE SHELLY OF BROMIDE, OK. GRANDCHILDREN: ASHLEY, HEATHER, JOHNNY LOWE III, PHILLIP JR., RICHARD, MIKAYLA UYVONNE (her NAMESAKE), and DUSTIN. GREAT GRANDCHILDREN: KAMBRI, KYLEE AND EXPECTING ANOTHER ONE SOON. BROTHERS: CARLTON DEAN BEESLEY OF HENNEPIN, OK. RONNIE BEESLEY OF VAN BUREN, Ar. LEONARD BEESLEY OF SULPHUR, OK. R. O. BEESLEY OF DAVIS, OK. JAMES BEESLEY OF HENNEPIN, OK. DAVID BEESLEY OF VAN BUREN, Ar. SISTERS: LINDA CURRY OF BROWN, OK. MARY KATHERINE LANCASTER OF MARIETTA, OK. GLENDA JANE BEESLEY OF RAVIA, OK. ALONG WITH MANY NIECES, NEPHEWS, OTHER RELATIVES AND MANY DEAR AND LOVED FRIENDS. preceded in death by PARENTS: CARLTON LEON AND MARGARET ALICE BEESLEY.BROTHER: BUFORD DALE BEESLEY.
DATE OF SERVICES: TUESDAY, MAY 9, 2006 AT 2:00 P.M.PLACE OF SERVICES: FILLMORE FREEWILL BAPTIST CHURCH ~ fillmore, ok. INTERMENT: COLEMAN CEMETERY ~ coleman, oK. OFFICIATING: REV. STEVE HENRY. CASKETBEARERS: JOHNNY LOWE JR., FLOYD DRINNON, JOHNNY LOWE III, J. W. DRINNON, MICHAEL HANEY, JUSTIS DRINNON. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: FLOYD BERLIN, CHRIS McGRUDER FAMILY NIGHT: MONDAY 6-8 PM BROWN’S ATOKA CHAPEL.
NAME: WALTON WILLIAM “BUD” BETTS, AGE 76, A LONGTIME COAL-ATOKA COUNTY RESIDENT. BORN: FEBRUARY 18, 1930 TO CLYDE WILLIAM AND ThERESA (RAY) BETTS AT ATOKA, OK. PASSED AWAY: SUNDAY, MAY 7, 2006 AT HIS RESIDENCE IN RURAL COAL COUNTY.AGE: 76 YEARS 2 MONTHS AND 19 DAYS. EDUCATION: WALTON WAS AN ATOKA HIGH GRADUATE OF THE CLASS OF ‘47. OCCUPATION: BUD WORKED AS AN AIRCRAFT AND MISSILE QUALITY CONTROL PERSON AT THE VANDERBURG AIR FORCE BASE IN LOMPOC, CA, retiring IN 1985. CHURCH AFFILIATION: BUD WAS BAPTIZED IN 1969 AT THE WESTSIDE BAPTIST CHURCH IN LAS CRUCES, NEW MEXICO. HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE MASONIC LODGE #301 IN CALIFORNIA. BUD SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THe U.S. NAVY DURING THE COLD WAR. survived by DAUGHTER: TWANA SHEA AND HUSBAND CHRIS OF ALVORD, TX. GRANDCHILDREN: NICK AND JARED SHEA OF ALVORD, TX. SISTER: ANN DRUXMAN OF AZLE, TX. BROTHER: JERRIEL BETTS AND WIFE SUE OF ATOKA, OK. COUSINS: THOMAS “TINKER” RAY, SUE HILTON, SONNY BETTS, BETTY LOU WOLD, WANDA “DOODLE” HOBBS, MARTHA PEKOS NIECES AND GREAT: TRACY VANN, VICTORIA TREAS, GLENDA DEAVER, AMANDA BETTS, EVELYN CLEVELAND, SUNNY KAY ODOM, MELISSA DICKENSON, TAMMY ARRIOLA, and kristi colton. NEPHEWS AND GREAT: DANN DRUXMAN, CLYDE BETTS, DAVID BETTS, JAY BETTS, KEVIN LEMMON, JAMES DENNEY, DANNY DRUXMAN, MOSES DRUXMAN, DILLON TREAS, JEFF CLEVELAND preceded in death by MOM: TERESA RAY.DAD: CLYDE WILLIAM BETTS.SISTERS: MELBA DENNEY, KLYDIA RAY DAVENPORT, and DOROTHY BETTS.BROTHERS: RUSSELL AND JAMES BETTS.
DATE OF SERVICES: WEDNESDAY, MAY 10, 2006 AT 2:00 PM.place of SERVICES: graveside. interment: wards chapel cemetery ~ atoka, ok. OFFICIATING: CHAPLAIN RICHARD M. BETTS (LTC) USA RET.ASSISTING: DAVID RAY. CASKETBEARERS: DANN DRUXMAN, DANNY DRUXMAN, CLYDE BETTS, DAVID BETTS, JAY BETTS, KENNETH CLEVELAND. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: BILL VANN, LARRY TREAS, TINKER RAY, JERRIEL BETTS, SONNY BETTS. FAMILY NIGHT: TUESDAY 6 TO 8 PM
NAME: JIMMY WILLIAM FRED ISBELl, AGE 66, AN ATOKA AREA RESIDENT. BORN: JULY 10, 1939 IN HARRIS COUNTY, Tx TO WILLIAM FRED AND MIILDRED (ELLIS) ISBELL. PASSED AWAY: WEDNESDAY, MAY 10, 2006 AT HIS RESIDENCE IN ATOKA, OK.AGE: 66 YEARS 10 MONTHS AND 0 DAYS. EDUCATION: MARRIED: BETTY JOHNSON IN 1967 AT SANTA MARIA, CA. OCCUPATION: JIMMY WORKED AS A PIPEFITTER FOR FLOR DANIELS As well as BROWN AND ROOT. CHURCH AFFILIATION: HE WAS OF THE PROTESTANT FAITH. JIMMY SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE U.S. ARMY. survived by WIFE: BETTY isbell OF THE HOME at atoka, ok. SON: JIMMY ISBELL AND WIFE CHARMON OF ORANGE, TX. DAUGHTERS: JUDY NOWLIN AND HUSBAND MARK OF ATOKA, OK. CAROLYN ASHABRANNER AND HUSBAND GEORGE OF ORANGE, TX. STEPCHILDREN: CHARLES, LONNIE, ELIZABETH, AND KELLEY. FATHER: WILLIAM FRED AND wife JOYCE ISBELL OF SPENCE, NC. 8 GRANDCHILDREN, 1 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. SISTERS: BETTY JONES AND HUSBAND PAUL OF SHADY GROVE, TX. TINI WILLIS OF DALLAS, TX. BARBARA WILLIS OF LOUISIANA. preceded in death by MOTHER: MILDRED WILLIS.SON: TROY ISBELL.SISTERS: PATSY HAMILTON AND MARGARET COTTEN.
DATE OF SERVICES: FRIDAY, MAY 12, 2006 AT 2:00 PM.PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ atoka, ok. INTERMENT: ROSEHILL CEMETERY ~ WAPANUCKA, OK. OFFICIATING: ARVEL HALL. CASKETBEARERS: HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: FAMILY NIGHT: NONE
NAME: ETHEL MARIE (heebsch) PORTER, AGE 90, AN ATOKA AREA RESIDENT. BORN: AUGUST 21, 1915 AT TOLEDO, OH TO elmer AND SARAH (BORDNER) HEEBSCH. PASSED AWAY: WEDNESDAY, MAY 10, 2006 AT THE ANTLERS NURSING HOME.AGE: 90 YEARS 8 MONTHS AND 19 DAYS. EDUCATION: ETHEL ATTENDED WAITE HIGH SCHOOL IN TOLEDO, OH. MARRIED: ARTHUR WILLIS PORTER ON FEBRUARY 16, 1934 AT TOLEDO, OH. OCCUPATION: SHE WAS A HOUSEWIFE, HOMEMAKER, AND A LOVING WIFE AND MOTHER. CHURCH AFFILIATION: ETHEL WAS A MEMBER OF LATTER DAY SAINTS CHURCH IN OHIO. survived by DAUGHTER: MARILYN YODER AND HUSBAND JOHN OF ATOKA, OK. 4 GRANDCHILDREN, 16 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, 1 GREAT GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. preceded in death by PARENTS: elmer AND SARAH (BORDNER) HEEBSCH.HUSBAND: ARTHUR WILLIS PORTER on FEBRUARY 16, 1994.SON: JIM PORTER.7 SISTERS.4 BROTHERS.
DATE OF SERVICES: MONDAY, MAY 22, 2006 AT 1:00 PM place of service: graveside. Interment: willow cemetery ~ oregon, oh.
NAME: DON G. HYDE, AGE 70, OF TUSHKA AND A FORMER DALLAS AREA RESIDENT. BORN: MARCH 2, 1936 AT ATOKA, ok TO THOMAS LEE AND MURIEL (THOMAS) HYDE. PASSED AWAY: SATURDAY, MAY 13, 2006 AT THE CARL ALBERT INDIAN HOSPITAL IN ADA OK AGE: 70 YEARS 2 MONTHS AND 11 DAYS EDUCATION: DON ATTENDED TUSHKA SCHOOLS WHERE HE PLAYED BASKETBALL, GRADUATing WITH THE CLASS OF ‘55 . HE GRADUATED FROM EASTERN OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY IN 1957. MARRIED: MARYLN SUE MEEKS ON AUGust 6, 1960 AT TUSHKA, ok. OCCUPATION: DON WORKED 35 YEARS FOR THE SEARGENT- WELCH COMPANY SELLING MEDICAL AND SCIENCE EDUCATIONAL EQUIPMENT. AFTER HIS RETIRMENT FROM THE COMPANY HE FORMED DCM COMPANY. CHURCH AFFILIATION: HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH IN MESQUITE, TEXAS. DON SERVED IN THE 1245TH INFANTRY DIVISION OF THE OKLAHOMA NATIONAL GUARD. he WAS AN AVID O.U. SOONER FAN AND LOVED PLAYING GOLF. survived by WIFE: SUE hyde OF THE HOME at tushka, ok. SON: KELLY MARK HYDE OF DALLAS, tx. BROTHERS: TOM HYDE OF TUSHKA, ok. HARLON HYDE AND BETTY of CADDO, ok. SISTERS: PHYLLIS JENSEN AND HUSBAND STAN of TUSHKA, ok. DONNA MULKEY AND HUSBAND MIKE OF TUSHKA, ok. SANDY BANKER AND HUSBAND JACKY of TUSHKA, ok. SISTER IN-LAW: LOUISE ORR AND HUSBAND KENNETH of SULPHUR, OK. BROTHERS IN-LAW: DAVID MEEKS AND WIFE SHIRLEY of MINEOLA, Tx. MILLARD MEEKS AND WIFE MARY of BROKEN ARROW, OK. LIFELONG SPECIAL FRIEND: JERRY O. HALL of TUSHKA, ok. preceded in death by FATHER: THOMAS LEE HYDE.MOTHER: MURIEL FAVORS.STEPFATHER: A. J. “JUDDIE” FAVORS.BROTHER: ROGER NEAL HYDE.SISTER: BARBARA HADDOCK.
DATE OF SERVICES: TUESDAY MAY 16, 2006 AT 2:00 PM.PLACE OF SERVICES: TUSHKA BAPTIST CHURCH. INTERMENT: TUSHKA CEMETERY OFFICIATING: REV. STEVE RHODES.ASSISTING: REV. CHET HANEY. CASKETBEARERS: (nephews) JEFF BANKER, BRETT BANKER, MICHAEL FAVORS, DONALD ORR, ROCKY SWARTZ, MIKE TRAVIS, LEROY WHISLER, JIMMY RINER, GLEN HYDE. FAMILY NIGHT: MONDAY 6:00 PM.
NAME: james “jimmy” wells, AGE 55, OF wapanucKA, formerly of newburgh, ny. BORN: november 5, 1950 AT newburgh, ny TO leonard AND gloria (pender) wells . PASSED AWAY: SATURDAY, MAY 13, 2006 AT his wapanucka residence.AGe: 55 YEARS 24 MONTHS AND 8 DAYS EDUCATION: ATTENDED newburgh, ny SCHOOLS. MARRIED: he and thelma snooks-hokett have been together since 1979 and were married in 1994. OCCUPATION: jimmy worked as a paving contractor and was a disabled veteran. CHURCH AFFILIATION: HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE wilson BAPTIST CHURCH. jimmy served with the u. s. marine corps in vietnam . survived by WIFE: thelma of the home in wapanucka, ok. daughter: tiffany ward and husband robert of wallkill, NY. stepchildren: gwen alonso and husband paul of wesley chappel, fl. jeanette reynolds and husband david of brooksville, fl. donald harding and wife penny of riverview, fl. richard harding and wife trisha of wapanucka, ok. BROTHERS: albert wells and wife ruth of newburgh, ny. edward wells and wife michelle of newburgh, ny. SISTER: mureil “Mickey” merrill and husband walter of wallkill, ny. darla “dolly” napier and larry of clintondale, ny. 10 grandchildren. preceded in death by PARENTS: leonard and gloria wells.BROTHER: harry wells.
DATE OF SERVICES: services to be held in Newburgh, ny.
NAME: RAYMOND DOUGLAS “DOUG” HANEY, AGE 63, OF THE CRYSTAL AREA AND A LONGTIME ATOKA AREA RESIDENT. BORN: JUNE 22, 1942 NEAR OLNEY, COAL COUNTY, OK TO EARLON AND ADELL (CECIL) HANEY. PASSED AWAY: FRIDAY, MAY 19, 2006 AT THE ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITALAGE: 63 YEARS 10 MONTHS 27 DAYS. EDUCATION: DOUG ATTENDED AND GRADUATED FROM BROMIDE HIGH SCHOOL IN 1960. MARRIED: SARAH ANN DAVIS ON MAY 24, 1980 AT ATOKA. OCCUPATION: HE WAS A STAR ROUTE MAIL CARRIER FOR OVER 33 YEARS. CHURCH AFFILIATION: HE WAS AFFILIATED WITH THE ATOKA ASSEMBLY OF GOD CHURCH AND LOVED HIS CHURCH FAMILY. DOUG SERVED 8 YEARS IN THE OKLAHOMA NATIONAL GUARD WITH THE ATOKA UNIT. DOUG LOVED HUNTING AND TOURNAMENT FISHING AND HELPING OTHERS. SURVIVED BY WIFE: SARAH HANEY OF THE HOME NEAR CRYSTAL, OK. SON: ANDREW DOUGLAS HANEY OF THE CRYSTAL AREA. PARENTS: ADELL (CECIL) AND EARLON HANEY OF JOHNSON, KS. SISTERS: BARBARA WIENS AND HUSBAND STEVE OF HAYSVILLE, KS. SHIRLEY GLEASON AND HUSBAND MICHAEL OF SALINA, KS. LOUISE BROYLES OF ULYSSES, KS. BROTHERS: CECIL HANEY AND WIFE DOROTHY OF SALINA, KS. WILLIAM HANEY AND WIFE BEVERLY OF JOHNSON, KS. AUNTS: LUCILLE FAHRNI AND HUSBAND ROY OF EXETER, CA. LILLIAN HANEY OF COALGATE, OK. SPECIAL AUNT: LENNIE WILLIAMS OF ATOKA, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY GRANDPARENTS: GEORGE WASHINGTON AND DOLLIE HANEY. M.E. AND NELLIE CECIL.
DATE OF SERVICES: MONDAY, MAY 22, 2006 AT 2:00 PM PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: ROSE HILL CEMETERY ~ WAPANUCKA, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. BOB WINGO.ASSISTING: REV. JOHN REUBEN CLEMMETSEN. CASKETBEARERS: TIM HYATT, RICK DAY, JASON DONIHOU, DUSTY SNOW, WAYNE MITCHELL, BEN WILLIAMS. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: JOHN WILLIAMS, JAMESON WILLIAMS, FRED JORDAN.
NAME: MAUDE ELIZABETH COCHRAN ALLRED, AGE 102, A LIFELONG ATOKA COUNTY AREA RESIDENT. BORN: SEPTEMBER 4, 1903 AT SULPHUR BLUFF, TX TO JAMES WALTER AND MARY ALICE (UNDERWOOD) RIPLEY. PASSED AWAY: WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY 24, 2006 AT THE ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.AGE: 102 YEARS 8 MONTHS AND 20 DAYS. EDUCATION: MAUDE ATTENDED HAYWOOD, OK HIGH SCHOOL AND GRADUATED WITH THE CLASS OF 1921. SHE THEN TOOK SOME COLLEGE COURSES AT SOUTHEASTERN STATE IN DURANT, OK. MARRIED: THOMAS JEFFERSON COCHRAN ON DECEMBER 19, 1925 AT COALGATE, OK. HERMAN LEE ALLRED ON FEBruary 20, 1963 AT ATOKA, OK. OCCUPATION: MAUDE OWNED AND OPERATED THE FIRST DAIRY QUEEN IN ATOKA COUNTY FROM THE FALL 1953 TO THE SPRING OF 1963. SHE WAS A LOVING WIFE AND MOTHER. CHURCH AFFILIATION: MAUDE WAS BAPTIZED AT HAYWOOD, OK AS A MEMBER OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH AND LATER ATTENDED WORLDWIDE CHURCH OF GOD IN ADA, OK. survived by SONS: CLIFFORD D. COCHRAN AND WIFE LOIS OF ATOKA, OK. EDGAR L. COCHRAN AND WIFE RUTH OF ROYAL CITY, WA. CLYDE C. COCHRAN OF ATOKA, OK. JAMES D. COCHRAN OF ATOKA, OK. KENNETH J. COCHRAN AND WIFE BETTY OF ATOKA, OK. GRANDDAUGHTERS: TERESA SUTTON OF ATOKA, OK. TONI BROWN OF ATOKA, OK. GRANDSONS: JEFF COCHRAN OF ROYAL CITY, WA. TERRY COCHRAN OF ROYAL CITY, WA. ALLEN COCHRAN OF ADA, OK. SCOTT COCHRAN OF ATOKA, OK. BROTHER: PAUL RIPLEY OF TACOMA, WA. SISTER: ALENE RIEGER OF VANCOUVER, WA. 12 GREAT grandchildren, 2 GREAT GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. preceded in death by PARENTS: JAMES AND MARY RIPLEY.HUSBANDS: THOMAS JEFFERSON COCHRAN ON MAY 22, 1951. HERman LEE ALLRED ON JUNE 1, 1985.SISTERS: MINNIE ANDERSON AND VIVIAN HUDSON.BROTHERS: JAMES C., DOYLE C., THOMAS G., LANE E., AND NEAL RIPLEY.
DATE OF SERVICES: FRIDAY, MAY 26, 2006 AT 10:00 AM.place of SERVICES: graveside. interment: WESTVIEW CEMETERY OFFICIATING: REV. DREW SUPER. CASKETBEARERS: JODY GOODSON, ALLEN COCHRAN, JAMES SUTTON, KEITH BARTON, DAVEY SUTTON, SCOTT COCHRAN. FAMILY NIGHT: THURSDAY 6 TO 8 PM.
NAME: ROBERT PARKER WILHITE, AGE 79, A RESIDENT OF THE ARDMORE VETERANS CENTER AND FORMER PAULS VALLEY AND BENTLEY AREA RESIDENT.  BORN: MAY 25, 1926 AT BENTLEY, OK TO WILLIAM EDDY AND CORA ALICE (SEWELL) WILHITE. PASSED AWAY: TUESDAY, MAY 23, 2006 AT THE ARDMORE VETERANS CENTER.AGE: 79 YEARS 11 MONTHS AND 28 DAYS. EDUCATION: ROBERT ATTENDED BENTLEY SCHOOLS. MARRIED: THELMARIE WALL ON DECEMBER 23, 1945 AT DALLAS, TX. OCCUPATION: ROBERT WORKED MORE THAN 33 YEARS FOR BELL TELEPHONE AND LATER WAS A CONSTRUCTION FOREMAN INSTALLING CABLE TELEVISION IN MANY COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT THE U.S., RETIRing IN 1991. CHURCH AFFILIATION: HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE MASONIC LODGE IN LARNED, KANSAS. ROBERT ENJOYED GOLF AND SPORTS. HE WAS A GUITAR PLAYER FOR A COUNTRY WESTERN BAND AND WAS DRAFTED BY THE BALTIMORE ORIOLES PRO BASEBALL TEAM DURING HIS YOUNGER YEARS. ROBERT SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE U.S. NAVY DURING WWII. survived by First WIFE: THELMARIE WILHITE OF LARNED, KS. CHILDREN: PATRICIA DEARY and HUSBAND KENNETH OF GARLAND, TX. ARLENE BENNETT and HUSBAND ROGER OF ROSWELL, GA. ROBERT PARKER “BOB” WILHITE, JR. OF HUTCHINSON, KS. JOYCE LEWIS CLARK OF MABLETON, GA. WILLIAM JOSEPH “BJ” WILHITE AND WIFE RENEE OF TOPEKA, KS. 14 GRANDCHILDREN, 16 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. SISTER: OTHELL ANDERSON AND HUSBAND MARVIN OF BENTLEY, OK. BROTHER: LEON B. WILHITE AND WIFE VIVIAN OF PARIS, TX. FAVORITE COUSIN: VERNON SEWELL OF SAN BENITO, TX. preceded in death by PARENTS: WILLIAM EDDY AND CORA ALICE WILHITE.SON: JIMMY CARWYN WILHITE.BROTHERS: William WOODROW, LONNIE KENNETH, EARLIN LEE, AND ROY DALE WILHITE
DATE OF SERVICES: SATURDAY, MAY 27, 2006 AT 2:00 PM.GRAVESIDE SERVICES: BENTLEY CEMETERY. OFFICIATING: robert’s FAMILY AND THE MASONIC LODGE #4 OF ATOKA, OK. CASKETBEARERS: TROY GAMMON, DONALD COYLE, FOY CALLICOAT, KENNETH MOSER, CHARLES CARROLL, BEN CARROLL. FAMILY NIGHT: FRIDAY 6 TO 8 PM.
NAME: MILDRED OTHETA (LaVARNWAY) SILVERS, AGE 79, A LONGTIME ATOKA AREA RESIDENT. BORN: JUNE 27, 1926 AT THE NEW HOPE COMMUNITY IN ATOKA COUNTY TO SAMUEL MANUEL AND MYRTLE (ATTEBERRY) LaVARNWAY. PASSED AWAY: SATURDAY, MAY 27, 2006 AT THE ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.AGE: 79 YEARS 11 MONTHS AND 0 DAYS EDUCATION: MILDRED ATTENDED SCHOOL AT NEW HOPE AND GRADUATED FROM CHOWCHILLA HIGH SCHOOL, CHOWCHILLA, CALIFORNIA WITH THE CLASS OF 1945. MARRIED: CHARLES THOMAS SILVERS ON MARCH 17, 1949 AT SHERMAN, TEXAS. OCCUPATION: MILDRED WAS A HOUSEWIFE AND HOMEMAKER. SHE BEGAN WORKING OUTSIDE THE HOME AFTER HER CHILDREN GOT OLDER. SHE WORKED AT THE SAVANNAH NAVAL AMMO DEPOT AND WAS A RECEPTIONIST FOR DR. REED. SHE LATER WORKED AT THE DEBBIE ANN’S AND DIAPER JEANS SEWING FACTORIES. CHURCH AFFILIATION: MILDRED WAS A FOUNDING MEMBER OF THE SOUTHSIDE BAPTIST CHURCH. SHE TAUGHT SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASS for MANY DIFFERENT AGE GROUPS. SHE WAS RECENTLY HONORED AS BEING THE OLDEST ACTIVE FOUNDING MEMBER. MILDRED LOVED SEWING, GARDENING, CRAFTS AND READING, BUT ABOVE ALL, LOVED CARING FOR HER GRANDCHILDREN AND HER FAMILY. survived by CHILDREN: DEBBIE SILVERS of ATOKA, ok. SAMMY SILVERS AND WIFE CONNIE OF ATOKA, ok. THETA BRIGGS OF ATOKA, OK. GRANDCHILDREN: MICHELLE HALL of TUSHKA, OK. SHAWNA FINCHER AND HUSBAND SCOTT OF CANEY, ok. MYRA HAVARNEK AND HUSBAND SHAWN of ATOKA, ok. jAMIE CROW AND HUSBAND HEATH of ATOKA, ok. ERIN BRIGGS of ATOKA, ok. GREAT GRANDCHILDREN: COREY PRICE, AUSTIN FINCHER, ALEX FINCHER, KAYLEE HALL, ZuKARR EAVES, ZAINE EAVES, NIKKI WILLIAMS, NICHOLE ROSE, AND ANOTHER EXPECTED SOON. STEP GRANDCHILDREN: BRAD HILL AND WIFE TERRI of ATOKA, ok. JERAD GEARHART AND WIFE DANA of LEHIGH, ok. jASON ROSE of DURANT, ok. RUSSELL ROSE AND WIFE TISHA of DURANT, ok. SISTERS-IN-LAW: GENEVA LaVARNWAY AND VIOLA LaVARNWAY OF OKLaHOMA CITY. SPECIAL PEOPLE THAT were PART OF HER LIFE: SHIRLEY GREGORY, JIM BRIGGS AND LINDA SILVERS OF ATOKA, ok. preceded in death by PARENTS: SAMUEL AND MYRTLE LaVARNWAY.HUSBAND: CHARLES T. SILVERS ON MAY 13, 1988.SISTERS: DOLLIE HENSLEY, JUANITA BURTON, AND ONETA GRAY.BROTHERS: ROY AND FLOYE LaVARNWAY.
DATE OF SERVICES: TUESDAY MAY 30, 2006 AT 10:00 AM place of SERVICES: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, ok. OFFICIATING: ARVEL HALL.assisting: REV STEVE HAVENER. INTERMENT: GREEN MEADOWS CEMETERY of ATOKA, ok. CASKETBEARERS: KENNETH BREEDEN, BRETT ALBERDA, ROGER McININCH, RON McININCH, LOYD BARTON, JIM POOL. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: (SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASS MEMBERS) ALMA MILLER, DEAN McNALLY, BETTY McKENZIE, CLETA THOMAS GAINES, GENEVA PAYNE, EUNICE REED, FRANKIE BARTON, BETTY JACKSON, VERA WARREN, IVA DENSMORE, ELLEN HIGHT, HELEN FAULKENBERRY. FAMILY NIGHT THIS EVENING AT 7 PM.
NAME: LINDA SUE (McCULLAR) McCOY, AGE 58, A ROFF AREA RESIDENT AND A FORMER LONGTIME ATOKA COUNTY AREA RESIDENT. BORN: MAY 14, 1948 AT ATOKA, OK TO JOE WESLEY AND CALLIE (BLEVINS) McCULLAR. PASSED AWAY: MAY 28, 2006 NEAR THE MURRAY AND PONTOTOC COUNTY LINE FROM INJURIES RECEIVED IN AN AUTO ACCIDENT.AGE: 58 YEARS 0 MONTHS AND 14 DAYS. EDUCATION: LINDA ATTENDED COTTONWOOD SCHOOL IN COAL COUNTY, ok. MARRIED: JAMES RANDALL BEACH IN 1968 AT OKLAHOMA CITY, OK. RAY McCOY ON JULY 5, 1973 AT PARIS, TX. OCCUPATION: LINDA WAS A HOUSEWIFE, HOMEMAKER, AND A PASTOR’S WIFE. CHURCH AFFILIATION: LINDA WAS A MEMBER OF THE OAK GROVE PENTECOSTAL CHURCH. SHE ENJOYED TEAM PENNING AND RIDING HORSES. survived by HUSBAND: RAY LYNN McCOY OF BEGGS, OK. CHILDREN: LARRY BEACH AND WIFE REBECCA OF TUPELO, OK. KAREN BEACH AND CHRIS BACON OF ROFF, OK. TRACY STEPHENS AND HUSBAND RANDY OF ROFF, OK. CHRIS McCOY AND WIFE ROBYN OF FITZHUGH, OK. GRANDCHILDREN: JOSHUA, JACOB, JESSICA, AND JAMIE BEACH. JUSTIN, KODY, AND NICOLE SWALLOW. RAYCEN HUNTER, DAVID, JOSHUA, AND RORI STEPHENS. TAYLOR, TY RAY, AND TAYCEE McCOY SISTERS: JEWEL JUSTUS AND HUSBAND HERSHEL OF ATOKA, OK. JOANN STEER AND HUSBAND LENNIE OF ATOKA, OK. preceded in death PARENTS: JOE AND CALLIE McCULLAR.HUSBAND: JAMES RANDALL BEACH on april 28, 2001.BROTHER: CLIFFORD McCULLAR.GRANDSON: HUNTER RACE STEPHENS.
DATE OF SERVICES: WEDNESDAY, MAY 31, 2006 AT 10:00 AM.PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S funeral CHAPEL ~ atoka, ok. INTERMENT: GREEN MEADOWS CEMETERY ~ atoka, ok. OFFICIATING: REV. LEONARD CLABOURN.ASSISTING: REV. ROGER BROWN. CASKETBEARERS: OWEN PRATER, BILL ROBERSON, TERRY CALLICOAT, STEVE SMITH, JERRY RICHARD, HERMAN DAY. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: JOSHUA BEACH, JACOB BEACH, JUSTIN SWALLOW, JOSHUA STEPHENS, JAMES BEACH, KODY SWALLOW, DAVID STEPHENS, RAYCE STEPHENS, TY RAY McCOY, HUNTER STEPHENS. FAMILY NIGHT: TUESDAY 6 TO 8 PM.
NAME: MOHEE (REEVES) HUBBARD, AGE 92, A LONGTIME ATOKA COUNTY AREA RESIDENT AND A FORMER HEALDTON, OKLAHOMA RESIDENT. BORN: AUGUST 2, 1913 AT TAhLEQUAH, OK TO PAUL O. AND OLLIE (LYNOX) REEVES . PASSED AWAY: SUNDAY MAY 28, 2006 AT THE ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.AGE: 92 YEARS 9 MONTHS AND 26 DAYS. EDUCATION: MOHEE ATTENDED SCHOOL AT WYNONNA AND PAWHUSKA, OK. MARRIED: JOHN CLINGHON “BILL” HUBBARD ON MARCH 8, 1930 AT PAWHUSKA, OK. OCCUPATION: MOHEE WORKED MANY YEARS IN NURSING HOMES IN THE HEALDTON AREA. CHURCH AFFILIATION: SHE WAS A LONGTIME MEMBER OF THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH IN HEALDTON AND THE HARMONY BAPTIST CHURCH AFTER MOVING TO THE AREA IN 1968. MOHEE WAS ACTIVE IN THE HOME DEMONSTRATION CLUBS IN THE HEALDTON AREA AND HARMONY AREA. sHE WAS A DEVOTED HOUSEWIFE AND HOMEMAKER AND WAS A SPECIAL GRANDMOTHER TO MANY CHILDREN THAT SHE CARED FOR THROUGH THE YEARS. survived by DAUGHTER: KAYE HARVEY AND HUSBAND J. M “BUD” OF ATOKA, ok. GRANDCHILDREN: DANA HARVEY OF ATOKA, ok. JAY HARVEY AND WIFE MISTY OF BENNINGTON, ok. GREAT GRANDCHILDREN: SPENCER AND JARED HARVEY OF BENNINGTON, ok. HER SPECIAL KIDS, INCLUDING: JAMIE MOORE, KELLY MOORE, ABBY BELCHER, MARY BETH BELCHER, BROOKE HOWARD, RICHIE ROBERTS, GRANT BROWN, LAYNIE THOMAS, JESSIE EAGLEBERGER, TUFF HARDMAN, MATT JAMES, BUBBA “BRIAN” HOOK, KOLT RHINEHART, SKYLAR DENTON, MYKAYLA PRAYTOR, AND DANNI PRAYTOR preceded in death by PARENTS: PAUL AND OLLIE REEVES.HUSBAND: BILL HUBBARD ON FEBruary 2, 1988.DAUGHTER: BILLIE JOYCE HUBBARD.SISTER: PEARL CAMPBELL.BROTHER: LEONARD REEVES.
DATE OF SERVICES: TUESDAY MAY 30, 2006 AT 2:00 PM PLACE OF SERVICES: HARMONY BAPTIST CHURCH ~ atoka, ok. OFFICIATING: REV. DREW SUPER.ASSISTING: REV. JASON YARBROUGH. INTERMENT: GREEN MEADOWS CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, ok. CASKETBEARERS: JODY SHERRILL, RONNIE HARPER, KELLY MOORE, JAMIE MOORE, CURTIS BELCHER, WES MOORE, DARRELL COCHRAN, PAUL HOWARD. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: JACK FOMBY, TOMMY LYTLE, DAVID BLACKBURN.
NAME: JESSE WAYNE PHILLIPS, AGE 73, A LONGTIME ATOKA COUNTY AREA RESIDENT. BORN: FEBRUARY 28, 1933 AT IRON STOB, ATOKA COunty, OK TO ESCAR A. AND ETHEL (ALLEN) PHILLIPS. PASSED AWAY: WEDNESDAY, MAY 31, 2006 AT HIS crystal RESIDENCE.AGE: 73 YEARS 3 MONTHS 3 DAYS. EDUCATION: JESSE ATTENDED CRYSTAL AND ATOKA SCHOOLS, GRADUATing WITH THE CLASS OF 1950, AND THEN ATTENDED MURRAY STATE COLLEGE IN TISHOMINGO, ok. MARRIED: LORETTA JOY AT REDWOOD CREEK, CA. OCCUPATION: JESSe WAS A FARMER AND RANCHER SINCE 1966. HE WORKED THE OIL FIelDS OF ALASKA, WAS A TRUCK DRIVER, WORKED AS A POLICE OFFICER IN FT. WorTH DURING THE ‘50’S, AND WHILE IN CALIFORNIA HE WAS A MACHINIST AND WORKED FOR A SAWMILL. CHURCH AFFILIATION: JESSE WAS A MEMBER OF THE CrySTAL BAPTIST CHURCH. he SERVED ON THE ATOKA CONSERVATION COMMITTEE FOR 13 YEARS. HE WAS 32 DEGREE MASON AND SERVED AS VICE PRESIDENT AND UNION STEWARD IN THE MACHINIST UNION IN CALIFORNIA. survived by CHILDREN: JIMMY PHILLIPS AND WIFE MARILYN OF ATOKA, OK. RENEE KUIPER OF GREENWOOD, AR. ANGELIA SMITH AND HUSBAND DAVE OF FLORENCE, OR. LINDSAY PHILLIPS AND WIFE ANNETTE OF OKLAHOMA CITY. JOYCE BRADY OF BENTLEY, OK. MOTHER OF HIS CHILDREN: LORETTA PLATZ OF FLORENCE, oR. grandchildren: Peter, Naomi, rebbecca, alvin, holy, dusty, stormy, and shelby. great GRANDCHILDREN: LEVI, SYDNEY, JUSTIN, JAKE, CASSANDRA, LINDSEY, ZACHARY LYNN, ZANE MICHAEL. BROTHERS: DONALD PHILLIPS OF OKLAHOMA CITY. KENNETH PHILLIPS AND WIFE ERMA OF EUFAULA, OK. JAMES PHILLIPS AND WIFE SHARON OF CRYSTAL, OK. SISTER: DEBBIE GEORGE AND HUSBAND ED OF EUFAULA, OK. preceded in death by PARENTS: ESCAR AND ETHEL PHILLIPS.SON: TOMMY JACK PHILLIPS.BROTHERS: CECIL AND J. D. PHILLIPS.SON-IN-LAW: ALVIN KUIPER, II.
MEMORIAL SERVICES: SUNDAY, JUNE 4, 2006 AT 2:00 PM.PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S funeral CHAPEL ~ atoka, ok. OFFICIATING: REV. DARRELL HEATHASSISTING: REV. EDDY COOKE and (grandson) Peter john phillips. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: MEMBERS OF THE 45TH INFANTRY MILITARY POLICE, BRAD WAKEFIELD, JOHN TEMKO AND WIFE CRYSTAL, terry snow, max shoemake, david shoemake
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