NAME: WILLIAM DARRELL CUNNINGHAM, AGE 68, A TUSHKA RESIDENT. BORN: JANUARY 13, 1932 AT LEACHVILLE, ARKANSAS TO FLOYD FRANKLIN AND RUBY DRUCILLA (STAGGS) CUNNINGHAM. PASSED AWAY: THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2000 AT THE VETERANS CENTER IN OKLAHOMA CITY. AGE: 68 YEARS 9 MONTHS AND 19 DAYS EDUCATION: HE ATTENDED SCHOOL AT BERRYHILL, OKA. MARRIED: ANNA CLINE SLAYBAUGH ON APRIL 22, 1967 AT SUPULPA, OK. OCCUPATION: TRUCK DRIVER AND WORKED MANY YEARS AS A SECURITY GUARD IN TULSA, OK. CHURCH AFFILIATION: MEMBER OF FIFTH WARD MORMAN CHURCH IN DURANT, OK. WILLIAM SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE U. S. NAVY DURING THE KOREAN WAR. SURVIVED BY WIFE: ANNA CUNNINGHAM OF THE HOME IN TUSHKA, OK. CHILDREN: DARNELL DUNN OF TUSHKA, OK. JESSIE CLAYTON and HUSBAND JOHN OF TULSA, OK. ORVAL DEAN SLAYBAUGH and WIFE VESTA OF TULSA, OK. ROBERT SLAYBAUGH OF TULSA, OK. MOTHER: RUBY CUNNINGHAM OF TULSA, OK. 12 GRANDCHILDREN, 8 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. SISTERS: VIRGINIA JEROME and HUSBAND DON OF CATOOSA, OK. GLENNA DAVIDSON and HUSBAND JERRY OF CLAREMORE, OK. FOSTER BROTHER: GENE RAWLINS OF TULSA, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY FATHER: FLOYD CUNNINGHAM.BROTHER: WILLIS RAY CUNNINGHAM.GRANDSON: NOAH CAIN NIGHT.
DATE OF SERVICES: MONDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2000 AT 2:00 P.M.PLACE OF SERVICE: GRAVESIDE SERVICES. INTERMENT: NEW ZION CEMETERY.~ ATOKA COUNTY, OK. OFFICIATING: PHIL WARD. CASKETBEARERS: LEO DEMENT, FERMAN MAYO, BEN BONHAM, RICHARD DUNN, BILL CUNNINGHAM, ERNIE GRIFFIN. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: DELMAR PEEVYHOUSE, RUSSELL COURTNEY, KELLY SMITH.
NAME: KENNETH EUGENE “KEN” SLAWSON, AGE 68, OF ATOKA, OK.  BORN: AUGUST 15, 1932 AT LAMAR, HUGHES COUNTY, OKLAHOMA TO JAMES LUTHER AND LILLIAN ELENA (WHITFIELD) SLAWSON. PASSED AWAY: FOUND AT HIS HOME ON MONDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2000.AGE: 68 YEARS 2 MONTHS AND 22 DAYS. EDUCATION: HE ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT HULOWE, WEST OF McALESTER, OKLAHOMA. MARRIED: CYNTHIA FINCH MAY 7, 1956 AT McALESTER, OKLAHOMA. OCCUPATION: KEN WAS RETIRED MILITARY WITH OVER 22 YEARS OF SERVICE. HE OWNED AND OPERATED KENCO MANUFACTURING COMPANY FOR 11 YEARS AND HE WAS A HORSE RANCHER AND BREEDER. KEN SERVED IN THE KOREAN WAR AND WAS ACCEPTED TO THE NAVY’S FIRST NUCLEAR SCHOOL, WAS ON THE UNDERWATER DEMOLITION TEAM AND WAS A NUCLEAR INSTRUCTOR. HE RETIRED FROM THE NAVY A MASTER CHIEF PETTY OFFICER. KEN WAS ALSO A LONGTIME MEMBER OF ATOKA ELKS LODGE, WAS CURRENTLY EXALTED RULER AND HAD PREVIOUSLY SERVED A NUMBER OF YEARS AS E.R. HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE AMERICAN QUARTER HORSE ASSOCIATION AND WAS A MEMBER OF THE AMERICAN CUTTING HORSE ASSOCIATION. HE ALSO JUDGED MANY QUARTER HORSE SHOWS. SURVIVED BY CHILDREN: CINDY MEAD AND HUSBAND PHILIP OF ATOKA, OK. PAM BENSON and HUSBAND DENNIS OF DERBY, KS. RON SLAWSON and WIFE PAULLA OF DURANT, OK. KENNY SLAWSON and WIFE STACY OF ATOKA, OK. GRANDCHILDREN: VANESSA BENSON, KASEY MEAD, CHARLIE SLAWSON, TARYN BENSON, TYLER SLAWSON, LAUREN MEAD, SOPHIE SLAWSON, MADISON SLAWSON, AND LEXIE SLAWSON. FORMER WIFE: CYNTHIA ANDERSON OF ATOKA, OK. SISTERS: ESTELLE EPPS AND HUSBAND ALVIN OF ROSAMOND, CA. BOBBIE LeFLORE OF McALESTER, OK. JOYCE DeFLORIN OF McALESTER, OK. KARLEEN WEBB AND HUSBAND DON OF McALESTER, OK. TONA HICKMAN OF HOUSTON, TX. AUNT: PEARL GANN OF LAMAR, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: JAMES AND LILLIAN SLAWON.
DATE OF SERVICES: THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2000 AT 2:00 P.M.PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: TUSHKA CEMETERY ~ TUSHKA, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. JOHN HOWARD. CASKETBEARERS: JUNIOR RILEY, PAUL ALLEN, PAUL KOSELL, RICK UMSTEAD, JOHNNY SELF, CHARLES FINCH, GARY McCOOL, MORRIS COCHRAN. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: WALTER KARR, WILL GOODWIN, ABBOTT JONES, DON RIPPEE, KEN TURRENTINE, FARRIS SELF, GARRY MARSHALL, TOM HYDE.
NAME: ANNIE LENORE (LEWIS) McDANIEL, AGE 91, A LONGTIME ATOKA AREA RESIDENT. BORN: AUGUST 15, 1909 AT FEATHERSTON, PITTSBURG COUNTY, OKLAHOMA TO JOHN HARBERT AND DOLLIE VIOLA (NORMAN) LEWIS. PASSED AWAY: MONDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2000 AT THE MEDICAL CENTER OF SE OKLAHOMA IN DURANT..AGE: 91 YEARS 2 MONTHS AND 21 DAYS EDUCATION: SHE ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT TIPTON RIDGE IN PITTSBURG COUNTY AND FOREST HILL IN ATOKA COUNTY. MARRIED: HURLEY McDANIEL ON JANUARY 11, 1925 AT TUSHKA, OK. OCCUPATION: HOUSEWIFE AND HOMEMAKER . CHURCH AFFILIATION: LENORE WAS A MEMBER OF ATOKA FULL GOSPEL CHURCH AND FORMER LONGTIME MEMBER OF NEW ZION METHODIST CHURCH. SHE WAS ALSO A MEMBER OF THE SENIOR CITIZENS CHOIR. LENORE PLAYED THE PIANO FOR NUMEROUS CHURCHES, NURSING HOMES AND THE SENIOR CITIZENS CENTER, PLAYING AS RECENTLY AS OCTOBER 15TH OF THIS YEAR. SURVIVED BY DAUGHTERS: BETTY SHORES and HUSBAND BOB OF TUSHKA, OK. LORETTA KENT OF OKLAHOMA CITY. VIOLA ROBBINS and HUSBAND DILLARD OF WILSON, OK. RUTH CRITES ad HUSBAND JOE OF CANEY, OK. GRANDCHILDREN: KENNETH SEABOURN and WIFE MARY JOYCE. LADONA HYATT and HUSBAND EDDIE. DEADRA MARLOW. JIMMY DALE COLE and WIFE VICKIE. BOBBY COLE. VICKIE LOVEJOY and HUSBAND KENNEY. RICHARD COLE. WILLIAM COLE. DOYLE ROBBINS. REGINA DAVIS and HUSBAND MICKEY. DEBBIE DODSON and HUSBAND RICK. DANA MORRIS and HUSBAND RANDY. CHAD ROBERSON and WIFE KERRIE. 17 GREAT GRANDCHIDLREN, 6 GREAT GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. SISTER: RACHEL WILCUTT OF BAKERSFIELD, CA. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HUSBAND: HURLEY McDANIEL ON JULY 16, 1973.PARENTS: JOHN and DOLLIE LEWIS.BROTHERS: CLIFFORD “DUDE”, JOE, ROBERT “BOB”, and ALBERT LEWIS.SISTERS: MARGARET REYNOLDS, VERDA TIFFANY, NELL VAUGHN, FRANCIS FLINT, and OLLIE HOOKS.GRANDCHILDREN: GARY DEAN COLE AND AN INFANT GRANDDAUGHTER.
DATE OF SERVICES: WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2000 AT 2:00 P.M.PLACE OF SERVICE: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: NEW ZION CEMETERY ~ EAST OF TUSHKA, OK.. OFFICIATING: REV. BOB JOHNSON.ASSISTING: REV. HAROLD BREWER. CASKETBEARERS: KENNETH SEABOURN, EDDIE HYATT, JIMMY COLE, BOBBY COLE, KENNY LOVEJOY, RICHARD COLE, WILLIAM COLE, TIM HYATT. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: DOYLE ROBBINS, MICKEY DAVIS, RICK DODSON, RANDY MORRIS, CHAD ROBERSON.
NAME: LIDA MAE (HAMILTON) BURROWS, AGE 68, A LONGTIME ATOKA AREA RESIDENT. BORN: DECEMBER 31, 1931 AT DAISY, OKLAHOMA TO ONIE LORIS AND MILLIE CATHERINE (HEFNER) HAMILTON. PASSED AWAY: TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2000 AT PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL IN DALLAS, TX.AGE: 68 YEARS 10 MONTHS AND 7 DAYS. EDUCATION: SHE ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT REDDEN AND GOSS IN ATOKA COUNTY. MARRIED: TED VINSON BURROWS ON NOVEMBER 6, 1948 AT ATOKA, OK. OCCUPATION: LIDA WORKED MANY YEARS FOR SOUTHLAND CORPORATION IN THE FT. WORTH AREA, RETIRING IN 1990. CHURCH AFFILIATION: LIDA WAS A MEMBER OF THE FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH IN ATOKA, OK. SURVIVED BY CHILDREN: JOY SMITH AND HUSBAND WENDEL OF TUSHKA, OK. JOLINE PHILLIPS AND HUSBAND SAM OF SAGINAW, TX. DOLLY WILLIAMS AND HUSBAND JAMES OF ATOKA, OK. JUDY HARRIS AND HUSBAND JOE OF FT. WORTH, TX. 11 GRANDCHILDREN, 7 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. BROTHER: JOHN HAMILTON OF HOLDENVILLE, OK. SISTERS: LUCY BAKER AND HUSBAND VERN OF OKLAHOMA CITY. BEA BURKHALTER AND HUSBAND LEON OF ATOKA, OK. MILDRED LOVE OF YUKON, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HUSBAND: TED BURROWS ON OCTOBER 31, 1971.PARENTS: ONIE AND MILLIE HAMILTON.SON: TEDDY BURROWS.BROTHERS: TOM HAMILTON AND ONA HAMILTON.SISTER: FLORA LOTT.GREAT GRANDCHILD: SHELBY SNOW.
DATE OF SERVICES: FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2000 AT 2:00 P.M.PLACE OF SERVICE: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: GREEN MEADOWS CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK. OFFICIATING: DR. DON HAZELL.ASSISTING: DR. JAMES CROWSON. CASKETBEARERS: SAMMY PHILLIPS, ROY BURKHALTER, KIM BURKHALTER, HENRY CONN, SHANE HAMILTON, STEVE HAMILTON, BILL LEWIS BAKER, TOM HAMILTON, TODD BURKHALTER. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: JOY SMITH, JOLINE PHILLIPS, DOLLY WILLIAMS, JUDY HARRIS.
NAME: EARL DEAN SMITH, SR., AGE 75, A LONGTIME ATOKA AREA RESIDENT. BORN: FEBRUARY 27, 1925 AT WICHITA, KANSAS TO VERN AND ELLA (JONES) SMITH. PASSED AWAY: WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2000 AT ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.AGE: 75 YEARS 8 MONTHS AND 11 DAYS. EDUCATION: HE ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT BLACKJACK AND WHELLOC INDIAN SCHOOL. MARRIED: ELIZABETH THOMPSON ON JANUARY 21, 1969 AT ATOKA, OK. OCCUPATION: MANY YEARS AS A FORKLIFT OPERATOR FOR WESTINGHOUSE IN CALIFORNIA. CHURCH AFFILIATION: HE WAS OF THE BAPTIST FAITH. EARL SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE U. S. MARINES DURING WORLD WAR II AND WAS A LIFE MEMBER OF THE D.A.V. AND V.F.W. IN DURANT. SURVIVED BY WIFE: ELIZABETH SMITH OF THE HOME IN ATOKA, OK. DAUGHTER: EARLENE DOTY and HUSBAND RAY OF NORWALK, CA. GRANDSON: LUKE QUINN OF NORWALK, CA. UNCLE: HENRY NORRIS and WIFE HELEN OF DAISY, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY MOTHER: ELLA JONES ANDERSON.SON: EARL DEAN SMITH, JR.
DATE OF SERVICES: SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2000 AT 10:00 A.M. PLACE OF SERVICE: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: GREEN MEADOWS CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. DWARD JUSTUS. CASKETBEARERS: DALLAS WILSON, FRANKIE HUNT, MONTANA WILSON, ROD GADBERRY, HARRY FARRIS, JOHN COOK. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: ARNOLD ABLES, LEVI JONES.
NAME: PRESTON WAYNE COLE, SR., AGE 50, LIFELONG COALGATE AREA RESIDENT. BORN: MARCH 9, 1950 AT COALGATE, OKLAHOMA TO JAMES COLEMAN AND BETTY LOU (HALL) COLE. PASSED AWAY: WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2000 AT ST. FRANCIS HOSPITAL IN TULSA, OK.AGE: 50 YEARS 7 MONTHS AND 29 DAYS. EDUCATION: HE GRADUATED FROM OLNEY HIGH SCHOOL IN 1968. MARRIED: RUBY SIOUX ON APRIL 23, 1982 AT OKLAHOMA CITY. OCCUPATION: PRESTON WAS A RANCH WORKER. HE WORKED MANY YEARS FOR JOE PASQUALI, JOHN WAYNE WARD, AND ALVIN CAGLE. CHURCH AFFILIATION: HE WAS A MEMBER OF LONE STAR CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. SURVIVED BY WIFE: RUBY COLE OF THE HOME IN COALGATE, OK. SON: PRESTON WAYNE COLE, JR. OF THE HOME IN COALGATE, OK. DAUGHTER: PRISCILLA MAE COLE OF THE HOME IN COALGATE, OK. STEPSONS: ALLEN GENE BUCKLEY, JR. OF COALGATE, OK. TYRONE BERNIE BUCKLEY OF McALESTER, OK. ARTHUR LOUIS BUCKLEY OF ADA, OK. ROBERT EDWARD BUCKLEY OF OKLAHOMA CITY. SISTERS: DORIS COURSON AND HUSBAND BOB OF COALGATE, OK. MARSHA BURGESS AND HUSBAND GEORGE OF COALGATE, OK. ESTER COLE OF IDABEL, OK. BROTHERS: LARRY COLE AND WIFE RITA OF COALGATE, OK. RAYMOND COLE OF COALGATE, OK. KENNETH COLE OF KANSAS. MICHAEL COLE OF TEXAS. JIM COLE OF OKLAHOMA CITY. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: JAMES COLEMAN AND BETTY LOU COLE.BROTHERS: INFANT AND HENRY WAYNE COLE.
DATE OF SERVICES: SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2000 AT 10:00 A.M. PLACE OF SERVICE: COTTONWOOD BAPTIST CHURCH ~ COTTONWOOD, OK. INTERMENT: LONE STAR CEMETERY ~ COTTONWOOD, OK. OFFICIATING: ELDER VIRGIL OTT. CASKETBEARERS: SANTIAGO ALVARADO, JR., SELSO ALVARADO, CASEY TEKUBIE, EUGENE PICKENS, NOAH BURRIS, MARK COLE, ADAM COLE. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: ALVIN CAGLE, JOHN W. WARD, LARRY COLE, RAYMOND COLE, MIKE COLE, KENNETH COLE, JIM COLE.
NAME: ROBERT DANNIEL “DANNY” ROBERTS, AGE 55, A LONGTIME STRINGTOWN AREA RESIDENT. BORN: DECEMBER 11, 1944 AT STRINGTOWN, OKLAHOMA TO WESLEY MELTON AND SALLY ETHAL (RAINS) ROBERTS. PASSED AWAY: FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2000 AT THE ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.AGE: 55 YEARS 10 MONTHS AND 29 DAYS. EDUCATION: HE ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT STRINGTOWN AND THE OKLAHOMA STATE TECH AT OKMULGEE WHERE HE CERTIFIED AS A DIESEL MECHANIC. MARRIED: SUSAN MARIE WILLIAMS ON MARCH 9, 1968 AT ATOKA, OK. OCCUPATION: HE WAS A SELF-EMPLOYED MECHANIC FOR MANY YEARS. THE LAST YEAR OR SO HE WAS A GRADER OPERATOR FOR COMMISSIONER JOHNNY SELF AT ATOKA COUNTY DISTRICT 1. CHURCH AFFILIATION: MEMBER OF THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH AT STRINGTOWN, OK. SURVIVED BY CHILDREN: WOODROW MELTON ROBERTS OF STRINGTOWN, OK. EMILY LOUANN FOSTER AND HUSBAND GREG OF STRINGTOWN, OK. GRANDCHILDREN: ERIN SUSAN AND NICHOLAS DEE FOSTER OF STRINGTOWN, OK. SISTERS: GENEVA SEXTON OF McALESTER, OK. HELEN LOIS GALYEAN AND HUSBAND SAM OF MADILL, OK. FANNIE WESTBROOK AND HUSBAND JIM OF CANEY, OK. PATRICIA ROBERTS OF WILBUR, OR. MARY GEAN KELLOGG AND HUSBAND BILLY GUY OF DAISY, OK. BROTHERS: JOHN ROBERTS AND WIFE LOUISE OF STRINGTOWN, OK. RICHARD ROBERTS AND WIFE ETHEL OF ROSEBURG, OR. FORMER WIFE: SUSAN ROBERTS OF McALESTER, OK. BROTHER IN-LAW: BUDDY HUTSON OF STRINGTOWN, OK. VERY SPECIAL FRIEND: EVELYN MILLER OF ATOKA, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: WESLEY AND SALLY ROBERTS.SISTER: VIRGINIA HUTSON.MOTHER AND FATHER IN-LAW: MYRTLE AND BERT WILLIAMS.
DATE OF SERVICES: MONDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2000 AT 2:00 P.M.PLACE OF SERVICE: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: STRINGTOWN CEMETERY ~ STRINGTOWN, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. LOYD THOMPSON. CASKETBEARERS: BENNY WYRICK lll, LAVON HENSON, BILLY GUY KELLOGG, KENT HUTSON, EDDIE ISOM, RON MARLEY. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: JOHN ROBERTS, RICHARD ROBERTS, BUDDY HUTSON, RUSTY GALYEAN, JIM WESTBROOK.
NAME: MARTIN GLEN “STICKS” DALE, AGE 46, A LFIETIME ATOKA AREA RESIDENT. BORN: AUGUST 8, 1954 AT COALGATE, OKLAHOMA TO MARVIN V. AND KATIE LOU (UMSTEAD) DALE. PASSED AWAY: SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2000 AT THE ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. AGE: 46 YEARS 3 MONTHS AND 4 DAYS. EDUCATION: GRADUATED FROM ATOKA HIGH SCHOOL WITH THE CLASS OF 1972. OCCUPATION: JUST AFTER GRADUATION HE WORKED FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS AND LATER WORKED FOR PAUL MULLINS. HE WORKED PIPELINE CONSTRUCTION SEVERAL YEARS AND WAS A CATTLE RANCHER. CHURCH AFFILIATION: STICKS WAS OF THE BAPTIST FAITH. SURVIVED BY SISTER: LINDA PHIPPS AND HUSBAND FRANK OF TULSA, OK. BROTHER: MARVIN DALE JR. AND WIFE DORIS OF ATOKA, OK. NIECES: TINA AND DOUG COLSTON OF TULSA, OK. DEBBIE AND BRYAN MARTIN OF TULSA, OK. NEPHEWS: MARVIN iii AND KASEY DALE OF GUTHRIE, OK. BRIAN DALE OF ATOKA, OK. UNCLE: BUCK UMSTEAD OF LOVINGTON, NM. AUNT: CELIA BARNETT OF OKLAHOMA CITY. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: MARVIN AND KATIE DALE.
DATE OF SERVICES: TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2000 AT 2:00 P.M.PLACE OF SERVICE: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: GREEN MEADOWS CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. ROBERT EARL UMSTEAD. CASKETBEARERS: JOE HAGGARD, JOHNNY FORD, ROBERT SMITH, FLINT SUTTON, DARRELL “TACO” COX, A. D. MOORE.
NAME: BARBARA ANN (MUSSER) McKENDRICK, AGE 66, A LONGTIME ATOKA AREA RESIDENT. BORN: JANUARY 27, 1934 AT MODESTO, STANISLAUS COUNTY, CALIFORNIA TO MELVIN CLYDE AND CORDELIA ANN (CASTILLE) MUSSER. PASSED AWAY: MONDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2000 AT ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. AGE: 66 YEARS 9 MONTHS AND 16 DAYS EDUCATION: GRADUATED FROM MODESTO HIGH SCHOOL IN CALIFORNIA MARRIED: JOHN McKENDRICK ON DECEMBER 18, 1964 AT RENO, NV. OCCUPATION: BARBARA WORKED A NUMBER OF YEARS AT TRI-VALLEY CANNERY IN MODESTO, CALIFORNIA, SHE ALSO WORKED AT MCALESTER NAVAL DEPOT AND OWNED-OPERATED MCGEE VALLEY STORE AT DAISY FOR 11 YEARS. CHURCH AFFILIATION: BARBARA WAS A MEMBER OF OAKDALE METHODIST CHURCH AND ATTENDED MCGEE VALLEY BAPTIST CHURCH. SURVIVED BY HUSBAND: JOHN McKENDRICK OF THE HOME IN DAISY, OK. CHILDREN: BARBARA SUZANNE WILSON AND HUSBAND RON OF LONGTOWN, OK. TAMMY LYNN KETCHUM AND HUSBAND BILLY OF ULAN, OK. MICHAEL CLYDE SMITHHART OF McALESTER, OK. JESSICA MARIE GREEN OF UTAH. JOHN ALLEN McKENDRICK AND WIFE TANYA OF SCIPIO, OK. SHAWN ISKEY AND HUSBAND STEVE OF McALESTER, OK. ANNETTE IRENE McKENDRICK OF DAISY, OK. GRANDCHILDREN: RONNIE AND LINDSEY WILSON. KEITH ISOM, LACY KETCHUM. TISHA BRILLO, TANYA AND TIFFANY GREEN. KELCI McKENDRICK AND SKYLER ISKEY. AND EXPECTING GRANDSON KODY ON JANUARY 1, 2001. GREAT GRANDCHILDREN: ROSIN AND WRANGLER BRILLO. SISTERS: CAROL LEWIS OF DENVER, CO. ERMA SKEEN OF KNOXVILLE, TN. MOTHER-IN-LAW: IVA IRENE McKENDRICK OF CANEY, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: MELVIN AND CORDELIA MUSSER.SISTER: SHIRLEY LUCAS.BROTHER: CECIL MUSSER.SON-IN-LAW: CHARLES ISOM.BROTHER-IN-LAW: JOHN SKEEN.
DATE OF SERVICES: WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2000 AT 2:00 P.M.PLACE OF SERVICE: McGEE VALLEY BAPTIST CHURCH ~ DAISY, OK. INTERMENT: MOUNTAIN HOME CEMETERY ~ DAISY, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. LOYD THOMPSON.ASSISTING: REV. BOB MUNCY. CASKETBEARERS: CHRIS KELLOGG, CHARLES HENSLEY, RICK HENSLEY, TOMMY ISOM, BILL SANDERS, RICK ISOM, LAWRENCE KELLY, VERNON MANN.
NAME: IVA MAE (HURT) GRIBBLE, AGE 59, A LONGTIME ATOKA AREA RESIDENT. BORN: AUGUST 15, 1941 AT ATOKA, OKLAHOMA TO LONNIE WILLIAM “BILL” AND CORDIE (GADDIS) HURT. PASSED AWAY: MONDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2000 AT COALGATE HOSPITAL, COALGATE, OK.AGE: 59 YEARS 2 MONTHS AND 28 DAYS. EDUCATION: GRADUATED FROM STRINGTOWN HIGH SCHOOL. MARRIED: WILBUR LEO “JACK” GRIBBLE ON JULY 20, 1967 AT ULYSSES, KANSAS. OCCUPATION: BARBARA WORKED IN NURSING HOME AND RESTAURANT IN ULYSSES, KANSAS. CHURCH AFFILIATION: LONGTIME MEMBER OF STRINGTOWN BAPTIST CHURCH. SURVIVED BY HUSBAND: JACK GRIBBLE OF THE HOME IN COALGATE, OK. DAUGHTER: NIVA MAE KING OF ATOKA, OK. GRANDCHILDREN: CRYSTAL DEWBERRY. CAROLYN NASH. HEATHER NASH. GREAT GRANDSON: J. D. DEWBERRY. SISTERS: ANNA LANSDALE AND HUSBAND DOYLE OF STRINGTOWN, OK. KATHRYN HAYES AND HUSBAND JOE RAY OF PRIMEVILLE, OR. WILMA ALLEN AND HUSBAND EUGENE OF ULYSSES, KS. BILLIE ROBINSON AND HUSBAND SONNY OF TUSHKA, OK. GERALDINE LOUDERMILK AND HUSBAND LEONARD OF KREBS, OK. LINDA SNEAD AND HUSBAND C. W. OF HARTSHORNE, OK. BROTHERS: CHARLES HURT, JR. AND WIFE BARBARA OF CHICKASHA, OK. GERALD HURT OF ULYSSES, KS. WILLIAM HURT AND WIFE PAULA OF OKLAHOMA CITY. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: LONNIE AND CORDIE HURT.SISTER: GLADYS HURT.
DATE OF SERVICES: WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2000 AT 10:00 A.M.PLACE OF SERVICE: STRINGTOWN BAPTIST CHURCH ~ STRINGTOWN, OK. INTERMENT: STRINGTOWN CEMETERY ~ STRINGTOWN, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. LOYD THOMPSON.ASSISTING: REV. MATT SMITH. CASKETBEARERS: BILL POTTS, SONNY ROBINSON, GENE ALLEN, DOYLE LANSDALE, JACK LANSDALE, LEONARD LOUDERMILK. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: LES THOMPSON, RICHARD JOHNSON, DANNY HINKLE.
NAME: LARRY DALE LEMONS, AGE 43, A LONGTIME RESIDENT OF THE COAL COUNTY AREA. BORN: NOVEMBER 6, 1957 IN TULSA, OK TO ALFORD HENLEY AND JOYCE MARIE (FLATT) LEMONS. PASSED AWAY: THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2000 AT THE VALLEY VIEW HOSPITAL IN ADA, OK.AGE: 43 YEARS 0 MONTHS AND 10 DAYS EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS IN TUPELO, OK. OCCUPATION: LARRY WORKED AS A ROUGHNECK IN THE OILFIELDS. HE ALSO WORKED FOR J. P. EMCO AS FORKLIFT OPERATOR IN ADA. HE WAS DISABLED DUE TO AN AUTO ACCIDENT. SURVIVED BY DAUGHTER: KRYSTAL MICHELLE DAVISON OF CLAREMORE, OK. GRANDCHILDREN: TYLER AND TERESA DAVISON OF CLAREMORE, OK. PARENTS: ALFORD AND JOYCE LEMONS OF CENTRAHOMA, OK. SISTER: SHERRY ANN LEMONS OF CENTRAHOMA, OK. BROTHERS: ALFRED JAMES LEMONS OF TUPELO, OK. RICKIE LEON LEMONS OF OKLAHOMA CITY. preceded in death by none listed
DATE OF SERVICES: SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2000 AT 2:00 P.M.PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ TUPELO, OK. INTERMENT: CENTRAHOMA CEMETERY ~ CENTRAHOMA, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. DAVID BOGGS. CASKETBEARERS: KEN BAILEY, LONNIE RUTHERFORD, JERRY GEORGE, CORKY, B. J. EDDINGS, MIKE THOMPSON, J. D. WILLIAMS.
NAME: ALLEN LOWELL SARTIN, AGE 63, A LIFELONG ATOKA AREA RESIDENT . BORN: JULY 30, 1937 AT TUSHKA, OK TO HENRY WESLEY AND ESTHER (SMITH) SARTIN. PASSED AWAY: SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2000 AT ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. AGE: 63 YEARS 3 MONTHS AND 18 DAYS. EDUCATION: GRADUATED FROM ATOKA HIGH SCHOOL WITH THE CLASS OF 1955. HE ATTENDED MURRAY STATE COLLEGE IN TISHOMINGO AND SE OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY IN DURANT. MARRIED: SUE SMITH ON DECEMBER 16 1961 AT SHAWNEE, OK. OCCUPATION: WORKED FOR THE STATE DEPT. OF HUMAN SERVICES FROM 1962 UNTIL 1990. HE WAS A CATTLEMAN AND RANCHER. CHURCH AFFILIATION: THE METHODIST CHURCH. WAS A CHARTER MEMBER OF THE ATOKA ELKS LODGE. SURVIVED BY MOTHER: ESTHER SARTIN OF ATOKA, OK. FORMER WIFE: SUE SARTIN OF ATOKA, OK. CHILDREN: GUY ALLEN SARTIN OF WAPANUCKA, OK. LEA ANN HENRY OF BUFFALO VALLEY, OK. ALICE LYNNE SANDERS OF ATOKA, OK. AMY JO FARRIS AND HUSBAND JIM OF COALGATE, OK. VICKIE SARTIN OF TISHOMINGO, OK. GRANDCHILDREN: AUSTIN AND CASEY HENRY OF BUFFALO VALLEY, OK. CODY AND DUSTIN SARTIN OF TISHOMINGO, OK. ASHLEY, WESLEY, AND KACI SARTIN OF WAPANUCKA, OK. AMANDA SANDERS OF ATOKA, OK. MACY HENRY OF ATOKA, OK. ZANE AND LUKE FARRIS OF COALGATE, OK. SISTER: CAROL LYNN MOSELY AND HUSBAND WAYLON OF STERLING, VA. NIECE: JANET MOSELEY OF STERLING, VA. NEPHEW: PAUL MOSELEY OF STERLING, VA.. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY FATHER: HENRY WESLEY SARTIN.SON-IN-LAW: OSCAR HENRY.
DATE OF SERVICES: TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2000 AT 10:00 A.M.PLACE OF SERVICE: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: GREEN MEADOWS CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK. OFFICIATING: MIKE DANIEL.ASSISTING: REV. RON KING. CASKETBEARERS: DON RIPPEE, JIM CARR, BOB DANIEL, ROGER RICHARDSON, D. W. SIKES, HARLEY UBER. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: BILL HEFLEY, PETE WILSON, J. C. GERMANY, KEVIN CARR, WADE PEBWORTH, GRAHAM FRYER, CLYDE SHEFFIELD, MAXEY MOBBS, TINKER RAY.
NAME: STANLEY THOMAS GLENNON, AGE 50, A LONGTIME DALLAS AREA RESIDENT AND FORMER COALGATE RESIDENT. BORN: JULY 6, 1950 AT COALGATE TO JOSEPH THOMAS AND VERNA LEE (STEPHENS/DRAKE) GLENNON. PASSED AWAY: SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2000 AT HIS RESIDENCE IN DALLAS, TX.AGE: 50 YEARS 4 MONTHS AND 17 DAYS. EDUCATION: GRADUATED FROM COALGATE HIGH SCHOOL WITH THE CLASS OF 1968. HE ATTENDED MURRAY STATE COLLEGE IN TISHOMINGO, OK. OCCUPATION: HE WAS A FRAMING SUPERINTENDENT FOR COMMERCIAL AND APARTMENT CONSTRUCTION IN DALLAS FOR 30 YEARS. CHURCH AFFILIATION: AS A YOUTH, HE WAS A MEMBER OF FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH IN COALGATE, OK. SURVIVED BY FATHER: J. B. FORNERIS OF COALGATE, OK. CHILDREN: CONNIE JOHNSON AND HUSBAND JEFF OF MCKINNEY, TX BRETT GLENNON AND WIFE MONICA OF FRISCO, TX. GRANDCHILDREN: JORDAN GLENNON OF FRISCO, TX KYLIE JOHNSON OF MCKINNEY, TX. FIANCE: AMELIA MOYA OF DALLAS, TX. BOTHER: JOE GLENNON AND WIFE RITA OF COALGATE, OK. SISTER: JOHNNA CUNNINGHAM AND HUSBAND ROGER OF COALGATE, OK. UNCLE: STANLEY STEPHENSON AND WIFE DEE OF COMPTON, CA. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: JODY AND VERNA LEE GLENNON.
DATE OF SERVICES: WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2000 AT 2:00 P.M.PLACE OF SERVICE: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: COALGATE CEMETERY ~ COALGATE, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. BILL WEATHERS.ASSISTING: LARRY ACOSTA. CASKETBEARERS: JIMMY PAXTON, LARRY MCCOLLUM, DWIGHT PRIEST, GLEN WATKINS, TOM PRATHER, JOHN RYAN, RONNIE PALMER, JERRY HOLLAND.
NAME: ZETTA (SAMPLE) SWINDELl, AGE 91, A RESIDENT OF ATOKA, OK. BORN: MAY 27, 1909 AT POST OAK, OKLAHOMA IN ATOKA COUNTY TO SIDNEY THOMAS AND MATTIE (PHILLIPS) SAMPLE. PASSED AWAY: MONDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2000 AT ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.AGE: 91 YEARS 5 MONTHS AND 23 DAYS. EDUCATION: GRADUATED FROM ATOKA HIGH SCHOOL IN 1935. MARRIED: LLOYD OVEL SWINDELL IN 1929 IN COAL COUNTY, OKLAHOMA. OCCUPATION: WORKED AS A SALES CLERK FOR TITCHES & GETTINGER DEPARTMENT STORE FOR OVER 20 YEARS. ZETTA ALSO SOLD AVON, TUPPERWARE, AND TERIRRA GLASSWARE. CHURCH AFFILIATION: ZETTA WAS A MEMBER OF BALCH SPRINGS BAPTIST CHURCH IN DALLAS AND AFTER MOVING TO ATOKA SHE WAS A MEMBER OF ATOKA FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH. SHE WAS A MEMBER AND OFFICER IN THE REBEKKA LODGE, SERVED AS PAST PRESIDENT FOR GOLD STAR MOTHERS OF TEXAS. ZETTA WAS A VOLUNTEER FOR THE ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL LADIES AUXILIARY AND WAS VERY ACTIVE WITH THE ATOKA SENIOR CITIZENS. SURVIVED BY CHILDREN: GENE SWINDELL and WIFE JONEDA OF LANE, OK. GERALD SWINDELL and WIFE LINDA OF POTTSBORO, TX. GRANDCHILDREN: LEANNA MARIE STONE and HUSBAND KEITH OF WEATHERFORD, TX ROBERT DALE SWINDELL and WIFE IRENA OF WEST MINISTER, CA. RICHARD WESLEY SWINDELL and WIFE ANGIE OF BURBANK, CA. CHERYLE LOEFFELHOLZ OF SHERMAN, TX. WILLIAM STEVEN SWINDELL and WIFE UNA STATIONED IN SEOUL, KOREA. DAVID SHEPHEARD SWINDELL and WIFE DANA OF POTTSBORO, TX. GREAT GRANDCHILDREN: BENJAMIN, NICHOLAS, & DANIEL STONE, DAVID, DILLON, & SARA SWINDELL, AND CHRIS DAWSON. GREAT GRANDCHILDREN: IAN McALESTER and KERA McALESTER. NIECES: BETTY CRAWFORD, GAIL GEAR, RITA COFFEY, SANDRA PITTMAN, PAT FONDA, and JAN DANIELS. NEPHEWS: KELLY, ROGER, and BILLY SAMPLE. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HUSBAND: LLOYD SWINDELL.PARENTS: SIDNEY and MATTIE sample.SON: BOBBY DALE SWINDELL.
DATE OF SERVICES: WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2000 AT 10:00 A.M.PLACE OF SERVICE: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: GREEN MEADOWS CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. EDDY COOKE.ASSISTING: REV. BILLY ELKINS. CASKETBEARERS: KELLY SAMPLE, BILLY SAMPLE, ROGER SAMPLE, HARLEY UBER, PERRY RAY, TINKER RAY. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: FLOYD WILSON, JAMES SILLS, SANDY DANDERSON, BOB UBER.
NAME: JOSEPH THOMAS RAGAN, AGE 78, A LONGTIME CANEY AREA RESIDENT. BORN: MARCH 8, 1922 AT BIXBY, OKLA. TO WILLIAM JOSEPH AND MARGARETT ELIZABETH (WHITE) RAGAN. PASSED AWAY: TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2000 AT THE COLONIAL MANOR NURSING HOME, ATOKA, OK.AGE: 78 YEARS 8 MONTHS AND 13 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT BIXBY, OK. MARRIED: SARAH MONTINE BROOKS ON JULY 19, 1958 AT BATESVILLE, AR. OCCUPATION: HE WORKED AT MANY TRADES THROUGH HIS LIFE. HE WORKED IN CONSTRUCTION, WORKED AT COTTON GINS, LUMBER MILLS, WAS A FARM WORKER, HE WORKED IN A FOUNDRY AND WAS AN ELECTRONICS REPAIRMAN. CHURCH AFFILIATION: FREEWILL PENTECOSTAL HOLINESS CHURCH AT CADDO, OK. SURVIVED BY WIFE: SARAH ragan OF THE HOME NEAR CANEY, OK. CHILDREN: RONALD JOE RAGAN AND WIFE MELISSA OF McKINNEY, TX. ARNOLD BOYD RAGAN OF CANEY, OK. SHAROLETT EVON RAGAN OF CANEY, OK. CENDY LOU MARTIN AND HUSBAND JOHNNY WAYNE OF CRYSTAL, OK. GRANDCHILDREN: LINDA LOU, JOHNNY WAYNE, AND SARAH ANN MARTIN. STEP GRANDCHILDREN: CHASITY ANN KENNEDY AND BYRON ART KENNEDY. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: WILLIAM JOSEPH AND MARGARET ELIZABETH (WHITE) RAGAN.SISTERS: LaVADA BAKER, BERTHA GIBSON, ELZORA HENSON, RACHEL DUNLAP, OLLIE RAGAN, and MARY RAGAN.BROTHER: OSCAR RALPH RAGAN.
DATE OF SERVICES: FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2000 AT 2:00 P.M.PLACE OF SERVICE: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: HIGH HILL CEMETERY ~ ATOKA COUNTY, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. BOB JOHNSON. CASKETBEARERS: JERRY JOHNSON, DENNIS CRITES, BOBBY NOAK, LONNIE WALKER, JACK WALKER, BYRON KENNEDY. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: SAM RHODES, AL JONES, THOMAS MERRITT.
NAME: BONNIE LORENE (YARBROUGH) MOBBS, AGE 73, LIFELONG ATOKA COUNTY RESIDENT. BORN: JULY 5, 1927 IN HARTSHORNE, OK TO WILLIAM “WILLIE” AND GRACIE (DODD) YARBROUGH. PASSED AWAY: FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2000 AT THE ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.AGE: 73 YEARS 4 MONTHS AND 19 DAYS EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOL IN ATOKA COUNTY. MARRIED: FLOYD F. MOBBS ON AUGUST 27, 1979 IN ATOKA COUNTY, OK. OCCUPATION: SHE WAS A HOUSEWIFE AND HOME MAKER. CHURCH AFFILIATION: SHE WAS A LONGTIME MEMBER OF THE BENTLEY BAPTIST CHURCH . survived by HUSBAND: FLOYD MOBBS OF ATOKA, OK. STEP CHILDREN: CHRISTINE SPILLMAN AND HUSBAND AMOS OF ATOKA, OK. LINDA SILVERS OF ATOKA, OK. TERRY MOBBS AND WIFE LENNIE OF KELSO, WA. LARRY MOBBS AND WIFE PAULA OF KELSO, WA. 13 GRAND CHILDREN, 20 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, 10 GREAT GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. BROTHER: EUGENE YARBROUGH OF ATOKA, OK. STEP MOTHER: CORA YARBROUGH OF ATOKA, OK. STEP BROTHER: ROBERT WOOD OF ATOKA, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: WILLIE AND GRACIE YARBROUGH.SISTERS: OLLIE FULLER AND OPAL CONAWAY.BROTHER: ELMER YARBROUGH.STEPBROTHER: BUSTER WOOD.STEPSON: OSCAR MOBBS.STEPDAUGHTER: SANDRA JACKSON.
DATE OF SERVICES: TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 2000 AT 10:00 A.M. PLACE OF SERVICE: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: BENTLEY CEMETERY ~ BENTLEY, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. LARRY ARGO. CASKETBEARERS: DALE, BILL, MIKE, RAY, MARK, AND ROY MOBBS. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: KENNETH FRAZIER, TOMMY RICHARDSON, DONALD COYLE, KENNETH MOSIER, CHARLES CARROLL.
NAME: EVERETT EARL JAMES, AGE 60, A LONGTIME SEMINOLE RESIDENT.  BORN: DECEMBER 4, 1939 AT IOWA CITY, IOWA TO CLELL EDWARD AND MILDRED LOUISE (BENNINGFIELD) JAMES. PASSED AWAY: FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2000 AT HIS RESIDENCE IN SEMINOLE, OK.AGE: 60 YEARS 11 MONTHS AND 20 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT CHARITON, IOWA. MARRIED: JUDITH ANN WILSON ON MARCH 30, 1964 AT WATERLOO, IOWA. OCCUPATION: HE OWNED AND OPERATED A BAKERY FOR MANY YEARS IN IOWA. CHURCH AFFILIATION: HE WAS OF PROTESTANT FAITH. EVERETT SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE U. S. ARMY DURING THE KOREAN WAR. survived by WIFE: JUDITH ANN JAMES OF THE HOME IN SEMINOLE, OK. CHILDREN: ZINA SHEARER OF LONGVIEW, TX. EVERETT JAMES OF BELMOND, IA. DARLA JACKSON OF ATOKA, OK. LETA JAMES OF SEMINOLE, OK. CRYSTAL JAMES OF LONGVIEW, TX. GRANDCHILDREN: KENNETH & JASON JAMES. TESSA WALKER. J. D. WENRICK. ANDY, KATELYN, and LYNDEE JACKSON. TAYLOR JAMES. MOTHER: MILDRED JAMES OF CHARITON, IA. BROTHERS: KENNETH JAMES and WIFE MARY JEAN OF DES MOINES, IA. EDWIN JAMES and WIFE SUE OF ROCK ISLAND, IL. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY FATHER: CLELL EDWARD JAMES.DAUGHTER: CINDY WALKER.SISTER: ARDIS MAE JAMES.SPECIAL NEPHEW: DAVID JAMES.GRANDFATHER: “DAD” EVERETT “BENNY” BENNINGFIELD.SON-IN-LAW: JEFF JACKSON.
DATE OF SERVICES: MONDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 2000 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICE: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: NEW ZION CEMETERY ~ ATOKA COUNTY, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. GENE SLUDER. CASKETBEARERS: EVERETT EARNEST JAMES, MAURICE JACKSON, DWAYNE DALE, KENNETH WALKER, AARON FITE, KYLE BROWN.
NAME: MAUD ELIZABETH (TRUETT) ROBERTSON SEEK, AGE 91, OF LAWTON AND FORMER LONGTIME WAPANUCKA RESIDENT. BORN: OCTOBER 3, 1908 AT WAPANUCKA TO WILLIAM MATTERSON AND ALLICE (PERKINS) TRUETT. PASSED AWAY: SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2000 AT HER RESIDENCE IN LAWTON, OK. AGE: 92 YEARS 1 MONTH AND 22 DAYS. EDUCATION: GRADUATED FROM WAPANUCKA HIGH SCHOOL. SHE OBTAINED HER BACHELORS DEGREE FROM EAST CENTRAL IN ADA AND A MASTERS DEGREE FROM SOUTHEASTERN STATE COLLEGE IN DURANT, OK. MARRIED: GRADY ROBERTSON IN 1936 AT WAURIKA, OK. BARNEY SEEK IN 1966 AT LAS VEGAS, NV. OCCUPATION: SHE TAUGHT SCHOOL OVER 32 YEARS. 1 YEAR AT OLNEY, 1 YEAR AT BROMIDE AND OVER 30 YEARS AT WAPANUCKA, OK. CHURCH AFFILIATION: LIFETIME MEMBER OF THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH IN WAPANUCKA. SHE TAUGHT SUNDAY SCHOOL AND SERVED AS CHURCH TREASURER MANY YEARS. AFTER MOVING TO LAWTON IN 1990 SHE AFFILIATED WITH THE LATITIA BAPTIST CHURCH AND ATTENDED THE JEWEL DAVIS WOMENS CLASS. MAUD WAS NAMED THE JOHNSTON COUNTY TEACHER OF THE YEAR IN 1963. SHE WAS A MEMBER OF THE JOHNSTON COUNTY AND NATIONAL TEACHERS ASSOCIATION. SHE WAS A LONGTIME MEMBER OF THE ORDER OF EASTERN STAR. SURVIVED BY SON: FRED ROBERTSON AND WIFE LOYDEL OF LAWTON, OK. GRAND DAUGHTER: DeLANNA ROBERTSON OF LAWTON, OK. SPECIAL FRIEND AND CAREGIVER: ROBBIN ARWOOD OF DUNCAN, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: WILLIAM AND ALLICE TRUETT.FIRST HUSBAND: GRADY ROBERTSON IN 1959.SECOND HUSBAND: BARNEY SEEK IN december, 1983.BROTHERS: WALTER, HENRY, WILLIAM, LEROY, JAMES, AND JOHN ROSS TRUETT.
DATE OF SERVICES: TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 2000 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICE: FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH ~ WAPANUCKA, OK. INTERMENT: ROSE HILL CEMETERY ~ WAPANUCKA, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. WALTER TRUETT. CASKETBEARERS: HAL “PETE” TRUETT, JOHN ROSS ”BIGGUN” TRUETT, RON ”DINK” TRUETT, LEROY “CROCK” TRUETT, KENDALL TRUETT, ALLEN TRUETT.
NAME: LARRY GENE TIMMONS, AGE 53, A LONGTIME ATOKA RESIDENT. BORN: NOVEMBER 9, 1947 AT NETTLETON, ARKANSAS TO JIM HENRY AND BIRDIE LOUISE (GRISHAM) TIMMONS. PASSED AWAY: WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 2000 AT WILSON N. JONES HOSPITAL IN SHERMAN, TX.AGE: 53 YEARS AND 20 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT KIOWA, OK. MARRIED: BONNIE SHARON INGRUM ON APRIL 19, 1967 AT BIG LAKE, TX. OCCUPATION: LARRY WORKED MOST OF HIS LIFE IN THE OIL FIELDS. CHURCH AFFILIATION: PENTECOSTAL FAITH. SURVIVED BY WIFE: BONNIE TIMMONS OF THEIR HOME IN ATOKA, OK. SONS: JAMES TIMMONS OF ATOKA, OK. ADAM RUSHIN OF THE HOME IN ATOKA, OK. DEVIN COOK OF TUSHKA, OK. DAUGHTERS: SHARON NIX OF KNOBNOSTER, MO. KENDRA TIMMONS OF NM. TAMMY TIMMONS OF LINDSEY, OK. GRANDCHILDREN: ANDREW GRIFFIN, CELYSSA GRIFFIN, DYLAN NIX, DAKOTA TIMMONS, REBECCA TIMMONS, CODY TIMMONS, and SHANDA SMITH. BROTHERS: BOB TIMMONS OF BARTLESVILLE, OK. JESSIE TIMMONS OF McALESTER, OK. LESTER TIMMONS OF CALIFORNIA. SISTER: LYNETTA MORTON OF DERBY, KS. FATHER-IN-LAW: J. B. MILLS OF ATOKA, OK. SISTER-IN-LAW: PATRICIA SHATTO OF ATOKA, OK. BROTHERS-IN-LAW: TOMMY INGRUM and WIFE JANICE OF ATOKA, OK. JASPER MILLS OF ATOKA, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: JIM and BIRDIE TIMMONS.INFANT DAUGHTER.GRANDSON: TIMOTHY GRIFFIN.MOTHER-IN-LAW: L. V. MILLS.
DATE OF MEMORIAL SERVICES: SATURDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2000 AT 10:00 A.M. PLACE OF SERVICE: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: NONE - CREMATION. OFFICIATING: REV. FRANCES SCARBER.
NAME: HAZEL LAURA (WARREN) MOORE, AGE 89, A RESIDENT OF ADA FOR THE PAST 12 YEARS AND A FORMER SULPHUR AND ATOKA RESIDENT. BORN: MARCH 27, 1911 AT HATFIELD, ARKANSAS TO DAVID CROCKETT AND MATTIE ANN (NICHOLS) WARREN. PASSED AWAY: WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 2000 AT JAN FRANCES CARE CENTER IN ADA, OK. AGE: 89 YEARS 8 MONTHS AND 2 DAYS EDUCATION: HAZEL GRADUATED FROM NEOSHO HIGH SCHOOL IN MISSOURI IN 1928. SHE ALSO ATTENDED BUSINESS COLLEGE. MARRIED: JAMES RICHARD MOORE ON DECEMBER 10, 1936 AT ATOKA, OK. OCCUPATION: HAZEL and JAMES MOVED TO SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS FOR SIX MONTHS TO TRAIN FOR A GOVERNMENT JOB AT TINKER FIELD, WHERE THEY WERE BOTH EMPLOYED. THEY MADE THEIR HOME IN OKLAHOMA CITY, THEN RETIRED AND MOVED TO SULPHUR. in LATER YEARS SHE MOVED TO ADA. CHURCH AFFILIATION: HAZEL WAS A MEMBER OF SULPHUR FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH AND WAS AFFILIATED WITH ATOKA FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH BEFORE MOVING TO SULPHUR. SURVIVED BY SISTERS: PAT DENNIS and HUSBAND BILL OF KILLEEN, TX. THELMA MEYERS OF TULSA, OK. GRANDCHILDREN: SCOTT ROBINSON and WIFE JACI OF ADA, OK. KEVIN HEMBREE and WIFE PATTY OF ADA, OK. KIM GRAHAM OF OKLAHOMA CITY. 8 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. BROTHER: DELMAR WARREN and WIFE GOLDIE OF INDIANOLA, OK. NIECES: BARBARA POTTS and HUSBAND BILL OF STRINGTOWN, OK. BOBBYE LOWRY OF ATOKA, OK. PATSY BLAKE and HUSBAND DON OF TEXOLA, OK. JEANIE DUKE OF TULSA, OK. DELORIS SAGER OF TULSA, OK. NEPHEWS: RANDY DENNIS OF KILLEEN, TX. LARRY DENNIS OF KILLEEN, TX. DAVID WARREN OF STRINGTOWN, OK. JACK EDWARDS OF TULSA, OK. COUSINS: NODINE LOT, WANDA BRYAN, & ALLEAN DOWNS OF TULSA, OK. DEAR FRIENDS: CAROLL HEMBREE and JULIE GRIFFIN. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: D. C. and MATTIE WARREN.HUSBAND: RICHARD MOORE IN 1979DAUGHTER: JUDY MOORE HEMBREE.SISTERS: DAISY WARREN LOWRY & KITTIE WARREN.BROTHERS: LEWIS, REAGAN, and DALE WARREN.NEPHEW: FRED CROCKETT LOWRY.
DATE OF SERVICES: MONDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2000 AT 10:00 A.M.PLACE OF SERVICE: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: WESTVIEW CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. LOYD THOMPSON. CASKETBEARERS: SCOTT ROBINSON, TY LOWE, ARNOLD PATTON, KEVIN HEMBREE, FRED LOWRY, TONY POTTS. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: BILL GIVENS, CHRIS EDGAR.
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