November, 2001 Memorials
 
 
 
 
NAME:    AARON LaVERN “VERN” LANSDALE, AGE 71, OF ATOKA AND FORMER LONGTIME STRINGTOWN RESIDENT.

BORN:    APRIL 9, 1930 AT STRINGTOWN, OKLAHOMA TO ROBERT AARON AND GERTRUDE LOIS (GARSIDE) LANSDALE.
 
PASSED AWAY:   THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2001 AT ST. FRANCIS HOSPITAL IN TULSA, OK.
AGE:   71 YEARS   6 MONTHS  AND  22 DAYS.

EDUCATION:   ATTENDED GRADE SCHOOL AT MIDWAY AND GRADUATED FROM STRINGTOWN HIGH SCHOOL.

OCCUPATION:    VERN WAS AN AUTO MECHANIC AND WELDER. HE OWNED AND OPERATED VERN’S SHELL OIL COMPANY, WORKED FOR HALIBURTON SERVICES IN CALIFORNIA, ALSO OWNED AND OPERATED AN AUTO SALVAGE IN LEHIGH FOR MANY YEARS.

CHURCH AFFILIATION:    MEMBER OF MT. OLIVE BAPTIST CHURCH.


     SURVIVED BY

CHILDREN:    CHERYLLE WARNER OF WICHITA FALLS, TX.
                         DEBORAH HOWARD OF MUSTANG, OK.
                         BRIAN LANSDALE OF LAWTON, OK.
                         BECKY GOFF and HUSBAND RANDY OF LANE, OK.

GRANDCHILDREN:   ANNETTE JONES OF WICHITA FALLS, TX.
                                         KENNETH HOWARD OF NORFOLK, VA.
                                         SARAH MOORE OF MUSTANG, OK.
                                         A. J. LANSDALE OF LAWTON, OK.
                                         TYLER GOFF OF LANE, OK.

GREAT GRANDCHILDREN:   JOSEPH HOWARD, MEGAN HOWARD, LINDSEY HOWARD, JACOB MOORE, RYAN MOORE, CRYSTAL JONES.

BROTHER:   LAMAR LANSDALE and WIFE SHIRLEY OF STRINGTOWN, OK.

SPECIAL FRIENDS:   SUSIE ROBERTS OF ATOKA, OK.
                                         CHRISTINE PRINCE OF COALGATE, OK.


     PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

PARENTS:   ROBERT AARON and LOIS LANSDALE.
BROTHER:   GERALD LANSDALE.
SISTER:  ELDENE LANSDALE.
 
 
FUNERAL SERVICES:    MONDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2001 AT 2:00 P.M.
PLACE OF SERVICES:   MT. OLIVE BAPTIST CHURCH ~ STRINGTOWN, OK.

INTERMENT:   MT. OLIVE CEMETERY ~ STRINGTOWN, OK.

OFFICIATING:   REV. LARRY ROSE.
ASSISTING:   REV. BARTT BRADFORD.

CASKETBEARERS:   BILL POTTS, RUSSELL MAINE, JACK LANSDALE, JERRY LANSDALE, DOYLE LANSDALE, BILL MARLEY.
 
 
 
 
NAME:    HARVIE LAVON FRENCH, AGE 62, OF OKLAHOMA CITY AND FORMER BENTLEY RESIDENT.
 
BORN:  JULY 27, 1939 AT BENTLEY TO EARL EVERETT AND SETTIE (PARTOR) FRENCH.
 
PASSED AWAY: FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2001 AT HIS SISTERS HOME NEAR MADILL
AGE:     62 YEARS   3 MONTHS  AND    5 DAYS.
 
EDUCATION:   ATTENDED SCHOOL AT BENTLEY, OK.
 
MARRIED:   MARGARET ALINE DOHERTY ON MARCH 2, 1958 IN CALIFORNIA.
 
OCCUPATION:  HE WORKED A NUMBER OF YEARS AS A MILL WORKER FOR CROWN-ZELLERBACK LUMBER MILLS IN OREGON.
 
HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE UNITED MILL WORKERS UNION.
 
 
     SURVIVED BY
 
WIFE:    MARGARET OF THE HOME IN OKLAHOMA CITY.
 
MOTHER:    SETTIE ”GRANNIE” FRENCH OF MACOMB, OK.
 
CHILDREN:    DANNY FRENCH AND WIFE TERESA OF DETROIT, MI.
                         TERRY FRENCH AND WIFE LISA OF HARRAH, OK.
                         GLENN FRENCH AND WIFE MARIE OF DEL CITY, OK.
                         LAVONDA TAMPLE AND HUSBAND KEITH OF NICOMA PARK, OK.
 
16 GRANDCHILDREN, 3 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, AND ONE EXPECTED VERY SOON:
 
BROTHERS:    EVERETT FRENCH OF TUSHKA, OK.
                           AMOS FRENCH AND WIFE VIRGINIA OF MID WEST CITY, OK.
                           DOYLE FRENCH AND WIFE LETHA OF MACOMB, OK.
                           LLOYD FRENCH OF TUCSON, AZ.
 
SISTERS:   LETHA FAY EMMONS AND HUSBAND RAY OF BLANCHARD, OK.
                     DORA MAE GRAY OF OAKLAND, OK.
                     JOYCE LARGENT AND HUSBAND LLOYD OF TUCSON, AZ.
 
 
     PRECEDED IN DEATH BY
 
FATHER:  EARL EVERETT FRENCH.
BROTHERS:  VIRGIL AND ELVIN FRENCH.
SISTER:  MERILA BERT.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:    MONDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2001 AT 11:00 A.M.
PLACE OF SERVICES:   GRAVESIDE SERVICES.
 
INTERMENT:   BENTLEY CEMETERY ~ BENTLEY, OK.
 
OFFICIATING:   REV. ROBERT TEMPLE.
 
CASKETBEARERS:   KEITH FRENCH, CARL FRENCH, RICK NORTON, RICK NORTON Jr., RUSSELL CALICOAT, RAYMOND HART.
 
HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:  TONY AND JERRY CALLICOAT.
 
 
 
 
NAME:    ELIZABETH (POWELL) CLAYTON, AGE 69, OF ATOKA, OK.
 
BORN:  JANUARY 5, 1932 AT ATOKA, OKLAHOMA TO MARK E. AND MALINDA (WALTER) POWELL, SR.
 
PASSED AWAY:   WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2001 AT HER RESIDENCE IN ATOKA, OK.
AGE:     69 YEARS  10 MONTHS  AND  2 DAYS
 
EDUCATION:   ATTENDED SCHOOL AT DUNBAR.
 
MARRIED:   BILLY JOE CLAYTON ON AUGUST 22, 1955 AT DURANT, OK.
 
OCCUPATION:  FOOD SERVICE SUPERINTENDENT AT MACK ALFORD CORRECTIONAL CENTER IN STRINGTOWN, RETIRING IN 1994.  SHE ALSO WORKED PARTTIME AT THE ATOKA TRUCK STOP.
 
CHURCH AFFILIATION:  ELIZABETH WAS A MEMBER OF FOURTH WARD CHURCH OF CHRIST.
 
ELIZABETH DEVOTED HER LIFE TO CARING FOR HER FAMILY AND FRIENDS.
 
 
     SURVIVED BY
 
CHILDREN:    TRESEA HARRISON OF THE HOME IN ATOKA, OK.
                         ANNA HILL AND HUSBAND CECIL OF ATOKA, OK.
                         BILLY JOE CLAYTON, JR. AND WIFE ANITA OF ATOKA, OK.
                         DEON CLAYTON AND WIFE ELIZABETH OF SPENCER, OK.
                         ARNOLD CLAYTON AND WIFE ILUMINADA OF MOUNTAIN HOME, ID.
                         ANTHONY CLAYTON AND WIFE CLARICE OF McALESTER, OK.
 
30 GRANDCHILDREN, 22 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.
 
BROTHERS:    RICHARD POWELL OF OKLAHOMA CITY.
                           MARK POWELL AND WIFE ALBERDA OF TULIA, TX.
                           ERNEST POWELL OF OKLAHOMA CITY.
                           CLARENCE POWELL AND WIFE TRACY OF OKLAHOMA CITY.
 
SISTERS:   OLLIE HARRISON OF MAGADORE, OH.
                     DOROTHY RAINWATER OF McALESTER, OK.
                     GERALDINE JOHNSON OF McALESTER, OK.
                     EUNICE HILL OF OKLAHOMA CITY.
                     LORETTA AKERS OF ST. LOUIS, MO.
 
 
     PRECEDED IN DEATH BY
 
PARENTS:   MARK AND MALINDA POWELL.
BROTHER:   HENRY POWELL.
GREAT GRANDDAUGHTER:   MONICA ALLEN.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:  SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2001 AT 1:00 P.M.
PLACE OF SERVICES:   DAY SPRING CHURCH ~ ATOKA, OK.
 
INTERMENT:   GREEN HILL CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK.
 
OFFICIATING:   WILLARD HARRISON.
EULOGY:  CLARENCE POWELL.
 
CASKETBEARERS: (GRANDSONS)  ORLANDAS HILL, TYRELL HILL, DEON HILL, SR., DUSTIN CAMPBELL, DREW CLAYTON, PATRICK HARRISON.
 
HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:  LEWIS McGEE, PHILLIP MILLER, RONNIE BOWEN, STEVE MANSELL, BOBBY BOONE, JESSE HARRISON, ROOSEVELT BUTLER, DONNIE MILLER, JIMMY VINSON,, JOHN HENRY DAVIS, FLOYD SHIELDS, CECIL HILL.
 
FLOWER BEARERS:  (GRANDDAUGHTERS)  NICOLE CLAYTON, JANELLE CLAYTON, CHARMAINE ALLEN, JASMINE CLAYTON, AMBER VINSON, JO NIESA VINSON, JADE CLAYTON, STEPHANIE MITCHELL.
 
 
 
 
NAME:    INEZ (HILBURN) CALDWELL, AGE 87, A LONGTIME LEHIGH AREA RESIDENT.
 
BORN:  AUGUST 11, 1914 IN LEHIGH, OKLAHOMA TO ALFRED WASHINGTON AND LIZZIE LeANNIE (HAMBY) HILBURN.
 
PASSED AWAY: THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2001 AT THE HURLEY MANOR IN COALGATE, OK.
AGE:   87 YEARS  2  MONTHS  AND  27 DAYS
 
EDUCATION:   ATTENDED SCHOOL AT PRAIRIE GROVE, WHICH WAS EAST OF LEHIGH  IN COAL COUNTY.
 
MARRIED:   LUTHER JACKSON CALDWELL ON AUGUST 3, 1962 IN SHERMAN, TX.
 
OCCUPATION:  HOUSEWIFE & HOMEMAKER. INEZ TAUGHT MUSIC  AT LEHIGH SCHOOL IN THE 60’S.
 
CHURCH AFFILIATION:  INEZ WAS A MEMBER OF LEGAL CHURCH OF CHRIST.
 
 
     SURVIVED BY
 
CHILDREN:    CAROLYN GRISWOLD OF LEHIGH, OK.
                         VICKY THOMAS OF TULSA, OK.
 
STEPSON:   VELTON CALDWELL and WIFE SHARON OF TUSHKA, OK.
 
STEP DAUGHTER-IN-LAW:    JOY CALDWELL OF COALGATE, OK.
 
GRANDCHILDREN:   DANNY GRISWOLD and WIFE RHONDA OF BOWIE, TX.
                                         SUSAN WALKER and HUSBAND MARK OF LEHIGH, OK.
                                         TIMMY GRISWOLD and WIFE LEE OF DENTON, TX.
                                         AMBER ARTBERRY and HUSBAND MIKE OF TULSA, OK.
 
STEP GRANDCHILDREN:    BRIAN CALDWELL and WIFE ALICE OF WILBURTON, OK.
                                                   AMY ISBELL and HUSBAND DAVID OF ATOKA, OK.
                                                   BRAD CALDWELL OF DURANT, OK.
 
10 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, 2 STEP GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.
 
SISTER:    WANDA LAMBERT and HUSBAND RAY OF TROY, MT.
 
 
     PRECEDED IN DEATH BY
 
HUSBAND:   LUTHER JACKSON CALDWELL ON SEPTEMBER 28, 1984.
PARENTS:   ALFRED & LEE HILBURN.
STEPSON:   WAYNE CALDWELL.
SISTER:  THELMA GRUBER.
BROTHERS:  SAM HILBURN and LEROY HILBURN.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:  SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2001 AT 2: OO P.M.
PLACE OF SERVICES:   LEHIGH BAPTIST CHURCH ~ LEHIGH, OK.
 
INTERMENT:   WILSON CEMETERY ~ CLARITA, OK.
 
OFFICIATING:   BRO. VADEN MORGAN.
EULOGY:  REV. J.W. BURROWS.
 
CASKETBEARERS:   LARRY ORR, RICHARD ORR, LEO ABLES, DAVID TOWNSEND, BRAD CALDWELL, BRIAN CALDWELL.
 
 
 
 
NAME:    J. W. JOHNSON, AGE 76, OF TELEPHONE, TEXAS.

BORN:  JUNE 6, 1925 AT BELLS, TEXAS TO JAMES DAVID AND VERNA LORENE (SANDERS) JOHNSON.
 
PASSED AWAY: THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2001 AT HIS SISTER’S RESIDENCE NEAR BOGGY DEPOT, OK.
AGE: 76 YEARS   5 MONTHS   AND   2 DAYS.

EDUCATION:   ATTENDED SCHOOL AT NIX IN ATOKA COUNTY, OK.

MARRIED:   LOLA MAE CONNAWAY ON AUGUST 9, 1951 AT ATOKA, OK.

OCCUPATION:  RETIRED FROM JIM LEWIS CONSTRUCTION. HE BUILT BRIDGES AND WAS A CONCRETE AND STEEL SPECIALIST, WORKING IN MANY STATES.

J. W. SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE U. S. NAVY DURING WORLD WAR II AND WAS ABOARD THE U.S.S. SHASTA WHEN IT WAS BOMBED, DURING WHICH HE WAS INJURED.


     SURVIVED BY

DAUGHTERS:   CLO WADE and HUSBAND JIMMY OF TELEPHONE, TX.
                             PATRICIA JOHNSON OF SHERMAN, TX.
                             LOUISE BOWERSOCK and HUSBAND TIM OF MANNSFIELD, OH.

SON:   DAVID JOHNSON OF SHERMAN, TX.

4 GRANDCHILDREN, 5 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.

SISTERS:   JUNE ASHWORTH OF ESCONDIDO, CA.
                     JUANITA BRADLEY OF SAN DIEGO, CA.
                     ELVA HOSKINS OF BOGGY DEPOT, OK.

BROTHER:   TOM JOHNSON OF ROGERS, AR.


     PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

PARENTS: JIM & LORENE JOHNSON.
WIFE:  LOLA MAE JOHNSON ON OCTOBER 6, 1988.
SON:   RONNIE JOHNSON.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:  NO SERVICES.
 
INTERMENT:   NONE - DIRECT CREMATION.
 
 
 
 
NAME:    CHARLIE LOY HAMPTON, AGE 84, OF FOSTER, OKLA. AND A FORMER LIFELONG COALGATE RESIDENT.
 
BORN:    NOVEMBER 29, 1916 AT COALGATE TO JAMES CHARLES AND MELVIE SALINE (HICKS) HAMPTON.
 
PASSED AWAY:   THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2001 AT A MARLOW NURSING HOME.
AGE:     84 YEARS  11 MONTHS  AND  10 DAYS
 
EDUCATION:   ATTENDED SCHOOL AT NIXON AND PLEASANT VALLEY IN COAL COUNTY.
 
MARRIED:   VALENCIA MAE DAVIDSON ON AUGUST 7, 1939 AT COALGATE, OK.
 
OCCUPATION:    LOY WORKED AS A SERVICE STATION ATTENDANT AND LATER WORKED A NUMBER OF YEARS FOR UNITED ENGINES IN OKLAHOMA CITY, RETIRING IN 1980.
 
CHURCH AFFILIATION:    LIFELONG MEMBER OF THE PENTECOSTAL CHURCH.
 
 
     SURVIVED BY
 
CHILDREN:    RICHARD HAMPTON AND WIFE PATRICIA OF COALGATE, OK.
                           RONNIE HAMPTON AND WIFE DANA OF COALGATE, OK.
                           ROSALIE FLORES AND HUSBAND PETE OF FOSTER, OK.
                           DAVID HAMPTON AND WIFE JANIE OF MARLOW, OK.
                           BARBARA CAMERON-STUART AND HUSBAND GORDON OF McALESTER, OK.
                           BILLY HAMPTON AND WIFE PAULINE OF GRANDFIELD, OK.
                           MICHAEL HAMPTON AND WIFE SANDRA OF MARLOW, OK.
                           FRANK HAMPTON AND WIFE DONNA OF FOSTER, OK.
 
34 GRANDCHILDREN AND 33 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.
 
SISTER:    OLA REED OF COALGATE, OK.
 
SISTERS-IN-LAW:    JANIE DAVIDSON OF MODESTO, CA.
                                     IRENE HAMPTON OF COALGATE, OK.
                                     DORTHA HAMPTON OF COALGATE, OK.
                                     ETOY HAMPTON OF SULPHUR, OK.
 
 
     PRECEDED IN DEATH BY
 
WIFE:  VALENCIA HAMPTON ON JULY 14, 2001.
PARENTS:   JAMES CHARLES AND MELVA HAMPTON
SISTER:  EVA HICKS.
BROTHERS:  UEL, IRA, AND JIMMIE HAMPTON.
GRANDCHILDREN:   CYNTHIA LAVON, TINA MARIE hampton, KEVIN HAMPTON, AND ROGER LEE FLORES.
SONS:  CHARLES LaVERN and JIMMIE HAMPTON.
  
 
DATE OF SERVICES:  MONDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2001 AT 2:00 P.M.
PLACE OF SERVICES:   COTTONWOOD BAPTIST CHURCH ~ COTTONWOOD, OK.
 
INTERMENT:   MOORE CEMETERY ~ CLARITA, OK.
 
OFFICIATING:   REV. BILL WEATHERS
 
CASKETBEARERS:   MARVIN HAMPTON, DAVID HAMPTON, JOHNNY HAMPTON, IKE TRAYLOR, LEO ABLES, ALFRED RILEY.
 
HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:  GORDON CAMERON-STUART.
 
 
 
 
NAME:    LUCILLE ELIZABETH (GRIMSLEY) SHARP, AGE 77,OF RESEDA, CA. AND FORMER ATOKA RESIDENT.

BORN:  NOVEMBER 11, 1923 AT ATOKA, OKLA. TO CLEVE AND LYDIA MARGARET (RANDELL) GRIMSLEY.
 
PASSED AWAY:   WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2001 AT HER RESIDENCE IN RESEDA, CA.
AGE:   77 YEARS  11 MONTHS  AND  23 DAYS.

EDUCATION:   ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT ATOKA, OK.

MARRIED:   MARK BENTON SHARP AT ATOKA, OK.

OCCUPATION:  SHE WAS A HOUSEWIFE AND HOMEMAKER AND WORKED A NUMbER OF YEARS AT BIFFS RESTURANT IN RESEDA, CA.

CHURCH AFFILIATION:  SHE WAS BAPTIST FAITH.


     SURVIVED BY

SON:     LARRY SHARP OF RESEDA, CA.

DAUGHTER:    LINDA SUE BURTON AND HUSBAND WILLIAM JOHN OF RESEDA, CA.

GRANDCHILDREN:   BETH WILSON AND HUSBAND CHRIS OF SANTA MONICA, CA.
                                         TONYA JACOBSON AND HUSBAND DANNY OF MORRO BAY, CA.

GREAT GRANDCHILDREN:   JESSICA WILSON OF SANTA MONICA, CA.
                                                     JACI JACOBSON OF MORRO BAY, CA.

BROTHER:   BILLY BOB GRIMSLEY OF ADDISON, TX.

SISTERS:   RUTH COCHRAN AND HUSBAND ED OF ROYAL CITY, WA.
                     JANICE PITTS AND HUSBAND GERALD OF DAISY, OK.


     PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

PARENTS:   CLEVE AND LYDIA GRIMSLEY.
HUSBAND:   MARK BENTON SHARP.
SON:   JERRY SHARP.
SISTERS:   SUSIE FAULKENBERRY AND LOIS LOUISE SHARP.
BROTHER:   JAMES RICHARD SHARP.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:  SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2001 AT 2:00 P.M.
PLACE OF SERVICES:   GRAVESIDE SERVICES.

INTERMENT:   WESTVIEW CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK.

OFFICIATING:   REV. BOB JOHNSON.

CASKETBEARERS:   OTIS LEE FAULKENBERRY, BUDDY FAULKENBERRY, RANDY GRIMSLEY, BRIAN GRIMSLEY, ROBBY GRIMSLEY, JOHNNY FAULKENBERRY.
 
 
 
 
NAME:    BILLY RAY “BILL” PINGLETON, AGE 73, A LONGTIME ATOKA RESIDENT.

BORN:    AUGUST 31, 1928 AT HAILEYVILLE, OKLAHOMA TO FRANK AND EULA (LACKEY) PINGLETON.
 
PASSED AWAY:   WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2001 AT HIS ATOKA RESIDENCE.
AGE:   73 YEARS  2 MONTHS   AND   13 DAYS.

EDUCATION:   BILL ATTENDED AND GRADUATED FROM HAILEYVILLE HIGH SCHOOL AND ATTENDED 2 YEARS AT EASTERN STATE IN WILBURTON AND RECEIVED HIS MASTERS DEGREE AT SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY IN DURANT AND HIS ADMINISTRATORS CERTIFICATION AT EAST TEXAS STATE IN COMMERCE, TEXAS.

MARRIED:   NORENE MEEKS ON DECEMBER 17, 1953 AT ADA, OK.

OCCUPATION:  BILL WAS A LIFELONG EDUCATOR. HE COACHED FOOTBALL AT ATOKA HIGH SCHOOL WHERE HE ALSO SERVED AS HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.

CHURCH AFFILIATION:  A MEMBER OF ATOKA FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH.

BILL SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE U.S. ARMY AND NATIONAL GUARD 45TH DIVISION M. P. COMPANY DURING THE KOREAN WAR.

HE WAS ALSO VERY ACTIVE IN BOYS SCOUTS WITH HIS SONS.
 

     SURVIVED BY

WIFE:    NORENE PINGLETON OF THEIR HOME IN ATOKA, OK.

DAUGHTER:    GAYLA ALFORD and HUSBAND DON OF SULPHUR SPRINGS, TX.

SONS:    BILLY RAY PINGLETON, JR. and WIFE SHEILA OF TUSHKA, OK.
               LARRY ORVEL “DINK” PINGLETON and WIFE KIM OF ATOKA, OK.
               KEITH PINGLETON and WIFE DEBBIE OF ATOKA, OK.

GRANDCHILDREN:     CLINT ALFORD OF ATOKA, OK.
                                         AMY SCOTT and HUSBAND WADE OF HUGO, PK.
                                         AMANDA LAWRENCE and HUSBAND RYAN OF CARTHAGE, TX.
                                         BILLY RAY III AND DENYM PINGLETON OF TUSHKA, OK.
                                         KACI STEPHENS and HUSBAND ALLEN OF DURANT, OK.
                                         TAYLOR WILKINSON OF ATOKA, OK.
                                         BETHANY PINGLETON OF ATOKA, OK.

GREAT GRANDDAUGHTER:   CALLIE LAWRENCE OF CARTHAGE, TX.

GREAT GRANDSONS:     CADE and LAIN SCOTT OF HUGO, OK.

BROTHERS:    WARREN PINGLETON and WIFE REVA OF McALESTER, OK.
                           LEROY PINGLETON and WIFE ELSIE OF HAILEYVILLE, OK.

SISTER:    FERN CLINE OF HAILEYVILLE, OK.

SISTERS-IN-LAW:    BETTY PINGLETON OF HAILEYVILLE, OK.
                                     DOROTHY PINGLETON OF HAILEYVILLE, OK.


     PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

PARENTS:   FRANK and EULA PINGLETON.
BROTHERS:  TIP, JIM, JAKE, and BOB PINGLETON.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:    FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2001 AT 10:00 A.M.
PLACE OF SERVICES:   BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK.

INTERMENT:   TUSHKA CEMETERY ~ TUSHKA, OK.

OFFICIATING:   REV. TOM HARGRAVE.

CASKETBEARERS:   JERRY BETTIS, NOEL POWELL, CLIFFORD BROWN, RONNIE COCHRAN, DAVID KELLOGG, JERRY KEYS, HAROLD STEELE, WESLEY SMITHART.

HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:    GARY McCOOL, PAT NORTON, FELTON BLANKENSHIP, BOB PLUMLEE AND MEMBERS OF 45TH INFANTRY.
 
 
 
 
NAME:    ANNIE BELL (ANGEL) INGRAM, AGE 98, A LONGTIME TUPELO, OK RESIDENT.
 
BORN:    SEPTEMBER 26, 1903 IN MADILL, INDIAN TERRITORY TO HARRISON JOSHUA AND PARALEE L. (GROOMS) ANGEL.
 
PASSED AWAY:     WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2001 AT HER RESIDENCE.
AGE:     98 YEARS  1 MONTH   AND   18 DAYS
 
EDUCATION:   ANNIE ATTENDED SCHOOL AT LULA IN PONTOTOC COUNTY, OK.
 
MARRIED:   ALLEN GRADY INGRAM ON JULY 22, 1920 AT LULA, OK.
 
OCCUPATION:  HOUSEWIFE AND HOMEMAKER.
 
CHURCH AFFILIATION:    ANNIE WAS A MEMBER OF TUPELO CHURCH OF CHRIST FOR MANY YEARS.
 
SHE WAS ACTIVE IN TUPELO SENIOR CITIZENS, A MEMBER OF LADIES BIBLE CLASS, AND LOVED CARING FOR HER CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN.
 
 
     SURVIVED BY
 
SONS:    LEALLEN K. INGRAM and WIFE LILLIE OF FRITCH, TX.
               ALLEN INGRAM JR. OF FRITCH, TX.
               BOBBY J. INGRAM and WIFE EDNA OF TUPELO, OK.
               HARRISON J. INGRAM and WIFE CAROLYN SUE OF ADA, OK.
               JAMES E. INGRAM and WIFE JEAN OF NORMAN, OK.
 
DAUGHTERS:     THELMA WALKUP and HUSBAND RICHARD OF TUPELO, OK.
                             BETTY REED and HUSBAND KENNETH OF CAMPBELL, TX.
                             ODETTA HUDSON OF STRATFORD, TX.
                             MELBA ANDERSON OF OKLAHOMA CITY.
 
38 GRANDCHILDREN, 79 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, 30 GREAT GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.
 
 
     PRECEDED IN DEATH BY
 
HUSBAND:     ALLEN GRADY INGRAM ON DECEMBER 2, 1972.
SONS:    HANK INGRAM and LEROY INGRAM.
GRANDCHILDREN:     DORIS FAY INGRAM, ROGER GALVIN GRIFFIN, CARA LYNN INGRAM, PEGGY INGRAM, ALVINA INGRAM,
                                         and ALVETA INGRAM.
BROTHERS:    SIMON ANGEL, WESLEY ANGEL, TONY ANGEL, and ARCHIE ANGEL.
SONS-IN-LAW:     VANDEL HUDSON and ROBERT “ANDY” ANDERSON.
SISTERS:   JULIE WELDON and RUBY DUGAN.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:  SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2001 AT 2:00 P.M.
PLACE OF SERVICES:   CHURCH OF CHRIST ~ TUPELO, OK.
 
INTERMENT:   PLEASANT GROVE CEMETERY ~ TUPELO, OK.
 
OFFICIATING:   TROY YANDELL.
 
CASKETBEARERS:   (GRANDSONS).
 
HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:  (NEPHEWS)  S. J. ANGEL, J. R. ANGEL, DALE DUGAN, DEAN DUGAN, JERRY DUGAN, LEON ANGEL.
 
 
 
 
NAME:    MARY FRANCES (PRAYTOR) EVANS, AGE 81, A LONGTIME ATORA AREA RESIDENT.
 
BORN:  FEBRUARY 2, 1920 AT MATOY, OKLAHOMA TO BERTIE E. AND FERN (NICHLES) PRAYTOR.
 
PASSED AWAY:   WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2001 AT HER RESIDENCE.
AGE:   81 YEARS  9 MONTHS   AND   12 DAYS
 
EDUCATION:   MARY ATTENDED SCHOOL AT MATOY AND SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY IN DURANT.
 
MARRIED:   WALTER H. “BUD” EVANS ON MAY 29, 1944 AT LAS VEGAS, NV.
 
OCCUPATION:  ANNIE TAUGHT 37 YEARS. SHE TAUGHT IN THE WILSON COMMUNITY, FARRIS, LITTLE ROCK, AND 22 YEARS AT CANEY, RETIRING IN 1980.
 
CHURCH AFFILIATION:  ANNIE WAS A LONGTIME MEMBER OF ATOKA PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
 
 
     SURVIVED BY
 
HUSBAND:   BUD EVANS OF THEIR HOME IN ATOKA, OK.
 
BROTHER:   ROBERT R. PRAYTOR and WIFE MARY LOU OF ATOKA, OK.
 
SISTERS:   NORMA EVANS OF ATOKA, OK.
                     JUNE R. TAYLOR and HUSBAND RICHARD OF WAPANUCKA, OK.
 
 
     PRECEDED IN DEATH BY
 
PARENTS:   BERTIE and FERN PRAYTOR.
BROTHERS:    B. E. and JOHN L. PRAYTOR.
BABY SISTER:   JEAN EVELYN PRAYTOR.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:    SATURDAY, NOVEMBER  17, 2001 AT 10:00 A.M.
PLACE OF SERVICES:   BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK.
 
INTERMENT:   FARRIS CEMETERY ~ FARRIS, OK.
 
OFFICIATING:   REV. MERVIN REDWINE.
ASSISTING:   REV. LARRY ROSE.
 
CASKETBEARERS:   RICHARD EVANS, CHARLIE EVANS, ROBERT PRAYTOR, JOHN PRAYTOR, BUCK SIRON, DARRELL SIDES.
 
HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:  WAYNE HEAD, BRICK EVANS, DALE NANNEY, CLIFF DARST, KEVIN DAIVS, DWAIN EVANS, JACKIE LAYTON.
 
 
 
 
NAME:    PHYLLIS JEAN (BROWN) COULTER, AGE 49, A LIFELONG ATOKA AREA RESIDENT.
 
BORN:  APRIL 1, 1952 AT ATOKA, OKLAHOMA TO AUSTIN FOSTER AND THELMA LULA BELLE (McJUNKINS) BROWN.
 
PASSED AWAY: THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2001 AT HER RESIDENCE IN ATOKA.
AGE:     49 YEARS  7 MONTHS   AND  14 DAYS.
 
EDUCATION:   PHYLLIS ATTENDED SCHOOL AT STRINGTOWN, OK.
 
MARRIED:   CHARLES DONALD COULTER ON AUGUST 5, 1972 AT ATOKA, OK.
 
OCCUPATION:    HOUSEWIFE AND WORKED AT FINISH LINE CAFE IN ATOKA, OK.
 
CHURCH AFFILIATION:    PENTECOSTAL HOLINESS FAITH.
 
 
     SURVIVED BY
 
HUSBAND:   CHARLES COULTER OF THE HOME IN ATOKA, OK.
 
CHILDREN:  TONYA RENEE BROWN and DERRICK SMITH OF INDIANAPOLIS, IN.
                         TONY COULTER and MARCHEETA OF ATOKA, OK.
                         DENENE COULTER OF ATOKA, OK.
 
STEPCHILDREN:    CHARLES, BUTCH (LLOYD), RHONDA, DEBRA, AND GLENDA.
 
GRANDCHILDREN:   JAMES COULTER, SHEREE BROWN, SHANICE BROWN, CAROLYN BROWN, BRETT WHEELER, MAGEN COULTER, BISHOP
                                       COULTER, and VICTORIA COULTER.
 
BROTHERS:    KENT BROWN  OF ALBUQUERQUE, NM.
                           LORENZO BROWN OF OKLAHOMA CITY.
                           MERLIN BROWN OF ATOKA, OK.
                           AUSTIN BROWN OF OKLAHOMA CITY.
 
SISTERS:   JUANITA FRAZIER OF OKLAHOMA CITY.
                     JOYCE GOLDMSITH OF OKLAHOMA CITY.
                     REGINA GOLDSMITH OF OKLAHOMA CITY.
 
SPECIAL NIECES:    SANDRA FADDIS, VICKY FRAZIER & EVETT BROWN, CONSUELLA NELSON, PORTIA McKELBERRY, LaMESHA GOLDSMITH,
                                     ANNETTE BROWN, AND PATRICIA JOHNSON.
 
 
     PRECEDED IN DEATH BY
 
PARENTS:   AUSTIN and THELMA BROWN.
NIECE:   TRIVIA BROWN.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:    TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2001 AT 2:00 P.M.
PLACE OF SERVICES:   BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK.
 
INTERMENT:   GREEN HILL CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK.
 
OFFICIATING:   REV. JEFFERY D. GOLDSMITH.
 
CASKETBEARERS:   ALLEN FADDIS, TONY COULTER, LORENZO BROWN, GERALD BOWEN, RANDY FRAZIER, DANNY FRAZIER.
 
HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:  CHARLES RILEY, CECIL HILL, TOMMY GAGE, GUY ALEXANDER.
 
FLOWER BEARERS:  SHERRY CRAWFORD, EMMA FULSOM, MARIE HARRISON, PAT BROOKS, LENA MAE RILEY, LEONA MOTTON, ERNESTINE ALEXANDER, ALTHEA HARRISON, MARLYN DAVIS.
 
 
 
 
NAME:      DORETHA (LOLLIS) ALEXANDER, AGE 89,  A LONGTIME ATOKA AREA RESIDENT.
 
BORN:  JUNE 8, 1912 IN ATOKA, OKLAHOMA TO WILLIAM PRINCETON AND AMY (GOODE) LOLLIS.
 
PASSED AWAY:   SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2001 AT HER RESIDENCE.
AGE:     89 YEARS  5 MONTHS   AND   10 DAYS
 
EDUCATION:   DORETHA ATTENDED GRADE SCHOOL AT DUNBAR IN ATOKA AND GRADUATED FROM BOOKER T. WASHINGTON HIGH SCHOOL IN TULSA. SHE GRADUATED FROM LANGSTON UNIVERSITY WITH A BACHELOR DEGREE AND OKLAHOMA UNIVERSITY IN 1957 WITH A MASTERS DEGREE.
 
MARRIED:   GEORGE DOUGLAS “G. D.” ALEXANDER ON AUGUST 23, 1937 AT ATOKA, OK..
 
OCCUPATION:  RETIRED SCHOOL TEACHER.  DORETHA TAUGHT OVER 40 YEARS IN LEWISVILLE, TX AND EUFAULA , OK.
 
CHURCH AFFILIATION:    AS A CHILD SHE BECAME A MEMBER OF THE BETHEL A M E CHURCH, WHILE LIVING IN TULSA SHE ATTENDED VERNON A M E CHURCH AND WAS A LONGTIME MEMBER OF DICKERSON A M E CHURCH IN EUFAULA.  AFTER MOVING BACK TO ATOKA  SHE MOVED HER MEMBERSHIP BACK TO BETHEL A M E CHURCH.  SHE WAS VERY ACTIVE IN HER CHURCH, SERVING AS STEWARD, TRUSTEE, THE WOMEN’S MISSIONARY SOCIETY, AND THE LAY ORGANIZATION, LOCAL, DISTRICT, AND CONFERENCE.
 
SHE WAS A MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL WOMEN’S FEDERATED CLUB, THE ATOKA COUNTY RETIRED TEACHERS ASSOCIATION AND R.S.V.P. PROGRAM
 
 
     SURVIVED BY
 
BROTHER:   LESTER N. LOLLIS OF SACRAMENTO, CA.
 
NIECES:    IDA McJUNKINS AND HUSBAND LABRON OF ATOKA, OK.
                   BERNADINE AND DON PERKINS OF ATOKA, OK.
 
NEPHEWS:     MAURICE M. COLBERT OF TULSA, OK.
                         MILTON BROWN, JR. AND WIFE BETTY OF SHERMAN, TX.
                         LONNIE JOHNSON AND WIFE GRACE OF OKLAHOMA CITY.
 
GREAT NEPHEWS:   RONALD DOUGLAS AND WIFE KATHY OF HOUSTON, TX.
                                       DONALD DOUGLAS AND WIFE GAIL OF DENISON, TX.
                                       ROBERT DOUGLAS AND WIFE CHRIS OF DURANT, OK.
                                       TAFARI AND MAURICE J. COLBERT OF TULSA, OK
                                       LONNIE JOHNSON JR. OF OKLAHOMA CITY
 
GREAT NIECES:    BEVRA MERRITT AND HUSBAND JAY OF OKLAHOMA CITY.
                                   DONNA JOHNSON OF OKLAHOMA CITY.
 
 
     PRECEDED IN DEATH BY
 
HUSBAND:     G. D. ALEXANDER.
PARENTS:     WILLIAM AND AMY LOLLIS.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:    WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2001 AT 10:00 A.M.
PLACE OF SERVICES:   BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK
 
INTERMENT:   GREEN HILL CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK.
 
OFFICIATING:   REV. LONNIE JOHNSON.
 
CASKETBEARERS:   RONALD DOUGLAS, DONALD DOUGLAS, ROBERT DOUGLAS, SEAN DOUGLAS, MAURICE COLBERT, MILTON BROWN.
 
HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:  LABRON McJUNKINS, ORLIN HILL, EDGAR VINSON, CARL BROWN.
 
FLOWER BEARERS:  ERMA WOODARD, ELIZABETH FRAZIER, BILLIE JACKSON, JANIE JACKSON, EVELYN VINSON.
 
 
 
 
NAME:      STEVEN RAY WALKER, AGE 30, A LONGTIME ATOKA AREA RESIDENT.

BORN:  JULY 21, 1971 IN DURANT, OKLAHOMA.
 
PASSED AWAY:   WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2001 IN A VEHICLE ACCIDENT WEST OF ATOKA, OK.
AGE:   30 YEARS  4 MONTHS   AND   0 DAYS.

EDUCATION:   ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT HARMONY AND ATOKA.

MARRIED:   ROBIN C. JACKSON ON JUNE 15, 2001 IN DURANT, OK.

OCCUPATION:    STEVEN WAS A WELDER AND TRIMMER FOR LEGEND TRAILER MFG. IN WAPANUCKA AND WORKED MANY YEARS ON THE CARR RANCH.

CHURCH AFFILIATION:    STEVEN WAS OF THE PENTECOSTAL HOLINESS FAITH.
 
HE LOVED HUNTING, GAME COCK FIGHTING, AND RIDING AND BREAKING HORSES.


     SURVIVED BY

WIFE:    ROBIN JACKSON OF THE HOME IN ATOKA, OK.

SON:     MICHAEL WALKER OF WAPANUCKA, OK.

DAUGHTER:    MADYSON WALKER OF THE HOME IN ATOKA, OK.

STEPCHILDREN:    BRADLEY CLONTS OF WAPANUCKA, OK.
                                     MATT CLONTS OF WAPANUCKA, OK.
                                     MATTHEW BEGLEY OF ATOKA, OK.
                                     TREVOR BEGLEY OF ATOKA, OK.

MOTHER:    PATRICIA POWELL OF ATOKA, OK.

GRANDFATHER:   GOMER WALKER OF COALGATE, OK.

BROTHERS:    TERRY POWELL OF ATOKA, OK.
                           CARL WALKER OF ATOKA, OK.
                           MAX WALKER OF TEXAS.
                           LEROY WALKER OF ATOKA, OK.
                           LARRY WALKER OF VANITA, OK.
                           LEON WALKER OF LEXINGTON, OK.
                           JERRY WALKER OF LEHIGH, OK.
                           FOY WALKER OF LEHIGH, OK.

SISTER:    JEQUITA EDDINGER OF CARSON, ND.

IN-LAWS:   DWIGHT and NANCY COATES OF TUSHKA, OK.
                     WAYNE and CARLA JACKSON OF BENTLEY, OK.


     PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

GRANDMOTHER:   FAYE WALKER.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:  FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2001 AT 2:00 P.M.
PLACE OF SERVICES:   BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK.

INTERMENT:   BENTLEY CEMETERY ~ BENTLEY, OK.

OFFICIATING:   ARVEL HALL.

CASKETBEARERS:   D. JOHN HORATH, CECIL BAYLES, RAYLAND FLOYD, CARL WALKER, KRISTEN DAVIDSON, RICKY BANKS.

HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:    BUD CARR, RICKY SIMMONS, JOHN ADAMS, McKINLEY CHEADLE, BRANDON WALLACE, EDDIE HENRY.
 
 
 
 
NAME:    LOUDEANA LEE (AUSTIN) DAVIS, AGE 54, OF CANYON COUNTRY, CA AND A FORMER BENTLEY - ATOKA RESIDENT.
 
BORN:  SEPTEMBER 5, 1947 AT BENTLEY, OKLA TO CHARLES LEE AND DOROTHY JANE (PACK) AUSTIN.
 
PASSED AWAY:   THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2001 AT THE ANTELOPE VALLEY HOSPITAL IN LANCASTER, CA.
AGE:   54  YEARS   2 MONTHS AND  17 DAYS.
 
EDUCATION:   ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT BENTLEY AND ATOKA AND GRADUATED FROM AN OKLAHOMA CITY HIGH SCHOOL.
 
MARRIED:   DAVID EUGENE DAVIS ON JANUARY 29, 1979 AT OKLAHOMA CITY.
 
OCCUPATION:  WORKED A NUMBER OF YEARS AS A BEAUTICIAN AND WAS A HOUSEWIFE AND HOMEMAKER.
 
LOUDEANA WAS A VERY LOVING AND CARING PERSON, EXCELLENT MOTHER, WIFE AND GRANDMOTHER.  SHE WAS A FRIEND AND MOTHER TO MANY AND WILL BE DEEPLY MISSED BY EVERYONE THAT KNEW HER.
 
 
     SURVIVED BY
 
HUSBAND:   DAVE DAVIS OF THE HOME IN CANYON COUNTRY, CA.
 
DAUGHTER:    CHRISTY D. DOLLINS OF OKLAHOMA CITY.
 
SON:   DWAYNE MERRELL OF OKLAHOMA CITY.
 
GRANDSONS:   BILLY, PRESTON, AND DOSS.
 
GRANDAUGHTERS:   ASHLEY AND KAITLYN.
 
MOTHER:  DOROTHY LESTER OF OKLAHOMA CITY.
 
SISTER:  LaDONNA AUSTIN OF OKLAHOMA CITY.
 
BROTHERS:    LONNIE AUSTIN OF CRYSTAL, OK.
                           CLINT AUSTIN OF SAN LUIS OBISPO, CA.
 
 
     PRECEDED IN DEATH BY
 
FATHER:    CHARLES LEE AUSTIN.
GRANDFATHER:   OWEN LEE AUSTIN.
GRANDMOTHER:   OLLIE EATOR PACK SMART.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:  THURSDAY,  NOVEMBER 29, 2001 AT 2:00 P.M.
PLACE OF SERVICES:   GRAVESIDE SERVICES.
 
INTERMENT:   BERA CEMETERY, EAST OF ATOKA, OK.
 
OFFICIATING:   ARVEL HALL.
 
 
 
 
NAME:    ELEANOR (SELF) VALDEZ, AGE 61, OF ATOKA, OK.

BORN:  FEBRUARY 12, 1940 AT ATOKA, OK TO WILLIAM LEE “DUB” AND EMILY ALICE “PAT” (FINCHER) SELF.
 
PASSED AWAY:   SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2001 AT MEDICAL CENTER OF SE OKLAHOMA IN DURANT.
AGE:   61 YEARS  9 MONTHS   AND   13 DAYS.

EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT ATOKA AND ELECTRONIC TECH SCHOOL IN DALLAS.

OCCUPATION:  WORKED A NUMBER OF YEARS FOR TEXAS INSTRUMENTS IN RICHARDSON, TX AND WAS A HOMEMAKER.  SHE RETIRED IN 1969 DUE TO INJURIES RECEIVED IN A CAR ACCIDENT.


     SURVIVED BY

CHILDREN:    JAMES ALLEN SELF OF ATOKA, OK.
                         BILLY WAYNE SELF OF ATOKA, OK.
                         LARRY GENE SELF OF ATOKA, OK.
                         PATRICIA ANNETTE HOOK OF ATOKA, OK.
                         JUANITA CAROL WILLIAMS AND HUSBAND DON OF ATOKA, OK.
                         PAMELA RAE THOMPSON AND HUSBAND KEITH OF SIGNAL MOUNTAIN, TN.

BROTHER:   WILLIAM LEE SELF, JR. OF OKLAHOMA CITY.

23 GRANDCHILDREN.


     PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

PARENTS:   DUB AND PAT SELF.
SISTERS: JESSIE LEE WILSON AND MARGARET ANN SELF.
 
 
DATE OF MEMORIAL SERVICES:   THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 2001 AT 10:00 A.M.
PLACE OF SERVICES:   BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK.

OFFICIATING:   REV. CHARLES HOWARD.
 
 
 
 
NAME:    MARJORIE RUTH (SCHALLER) PITSENBARGER, AGE 84, A LONGTIME COALGATE AREA RESIDENT.

BORN:  MARCH 23, 1917 AT TORRINGTON, CONNECTICUT TO ALBERT K. AND MARTHA ALICE (NOTT) SCHALLER.
 
PASSED AWAY: TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 2001 AT HER COALGATE RESIDENCE.
AGE:   84 YEARS  8 MONTHS   AND   4 DAYS.

EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT TORRINGTON, CT.

MARRIED:   LOREN RICHARD PITSENBARGER ON NOVEMBER 12, 1974 AT SOUTH BEND, IN.

OCCUPATION:  WORKED A NUMBER OF YEARS ALONG WITH HER HUSBAND MANAGING A DRY CLEANERS IN FLORIDA.

CHURCH AFFILIATION:  MARJORIE WAS OF THE BAPTIST FAITH AND WAS A MEMBER OF THE EASTERN STAR IN MISHAWAKA, IN.


     SURVIVED BY

HUSBAND:   LOREN PITSENBARGER OF THE HOME IN COALGATE, OK.

CHILDREN:    BEVERLY EICK and HUSBAND RUSSELL OF SEMINOLE, FL.
                         PENNY STRICKLAND and HUSBAND WILLIAM OF LADSON, SC.
                         SUE READ-POWELL and HUSBAND DELBERT OF LEHIGH, OK.
                         BIRDA BALDWIN and HUSBAND LONNIE OF NILES, MI.
                         ROBERT PERKINS and WIFE JANET OF ELKHART, IN.
                         LARRY PITSENBARGER and WIFE JULIE OF MISHAWAKA, IN.
                         JESSIE PITSENBARGER OF LEBANON, IN.

23 GRANDCHILDREN, 44 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.

SISTER:  EVELYN WALTERS OF MISHAWAKA, IN.

BROTHER:   DOUGLAS NORTH OF INDIANAPOLIS, IN.


     PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

PARENTS:   ALBERT and MARTHA SCHALLER.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:    THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 2001 AT 12 NOON.
PLACE OF SERVICES:   BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK.

INTERMENT:   GREEN MEADOWS CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK.

OFFICIATING:   REV. JAMES WILLIAMS.

CASKETBEARERS:   LONNIE BALDWIN, DELBERT POWELL, DAVID MILLER, CHARLES MOTE, JUSTIN LOUDERMILK.
 
 
 
 
NAME:    DENVER TRACE KREBS, INFANT SON OF DAMON AND KATY (SANDERS) KREBS OF CLARITA, OK.

BORN AND DIED:     WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 28, 2001 AT THE MEDICAL CENTER OF SE OKLAHOMA IN DURANT


     SURVIVED BY

PARENTS:   DAMON AND KATY KREBS OF THE HOME NEAR CLARITA, OK.

BROTHER:   CHACE KREBS OF THE HOME NEAR CLARITA, OK.

MATERNAL GRANDPARENTS:   HERBERT AND JANEY SANDERS OF TUPELO, OK.

PATERNAL GRANDPARENTS:   LARRY AND CATHY KREBS OF OLNEY, OK.

MATERNAL GREAT GRANDPARENTS:   L. K AND FRANCIE WOOD OF STONEWALL, OK.

PATERNAL GREAT GRANDPARENTS:   GAILE LAWRENCE OF CLARITA, OK.
                                                                           PERRY JOE AND BARBARA HEFLEY OF COALGATE, OK.
                                                                           RAYMOND KREBS OF OLNEY, OK.


     PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

BROTHER:   BRADEN KREBS.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:  SATURDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2001 AT 3:00 P.M.
PLACE OF SERVICES:   GRAVESIDE SERVICES.

INTERMENT:   MOORE CEMETERY ~ SOUTH OF CLARITA, OK.

OFFICIATING:   REV. BOB GRAHAM.
 
 
 
 
NAME:    JUANITA F. (MACOMB) HILL, AGE 80, A LONGTIME ATOKA AREA RESIDENT.
 
BORN:  MARCH 24, 1921 AT SHAWNEE, OKLAHOMA TO MIGNON W. AND IVA MAE (SAFRIT) MACOMB.
 
PASSED AWAY:   WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 2001 AT VALLEY VIEW HOSPITAL IN ADA, OK.
AGE:   80 YEARS   8 MONTHS  AND  4 DAYS.
 
EDUCATION:   ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT HARMONY AND ATOKA HIGH SCHOOL.
 
MARRIED:   GEORGE ALVA HILL ON MAY 1, 1943 AT ATOKA, OK.
 
OCCUPATION:  JUANITA WAS HOUSEWIFE AND HOMEMAKER. SHE WORKED A NUMBER OF YEARS FOR DOLLY MADISON IN TOPEKA, KANSAS.
 
CHURCH AFFILIATION:    MEMBER OF COALGATE MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH.
 
 
     SURVIVED BY
 
HUSBAND:   GEORGE A. HILL OF SULPHUR, FORMERLY OF ATOKA, OK.
 
SONS:    GEORGE ALLEN HILL and WIFE ARLENE OF TOPEKA, KS.
               JAMES WARREN HILL and WIFE SALLY OF DENVER, CO.
 
GRANDCHILDREN:   MATTHEW HILL OF TOPEKA, KS.
                                         J. R. HILL STATIONED IN NORFOLK, VIRGINIA WITH THE U.S. NAVY.
                                         REGINA HILL WHITCOMB OF DENVER, CO.
 
SISTERS:   AUDIE MACOMB OF ATOKA, OK.
                     ELAINE “JOSIE” EDGAR OF STRINGTOWN, OK.
 
AUNT:    AUDREY SAFRIT OF CERES, CA.
 
 
     PRECEDED IN DEATH BY
 
PARENTS:   MIGNON and IVA MAE MACOMB.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:    SATURDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2001 AT 10:00 A.M.
PLACE OF SERVICES:   BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK.
 
INTERMENT:   STRINGTOWN CEMETERY ~ STRINGTOWN, OK.
 
OFFICIATING:   REV. WAYNE EDGARE.
 
CASKETBEARERS:   (GRAND NEPHEWS)  WAYNE EDGAR, JR., PRESTON EDGAR, CLAYTON EDGAR, STEVEN EDGAR, STACY EDGAR, MIKE WHITE.
 
 
 
 
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