NAME: MATTHEW LUCAS KEELER, INFANT SON OF ERIC PAUL and MISTY DAWN (TRENT) KEELER. BORN: FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2005 AT MERCY HOSPITAL IN ARDMORE, OK PASSED AWAY: FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2005 AT MERCY HOSPITAL IN ARDMORE, OK survived by PARENTS: ERIC AND MISTY KEELER OF THE HOME IN MILBURN, OK. SISTERS: ERICA AND TAYLOR KEELER OF THE HOME. GREAT GRANDFATHER: GENTRY “CHAULK” TRENT OF MILBURN, OK. GRANDPA: DONNIE TRENT OF MILBURN, OK. NANA: KAY HUFF OF DEL CITY, OK. GREAT GREAT GRANDMA: JUANITA ROBERTSON OF EDMOND, OK. GRANDPARENTS: PAUL AND CYNTHIA KEELER OF MIDWEST CITY, ok. AUNTS: LUCY “GOOSE” KEELER OF dallas, tx. TOMINA CASEY AND HUSBAND GARRY OF ELMORE CITY, OK. COUSINS: JAYDE LOTT AND TANNER CASEY OF ELMORE CITY, OK. GReat GREAT GRANDPARENTS: JOHN AND JANET KELLY OF MIDWEST CITY, OK. preceded in death by GREAT GRANDPARENTS: DORLA DEAN TRENT. HUBERT JAMES HUFF. IONE GERTRUDE (BONECK) KELLY.GReat GREAT GRANDPARENTS: AGNES MARIE AND CHARLIE KAY LOWE. JESS EDWARD AND ALMA FLO (CAPPS) KEELER.
DATE OF SERVICES: THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2005 AT 2:00 PM GRAVESIDE SERVICES: COLEMAN CEMETERY ~ coleman, ok. OFFICIATING: REV. PAUL KEELER. FAMILY NIGHT: NONE
NAME: RUFUS CHILDERS JR, AGE 72, A LONGTIME CADDO AND ATOKA COUNTY AREA RESIDENT. BORN: SEPTEMBER 20, 1933 TO RUFUS SR AND VIOLA VIRGINIA (WALKER) CHILDERS IN RURAL ATOKA COUNTY NEAR CADDO. PASSED AWAY: THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2005 AT THE ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.AGE: 72 YEARS 0 MONTHS AND 16 DAYS EDUCATION: RUFUS ATTENDED LIBERTY SCHOOL IN RURAL ATOKA COUNTY. MARRIED: HE MARRIED BESSIE FAYE LORANCE ON DECEMBER 3, 1955 AT MT. CARMEL BAPTIST CHURCH IN ATOKA COUNTY. OCCUPATION: RUFUS WORKED OVER 20 YEARS AT THE GOLDKIST PEANUT MILL IN DURANT AND 15 YEARS IN HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION. LATER HE WAS A TRUCK DRIVER AND WORKED IN MAINTENANCE AND FOR THE PAST TEN YEARS HE AND HIS FAMILY OWNED AND OPERATED A FRUIT STAND ON HIGHWAY 69/75 NEAR CANEY-CADDO AREA. CHURCH AFFILIATION: RUFUS WAS OF THE BAPTIST FAITH. HE WAS A LONGTIME MEMBER OF THE CADDO ROUND-UP CLUB AND WAS ACTIVE IN THE RELAY RACES. survived by WIFE: BESSIE childers OF THE HOME. DAUGHTERS: PHYLLIS MCPHERSON OF CADDO, OK. SHARON JARVIS OF TUSHKA, OK. GRANDCHILDREN: PHILLIP WINGFIELD OF BOGGY DEPOT. BRANDI MILLER OF DURANT, ok. TONYA MCPHERSON OF CADDO, ok. CHRIS TAYLOR OF TUSHKA, ok. KACI TAYLOR OF TUSHKA, ok. GREAT GRANDCHILDREN: NASHOEBA MILLER, KAEDLYNE TAYLOR, TRISTAN MCPHERSON, PHILLIP WAYNE WINGFIELD, II. BROTHERS: JAMES CHILDERS AND WIFE JANE OF CADDO, ok. JESSIE CHILDERS AND WIFE ANITA OF CADDO, ok. SISTERS: BERTHA CHILDRESS OF COLLEYVILLE, TX. SHIRLEY STANDRIDGE AND HUSBAND CHARLES OF GREENVILLE, TX. RUBY “LUCY” RHODES AND HUSBAND SAM OF CANEY, ok. preceded in death by PARENTS: RUFUS AND VIOLA CHILDERS.
DATE OF SERVICES: SATURDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2005 AT 2:00 PM PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ atoka, ok. INTERMENT: FoLSOM CEMETERY ~ CANEY, ok. OFFICIATING: REV. CHARLES SAMMY HOWARD.ASSISTING: REV. JEREMY PARHAM. CASKETBEARERS: RICK EAGELBERGER, SHELBY CHILDERS, DAVID RHODES, JUNIOR SMITH. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: SAM RHODES, JAY LORANCE. FAMILY NIGHT: FRIDAY 7 PM.
NAME: BONNIE FAYE (PETERS) DUTY, AGE 65, A LONGTIME ATOKA COUNTY AREA RESIDENT. BORN: FEBRUARY 7, 1940 TO LORENE PETERS AT TALIHINA, OK. PASSED AWAY: MONDAY, OCTOBER 10, 2005 AT THE VALLEY VIEW HOSPITAL IN ADA.AGE: 65 YEARS 8 MONTHS AND 3 DAYS EDUCATION: BONNIE ATTENDED LANE SCHOOL. MARRIED: THURSTON SHAUN AND LATER PHIL DUTY IN 1971 AT SHERMAN, TX. OCCUPATION: BONNIE WORKED AS A HOME HEALTH CARE PROVIDER FOR TEN YEARS. CHURCH AFFILIATION: MEMBER OF DOUBLE SPRINGS PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH NEAR LANE. she was ALSO A MEMBER OF CHOCTAW NATION. survived by SON: PHILLIP WAYNE DUTY II OF ATOKA, ok. SISTER: SUSIE BROWN and HUSBAND JUSTIN OF OKLAHOMA CITY. BROTHERS: PETE LOMBNESS OF OKLAHOMA CITY. OSCAR LOMBNESS OF OKLAHOMA CITY. FORMER HUSBAND: PHIL DUTY AND WIFE BARBARA OF ATOKA, ok. AUNTS: LIZZIE LEFLORE OF ATOKA, ok. REBECCA COLE OF LANE, ok. EDNA JACKSON OF ATOKA, ok. preceded in death by MOTHER: LORENE PETERS.BROTHER: CURTIS FRANKIE PETERS.GRANDPARENTS: WILLIAM AND TRACY PETERS.
DATE OF SERVICES: THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2005 AT 2:00 PM.PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S funeral CHAPEL ~ atoka, ok. INTERMENT: DOUBLE SPRINGS CEMETERY ~ LANE, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. RAY TAYLOR.ASSISTING: REV. JOE CHAPIN. CASKETBEARERS: WILLIAM NELSON, LYNN CROW, JAMES NELSON JR, BRAD PITTMAN, ERIC PITTMAN, JUSTIN JOHNSON, BRIAN JOHNSON, MICHAEL CROW, TRAVIS COLE, SHANE COLE. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: ROGER PITTMAN, LARRY JOHNSON, CHOCK MCDANIEL, LEON LEFLORE, LLOYD COLE, VIRGIL CROW, ROBERT HAYES.
NAME: BELVA IRENE (BROWN) FRAZIER, AGE 94, A LONGTIME ATOKA AREA RESIDENT. BORN: OCTOBER 25, 1910 AT NEW BOSTON, TX TO JOHN FLUR AND LOUISA (WHITE) BROWN. PASSED AWAY: TUESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2005 AT THE ATOKA COLONIAL MANOR NURSING HOME.AGE: 94 YEARS 11 MONTHS 16 DAYS EDUCATION: BELVA ATTENDED ALAMO, NM, BLUE, AND CARNES, OK SCHOOLS. MARRIED: ROLAND T. FRAZIER ON OCTOBER 29, 1929 AT ATOKA, OK. OCCUPATION: CHURCH AFFILIATION: BELVA WAS A MEMBER OF THE SOUTH ATOKA CHURCH OF CHRIST. survived by DAUGHTER: ALMA FAYE WAGNER OF ATOKA, OK. GRANDCHILDREN: RODGER WAGNER AND WIFE SHARON OF FLIPPEN, AR. TONY LEE JACKSON OF PHOENIX, AZ. DANA L. STEELE OF ATOKA, OK 7 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.9 GREAT GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. preceded in death by HUSBAND: ROLAND FRAZIER in september, 1970.SISTER: BERNICE HOWARD in march, 1982.PARENTS: JOHN AND LOUISA BROWN.
DATE OF memorial SERVICES: Friday, october 21 at 2:00 p.m.place of service: brown’s funeral chapel ~ atoka, ok. interment: none. officiating: john carroll.
NAME: CARL EAVES, AGE 81, A LIFELONG BENTLEY AREA RESIDENT. BORN: MARCH 8, 1924 AT HONUBBI, PUSHMATAHA COUNTY, OK TO FATE MERRILL “F.M.” AND CORA BELLE (WILSON) EAVES. PASSED AWAY: THURSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 13, 2005 AT HIS BENTLEY RESIDENCE.AGE: 81 YEARS 7 MONTHS AND 5 DAYS EDUCATION: CARL ATTENDED SCHOOL AT HORNTOWN IN HUGHES COUnTY AND AT STANDING ROCK in atoka county. MARRIED: OPAL CHRISTINE HOGAN ON OCTOBER 21, 1944 AT BENTLEY. OCCUPATION: CARL WAS A LIFELONG FARMER AND RANCHER, HE ALSO WORKED A FEW YEARS AT THE AMMUNITION BASE ON THE RAILROAD. CHURCH AFFILIATION: MEMBER OF IRON STOB PENTECOSTAL HOLINESS CHURCH. SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE OF 61 YEARS: OPAL OF THE HOME. CHILDREN: ROGER EAVES AND WIFE RACHEL OF ATOKA, OK. LINDA NOAk AND HUSBAND BOBBY OF ATOKA, Ok. PHILLIP EAVES OF ATOKA, ok. rITA BEGLEY AND HUSBAND LARRY OF ATOKA, ok. MARILYN LEUTY AND HUSBAND RICHARD OF ATOKA, ok. RONNY EAVES AND WIFE BILLIE OF ATOKA, ok. GRANDCHILDREN: DEWAYNE EAVES AND WIFE KELLI OF TAHLEQUAH, ok. DEBBIE TATE AND HUSBAND RODNEY OF SHERMAN, TX. DARRIN EAVES AND WIFE MELISSA OF MEAD, ok. ROBIN WHITTINGTON AND HUSBAND KIN OF DURANT, ok. SHELLY WHARTON AND HUSBAND MIKE OF ATOKA, ok. CLINT EAVES OF ATOKA, ok. BETH EAVES OF ATOKA, ok. SHANNON WHITE AND HUSBAND KEVIN OF ATOKA, ok. CARLA BEGLEY OF ATOKA, ok. MARLA BEGLEY OF ATOKA, ok. LARRY WAYNE BEGLEY OF TENNESSEE. CARLY HENSLEY OF ATOKA, ok. RYAN EAVES AND WIFE ERIN OF ATOKA, ok. EMILY EAVES OF ATOKA, ok. CALEB EAVES OF ATOKA, ok. JOSHUA EAVES OF ATOKA, ok. 16 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. BROTHERS: GLEN EAVES AND WIFE BETTY OF OIL CENTER, ok. KENNETH EAVES AND WIFE GERALDINE OF LANE, ok. SISTER: VIVIAN HOGAN OF BENTLEY, ok. preceded in death by PARENTS: FATE AND BELLE EAVES.BROTHERS: OTIS, MERRILL, RAY, AND JOE EAVES.SISTERS: EVA SHED, ESTHER RAMSEY, RUTH STRANG.GRANDSON: REGGIE LEUTY.
DATE OF SERVICES: SUNDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2005 AT 2:00 P.M.PLACE OF SERVICE: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK INTERMENT: BENTLEY CEMETERY. OFFICIATING: REV. TOMMY TOMLINSON.ASSISTING: REV. BILL HARRIS. CASKETBEARERS: (GRANDSONS) REGGIE LEUTY (posthumously), DEWAYNE EAVES, DARRIN EAVES, CLINT EAVES, RYAN EAVES, JOSHUA EAVES, CARLY HENSLEY, LARRY WAYNE BEGLEY, CALEB EAVES, BRYAN EAVES. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: PAUL SILVERS, PINKY BURKHALTER, WORDEN DETTY, HARRY FARRIS, LARRY RAINS, JAMES RAINS, BLUE ELDRIDGE, JACK SORRELS. FAMILY NIGHT: SATURDAY AT 6:00 P.M.
NAME: DENVER EVERETTE LEWIS, AGE 83, A RESIDENT OF THE OKLAHOMA VETERANS’ CENTER IN ARDMORE FOR THE PAST 2 1/2 YEARS AND FORMER LONGTIME CALERA AREA RESIDENT.  BORN: OCTOBER 22, 1921 AT WARDVILLE, OK TO JOHN NELSON AND MYRTLE (DAVIS) LEWIS. PASSED AWAY: SUNDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2005 AT the V. A. CENTER IN ARDMORE, OK.AGE: 83 YEARS 11 MONTHS AND 24 DAYS EDUCATION: DENVER ATTENDED LIMESTONE GAP SCHOOL IN ATOKA COUNTY. MARRIED: NETTIE MAE LATHAM, SHE PRECEDED HIM IN DEATH. RUBY HOPE LONG ON SEPTEMBER 10, 1943 AT ANNAPOLIS, MD. OCCUPATION: DENVER OWNED AND OPERATED NUMEROUS BUSINESSES THRoUgh THE YEARS IN ARDMORE, ATOKA, ADA, AND STRINGTOWN. HE SERVED HIS COUNTRY iN THE U.s. AIR FORCE DURING WW II DOING SIGNAL AVIATION. HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE ELKS LODGE IN ARDMORE, OK. survived by CHILDREN: DON T. LEWIS AND WIFE DONNA OF COALGATE, ok. JUDITH LEATHERBURY OF DAVIS, ok. TIMOTHY LEWIS AND WIFE KAREN OF ARDMORE, ok. 8 GRANDCHILDREN, 11 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, 5 GREAT GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. VERY SPECIAL FRIEND: NANCY BROOKS OF SHERMAN, TX FORMER WIFE: RUBY LEWIS OF DAVIS, ok. BROTHER: HUGH LEWIS OF COALGATE, OK. preceded in death by FIRST WIFE: NETTIE MAE LEWIS.SON: DON EVERETTE LEWIS of davis on april 7, 1997.PARENTS: JOHN AND MYRTLE LEWIS.SISTER: QUEVA PALMER.BROTHERS: BOYCE, DUFFER, and ROBERT EARL LEWIS.GRANDDAUGHTER: LISA ANN BYERS.
DATE OF SERVICES: THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2005 AT 10:00 AM PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S funeral CHAPEL ~ atoka, ok. INTERMENT: BOWEN RANCH - BETHEL CEMETERY OFFICIATING: DR. JAMES CROWSON. CASKETBEARERS: KENNETH BYERS, JAMES BYERS, AL DOWNS, dON LEWIS JR., GENE POLLOCK, J. V. NEWBERRY. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: JEREMY BYERS, RANDY REED, JAMES THOMPSON. FAMILY NIGHT: WEDNESDAY 6 PM
NAME: JAMES BRUCE “JIM” POWELL, AGE 64, A CLAREMORE, OK AREA RESIDENT AND FORMER ATOKA COUNTY AREA RESIDENT. BORN: AUGUST 30, 1941 AT ATOKA, OK TO J. B. AND ELVA MAE (SULLIVAN) POWELL. PASSED AWAY: WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2005 AT CHATTANOOGA, TN.AGE: 64 YEARS 1 MONTH AND 19 DAYS EDUCATION: JIM ATTENDED KIOWA AND PORUM, OK SCHOOLS. OCCUPATION: HE WORKED FOR JOHN CHRISTNER TRUCKING OF SAPULPA, OK AS A CROSS COUNTRY TRUCK DRIVER FOR THE PAST 13 YEARS. CHURCH AFFILIATION: HE WAS A OF THE BAPTIST FAITH. JIM SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE U.S. NAVY. survived by SON: TODD ALAN SHAW OF OAKLAND, FL. DAUGHTER: TERESA LYNN POWELL OF TULSA, OK. CHILDREN: EDDY LAVON KEPLER OF FAYETTEVILLE, AR. ANTHONY SCOTT KEPLER OF COUNCIL BLUFF, IA. SISTERS: SHIRLEY BROOKS OF MOORE, OK. LINDA HUSKEY OF MCALESTER, OK. BROTHER: JERRY POWELL OF TULSA, OK. preceded in death by PARENTS: J. B. AND ELVA POWELL.BROTHER: CARL “BUTCH” POWELL.
DATE OF SERVICES: SATURDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2005 AT 2:00 PM. PLACE OF SERVICES: DARWIN CEMETERY. OFFICIATING: ARVEL HALL. CASKETBEARERS: HIS BROTHERS AND NEPHEWS.
NAME: JILL MARIE (DEUNO) TOLER McBRAYER, AGE 53, of the TUSHKA AREA, FORMERly of GRAFTON AND BROWN DEER, WI. BORN: SEPTEMBER 13, 1952 AT CEDARBURG, WI TO JOHN AND JOYCE (MUNDT) DEUNO. PASSED AWAY: WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2005 AT HER RESIDENCE IN TUSHKA, ok.AGE: 53 YEARS 1 MONTH AND 13 DAYS EDUCATION: JILL ATTENDED CEDARBURG, WI SCHOOLS AND GRADUATED FROM HOMESTEAD HIGH IN 1970. MARRIED: JIM McBRAYER ON JULY 3, 2003 AT BROWN DEER, WI. OCCUPATION: JILL WAS THE CREDIT MANAGER FOR ALLEN EDMONDS SHOE CORPORATION AND WAS ALSO A HOUSEWIFE AND HOMEMAKER. CHURCH AFFILIATION: SHE WAS OF THE LUTHERAN FAITH. survived by HUSBAND: JIM mcbrayer OF THE HOME IN TUSHKA, ok. DAUGHTERS: JENNIFER DALEY OF GRAFTON, WI. mELISSA TOLER OF GRAFTON, WI. preceded in death by PARENTS: JOHN AND JOYCE DEUNO.GRANDFATHER: ERNIE MUNDT.
DATE OF VIEWING: SUNDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2005 FROM 6 TO 7 PM PLACE OF Viewing: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ atoka, ok
NAME: GERALD LEE “JERRY” DARRAH, AGE 71, OF ATOKA AND A FORMER OHIO RESIDENT. BORN: OCTOBER 23, 1934 AT AKRON, OHIO TO RICHARD AND MARION E. (KEECH) DARRAH. PASSED AWAY: SUNDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2005 AT THE MEDICAL CENTER IN DURANT, ok.AGE: 71 YEARS AND 7 DAYS EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOL IN AKRON, OHIO, CAL POLY UNIVERSITY AND HELD A MASTERS DEGREE IN BUSINESS EDUCATION. MARRIED: ANGIE ELIZEBETH BETTS ON FEBruary 1, 1964 AT LOMPOC, CA. OCCUPATION: JERRY WAS AN ELECTRONIC ENGINEER AND WORKED FOR GENERAL ELECTRIC OVER 30 YEARS BEFORE MOVING TO ATOKA WHERE WORKED FOR WYRICk’S LUMBER COMPANY A FEW YEARS. CHURCH AFFILIATION: HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE WARDS CHAPEL BAPTIST CHURCH. survived by WIFE: ANGIE DARRAH OF THE HOME NEAR ATOKA, ok. CHILDREN: MICHELLE DARRAH OF CUMBERLAND, MD. CYNTHIA SPEIS AND HUSBAND JAMES of CUMBERLAND, MD. sTEPHEN DARRAH OF THE HOME NEAR ATOKA, ok. GRANDCHILDREN: ATTICUS, DARRAH, GRIFFITH, WILLIAM, AND EMMALINE SPEIS OF OHIO. NIECE THEY RAISED: LeANDRA DENNEY, HUSBAND BEN, AND 3 CHILDREN OF ALEXANDER, AL. NEPHEW THEY RAISED: KELLY WARD, WIFE ANGELA, AND 3 CHILDREN OF GREENSBURG, PA. BROTHERS: EDWIN DARRAH AND WIFE ARLENE of ROOTSTOWN, OH. CHARLES DARRAH of ATWATER, OH. BROTHER IN-LAW: RICHARD BETTS AND WIFE LOUISA OF ATOKA, ok. SISTER IN-LAW: ESTELLE HINSON OF ATOKA AND HER FAMILY, ANITA AND LARRY McKINNEY OF LANE. preceded in death by PARENTS: RICHARD AND MARION DARRAH.BROTHER: DONALD GENE DARRAH.SISTER: MARJORIE ELLEN WARD.
DATE OF SERVICES: WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2005 AT 10:00 AM.PLACE OF SERVICES: WARDS CHAPEL BAPTIST CHURCH. INTERMENT: WARDS CHAPEL CEMETERY. OFFICIATING: REV. TOM HARGRAVE.ASSISTING: REV. RICHARD BETTS. CASKETBEARERS: BOB WYRICK, RONNIE COCHRAN, PAT LOFTIS, JOE KENNETH WILLIAMS, DAVID RAY, DAVID BRINKLEY, DON LOFTIS. FAMILY NIGHT: TUESDAY 6 PM.
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