October, 2002 Memorials
 
 
 
 
NAME:    FRAN (JONES) TAYLOR, AGE 58, A LONGTIME ATOKA AREA RESIDENT.

BORN:  SEPTEMBER 20, 1944 IN COAL COUNTY TO JEFF ELMORE AND INOLA MAYE (JACKSON) JONES.
 
PASSED AWAY:   FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2002 AT THE BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER IN OKLAHOMA CITY.
AGE:   58  YEARS   AND   14  DAYS.

EDUCATION:   ATTENDED SCHOOLS IN CARLSBAD, NEW MEXICO AND OLNEY, OKLAHOMA.  SHE GRADUATED FROM MURRAY STATE WITH HONORS AND WAS A MEMBER OF THE PHI BETA KAPPA AND ATTENDED EAST CENTRAL STATE IN ADA, OK.

OCCUPATION:  FRAN OWNED AND OPERATED FRANS BEAUTY BOUTIQUE IN ATOKA AND WORKED A NUMBER OF YEARS AS AN EMT WITH THE JOHNSON COUNTY AMBULANCE SERVICE IN TISHOMINGO, OK.

CHURCH AFFILIATION:  THE CHURCH OF GOD IN WAPANUCKA AND WAS VERY ACTIVE IN HER CHURCH WORK. SHE SANG AND PLAYED PIANO FOR MANY WEDDINGS AND FUNERALS THROUGH THE YEARS.


     SURVIVED BY

HUSBAND:   RAYMOND TAYLOR OF THE HOME AT ATOKA, OK.

MOTHER:  INOLA JONES OF ATOKA, OK.

CHILDREN:  SHEILA HAYDEN AND HUSBAND DARIN OF ADA, OK.
                         GWIN PETEET OF ANADARKO, OK.
                         MALISA SWEENEY OF ADA, OK.
                         TAMMY HATTER AND HUSBAND ERIC OF PITTSBURG, PA.
                         CRISTY TAYLOR OF ATOKA, OK.

GRANDCHILDREN:   T. C. LOWE, STEPHANIE LOWE, JACLYN JOHNSON, HOLLY JOHNSON, AUSTIN PETEET, JOHN RAYMOND PARKER, NICHOLAS SWEENEY, EMILY HATTER, HOLLAND BROWN, AND A GREAT GRANDCHILD MALCOLM TAYLOR PETEET TO BE BORN SOON.

BROTHERS:  BILL JONES AND WIFE PAM OF ELK CITY, OK.
                           IRLAND JONE AND WIFE KATY OF COALGATE, OK.
                         JOE JONES OF ATOKA, OK.
                         FRANK JONES OF ELK CITY, OK.
                         TROY JONES AND WIFE JOYCE OF CALIFORNIA.

SISTER:  VAUDINE STEPHENSON AND HUSBAND JACK OF CALIFORNIA.


     PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

FATHER:  JEFF JONES.
SON:   MICHAEL RAYMOND TAYLOR.
BROTHER:   OTHEL MACAJAH.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICE:   TUESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2002 AT 2:00 PM.
PLACE OF SERVICES:   BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK.

INTERMENT:   ROSE HILL CEMETERY ~ WAPANUCKA, OK.

OFFICIATING:   REVEREND CLAUDE BUIE.

CASKETBEARERS:   MICHAEL JONES, BILLY JONES, JAMES JONES, JOE JONES, IRLAND KEITH JONES, JASON JONES, JOHN JONES, JACOB JONES.
 
 
 
 
NAME:  EPRIESTESS (ELDER) WEBSTER, AGE 105, A LONGTIME ATOKA AREA RESIDENT.

BORN:  AUGUST 20, 1897 AT GALENA, KANSAS TO DAVIS HENRY AND RHODA (HOUPT) ELDER.
PASSED AWAY:   FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2002 AT HER SON’S HOME IN TULSA, OK.
AGE:   105 YEARS   1 MONTHS  AND  14 DAYS.

EDUCATION:   ATTENDED SCHOOLS IN GALENA, KANSAS.

OCCUPATION:  HOUSEWIFE, HOMEMAKER, AND MOTHER.

CHURCH AFFILIATION:  MEMBER OF WARDS CHAPEL BAPTIST CHURCH.


     SURVIVED BY

SON:   CHESTER WEBSTER AND WIFE BARBARA OF TULSA, OK.

SISTER:  LUCILLE WHITTAKER OF SAN DIEGO, CA.

DAUGHTERS-IN-LAW:  KAY WEBSTER HENDERSON AND HUSBAND ELTON OF ATOKA, OK.
                                             LUCILLE WEBSTER OF ATOKA, OK.

11 GRANDCHILDREN, 17 GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN, 4 GREAT-GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.


     PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

PARENTS: DAVE AND RHODA ELDER.
HUSBAND:   G. W. WEBSTER ON AUGUST 22, 1970.
SONS:  RAYMOND, JOHN, AND OSCAR WEBSTER.
GRANDSON:  CLYDE WEBSTER.
GRANDDAUGHTER:   BETTY HURST.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICE:   MONDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2002 AT 2:00 PM.
PLACE OF SERVICES:   BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK.

INTERMENT:   GREEN MEADOWS CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK.

OFFICIATING:   REV. CHESTER DWAYNE WEBSTER.
ASSISTING:   REV.  MAX CAMPBELL.

CASKETBEARERS:   GARY WEBSTER, SAM WEBSTER, GEORGE WEBSTER, KEVIN WEBSTER, KIRK WEBSTER, JESSE FAGANY, ELTON HENDERSON.
 
 
 
 
NAME:  JAMES ROBERT “JIM BOB” CHAPPEL, AGE 49, LIFETIME ATOKA AREA RESIDENT.

BORN:  DECEMBER 31, 1952 AT DURANT,OK TO DAVID WALTER AND ELAINE (LINSCOTT) CHAPPEL.
 
PASSED AWAY:   MONDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2002 AT ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.
AGE:   49 YEARS  9 MONTH    AND   7 DAYS.

EDUCATION: JIM BOB ATTENDED SCHOOL AND GRADUATED FROM ATOKA. HE ATTENDED OSU IN STILLWATER AND SOUTHEASTERN IN DURANT.

MARRIED:   TERESA ROGERS IN 1971 AT SHERMAN, TX.

CHURCH AFFILIATION:  JIM BOB WAS A MEMBER OF THE ATOKA FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH.

JIM BOB WORKED AS A CABINET MAKER FOR JONES AND JACKSON CONSTRUCTION.


     SURVIVED BY

DAUGHTER:  MOLLIE MELISSA BRAND AND HUSBAND JEFF OF ALLEN, TX.

GRANDDAUGHTER:   SYDNEY KATE BRAND OF ALLEN, TX.

MOTHER:    ELAINE CHAPPEL FINK AND HUSBAND LON OF ATOKA, OK.

NIECES:  LASHELLE GOFF AND AND HUSBAND JEFF OF ATOKA, OK.
                   APRIL PAPPE OF SEMINOLE, OK.

GREAT NEPHEWS:   DAVID CHAPPEL.
                                       SIERAH PAPPE.
                                       NATHAN GOFF.

SPECIAL COUSIN:  RHONDA ALMAGUER OF ATOKA, OK

SPECIAL UNCLE:   BILL LINSCOTT AND WIFE LOUISE OF MCALESTER, OK


     PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

FATHER:    DAVID WALTER CHAPPEL.
BROTHER:   WALTER LINSCOTT “SCOTT” CHAPPEL.
MATERNAL GRANDPARENTS:   GORDIE AND FANNIE LINSCOTT.
PATERNAL GRANDPARENTS:   WALTER AND FANNIE CHAPPEL.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICE:   THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10, 2OO2 AT 2:00 PM.
PLACE OF SERVICES:   BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK.

INTERMENT:   WESTVIEW CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK.

OFFICIATING:   REV. JERRY NELL.

CASKETBEARERS:   JASON LINSCOTT, BOB LINSCOTT, STEVE LINSCOTT, RON LINSCOTT, BILLY BOLIC, TEDDY COPELAND, MELVIN PERKINS, PAUL AYCOCK.

HONORARY PALLBEARERS:  JOE PAUL JONES, RAYMOND JACKSON, DON FINK, LONNIE FINK, DR. JIM BRIGGS, BARRY DODSON, RONNIE DODSON, RICK GRAHAM, EDDIE KETTLE, ROBBY GOFF.
 
 
 
 
NAME:  GENE HOUSTON REASOR, AGE 20, A LIFELONG ATOKA RESIDENT.

BORN:  SEPTEMBER 25, 1982 AT COALGATE, OKLAHOMA TO GENE AND JEANETTE LEE (JOHNSON) REASOR.
PASSED AWAY:   MONDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2002 AT HIS RESIDENCE IN ATOKA, OK.
AGE:   20 YEARS  AND  12 DAYS

EDUCATION:   ATTENDED HARMONY AND ATOKA PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND GRADUATED IN 2001.

OCCUPATION:  HOUSTON WAS A RANCH HAND AND COLLEGE STUDENT.

CHURCH AFFILIATION:  UNITED METHODIST CHURCH IN ATOKA.


     SURVIVED BY

DAUGHTER:  BRYLEE NICOLE REASOR OF ATOKA, OK.

PARENTS:   GENE AND JEANETTE REASOR OF ATOKA, OK.

SISTERS: JACKIE REASOR OF ATOKA, OK.
                   PATSY WAYCASTER AND HUSBAND PAUL OF LANE, OK.

NEPHEW:  STETSON REASOR OF ATOKA, OK.

GRANDFATHER:   ELBERT JOHNSON OF ATOKA, OK.

AUNTS:   TERRY MORMAN.
                 JUANITA SHAW.
                 THELMA REASOR.
                 SHIRLEY REASOR.
                 PAULINE REASOR.
                 CARMA REASOR.
                 REON REASOR.

UNCLE:   LARRY JOHNSON.


     PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

GRANDMOTHER:   WANDA JOHNSON.
GRANDPARENTS:  PETE AND ORA REASOR.
NUMEROUS AUNTS AND UNCLES.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICE:   FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2002 AT 2:00 P.M.
PLACE OF SERVICES:   BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK

INTERMENT:   WARDS CHAPEL CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK.

OFFICIATING:   REV. REX WILLIAMS.

CASKETBEARERS:   GLENN RICHARDSON, RANDY MORELAND, LOWELL REASOR, LARRY JOHNSON, RYAN JOHNSON, JUSTIN JOHNSON.

HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:  DWAYNE DALE, WILLARD OLSEN, PAUL WAYCASTER.
 
 
 
 
NAME:  VANETIA MAE (ROBERTS) WILLIAMS, AGE 88, LONGTIME ATOKA AREA RESIDENT.

BORN:  DECEMBER 24, 1913 AT COLEMAN, OK TO FRANK RICHARD AND ORA ORENE (REYNOLDS) ROBERTS.
 
PASSED AWAY:   WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2002 AT ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, ATOKA, OK.
AGE:   88 YEARS  9 MONTHS   AND   15 DAYS.

EDUCATION:   ATTENDED SCHOOL IN COLEMAN, OK.

OCCUPATION:  VANETIA WAS A HOUSEWIFE AND WORKED DURING WWII FOR THE CIVIL SERVICE AT FT. SILL, OK.

MARRIED:   ED STERLING WILLIAMS ON JULY 27, 1931 AT BENTLEY, OK.

CHURCH AFFILIATION:  THE KINGDOM HALL OF JEHOVAH WITNESS.


     SURVIVED BY

SON:   DARRELL D. WILLIAMS AND WIFE PAT OF MORGANTON, NC.

GRANDSON:  STANLEY WILLIAMS AND WIFE DAWN OF DALLAS, TX.

GRANDDAUGHTERS:  TAMMY LASSITER AND HUSBAND BRIAN OF CENTERVILLE, VA.
                                           RACHEL WILLIAMS OF PHILADELPHIA, PA.
                                           ELIDA BAYLON OF MEXICALI, BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO.
                                           TAMMY JAN NATION OF LAWTON, OK.

GREAT GRANDDAUGHTER:   ANNABELLE GRACE LASSITER OF PHILADELPHIA, PA.

GREAT GRANDSONS:   BLAKE, TAYLOR, AND BRANDON WILLIAMS OF DALLAS, TX.

DAUGHTERS-IN-LAW:  RUTH WILLIAMS OF ATOKA, OK.
                                             MARIA WILLIAMS OF ATOKA, OK.
                                             NANCY WILLIAMS OF ATOKA, OK.

SISTERS:   RUBY PARKER OF ATOKA, OK.
                     DELIA HOGAN OF BENTLEY, OK.

SISTERS-IN-LAW:  GENEVA ROBERTS OF OKLAHOMA CITY.
                                     MARGARET ROBERTS OF BYERS, OK.
                                     BETTYE ROBERTS OF ATOKA, OK.


     PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

HUSBAND:   EDWARD STERLING WILLIAMS ON APRIL 6, 1990.
SONS:  WIBURN R., CLYDE M., AND BILLY H. WILLIAMS.
PARENTS:   ORA AND FRANK ROBERTS.
BROTHERS:  EDWARD ADMIRAL, WORTHY FORBUS, CECIL, JOSEPH ELMO, LEVI VINEYARD, AND JOHN                               DOYLE ROBERTS.
SISTER:  LOLA FAYE COBEN.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICE:   SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2002 AT 10:00 AM.
PLACE OF SERVICES:   BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK.

INTERMENT:   BERA CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK.

OFFICIATING:   REV. JOHN HOWARD.

CASKETBEARS:   KENNETH BUSH, JERRY RICHARD, EDDIE HYATT, JOE REYNOLDS, RANDY BRYANT, CHARLEY PUGH, JOHN MCADAMS, MIKE HOOPER.

HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:  FLOYD MORRIS,. BRYAN RICHARD, WILLARD OLSEN, CLAY SIMPSON, SHANNON SIMPSON, RUSSEL PUGH, NETHAL PITTMAN, BILLY WAYNE GOODSON.
 
 
 
 
NAME:  CLYDE H. PRUITT, AGE 82 A LONGTIME ATOKA BUSINESSMAN AND ATOKA RESIDENT FOR THE PAST 56 YEARS.

BORN:  JULY 25, 1920 AT EDMOND, OKLAHOMA TO CLYDE HERSCHEL AND CATHERINE ROCHELLE (BURNS) PRUITT.
 
PASSED AWAY:   FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2002 AT TULSA, OK.
AGE:   82 YEARS  2 MONTHS   AND   16 DAYS.

EDUCATION:   ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT LEXINGTON, OK.

MARRIED:   KATIE VIRGINIA SMITH ON JAN. 17, 1946 AT ADA, OK.

OCCUPATION:  CLYDE AND MS PRUITT OWNED AND OPERATED PRUITT OIL CO. AND TEXACO DISTRIBUTING OVER 50 YEARS IN ATOKA ALONG WITH NUMEROUS OTHER BUSINESSES.

CHURCH AFFILIATION:  LONGTIME MEMBER OF THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH IN ATOKA.

CLYDE SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE U. S. ARMY IN FIELD ARTILLARY DURING WORLD WAR II IN THE EUROPEAN THEATRE.

HE WAS A LONGTIME MEMBER OF THE ATOKA LIONS CLUB, ATOKA MASONIC LODGE #4, ATOKA COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. HE SPONSORED MANY LITTLE LEAGUE TEAMS THROUGH THE YEARS AND SERVED AS A BANK DIRECTOR AT ATOKA STATE BANK OVER 20 YEARS.


     SURVIVED BY

WIFE:  KATIE OF THE HOME IN ATOKA, OK.

CHILDREN:  VIRGINIA PRUITT MORELAND OF SHAWNEE, OK.
                         LARRY PRUITT AND WIFE MARY JANE OF ATOKA, OK.

GRANDSONS:   MARK MORELAND AND WIFE ROSEMARY OF TULSA, OK.
                             MICHAEL MORELAND AND WIFE BRANDY OF ELGIN, OK.
                             ROBERT AND JONATHAN PRUITT BOTH OF ATOKA, OK.

GREAT GRANDDAUGHTER:   MIKALYN MORELAND.

SISTERS-IN-LAW:  GLADYS PRUITT OF KONAWA, OK.
                                     BETTY PRUITT OF CHICKASHA, OK.
                                     BETTIE PRUITT OF HEALDTON, OK.

BROTHER-IN-LAW:  EUGENE GENZER OF OKLAHOMA CITY.


     PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

PARENTS:   CLYDE HERSCHEL AND CATHERINE PRUITT.
BROTHERS:  ROBERT, RALPH, AND JAY PRUITT.
SISTERS:   MARIE ALEXANDER AND JUANITA GENZER.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICE:   SUNDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2002 AT 2:00 P.M.
PLACE OF SERVICES:   BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK.

INTERMENT:   GREEN MEADOWS CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK.

OFFICIATING:   REV. RON KING.
ASSISTING:   REV. BARTT BRADFORD.

CASKETBEARERS:   BOBBY SMITH, MIKE MILLER, BOB BREEDEN, DON SAIN, GERALD EAVES, PAT LOFTIS.

HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:  CHARLES McCALL, BARNEY McCALL, DON BARNARD, DON WALKER, MONROE ALLEN, DON LOFTIS, DUDE MUSE, BILL MOORE, JOHN SELBY.
 
 
 
 
NAME:  LAVERN DELORIS (PERRY) ANDERSON, AGE 69, A LONGTIME COALGATE AREA RESIDENT.

BORN:  JULY 27, 1933 AT CLARITA, OKLAHOMA TO WALTER AND AGNES MARIE (RAY) PERRY.
PASSED AWAY: TUESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2002 AT HER RESIDENCE IN COALGATE, OK.
AGE:   69 YEARS  2 MONTHS   AND   18 DAYS.

EDUCATION:   ATTENDED SCHOOLS IN CLARITA, OK.

OCCUPATION:  COAL COUNTY CLERK, RETIRING IN JANUARY 1993.

MARRIED: ROBERT H. ANDERSON ON JUNE 19, 1951 AT SHERMAN, TX.


     SURVIVED BY

DAUGHTER:  VICKIE SPEARS AND FRIEND DEAN LEWIS OF FORT WORTH, TX.

SONS:  BOBBY ANDERSON AND WIFE PAULA OF ATOKA, OK.
               MICHAEL ANDERSON AND WIFE SCARLETT OF WARDVILLE, OK.

GRANDSONS:   BRAD SPEARS AND WIFE MARTI OF COALGATE, OK.
                             JAMES SPEARS OF OKLAHOMA CITY.
                             ROSS ANDERSON OF ATOKA, OK.
                             TYLER ANDERSON OF WARDVILLE, OK.
                             SAMUEL ANDERSON OF WARDVILLE, OK.

GREAT GRANDSON:  HUNTER SPEARS OF COALGATE, OK.

BROTHERS-IN-LAW:   PAUL ANDERSON OF CENTRAHOMA, OK.
                                         C. B. ANDERSON OF TUPELO, OK.

SISTERS-IN-LAW:  CLARA ANDERSON OF TUPELO, OK.
                                     JACKIE ANDERSON OF CENTRAHOMA, OK.


     PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

HUSBAND:   ROBERT H. ANDERSON ON OCTOBER 12, 1996.
PARENTS:   WALTER AND AGNES PERRY.
SISTER:  STELLA DILLAHUNTY.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICE:   FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2002 AT 2:00 P.M.
PLACE OF SERVICES:   GRAVESIDE.
 
INTERMENT:   CENTRAHOMA CEMETERY ~ CENTRAHOMA, OK.

OFFICIATING:   REV. DAVID BOGGS.
ASSISTING:   REV. BOBBY GRAHAM.

CASKETBEARERS:   BILLY JOE SPEARS, ANDY PRICE, CHRIS MILLER, RONNIE GWINN, JOSHUA BURRIS, JOSEPH BURRIS, GARY RIDLEY, WAYLON MCKINNEY.

HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:  DON MCCOLLUM, DON BURNS, VERDAL CLARK, DELBERT REECE, BILL AVANZINI.
 
 
 
 
NAME:  FRANK LEE FRAZIER, AGE 59, OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS AND FORMERLY OF BENTLEY, OK.
BORN:  AUGUST 23, 1943 AT WATSONVILLE, CA TO COMMADORE AND EDITH (RAINS) FRAZIER.
 
PASSED AWAY:   WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2002 AT HIS FORTH WORTH RESIDENCE.
AGE:   70 YEARS    4 MONTHS    AND    23 DAYS.
 
EDUCATION:   HE ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT BENTLEY, GRASSY LAKE, AND LUBBOCK, TX.
 
MARRIED:   LUCY SMITH.
 
OCCUPATION:  HE WAS AN ELECTRICIAN.
 
CHURCH AFFILIATION:    MEMBER OF THE BETHESDA BAPTIST CHURCH IN SAGINAW, TX.
 
FRANK WAS A MASON, A MEMBER OF THE MASONIC LODGE FOR MORE THAN 20 YEARS.
 
 
     SURVIVED BY
 
WIFE:  LUCY FRAZIER OF THE HOME AT FT. WORTH, TX.
 
SON:   TRAVIS FRAZIER AND WIFE PATSY.
 
DAUGHTERS:   LISA LAPENNA-BENE AND HUSBAND DAVID.
                             KELLI YEATS AND HUSBAND JIMMY.
 
GRANDCHILDREN:   ZACH, CHRIS, KOURTNEY, ALEX, DYLAN, DAWSON, AND D. J.
 
BROTHERS:  KENNETH, I. J., AND DUANE FRAZIER.
 
 
     PRECEDED IN DEATH BY
 
PARENTS:   COMMADORE AND EDITH FRAZIER.
BROTHERS:  ROBERT AND JAMES FRAZIER.
SISTER:  VIRGINIA FRAZIER.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICE:   SATURDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2002 AT 2:00 PM.
PLACE OF SERVICES:   BENTLEY BAPTIST CHURCH ~ BENTLEY, OK.
 
INTERMENT:   BENTLEY CEMETERY ~ BENTLEY, OK.
 
OFFICIATING:   REV. REX WILLIAMS.
 
CASKETBEARERS:   DONALD COYLE, KENNETH MOSIER, TROY GAMMON, CHARLES CALLICOAT, CHARLES CARROLL, EUGENE BANKS.
 
HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:    MARVIN ANDERSON, HARVEY MAYO.
 
 
 
 
NAME:  AUGUSTA BELLE (PREWETT) BURNS, AGE 64, OF ADA, FORMERLY OF WILBURTON, OK.

BORN:  AUGUST 4, 1938 AT MULDROW, OKLAHOMA TO JASPER NEWTON AND DOVIE MAE (REESE) PREWETT.
PASSED AWAY:   THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2002 AT THE VALLEY VIEW HOSPITAL IN ADA, OK.
AGE:   64 YEARS  2 MONTHS   AND   13 DAYS.

EDUCATION: AUGUSTA ATTENDED SCHOOL IN MULDROW AND SALLISAW, OKLA

MARRIED:   JOHN EDWARD BURNS IN JUNE 10, 1961 AT STILLWELL, OK.

OCCUPATION:  SHE WORKED AS A COOK AND WAITRESS, AND WAS A HOMEMAKER.

CHURCH AFFILIATION:  SHE WAS A SOUTHERN BAPTIST.

AUGUSTA WAS A MEMBER OF THE VFW LADIES AUXILLARY, WHILE RESIDING IN WILBURTON.


     SURVIVED BY

CHILDREN:  JERRY DAVIS OF HUNTINGTON, PA.
                         PAMELA DAVIS OF FLORIDA.
                         QUINTON BURNS OF KILLEEN, TX.
                         GREGORY BURNS OF KINGSVILLE, TX.
                         ROBIN BURNS OF RICHMOND, VA.

11 GRANDCHILDREN, 3 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.

BROTHER:   LEROY PREWETT OF SANDS SPRINGS, OK.

SISTERS: JEAN TRUMPER OF CASHION, OK.
                   OLETA BELTER OF SOUTH COFFEYVILLE, OK.
                   MARIE BENNETT OF UNION GAP, WA.
                   LAVERN MALABET STATIONED OVERSEAS IN THE FAR EAST.


     PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

HUSBAND: JOHN EDWARD BURNS IN 1981.
PARENTS:   JASPER AND DOVIE MAE PREWETT.
SISTERS:   AUDRA V. BACA AND VIOLA MAE DuBUC.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICE:   MONDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2002 AT 1:00 PM.
PLACE OF SERVICE:  GRAVESIDE.

INTERMENT:   WILBURTON CITY CEMETERY ~ WILBURTON, OK.

OFFICIATING:   REV. BOB FINLEY.
 
 
 
 
NAME:  GEORGE ALVA HILL, AGE 84, SULPHUR AREA RESIDENT, FORMER LONGTIME STRINGTOWN AREA RESIDENT.

BORN:  JANUARY 19, 1918 AT OSGOOD, MISSOURI TO PLEASANT AND EMMA JANE (HART) HILL.
PASSED AWAY:   SATURDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2002 AT THE VETERAN’S HOSPITAL IN SULPHUR, OK.
AGE:   84 YEARS  9 MONTH  AND  0 DAYS.

EDUCATION:   GEORGE ATTENDED SCHOOL IN OSGOOD, MO.

MARRIED:   JUANITA MACOMB ON MAY 1, 1943 AT ATOKA, OK.

OCCUPATION:  GEORGE WORKED AS A SALESMAN RETIRING IN 1990. HE ALSO WORKED AS A WALMART GREETER AT THE ATOKA STORE.

CHURCH AFFILIATION:  MEMBER OF THE MT OLIVE BAPTIST CHURCH IN STRINGTOWN, OK.


     SURVIVED BY

SONS:  ALAN HILL AND WIFE ARLENE OF TOPEKA, KS.
               JAMES HILL AND WIFE SALLY OF DENVER, CO.

GRANDSONS:   MATTHEW HILL AND WIFE MISTY OF MERIDEN, KS.
                             J. R. HILL OF SPAIN.

GRANDDAUGHTER:   REGINA (GINA) HEGGENMEIER AND HUSBAND JUSTIN.


     PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

WIFE AND MOTHER OF HIS CHLDREN:  JUANITA (MACOMB) HILL IN 2001.
PARENTS:   PLEASANT AND EMMA HILL.
BROTHERS:  LLOYD, WOODROW, FLOYD, AND CHESTER HILL.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:  WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2002 AT 10:00 AM.
PLACE OF SERVICES:   BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK.

INTERMENT:   STRINGTOWN CEMETERY.

OFFICIATING:   REV. WAYNE EDGAR.

CASKETBEARERS:   RON MARLEY, JACK MARLEY, ROY GADBERRY, CHRIS EDGAR, TONY POTTS, LAVAUGHN HENSON.
 
 
 
 
NAME:  CLARENCE LEWIS, JR, AGE 70, AN ATOKA AREA RESIDENT.

BORN:  MAY 28, 1932 AT ATOKA, OK TO CLARENCE AND ROBERTA (BROOKS) LEWIS.
PASSED AWAY:   MONDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2002 AT ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.
AGE: 70 YEARS   4 MONTHS  AND  23 DAYS.

EDUCATION:   HE ATTENDED THE DUNBAR SCHOOL IN ATOKA, OK AND LATER ATTENDED MECHANICS SCHOOL IN COMPTON, CA.

MARRIED:   CHARLENE EVANS ON DECEMBER 27, 1969 AT LOS ANGELES, CA.

OCCUPATION:  HE WAS A TRUCK DRIVER FOR THE CITY STREET MAINTENANCE DEPT IN LOS ANGELES, CA, RETIRNG IN 1988.

CHURCH AFFILIATION:  HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH IN COALGATE, OK.
 
CLARENCE SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE U. S. ARMY DURING THE KOREAN WAR.

HE WAS A 33 DEGREE MASON WHILE LIVING IN L.A. AND AN ORDAINED DEACON.


     SURVIVED BY

WIFE:  CHARLENE LEWIS OF THE HOME.

SON:   CLARENCE KEITH LEWIS AND WIFE MARIA OF TACOMA, WA.

DAUGHTERS: CHERYL D. KELLEY AND HUSBAND KENNETH OF PASADENA, CA.
                           DEBRA E. HASKINS OF PASADENA, CA.

GRANDSONS: JASON E. LEWIS-MCCAIN OF PASADENA, CA.
                             CAMERON N. PALMER OF PASADENA, CA.
                             ISAIAH T. LEWIS OF TACOMA, WA.

GRANDDAUGHTER:   ISRAEL LEWIS OF TACOMA, WA.

COUSINS:   JOE BILL GREENWOOD, RAY BROOKS, ROSEMARY BROOKS, PATSY BROOKS, DINA BROOKS, PAULA BROOKS, TIM BROOKS, LEONARD BROOKS OF ATOKA, OK.

AUNT:  HELEN COLBERT OF WICHITA FALLS, TX.


     PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

FATHER:  CLARENCE LEWIS, SR.
MOTHER:  ROBERTA BROWN.
SON:   WILLIE RAY LEWIS.
GRANDFATHER:   DOC BROOKS.
GRANDMOTHER:   WILLIE MAE GRANT.
UNCLES:  RAYMOND BROOKS, JIMMY BROOKS, AND CLIMMY HIMES BROOKS.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICE:   MONDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2002 AT 2:00 P.M.
PLACE OF SERVICE:  BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK.

INTERMENT:   GREEN HILL CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK.

OFFICIATING:   PASTOR O. J. JACKSON.
ASSISTING:   CLARENCE KEITH LEWIS.

CASKETBEARERS:   WINSTON MCGEE, LEWIS MCGEE, JASON LEWIS, RAY BROOKS, MCKINLEY CHEADLE, RODNEY BROWN.

HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:  ARTHUR RAY EVANS, LAWRENCE NEAL, BILLY JOE CLAYTON, ORLAN HILL, CHARLIE COULTER.

FLOWER BEARERS:  ROSEMARY BROOKS, PAT BROOKS, DINA BROOKS, GAIL JACKSON.
 
 
 
 
NAME:    EDITH LORENE (YATES) EAVES, AGE 76, A LONGTIME LANE AREA RESIDENT.

BORN:  AUGUST 8, 1926 AT LANE TO ODIE AND BERTHA (ALLEN) YATES.
PASSED AWAY:   FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2002 AT ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.
AGE:   76 YEARS  2 MONTHS   AND 17 DAYS.

EDUCATION:   SHE ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT IRON STOB AND ATOKA.

MARRIED:   LEROY EAVES ON SEPTEMBER 26, 1942 AT LANE, OK.

OCCUPATION:  LORENE WAS A HOUSEWIFE AND MOTHER.

CHURCH AFFILIATION:  MEMBER OF ATOKA FULL GOSPEL CHURCH.,


     SURVIVED BY

HUSBAND:   LEROY EAVES OF THE HOME NEAR LANE, OK.

DAUGHTERS: BETTY EAVES OF ATOKA, OK.
                           BARBARA CALLICOAT AND HUSBAND TERRY DON OF ATOKA, OK.
                           GLENDA RICHARDSON AND HUSBAND TOMMY OF ATOKA, OK.
                           KATHY ROBERTS AND HUSBAND EDDIE OF ATOKA, OK.

SON:   MIKE EAVES AND WIFE DELLA OF LANE, OK.

GRANDCHILDREN:   RODNEY TATE, MARGO MOBBS, BRUCE JEWELL, TAMARA CALLICOAT, SHAWN CALLICOAT, ANGIE GERARD, SARAH DAVIS, KEISHA MORELAND, TOMMY RICHARDSON ll, MARK ROBERTS, JEREMY ROBERTS, SHANNON CROW, SPIKE EAVES, MATT EAVES.

25 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.

BROTHERS:  ODIS YATES OF LEHIGH, OK.
                         DOYLE YATES OF TULSA, OK.
                         RELL YATES OF PARIS, TX.

SISTERS: LOIS COCHRAN OF ATOKA, OK.
                   JEANIE SMITH OF ELK CITY, OK.
                   KAREN SANDS OF GLENPOOL, OK.


     PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

PARENTS:   ODIE AND BERTHA YATES.
BROTHER:   NOAH CARL “GARR” YATES.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:  MONDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2002 AT 10:00 A.M.
PLACE OF SERVICES:   BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK.

INTERMENT:   BUTLER CEMETERY ~ LANE, OK.

OFFICIATING:   REV. GLEN EAVES.
ASSISTING:   REV. BILL ROBERSON.

CASKETBEARERS:   SHAWN CALLICOAT, MARK ROBERTS, SPIKE EAVES, TOMMY RICHARDSON BRANDON GERARD, DAVID DAVIS.

HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:  RODNEY TATE, MATTHEW EAVES, SHANNON CROW, BRUCE JEWELL, STETSON FROST, DILLON ROBERTS.
 
 
 
 
NAME:  ALBERT “BUD” TAYLOR, AGE 70, A LONGTIME OLNEY AREA RESIDENT.

BORN:  SEPTEMBER 21,1932 AT OLNEY TO JOHN CECIL AND ROSIE LEE (DANIEL) TAYLOR.

PASSED AWAY:   SATURDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2002 AT THE V. A. MEDICAL CENTER IN OKLAHOMA CITY.
AGE:   70 YEARS  1 MONTH  AND  5 DAYS.

EDUCATION:   HE ATTENDED SCHOOL AT OLNEY, OK.

OCCUPATION:  BUD WAS A FARMHAND AND CARPENTER.

CHURCH AFFILIATION:  PROTESTANT.
 
BUD SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE U. S. ARMY DURING THE KOREAN WAR AND WAS A MEMBER OF THE COALGATE VFW AND AMERICAN LEGION. 


     SURVIVED BY

BROTHER:   THOMAS “TOM” TAYLOR AND WIFE EARLENE OF OLNEY, OK.

SISTER:  ALICE REED OF CHATTANOOGA, OK.


     PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

PARENTS:   JOHN CECIL AND ROSIE LEE (DANIEL) TAYLOR.
BROTHER:   JACK LEE TAYLOR.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:  TUESDAY,OCTOBER 29, 2002 AT 2:00 PM.
PLACE OF SERVICES:   BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK.

INTERMENT:   ROSEHILL CEMETERY ~ WAPANUCKA, OK.

OFFICIATING:   ARVEL HALL.

CASKETBEARERS:   STEVE MARTINES, NICK MARTINES, O. N. RILEY, DON LAWRENCE, HOWARD ABLES, DWIGHT DELSIGNE.
 
 
 
 
NAME:  ALTA EVELYN (ADDISON) DARBISON, AGE 93, A FORMER LONGTIME ATOKA AREA RESIDENT.

BORN:  JUNE 9, 1909 IN RURAL NEW MEXICO TO HENRY LAFAYETTE AND AMY ROSE (WELDON) ADDISON.
PASSED AWAY:   WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2002 AT VALLEY VIEW REGIONAL HOSPITAL IN ADA, OK.
AGE:   93 YEARS  4 MONTHS   AND   21 DAYS.

EDUCATION:   SHE ATTENDED SCHOOLS IN PITTSBURGH COUNTY AND SHE GRADUATED IN 1928.

MARRIED:   JAMES ALBERT DARBISON ON DECEMBER 22, 1930 AT MCALESTER, OK.

OCCUPATION:  ALTA WAS A HOUSEWIFE AND MOTHER, AND WORKED PARTTIME AT DOLLIE’S DRY GOODS IN ATOKA.

CHURCH AFFILIATION:  MEMBER OF SOUTH ATOKA CHURCH OF CHRIST AND IN LATER YEARS A MEMBER OF THE SOUTHWEST CHURCH OF CHRIST IN ADA, OK.


     SURVIVED BY

DAUGHTERS: JOAN LOFTIS OF REEDLEY, CA.
                           BARBARA COURTNEY OF OKLAHOMA CITY.
                           NORMA BARNES OF MADISON, MS.

SON:   LARRY A. DARBISON OF ADA, OK.

COUSIN:  BILLY DON SMITH OF MCALESTER, OK.

12 GRANDCHILDREN, 22 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.


     PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

HUSBAND:   JAMES ALBERT “BUD” DARBISON ON FEBRUARY 25, 1998.
PARENTS:   HENRY AND AMY (WELDON) ADDISON.
SON-IN-LAW:  GROVER DUANE BARNES.
GREAT GRANDDAUGHTER:   KRISTIN KAY.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:  SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2002 AT 10:00 A.M.
PLACE OF SERVICES:   BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK.

INTERMENT:   GREEN MEADOWS CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK.

OFFICIATING:   MR. STEVEN KAY.

CASKETBEARERS:   (GRANDSONS) RANDALL COURTNEY, REGGY DARBISON, KEVIN DARBISON, KEITH LOFTIS, DAVID ENSZ, DARRELL BARNES.

HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:  STEVE HYATT, TROY GAMMON, JOHN MOBLEY, EDWIN LEE, JAY LEE.
 
 
 
 
NAME:    ROBERT GREEN WOOD, AGE 78, A LONGTIME ATOKA AREA RESIDENT.

BORN:  SEPTEMBER 30, 1924 IN ARKANSAS TO THOMAS JEFFERSON AND CORA JANE (MILLER) WOOD.

PASSED AWAY:   THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2002 AT WILSON N. JONES HOSPITAL IN SHERMAN, TX.
AGE:   78 YEARS  1 MONTH  AND  1 DAY.

OCCUPATION:  ROBERT WORKED FOR THE ATOKA SCHOOL SYSTEM AS A BUS DRIVER AND JANITOR AND FOR THE PAST FEW YEARS HE HAS WORKED PART TIME AT ERNIE GRIFFIN’S CAR WASH.

MARRIED:   OCTAVIA LEOTA EVANS IN 1942.

CHURCH AFFILIATION:  DAYSPRING CHURCH, ATOKA, OK.


     SURVIVED BY

CHILDREN:  ROBERT “BOB” WOOD AND MRYTLE OF MCALESTER, OK.
                         CAROL CHANDLER AND LOUIS OF ANCHORAGE, AK.
                         MARILYN WOOD BREWSTER OF IRVING, TX.
                         DONALD WOOD AND TERESSA OF ATOKA, OK.

16 GRANDCHILDREN, 18 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, 1GREAT GREAT GRANDSON.

SISTER:  BIRDIE MAE OF CALIFORNIA.

SPECIAL FRIEND:  JUANITA URLICH OF ATOKA, OK.


     PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

WIFE:  OCTAVIA LEOTA (EVANS) WOOD IN 1990.
SON:   DEVIN WOOD.
DAUGHTER:  SHARILYN WOOD.
PARENTS: THOMAS AND CORA (MILLER) WOOD.
BROTHER:   BUSTER WOOD.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:  SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2002 AT 2:00 P.M.
PLACE OF SERVICES:   DAYSPRING CHURCH ~ ATOKA, OK.

INTERMENT:   TUSHKA CEMETERY ~ TUSHKA, OK.

OFFICIATING:   REV. LARRY LUMAN.

CASKETBEARERS:   DOUGLAS WOOD, TERRELL SNOW, DON MILAM, JIM POOL, NETHEL PITTMAN, ERNIE GRIFFIN, ROBERT SHORES.

HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:  CALVIN CLEVELAND, RAYMOND DAVIS.
 
 
 
 

 

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