NAME: BILLY JOE BUNN, AGE 52, AN ATOKA COUNTY AREA RESIDENT AND FORMER MCCURTAIN COUNTY AREA RESIDENT. BORN: JULY 19, 1953 AT HOLLY CREEK IN MCCURTAIN COUNTY, OKLAHOMA TO ROY MILTON AND DELLA (MCGINTY) BUNN. PASSED AWAY: TUESDAY AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER 1, 2005 AT THE ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.AGE: 52 YEARS 3 MONTHS AND 12 DAYS. EDUCATION: BILLY JOE ATTENDED BROKEN BOW, ok SCHOOLS. MARRIED: SHERRY TAYLOR ON SEPTEMBER 11, 1981 AT IDABEL, OK. OCCUPATION: BILLY JOE WAS A TRUCK DRIVER AND WAS OWNER-OPERATOR OF HIS OWN TRUCKING COMPANY. CHURCH AFFILIATION: bILLY JOE WAS OF THE BAPTIST FAITH. survived by WIFE: SHERRY bunn OF THE HOME. CHILDREN: KELLY ANN downs and husband gary OF foreman, AR. JASON RAY TAYLOR AND WIFE HEATHER OF BROMIDE, OK. SHAKAULA GAYLE MELTON and COMPANION BOBBY JOHNSON OF BOGGY DEPOT. ALVIN DALE MELTON, JR. and WIFE LATISHA RENEE OF BOGGY DEPOT. BILLY JOE BUNN JR. AND WIFE AMBER OF ATOKA, OK. GRANDCHILDREN: TYLER JAMES MELTON, MAELEESA LYNN TAYLOR, JAZMINE MARIE MELTON, JONZY ROY MELTON, TREVOR AUSTIN TAYLOR. BROTHERS: J. C. BUNN OF IDABEL, OK. DONALD BUNN OF HONEY GROVE, OK. MERLE BUNN AND WIFE BETTY OF garvin, OK. SISTERS: MARY FRANCIS HENSLEY OF EAGLETOWN, OK. LOIS WHITE AND HUSBAND JOHN EAGLETOWN, OK. FATHER-IN-LAW: ROY TAYLOR OF BOGGY DEPOT. preceded in death by PARENTS: ROY AND DELLA BUNN.GRANDSON: KEITH DEWAYNE TAYLOR.MOTHER-IN-LAW: WANDA JANE TAYLOR.STEPMOTHER-IN-LAW: CASSIE TAYLOR.
DATE OF SERVICES: FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2005 AT 2:00 PM.place of service: GRAVESIDE. interment: BOGGY DEPOT CEMETERY. OFFICIATING: REV. EDDY COOKE.ASSISTING: REV. DAN DURHAM. CASKETBEARERS: TERRY WILSON, JOE TINER, NEM WAFFORD, HOOTER MCININCH, FRED RAINES, DARREN BEASLEY. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: RAYMOND TAYLOR, RAY BAXTER. FAMILY NIGHT: THURSDAY 6 PM.
NAME: BENNIE WALTER MOFIELD, AGE 51, AN ATOKA RESIDENT. BORN: SEPTEMBER 27, 1954 AT ANTIOCH, CA TO DOIS EARL AND KITTY ELIZABETH (RITCHIE) MOFIELD. PASSED AWAY: EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 2, 2005 AT THE MEDICAL CENTER OF SOUTHEAST OK IN DURANT.AGE: 51 YEARS 3 MONTHS AND 12 DAYS EDUCATION: BENNIE ATTENDED LIBERTY UNION HIGH SCHOOL IN BRENTWOOD, CA. MARRIED: SANDRA COX ON DECEMBER 15, 1973 AT ANTIOCH, CA. SUSAN SHEFFIELD ON DECEMBER 29, 1994 AT ATOKA, OK. OCCUPATION: BENNIE WORKED A NUMBER OF YEARS FOR FIBERBOARD CORP IN ANTIOCH, CA AND THE LAST 10-12 YEARS FOR CLYDE SHEFFIELD AS A RANCH HAND. CHURCH AFFILIATION: BLACKJACK BAPTIST CHURCH. SURVIVED BY SONS: ERIC MOFIELD AND WIFE CARRIE OF ATOKA, OK. DANIEL MOFIELD OF DURANT, OK. Stepson: Zed Moon of Atoka, OK. GRANDCHILDREN: SAMANTHA ELIZABETH ANN MOFIELD OF ATOKA, OK. JOHN GARRETT BAGGERLY OF ATOKA, OK. MOTHER OF HIS SONS: SANDRA MOFIELD OF ATOKA, OK. MOTHER: KITTY SIBBACH OF ATOKA, OK. FATHER: EARL MOFIELD OF BENTLEY, OK. BROTHER: DOIS EARL MOFIELD JR AND WIFE BEVERLY OF BENTLEY, OK. SISTERS: LAVON JOHNSON OF ATOKA, OK. NANCY MOFIELD OF BYRON, CA. NEPHEWS: DAVID MOFIELD OF ATOKA, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY STEPFATHER: BILL SIBBACH.GRANDPARENTS: FLOYD AND ETHEL DARST. ROBERT AND BESSIE RICHEY.
DATE OF SERVICES: FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2005 AT 2:00 PM.PLACE OF SERVICE: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. GENE SLUDER. INTERMENT: OAK GROVE CEMETERY IN JOHNSTON COUNTY. CASKETBEARERS: ERIC MOFIELD, DANIEL MOFIELD, STETSON HENDERSON, ZED MOON, DOIS MOFIELD, LARRY KEELER. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: JOHN BAGGERLY, DAVID MOFIELD, BRIAN HOLT, ROBERT MOFIELD, DUSTIN KEELER. NO FAMILY NIGHT
NAME: LESTER ANDREW DILLARD, AGE 63, A BROKEN ARROW AREA RESIDENT AND FORMER LONGTIME ATOKA COUNTY AREA RESIDENT. BORN: MAY 21, 1942 AT BOGGY BOTTOM, ATOKA COunty, OK TO WILLIAM SAM AND VIRGIE MAY (LOUDERMILK) DILLARD. PASSED AWAY: THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2005 AT THE ST. JOHN’S HOSPITAL IN TULSA, OK.AGE: 63 YEARS 5 MONTHS 12 DAYS EDUCATION: LESTER ATTENDED TUSHKA SCHOOLS. MARRIED: ELLA JOY TAYLOR IN 1958 AT SHERMAN, TX. VICKI DeMARO ON JUNE 6, 1998 AT BROKEN ARROW, OK . OCCUPATION: LESTER WAS A MAN OF MANY TALENTS. HE WORKED AS A WELDER AND WAS A RANCH HAND ON SEVERAL RANCHES IN CALIFORNIA AND OKLAHOMA. HE WORKED FOR BOEING AIRCRAFT IN TULSA AND HE WAS A TRAINED COUNSELOR FOR A DRUG AND ALCOHOL REHAB CENTER IN TERRELL, TX. CHURCH AFFILIATION: HE WAS OF THE BAPTIST FAITH. survived by WIFE: VICKI OF THE HOME IN BROKEN ARROW, ok. ELDEST CHILDREN: JO ANN MAXEY AND HUSBAND JOE OF ATOKA, ok. KENNETH DILLARD AND WIFE MARY LOU OF ATOKA, ok. JIMMY DILLARD AND WIFE LISA OF OKLAHOMA CITY. KIM EBERL AND HUSBAND PAT OF ATOKA, ok. YOUNGEST CHILDREN: LESLIE ANN DILLARD OF DALLAS, tx. WILLIAM BLAKE DILLARD OF WELLS POINT, TX. former wife and MOTHER OF HIS ELDEST CHILDREN: ella joy gray of atoka, ok. GRANDCHILDREN: MARISSA WALTON, HEATH MAXEY, JUSTIN DILLARD, CARI JO PETTIGREW, STEPHANI dillard, and TAYLOR DILLARD. GREAT GRANDCHILDREN: KIMBERLY, KEAGAN, AND KADEN WALTON. SISTERS: DORIS BONHAM OF TUSHKA, OK. ILLENE BICKNELL AND HUSBAND GEORGE OF TUSHKA, ok. BROTHER: ULUS DILLARD AND WIFE WILMA OF HILLSBORO, OR. preceded in death by PARENTS: WILLIAM AND VIRGIE DILLARD.BROTHER: JOE LOUIS DILLARD.SISTER-IN-LAW: LYDIA DILLARD.BROTHER-IN-LAW: CHESTER BONHAM.
DATE OF SERVICES: SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2005 AT 2:00 PM.PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ atoka, ok. INTERMENT: TUSHKA CEMETERY ~ tushka, ok. OFFICIATING: REV. LARRY ARGO. CASKETBEARERS: VANOY SHIELDS, CHAT WHITE, ROY HENRY, JIMMY SMITH, BILL MILLER, BRAD BONHAM. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: ALAN HUDDLESTON, HEATH MAXEY, JUSTIN DILLARD, pAT EBERL, JOE MAXEY. FAMILY NIGHT ~ SATURDAY 6 PM.
NAME: ALMA ALLENE (stanphill) SURRELL AGE 91, A MCALESTER AREA RESIDENT AND FORMER LONGTIME ATOKA COUNTY AREA RESIDENT. BORN: APRIL 30, 1914 AT STANDING ROCK, ATOKA COunty, OK TO CHARLES EGBERT AND ADELL ISABELLE (BEENE) STANPHILL. PASSED AWAY: SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2005 AT THE MCALESTER REGIONAL HOSPITALAGE: 91 YEARS 6 MONTHS 12 DAYS EDUCATION: ALLENE GRADUATED WITH HER ELDEST SON JOHNNY SURRELL IN 1950 FROM THE ATOKA HIGH SCHOOL. SHE DID HER COSMETOLOGY TRAINING ON VACATIONS, HOLIDAYS, AND SATURDAYS WHILE WORKING AS A SECRETARY. MARRIED: JOHN ROBINSON “BUSS” SURRELL ON JULY 4, 1931 AT ATOKA, OK. OCCUPATION: ALLENE WORKED FOR AND RETIRED FROM THE ATOKA COUNTY EXTENSION OFFICE WHERE SHE WAS A SECRETARY TO THE COUNTY AGENT FOR MANY YEARS. CHURCH AFFILIATION: MEMBER OF THE CHURCH OF CHRIST CHURCH. survived by SON: ROB SURRELL AND WIFE MARYLIN OF MCALESTER, OK. GRANDDAUGHTERS: LISA BECHER AND HUSBAND STEVE OF HORACE, ND. LORI SURRELL OF DALLAS, TX. VaRITA HOWES OF SIOUX FALLS, SD. ROXANNE CLOW OF SIOUX FALLS, SD. GRANDSONS: DENNIS SURRELL OF SIOUX FALLS, SD. DAVID SURRELL OF JEFFERSON, GA. DEAN SURRELL OF SIOUX FALLS, SD. DAUGHTER-IN-LAW: JOAN SURRELL OF SIOUX FALLS, SD. 12 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. SISTER: IRENE BAKER OF YOUNGTOWN, AZ. A FAVORITE NIECE: TERESA BAUGHMAN OF OLNEY, OK. preceded in death by PARENTS: CHARLES EGBERT AND ADELL STANPHILL.HUSBAND: JOHN R. “BUSS” SURRELl on April 29, 1996.SONS: GLYNNIS AND JOHNNY SURRELL.
DATE OF SERVICES: THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2005 AT 10:00 AM PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S funeral CHAPEL ~ atoka, ok. INTERMENT: WARDS CHAPEL CEMETERY. OFFICIATING: WAYNE GIST. CASKETBEARERS: MAURICE JACKSON, JOE CROWLEY, JODY SHERRILL, TOMMY DEAN BARRIS, JIM EPPERSON, JERRY BETTIS. FAMILY NIGHT: NONE
NAME: KEVIN DON BLAKLEY, AGE 30, A SHERMAN AREA RESIDENT AND FORMER LONGTIME ATOKA COUNTY AREA RESIDENT. BORN: JULY 8, 1975 TO PEERLESS DON “PETE” AND KAY (HORN) BLAKLEY AT LAGRANGE, GA. PASSED AWAY: SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2005 AT HIS RESIDENCE IN SHERMAN, TX.AGE: 30 YEARS 4 MONTHS 11 DAYS. EDUCATION: KEVIN ATTENDED ATOKA AND STRINGTOWN SCHOOLS AND GRADUATED WITH THE CLASS OF ‘93. KEVIN WAS ATTENDING GRAYSON COunty COMMUNITY COLLEGE. MARRIED: VANESSA HUNT IN 1998 AT TUSHKA. HE LATER MARRIED JENNIFER LORIE KILMER ON JANUARY 20, 2003 AT SHERMAN, TX. OCCUPATION: KEVIN WORKED AS A BOILER MAKER FOR MATRIX CO. OF TULSA AND WAS A TRUCK DRIVER AND A WELDER. CHURCH AFFILIATION: CHURCH OF CHRIST MEMBER. HE WAS ALSO A MEMBER OF THE BOILER MAKERS’ UNION OF TULSA. KEVIN SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE U.S. ARMY. survived by WIFE: JENNIFER OF THE HOME IN SHERMAN, TX. CHILDREN: JORDAN KYLER BLAKLEY OF ATOKA, ok. VICTORIA LORIE BLAKLEY OF THE HOME SHERMAN, TX. MOTHER: KAY BLAKLEY DODD OF ATOKA, OK GRANDMOTHER: FLOY HORN OF ATOKA, OK SISTER: TRACIE COX AND HUSBAND KEVIN OF ATOKA, OK IN LAWS: SCOTT AND LAURYN KILMER OF SHERMAN, TX BROTHER-IN-LAW: JONATHAN KILMER OF SHERMAN, TX UNCLES: JIM BLAKLEY AND WIFE MARY OF SEMINOLE, OK. JOHNNY BLAKLEY AND WIFE GLENDA WEST POINT, GA. AUNT: LUANN THOMPSON OF ALABAMA. preceded in death by DAD: PEERLESS “PETE” BLAKLEY.GRANDFATHER: ED HORN.GRANDPARENTS: TROY AND MARIE BLAKLEY.
DATE OF SERVICES: WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2005 AT 10:00 AM PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ atoka, ok. INTERMENT: TUSHKA CEMETERY ~ tushka, ok. OFFICIATING: REV. TERRY JOHNSON.ASSISTING: SHANE ALLEN. CASKETBEARERS: JIMMY BLAKLEY, TIM MIEZE, JONATHAN KILMER, JOEL GIPSON, JASON HARRIS, STEVE LITTLE, KEVIN ANDERSON. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: TED PLEASANT, TRENT WAINWRIGHT. FAMILY NIGHT-TUESDAY 6 PM
NAME: JIMMY CHARLES HATCHER SR, AGE 68, AN ATOKA AREA RESIDENT. BORN: MARCH 11, 1937 TO CLYDE ROY AND STELLA (WOODS) HATCHER AT WHITESBORO, OK. PASSED AWAY: SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2005 AT THE WILSON N. JONES HOSPITAL IN SHERMAN, TX.AGE: 68 YEARS 8 MONTHS AND 9 DAYS EDUCATION: jimmy attended central high school in oklahoma city. MARRIED: CAROLE AIKMAN ON JANUARY 8, 1975 SHAWNEETOWN, IL. OCCUPATION: HE WAS A IRON WORKER AND BUILT COMMUNICATION TOWERS ACROSS THE U. S. AND IRAN. CHURCH AFFILIATION: baptist faith. JIMMY WAS A MEMBER OF THE IRON WORKERS UNION. survived by WIFE: CAROLE HATCHER OF THE HOME AT ATOKA, OK. CHILDREN: WILLIAM CURTIS MAYHUGH OF EVANSVILLE, IN. MARK ALAN MAYHUGH AND WIFE TERESA OF EVANSVILLE, IN. JAMES EDWARD MAYHUGH OF EVANSVILLE, IN. LISA DUFFY AND HUSBAND DENNIS OF EVANSVILLE, IN. KRISTIE POWELL AND HUSBAND DONALD OF EVANSVILLE, IN. BRIAN MILLER AND WIFE SUSAN OF SAN ANTONIO, TX. MARY SIEGERS AND HUSBAND LESTER OF EVANSVILLE, IN. KAREN WALLIS AND HUSBAND RICK OF EVANSVILLE, IN. HUBERT MAYHUGH JR. AND WIFE JAMIE OF DURANT, OK. GRANDCHILDREN: CHRISTOPHER MILLER, AARON TRAMMELL, TIMOTHY TRAMMELL, AND SABRINA POWELL OF THE HOME 26 GRANDCHILDREN, 24 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. STEPMOTHER: CLIO HATCHER OF TALAHINA, OK. BROTHER: BILL HATCHER AND WIFE MILDRED OF PURCELL, OK. SISTERS: LOIS ANN CAWLFIELD AND HUSBAND ARNOLD OF LUBBOCK, TX. EDNA MCFATRIDGE AND HUSBAND HASKELL OF COMANCHE, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY FATHER: CLYDE ROY HATCHER.MOTHER: STELLA HATCHER.SISTER: RUTH WHEAT.BROTHER: BOBBY HATCHER.SON: JIMMY CHARLES HATCHER JR.
DATE OF SERVICES: SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2005 AT 10:00 AM.PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: WHITESBORO CEMETERY ~ WHITESBORO, LEFLORE COUNTY, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. JEREMY PARHAM.officiating at graveside: mark cook. CASKETBEARERS: HUBERT MAYHUGH, BRIAN MILLER, CHRISTOPHER MILLER, MARY MAYHUGH, DENNIS DUFFY, CURTIS MAYHUGH. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: TOMMY IVIE, JIM HARRIS. FAMILY NIGHT: FRIDAY 6 TO 8 PM
NAME: ETHEL MAY (COURTNEY) FINCH, AGE 89, A LIFELONG ATOKA COUNTY AREA RESIDENT. BORN: APRIL 30, 1916 AT HASTINGS, OK TO WILLIAM AND ESTELLA (OAKLEY) COURTNEY. PASSED AWAY: THURSDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 24, 2005 AT THE ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITALAGE: 89 YEARS 6 MONTHS 24 DAYS EDUCATION: SHE ATTENDED FORREST HILL SCHOOL. MARRIED: PAUL SAMPSON FINCH ON DECEMBER 22, 1934 AT ATOKA, OK. HE PRECEDED HER IN DEATH on july 28, 1997. OCCUPATION: SHE WAS A HOUSEWIFE AND HOMEMAKER. CHURCH AFFILIATION: ETHEL WAS OF THE CHURCH OF CHRIST FAITH. SHE WAS A MEMBER OF THE EASTERN STAR. survived by CHILDREN: CYNTHIA SLAWSON ANDERSON OF COALGATE, OK. PAUL FINCH JR AND WIFE VIRGINIA OF ATOKA, OK. GRANDCHILDREN: CINDY MEAD, PAMELA BENSON, RON SLAWSON, KENNY SLAWSON, PAULA DURHAM, BO FINCH, MARK FINCH, CHARLES FINCH, MARTY FINCH, AND JAMIE FINCH. 25 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. preceded in death by PARENTS: WILLIAM AND ESTELLA COURTNEY.HUSBAND: PAUL SAMPSON FINCH on july 28, 1997.SON: PRENTIS william FINCH on SEPTEMBER 23, 1995.BROTHER: GENE COURTNEY.GRANDDAUGHTER: KRISTIE DAWN FINCH.GREAT GRANDDAUGHTER: ALESHA KAY MOODY.
DATE OF SERVICES: SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2005 AT 2:00 PM.PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ atoka, ok. INTERMENT: TUSHKA CEMETERY ~ tushka, ok. OFFICIATING: REV. JOHN HOWARD. CASKETBEARERS: (GRANDSONS) MARTY FINCH, CHARLES FINCH, JAMIE FINCH, RON SLAWSON, KENNY SLAWSON, MARK FINCH, BO FINCH. FAMILY NIGHT: FRIDAY 6 TO 8 PM
NAME: ALFRED D. “HOSS” FITZGERALD, AGE 73, A LIFELONG ATOKA COunty AREA RESIDENT. BORN: JANUARY 16, 1932 AT HEDLEY, TX TO ROBERT W. AND EDNA (CHISM) FITZGERALD. PASSED AWAY: SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2005 AT HIS RESIDENCE IN ATOKA, OKAGE: 73 YEARS 10 MONTHS AND 10 DAYS EDUCATION: HOSS ATTENDED ATOKA SCHOOLS and SOUTHEASTERN OK STATE UNIVERSITY. MARRIED: SUE CATHEY ON SEPTEMBER 28, 1958 AT WAPANUCKA, OK. OCCUPATION: HOSS WAS A BUILDING CONTRACTOR AND OWNER OF FITZGERALD LUMBER COmpany IN ATOKA. HE RETIRED IN 1985. CHURCH AFFILIATION: HE WAS OF THE METHODIST FAITH. HOSS SERVED HIS COUNTRY DURING THE KOREAN WAR AS AN M.P. IN THE U.S. ARMY. He WAS also AN AVID OUTDOORSMAN. survived by WIFE: SUE fitzgerald OF THE HOME IN ATOKA, ok. DAUGHTERS: CATHEY GRIFFIN AND HUSBAND STEVE OF McKINNEY, TX. LONNA FITZGERALD-HERRSCHER OF DALLAS, TX. GRANDDAUGHTER: ELIZABETH GRIFFIN. GRANDSONS: WILLIAM HERRSCHER AND J. T. HERRSCHER. MOTHER: EDNA FITZGERALD OF ATOKA, OK preceded in death by FATHER: ROBERT W. FITZGERALD.BROTHER: TINKER FITZGERALD.
DATE OF SERVICES: SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 2005 AT 2:00 PM.place of SERVICES: graveside. interment: GREEN MEADOWS CEMETERY ~ atoka, ok. OFFICIATING: FAMILY MEMBERS. MEMORIALS CAN BE MADE IN HOSS’S NAME TO THE PARKINSON’S SOCIETY.
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