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NAME:      FAYE (JENKINS) QUIN, AGE 82, A CANEY AREA RESIDENT AND FORMER SAN ANTONIO, TX AREA RESIDENT.
quin,faye
 
BORN:    FEBRUARY 16, 1925 AT OKLAHOMA CITY TO WILLIAM HARRISON AND EFFIE (BLAGBURN) JENKINS.
 
PASSED AWAY:     WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY 2, 2007 AT THE OAK RIDGE MANOR IN DURANT, ok.
 
AGE:   82  YEARS   2 MONTHS   AND    16 DAYS.
 
EDUCATION:     FAYE WAS A CANEY HIGH GRADUATE AND ATTENDED SOUTHEASTERN STATE UNIVERSITY IN DURANT, OK.
 
MARRIED:       LEO WAGGONER.
                         JAMES NORVAl ”JIM” QUIN.
 
OCCUPATION:      FAYE WAS A MANAGER at A T & T IN SAN ANTONIO, TX FOR 40 YEARS.
 
CHURCH AFFILIATION:      SHE WAS OF THE BAPTIST FAITH.
 
FAYE LOVED ANIMALS, COUNTRY MUSIC, AND SPENDING TIME WITH HER MOTHER.  shE HAD A WONDERFUL SENSE OF HUMOR.
 
 
       survived by
 
BROTHERS:      LLOYD JENKINS AND WIFE KAREN OF PORTLAND, OR.
                             HARLEY JENKINS AND WIFE JUDY OF CANEY, OK
 
AUNT:      PEARL BLAGBURN OF BOGOLA SPRINGS, TX.
 
NIECES:    TERRI CLOYDE AND HUSBAND BOB OF MADILL, OK.
                     TINA LUCKMAN AND HUSBAND GREGG OF MAGNOLIA, TX.
                     DEBBIE REED and HUSBAND CURTIS OF ELMORE CITY, OK.
 
NEPHEWS:     GREG JENKINS AND WIFE KELLIE OF CANEY, OK.
                         RUSS JENKINS OF BONHAM, TX.
                         BOBBY ADAMS OF MARLOW, OK.
                         STEVE ADAMS AND WIFE CAROLYN OF QUINTON, OK.
                         TOM ADAMS AND WIFE DANA OF DUNCAN, OK.
 
 
VERY DEAR FRIENDS:     RITA TURNER AND JOANNE BOND OF SAN ANTONIO, tx.
 
 
       preceded in death by
 
HUSBAND:   JIM QUIN in february, 1984.
FATHER:    WILLIAM HARRISON JENKINS.
MOTHER:    EFFIE (BLAGBURN) JENKINS REID.
STEP FATHER:     LUKE REID.
BROTHER:     WILLIAM ELTON JENKINS.
SISTER:    BILLIE CHRISTINE (JENKINS) ADAMS.
BROTHER IN LAW:    GEORGE ADAMS.
NIECE:     ANITA JENKINS.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:    SATURDAY, MAY 5, 2007 AT 10:00 A.M.
PLACE OF SERVICES:     BROWN’S funeral CHAPEL ~ atoka, ok.
 
INTERMENT:     GREEN MEADOWS CEMETERY  ~ atoka, ok.
 
OFFICIATING:     REV. BOB CLOYDE.
 
CASKETBEARERS:     DON BARNARD, CHARLES McCALL, GERALD EAVES, PERRY WILLIS, RANDY BRISTER, DON WALLACE.
 
 
FAMILY NIGHT:    NONE
 
 
 
 
NAME:    BILL LESLIE COTHAM, AGE 88, A FORMER CRYSTAL-ATOKA COUNTY AREA RESIDENT.
 
BORN:      MAY 23, 1918 AT LEONARD, TEXAS  TO LESLIE AND ESTHER M. (jones) COTHAM.
 
PASSED AWAY:     FRIDAY MORNING, MAY 4, 2007 AT GLADEWATER, TEXAS.
AGE:     88  YEARS   11 MONTHS   AND    11 DAYS.
 
EDUCATION:     ATTENDED LEONARD, TEXAS SCHOOLS.
 
MARRIED:   JUANITA O’CONNER IN 1945 AT OKLAHOMA CITY, OK.
 
OCCUPATION:    BILL WAS AN ELECTRONIC ENGINEER, RETIRING IN 1990.
 
CHURCH AFFILIATION:    HE WAS OF THE METHODIST FAITH.
 
BILL SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE U.S. ARMY DURING WWII.
 
 
       survived by
 
COUSIN:    GLEN HARRISON OF FT. WORTH, TX.
 
GRAND NEPHEWS AND NIECES:      STEVE HARRISON OF FT. WORTH, TX.
                                                                   JOHNNY THOMPSON OF ATLANTA, TX.
                                                                   KAYE HARRISON OF FT. WORTH, TX.
                                                                   TEDDILYNN WILSON OF FT. WORTH, TX.
                                                                   WILLIE K. McCAIN OF HUGHES SPRING, TX.
                                                                   WILLIAM HARRISON OF SAN ANTONIO, TX.
 
 
       preceded in death by
 
WIFE:      JUANITA COTHAM.
BROTHER:     VERNON COTHAM.
PARENTS:     LESLIE AND ESTHER COTHAM ON APRIL 5, 1999.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:    SUNDAY, MAY 6, 2007 AT 2:00 P.M.
place of SERVICES:     graveside.
 
interment:     CRYSTAL CEMETERY ~ crystal, ok.
 
OFFICIATING:   GLEN HARRISON.
ASSISTING:   STEVE HARRISON.
 
CASKETBEARERS:     GLEN HARRISON, STEVE HARRISON, GREG WILSON, MILTON McCAIN.
 
FAMILY NIGHT:  NONE
 
 
 
 
NAME:    KAMEAN GUNNER NOWLIN, AGE 8, A BENTLEY AREA RESIDENT.
nowlin,kam
 
BORN:      APRIL 13, 1999 AT DURANT, OK TO CLINT AND JENNIFFER DEE ANN (MOBBS) NOWLIN.
 
PASSED AWAY:     SUNDAY, MAY 6, 2007 AT HIS HOME NEAR BENTLEY.
 
AGE:     8 YEARS    0 MONTHS    AND   23 DAYS .
 
 
       survived by
 
PARENTS:   CLINT AND JENNIFFER NOWLIN OF THE HOME.
 
SISTER AND BROTHER:    FELICIA JADE AND LANCE KYLER NOWLIN OF THE HOME.
 
GRANDPARENTS:    ROY AND SHIRLEY MOBBS OF BENTLEY, ok.
                                       MICHAEL NOWLIN AND WIFE MICHELLE OF LANE, OK.
                                       DARCUS NOWLIN OF TALAHINA, OK.
 
GREAT GRANDPARENTS:    FORREST AND DORA FAY NOWLIN OF FARRIS, ok.
                                                     ALTA BLUNT OF TALAHINA, OK.
 
AUNTS AND UNCLES:      STACIE, ANDREA AND STUART NOWLIN.
                                               WESLEY AND CHANCE MOBBS.
 
ALONG WITH NUMEROUS GReat AUNTS AND UNCLES, COUSINS AND MANY DEAR AND LOVED FRIENDS.  
 
 
       preceded in death by
 
GREAT GRANDPARENTS:      BOB AND RUBY RAINS.
                                                       RALPH AND SUSIE MOBBS.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:      WEDNESDAY, MAY 9, 2007 AT 2:00 P.M.
PLACE OF SERVICES:     BROWN’S Funeral CHAPEL ~ atoka, ok.
 
INTERMENT:     BENTLEY CEMETERY.
 
OFFICIATING:     REV. MARK TURNER.
ASSISTING:     DR. DON HAZELl.
 
CASKETBEARERS:     DALE MOBBS, CHANCE MOBBS, WESLEY MOBBS, STUART NOWLIN.
 
HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:      DANNY TOMLINSON, GARY RAINS, larry rains, and all the other old farts at the bentley store.
 
 
FAMILY NIGHT:    TUESday 6:00 TO 8:00 P.M.
 
 
 
 
NAME:    EUGENIA LEE “JEANIE” (TISDELL) CAPSHAW, AGE 56, AN ATOKA AREA RESIDENT.
capshaw,jeanie
 
BORN:    FEBRUARY 7, 1951 AT SULPHUR, OK TO EUGENE ORVILLE AND GEORGIA LEE (PATRICK) TISDELL.
 
PASSED AWAY:     SUNDAY NIGHT, MAY 6, 2007 AT THE MEDICAL CENTER OF SE OKLAHOMA IN DURANT.
AGE:     56  YEARS   2 MONTHS   AND   29 DAYS.
 
EDUCATION:     JEANIE ATTENDED SCHOOLS IN RICHMOND, CA.
 
OCCUPATION:    SHE WORKED AS A DESK CLERK AT THE RIDGE MOTEL IN STRINGTOWN AND WAS ALSO A WAITRESS.
 
CHURCH AFFILIATION:    JEANIE WAS OF THE BAPTIST FAITH. SHE ATTENDED DAYSPRING CHURCH FOR SEVERAL YEARS.
 
 
       survived by
 
MOTHER:    GEORGIA LEE JACKSON AND HUSBAND KENNETH OF COALGATE, ok.
 
CHILDREN:    TOMMY BACA AND WIFE KIMBERLY OF ATOKA, OK.
                           LORA RENEE COCKERELL and HUSBAND TOBY OF LONDON, ENGLAND.
                           PATIENCE TISDELL AND HUSBAND JERRY HORN OF McALESTER, ok.
 
GRANDCHILDREN:     CHANCE WILSON, BROOKE BACA, NATAN TISDELL, BRIDGITT HORN, ERIN HORN AND ARRIVING SOON CONSTANCE BACA.
 
STEP GRANDCHILDREN:    CAMERON GORDON AND KEILY GORDON.
 
BROTHERS:      DAVID TISDELL AND WIFE GLENDA OF ATOKA, ok.
                             MELVIN “HOPPER” JACKSON AND WIFE SHEILA OF COALGATE, ok.
                             JESSIE JACKSON AND WIFE JOYCE OF STRINGTOWN, ok.
                             RAYMOND JACKSON AND WIFE AHLONA OF STRINGTOWN, ok.
                             RANDALL JACKSON OF STRINGTOWN, ok.
                             WALLY JACKSON OF ALABAMA.
 
SISTERS:     KAY JONES AND HUSBAND IRLAND OF COALGATE, ok.
                       RITA BENSON AND HUSBAND TONI OF STRINGTOWN, ok.
                       TONYA HENSLEY AND HUSBAND RICK OF DAISY, ok.
                       DEBBIE BORJESSON AND HUSBAND RANDY OF BUCKLEY, WA.
 
 
       preceded in death by
 
FATHER:    EUGENE TISDELL.
BROTHER:     MICHAEL TISDELL.
NEPHEW:      DAVID TISDELL.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:    THURSDAY, MAY 10, 2007 AT 2:00 P.M.
PLACE OF SERVICES:     BROWN’S funeral CHAPEL ~ atoka, ok.
 
INTERMENT:     MILL CREEK CEMETERY ~ mill creek, ok.
 
OFFICIATING:     DR. JAMES CROWSON.
ASSISTING:     REV. RAlpH CROW.
 
CASKETBEARERS:       LAMONT CRAWFORD, LEVI ROWLEY, ERIC BENSON, IRLAND KEITH JONES, JASON JONES, JONATHAN JONES.
 
HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:    RANDALL JACKSON, MARK BENSON.
 
 
FAMILY NIGHT:    WEDnesday 6:00 TO 8:00 P.M.
 
 
 
 
NAME:    BILLY WEEDEN, AGE 77,  A MCALESTER AREA RESIDENT SINCE 1990 AND FORMER ATOKA COUNTY AREA RESIDENT.
weeden,billy
 
BORN:      FEBRUARY 21, 1930 AT TUPELO, ok TO WILLIAM EDWARD AND VERA (CARROLL) WEEDEN.
 
PASSED AWAY:     THURSDAY, MAY 17, 2007 AT ST. FRANCIS MEDICAL CENTER IN TULSA, OK.
AGE:   77 YEARS  2  MONTHS    AND     26 DAYS.
 
EDUCATION:     billy ATTENDED TUSHKA SCHOOLS AND RECEIVED HIS BACHELOR’S DEGREE IN ACCOUNTING FROM SouthEastern ok STATE UNIVERSITY IN DURANT.
 
MARRIED:       ALMA LEE WHITE ON FEBRUARY 23, 1951 AT ATOKA, OK.
 
OCCUPATION:    BILLY WAS AN EXECUTIVE CORPORATE CLERK FOR KERR MCGEE CORPORATION FOR 35 YEARS RETIRING IN 1990. he WAS ALSO AN AUCTIONEER FOR MANY YEARS.
 
BILLY WAS A MASTER GARDENER, LOVED ALL SPORTS AND WAS AN AVID SOFTBALL PLAYER.
 
 
       survived by
 
WIFE:    ALMA weeden OF THE HOME IN MCALESTER, OK.
 
SONS:    THOMAS WAYNE WEEDEN and WIFE GAYLE OF EARLSBORO, OK.
               MICHAEL EDWARD WEEDEN AND WIFE LISA OF OKLAHOMA CITY.
 
GRANDCHILDREN:     CRYSTAL HOLLEY AND HUSBAND TIM OF TULSA, OK.
                                         TIMMY WEEDEN AND WIFE TAMARA OF SEMINOLE, OK.
                                         MICHAEL WEEDEN OF MAUD, OK.
 
GREAT GRANDCHILDREN:     JOHN THOMAS MORREL OF TULSA, OK.
                                                       TIMOTHY WAYNE WEEDEN OF SEMINOLE, OK.
 
BROTHER:     ALLEN WEEDEN AND WIFE MELBA OF OKLAHOMA CITY.
 
 
       preceded in death by
 
PARENTS:   WILLIAM AND VERA WEEDEN.
BROTHERS:    OTHA AND AUDREY “TEX” WEEDEN.
SISTERS:   IOLA HOLLAND AND VAUNTRICE SELBY.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:    TUESDAY, MAY 22, 2007 AT 10:00 A.M.
PLACE OF SERVICES:   BROWN’S funeral CHAPEL ~ atoka, ok.
 
INTERMENT:     TUSHKA CEMETERY ~ tushka, ok.
 
OFFICIATING:     ARVEL HALL.
 
CASKETBEARERS:     BILL WHITE, JAMES ALLEN, JOHN THOMAS MORREL, FRANKIE RICHARDSON, KEVIN WHITE, MICHAEL PAUL WEEDEN.
 
HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:    DUSTIN WHITE, THOMAS HYDE, RANDEL SLAWSON.
 
FAMILY NIGHT:  NONE
 
 
 
 
NAME:      HELEN BEATRICE (WILSON) SMITH, AGE 79, A DURANT AREA RESIDENT AND FORMER LONGTIME ATOKA AREA RESIDENT.
 
BORN:      OCTOBER 11, 1927 TO __________ AND MARGARET (RAWLS) WILSON AT NORTH LITTLE ROCK, AR.
 
PASSED AWAY:     FRIDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 18, 2007 AT HER RESIDENCE IN DURANT, ok.
AGe:   79  YEARS   7  MONTHS    AND 7 DAYS.
 
EDUCATION:   ATTENDED NORTH LITTLE ROCK, AR AND MARIETTA, OK SCHOOLS.
 
MARRIED:     JAKE SMITH, JR.
 
OCCUPATION:    SHE WAS A HOUSEWIFE AND HOMEMAKER.
 
CHURCH AFFILIATION:      HELEN WAS OF THE BAPTIST FAITH.
 
 
       survived by
 
SON:     JOHN AND NANCY SMITH OF DURANT, OK.
 
GRANDSON:    JAKE ALVA SMITH AND WIFE CATHERINE OF ALLEN, TX.
 
BROTHER:     CHARLES WILSON AND WIFE CARRIE SAN ANTONIO, TX.
 
 
       preceded in death by
 
HUSBAND:   JAKE SMITH, JR. on November 14, 1995.
PARENTS:   __________ AND MARGARET WILSON.
BROTHER:     R. L. WILSON.
SISTER:    MILDRED (WILSON) ___________.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:    MONDAY, MAY 21, 2007 AT 10:30 A.M.
place of SERVICES:   graveside.
 
interment:     LAKEVIEW CEMETERY ~ MARIETTA, OK.
 
OFFICIATING:     EVANGELINE GIBSON.
 
FAMILY NIGHT:      NONE.
 
 
 
 
NAME:    GILBERT ODELL SAWYER, AGE 67, A LIFELONG ATOKA AREA RESIDENt.
sawyer,gilbert
 
BORN:    AUGUST 9, 1939 at CADE, OK TO WILLIAM ANDREW AND HESSIE MYRTLE MAE (BAKER) SAWYER.
 
PASSED AWAY:     MONDAY, MAY 21, 2007 AT PUSHMATaHA COUNTY HOSPITAL IN ANTLERS, ok.
 
AGE:   67 YEARS   9  MONTHS  AND 12 DAYS.
 
EDUCATION:     GILBERT ATTENDED BoLAR AND CRYSTAL SCHOOLS.
 
MARRIED:     LYNN WILLIAMS.
                         JUDY IRENE PENICK IN 1968 AT DURANT, OK.
 
OCCUPATION:    GILBERT WAS A HEAVY EQUIPMENT AND DIESEL MECHANIC, working for SOUTHWEST TRACTOR AND RONNIE COCHRAN since 1977.
 
church AFFILATION:     HE WAS OF THE PENTECOSTAL FAITH.
 
he LOVED FISHING, SQUIRREL HUNTING AND “CUTTiN” FIREWOOD.
 
GILBERT SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE U. S. ARMY.
 
 
       survived by
 
CHILDREN:    RANDY SAWYER AND WIFE TAMMY OF McALESTER, OK.
                         TERRY SAWYER AND WIFE SHELLIe OF ATOKA, OK.
                         JERRY SAWYER AND WIFE STACI OF ATOKA, OK.
                         SANDRA BANKS AND HUSBAND ED OF COALGATE, OK.
 
STEPDAUGHTER:    ANITA HALL AND HUSBAND BOB OF TUSHKA, OK.
 
FORMER WIFE OF 37 YEARS:   JUDY PENICK OF ATOKA, OK.
 
BROTHERS:    DELBERT SAWYER AND WIFE KI OF ATOKA, OK.
                           ANDREW “BILL” SAWYER OF ATOKA, OK.
 
SISTERS:     DORA JANE PENICK AND HUSBAND ORVILLE OF ANTLERS, OK.
                       DOROTHY FORD AND HUSBAND RAYMOND OF RATTAN, OK.
                       ELSIE JOHNSTON OF ARKANSAS.
                       WILMA NAIL AND HUSBAND RONNIE OF SAVANNA, OK.
                       LIZZIE GEORGE OF ATOKA, OK.
                       FRANCIS LAMEY AND HUSBAND BILL OF SOBOL, OK.
 
GRANDCHILDREN:     GARY WALTON AND WIFE KIM OF LANE, OK.
                                         LARRY WALTON AND WIFE MARISSA OF ATOKA, OK.
                                         RYAN SAWYER AND WIFE SARAH OF STRINGTOWN, OK.
                                         JESSICA SAWYER OF ATOKA, OK.
                                         JEFFERY SAWYER OF ATOKA, OK.
                                         KEVIN SAWYER STATIONED WITH THE U.S. ARMY IN GERMANY.
                                         KASANDRA BANKS OF COALGATE, OK.
                                         BRIAN SAWYER OF McALESTER, OK.
                                         TERRA SAWYER OF ARKANSAS.
                                         MALADIE CASEY AND HUSBAND MICHAEL OF McALESTER, OK.
                                         CHASSITY WASHINGTON OF McALESTER, OK.
                                         HEATHER BECKER AND HUSBAND BRIAN OF McALESTER, OK.
                                         ALAN TROLINGER AND WIFE CHRISSY OF McALESTER, OK.
                                         BENJI HANCOCK AND WIFE DEANN OF SHERMAN, TX.
 
16 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.
 
 
       preceded in death by
 
PARENTS:   WILLIAM AND MYRTLE SAWYER.
SON:     GARY DALE SAWYER.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:    FRIDAY, MAY 25, 2007 AT 10:00 A.M.
PLACE OF SERVICES:     BROWN’S funeral CHAPEL ~ atoka, ok.
 
INTERMENT:     CRYSTAL CEMETERY ~ crystal, ok.
 
OFFICIATING:     BRO. WENDELL INGRAM.
 
CASKETBEARERS:     BILLY MOORE, PAUL WAYNE MOORE, RONNIE MOORE, KEVIN MOUSER, JOHN HENDERSON, TRAVIS WILLEBY, CHESTER     WILLEBY, MICHAEL HARKEY.
 
 
FAMILY NIGHT:    THURSDAY 6:00 - 8:00 P.M.
 
 
 
 
NAME:    DONALD ROY COYLE, AGE 67, A LIFELONG BENTLEY AREA RESIDENT.
coyle,donald
 
BORN:    APRIL 19, 1940 AT BENTLEY, OK TO EDGAR GRAHAM AND RUTH LEE (JACKSON) COYLE.
 
PASSED AWAY:     TUESDAY, MAY 22, 2007 AT WILSON N. JONES HOSPITAL IN SHERMAN, TX.
AGE:   67 YEARS   1 MONTH  AND  3 DAYS.
 
EDUCATION:     DONALD ATTENDED BOTH BENTLEY AND ATOKA SCHOOLS.
 
MARRIED:       LINDA NADINE Miller ON NOVEMBER 15, 1968 AT DURANT, OK.
 
OCCUPATION:    DONALD WAS A SOIL CONSERVATION TECHNICIAN AT THE U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE.   HE WAS ALSO A FARMER AND RANCHER.
 
CHURCH AFFILIATION:    HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE BENTLEY BAPTIST CHURCH FOR OVER 25 YEARS.
 
DONALD SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE OKLAHOMA NATIONAL GUARD 45TH INFANTRY.
 
 
       SURVIVED BY
 
WIFE:    LINDA COYLE OF THE HOME AT BENTLEY.
 
SONS:    TRACY COYLE AND WIFE KENYA OF DURANT, OK.
               ALAN COYLE AND WIFE MIRANDA OF BENTLEY, OK.
 
GRANDCHILDREN:     KENNEDY MARIE COYLE OF DURANT, OK.
                                         KENZIE BRIANNE AND KINLEE grace COYLE OF BENTLEY, OK.
 
BROTHER:     RONALD COYLE AND WIFE REnA OF LANE, OK.
 
BROTHERS & SISTERS IN-LAW:     MARY SHEFFIELD AND HUSBAND CURTIS OF LANE, OK.
                                                                 BETTY HARTSFIELD AND HUSBAND TED OF CLARITA, OK.
                                                                 JIM MILLER AND WIFE CINDY OF WAPANUCKA, OK.
                                                                 PHILLIP MILLER AND WIFE GAYLENE OF ATOKA, OK.
                                                                 JAN McDONALD AND HUSBAND GARY OF STRINGTOWN, OK.
                                                                 DAN MILLER AND WIFE TAMMI OF ATOKA, OK.
 
 
       PRECEDED IN DEATH BY
 
PARENTS:     EDGAR AND RUTH COYLE.
TWIN SIBLINGS:     ALAN AND ELLEN COYLE.
NIECE:     KAREN SHEFFIELD.
NEPHEW:    LANCE HARTSFIELD.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:    FRIDAY, MAY 25, 2007 AT 2:00 P.M.
PLACE OF SERVICES:     BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK.
 
INTERMENT:     BENTLEY CEMETERY.
 
OFFICIATING:     REV. JOHN HOWARD.
ASSISTING:     REV. RICHARD MAGBY.
 
CASKETBEARERS:     TROY GAMMON SR., TROY GAMMON JR., MIKE ELLIOTT, DAVID MILAM, DAVIE DAVIS, DWAYNE WILSON, MATT SIMPSON, DON DEATON.
 
HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:      bentley baptist church MEN’S SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASS AND RUSSELL “PETE” WILSON.
 
 
FAMILY NIGHT:    THURSDAY 6:00 - 8:00 P.M.
 
 
 
 
NAME:      JOAN DELORIS (givens) KENNEDY, AGE 75, AN ATOKA AREA RESIDENT.
kennedy,joan
 
BORN:      DECEMBER 28, 1931 AT STRINGTOWN, OK TO FLETCHER BRIAN AND EDNA LYLE (KEEL) GIVENS, SR.
 
PASSED AWAY:     EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY 23, 2007 AT THE ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
AGE:   75 YEARS   4 MONTHS   AND   25 DAYS.
 
EDUCATION:     JOAN ATTENDED SCHOOLS IN CALIFORNIA, ATOKA, MCALESTER AND GRADUATED FROM STRINGTOWN HIGH.
 
OCCUPATION:    SHE OWNED AND OPERATED A TAX PREPARATION AND CONSULTANT BUSINESS IN CALIFORNIA FOR MANY YEARS.
 
CHURCH AFFILIATION:      NON-DENOMINATIONAL FAITH.
 
 
       survived by
 
CHILDREN:    KEVIN KENNEDY OF CALIFORNIA.
                           BECKY KENNEDY OF CALIFORNIA.
 
GRANDCHILDREN:     AMBER KENNEDY OF CALIFORNIA.
                                         KATRINA, MICHAEL, KELLI, and CASEY KENNEDY OF OREGON.
 
SISTERS:     JUNE AZELTON AND HUSBAND ARCH OF SALINAS, CA.
                       LaVERNE ABLES AND HUSBAND BOBBY OF WALTERS, OK.
 
 
       preceded in death by
 
SON:     MICHAEL KENNEDY.
BROTHERS:    BOBBY LEE, FLETCHER B., AND DICKIE GIVENS.
PARENTS:     FLETCHER AND EDNA GIVENS.
 
 
SERVICES:    NO SERVICES AT THIS TIME   
 
FAMILY NIGHT:    NONE
 
 
 
 
NAME:    LLOYD DEWARD GIBBS, AGE 75, A LONG TIME ATOKA AREA RESIDENT.
 
BORN:    JULY 31, 1931 TO NORMAN RODERICK AND ALTA BEATRICE (PEARCE) GIBBS.
 
PASSED AWAY:     THURSDAY, MAY 24, 2007.
AGE:     75  YEARS     9 MONTHS   AND  23 DAYS.
 
EDUCATION:     LLOYD ATTENDED AND GRADUATED FROM ATOKA HIGH SCHOOL As well as PLAYED BASKETBALL THERE.
 
MARRIED:       YVONNE COCHRAN PHILLIPS.
 
OCCUPATION:      LLOYD WAS AN  OPERATIONS SUPERINTENDENT.
 
church AFFILIATION:    HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE BENTLEY BAPTIST CHURCH.
 
LLOYD WAS ALSO A DECORATED ARMY SERGEANT who SERVED HIS COUNtrY IN THE KOREAN WAR as well as THE U.S. ARMY RESERVES.
 
 
       survived by
 
CHILDREN:    DOSS PHILLIPS AND WIFE GLYNNIS OF DENTON, TX.
                         GINA GIBBS OF DALLAS, TX.
                         DELBERT GIBBS OF DALLAS, TX.
 
GRANDCHILDREN:   HUNTER PHILLIPS OF SAN ANTONIO, TX.
                                         JUSTIS PHILLIPS OF DENTON, TX.
 
 
       preceded in death by
 
PARENTS:     NORMAN AND ALTA GIBBS.
WIFE:    YVONNE GIBBS.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:      WEDNESDAY, MAY 30, 2007 AT 1:00 PM 
PLACE OF SERVICES:     WILLIAMS FUNERAL home ~ GARLAND, TX.
 
OFFICIATING:     DEON PATTERSON.
 
funeral services under the direction of williams funeral directors, garland, tx.
 
 
 
 
NAME:    CHRISTOPHER STANLEY MICHAEL INGRUM, INFANT SON, OF MANDALL INGRUM.
 
BORN:    SUNDAY, MAY 27, 2007 AT THE MCALESTER REGIONAL HOSPITAL OF MCALESTER, OK.
 
PASSED AWAY:     SUNDAY, MAY 27, 2007 AT THE MCALESTER REGIONAL HOSPITAL.
 
 
       survived by
 
MOTHER:      MANDALL INGRUM OF THE HOME IN KIOWA, ok.
 
GODMOTHER:     WENDY SINGLETON OF KIOWA, ok.
 
GRANDPARENTS:    JANICE AND TOMMY INGRUM OF ATOKA, ok.
                                       BRENDA BAUMERT OF COALGATE, ok.
 
GREAT GRANDPARENTS:      MAXINE MASK OF DENTON, TX.
                                                     J. B. MILLS OF ATOKA, ok.
 
ALONG WITH NUMEROUS NIECES, NEPHEWS, COUSINS, AUNTS AND UNCLES AND MANY DEAR AND LOVED FRIENDS. 
 
 
       preceded in death by
 
GREAT GRANDFATHERS:    JOHN STANLEY MCCUISTION.
                                                     DUB MASK.
GREAT GRANDMOTHER:     MARION L.V. MILLS.
GREAT AUNT:    NANCY FONDREN.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:    THURSDAY, MAY 31, 2007 AT 2:00 PM 
GRAVESIDE SERVICES:    BERA CEMETERY, harmony.
 
OFFICIATING:     REV. TERRY HOLIDAY 
 
 
FAMILY NIGHT:    NONE
 
 
 
 
NAME:    J. D. “JACK” McGINTY, AGE 87, A LIFE LONG ATOKA COUNTY AREA RESIDENT.
McGINTY,J.D.
 
BORN:    DECEMBER 23, 1919 AT IRON STOB IN ATOKA COUNTY, OK TO EARL THOMAS AND MOLLIE (MOUNT) McGINTY.
 
PASSED AWAY:   WEDNESDAY, MAY 30, 2007 AT ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.
AGE:     87  YEARS   5  MONTHS    AND   7 DAYS
 
EDUCATION:     JACK ATTENDED SCHOOL AT GRASSY LAKE, BLACK JACK AND IRON STOB.
 
MARRIED:       EDITH LORENE YATES ON JANUARY 24, 1939 AT LANE, OK. SHE PRECEDED HIM IN DEATH .
 
OCCUPATION:    HE WORKED AT THE SHIPYARDS IN CALIFORNIA AND AT THE SAVANNA AMMO DEPOT.  JACK ALSO WORKED AS A FARMER, RANCHER AND LOGGER.
 
CHURCH AFFILIATION:    JACK WAS OF THE PROTESTANT FAITH. HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE IRON STOB SCHOOL BOARD FOR SEVERAL YEARS. HE LOVED DEER HUNTING, FISHING, AND GARDENING.
 
 
       survived by
 
CHILDREN:    DOROTHY DENTON AND HUSBAND JOHNNY OF LANE, OK.
                           DON McGINTY OF LANE, OK.
 
GRANDCHILDREN:     SHERRI HARDIN AND HUSBAND TERRY OF LANE, OK.
                                         TERRY DENTON OF LANE, OK.
                                         MARY KEIGLEY AND HUSBAND BEN OF CONWAY, AR.
 
GREAT GRANDCHILDREN:     LARRY HARDIN AND WIFE MICHELE OF ATOKA, OK.
                                                         REGINA CARR AND HUSBAND KEVIN OF LANE, OK.
                                                         MALISSA RAINS AND HUSBAND RYAN OF ATOKA, OK.
                                                         DEREK DENTON OF LANE, OK.
                                                         ASHLEY ORR OF BIXBY, OK.
                                                         BLAKE ORR OF BIXBY, OK.
 
GREAT GREAT GRANDCHILREN:    BRTITNEY CARR, BRET CARR, SKYLAR DENTON, ANDREW HARDIN, NICK HARDIN, MASON DENTON, and
                                                                   LARMIE RAINS
 
SISTERS-IN-LAW:    LOIS RECTOR OF ATOKA, OK.
                                     BLANCHE SIMPSON OF SACRaMENTO, CA.
 
 
       preceded in death by
 
PARENTS:     EARL AND MOLLIE McGINTY.
WIFE:    EDITH McGINTY ON MAY 23, 1998.
BROTHERS:    ELVIS AND BUSTER McGINTY.
TWIN INFANT SISTERS.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:    SUNDAY, JUNE 3, 2007 AT 2:00 P.M.
PLACE OF SERVICES:     BROWN’S funeral CHAPEL ~ atoka, ok.
 
INTERMENT:     BUTLER CEMETERY ~ lane, ok.
 
OFFICIATING:     REV. DONNY DAy.
 
CASKETBEARERS:     TED NOWLIN, DEAN GREGORY, JACKIE WALKER, ART KENNEDY, LUCKY RECTOR, DAVID CERIOTTI, JERRY PEELER,
                                       GARY GREGORY
HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:    (GRANDSONS) LARRY HARDIN, TERRY DENTON, KENNETH ORR, BLAKE ORR, ANDREW HARDIN, NICK HARDIN, DEREK DENTON, MASON DENTON,  TERRY HARDIN, SKYLAR DENTON, BRET CARR, KEVIN CARR, RYAN RAINS.
 
 
FAMILY NIGHT:    FRIDAY 6:00 - 8:00 p.m.
 
 
 
 
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