NAME: B. D. (SELF) MANION, AGE 76, RESIDENT OF WARDVILLE, OK.  BORN: JANUARY 10, 1922 AT STRINGTOWN, OK TO JACK PHILLIP AND MARY EMMA (GRIGGS) SELF. PASSED AWAY: SUNDAY, MAY 3, 1998 AT BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER IN OKLAHOMA CITY.AGE: 76 YEARS 3 MONTHS AND 10 DAYS EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT LIMESTONE GAP AND STRINGTOWN, OK. MARRIED: THOMAS L. MANION ON AUGUST 20, 1944 IN ATOKA, OK. OCCUPATION: WORKED AT U. S. ARMY AMMUNITION DEPOT AT SAVANNA, OK AND FOR WRANGLER IN COALGATE, OK. CHURCH AFFILIATION: PENTECOSTAL HOLINESS FAITH. SURVIVED BY HUSBAND: TOMMY MANION OF THE HOME IN WARDVILLE, OK. CHILDREN: EMMA McCORMICK OF WARDVILLE, OK. LINDA JONES AND HUSBAND GARY OF SHAWNEE, OK. ROYCE MANION AND WIFE HELEN OF WARDVILLE, OK. GRANDCHILDREN: MELONIE BASINGER OF MARIETTA, OK. KEVIN McCORMICK OF WARDVILLE, OK. BRIAN ABLES OF SHAWNEE, OK. KENT ABLES OF TRYON, OK. JUSTIN MANION OF WARDVILLE, OK. KERWIN MANION OF WARDVILLE, OK. GREAT GRANDCHILDREN: HEATHER AND JEROD BASINGER. TRAVIS AND TREAVOR ABLES. TRAVIS AND KYLE TRUESDALE. BROTHERS: FARRIS SELF OF TUSHKA, OK. JACKIE SELF AND WIFE JEAN OF OKLAHOMA CITY. JOHNNY SELF AND WIFE ZELMA OF STRINGTOWN, OK. ROYAL SELF OF OKLAHOMA CITY. SISTERS: BERTHA LEWIS OF KIOWA, OK. CORA POWELL AND HUSBAND SHORTY OF STRINGTOWN, OK. A VERY SPECIAL COUSIN: JUANITA WREN OF IDAHO. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: JACK AND MARY SELF.INFANT DAUGHTERS: ALINE AND JOYCE ANN MANION.SISTER: INEZ KNIGHT.
DATE OF SERVICES: WEDNESDAY, MAY 6, 1998 AT 4:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: STRINGTOWN CEMETERY ~ STRINGTOWN, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. JAMES CROWSON. CASKETBEARERS: GLEN MITCHELL, DEON KIEFER, ROY WILLIAMS, CHESTER EDGE, DON BURNS, VERNON MOORE. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: JOE BOB MORRISON, SONNY PEBWORTH, HUGH LEWIS, GEORGE CLOTFELTER, CORKY INOCHO.
NAME: ROY HART, AGE 78, LONGTIME RESIDENT OF THE LANE, OKLAHOMA AREA BORN: OCTOBER 3, 1919 AT LINDSEY, OKLAHOMA TO THOMAS AND ELLENOR ANN (ELLIS) HART. PASSED AWAY: SUNDAY, MAY 3, 1998 AT THE OKLAHOMA VETERANS CENTER IN TALAHINA, OK.AGE: 78 YEARS AND 7 MONTHS EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT LINDSEY, OK. MARRIED: LORENE SMITH ON AUGUST 2, 1954 AT PAMPA, TX. OCCUPATION: MECHANIC, WORKED SEVERAL YEARS AT HUFFINES CHEVROLET IN LEWISVILLE, TX. CHURCH AFFILIATION: MEMBER OF HILLCREST BAPTIST CHURCH IN ATOKA FOR MANY YEARS. SURVIVED BY WIFE: LORENE hart OF THE HOME NEAR LANE, OK. SON: DEWAIN McDONALD AND WIFE CHRISTINE OF WAPANUCKA, OK. GRANDCHILDREN: RANDAL McDONALD OF WAPANUCKA, OK. BRENDA McDONALD OF COLEMAN, OK. ROBERT McDONALD AND WIFE CHRISTY OF COLEMAN, OK. GREAT GRANDCHILDREN: DUSTY HAMILTON, KYLEE SMITH, CASEY TINNEY, NICOLE McDONALD, TONY McDONALD, AND BRITTNEY McDONALD. BROTHERS: (HIS TWIN) FOY HART OF LINDSEY, OK. BEN STEVENS OF LINDSEY, OK. THEO HART OF OKLAHOMA CITY. SISTER: LOLA FEDFORD OF WOODWARD, OK. SPECIAL NIECE: GLENDA KENNEMER AND HUSBAND JOHN OF SAN ANTONIO, TX. THOMAS HART OF LINDSEY, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: THOMAS AND ELLENOR HART.SISTER: RUTH ROBBINS.
DATE OF SERVICES: WEDNESDAY, MAY 6, 1998 AT 10;00 A.M.PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: BUTLER CEMETERY ~ LANE, OK. OFFICIATING: REV.JUNIOR HENRY. CASKETBEARERS: (MEMBERS OF THE D.A.V. POST #60) WAYNE GRAY, RALPH MEADOWS, TOM LEWIS, HENRY BROWN, VIRGIL HARDIN, GLENN NORTON, WILLARD OLSEN, MACK STOBAUGH.
NAME: OSCAR JAMES WEBSTER, AGE 79, LONGTIME ATOKA COUNTY RESIDENT. BORN: JUNE 26, 1918 AT LOCUST GROVE, MAYS COUNTY, OK TO GEORGE WASHINGTON AND EPRIESTESS (ELDER) WEBSTER PASSED AWAY: SUNDAY, MAY 3, 1998 AT ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.AGE: 79 YEARS 10 MONTHS AND 7 DAYS. MARRIED: NEVER MARRIED. EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT VERDIGRiS, OKLAHOMA IN ROGERS COUNTY. OCCUPATION: RETIRED FARMER AND RANCHER. CHURCH AFFILIATION: LONGTIME MEMBER OF WARDS CHAPEL BAPTIST CHURCH. OSCAR WAS IN THE U. S. ARMY AND SERVED IN WORLD WAR II AND KOREA, RECEIVING NUMEROUS MEDALS INCLUDING the PURPLE HEART. HE WAS ALSO IN THE 45TH DIVISION OF THE OKLAHOMA NATIONAL GUARD, SERVING A TOTAL OF 16 YEARS. SURVIVED BY MOTHER: EPRIESTESS WEBSTER OF ATOKA, OK. BROTHER: CHESTER WEBSTER AND WIFE BARBARA OF TULSA, OK. SISTERS-IN-LAW: LUCILLE WEBSTER OF ATOKA, OK. KAY WEBSTER OF ATOKA, OK. AUNTS: LUCILLE WHITAKER OF SAN DIEGO, CA. VERDA MAE JONES OF ATOKA, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY FATHER: G. W. WEBSTER.BROTHERS: RAYMOND AND JOHN WEBSTER.
DATE OF SERVICES: WEDNESDAY, MAY 6, 1998 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: GREEN MEADOWS CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. CHESTER D. WEBSTER.ASSISTING: REV. TOM HARGRAVE. CASKETBEARERS: ELTON HENDERSON, TED HENDERSON, LOYD PENICK, PHILLIP WEBSTER, SAM WEBSTER, TIM FAULKENBERRY, ROBERT CALVERT.
NAME: STELLA MAE (KEYLON) BLACKBURN, AGE 81, LIFELONG ATOKA COUNTY RESIDENT. BORN: MARCH 1, 1917 IN ATOKA COUNTY, OK TO ROBERT CARTER AND EMMA PAMELIA (STEPHENS) KEYLON. PASSED AWAY: TUESDAY, MAY 5, 1998 ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.AGE: 81 YEARS 2 MONTHS AND 4 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED GRADE SCHOOL AT TUSHKA AND GRADUATED FROM ATOKA HIGH SCHOOL IN 1935. MARRIED: FLOYD BLACKBURN ON JANUARY 18, 1941 IN ATOKA, OK. OCCUPATION: HOUSEWIFE & HOMEMAKER. CHURCH AFFILIATION: MEMBER OF WARDS CHAPEL BAPTIST CHURCH MOST OF HER LIFE. SHE TAUGHT SUNDAY SCHOOL FOR MANY YEARS AND SERVED AS THE CHURCH TREASURER FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS. SURVIVED BY HUSBAND: FLOYD BLACKBURN OF THE HOME IN ATOKA, OK. CHILDREN: JOYCE CALDWELL and HUSBAND G. M. OF LANCASTER, TX. KEN BLACKBURN and WIFE SHIRLEY OF DURANT, OK. CURT BLACKBURN OF TULSA, OK. GRANDCHILDREN: SHELLY BLACKBURN, HEATHER CALDWELL, VALERIE BARRIENTOR, BRAD BLACKBURN, KENDI BLACKBURN, BRENT BLACKBURN. GREAT GRANDCHILD: ROBERT BARRIENTOR. SISTER: ETHEL KEYLON OF TISHOMINGO, OK. NEPHEW: LYNN RAY ESLICK OF LOUISIANA. NIECE: FRANCES HAMILTON OF VERNON, TX. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY SISTERS: VENITA ESLICK, MAGGIE JONES, AND LAVERN OWEN.BROTHERS: BILL KEYLON AND JIM KEYLON.
DATE OF SERVICES: THURSDAY, MAY 7, 1998 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: GREEN MEADOWS CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. TOM HARGRAVE.ASSISTING: REV. BOB JOHNSON. CASKETBEARERS: TINKER RAY, PERRY RAY, PAT LOFTIS, RONNIE COCHRAN, CARL GOODSON, GENE TOMLINSON. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: KENNETH WILLIAMS, DON LOFTIS, ELMO THOMAS, RICHARD BETTS.
NAME: MARTIN GARCIA “MARTY” FIGUEROA, AGE 76, RESIDENT OF ATOKA COUNTY. BORN: APRIL 13, 1922 IN CHiHAUHUA, MEXICO. PASSED AWAY: WEDNESDAY, MAY 6, 1998 AT ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.AGE: 76 YEARS 0 MONTHS AND 23 DAYS EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOL AT NORWALK, CALIFORNIA. MARRIED: MILDRED WILLIAMS CHISM IN 1970 IN MEXICO. OCCUPATION: MARTY WAS A TRUCK DRIVER FOR MANY YEARS. MARTY SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE U. S. ARMY DURING WORLD WAR II. HE RECEIVED MANY MEDALS INCLUDING THE PURPLE HEART. HE ATTENDED SOUTHSIDE BAPTIST CHURCH AND WAS A MEMBER OF THE TEAMSTERS UNION FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS. SURVIVED BY WIFE: MILDRED FIGUEROA OF THE HOME IN ATOKA, OK. BROTHER: PEDRO GARCIA FIGUEROA OF NORWALK, CA. COUSIN: CLEMENCIA GAVALDON OF RIVERSIDE, CA. NEPHEWS: MICHAEL FIGUEROA OF NORWALK, CA. DANNY FIGUEROA OF NORWALK, CA. NIECE: VALERIE FIGUEROA OF NORWALK, CA. SISTER-IN-LAW: MARY FIGUEROA OF NORWALK, CA. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: UNKNOWN TO INFORMANT.BROTHER: MANUEL GARCIA FIGUEROA.STEP-SON: HAROLD CHISM.
DATE OF SERVICES: SATURDAY, MAY 9, 1998 AT 2:00 P.MPLACE OF SERVICES: SOUTHSIDE BAPTIST CHURCH ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: GREEN MEADOWS CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. LOYD THOMPSON.ASSISTING: REV. TOM HARGRAVE. CASKETBEARERS: JERRY RICHARD, LON FINK, RICHARD BETTS, JACK RICE, CARL TOBLER, MARVIN DALE. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: HOWARD SOUTHERN, RONNIE COCHRAN, ERNIE GRIFFIN, MORRIS COCHRAN.
NAME: LEO MARLEY, AGE 74, LONGTIME STRINGTOWN, OKLAHOMA RESIDENT. BORN: FEBRUARY 28, 1924 AT STRINGTOWN, ok TO WILLIAM ALEXANDER AND PEGGY JANE (HUGHES) MARLEY. PASSED AWAY: FRIDAY, MAY 8, 1998 AT ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.AGE: 74 YEARS 2 MONTHS AND 10 DAYS EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOL AT STRINGTOWN, OK. MARRIED: NEVER MARRIED. OCCUPATION: WORKED AT U. S. ARMY AMMUNITION DEPOT AT SAVANNA, OK. LEO SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE U. S. ARMY DURING WORLD WAR II AS A TRUCK DRIVER, AUTOMOTIVE MECHANIC, AND CARBINE MARKSMAN IN BURMA, RECEIVING THE GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL AND ACHIEVING THE RANK OF TECHNICIAN, FIFTH GRADE. SURVIVED BY BROTHER: WILLIE L. MARLEY OF STRINGTOWN, OK. SISTER: MAXINE GERRISH OF STRINGTOWN, OK. 16 NEPHEWS, 4 NIECES. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: WILLIAM AND PEGGY MARLEY.SISTERS: GLADYS WISDOM, ALLIE MARLEY, CALLIE MARLEY, AND GENEVA MARLEY.BROTHERS: RAY, (TWINS) ROY & TROY, AND GRANVILLE MARLEY.
DATE OF SERVICES: SUNDAY, MAY 10, 1998 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: GRAVESIDE SERVICES. INTERMENT: MT. OLIVE CEMETERY ~ STRINGTOWN, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. BARTT BRADFORDASSISTING: REV. VIRGIL PATTON
NAME: RAYMOND LUTHER JONES, AGE 71, LIFELONG RESIDENT OF ATOKA, OK. BORN: JUNE 21, 1926 AT ATOKA TO FRENCHIE AND ROSA LEE (CHEADLE) JONES. PASSED AWAY: FRIDAY, MAY 8, 1998 AT ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.AGE: 71 YEARS 10 MONTHS AND 17 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOL AT DUNBAR IN ATOKA, OK. MARRIED: LUCILLE HILL ON JANUARY 8, 1995 AT ATOKA, OK. OCCUPATION: HE WAS A RETIRED BAKER. HE WORKED MANY YEARS FOR BOB NELSON, JAY FORREST, AND LATER JOE CROWLEY. CHURCH AFFILIATION: MEMBER OF THE 4TH WARD CHURCH OF CHRIST. LUTHER SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE U. S. ARMY AS A PRIVATE FROM 1946 TO 1947. HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE ATOKA MASONIC LODGE. SURVIVED BY STEPCHILDREN: ESTER WASHINGTON OF ATOKA, OK. JO ANN FRAZIER AND HUSBAND BOBBY OF ATOKA, OK. NIBB E. HILL AND WIFE DOROTHY OF OKLAHOMA CITY. JAMES HILL OF OKLAHOMA CITY. CECIL HILL AND WIFE ANNA OF ATOKA, OK. JACKIE HILL AND WIFE CAROL OF MIDWEST CITY, OK. DEWAYNE HILL AND WIFE EMMA OF ATOKA, OK. SISTERS: DOROTHY VINSON OF OKLAHOMA CITY. HELEN JONES OF LOS ANGELES, CA. 37 STEP GRANDCHILDREN, 67 STEP GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, 10 STEP GREAT GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. LIFELONG FRIENDS: RALPH McMURRY AND BEA FULLER. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: FRENCHIE AND ROSA JONES. WIFE: LUCILLE jones ON APRIL 11, 1997.
DATE OF SERVICES: WEDNESDAY, MAY 13, 1998 AT 1:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: GREEN HILL CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. RALPH McMURRY, WILLARD HARRISON AND BRYAN VINSON. CASKETBEARERS: CLIFFORD BROWN, STEVEN HILL, CHARLES COULTER, LLOYD BUTCH VINSON, MIKE HILL, RICKY VINSON. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: ORLON HILL, JESSIE HARRISON, TOMMY HARRISON, DERRYL CRAWFORD, BILLY JOE CLAYTON. FLOWERS GIRLS WILL BE HIS NIECES.
NAME: LLOYD F. McCORMACK, AGE 82, OF ARLINGTON, TEXAS, FORMER LONGTIME CLAYTON, ADELL, AND DAISY, OK AREA RESIDENT. BORN: APRIL 28, 1916 AT TUSKAHOMA, OK TO CHRISTOPHER C. AND LAURA (AIKMAN) McCORMICK. PASSED AWAY: SATURDAY, MAY 9, 1998 AT THE ARLINGTON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.AGE: 82 YEARS 0 MONTHS AND 11 DAYS EDUCATION: ATTENDED SEMINOLE AND ADELL, OK SCHOOLS. MARRIED: ANNA LAVERN GIST ON OCTOBER 4, 1941 AT ATOKA, OK. OCCUPATION: AIR CONDITIONING ENGINEER AND RANCHER, RETIRing in 1967. CHURCH AFFILIATION: HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE LIGHT HOUSE CATHEDRAL OF CLAYTON, OK. LLOYD SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE U. S. ARMY DURING WWII AS A MEDICAL TECHNICIAN AND EXPERT GUNNER. HE RECEIVED A BRONZE STAR, VICTORY RIBBON, AND GOOD CONDUCT MEDALS. he WAS A MEMBER OF THE VETERANS OF FOREIGN WAR. SURVIVED BY WIFE: LAVERN mccormack OF THE HOME IN ARLINGTON, TX. SONS: LLOYD F. McCORMACK Jr. AND WIFE SANDRA OF ARLINGTON, TX. CHRIS J. McCORMACK AND WIFE CONNIE OF ARLINGTON, TX. GRANDCHILDREN: GREG AND MIKE McCORMACK OF ARLINGTON, TX. GLEN AND BRENDA CAUGHRON OF ARLINGTON, TX. RUSTY AND CHRISTI PUGH OF ATOKA, OK. DAVE AND LORI WILLIAMS OF OKLAHOMA CITY. MATTHEW AND DEBBIE WILL OF TULSA, OK. ANNA McCORMACK OF ARLINGTON, TX. GREAT GRANDCHILDREN: BRANDON WILL OF TULSA, OK. BRANDON, CHRISTOPHER AND ZACK PUGH OF ATOKA, OK. AMANDA AND BRANDY CAUGHRON OF ARLINGTON, TX. SISTERS: MOZELL POWELL OF OKLAHOMA CITY. CORA CASE OF CLAYTON, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY BROTHERS: ALBERT, ROY, AND OTIS.SISTERS: OZELL, OWETA, AND NONA.
DATE OF SERVICES: TUESDAY, MAY 12, 1998 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: LIGHTHOUSE CATHEDRAL ~ CLAYTON, OK. INTERMENT: MOUNTAIN HOME CEMETERY ~ DAISY, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. PHILIP SHARP OF CLAYTON. CASKETBEARERS: RUSTY PUGH, BRANDON PUGH, MIKE McCORMACK, GREG McCORMACK, DAVE WILLIAMS, GLEN CAUGHRON, MATHEW WILL, JIM OLSEN.
NAME: CHARLES BENSON PITTS, AGE 65, OF MOORE AND FORMER ATOKA COUNTY RESIDENT. BORN: SEPTEMBER 30, 1932 IN ATOKA, OKLAHOMA TO CARL DENNIS AND IVA JANE (BROWN) PITTS. PASSED AWAY: SUNDAY, MAY 10, 1998 AT HIS RESIDENCE IN MOORE, OK. AGE: 65 YEARS 7 MONTHS AND 1O DAYS MARRIED: MILDRED MARIE POWELL ON MAY 13, 1955 IN ATOKA, OK. CHURCH AFFILIATION: MR. PITTS WAS A MEMBER OF SOUTHGATE PENTECOSTAL HOLINESS CHURCH IN MOORE, ok. HE ENJOYED WORKING AND WAS AN AVID HUNTER AND FISHERMAN. BENSON ENJOYED STUDYING THE BIBLE AND SPENDING TIME WITH HIS FAMILY AND GRANDCHILDREN. SURVIVED BY WIFE: MILDRED PITTS OF THE HOME IN MOORE, OK. SON: RONALD KENT PITTS AND WIFE PHYLLIS OF MOORE, OK. GRANDCHILDREN: COLBY AND SHANNON PITTS OF MOORE, OK. STEP GRANDCHILDREN: SUMMER WILLIAMS AND HUSBAND LONNIE OF OKLAHOMA CITY. MISTY McCAULEY OF MOORE, OK. BROTHERS: JAMES JEROLD PITTS AND WIFE JANICE OF STRINGTOWN, OK. CARL DAVID PITTS OF SWEET HOME, OR. SISTERS: BARBARA LOUISE VAN CAMP AND HUSBAND DON OF SILVER DALE, WA. ELVA JOANN GABBART AND HUSBAND ROWLAND OF STRINGTOWN, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: CARL and IVA JANE PITTS.
DATE OF SERVICES: WEDNESDAY, MAY 13, 1998 AT 10:00 A.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: SOUTHGATE PENTECOSTAL HOLINESS CHURCH ~ MOORE, OK COMMITTAL SERVICE: WEDNESDAY, MAY 13, 1998 AT 4:00 P.M.INTERMENT: TUSHKA CEMETERY ~ TUSHKA, OK. OFFICIATING: BRO. LYNN ICE.ASSISTING: BRO. JOHN SALES. CASKET BEARERS: (NEPHEWS) MIKE PITTS, LARRY PARTAIN, PHIL POWELL, DENNIS POWELL, SCOTT POWELL, LESS STEPHENS. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: COLBY PITTS, JEROLD PITTS, ALLEN DAVIS, BERT NOAK, ROWLAND GABBART, PRESTON SIMS.
NAME: ONA RUTH BURDEN, AGE 43, LONGTIME RESIDENT OF LEHIGH, OK. BORN: MARCH 22, 1955 AT COALGATE, OKLAHOMA TO HILLARY AND MARIE EMILY (MUNCY) BURDEN. PASSED AWAY: SUNDAY, MAY 10, 1998 AT HER RESIDENCE IN LEHIGH, OK.AGE: 43 YEARS 1 MONTH AND 18 DAYS EDUCATION: ATTENDED GRADE SCHOOL AT LEHIGH AND GRADUATED IN 1974 FROM COALGATE HIGH SCHOOL. MARRIED: NEVER MARRIED. CHURCH AFFILIATION: ATTENDED COALGATE SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST. SURVIVED BY SISTER: LOIS DECAMP AND HUSBAND FRED OF MOORE, OK. AUNT: HAZEL GENDIN AND HUSBAND ABRAHAM OF CHICAGO, IL. UNCLE: SAM MUNCY AND WIFE PATTY OF ANDERSON, IN. NIECE: DARLA SOWLES OF GRAND CANYON, AZ. NEPHEW: FRED DECAMP JR. OF OKLAHOMA CITY. 8 COUSINS, INCLUDING STEVE AND TERESA GENDIN AND SON ROBERT WHO CARED FOR HER THE PAST 6 MONTHS OR SO IN THEIR HOME AT LEHIGH. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: HILLARY and MARIE BURDEN.GRANDPARENTS: W. C. and HAZEL MUNCY.
DATE OF SERVICES: WEDNESDAY, MAY 13, 1998 AT 10:00 A.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: COALGATE SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH. INTERMENT: LEHIGH CEMETERY ~ LEHIGH, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. DOUGLAS WEST. CASKETBEARERS: ROY SWEETEN, DENNIS CHASTAIN, DELBERT POWELL, FLOYD MAXEY, LARRY HENSLEY, EUGENE PICKENS. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: LYNN CALVERT, JERRY PETERS, MILES JONES.
NAME: NEOMA LEE (GRANGER) LEWIS, AGE 84, LONGTIME ATOKA COUNTY RESIDENT. BORN: JANUARY 17, 1914 IN ATOKA COUNTY, ok TO BENJAMIN JAMES AND EFFIE ELIZABETH (EZELL) GRANGER. PASSED AWAY: MONDAY, MAY 11, 1998 AT ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.AGE: 84 YEARS 3 MONTHS AND 24 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT FORREST HILL, TUSHKA, BENTLEY, AND ATOKA. MARRIED: ROBERT A. “BOB” LEWIS ON JUNE 2, 1934 IN ANTLERS, OK. OCCUPATION: HOUSEWIFE AND HOMEMAKER AND WORKED MANY YEARS IN THE RETAIL BUSINESS. CHURCH AFFILIATION: MEMBER OF HILLCREST BAPTIST and WAS PREVIOUSLY A MEMBER AT SOUTHSIDE BAPTIST CHURCH. SURVIVED BY DAUGHTER: EVELYN JOYCE MOORE AND HUSBAND LOREN OF OKLAHOMA CITY. SONS: ROBERT LEWIS AND WIFE RENAY OF BLACKJACK COMMUNITY, ATOKA COUNTY, OK CECIL LEWIS AND WIFE JOYCE OF ATOKA, OK. JERRY LEWIS AND WIFE QUINNA OF LANE, OK. SISTER: NORA MAE LEE OF TUPELO, OK. 8 GRANDSONS, 3 GRANDDAUGHTERS, 11 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, 1 GREAT GREAT GRANDDAUGHTER. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HUSBAND: BOB LEWIS ON FEBRUARY 19, 1991.PARENTS: BEN AND EFFIE GRANGER.SON: BENNY JOE LEWIS.BROTHERS: HENRY AND CARL GRANGER.SISTERS: LILLIE BELLE MASON AND ETHEL LINDSEY.
DATE OF SERVICES: WEDNESDAY, MAY 13, 1998 AT 4:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: HILLCREST BAPTIST CHURCH ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: GREEN MEADOWS CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. SILAS JUNIOR HENRY.ASSISTING: REV. JOHN HOWARD. CASKETBEARERS: LARRY MOORE, CECIL LEWIS JR., DOUGLAS LEWIS, STEVEN LEWIS, CHRISTOPHER LEWIS, BRITTON LEWIS, JON LEWIS, JIM BOB LEWIS, JASON WILLIAMSON. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: BUD ELLISON, BILL DONALDSON, BILL SMITH, TODIE CLAY, HAROLD HENDERSON.
NAME: RANDELL ALBERT O’DELL, AGE 48, OF LANE, OK.  BORN: FEBRUARY 25, 1950 AT GRAHAM, TEXAS TO JACK HOYCE AND INA RUTH (FRYE) O’DELL. PASSED AWAY: MONDAY, MAY 11, 1998 IN AN AUTO ACCIDENT NEAR WAPANUCKA, OK. AGE: 48 YEARS 2 MONTHS AND 16 DAYS. EDUCATION: HE ATTENDED SCHOOLS IN TEXAS AND CALIFORNIA. OCCUPATION: MR. O’DELL WAS A PAINTER. CHURCH AFFILIATION: BAPTIST FAITH. SURVIVED BY WIFE: BETTY o’dell OF THE HOME NEAR LANE, OK. DAUGHTER: ADRIANNE ABU-SALAH OF RENO, NV. MOTHER: INA RUTH BLACKMAN OF NORTH RICHLAND HILL, TX. BROTHER: JACK O’DELL AND WIFE VICKIE OF SAN MATEO, CA. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY FATHER: JACK O’DELL IN 1952.
DATE OF SERVICES: FRIDAY, MAY 15, 1998 AT 2:00 P.M.PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. JAMES CROWSON.
NAME: ROBERT ROSTON COLLIER, AGE 91, LONGTIME ATOKA COUNTY RESIDENT. BORN: MAY 21, 1906 AT CROMWELL, INDIAN TERRITORY TO JAMES WILBURN AND J. SARAH E. (WILLIAMS) COLLIER. PASSED AWAY: THURSDAY, MAY 14, 1998 AT ATOKA MEMORIA HOSPITAL. AGE: 91 YEARS 11 MONTHS AND 23 DAYS EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT STUART, OK. MARRIED: JOHNNY MAE ELLIOTT ON AUGUST 18, 1926 AT CANEY, OK. WYNOMA HALL MARTIN IN 1954 AT ATOKA, OK. OCCUPATION: RETIRED CORRECTIONAL OFFICER FROM THE OKLAHOMA STATE PRISON IN McALESTER AND A FARMER. CHURCH AFFILIATION: LONGTIME MEMBER OF FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH, ATOKA, OK. SURVIVED BY STEPSON: JOHN MARTIN and WIFE ROSE OF TUSHKA, OK. GRANDSON: ROBERT DWAYNE COLLIER and WIFE JEAN OF BENNINGTON, OK. GRANDDAUGHTERS: DENA (COLLIER) TAYLOR and HUSBAND TONY OF WEATHERFORD, TX. RHEA (COLLIER) MOORE and HUSBAND DOUG OF WEATHERFORD, TX. STEP GRANDSON: KYLE MARTIN OF CRYSTAL, OK. 9 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, 3 GREAT GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY FIRST WIFE: JOHNNY MAE COLLIER ON DECEMBER 6, 1952.SECOND WIFE: WYNOMA COLLIER ON JANUARY 24, 1998.SON: MARVIN DWAYNE COLLIER.BROTHER: JESS COLLIER.SISTERS: AGNES, LILLIE MAE, AND VERNA.
DATE OF SERVICES: SATURDAY, MAY 16, 1998 AT 2:00 P.M.PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: TUSHKA CEMETERY ~ TUSHKA, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. BOB JOHNSON. CASKET BEARERS: KEITH HILL, JERRY CARTWRIGHT, HOWARD SOUTHERN, GARY COOPER, DANNY COOPER, JAMES HALL. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: BARNEY McCALL, JERED CARTWRIGHT, TED COPELAND, RALPH MEADOWS.
NAME: AMIE (ADAMS) EAKINS, AGE 82, OF COALGATE AND A FORMER LONGTIME LEHIGH RESIDENT.  BORN: JANUARY 9, 1916 IN TULSA, OKLAHOMA TO BENJIMAN ADAMS AND MARY ELLEN (CAMPBELL) ADAMS. PASSED AWAY: FRIDAY, MAY 22, 1998 AT MERCY HOSPITAL IN OKLAHOMA CITY.AGE: 82 YEARS 4 MONTHS AND 13 DAYS EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT LEEDY NEAR CHICKASHA, OK. MARRIED: FRED EAKINS ON SEPTEMBER 16, 1939 AT ALBUQUERQUE, NM. OCCUPATION: HOUSEWIFE. MRS. EAKINS WAS A MEMBER OF LEHIGH FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH AND COALGATE HOMEMAKERS’ CLUB. SURVIVED BY BROTHERS: MONROE ADAMS AND WIFE DOROTHY OF GUYMAN, OK. ALBERT ADAMS AND WIFE MARY OF CHECOTA, OK. SISTERS: INA MAYO OF MOORE, OK. DARLENE DALKE and HUSBAND HAROLD OF OKLAHOMA CITY. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HUSBAND: FRED EAKINS ON MAY 12, 1997.PARENTS: BENJIMAN AND MARY ELLEN ADAMS.4 BROTHERS.4 SISTERS.
DATE OF SERVICES: SUNDAY MAY 24, 1998 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: LEHIGH BAPTIST CHURCH ~ LEHIGH, OK. INTERMENT: LEHIGH CEMETERY ~ LEHIGH, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. J. W. BURROWS. CASKET BEARERS: RALPH EAKINS, JIM EAKINS, RAY SUTHERLIN, WILLIE OSBORNE, NICKEY BEAL, RICK CANTRELL.
NAME: EDITH LORENE (YATES) McGINTY, AGE 79, Lifelong LANE AREA RESIDENT. BORN: APRIL 21, 1919 IN CANADIAN, OK TO EVERETT AND OLLIE (RECTOR) YATES. PASSED AWAY: SATURDAY, MAY 23, 1998 AT ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.AGE: 79 YEARS 1 MONTH AND 2 DAYS EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT IRON STOB AND ATOKA HIGH. MARRIED: J. D. McGINTY ON JANUARY 24, 1939 AT LANE, OK.. OCCUPATION: HOUSEWIFE AND RANCHER. EDITH MOVED TO THE IRON STOB COMMUNITY AT THE AGE OF 7 MONTHS AND LIVED THERE THE REMAINDER OF HER LIFE. SHE WAS AFFILiATED WITH THE IRON STOB PENTECOSTAL CHURCH. SURVIVED BY HUSBAND: J. D. McGINTY OF THE HOME NEAR LANE, OK. DAUGHTER: DOROTHY DENTON AND HUSBAND JOHNNY OF LANE, OK. SON: DON McGINTY OF LANE, OK. GRANDCHILDREN: SHERRI HARDIN AND HUSBAND TERRY OF LANE, OK. TERRY DENTON OF LANE, OK. MARRY JANE ORR AND HUSBAND KENNITH OF TULSA, OK. GREAT GRANDCHILDREN: LARRY AND MICHELLE HARDIN. REGINA AND KEVIN CARR. MALISSA AND DEREK DENTON. ASHLEY AND BLAKE ORR. GREAT GREAT GRANDCHILDREN: BRITTNEY CARR, BRET CARR, AND SKYLAR DENTON. SISTERS: LILLY THOMPSON OF LANE, OK. LOIS RECTOR AND HUSBAND JACK OF ATOKA, OK. BLANCH SIMPSON AND HUSBAND LENARD OF SACRAMENTO, CA.. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: EVERETT AND OLLIE YATES.BROTHERS: JACK and O’NEAL YATES.SISTER: THELMA BURKHALTER.
DATE OF SERVICES: TUESDAY, MAY 26, 1998 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: BUTLER CEMETERY ~ LANE, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. DUARD JUSTUS.ASSISTING: REV. BOB JOHNSON. CASKET BEARERS: (GRANDSONS) LARRY HARDIN, TERRY HARDIN, TERRY DENTON, KEVIN CARR, KENNITH ORR, DEREK DENTON. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: ED PEELER, DEAN GREGORY, PAT KENNEDY.
NAME: TRAVIS WAYNE “SON” VEAZEY, AGE 61, LANE, OKLAHOMA AREA RESIDENT. BORN: DECEMBER 3, 1936 AT GERTY, OKLAHOMA TO JOE WHEAT AND RACHEL VEAZEY. PASSED AWAY: SUNDAY, MAY 24, 1998 AT McALESTER REGIONAL HOSPITAL.AGE: 61 YEARS 5 MONTHS AND 21 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT GERTY, OKLAHOMA. MARRIED: MATTIE MORELAND POWELL ON DECEMBER 27, 1985 AT ATOKA, OKLAHOMA. OCCUPATION: RANCHER CHURCH AFFILIATION: TRAVIS WAS OF THE BAPTIST FAITH. HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE ATOKA TRAILRIDERS AND THE BOGGY BOTTOM COONHUNTERS ASSOCIATION. SURVIVED BY WIFE: MATTIE VEAZEY OF THE HOME IN LANE, OK. STEPCHILDREN: ROBERT POWELL AND WIFE DEBBIE OF ATOKA, OK. DENNIS POWELL AND WIFE DANELLE OF ATOKA, OK. MARCIA MILLER AND HUSBAND PHILIP OF STRINGTOWN, OK. PAM LARASON & HUSBAND DAVID OF FARRIS, OK. 8 GRANDCHILDREN. SISTER: JOLENE REVIS OF RED OAK, OK. AUNTS: RUBY CHASTAIN OF MARLOW, OK. FLEETA MADDUX OF TUSCON, AZ. CLEMONS ASHCRAFT OF SHERIDAN, AR. FAYE VEAZEY OF OROVILLE, CA. NEPHEWS: JOHNNY JOE AND JAMES REVIS. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: JOE WHEAT and RACHEL VEAZEY.
DATE OF SERVICES: WEDNESDAY, MAY 27, 1998 AT 10:00 A.M.PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: GREEN MEADOWS CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. GARY DOTSON. CASKET BEARERS: WARDEN DETTY, BOBBY RECTOR, MIKE RECTOR, DONNIE HIGHTOWER, REX HIGHTOWER, RICK GARSIDE. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: TED HENDERSON, HAROLD KIRKES, GARY STARNES, FLOYD GENE HOWARD, DAVID MOORE, HARMAN SANFORD.
NAME: RUBY ELLA DOWDY AND JOSHUA KAHLIL DOWDY, INFANT TWINS OF BILLY EUGENE AND MARY ANN (BOATNER) DOWDY OF DENISON, TX. RUBY WAS BORN AND DIED: MONDAY MAY 25, 1998 AT TEXOMA MEDICAL CENTER IN DENISON, TX. JOSHUA WAS BORN AND DIED: MONDAY MAY 25, 1998 AT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL IN OKLAHOMA CITY. SURVIVED BY PARENTS: BILLY AND MARY ANN DOWDY OF DENISON, TX. BROTHER: DUSTIN DOWDY OF DENISON, TX. SISTERS: KRYSTAL, BREANNA, SUMMER, AND ASHLEIGH DOWDY OF DENISON, TX. GRANDPARENTS: BERRY AND NEDRA STONECIPHER OF CARTWRIGHT, OK. DAVID AND MARIE BOATNER OF DENISON, TX. DOROTHY DOWDY OF VALLEJO, CA. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY BROTHER: RYAN EUGENE DOWDY.GRANDFATHER: ODIE DOWDY.GREAT GRANDPARENTS: ROBERT AND MARY HARVEY. MAGGIE HARMON. LESLIE AND RUBY BOATNER.
DATE OF SERVICES: THURSday, MAY 28, 1998 AT 2:00 P.M.PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: WARDS CHAPEL CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. CHARLES HIGGINS. CASKET BEARERS: ALLEN BOATNER AND WILLIAM BOATNER.
NAME: HETTIE MAE (FIELDS) THOMAS, AGE 93, LONGTIME ATOKA COUNTY RESIDENT. BORN: SEPTEMBER 6, 1904 AT DURANT, INDIAN TERRITORY TO GEORGE IRVIN AND FANNIE LOUISE (NEWMAN) FIELDS. PASSED AWAY: THURSDAY, MAY 28, 1998 AT ATOKA COLONIAL MANOR NURSING HOME.AGE: 93 YEARS 8 MONTHS AND 22 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT STRINGTOWN, OK. MARRIED: IsaaC WILSON THOMAS IN 1919 AT STRINGTOWN, OK. OCCUPATION: HOUSEWIFE and HOMEMAKER. CHURCH AFFILIATION: MEMBER OF SOUTHSIDE BAPTIST CHURCH FOR MANY YEARS AND A MEMBER OF THE EASTERN STAR. SURVIVED BY SONS: ALVIN THOMAS AND WIFE MINTY OF GERBER, CA. BILLY THOMAS AND WIFE MONA OF BROWNSVILLE, TX. HAROLD THOMAS AND WIFE GWENDOLYN OF ATOKA, OK. JOHN THOMAS AND WIFE NORENE OF SIERRAVILLE, CA. DAUGHTERS: BOBBIE MOE OF SACRAMENTO, CA. LOIS COREY AND HUSBAND JACK OF SACRAMENTO, CA. 15 GRANDCHILDREN, NUMEROUS GREAT AND GREAT GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. SISTER: KATHERINE TEASLEY OF ATOKA, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HUSBAND: IsaaC WILSON THOMAS oN march 17, 1991.PARENTS: GEORGE IRVIN AND FANNIE LOUISE FIELDS.SONS: BEN IRVIN AND ROGER DON THOMAS.BROTHER: A. E. FIELDS.SISTER: BENNIE GLOSSIP.GRANDDAUGHTER: LINDA DOOLEN.
DATE OF SERVICES: SUNDAY, MAY 31, 1998 AT 2:00 P.M.PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: GREEN MEADOWS CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. JERRY WILLIAMS. ASSISTING: REV. BILL ELKINS. CASKET BEARERS: JAMES HERRING, SHRIVER HERRING, JOE LOUDERMILK, ANDY DOOLEN, HARVEY CAPPS, JON DOOLEN. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: JOE GRIFFIN, BUD WATSON.
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