NAME:    MILDRED ELWYN (BAYLESS) ELLIS, AGE 83,  A LONGTIME ATOKA AREA RESIDENT.   BORN:  SEPTEMBER 8, 1918 AT ASHLAND, OKLAHOMA TO JAMES EVERETT AND GRACIE MAE (SMITH) BAYLESS.   PASSED AWAY:   THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2001 AT ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. AGE:     83  YEARS     0 MONTHS   AND   26 DAYS.   EDUCATION: ATTENDED GRADE SCHOOL AT ASHLAND AND GRADUATED FIRST IN HER CLASS FROM WILBURTON EASTERN IN 1938 AND FROM SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY IN DURANT IN 1956.   MARRIED:   RALPH DUKE ELLIS ON JUNE 3, 1939 AT McKINNEY, TX.   OCCUPATION:  TAUGHT SCHOOL AT PEACEABLE NEAR McALESTER IN 1936, TAUGHT AT ASHLAND IN 1945 AND 1946 AND AT STRINGTOWN FROM 1957 TO 1980. MILDRED ALSO SERVED AS TREASURER FOR THE OKLAHOMA HIGHWAY 43 ASSOCIATION AND TREASURER FOR THE CITY OF STRINGTOWN.   CHURCH AFFILIATIONS:   MILDRED WAS A LONGTIME MEMBER OF McGEE VALLEY BAPTIST CHURCH.    SHE WAS A MEMBER OF THE PI-OMEGA PI HONORARY FRATERNITY, EASTERN STAR CHAPTER #307 IN STRINGTOWN, SERVED AS PAST PRESIDENT OF THE ATOKA COUNTY RETIRED TEACHERS ASSOCIATION, AND PAST PRESIDENT OF DELTA KAPPA GAMMA SOCIETY.  SHE WAS A MEMBER OF DAUGHTERS OF THE ALAMO.            survived by   HUSBAND:   DUKE ELLIS OF THEIR HOME IN ATOKA, OK.   SON:   GEORGE PERRY ELLIS and WIFE MARY KATHRYN OF PITTSBURG, OK.   GRANDDAUGHTERS:    KATHY JO (ELLIS) STIPE and HUSBAND PHILLIP OF McALESTER, OK.                                            CINDY KAY (ELLIS) HESS and HUSBAND LANCE OF PITTSBURG, OK.   GRANDSON:  JOHNNY RAY ELLIS OF PITTSBURG, OK.   GREAT GRANDSON:  JAMES PHILLIP STIPE OF McALESTER, OK.   SISTERS-IN-LAW:    SELENA (SPEAR) BAYLESS OF HAILEYVILLE, OK.                                      HELENE BAYLESS OF WABASH, IN.   NEPHEWS:   JIM BAYLESS and WIFE JEANNIE OF ABILENE, TX.                        TOMAS GEORGE BAYLESS and WIFE JANICE OF OKLAHOMA CITY.   NIECE:   SUSIE (BAYLESS) BEAMER &and HUSBAND DICK OF WABASH, IN.            preceded in death by   SON:   JOHN RALPH “JOHNNY” ELLIS ON APRIL 1, 1946. PARENTS: JIM and GRACIE MAE BAYLESS. INFANT SISTER. BROTHERS:  THOMAS MARVIN, CLOVIS, JAMES HARLON, AND L. GEORGE BAYLESS.          DATE OF SERVICES:    MONDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2001 AT 10:00 AM. PLACE OF SERVICES:   BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK.   INTERMENT: OAK HILL CEMETERY ~ McALESTER, OK.   OFFICIATING:   REV. LOYD THOMPSON. ASSISTING:   REV. BARTT BRADFORD.   CASKETBEARERS:   JOHNNY HARRIS, TONY POTTS, GARY McDONALD, BILL POTTS, JACK BACON, BUSTER HARRIS, SONNY RICHARDS, MIKE KELLOGG.   HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:  ROY TONY, HARLEY JINKINS, RON TISDALE, PAUL MULLINS, RON GILLENTINE, CHARLES BOLES, CHARLES MASON, RICHARD HELLEMAN, TERRELL SNOW, RUSTY MANION         NAME:    BRANDI DEEANN ELLER, AGE 25, OF OKAHOMA CITY AND A FORMER ATOKA AND COALGATE RESIDENT.   BORN:  DECEMBER 6, 1975 AT McALESTER, OKLAHOMA  TO BARRY DARTLIN AND SHERRY LEE (LOWE) ELLER.   PASSED AWAY:   WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 10, 2001 AT PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL IN OKLAHOMA CITY. AGE:   25 YEARS   10 MONTHS   AND   4 DAYS.   EDUCATION:   BRANDI ATTENDED AND GRADUATED FROM ATOKA HIGH SCHOOL IN 1994. ATTENDED AND EARNED HER NURSING DEGREE AT MURRAY STATE COLLEGE IN TISHOMINGO, BRANDI ALSO EARNED HER DEGREE IN GENERAL EDUCATION AT OKLAHOMA UNIVERSITY IN NORMAN, OK.   MARRIED:   NEVER MARRIED.   OCCUPATION:  BRANDI WAS A  REGISTERED NURSE IN THE SURGICAL UNIT AT CHILDRENS HOSPITAL IN OKLAHOMA CITY FOR THE PAST YEAR AND A HALF.   BRANDI WAS A COUNSELOR AND NURSE AT THE JUVENILE DIABETES CAMP AT DAVIS, SHE WAS AN AVID SOFTBALL PLAYER AND A MEMBER OF THE ATOKA HIGH SCHOOL STATE BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP OF 1994.            survived by   FATHER:    BARRY ELLER AND WIFE AMBER OF ARVADA, CO.   MOTHER:  SHERRY LEAIRD AND HUSBAND ALLEN OF COALGATE, OK.   STEPSISTERS:   AMY and NICOLE SURRATT OF ARVADA, CO.                                KRISTEN SURRATT OF PHOENIX, AZ.   HER BABY:    MURPHY THE CAT.   ROOMMATE & DEAR FRIEND:  MANDY SHELBY OF OKLAHOMA CITY.   BEST FRIEND:   BROOKE MOORE WIGGINS OF HUNTSVILLE, TX.   SPECIAL COUSIN:    FARRIS ANN AYRES OF COALGATE, OK.   MATERNAL GRANDMOTHER:    ALENE LOWE OF ATOKA, OK.   PATERNAL GRANDPARENTS:   JIM and HELEN ELLER OF McALESTER, OK.                                                              INEZ KRAMER OF McALESTER, OK.                                                              JOHN and DARLENE KLOBBERDANCE OF ARVADA, CO.            preceded in death by   GRANDFATHER:   MARVIN LOWE. GRANDPARENTS:  FLOYD and YVONNE LEAIRD. A VERY DEAR FRIEND:  JAMIE GRIST.     DATE OF SERVICES:  SATURDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2001 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES:   BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK.   INTERMENT:     BERA CEMETERY ~ HARMONY COMMUNITY.   OFFICIATING:   REV. JAMES CROWSON. ASSISTING:   DARRELL COCHRAN.   CASKETBEARERS:   ERIC GRANGER, PAUL EASLEY, CODY KNIGHT, BILLY LANG, JACOB ALLEN, JUSTIN WILLIAMS, RAYMOND GRAY, STEVEN MOORE.   HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:  CHRIS PORTER, BRAD COCHRAN, TIM COCHRAN.         NAME:    BERNICE GOLDIE (SECHINGER) SETTLEMIRE, AGE 85, OF ATOKA, OK. BORN:  SEPTEMBER 24, 1916 AT ATOKA, OKLA TO RUFUS AND ELLA MAY (COLE) SECHINGER.   PASSED AWAY:   MONDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2001 AT HER HOME IN ATOKA, OK. AGE:   85 YEARS  AND  19 DAYS. EDUCATION:   ATTENDED SCHOOLS IN ATOKA COUNTY, OK. MARRIED:   CLIFFORD SETTLEMIRE ON DECEMBER21,1941 AT ATOKA, OK. OCCUPATION:    BERNICE WAS REARED IN ATOKA COUNTY. MOVED TO SANTA PAULA, CALIFORNIA AND LIVED THERE UNTIL 1973 WHEN THEY MOVED BACK TO ATOKA. CHURCH AFFILIATION:    MEMBER OF THE FULL GOSPEL CHURCH IN ATOKA.      SURVIVED BY NIECES:    PEGGY BATES OF EUGENE, OR.                    PAT MORRIS AND HUSBAND BILL OF CALIFORNIA.                    MARIE FORREST OF VENTURA, CA.                    ANNE BROWN OF ATOKA, OK.                    MERELENE BLANKENSHIP AND HUSBAND HOMER OF BOSWELL, OK. NEPHEWS:   LEO HAWKINS OF CHOWCHILLA, CA.                          JERRY HAWKINS OF CHOWCHILLA, CA.                          DOUG HAWKINS AND WIFE KATHY OF IRVING, TX.                          SAMMY DALE SETTLEMIRE AND WIFE PATTY OF TOLEDO, OR. SISTERS-IN-LAW:    BESSIE TURPIN OF ATOKA, OK.                                      LULA SHARP OF HOLDENVILLE, OK. BROTHERS-IN LAW:   LEWIS SETTLEMIRE AND WIFE JoANN OF CANEY, OK.                                          MARION SAMUEL SETTLEMIRE OF ATOKA, OK.      PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS:   RUFUS AND ELLA SECHINGER. HUSBAND:   CLIFFORD SETTLEMIRE ON APRIL 24, 2001. SISTERS:   LOIS AND HELEN.     DATE OF SERVICES:  THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2001 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES:   BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT:   BUTLER CEMETERY ~ LANE, OK. OFFICIATING:   REV. JERRY NELL. CASKETBEARERS:   LOYD CALLICOAT, JOHN SELBY, JERRY GREY, JACK CREWS, JIMMY PHILLIPS, DON SALAZAR. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:  HOMER BLANKENSHIP, LEWIS SETTLEMIRE, SAM SETTLEMIRE, DANIEL BROWN.         NAME:    EUGENE S. “GENE” COURTNEY, AGE 89, A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF ATOKA, OK.   BORN:  JULY 12, 19126 AT WAURIKA, OKLAHOMA TO WILLIAM AND ESTELLE (OAKLEY) COURTNEY.   PASSED AWAY: THURSDAY OCTOBER 18, 2001 AT THE MEDICAL CENTER IN DURANT, OK. AGE:   89 YEARS    2 MONTHS    AND   24 DAYS.   EDUCATION:   ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT FOREST HILL IN ATOKA COUNTY.   MARRIED:   MARGARET CATHRINE SILVERS IN 1932 AT ATOKA, OK.   OCCUPATION:    HE WORKED SEVERAL YEARS FOR MKT “KATY” RAILROAD, WOODS BROTHERS IN ATOKA, AND MANY YEARS FOR TOWN AND COUNTRY MARKET IN ATOKA   CHURCH AFFILIATION:  HE WAS A LONGTIME  MEMBER OF THE SOUTHSIDE BAPTIST CHURCH IN ATOKA, OK.          SURVIVED BY   CHILDREN:    KENNETH EUGENE COURTNEY AND WIFE JOY OF WICHITA, KS.                            MARGADELL TAYLOR OF ATOKA, OK.                          WINDELL RAY COURTNEY OF SULPHUR, OK.                          RUSSEL EARL COURTNEY OF ATOKA, OK.                          BOBBY JOE COURTNEY OF ATOKA, OK.   SISTER:  ETHEL FINCH OF ATOKA, OK.   DAUGHTERS IN-LAW:  NINA COURTNEY OF ATOKA, OK.                                            ALICE COURTNEY OF CLAYTON, OK.   SPECIAL FRIEND:  IRENE GOFF OF CRYSTAL, OK.   16 GRANDCHILDREN, 28 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, 8 GREAT GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, AND ANOTHER COMING SOON.          PRECEDED IN DEATH BY   PARENTS:   WILLIAM AND ESTELLE COURTNEY. WIFE:  MARGARET COURTNEY IN 1968. DAUGHTER IN-LAW:   BARBARA COURTNEY. SON IN-LAW:  J. B. TAYLOR.          DATE OF SERVICES:  SATURDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2001 AT  2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES:   BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK.   INTERMENT:   NEW ZION CEMETERY, EAST OF TUSHKA, OK.   OFFICIATING:   REV. JOHN HOWARD   CASKETBEARERS:   (GRAND AND GREAT GRANDSONS) GUY GENE COURTNEY, BILLY COURTNEY, DENNIS COURTNEY, KENNY COURTNEY, JASON COURTNEY, ERIC SCHMITD, CLIFTON HILL, CASEY MANION.   HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:  DENNIS POWELL, ROBERT POWELL, NOEL POWELL, DONNIE CAMPBELL.         NAME:    MARGARET NAN (LAMBERT) BRIDWELL, AGE 61, A LIFELONG COALGATE RESIDENT.   BORN:  APRIL 19, 1940 AT COALGATE TO ROBERT LEE AND OLIVE CORA (CHRISTIAN) LAMBERT   PASSED AWAY: FRIDAY OCTOBER 19, 2001 AT THE VALLEY VIEW HOSPITAL IN ADA, OK. AGE:   61  YEARS   6 MONTHS.   EDUCATION:   GRADUATED FROM COALGATE HIGH SCHOOL.   MARRIED:   JERRY BRIDWELL ON OCTOBER 26, 1990 AT EMORY, TX.   OCCUPATION:  SHE WORKED ABOUT 38 YEARS AT BLUE BELL WRANGLER IN COALGATE as A LINE INSPECTOR.   CHURCH AFFILIATION:  SHE WAS A  BAPTIST            survived by   FATHER:    BOB LAMBERT OF COALGATE, OK.   SON:   JOHNNY MAC LAMBERT AND WIFE KERRY OF EL DORADO, KS.   GRANDCHILDREN:   JEROD LAMBERT OF CALERA, OK.                                        TAYLOR LAMBERT OF EL DORADO, KS.   SISTERS:   MARY WELCH AND HUSBAND TROY OF MUSKOGEE, OK.                      BETTY SPURLOCK AND HUSBAND VIRGIL OF TULSA, OK.   BROTHER:   MARCY LAMBERT AND WIFE WANDA OF COALGATE, OK.            preceded in death by   HUSBAND:   JERRY BRIDWELL ON FEBRUARY 19, 1991. MOTHER:  CORA LAMBERT ON OCTOBER 27, 1991. SISTER:  BEATRICE BRAHM. BROTHER:   JIMMY LAMBERT.     DATE OF SERVICES:    MONDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2001 AT 10:00 A.M. PLACE OF SERVICES:   COALGATE PENTECOSTAL CHURCH ~ COALGATE, OK.   INTERMENT:   COALGATE CEMETERY ~ COALGATE, OK.   OFFICIATING:   REV. JIM SMITH   CASKETBEARERS:   JOHNNY LAMBERT, RONNY LAMBERT, JIMMY LAMBERT, TROY WELCH, DAN LOUDERMILK, CHUCK LOUDERMILK.   HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:  JEROD LAMBERT, DUSTIN LAMBERT, BRUCE McBRIDE, TYLER McBRIDE, GEORGE GLENN.         NAME:    ORVILLE EARNEST WALLER, AGE 64, A LONGTIME CENTERPOINT AREA RESIDENT. BORN:  JULY 27, 1937 AT DARWIN, OKLAHOMA TO JAMES ELMER AND BEULAH ESTELLE (NANCE) WALLER. PASSED AWAY: TUESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2001 AT HIS CENTERPOINT RESIDENCE. AGE:   64 YEARS  2 MONTHS   AND   26 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT SUGARLOAF AND CENTERPOINT, BOTH IN ATOKA COUNTY. MARRIED:   MARY KATHERINE TAYLOR ON MAY 26, 1966 AT ATOKA, OK. OCCUPATION:  ORVILLE WAS A FARMER & RANCHER AND WORKED 17 YEARS IN ALASKA AS A DRILLER. HE OWNED AND OPERATED A TRACTOR AND EQUIPMENT REPAIR BUSINESS AND DID CUSTOM HAY BALING. CHURCH AFFILIATION:  ATTENDED CENTERPOINT FREEWILL BAPTIST CHURCH.   HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE ATOKA COUNTY FARM BUREAU.      SURVIVED BY WIFE:    MARY OF THE HOME NEAR CENTERPOINT. SONS:    RICKY TAYLOR and WIFE HOLLY.                JAMES WALLER and WIFE CONNIE. DAUGHTERS:   DIANE HEMBREE and HUSBAND MIKE.                              LAWANA HAMRICK and HUSBAND TED.                              TAMME WALLER and PARTNER NAOMI.                              KIM SEAL and HUSBAND BILL. GRANDCHILDREN:   LIZ, SHAWNA, KATIE, DALTON, CODY, TORY, CORY, and GLEN. GREAT GRANDCHILDREN:   TYLER, DILLAN, and KALEB. SISTERS:   SYLVIA DAFFRON.                      BECKY FOWLER.      PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS:   ELMER and BEULAH WALLER. GRANDSON:  DERRICK TAYLOR. BROTHERS:  ED WALLER, A. J. WALLER, CLAUDE WALLER, FREDDIE WALLER, and LEROY WALLER. SISTERS:   JEWEL BARNHART and SUSIE WALLER.     DATE OF SERVICES:  THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2001 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES:   BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT:   DARWIN CEMETERY, EAST OF FARRIS, OK. OFFICIATING:   LARRY MORRIS. ASSISTING:   REV. WALTER ARNOLD. CASKETBEARERS:   BUD SUTTON, GEARL HARPER, DARRELL COATS, CHRIS TREE, HARVEY ARNOLD, EDDIE THOMPSON. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:  VELMA GRIFFIN, HANK GRIFFIN, HERMAN ARNOLD, JOHN BRANDON, ELWOOD NELSON, JACK WORK.         NAME:    VERA MAE (IMMEL) LAMON, AGE 97, A LIFELONG ATOKA RESIDENT. BORN:  MARCH 25, 1904 AT MIDWAY, COAL COUNTY, INDIAN TERRITORY TO LOUIS AND DORA (BOGGS) IMMEL.   PASSED AWAY: WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2001 AT ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. AGE:   97 YEARS  6 MONTHS   AND   29 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOL AT MIDWAY IN COAL COUNTY, OK. MARRIED:   W. R. LAMON IN 1922 AT ATOKA, OK. OCCUPATION:  HOUSEWIFE AND HOMEMAKER. CHURCH AFFILIATION:  BAPTIST FAITH.      SURVIVED BY SON:   DAVID LAMON OF ATOKA, OK. DAUGHTERS:   JUANITA THOMPSON OF ATOKA, OK.                              LOU ELLEN POWELL and HUSBAND LEO OF ATOKA, OK.                              LEONA BREWSTER and HUSBAND FRANK OF BORGER, TX.                              WANDA ALLEN and HUSBAND LEO JR OF ATOKA, OK. DAUGHTER-IN-LAW:   SUE LAMON OF LOUISVILLE, KY. GRANDCHILDREN:   LOYD THOMPSON and WIFE RICKIE OF STRINGTOWN, OK.                                        DONNIE THOMPSON OF STRINGTOWN, OK.                                        JAMES THOMPSON and WIFE JANET OF MIDWEST CITY, OK.                                        LOU ANN SHEFFIELD and HUSBAND JACK OF LANE, OK.                                        GEORGE BREWSTER and WIFE CHERYL OF POTTSBORO, TX.                                        LARRY BREWSTER and WIFE JANET OF TUSHKA, OK.                                        RALPH BREWSTER and WIFE DIANE OF TUSHKA, OK.                                        FRANK JUNIOR BREWSTER OF FRITCH, TX.                                        CARLA DUFFIELD OF FRITCH, TX.                                        ALAN BREWSTER OF BORGER, TX.                                        JIMMY DEAN ALLEN and WIFE DENISE OF ALBUQUERQUE, NM.                                        JAMES RAY ALLEN and WIFE JUDY OF COLEMAN, OK.                                        BRENDA DONALDSON and HUSBAND JOHN OF LOUISVILLE, KY.                                        CHARLES DAVID “BUDDY” LAMON OF LOUISVILLE, KY.                                        TERRY LAMON OF LOUISVILLE, KY.                                        LINDA JEAN BAKER and HUSBAND TOM OF LOUISVILLE, KY.                                        SANDY WISEMAN and HUSBAND JIMMY OF LOUISVILLE, KY.                                        DARRYL LAMON OF BILLINGS, MT.                                        SHARON LAMON OF LUBBOCK, TX. 45 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, 48 GREAT GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.      PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HUSBAND:   W. R. LAMON ON MAY 14, 1970. PARENTS:   LOUIS and DORA IMMEL. SONS:  JIM LAMON, JOHN RILEY LAMON, CHARLIE LAMON, GEORGE LAMON, and JOHNNY BURTON. GRANDSONS:   JOHNNY BREWSTER, GARY BREWSTER, and TROY LEE ALLEN. SISTER:    MATTIE STOTTELMYER. BROTHERS:  WALTER IMMEL, LAWRENCE “PETE” THOMAS, and PAUL THOMAS. SONS-IN-LAW:   SON THOMPSON and HAROLD BREWSTER. GREAT GRANDSON:  JEREMY BREWSTER.     DATE OF  SERVICES:   FRIDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2001 AT  2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES:   GRAVESIDE SERVICES. INTERMENT:   GREEN MEADOWS CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK. OFFICIATING:   REV. LOYD THOMPSON. CASKETBEARERS:   GRANDSONS.         [Home] [Preneed] [Funerals] [Memorials] [Staff] [Flowers] [Caskets] [Cemeteries] [Contact Us] [General Services] [Coalgate] [Madill]