NAME: GRADY IRENE (EVANS) JEMISON, AGE 86, LIFELONG WAPANUCKA AREA RESIDENT. BORN: JANUARY 18, 1913 AT WAPANUCKA TO THOMAS NEWTON AND JESSIE ELIZABETH (MONTGOMERY) EVANS. PASSED AWAY: SATURDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1999 AT THE MEDICAL CENTER OF SE OKLAHOMA IN DURANT.AGE: 86 YEARS 8 MONTHS AND 14 DAYS EDUCATION: GRADUATED FROM WAPANUCKA HIGH SCHOOL IN 1928 AND SOUTHEASTERN STATE COLLEGE IN DURANT, OK. MARRIED: JAMES MARSHALL JEMISON ON AUGUST 8, 1936 AT WAPANUCKA, OK. OCCUPATION: TAUGHT SCHOOL SEVERAL YEARS, WAS ALSO A RANCHER AND HOMEMAKER. CHURCH AFFILIATION: WAPANUCKA BAPTIST CHURCH. SHE WAS A MEMBER OF THE WAPANUCKA CHAPTER OF THE ORDER OF EASTERN STAR AND WAS A CHARTER MEMBER OF THE JOHNSTON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY. SURVIVED BY CHILDREN: THOMAS M. JEMISON AND WIFE LINDA JOY OF WAPANUCKA, OK. LINDA ROBERTSON AND HUSBAND C. D. JR. OF WAPANUCKA, OK. GRANDCHILDREN: JAMES EVERT JEMISON OF OKLAHOMA CITY. THOMAS WALKUP OF WEATHERFORD, TX. LINDA KAY ROTHBLATT AND HUSBAND MICHAEL OF EL PASO, TX. KAREN HESTER AND HUSBAND MICHAEL OF DALLAS, TX. GREAT GRANDCHILDREN: SHANE, JESSA, SHANNON, JOSHUA, DARBY, PATRICK, BRITTANY, IAN, SHYLA, MAISE, AND MICHAEL. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HUSBAND: JAMES MARSHALL JEMISON ON NOVEMBER 9, 1966.PARENTS: THOMAS NEWTON AND JESSIE ELIZABETH EVANS.AN INFANT BROTHER.GRANDSON: JAMES RAY WALKUP.  DATE OF SERVICES: TUESDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1999 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: WAPANUCKA BAPTIST CHURCH. INTERMENT: ROSEHILL CEMETERY ~ WAPANUCKA, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. LARRY SCHOONOVER. CASKETBEARERS: JAMES JEMISON, THOMAS PATRICK WALKUP, JOSHUA SUSSMAN, HERSCHEL BOLIN, J.W. REED, JIM MILLER. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: THOMAS G. TAYLOR, E. D. FAULK, DENMIN SCHONYERS.
NAME: WINDLE OLIVER WITHROW, AGE 71, A LONGTIME ATOKA RESIDENT. BORN: AUGUST 8, 1928 IN ATOKA COUNTY, OK TO CLAUDE GILBERT AND ADELL (SWINDELL) WITHROW. PASSED AWAY: WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1999 AT ATOKA COLONIAL LIVING CENTER.AGE: 71 YEARS 1 MONTH AND 28 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOL AT HARMONY, OK. MARRIED: MARY BELCHER ON FEBRUARY 10, 1951 AT GULFPORT, MS. OCCUPATION: WORKED SEVERAL YEARS AT A PLYWOOD MILL AS A CORE LAYER AT WILLAMETTE INDUSTRIES IN SWEET HOME, OREGON. CHURCH AFFILIATION: HE WAS OF THE BAPTIST FAITH. WINDLE SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE U.S. AIR FORCE DURING THE KOREAN CONFLICT. HE WAS A FORMER MEMBER OF THE ELKS LODGE AND V.F.W. SURVIVED BY WIFE: MARY WITHROW OF THEIR HOME IN ATOKA, OK. BROTHER: GILBERT WITHROW AND WIFE BEA OF SWEET HOME, OR. SISTERS: LOUISE UBER OF ATOKA, OK. IDELL WALLACE OF ATOKA, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: CLAUDE AND ADELL WITHROW.BROTHERS: CRELL AND ORVEL “SHORTY” WITHROW.SISTER: OLETA CORBITT.
DATE OF SERVICES: SATURDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1999 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: GRAVESIDE. INTERMENT: GREEN MEADOWS CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. BOB JOHNSON.
NAME: DORIS GENEVA (RILEY) BROWN, AGE 71, LIFELONG WAPANUCKA AREA RESIDENT. BORN: MAY 21,1928 AT IN ATOKA COUNTY TO WILLIAM MARSHALL AND MINNIE MAY (SMOTHERMAN) RILEY. PASSED AWAY: SATURDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1999 AT THE JOHNSTON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL IN TISHOMINGO, OK.AGE: 71 YEARS 4 MONTHS AND 18 DAYS EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT PLEASANT HILL AND WAPANUCKA. MARRIED: CHARLES LEWIS BROWN ON AUGUST 4, 1945 AT SAN DIEGO, CA. OCCUPATION: WORKED DURING THE WAR IN AN AIRCRAFT FACTORY IN CALIFORNIA. LATER WORKED IN A GLASS FACTORY IN RHODE ISLAND AND WAS A NURSES AID MANY YEARS AND A HOMEMAKER. CHURCH AFFILIATION: WAS A LONGTIME MEMBER OF THE WAPANUCKA CHURCH OF CHRIST. GENEVA WAS VERY ACTIVE IN THE CANCER DRIVES FOR MANY YEARS. SURVIVED BY CHILDREN: DORIS GOOCH OF WAPANUCKA, OK. DIANA PENANTAIL AND HUSBAND RUBEN OF ROANOAK, VA. PEGGY HOKETT AND HUSBAND RAYMOND OF OKLAHOMA CITY. DANNY BROWN OF CRANSTON, R. I. CYNTHIA MILLER AND HUSBAND BOB OF MILL CREEK, OK. MICHAEL BROWN OF STRINGTOWN, OK. 16 GRANDCHILDREN, 15 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. GREAT GREAT GRANDSON: JASON COLE HARPER. BROTHERS: L. L. SHORTY RILEY AND WIFE CORA MAE OF TISHOMINGO, OK. MARSHALL JUNIOR RILEY AND WIFE JACKIE OF ATOKA, OK. SISTERS: LADINE NORVELL OF POWELL, OK. IMOGENE RAY OF WAPANUCKA, OK. SHIRLEY HAIGLER AND HUSBAND BOB OF CANTON, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HUSBAND: CHARLES LEWIS BROWN ON JANUARY 15, 1987. PARENTS: WILLIAM MARSHALL AND MINNIE MAY RILEY.BROTHERS: BILLY AND J. D. RILEY.SISTER: WILMA RILEY.GRANDSON: JOSEPH LEWIS WILLIAMS. GREAT GRANDDAUGHTER: MIRANDA SUE GORTON.
DATE OF SERVICES: MONDAY OCTOBER 11,1999 AT 3:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: WAPANUCKA CHURCH OF CHRIST ~ WAPANUCKA, OK. INTERMENT: ROSEHILL CEMETERY ~ WAPANUCKA, OK. OFFICIATING: WENDELL INGRAM. CASKETBEARERS: HAROLD WILLIAMS, JOHNNY WILLIAMS, SCOTT RILEY, BOB MILLER, CHARLES RILEY, DONNIE ABLES.
NAME: MABEL SUE (WINTERS) COPELAND, AGE 75, LIVED IN ATOKA COUNTY MOST OF HER LIFE. BORN: DECEMBER 31, 1923 AT STRINGTOWN, OKLAHOMA TO BERT AND VAY (KAMPPLAIN) WINTERS. PASSED AWAY: MONDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1999 AT HER RESIDENCE IN ATOKA FROM SMOKE INHALATION.AGE: 75 YEARS 9 MONTHS AND 10 DAYS EDUCATION: ATTENDED AND GRADUATED FROM STRINGTOWN HIGH SCHOOL IN 1941. OCCUPATION: SUE WAS A HOUSEWIFE AND WORKED DURING THE WAR IN THE SHIP YARDS IN CALIFORNIA AND ALSO WORKED AS A CLERK TYPIST AT MACK ALFORD CORRECTIONAL CENTER. CHURCH AFFILIATION: A LONGTIME MEMBER OF THE STRINGTOWN PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. SUE WAS ACTIVE IN THE ATOKA COUNTY REPUBLICAN PARTY AND THE ATOKA CHAPTER OF THE EASTERN STAR. SHE SERVED AS CAMP FIRE GIRLS LEADER AND CUB SCOUT LEADER. HER HOBBIES INCLUDED CRAFTS, COLLECTING COOKBOOKS AND GROWING FLOWERS. SURVIVED BY SONS: JIM COPELAND AND WIFE VIRGINIA OF GRAND PRAIRIE, TX. STEVE COPELAND AND WIFE VICKIE OF ATOKA, OK. MOTHER: VAY WINTERS OF ATOKA, OK. GRANDCHILDREN: BRYAN COPELAND OF JUSTIN, TX. STEPHANIE COPELAND OF DALLAS, TX. ASHLEY ROBINSON AND HUSBAND MIKE OF PLANO, TX. STACY GARRETT OF STILLWATER, OK. SEAN GARRETT OF ADA, OK. STEVEN GARRETT OF ATOKA, OK. BROTHER: IRVING “BO” WINTERS AND WIFE VIOLET OF ANTLERS, OK. SISTERS: BETTY HEINSOHN AND HUSBAND MARVIN OF RIDGECREST, CA. LOU ANN LOWE AND HUSBAND N. R. “TOOPIE” OF ATOKA, OK. BOBBYE LOWRY OF ATOKA, OK. LINDA KAY COX OF ATOKA, OK. UNCLE & AUNT: JOHN and DORIS WINTERS OF STRINGTOWN, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY FATHER: BERT WINTERS. BROTHER: RONNIE WINTERS.DAUGHTER: BETTY SUE COPELAND. DATE OF SERVICES: WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1999 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: GREEN MEADOWS CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. JAMES CROWSON CASKETBEARERS: FRED LOWRY, BRYAN COPELAND, JOHN SMITHART, TONY WINTERS, STEVEN GARRETT, SEAN GARRETT. HONORAY CASKETBEARERS: BILL MILLER, PAUL MULLINS, DON BARNARD, CHARLES McCALL, RICHARD BOND, MAX COPELAND, BRIAN MIXON, CLIFFORD BROWN.
NAME: IONA BERNICE (WHITE) VARNER, AGE 75, AN ATOKA RESIDENT AND FORMER LONGTIME EDMOND, OK RESIDENT. BORN: DECEMBER 4, 1923 AT WAPANUCKA IN ATOKA COUNTY TO LEWIS BERRY AND STELLA JEWELL (GARY) WHITE. PASSED AWAY: TUESDAY. OCTOBER 12, 1999 AT MEDICAL CENTER OF SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA IN DURANT, OK.AGE: 75 YEARS 10 MONTHS AND 8 DAYS. EDUCATION: SHE WAS A GRADUATE OF COALGATE HIGH SCHOOL, CLASS OF 1942 AND STATE BEAUTY COLLEGE IN PUEBLO, COLORADO. MARRIED: JOSEPH MARION VARNER ON MAY 18, 1942 AT CANEY, OK. OCCUPATION: RETIRED BEAUTICIAN AND HOMEMAKER. IONA WAS A LONGTIME MEMBER OF THE SOUTH ATOKA CHURCH OF CHRIST AND WAS VERY ACTIVE IN THE MOTHERS CLUB WHILE LIVING IN EDMOND. SURVIVED BY SONS: RONALD VARNER AND WIFE JEAN OF ALBUQUERQUE, NM. GARY VARNER AND WIFE ANN OF ABILENE, TX. GRANDCHILDREN: KEITH VARNER AND WIFE KATHRYN OF OKLAHOMA CITY. GEOFFREY VARNER AND WIFE ROCKLYNNE OF OKLAHOMA CITY. CHAD VARNER AND WIFE LISA OF AMARILLO, TX. CASEY VARNER IN THE US ARMY STATIONED IN GERMANY. CALEE VARNER OF AMARILLO, TX. COURTNEY VARNER OF ABILENE, TX. CARI VARNER OF ABILENE, TX. JEREMY VARNER OF ABILENE, TX. MATTHEW VARNER OF ABILENE, TX. GREAT GRANDDAUGHTER: JESSICA VARNER OF AMARILLO, TX. DAUGHTER-IN-LAW: THERESA VARNER OF AMARILLO, TX. BROTHER: CLARENCE WHITE ANd WIFE ELIZABETH OF SHERMAN, TX. SISTERS: XENIA LILLARD OF ATOKA, OK. LA VERNE COOPER AND HUSBAND LACEY OF ATOKA, OK. SYLVIA GOSS OF BEE BEE, AR. SISTER-IN-LAW: ESTA MARTIN AND HUSBAND VON OF DALLAS, TX. BROTHER-IN-LAW: WILLIAM VARNER AND WIFE FAYE OF CLINTON, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HUSBAND: JOSEPH MARION VARNER ON SEPTEMBER 17, 1970.PARENTS: LEWIS AND STELLA WHITE.SON: DAVID VARNER.BROTHER: RANDOLPH WHITE.SISTER: WILLENE HUCKABY. DATE OF SERVICES: SATURDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1999 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: CADDO CEMETERY ~ CADDO, OK. OFFICIATING: RICHARD JONES.ASSISTING: JOHN CARROLL. CASKETBEARERS: KEITH VARNER, GEOFF VARNER, CASEY VARNER, RICHARD LILLARD, TODD LILLARD, RICHARD COVINGTON, JAMES COATS. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: JEREMY VARNER, MATTHEW VARNER, CHAD VARNER AND A HOST OF NEPHEWS.
NAME: CORA LYNN (COX) MOBBS, AGE 100, LONGTIME ATOKA AND DURANT RESIDENT. BORN: JUNE 15, 1899 AT ROBY, MISSOURI TO ISSIAC AND MODENA (MEZO) COX. PASSED AWAY: TUESDAY. OCTOBER 12, 1999 AT ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.AGE: 100 YEARS 3 MONTHS AND 27 DAYS. MARRIED: CLYDE M. MOBBS ON FEBRUARY.5, 1917 AT ATOKA, OK. JOHN CARNES. OCCUPATION: HOUSEWIFE AND HOMEMAKER. SHE WAS A LONGTIME MEMBER OF THE ASSEMBLY OF GOD CHURCH IN DURANT AND HAD BEEN A RESIDENT OF THE COLONIAL MANOR SINCE 1988. SURVIVED BY DAUGHTER: MINNIE PARHAM OF GRAND PRAIRIE, TX. SON: WALTER CARNES OF BALTIMORE, MD. 11 GRANDCHILDREN, 20 GRANDCHILDREN AND A HOST OF GREAT GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. BROTHER: DUDLEY STARNES OF ARKANSAS. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HUSBANDS: CLYDE MOBBS IN 1956 AND JOHN CARNES IN 1984.PARENTS: ISSIAC AND MODENA COX.SONS: NYLAND MOBBS, CLYDIE MOBBS, AND STEVE CARNES.BROTHER: SAM MEZO.GRANDDAUGHTER: OLETA NICHOLS.GREAT GRANDSON: DOUGLAS.2 GREAT GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.
DATE OF SERVICES: THURSDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1999 AT 1:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: HIGH HILL CEMETERY ~ ATOKA COUNTY, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. BOB JOHNSON. CASKETBEARERS: ARNOLD ABLES, RALPH MEADOWS, WILLIE ELDRIDGE, SCOTT NICHOLS, NYLAND ELDRIDGE, ELTON WHITE.
NAME: LOIS (VENABLE) DANIEL, AGE 82, LIFELONG ATOKA AND COAL COUNTY RESIDENT. BORN: NOVEMBER 26, 1916 AT VILONIA, ARKANSAS TO CLINT DEWITT AND EULA (PETTY) VENABLE. PASSED AWAY: FRIDAY OCTOBER 15, 1999 AT THE ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.AGE: 82 YEARS 10 MONTHS AND 19 DAYS EDUCATION: SHE WAS A GRADUATE OF CLARITA HIGH SCHOOL AND ATTENDED EAST CENTRAL STATE COLLEGE. MARRIED: EUGENE V. DANIEL ON DECEMBER 28, 1938 AT TISHOMINGO, OK. OCCUPATION: HOUSEWIFE AND HOMEMAKER. CHURCH AFFILIATION: LOIS WAS A LONGTIME MEMBER OF THE CLARITA METHODIST CHURCH AND IN RECENT YEARS SHE ATTENDED THE SOUTHSIDE BAPTIST AND TUSHKA BAPTIST CHURCHES. SURVIVED BY SONS: BOB DANIEL AND WIFE LAVON OF HUGO, OK. JIM DANIEL AND WIFE MARY OF SEMINOLE, OK. RANDY DANIEL AND WIFE LENA OF ATOKA, OK. GRANDCHILDREN: BRENT DANIEL AND WIFE RUTHANN OF FAYETTEVILLE, IL. MIKE DANIEL AND WIFE SHELLI OF ATOKA, OK. SHANE DANIEL OF ATOKA, OK. KENNY DANIEL AND WIFE SARA OF GILMER, TX. ERIC DANIEL OF ATOKA, OK. MATT DANIEL AND WIFE ALISON OF SEMINOLE, OK. DON DANIEL OF ATOKA, OK. GREAT GRANDCHILDREN: LINDSAY, AUSTIN, DALE, BOB, LOGAN, SUNNI, AND WYATT DANIEL. BROTHER: RAYMOND VENABLE AND WIFE LILLIAN OF OKLAHOMA CITY. SISTERS-IN-LAW: LaNELL VENABLE OF HOBBS, NM. IDA VENABLE OF TALAHINA, OK. JO CROWN OF TECUMSEH, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HUSBAND: EUGENE DANIEL on may 25, 1988.PARENTS: CLINT D. AND EULA VENABLE.SON: DON DANIEL.BROTHERS: DOYLE, JOE, AND D. C. JR.
DATE OF SERVICES: SUNDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1999 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: ROSE HILL CEMETERY ~ WAPANUCKA, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. GENE SLUDER.ASSISTING: GRANDSON MIKE DANIEL. CASKETBEARERS: (GRANDSONS) BRENT, MIKE, SHANE, KENNY, ERIC, MATT, AND DON DANIEL. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: GLEN HANEY, RALPH BREWSTER, ROCKY McDANIEL, TRAVIS McDANIEL, AND NADINE McDANIEL.
NAME: RUBY FAYE (CALLICOAT) WALKER, AGE 68, A COALGATE RESIDENT AND FORMER LONGTIME ATOKA RESIDENT. BORN: OCTOBER 2, 1931 AT BENTLEY IN ATOKA COUNTY TO EATHEREN AND MINNIE (PRATER) CALLICOAT. PASSED AWAY: FRIDAY. OCTOBER 15, 1999 AT VALLEY VIEW REGIONAL HOSPITAL IN ADA, OK.AGE: 68 YEARS 0 MONTHS AND 13 DAYS. EDUCATION: SHE ATTENDED EAST ALLISON ELEMENTARY AND ATOKA HIGH SCHOOL. MARRIED: GOMER MAX LEE WALKER IN DECEMBER, 1949 AT DURANT, OK. OCCUPATION: HOUSEWIFE AND HOMEMAKER. CHURCH AFFILIATION: LONGTIME MEMBER OF THE MOUNTAIN VIEW PENTECOSTAL CHURCH . SURVIVED BY HUSBAND: GOMER WALKER OF THE HOME IN COALGATE, OK. SONS: MAX AND WIFE DOROTHY OF OREGON. LEROY OF ATOKA, OK. CARL AND WIFE DIANE OF ATOKA, OK. LARRY OF ATOKA, OK. LEON OF ATOKA, OK. JERRY OF ATOKA, OK. FOY AND WIFE DEANNE OF LEHIGH, OK. STEVEN AND WIFE CINDY OF WAPANUCKA, OK. DAUGHTERS: PATRICIA POWELL OF ATOKA, OK. GEQUITA EDINGER AND HUSBAND DWIGHT OF CARSON, ND. 24 GRANDCHILDREN, 5 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. BROTHERS: LEONARD (PETE) CALLICOAT AND WIFE JANE OF ATOKA, OK. CECIL CALLICOAT AND WIFE FAYE OF ATOKA, OK. ALVA CALLICOAT OF CADDO, OK. FOY AND WIFE RENE OF ATOKA, OK. SISTERS: ANNA FRENCH OF MCKINNEY, TX. IRENE FRENCH OF ATOKA, OK. VIRGINIA FRENCH AND HUSBAND AMOS OF CHOCTAW, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: EATHEREN AND MINNIE CALLICOAT.CHILDREN: JANE AND INFANT SON.SISTER: ELIZABETH CALLICOAT.
DATE OF SERVICES: MONDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1999 AT 10:00 A.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK INTERMENT: BENTLEY CEMETERY ~ BENTLEY, ATOKA COUNTY, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. TOMMY SCALES. CASKETBEARERS: CLINT ROBERTSON, BRADLEY CLONTS, CARL WALKER, STEVE WALKER, OMAR BAYLES, EDDIE ROEBUCK, DWIGHT EDINGER. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: ROCKY FORTENBERRY, WALTER BAYLES, DAVID FOX, EDDIE FRENCH.
NAME: VERA NEOMA (ZUMALT) DUNCAN, AGE 69, OF ALVERADO, TEXAS AND FORMER RESIDENT OF ATOKA AND TUSHKA, OK. BORN: APRIL 15, 1930 AT HUTCHENSON, KANSAS TO ANDREW DEWEY AND VIOLET MARIA (NELSON) ZUMALT. PASSED AWAY: SUNDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1999 AT FT WORTH, TX.AGE: 69 YEARS 6 MONTHS AND 2 DAYS. EDUCATION: SHE ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT HUTCHENSON AND TARRaNT COUNTY JunioR COLLEGE IN FT. WORTH. MARRIED: CARL LEROY TUCKER IN 1953 AT HUTCHENSON, KS. OCCUPATION: HOUSEWIFE AND HOMEMAKER AND WORKED MANY YEARS AT THE SOONER, CANEY, AND ATOKA TRUCK STOPS. CHURCH AFFILIATION: A LONGTIME MEMBER OF THE PLEASANT VIEW FREEWILL BAPTIST CHURCH. SURVIVED BY CHILDREN: DEBBIE ROWELL OF ATOKA, OK. KURK DUNCAN AND SHERYL OF ATOKA, OK. ARTHUR TUCKER AND WIFE DEBRA KAY OF ALVERADO, TX. VERA JENNINGS AND HUSBAND ROY OF CANEY, OK. JANICE JACKSON AND HUSBAND GLENN OF ALVERADO, TX. NITA LAWSON AND HUSBAND GARY OF CANEY, OK. 17 GRANDCHILDREN, 5 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, AND 2 ON THE WAY. SISTERS: CAROLINE ANDERSON AND HUSBAND DICK OF FRESNO, CA. VIOLA AVERY OF HUTCHENSON, KS. DEAR FRIEND: JUDY DUNCAN OF TUSHKA, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: DEWEY AND MARIA ZUMALT.HUSBAND: CARL TUCKER IN October, 1971.3 INFANT CHILDREN.BROTHERS: DONIPHAN AND EDWIN ZUMALT:SON IN-LAW: DAVID ROWELL.GRANDdAUGHTER: TENNIE ELLEN ROWELL.
DATE OF SERVICES: MONDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1999 AT 7:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. GRAVESIDE COMMITTAL SERVICES: THURSDAY, OCTOBER 21, AT 11:00 A.M. INTERMENT: FAIR LAWN CEMETERY ~ HUTCHENSON, KS. OFFICIATING: REV. JAMES CROWSON.
NAME: JOHN ROBERT “BOB” HICKMAN, JR., AGE 84, LIFELONG RESIDENT OF COALGATE, OK. BORN: DECEMBER 12, 1914 AT COALGATE TO JOHN ROBERT AND MARY EDITH (NICHOLS) HICKMAN. PASSED AWAY: SUNDAY. OCTOBER 17, 1999 AT WILSON N. JONES HOSPITAL IN SHERMAN, TX.AGE: 84 YEARS 9 MONTHS AND 25 DAYS. EDUCATION: HE GRADUATED FROM COALGATE HIGH SCHOOL IN 1932. MARRIED: HELEN CLEO TURNER ON SEPTEMBER 26, 1940 AT COALGATE, OK. OCCUPATION: HE WAS A RETIRED INSURANCE AGENT. HE OWNED AND OPERATED HICKMAN PRINTING AND THE WIGWAM THEATER IN COALGATE, OK. BOB WAS A LONGTIME MEMBER OF COALGATE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT AND A MASTER MASON. HE WAS A WELL READ AND KNOWLEDGEABLE PERSON. BOB LOVED TO TRAVEL THROUGHOUT THE U.S. AND CANADA. HE WAS A TRAIN HOBBYIST AND AVID READER. BOB LOVED HIS FAMILY AND WORSHIPPED HIS GRANDCHILDREN. SURVIVED BY WIFE: HELEN hickman OF THE HOME IN COALGATE, OK. CHILDREN: JOHN STANLEY AND WIFE BRENDA OF COALGATE, OK. TERRY ANN RICE AND HUSBAND STEPHEN OF COALGATE, OK. GRANDCHILDREN: ROBERT WADE HICKMAN, BRAD DAVID HICKMAN, KRISTEN ELIZABETH RICE, CRAIG THOMAS RICE. GREAT GRANDCHILDREN: COURTNEY DE-ANN AND COLIN WADE HICKMAN. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: JOHN ROBERT AND MARY EDITH HICKMAN, SR.COUSIN: VERA N. DEVINEY.
DATE OF SERVICES: WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1999 AT 2:00 P. M. PLACE OF SERVICES: GRAVESIDE SERVICE. INTERMENT: COALGATE CITY CEMETERY. OFFICIATING: DR. ROBERT KANARY CASKETBEARERS: NICK LOLLI, BUTCH SMITH, ARCHIE EDDINGS, RONNIE RAINEY, TOM BARNETT, JOE PASQUALI, ARVARD J. McLELLAN, DAVID MASK. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: FREDDIE BRICE, LARRY BART POPE, DALE ENNIS, LARRY HENSLEY, ROBERT BENSON.
NAME: LETHA OLGA (ESKUE) JONES, AGE 96, A LONGTIME ATOKA AREA RESIDENT. BORN: AUGUST 28, 1903 AT FRUITVALE, TEXAS TO ORVIE NEWTON AND IDA LETHA (BARNES) ESKUE. PASSED AWAY: SUNDAY. OCTOBER 24, 1999 AT ATOKA COLONIAL MANOR.AGE: 96 YEARS 1 MONTH AND 26 DAYS EDUCATION: SHE ATTENDED BOEHLER CORNER SCHOOLS. MARRIED: NOEL JONES ON APRIL 22, 1935 IN ALBUQUERQUE, NM. OCCUPATION: SHE WORKED IN FOOD SERVICE MANY YEARS IN HOSPITALS AND RESTAURANTS IN TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA. CHURCH AFFILIATION: LONGTIME MEMBER OF THE JEHOVAH’S WITNESS. SURVIVED BY NEPHEWS: MURRAY BIRCHFIELD AND WIFE EMMA OF ATOKA, OK. DALE EASTRIDGE OF PHOENIX, AZ. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HUSBAND: NOEL JONES ON JUNE 17, 1966.PARENTS: ORVIE AND IDA ESKUE.NIECE: ANNIE.
DATE OF SERVICES: WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1999 AT 10:00 A.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: GRAVESIDE SERVICES. INTERMENT: FARRIS CEMETERY ~ FARRIS, OK. OFFICIATING: SCOTT RADCLIFF. CASKETBEARERS: ALFRED ESKUE, JOHN ESKUE, MURRAY BIRCHFIELD, CRANDELL WASHINGTON, EDDIE ISOM.
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