NAME:    MAMIE JOE (CATHEY) HOLLEY, AGE 75, OF ATOKA, OK.   BORN:  NOVEMBER 15, 1925 AT CANEY, OKLAHOMA TO FRED EDGAR AND LUCY LEE (CATHEY) WHITE.   PASSED AWAY:   TUESDAY, MAY 1, 2001 AT ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. AGE:   75 YEARS  5  MONTHS  AND  16 DAYS.   EDUCATION:   ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT POST OAK NEAR CANEY.   OCCUPATION:  SHE WORKED AT DIAPER JEANS SEWING FACTORY IN ATOKA A NUMBER OF YEARS.            survived by   SON:   FRED NEIL OF SPRING VALLEY, CA.   DAUGHTER:    CAROL LYNCH and HUSBAND GRANT OF PHOENIX, OR.   GRANDCHILDREN:   SUSIE.                                          TINA DAVIS and HUSBAND GARY OF SHAWNEE, OK.   GREAT GRANDCHILDREN:   NIKKI, JENNIFER, RICHIE, JOSH, SAMANTHA, CALLIE, and MATTHEW.   SISTER:    MARY TROTTER OF TYLER, TX.            preceded in death by   PARENTS:   FRED AND LUCY WHITE. BROTHERS:    BILL, ODELL, RAYMOND “BOOTS”, AND CHARLES “SLICK” WHITE. SISTERS:   BEA CALVERT, REA HERN, AND MAXINE SLAGLE.        A PRIVATE MEMORIAL SERVICE WAS HELD AT THE HOME OF DARRELL and WETTA REESE IN LANE, OKLAHOMA ON MONDAY, MAY 7, 2001 AT 12 NOON.   INTERMENT:   BUTLER CEMETERY ~ LANE, OK.         NAME:    CLIFTON PERRY “ROE” JAMES, AGE 85, OF ATOKA, OK.   BORN:  DECEMBER 6, 1915 AT HARDWOOD, COAL COUNTY, OKLAHOMA TO MOSES PERRY AND ZEMRUH (BUCHANAN) JAMES.   PASSED AWAY:   WEDNESDAY, MAY 2, 2001 AT McALESTER REGIONAL HOSPITAL. AGE:   85 YEARS  4 MONTHS   AND   26 DAYS. EDUCATION:   ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT CLARITA, OK. MARRIED:   SYBIL WILLIAMS ON OCTOBER 12, 1940 AT COALGATE, OK OCCUPATION:  HE WAS A FARMER AND RANCHER. ROE WORKED OVER 25 YEARS AT THE McALESTER NAVAL DEPOT AND AS A SHEET METAL MECHANIC.   CHURCH AFFILIATION:    MEMBER OF WAPANUCKA CHURCH OF CHRIST OVER 50 YEARS.      SURVIVED BY WIFE:  SYBIL OF THE HOME NEAR BOGGY DEPOT. CHILDREN:    CLIFTON KENT JAMES OF UNICOI, TN.                          PAULA M. JAMES OF TULSA, OK.                          JANIS HARDISON AND HUSBAND RICK OF ATOKA, OK. GRANDCHILDREN:   ERIC HARDISON AND WIFE BARBIE OF ADA, OK.                                        CLINT HARDISON AND WIFE DEANNA OF ATOKA, OK. GREAT GRANDCHILDREN:   CLINT MICHAEL HARDISON OF ATOKA, OK.                                                        SIERRA PAIGE HARDISON OF ATOKA, OK. SISTER:  JUANITA WILSON AND HUSBAND ROY OF SEAGOVILLE, TX.      PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS:   MOSES AND ZEMRUH JAMES. BROTHER:   CLAY JAMES. SISTERS:   RHOENA DAVIS AND GENEVA ESTES.     DATE OF SERVICES:    FRIDAY, MAY 5, 2001 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES:   CHURCH OF CHRIST ~ WAPANUCKA, OK. INTERMENT:   ROSE HILL CEMETERY ~ WAPANUCKA, OK. OFFICIATING:   RAY MAYHEW. ASSISTING:   WENDEL INGRAM. CASKETBEARERS:   J. W. REED, JERRY DENNIS, DAN HARDMAN, RAYMOND TAYLOR, BEN HARDMAN, ARTHUR DEWBERY. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:  ODELL McCURRY, RICHARD PIERCE, KENNETH DENNIS, RAYMOND WILLIAMS, GLEN HAMERSLEY, JERRY McCURRY.         NAME:    CLYDE MARLAND WILLIAMS, AGE 66, OF ATOKA, OK. BORN:  JULY 4, 1934 AT BENTLEY, OKLAHOMA TO ED S. AND VENETIA M. (ROBERTS) WILLIAMS.   PASSED AWAY:   WEDNESDAY, MAY 2, 2001 AT ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. AGE:   66 YEARS  9 MONTHS   AND   28 DAYS. EDUCATION:   ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT BENTLEY AND RUSH SPRINGS, OK. MARRIED:   NANCY JEAN BUSH ON DECEMBER 21, 1962 AT WAXAHACHIE, TX. OCCUPATION:  HE WAS A FARMER, RANCHER, CARPENTER AND WORKED FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS AT McALESTER, OK. CLYDE SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE U.S. ARMY DURING THE KOREAN WAR.   HE WAS A MEMBER THE D.A.V. CHAPTER 60. HE WAS A FISHERMAN AND A GARDENER.      SURVIVED BY WIFE:    NANCY WILLIAMS OF THEIR HOME EAST OF ATOKA, OK. MOTHER:    VENETIA WILLIAMS OF ATOKA, OK. BROTHERS:    BILL WILLIAMS OF McALESTER, OK.                            DARRELL WILLIAMS & WIFE PATRICIA OF MORGANTON, NC. AUNTS:   DELIA HOGAN OF BENTLEY, OK.                  RUBY PARKER OF ATOKA, OK.      PRECEDED IN DEATH BY FATHER:    ED S. WILLIAMS. BROTHER:   WILBURN RAY WILLIAMS.     DATE OF SERVICES:    SATURDAY, MAY 5, 2001 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES:   BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK.   INTERMENT:   BERA CEMETERY IN THE HARMONY COMMUNITY. OFFICIATING:   REV. HERCHEL JUSTUS. CASKETBEARERS:   JERRY RICHARD, JOE REYNOLDS, CHARLIE PUGH, LARRY CAMPBELL, ROBERT POWELL, JOHN McADAMS. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:    NEITHEL PITTMAN, BILLY WAYNE GOODSON, W.J. SCOTT, MARVIN HENDERSON, ROGER PITTMAN, WILLARD OLSEN.         NAME:    ROSIE LEE (WILSON) STILES, AGE 68, A LONGTIME LANE AREA RESIDENT. BORN:  JANUARY 12, 1933 AT LANE, OKLAHOMA TO CHARLES EDWARD AND MARY M. (BREWER) WILSON.   PASSED AWAY:   THURSDAY, MAY 10, 2001 AT ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. AGE:   68 YEARS   3 MONTHS    AND   28 DAYS. EDUCATION:   ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT HARMONY AND LANE, OK. MARRIED:   CLINTON “SKINNER” STILES ON JUNE 23, 1950 AT DEQUEEN, AR. OCCUPATION:    SHE WAS A HOUSEWIFE AND HOMEMAKER. CHURCH AFFiLIATION:  ROSIE WAS A LONGTIME MEMBER OF THE LANE CHURCH OF CHRIST.      SURVIVED BY HUSBAND:   SKINNER STILES OF THE HOME NEAR LANE, OK. DAUGHTER:    ELLA FRANKLIN OF CARROLLTON, TX. GRANDCHILDREN:   TROY FRANKLIN and WIFE PAUZIAH OF MANILA PHILIPPINES.                                          CHRISTY FRANKLIN OF IRVING, TX.                                          BILLY FRANKLIN and WIFE MARIA OF CEDAR HILL, TX. GREAT GRANDCHILDREN:   BRITTANI FRANKLIN OF JUSTIN, TX.                                                        MEAGAN and DYLAN FRANKLIN OF CEDAR HILL, TX.                                                        TIARA, NATASHA, and AARON FRANKLIN OF MANILA, PHILIPPINES. BROTHER:   ORVEL WILSON and WIFE ELLA MAE OF McALESTER, OK. SISTERS:   MARTHA “GERRI” CASE and HUSBAND HAROLD OF ATOKA, OK.                      CARMELLETA LONG and HUSBAND BOB OF REDMOND, OR.      PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS:   CHARLES and MARY WILSON. BROTHERS:    HOLLY, PAUL, SILAS, ALVIE, and ELMER RAY WILSON. SISTERS:   DOLLY WILSON and THELMA WILLIAMSON.     DATE OF SERVICES:    MONDAY, MAY 14, 2001 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES:   BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT:   BUTLER CEMETERY ~ LANE, OK. OFFICIATING:   LLOYD McELHANEY. CASKETBEARERS:   RON MARBLE, KELLY STANDRIDGE, FLOYD KEELER, DELBERT SHEFFIELD, GLENN NORTON, STAN MAGGARD. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:  JERRY RICHARD, RICHARD GARTON, BOBBY WILSON, BILLY WAYNE GOODSON, DAVID STILES.         NAME:    NATHANIEL RUSSELL “MAN” DAVIS, AGE 53, A PAULS VALLEY RESIDENT AND FORMER LONGTIME ATOKA RESIDENT.   BORN:  JULY 5, 1947 AT ATOKA, OKLAHOMA TO JOHNNIE, JR. AND MARY ANN (ARTERBERRY) DAVIS.   PASSED AWAY: THURSDAY, MAY 10, 2001 AT MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. HOSPITAL IN COMPTON, CA. AGE:     53 YEARS   10  MONTHS    AND   5 DAYS.   EDUCATION:   ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT DUNBAR ELEMENTARY AND GRADUATED FROM ATOKA HIGH SCHOOL IN 1966.  HE WAS AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE FOOTBALL TEAM.   OCCUPATION:  AT THE TIME OF HIS DEATH, NATHANIEL WAS EMPLOYED BY ARROW TRUCKING COMPANY AS A CROSS-COUNTRY TRUCK DRIVER, A PROFESSION HE TRULY ENJOYED.   CHURCH AFFiLIATION:  NATHANIEL BECAME A MEMBER OF THE MT. ZION BAPTIST CHURCH IN ATOKA  AT A VERY YOUNG AGE.   NATHANIEL SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE U.S. ARMY DURING THE WAR IN VIETNAM, SERVING  TWO TOURS . HE RECEIVED SEVERAL AWARDS AND COMMENDATIONS DURING HIS ENLISTED PERIOD.            survived by   DAUGHTERS:   SUSAN RENTIE OF OKLAHOMA CITY.                              TINA WASHINGTON and HUSBAND JEROME OF OKLAHOMA CITY.                              STACY DAVIS OF OKLAHOMA  CITY.                              MICKI DAVIS OF OKLAHOMA CITY.   GRANDCHILDREN:     QUINTEASHA, QUALYN, KEISHA, CHRISTIAN, KASEY, JAMES, DARIONT’E, CURTIS, BRITTANY, BAILEY, KYLIE and                                          KENDON OF OKLAHOMA CITY.   BROTHER:   JOHN HENRY DAVIS and WIFE RISE RENEE OF OKLAHOMA CITY.   SISTER:    ANNETTE DAVIS OF LOS ANGELES, CA.   SPECIAL COUSIN:  YVONNE VINEY and HUSBAND JOE OF OKLAHOMA CITY.   LONGTIME COMPANION:    PATRICIA HARPER and HER DAUGHTER JOYCE HARPER and GRANDCHILDREN JEREMY and SHEENA HARPER                                                    OF PAULS VALLEY, OK.   STEP BROTHER:    CHARLES ANDERSON OF LOS ANGELES, CA.   STEP SISTERS:    BRENDA HALL OF LOS ANGELES, CA.                                  SANDRA McKNIGHT OF LOS ANGELES, CA.   AUNTS:   GUSTAVA MOBERLY OF DETROIT, MI.                  RUTH CROOMS OF OKLAHOMA CITY.                  EDITH PARKER OF LOS ANGELES, CA.                  ILLA MAY BERRY & HUSBAND ROBERT OF OKLAHOMA CITY.                  VIRGINIA SUTTER & HUSBAND LEON OF OKLAHOMA CITY.                  CLAUDIA BRIGHT & HUSBAND BOBBY OF LOS ANGELES, CA.                  FRANCILLE PIERCE & HUSBAND GEORGE OF ATOKA, OK.   UNCLE:   DICK DAVIS and WIFE BONNIE OF LOS ANGELES, CA.   GREAT AUNT:  JOY HOUSE OF OKLAHOMA CITY.            preceded in death by   PARENTS:   JOHN JR. and MARY ANN DAVIS. GREAT AUNT:    ELIZABETH COVERDALE ON MAY 12, 2001. GRANNY:    BERTHA GILMER. STEPMOTHER:    MARY E. FORD DAVIS.     DATE OF SERVICES:    SATURDAY, MAY 19, 2001 AT 11:00 A.M. PLACE OF SERVICES:   BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK.   INTERMENT:   GREEN HILL CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK.   OFFICIATING:   REV. ANTHONY WASHINGTON.   CASKETBEARERS:   CHRIS BOULWARE, JAMES RENTIE, DAMON RICHARDSON, DONNELL RICHARDSON, MICHAEL RICHARDSON, JEROME WASHINGTON.   HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:  DON FREEMAN, LEON PIERCE, TROY PIERCE, LEON SUTTER, LLOYD (BUTCH) VINSON, DONALD WAYNE WATKINS.   FLOWERBEARERS:   DONNA BATES, BEATRICE BUTLER, BARBARA JACKSON, MATTIE NICHOLS, NANCY ROBINSON.         NAME:    IVA RUTH (BARRIS) STANPHILL, AGE 89, A LONGTIME ATOKA AREA RESIDENT. BORN:    OCTOBER 20, 1911 AT CARDWELL, MISSOURI TO LUD LOW AND BERTHA MAUD (SISSOM) BARRIS   PASSED AWAY:   FRIDAY, MAY 11, 2001 AT WILSON N. JONES HOSPITAL IN SHERMAN, TX. AGE:   89 YEARS  6 MONTHS   AND   21 DAYS. EDUCATION:   ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT BROMIDE AND PLAINVIEW. MARRIED:   C. O. “BUDDY” STANPHILL ON DECEMBER 29, 1928 AT ATOKA, OK. OCCUPATION:    SHE WAS A HOUSEWIFE AND HOMEMAKER. CHURCH AFFiLIATION:    IVA WAS A MEMBER OF ATOKA FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH FOR MANY YEARS WHERE SHE TAUGHT SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASS, WAS A NURSERY WORKER AND WAS VERY ACTIVE IN THE WMU AND THE G.A.S.      SURVIVED BY CHILDREN:    RUTH REYNOLDS OF GRAND PRAIRIE, TX.                          BOBBY STANPHILL and WIFE CARLA OF EDGEWOOD, TX.                          RAY STANPHILL and WIFE MARTHA OF PILOT POINT, TX.                          BETTY JACOBS and HUSBAND RONALD OF OKLAHOMA CITY. 17 GRANDCHILDREN, 10 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. SISTERS:   LOTTIE JONES OF CLOVIS, NM.                      ADDIE TRUETT OF DENISON, TX.                      EDITH McKASKLE and HUSBAND PETE OF PLANO, TX.                      OZIE CANTRELL and HUSBAND ED OF DENISON, TX.                      MARY LOU GRISWOLD OF CASPER, WY.                      SYBLE WHITE and HUSBAND D. A. OF SILVER CITY, NM.                      GOLDIE CHERRY and HUSBAND ROSS OF SILVER CITY, NM. BROTHERS:    NED BARRIS and WIFE RUTH OF SILVER CITY, NM.                            AARON BARRIS and WIFE INIS OF ANTLERS, OK.                            HERBERT BARRIS and WIFE BONNIE OF PAHRUMP, NV.      PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS:   LUD LOW AND BERTHA BARRIS. HUSBAND:   C. O. “BUDDY” STANPHILL IN DECEMBER, 1943. BROTHER:   PAUL BARRIS. CHILDREN:    BILLY STANPHILL and MAURINE FURBY. GRANDCHILDREN:   REID REYNOLDS and JOE FURBY.     DATE OF SERVICES:  SUNDAY, MAY 13, 2001 AT 3:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES:   BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT:   WARDS CHAPEL CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK. OFFICIATING:   DR. DAVID KUYKENDALL. CASKETBEARERS:   (GRANDSONS) DAYTON STANPHILL, AUSTIN STANPHILL, JAY JACOBS, CURT JACOBS, SCOTT FURBY, RUSSELL GILL. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:  BILLY STANPHILL, LYNN RAY STANPHILL, CODY WEISE, JUSTIN LAMBERT, JASON SNODGRASS, KEITH FURBY         NAME:    JACK V. JACKSON, AGE 89, A RESIDENT OF ATOKA, OK. BORN:  AUGUST 30, 1911 AT AHLOSO, OKLAHOMA TO JESSE H. AND SAMANTHA (TUGGLE) JACKSON.   PASSED AWAY: WEDNESDAY, MAY 16, 2001 AT ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.   AGE:   89 YEARS  8 MONTHS   AND   16 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS IN PONTOTOC COUNTY AT ONWARD SCHOOL AND FRANKS HIGH SCHOOL. MARRIED:   LAUNA P. MORRIS ON AUGUST 31, 1932 AT OKLAHOMA CITY.                        EDNA FITZGERALD ON DECEMBER 23, 1987 AT SHERMAN, TX. OCCUPATION:  SUPERVISOR BUTCHER FOR ARMOUR & COMPANY IN OKLAHOMA CITY AND IN HOUSTON, TX FOR 45 YEARS. CHURCH AFFiLIATION:  MEMBER OF EXCHANGE AVENUE BAPTIST CHURCH IN OKLAHOMA CITY AND ALSO NEW ZION METHODIST CHURCH IN ATOKA COUNTY. JACK WAS PART OF A DYING GENERATION. MANY, LIKE JACK, WERE NOT FORMALLY EDUCATED, BUT WHAT THEY LACKED IN FORMAL EDUCATION, THEY MADE UP FOR WITH HARD WORK, DETERMINATION, AND STRONG WILL. JACK LED A FULL LIFE.  HE LOVED HUNTING, FISHING, TRAVELING, AND TEASING THOSE HE LOVED, ESPECIALLY HIS THREE DAUGHTERS (SHOWING THAT FAMOUS GOLD TOOTH WHEN HE’D SMILE).          survived by WIFE:    EDNA JACKSON OF THEIR HOME IN ATOKA, OK. DAUGHTERS:   BARBARA SUE WILSON and HUSBAND TOM OF MIDWEST CITY, OK.                              JENNIFER PALADINO and HUSBAND SKIPPER OF AUSTIN, TX. GRANDCHILDREN:   RICK WOODS OF OKLAHOMA CITY.                                        ROB WOODS OF BIXBY, OK.                                        RUSS WOODS OF RICHMOND, TX.                                        RANDY WOODS OF OKLAHOMA CITY.                                        TAYLOR WILSON OF NORMAN, OK.                                        SAMANTHA WILSON OF MIDWEST CITY, OK.                                        JAY PALADINO OF AUSTIN, TX. GREAT GRANDCHILDREN:   RYAN WOODS OF IRVING, TX.                                                      JANAE’ LILES, MATT WOODS, and& ZACHARY WOODS OF OKLAHOMA CITY.                                                      JAKE WOODS OF BIXBY, OK.                                                      RYLIE WOODS OF BIXBY, OK.                                                      PAIGE, DANIELLE, EMILY, and KATY WOODS OF RICHMOND, TX.                                                      BLAKE and AUSTIN WOODS OF OKLAHOMA CITY. SPECIAL FAMILY:    HOSS and SUE FITZGERALD, STEVE, CATHEY and ELIZABETH GRIFFIN, LONNA, TAD,                                      WILL and JACOB HERRSCHER. BROTHER:   RAY E. JACKSON and WIFE JENNY OF TUCSON, AZ. SISTERS:   RAMONA KELLUM OF PARADISE, CA.                      WANDA HENDERSON OF HART, TX.          preceded in death by PARENTS:   JESSE and SAMANTHA JACKSON. FIRST WIFE:  LAUNA P. MORRIS ON OCTOBER 10, 1986. DAUGHTER:  KATHRYN WOODS. GREAT GRANDSON:  ROBERT JUSTIN WOODS. 3 SISTERS and 3 BROTHERS.     DATE OF SERVICES:  SATURDAY, MAY 19, 2001 AT 9:30 A.M. PLACE OF SERVICES:   BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. COMMITTAL SERVICES:  SATURDAY, MAY 19, 2001, 3:00 PM. INTERMENT:   RESTHAVEN CEMETERY ~ OKLAHOMA CITY. OFFICIATING:   HAL ISHMAEL. CASKETBEARERS:   (GRANDSONS) RICK WOODS, ROB WOODS, RUSS WOODS, RANDY WOODS, TAYLOR WILSON, JAY PALADINO. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:  JUNIOR BRUCE, JUNIOR RILEY, LEO DEMENT, HOSS FITZGERALD.         NAME:  SHIRLEY ANN HEDGECOCK, AGE 51, A LONGTIME COALGATE AREA RESIDENT.   BORN:  JUNE 4, 1949 AT LONE STAR COMMUNITY NEAR COALGATE, OKLAHOMA TO PATRICK WESLEY AND NORA NAOMI (SCOTT) HEDGECOCK.   PASSED AWAY:   THURSDAY, MAY 17, 2001 AT HER RESIDENCE IN COTTONWOOD, OK. AGE:   51 YEARS   11 MONTHS   AND   13 DAYS.   EDUCATION:   ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT COTTONWOOD AND COALGATE, OK.   MARRIED:   JIMMY HUDSON IN 1965 AT COALGATE, OK.   OCCUPATION:    HOMEMAKER.   CHURCH AFFiLIATION:  SHE WAS OF THE BAPTIST FAITH.            survived by   DAUGHTER:  KIMBERLY (HUDSON) MATTHEWS and HUSBAND LEON OF COALGATE, OK.   MOTHER:  NORA NAOMI (SCOTT) HEDGECOCK OF COTTONWOOD, OK.   GRANDCHILDREN:     SEGER SHAY MATTHEWS, LANI ALEXANDRIA MATTHEWS, LEON CLAY MATTHEWS II, AND JUSTA PARK MATTHEWS                                          OF COALGATE, OK.   SISTERS:   BETTY BURGE and HUSBAND REUBEN OF COALGATE, OK.                      LOU MORRISON and HUSBAND WENDELL OF OLNEY, OK.   BROTHERS:    BOB HEDGECOCK and WIFE BETTY OF CENTRAHOMA, OK.                            HAROLD HEDGECOCK and WIFE ERNESTINE OF LAS CRUSES, NM.                            SCOTTY HEDGECOCK OF COALGATE, OK.                            DON HEDGECOCK and WIFE DOLORIS OF COALGATE, OK.                            LARRY GENE HEDGECOCK and WIFE BONNIE OF ROCK SPRINGS, WY.            preceded in death by   FATHER:  PATRICK WESLEY HEDGECOCK. INFANT BROTHER:  PATRICK JR.     DATE OF SERVICES:  MONDAY, MAY 21, 2001 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES:   COTTONWOOD BAPTIST CHURCH ~ COTTONWOOD, OK.   INTERMENT:   LEHIGH CEMETERY ~ LEHIGH, OK.   OFFICIATING:   REV. MARK HEDRICK.   CASKETBEARERS:   DAVID STILES, TERRY WOODS, MIKE HEFLEY, STEVE BURGE, LANNY HEDGECOCK, LARRY HENSLEY.   HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:  JOHN WAYNE WARD, JIM BO ECLAIR, LARRY FARRIS, JACKIE WILSON.         NAME:    EULA (RHYNE) KELLY, AGE 94, A LONGTIME WARDVILLE RESIDENT. BORN:  FEBRUARY 8, 1907 NEAR CAIRO, COAL COUNTY, INDIAN TERRITORY TO SAMUEL CLARK AND VERDIA MAE (LAMBERT) RHYNE.     PASSED AWAY:   MONDAY, MAY 21, 2001 AT HER RESIDENCE IN WARDVILLE, OK. AGE:   94 YEARS  3 MONTHS   AND   13 DAYS. EDUCATION:   ATTENDED AND GRADUATED FROM LIMESTONE GAP IN 1926 AND ATTENDED EAST CENTRAL UNIVERSITY AND GRADUATED FROM SOUTHEASTERN TEACHERS COLLEGE.  EULA WAS ON THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP WOMENS BASKETBALL TEAM FOR CAIRO SCHOOL. MARRIED:   JAMES GORMAN KELLY IN 1930 AT PITTSBURG, OK. OCCUPATION:    EULA TAUGHT SCHOOL FOR 38 YEARS, RETIRING IN 1970.  SHE TAUGHT AT SPRINGDALE, CAIRO, VAN HORN, WARDVILLE, LIMESTONE GAP, KIOWA, AND NEAR WESTCLIFFE, COLORADO FOR THREE YEARS IN THE LATE FORTIES. CHURCH AFFLIATION:   PRIMITIVE BAPTIST. EULA WAS A MEMBER OF THE OKLAHOMA EDUCATION ASSOCIATION AND THE OKLAHOMA RETIRED TEACHERS ASSOCIATION.      SURVIVED BY NEPHEWS:   CLARK RHYNE and WIFE SUE OF WARDVILLE, OK.                        KELLY RHYNE OF ADA, OK.                        MACKEY KELLY OF MINCO, OK. NIECES:    KAREN KELLY OF DENVER, CO.                    ERLYNN STEYER and HUSBAND JOHN OF DENVER, CO.                    LOUISE CARRIGER and HUSBAND JACK AND SON BILLY JOE OF DURANT, OK. NIECES AND NEPHEWS WHICH ARE THE CHILDREN OF ROY RHYNE:  STANLEY, FRANCIS, NORMA, DELORES, LEQUITA, MAURICE, WALTER, RICHARD, AND JUDY.      PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS:   SAMUEL CLARK and VERDIA MAE RHYNE. HUSBAND:   JAMES GORMAN KELLY ON MARCH 8, 1969. BROTHERS:  TOD and ROY RHYNE. SISTER:  CATHERINE COURTNEY.     DATE OF SERVICES:  WEDNESDAY, MAY 23, 2001 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES:   GRAVESIDE SERVICES. INTERMENT:   WARDVILLE CEMETERY ~ WARDVILLE, OK. OFFICIATING:   REV. KENNETH McMATH. CASKETBEARERS: JAMES RHYNE, TOD RHYNE, SAMUEL RHYNE, J. V. NEWBERRY, JOE MIKE SMITH, PAKE McENTIRE. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:  A HOST OF FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS.         NAME:    KAYE CHRISTINE (BURNS) GRIFFIN EVANSON, AGE 63 OF WHARTON, TEXAS AND A FORMER ATOKA RESIDENT   BORN:  JUNE 16, 1937 AT TALIHINA, OKLA TO HARLESS AND SUSIE LINN BURNS.   PASSED AWAY: TUESDAY, MAY 29, 2001 AT A WHARTON, TEXAS HOSPITAL FOLLOWING A BRIEF ILLNESS. AGE:   63 YEARS   11 MONTHS  AND  13 DAYS   MARRIED:   ERLAN JAY EVANSON ON AUGUST 2, 1980 AT EUFAULA, OK.   OCCUPATION:    SHE WAS A HOMEMAKER.   CHURCH AFFLIATION:   SHE WAS A CATHOLIC.   KAYE WAS A FORMER ATOKA RESIDENT AND HAD LIVED IN EL CAMPO, TEXAS AND POCAHONTAS, ARKANSAS.          SURVIVED BY   HUSBAND:   ERLAN JAY EVANSON OF WHARTON, TX.   CHILDREN:    SCARLETT LONDON OF POTEAU, OK.                          STEVEN GRIFFIN OF McKINNEY, TX.   GRANDCHILDREN:   ELIZABETH GRIFFIN AND PAYDEN VANDIVER.   SISTERS:   JUDY DYER OF DANEVANG, TX.                      BILLIE LOU WILSON OF HOUSTON, TX.                      LAURA WAITT OF RIO RANCHO, NM.   BROTHER:   DAVID BURNS of SAN ANGELO, TX.            preceded in death by   PARENTS:   HARLESS AND SUSIE LINN BURNS.     MEMORIAL SERVICES:   SATURDAY, JUNE 2, 2001 AT 2:00 P.M. 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