NAME: CALVIN DEE WEST, AGE 74, LONGTIME WAPANUCKA RESIDENT.  BORN: MARCH 16, 1925 AT COTTONWOOD, IN COAL COUNTY, OK TO ED AND RUBY (PRESTON) WEST. PASSED AWAY: TUESDAY, MAY 4, 1999 AT TEXOMA MEDICAL CENTER IN DENISON, TX.AGE: 74 YEARS 1 MONTH AND 18 DAYS EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT BROMIDE, OK. MARRIED: DOROTHY MAE TASSEY ON MAY 7, 1948 AT TISHOMINGO, OK. OCCUPATION: CALVIN WORKED SOME 26 YEARS WITH TEXAS INSTRUMENTS IN DALLAS, WHERE HE RETIRED AS SUPERVISOR. HE PREViOUSLY WORKED FOR PHILLIPS PETROLEUM. CHURCH AFFILIATION: CALVIN WAS OF THE BAPTIST FAITH AND WAS A MEMBER OF THE V.F.W. CALVIN SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE U. S. NAVY FROM 1943 TO 1946 IN THE PACIFIC CAMPAIGN OF WORLD WAR II. HE WAS ONBOARD THE USS WAR HAWK WHEN IT WAS BOMBED. AFTER HIS HONORABLE DISCHARGE, HE CAME BACK AND GRADUATED FROM BROMIDE HIGH SCHOOL. SURVIVED BY WIFE: DOROTHY WEST OF THEIR HOME IN WAPANUCKA, OK. DAUGHTER: BELINDA SUE GOODMAN AND HUSBAND WAYNE OF GALVESTON, TX. SON: ALLEN DEE WEST AND WIFE PEGGY OF WHITEWRIGHT, TEXAS. GRANDCHILDREN: FELICIA LYNN WEST OF McKINNEY, TX. TAMMY SUE LAMBERT AND HUSBAND BRIAN OF IRVING, TX. RYAN ALLEN WEST OF PRINCETON, TX. GREAT GRANDCHILDREN: BLAKE ASHTON LAMBERT AND BROOKE WEST. SISTER: LUCILLE KITE OF BROMIDE, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY DAUGHTER: DEBBIE WEST GOULD.PARENTS: ED AND RUBY WEST.SISTERS: VELMA MORRISON AND GLADYS WEST.
DATE OF SERVICES: FRIDAY, MAY 7, 1999 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: WAPANUCKA FULL GOSPEL LIGHTHOUSE CHURCH. INTERMENT: ROSE HILL CEMETERY ~ WAPANUCKA, OK. OFFICIATING: RON HAYES. CASKETBEARERS: JAMES RAY HACKWORTH, ALFRED ELKINS, ROGER ELKINS, FLOYD HACKWORTH, WILLIE BILL KIRKPATRICK, JOE HAIGOOD. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: FRANKIE HAIGOOD, JIMMIE REEDER, JERRY WAYNE ADAMS.
NAME: PAUL PHILLIP JINKINS, AGE 71, LONGTIME COALGATE RESIDENT. BORN: APRIL 29, 1928 AT ADA, OKLAHOMA TO ARRY AND DAISY EVELYN (SLOCUM) JINKINS. PASSED AWAY: THURSDAY, MAY 6, 1999 AT MARY HURLEY HOSPITAL IN COALGATE, OK.AGE: 71 YEARS AND 7 DAYS OCCUPATION: AUTO PARTS WORKER FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS IN ADA, CORPUS CHRISTI, AND SINTON, TX. EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT ADA, OK. MARRIED: JEAN POWELL ON OCTOBER 24, 1952 AT ADA, OK. PAUL WAS A MEMBER OF THE INDEPENDENT BAPTIST CHURCH IN CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS. WHILE ATTENDING THERE, HE SERVED AS AN USHER, SUPERINTENDENT AND ASSISTANT TO THE SECRETARY AND TREASURER. NO JOB IN HIS CHURCH WAS TO LARGE OR HARD FOR HIM. TWO THINGS HE ESPECIALLY LOVED TO DO WERE HELPING CHILDREN AND WIDOWS. PAUL WAS A LIFE MEMBER OF THE TEXAS MASONIC LODGE. HE WAS A SCOTTISH RITE, YORK RITE AND SHRINER. WHILE A SHRINER HE HELPED COLLECT FOR THE SHRINER’S CRIPPLED CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL. PAUL DIED KNOWING JESUS CHRIST AS HIS LORD AND SAVIOR. HE HAS NOW GONE TO BE WITH OUR LORD, JESUS CHRIST, IN HEAVEN. SURVIVED BY WIFE: JEAN JINKINS OF THEIR HOME IN COALGATE, OK. BROTHER: ALLEN JINKINS OF OKLAHOMA CITY. SISTER-IN-LAW: JENE JINKINS OF OKLAHOMA CITY. AUNT: RUTH ODOM OF ROFF, OK. 5 NIECES, 1 NEPHEW. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: ARRY AND DAISY JINKINS.BROTHER: GORDAN JINKINS.
DATE OF SERVICES: SATURDAY, MAY 8, 1999 AT 10:00 A.M.PLACE OF SERVICES: COALGATE PENTECOSTAL HOLINESS CHURCH. INTERMENT: COALGATE CEMETERY ~ COALGATE, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. JIM SMITH.ASSISTING: REV. BOB KANERY. CASKETBEARERS: MIKE POWELL, KENNY LAY, LARRY LAY, JAMES POWELL, WARREN E. POWELL, GORDAN JINKINS, JR. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: JAMES SHORTY POWELL, LEO POWELL, JACK POWELL, O. C. LEE, MILFORD POWELL, SHANE SALLEE.
NAME: ERNEST JOHN “COONEY” WINKLE, AGE 88, LONGTIME BENTLEY AND ATOKA RESIDENT. BORN: SEPTEMBER 7, 1910 AT ANDERSON, ARKANSAS TO TOM AND LUCY (TATE) WINKLE. PASSED AWAY: SUNDAY, MAY 9, 1999 AT THE ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.AGE: 88 YEARS 8 MONTHS AND 2 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT ANDERSON, ARKANSAS AND, AT AGE 8, MOVED TO ATOKA COUNTY AND ATTENDED EAST ALISON SCHOOL. MARRIED: GLADYS OWENS IN FEBRUARY, 1934 AT BENTLEY, OK. OCCUPATION: WORKED AS A LONGSHOREMAN, A SAW MILLER, AND A CARPENTER. HE WORKED A NUMBER OF YEARS IN CALIFORNIA AND RETIRED IN 1965 BACK TO ATOKA COUNTY. COONEY LOVED TO PLAY DOMINOES. HE WOULD GO TO BENTLEY EVERY CHANCE HE GOT TO PLAY WITH ALL HIS OLD DOMINO BUDDIES UNTIL HIS HEALTH FAILED. SURVIVED BY SON: DEAN WINKLE OF ATOKA, OK. GRANDCHILDREN: LEE WINKLE OF IRVING, TX. TOMMY WINKLE OF IRVING, TX. DAWN ETHERIDGE AND HUSBAND KEITH OF KELLER, TX. KURT WINKLE AND WIFE BEVERLY OF EUREKA, CA. KAREN WATTENBURGER AND HUSBAND JIM OF EUREKA, CA. 10 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN: SISTER: MABel GRIFFIN OF MODESTO, CA. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY WIFE: GLADYS WINKLE ON SEPTEMBER 10, 1988.SON: TOM WINKLE.PARENTS: TOM AND LUCY WINKLE.BROTHERS: EWELL AND JERRY WINKLE.
DATE OF SERVICES: WEDNESDAY, MAY 12, 1999 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: BENTLEY CEMETERY ~ ATOKA COUNTY, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. JOHN HOWARD. CASKETBEARERS: PHIL McDANIEL, CHUB McDANIEL, MIKE HOOPER, HARRY FARRIS, SANDY DANDERSON, FOY CALLICOAT.
NAME: NORENA LOUISE MILLER, INFANT DAUGHTER OF SANDRA DEE MILLER OF THE TUSHKA AREA. BORN: MARCH 24, 1999 AT DURANT, OK. PASSED AWAY: THURSDAY, MAY 13, 1999 AT HER RESIDENCE IN TUSHKA, OK.AGE: 1 MONTH AND 24 DAYS. SURVIVED BY MOTHER: SANDRA DEE MILLER OF TUSHKA, OK. BROTHER: JESSIE WILSON OF THE HOME IN TUSHKA, OK. GRANDPARENTS: DONALD AND NORENA MILLER OF TUSHKA, OK.
DATE OF SERVICES: SUNDAY, MAY 16, 1999 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: GRAVESIDE SERVICES. INTERMENT: MILLER FAMILY CEMETERY IN ATOKA COUNTY, OK. OFFICIATING: RAY TESTERMAN.
NAME: LEAH MAY (RUSHING) BAUMERT, AGE 78, LONGTIME COALGATE RESIDENT. BORN: MAY 7, 1921 AT FRANCES, IN PONTOTOC COUNTY, OKLAHOMA TO JOHN GUY AND ETHEL BRIDGET (McCARTER) RUSHING. PASSED AWAY: WEDNESDAY, MAY 19, 1999 AT MARY HURLEY HOSPITAL IN COALGATE. OK.AGE: 78 YEARS 0 MONTHS AND 12 DAYS EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT FRANCES, OKLAHOMA AND SHAMROCK, TX. MARRIED: JAMES BUFORD BILLS IN 1936 AT SHAMROCK, TX. CHARLES DONALD BAUMERT ON JUNE 9, 1952 AT RAY, ND. OCCUPATION: LEAH WAS A FLORIST. SHE WORKED A NUMBER OF YEARS FOR RICKI’S FLOWERS AND BOSWELL’S FLOWERS IN COALGATE. CHURCH AFFILIATION: COALGATE CHURCH OF CHRIST SURVIVED BY CHILDREN: JOE BILLS AND WIFE KAY OF COALGATE, OK. JOHN BILLS OF COALGATE, OK. BRIDGET PAXTON AND HUSBAND JIMMY OF ANTLERS, OK. BRENDA BROWN AND HUSBAND MAURICE OF COALGATE, OK. 9 GRANDCHILDREN, 14 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN AND ONE ON THE WAY. SISTER: JANE COWARD OF HOUSTON, TX. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: JOHN AND ETHEL RUSHING.FIRST HUSBAND: JAMES B. BILLS oN april 15, 1994.DAUGHTER: JUDY BETH BILLS IN 1961.INFANT BROTHER.
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NAME: CHARLES FISHER, AGE 62, LONGTIME ATOKA RESIDENT. BORN: SEPTEMBER 11, 1936 AT ATOKA, OK TO FREDDIE FRANKLIN AND GLADYS (SUTTER) FISHER. PASSED AWAY: WEDNESDAY, MAY 19, 1999 AT MEDICAL CENTER OF SE OKLAHOMA IN DURANT.AGE: 62 YEARS 8 MONTHS AND 8 DAYS EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT DUNBAR IN ATOKA. MARRIED: ETHEL JEAN BARBER IVERSON ON AUGUST 15, 1964 AT FREDRICK, OK. OCCUPATION: CHARLES WAS A RETIRED TRUCK DRIVER FOR HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION AND WORKED A FEW YEARS FOR THE ATOKA SCHOOLS IN MAINTENANCE. CHURCH AFFILIATION: CHURCH OF CHRIST FAITH AND WAS AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE NAACP. SURVIVED BY WIFE: ETHEL FISHER OF THEIR HOME IN ATOKA, OK. DAUGHTER: JENNIFER FISHER OF ATOKA, OK. SONS: CHARLES FISHER, JR. AND WIFE TERESA OF WAYNESVILLE, MO. ANTHONY FISHER OF MILWAUKEE, WI. FREDDIE FISHER OF ATOKA, OK. MOTHER: GLADYS PIERCE AND HUSBAND MARTIN OF ATOKA, OK. GRANDDAUGHTER: JASMINE FISHER OF HUGO, OK. GRANDSONS: DAKOTA AND JIA FISHER OF WAYNESVILLE, MO. AUNT: LULA MAE SUTTER OF ATOKA, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY FATHER: FREDDIE FISHER.GRANDPARENTS: CHARLIE AND LOTTIE SUTTER.
DATE OF SERVICES: TUESDAY, MAY 25, 1999 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: GREEN HILL CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK. OFFICIATING: WILLARD HARRISON.ASSISTING: TOMMY HARRISON. CASKETBEARERS: WENDELL WOODARD, CHARLEY COULTER, CLIFFORD BROWN, BILLY CLAYTON, JOE HARRISON, ORLON HILL. FLOWERBEARERS: ERNESTINE ALEXANDER, DORIS MOTON, LULA JEAN FRAZIER, ELIZABETH CLAYTON.
NAME: RUSSELL EARL FAUDREE, SR., AGE 93, LONGTIME ATOKA RESIDENT. BORN: MAY 19, 1906 IN ATOKA COUNTY, INDIAN TERRITORY TO ASHBY ROW AND CAROLINA LENA (HOLMLUND) FAUDREE. PASSED AWAY: THURSDAY, MAY 20, 1999 AT VALLEY VIEW HOSPITAL IN ADA, OK.AGE: 93 YEARS AND 1 DAY EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS IN ATOKA, OK. MARRIED: RUTH PEARL HANCOCK ON JULY 23, 1933 IN CADDO, OK. OCCUPATION: RUSSELL WAS A RETIRED BUILDING CONTRACTOR. CHURCH AFFILIATION: LONGTIME MEMBER OF ATOKA FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH. RUSSELL WAS A FIREMAN FOR ATOKA FOR OVER 20 YEARS. SURVIVED BY CHILDREN: GAYLEEN RUTH ANDREWS AND HUSBAND OLIN, JR. OF OPELIKA, AL. RUSSELL E. FAUDREE, JR. OF ARLINGTON, VA. FRANCES CAROLENA MADILL AND HUSBAND GEORGE B. OF ALEXANDRIA, VA. ROY GLEN FAUDREE AND WIFE PAMELA OF NORTHAMPTON, MA. GRANDCHILDREN: OLIN N. ANDREWS III OF OPELIKA, AL. TERESA GAY BRANT AND HUSBAND GREGORY OF DES MOINES, IA. WILLIAM A. ANDREWS AND WIFE CYNTHIA OF DES MOINES, IA. JANET ANN ROBERTSON AND HUSBAND GARY OF CARY, NC. LORI ANN MADILL OF RICHMOND, VA. GREAT GRANDSON: NICHOLAS G. BRANT OF DES MOINES, IA. GREAT GRANDDAUGHTER: CAROLENA GRACE ROBERTSON OF CARY, NC. BROTHER: KENNETH FAUDREE OF ATOKA, OK. SISTERS-IN-LAW: VINITA FAUDREE OF ATOKA, OK. MARY FRANCES PARKER OF OKLAHOMA CITY. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY WIFE: RUTH FAUDREE ON JUNE 20, 1997.
DATE OF SERVICES: MONDAY, MAY 24, 1999 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: ATOKA FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH. INTERMENT: GREEN MEADOWS CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. DAN FLETCHER. CASKETBEARERS: OLIN ANDREWS, JR., OLIN ANDREWS III, GEORGE MADILL. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: JOE GRIFFIN, FAUSTER LOVELACE, C. A. BARNEY McCALL, OTHO HAM.
NAME: AUTRY GENE MEAD, AGE 61, LIFETIME ATOKA COUNTY RESIDENT. BORN: MARCH 19, 1938 AT HARMONY IN ATOKA COUNTY, TO CHARLEY FRANKLIN AND EDNA CLARA (SHEFFIELD) MEAD. PASSED AWAY: SATURDAY, MAY 22, 1999 AT SEQUOYAH HOSPITAL, GORE, OK.AGE: 61 YEARS 2 MONTHS AND 3 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT LANE, OK. MARRIED: MARY FRANCIS FORREST ON SEPTEMBER 19, 1960 AT STRINGTOWN, OK. OCCUPATION: RETIRED MECHANIC. CHURCH AFFILIATION: HE WAS OF BAPTIST FAITH. SURVIVED BY WIFE: MARY FRANCIS MEAD OF THE HOME NEAR STRINGTOWN, OK. CHILDREN: CHRISTY MEAD OF TULSA, OK. ANGELIA EVANS AND HUSBAND WALTER OF GORE, OK. GRANDSONS: TRAVIS EVANS OF VIAN, OK. CODY EVANS OF GORE, OK. BROTHER: WILLIAM MEAD AND WIFE ALPHA MAE OF LANE, OK. SISTERS: RUBY BEATTIE OF WATSONVILLE, CA. MARY LOU CHRONISTER AND HUSBAND BUD OF ATOKA, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: CHARLEY AND EDNA MEAD.BROTHERS: HIS TWIN ARTHUR DEAN MEAD AND ROY AND C. F. MEAD.SISTERS: OLETA MAYNARD AND CHARLENE BARNARD.HALF BROTHERS: DUDLEY LYLES, ELMER LYLES, AND ELMER MEAD.HALF SISTER: THELMA SHEFFIELD.
DATE OF SERVICES: TUESDAY, MAY 25, 1999 AT 11:00 A.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: GRAVESIDE SERVICES. INTERMENT: BUTLER CEMETERY ~ LANE, OK. OFFICIATING: FAMILY AND FRIENDS.EULOGY BY: SAM HEARRELL.
NAME: JAMES ERVIN STOWE, AGE 51, LONGTIME ATOKA RESIDENT. BORN: SEPTEMBER 15, 1947 AT HOLDENVILLE, OK TO IRVeN OTTO AND RENA ANN (COLLUM) STOWE. PASSED AWAY: SUNDAY, MAY 23, 1999 AT HIS RESIDENCE IN ATOKA, OK.AGE: 51 YEARS 8 MONTHS AND 8 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT PASADENA, CALIFORNIA AND ANTLERS HIGH SCHOOL MARRIED: ANNETTE BOONE ON SEPTEMBER 19, 1969 IN ATOKA, OK. OCCUPATION: JAMES WAS A TRUCK DRIVER FOR RUSTIN CONCRETE. SURVIVED BY WIFE: ANN stowe OF THEIR HOME IN ATOKA, OK. MOTHER: RENA STOWE OF ATOKA, OK. SON: STACY STOWE AND WIFE TINA OF LEHIGH, OK. GRANDCHILDREN: KYLE STOWE AND BRADLEY STOWE OF LEHIGH, OK. UNCLE: WALTER COLLUM AND WIFE TINE OF KINGSTON, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY FATHER: IRVeN OTTO STOWE oN january 6, 1993.BROTHER: LUTHER STOWE.PATERNAL GRANDPARENTS: SAMPSON AND MARY B. STOWE.MATERNAL GRANDMOTHER: SARAH WARD.MATERNAL GRANDFATHER: J. W. COLLUM.STEP GRANDMOTHER: JOSIE COLLUM.
DATE OF SERVICES: WEDNESDAY, MAY 26, 1999 AT 1:00 P.M.PLACE OF SERVICES: GRAVESIDE SERVICES INTERMENT: GREEN MEADOWS CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. GENE LEDFORD. CASKETBEARERS: SHANNON SIMPSON, BOBBY RINEHART, DELBERT POWELL, BRYAN HESKETT, LOUIE DELAY, DAVID JOHNSON. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: CLAY SIMPSON, CRESTON SIMPSON, MIKE WALKER, WES DILLARD.
NAME: EDNA INEZ (DEW) ELLISON, AGE 79, AN ATOKA RESIDENT SINCE 1992.  BORN: NOVEMBER 17, 1919 AT ADA, OK, TO ROBERT TAYLOR AND MILLER JANE (COOPER) DEW. PASSED AWAY: SUNDAY, MAY 23, 1999 AT ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.AGE: 79 YEARS 6 MONTHS AND 6 DAYS EDUCATION: ATTENDED ADA AND GRADUATED FROM LATTA HIGH SCHOOL IN 1936. MARRIED: EUGENE JAMES “ BUD” ELLISON ON NOVEMBER 17, 1938 AT ADA, OK. OCCUPATION: BOOKKEEPER MANY YEARS FOR JIM PIPE AND STEEL SUPPLY COMPANY IN BAKERSFIELD, CA. CHURCH AFFILIATION: SHE WAS A LONGTIME MEMBER OF THE VALLEY BAPTIST CHURCH IN BAKERSFIELD AND AFTER COMING TO ATOKA WAS A MEMBER OF THE HILLCREST BAPTIST CHURCH. SURVIVED BY HUSBAND: BUD ellison OF THE HOME IN ATOKA, OK. CHILDREN: CHARLES ELLISON OF CRYSTAL, OK. CHARLOTTE MAUPIN AND HUSBAND BOB OF ROCKWALL, TX. MARY CARTNAL OF SHAFTER, CA. FRAN COOKSEY AND HUSBAND TODD OF ATOKA, OK. GRANDCHILDREN: STEVE MAUPIN, COLLENE LYONS, MELANIE SOWARDS, JEFF ELLISON, ANDRIA MAUPIN, RYAN CARTNAL, JENNIFER ELLISON, AND CARIN CATHEY. GREAT GRANDCHILDREN: CANDICE LYONS, CHAD LYONS, DALLEN LYONS, RYAN SOWARDS, CHLOE CARTNAL, LANE CARTNAL, AND MATTHEW CATHEY. AUNT: RACHEL DEW OF ADA, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: ROBERT AND MILLER JANE DEW.BROTHERS: MILLARD, ERNEST, HENRY, AND EVERETT DEW.SISTERS: RUBY HOWARD AND SELENA SKAGGS.
DATE OF SERVICES: WEDNESDAY, MAY 26, 1999 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: HILLCREST BAPTIST CHURCH ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: GREEN MEADOWS CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. JUNIOR HENRY. CASKETBEARERS: CECIL LEWIS, BILL SMITH, BOB MAUPIN, STEVE MAUPIN, KEVIN SOWARDS, TODD COOKSEY. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: ROY COLLUM, EVERETT McGEE, LUTHER COOPER, ELMER COOPER, PAT EDSON, JIM ALLEN, JERRY BETTIS, MIKE DANIEL.
NAME: CHARLES FLOYD GARLAND “BUD” WILLIAMSON, AGE 73, LIFELONG ATOKA COUNTY RESIDENT. BORN: SEPTEMBER 14, 1925 AT DAISY, OKLAHOMA TO JOSEPH HARDY AND ELLA MAE (HAMPTON) WILLIAMSON. PASSED AWAY: FRIDAY, MAY 28, 1999 AT ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.AGE: 73 YEARS 8 MONTHS AND 14 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT DAISY AND REDDEN, OK. MARRIED: THELMA FAY WILSON ON JULY 1, 1947 IN SHERMAN, TX. OCCUPATION: BUD WAS A CAR SALESMAN. HE WORKED FOR EVERY AUTO DEALER IN ATOKA AT ONE TIME OR ANOTHER. HE OWNED AND OPERATED HIS OWN DEALERSHIP AND WILLIAMSON MOTOR COMPANY IN WATONGA AND ALSO WORKED FOR JIM CLICK MOTOR COMPANY IN ALTUS. CHURCH AFFILIATION: LONGTIME MEMBER OF THE LANE CHURCH OF CHRIST. BUD WAS BAPTIZED IN 1955. HE WAS PAST PRESIDENT OF THE LIONS CLUB, PAST POST COMMANdER OF THE ATOKA D.A.V. AND WAS SONG LEADER FOR MANY YEARS AT PENN & A STREET CHURCH OF CHRIST AND THE LANE CHURCH OF CHRIST, AND WAS ACTIVE WITH THE STRINGTOWN SENIOR CITIZENS. SURVIVED BY CHILDREN: DERYL WILLIAMSON AND WIFE CAROLYN OF GEARY, OK. RON WILLIAMSON OF EDMOND, OK. SHARON SHELTON AND HUSBAND DEN OF BRANDON, MS. LINDA HILL AND HUSBAND MIKE OF ATOKA, OK. GARY WILLIAMSON OF OKLAHOMA CITY. GRANDCHILDREN: TIM, JEREMY, TONY, SONNY, SHELLY, JENI, STACY, ANGELA, MISTY, BRITTNEY, DINA, DEANNA, HOLLY, KELLI, KERI, AND MARISSA. GREAT GRANDCHILDREN: CORY, BLAKE, TORI, LOGAN, SUNNY, HAYLEY, WYATT, AND OLIVIA. SISTER: ALICE MARR OF MARIETTA, GA. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY WIFE: THELMA WILLIAMSON ON NOVEMBER 27, 1996.PARENTS: JOSEPH HARDY AND ELLA MAE WILLIAMSON.DAUGHTER: PHILLIS LAWSON.SON: TONY WILLIAMSON.BROTHERS: HARDY E. “JUNIOR” AND CLARENCE “CUBBY” WILLIAMSON.GRANDSON: MICHAEL NICHOLSON.
DATE OF SERVICES: MONDAY, MAY 31, 1999 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: REDDEN CEMETERY ~ STRINGTOWN, OK. OFFICIATING: HASKELL ENGLAND.ASSISTING: LLOYD McELHANEY AND JIM KELLOGG. CASKETBEARERS: LARRY CAPPS, HAL ISHMAEL, BILLY WAYNE GOODSON, RON MARBLE, JOHNNY SELF, MORRIS COCHRAN. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: SHERMAN “SHUG” BLEDSOE, JIM KELLOGG, BILL MALONE, VIC DOWNING, DAVID DOWNING, LEON HOWARD, EDDIE BROWN, MARVIN ESTES, DARRELL WEEDEN, GLENN NORTON, MUNROE COCHRAN.
NAME: JASON WAYNE HAUFF, AGE 22, LONGTIME VALLIANT AND FORMER TUSHKA RESIDENT. BORN: NOVEMBER 13, 1976 AT BROKEN BOW, OK TO JOHN WAYNE AND JUANITA KAYE (SNOW) HAUFF. PASSED AWAY: FRIDAY, MAY 28, 1999 AT PINEY WOODS, BROKEN BOW LAKE, OK.AGE: 22 YEARS 6 MONTHS AND 15 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED ELEMENTaRY AND MIDDLE SCHOOLS AT VALLIANT AND GRADUATED FROM TUSHKA HIGH SCHOOL IN 1995. OCCUPATION: HE WAS A PAINTER. SURVIVED BY DAUGHTER: DESIREE’ DAWN HAUFF OF ANTLERS, OK. PARENTS: JOHN AND KAYE HAUFF OF VALLIANT, OK. BROTHER: JARED HAUFF AND WIFE SHAUNA OF HAILEYVILLE, OK. NEPHEW: NICKALAS LANE HAUFF OF HAILEYVILLE, OK. GRANDPARENTS: KEITH AND MAE HILL OF ATOKA, OK. GRANDMOTHER: MARY SNOW OF COTTONWOOD, AZ. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY GRANDPARENTS: BILL AND EDNA HAUFF. GENE SNOW. GREAT GRANDPARENTS: CLIFFORD AND JESIE HILL. CHESTER AND MARY HAUFF. ERNEST AND BERTHA SNOW.
DATE OF SERVICES: TUESDAY, JUNE 1, 1999 AT 2:00 P.M.PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: NEW ZION CEMETERY ~ ATOKA COUNTY, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. BOB STUART. CASKETBEARERS: DWAYNE DALE, JEFF JACKSON, SHAWN HAUFF, CASEY HAUFF, PERRY HILL, ROBERT HILL, DWAYNE HILL, CLIFFTON HILL, DUSTY SNOW. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: ALAN MORRIS, ELLERY MORRIS, DEBO MORRIS, SEAN HUGHES, DEAN COOKSEY, J. R. COOKSEY.
NAME: BERYL (RICH) HUDSPETH COTHRAN, AGE 90, LONGTIME ATOKA COUNTY RESIDENT. BORN: FEBRUARY 3, 1909 AT CLIFTON CITY, MO. TO ELMER O. AND SHELLY (STREIT) RICH. PASSED AWAY: SATURDAY, MAY 29, 1999 AT MANOR CARE NURSING HOME IN MIDWEST CITY, OK.AGE: 90 YEARS 3 MONTHS AND 26 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED LIMESTONE GAP SCHOOLS AND ATTENDED COLLEGE AT O.P.C. AND SOUTHEASTERN IN DURANT, TULSA UNIVERSITY, AND CENTRAL STATE UNIVERSITY IN EDMOND. MARRIED: W. G. ”BILL” HUDSPETH ON JUNE 27, 1929 AT DURANT, OK. JOHN COTHRAN IN 1979 AT MIDWEST CITY, OK. OCCUPATION: LONGTIME SCHOOL TEACHER HAVING TAUGHT AT ATOKA AND BRISTOW, OK. SHE WAS IN THE INSURANCE AND REAL ESTATE BUSINESS MANY YEARS, AS WELL. CHURCH AFFILIATION: SHE WAS A MEMBER OF THE ATOKA FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH AND WAS THE OLDEST MEMBER AT THE TIME OF HER DEATH. MS. COTHRAN WAS VERY ACTIVE IN THE COMMUNITY. SHE WAS PAST MEMBER OF THE PIONEER CLUB, GARDEN CLUB AND THE WSCS AT FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH. SHE WAS A LONGTIME MEMBER OF THE THURSDAY AND FRIDAY BRIDGE CLUB. SHE WAS VERY ACTIVE IN THE P.T.A. IN ATOKA AND WAS PAST PRESIDENT OF BOTH MAMIE JOHNSON AND ATOKA HIGH SCHOOL P.T.A. AND WAS A PAST PRESIDENT OF THE ATOKA BAND BOOSTERS CLUB. MS. COTHRAN ORGANIZED THE CAMP FIRE GIRLS IN ATOKA IN 1950 AND CONTINUED AS LEADER OF THE ODAKA GROUP MANY YEARS. SURVIVED BY DAUGHTER: LINDA CROAK AND HUSBAND ROBERT OF MIDWEST CITY, OK. GRANDCHILDREN: WILLIAM HENRY CROAK AND WIFE SHERRI OF MIDWEST CITY, OK. JOHN ROBERT CROAK OF MIDWEST CITY, OK. SHELLY ELIZABETH CROAK OF MIDWEST CITY, OK. GREAT GRANDCHILDREN: LINDSEY ELIZABETH, KYLE WILLIAM, and JULIE LEA CROAK OF MIDWEST CITY SISTER IN-LAW: ISABELLE RICH OF ATOKA, OK. NEPHEWS: JOHN RICH OF TEXARKANA, ar. MARVIN MORGAN OF SAND SPRINGS, OK. NIECE: ELAINE GAGE OF MUSKOGEE, OK. COUSINS: MAURINE AND JACK BLUHM OF SMITHTON, MO. VERY SPECIAL FRIEND: FLORENCE NEAL OF ARDMORE, OK. DEAR FRIENDS AND CARETAKERS: BOBBIE DANDERSON AND GENE & DOROTHY VIETTA OF ATOKA, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: ELMER AND SHELLY RICH.FIRST HUSBAND: BILL HUDSPETH IN JULY, 1965.SECOND HUSBAND: JOHN COTHRAN IN NOVEMBER, 1989.BROTHER: JOHN VANCE RICH.
DATE OF SERVICES: WEDNESDAY, JUNE 2, 1999 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: WEST VIEW CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK. OFFICIATING: DR. DON HAZELL. CASKETBEARERS: CHARLES McCALL, WILLIAM CROAK, JOHN CROAK, RYAN RICH, J. R. RICH, JOHN RICH, GENE VIETTA, ED GAGE. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: C. A. “BARNEY” McCALL, BROWN WYRICK, DR. LEE ISON.
NAME: JAMES HILLIARD “JIM” SPENCE, III AGE 77, A LONGTIME ATOKA COUNTY RESIDENT.  BORN: DECEMBER 4, 1921 AT GRENADA, MISSISSIPPI TO JAMES HILLIARD, II AND BERTHA MAE (CORDELL) SPENCE. PASSED AWAY: MONDAY, MAY 31, 1999 AT HIS HOME IN TUSHKA, OK.AGE: 77 YEARS 5 MONTHS AND 27 DAYS. EDUCATION: GRADUATED FROM ALBUQURQUE, NM HIGH SCHOOL IN 1940. MARRIED: MARYETTA A. WALZ ON FEBRUARY 1, 1940 AT GREENVILLE, MS. OCCUPATION: HE WAS A DAIRYMAN OVER 51 YEARS. THE LAST 24 HE WAS WITH MUNGLE DAIRY IN ATOKA, OK. CHURCH AFFILIATION: LONGTIME MEMBER OF THE TUSHKA BAPTIST CHURCH. JIM WAS A GREAT SUPPORTER OF THE BAPTIST CHILDRENS HOME AND THE BAPTIST FOUNDATION IN WAPANUCKA, ok. SURVIVED BY DAUGHTERS: MARGERY A. VALLER OF CARSON CITY, NV. LYNDA L. THILLEMANN AND HUSBAND TOM OF KENOSHA, WI. CAROL S. TUTOR AND HUSBAND WAYNE OF GREENVILLE, MS. MARGARET JOY THOMAS AND HUSBAND BOB OF TUSHKA, OK. SON: JAMES H. SPENCE lV AND WIFE CAROL ANN OF TUSHKA, OK. 14 GRANDCHILDREN AND 9 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. BROTHERS: JOE T. SPENCE OF ALBUQURQUE, NM ARRON R. SPENCE AND WIFE MAZELLE OF FT. COLLINS. CO. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: JAMES H. AND BERTHA SPENCE.WIFE: MARYETTA SPENCE ON DECEMBER 5, 1996.SON: JOE TALLEY SPENCE OCTOBER 26, 1996.
GRAVESIDE COMMITTAL SERVICE: SATURDAY, JUNE 5, 1999 AT 9:30 A.M. INTERMENT: TUSHKA CEMETERY ~ TUSHKA, OK. MEMORIAL SERVICE: TUSHKA BAPTIST CHURCH AT 10:00 A.M. OFFICIATING: REV. LARRY ARGOASSISTING: REV. RICHARD MAGBY CASKETBEARERS: BUBBA TUTOR, SONNY TUTOR, JAMES SPENCE, WAYNE TUTOR, BOB THOMAS, MICHAEL SPENCE.
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