October, 1998 Memorials
 
 
 
 
NAME:      PEARL MAE (BROWNING) STEPHEN, AGE 70, LONGTIME ATOKA AREA RESIDENT.
 
BORN:    SEPTEMBER 12, 1928 AT CHOCTAW, OK TO B. E. AND MAMIE LEONA (MATTHEW) BROWNING.
 
PASSED AWAY:     SUNDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1998 AT PUSHMATAHA COUNTY HOSPITAL IN ANTLERS, OK.
AGE:     70 YEARS    O  MONTHS    AND 22 DAYS.
 
EDUCATION:   ATTENDED SCHOOL AT PINE SPRINGS AT FARRIS, OK.
 
MARRIED:     FERMAN STEPHEN IN ATOKA, OK.
 
OCCUPATION:    HOUSEWIFE.
 
CHURCH AFFILIATION:    BAPTIST FAITH.
 
 
     SURVIVED BY
 
DAUGHTER:    CAROLYN STEPHEN AND HUSBAND LYNN OF ATOKA, OK.
 
GRANDCHILDREN:     LAURA STEPHEN OF ATOKA, OK.
                                         RANDY STEPHEN OF ATOKA, OK.
 
GREAT GRANDCHILDREN:     COURTNEY STEPHEN OF ATOKA, OK.
                                                         CHELSIE STEPHEN OF ATOKA, OK.
 
SISTER:    LEONA WOOD OF FARRIS, OK.
 
SPECIAL NIECE:   GLENDA ENGLAND OF FARRIS, OK.
 
NEPHEWS:     WHALEN WOOD AND WIFE RITA OF RUSSELLVILLE, AR.
                         WENDELL WOOD AND WIFE JANE OF FARRIS, OK.
                         NEAL BUNNELL AND WIFE DEBBIE OF CEMENT, OK.
                         GARY PASHER OF OKLAHOMA CITY, OK.
 
 
     PRECEDED IN DEATH BY
 
HUSBAND:     FERMAN STEPHEN IN APRIL, 1994.
PARENTS:     B. E. AND MAMIE BROWNING.
SISTERS:     HELEN BROWNING AND BESSIE PASHER.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:    WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1998 AT 2:00 P.M. 
PLACE OF SERVICES:     GRAVESIDE SERVICES.
 
INTERMENT:     BENTLEY CEMETERY ~ BENTLEY, ATOKA COUNTY, OK.
 
OFFICIATING:     REV. ERNEST SANDERS.
 
CASKETBEARERS:     WENDELL WOOD, RICKY ENGLAND, DALE STEPHEN, LYNN STEPHEN, THOMAS MAYO, WILBUR ALLEN.
 
 
 
 
NAME:      J. A. DOWLEN, AGE 88, LONGTIME ATOKA RESIDENT.
 
BORN:    JANUARY 2, 1910 AT WALTERS, OK TO SAM AND MAGGIE (CARTER) DOWLEN.
 
PASSED AWAY:     SUNDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1998 AT HIS RESIDENCE IN ATOKA, OK.
AGE:       88 YEARS    9 MONTHS     AND   2 DAYS
 
EDUCATION:   he GRADUATED FROM WALTERS HIGH SCHOOL IN 1927 AND LATER GRADUATED FROM HILLS BUSINESS COLLEGE IN OKLAHOMA CITY as well as ATTENDED SOUTHEASTERN STATE UNIVERSITY IN DURANT.
 
MARRIED:     ANNA FRANCES ALEXANDER ON AUGUST 7, 1938 IN WALTERS, OK.
 
OCCUPATION:    J. A. OWNED AND OPERATED DOWLEN JEWELRY UNTIL 1952.   THAT SAME YEAR HE BECAME THE GREYHOUND TICKET AGENT IN ATOKA.    HE HELD THIS POSITION UNTIL HIS DEATH, WHICH WAS 46 YEARS.  HE ALSO OWNED AND OPERATED THE CHUCK WAGON RESTAURANT FROM 1952 TO 1977.
 
CHURCH AFFILIATION:    MEMBER AND ELDER OF ATOKA FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH.
 
HE SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE U. S. ARMY IN THE 84TH DIVISION AND waS A WORLD WAR II VETERAN.
 
BEFORE MOVING TO ATOKA AFTER THE WAR IN 1945,  J. A. WAS ACTIVE AND SERVED AS SECRETARY IN THE WALTERS ROTARY CLUB.  HE WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN STARTING THE ATOKA ROTARY CLUB AND WAS PAST PRESIDENT.   HE ALSO WAS A BOY SCOUT TROOP LEADER FOR MANY YEARS. 
 
 
       SURVIVED BY
 
WIFE OF OVER 60 YEARS:     FRANCES DOWLEN OF THE HOME IN ATOKA, OK.
 
SON:   JOHN DOWLEN AND WIFE KIM OF IRVING, TX.
 
GRANDDAUGHTER:     ALYSSA DOWLEN OF IRVING, TX.
 
GRANDSON:    CLAY DOWLEN OF IRVING, TX.
 
SISTER:    MARIE MILLER OF ARLINGTON, TX.
 
 
       PRECEDED IN DEATH BY
 
PARENTS:   SAM AND MAGGIE DOWLEN.
BROTHER:     MITT DOWLEN.
SISTER:    SYBIL SMITH.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:    WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1998 AT 11:00 A.M.
PLACE OF SERVICES:     ATOKA FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH.
 
INTERMENT:   WESTVIEW CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK.
 
OFFICIATING:     DR. DON HAZELL.
 
CASKETBEARERS:   BILL LOWE, KENNY LOWE, BILLY LOWE, DR. JIM BRIGGS, LARRY COMBS, JOHN RICH.
 
HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:    C. A. McCALL, CHARLES McCALL, GROVER TURNER, HERMAN COCHRAN.
 
 
 
 
NAME:      BOBBY MERRILL BOEHME, AGE 46, LONGTIME CANEY-CADDO RESIDENT.
 
BORN:    DECEMBER 13, 1951 EAST OF CADDO IN BRYAN COUNTY TO LLOYD MERRILL AND BOBBIE JEWELL (WELLS) BOEHME.
 
PASSED AWAY:     MONDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1998 AT ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.
AGE:   46  YEARS   9  MONTHS   AND    22  DAYS.
 
EDUCATION:   GRADUATED FROM CADDO HIGH SCHOOL IN 1970 AND ATTENDED SOUTHEASTERN STATE UNIVERSITY IN DURANT, OK.
 
MARRIED:     LENIS DIANE WORKMAN ON OCTOBER 10, 1971 NEAR CADDO, OK.
 
OCCUPATION:    bobby was a RANCHER AND WAS RETIRED FROM MACK ALFORD CORRECTIONAL CENTER.
 
CHURCH AFFILIATION:    MEMBER AND DEACON  OF THE CANEY FREEWILL BAPTIST CHURCH.
 
HE WAS ALWAYS VERY ACTIVE IN THE 4-H PROJECTS WITH HIS CHILDREN. HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE UNITED STATES TEAM ROPERS ASSOCIATION AND THE CANEY BOOSTER CLUB.
 
 
     SURVIVED BY
 
WIFE:    LENIS boehme OF THE HOME NEAR CANEY, OK.
 
SON:     BOBBY GLEN BOEHME AND WIFE LORI OF CANEY, OK.
 
DAUGHTER:    JEANA BOEHME OF THE HOME NEAR CANEY, OK.
 
GRANDDAUGHTER:     McKENZI BOEHME OF CANEY, OK.
 
PARENTS:     LLOYD AND BOBBIE BOEHME OF CADDO, OK.
 
BROTHER:     GARY WAYNE BOEHME OF CALERA, OK.
 
NEPHEW:    KELLY BOEHME OF DURANT, OK.
 
GRAND MOTHER:      MAUDIE FORD OF CADDO, OK.
 
MOTHER IN-LAW:     DESSIE WORKMAN OF ATOKA, OK.
 
 
     PRECEDED IN DEATH BY
 
FATHER-IN-LAW:     LEECIE WORKMAN.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:    WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1998 AT  2:00 P.M.
PLACE OF SERVICES:     BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK.
 
INTERMENT:     CANEY CEMETERY ~ CANEY, OK.
 
OFFICIATING:   REV. JOHN HOWARD.
ASSISTING:     REV. T. A. McBRIDE.
 
CASKETBEARERS:     DENNIS BURKHALTER, JIMMY McCARTY, RICK JONES, HOMER DON STALLINGS, KIM BURKHALTER, SHAWN CALLICOAT.
 
HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:    MICHAEL WATSON, RONNIE WATSON, J. W. REED, EDDIE WILLIS.
 
 
 
 
NAME:      JOSEPH L. BOCK, AGE 68, LONGTIME ATOKA AREA RESIDENT.
 
BORN:    SEPTEMBER 30, 1930 AT BLOOMINGTON, INDIANA TO LEX AND LUCILLE (WATERMAN) BOCK.
 
PASSED AWAY:     MONDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1998 AT HIS RESIDENCE EAST OF ATOKA, OK.
AGE:     68 YEARS    0 MONTHS   AND   12 DAYS
 
EDUCATION:   ATTENDED SCHOOLS IN BLOOMINGTON, INDIANA.
 
MARRIED:     SHIRLEY MACKEY ON AUGUST 13, 1949 AT DEMING, NM.
 
OCCUPATION:    HE WAS A MACHINIST FOR A NUMBER YEARS AND LATER OWNED AND OPERATED AN AUTO MECHANIC SHOP AT HIS HOME.
 
CHURCH AFFILIATION:    MEMBER OF HARMONY BAPTIST CHURCH.
 
JOSEPH SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE U. S. ARMY AND WAS A LIFE MEMBER OF THE DISABLED VETERANS CHAPTER 60 IN ATOKA, OK.
 
 
       SURVIVED BY
 
WIFE:      SHIRLEY BOCK OF THE HOME IN ATOKA, OK.
 
CHILDREN:    DAVID BOCK AND WIFE JEANNIE OF PROVIDENCE, RI.
                           MARGIE REASOR AND HUSBAND LEN OF IRVING, TX.
 
GRANDCHILDREN:     MICHAEL REASOR AND WIFE KELLY OF McALESTER, OK.
                                         TONY REASOR AND WIFE NATALIE OF IRVING, TX.
                                         JOEY REASOR OF IRVING, TX.
                                         BRAD REASOR OF DALLAS, TX.
                                         BRYAN REASOR OF DALLAS, TX.
                                         ROBERT BOCK OF PROVIDENCE, RI.
 
GREAT GRANDCHILDREN:     RAD REASOR, CHAD REASOR, TRAY REASOR, GARRETT REASOR, TARA REASOR, MADELINE REASOR, AND
                                                         ANNA HUTCHINSON.
 
BROTHERS:    FRANK BOCK OF MARTINSVILLE, IN.
                           TIM SHIELDS OF BLOOMINGTON, IN.
                           RICHARD SHIELDS OF BLOOMINGTON, IN.
 
SISTERS:     HAZEL WATKINS OF OKOCHOBEE, FL.
                       LOIS DURNIL OF COLUMBUS, IN.
                       VERNA RAE CHERRY OF UNIONVILLE, IN.
 
 
     PRECEDED IN DEATH BY
 
PARENTS:     LEX and LUCILLE BOCK.
SISTER:    ALENE DOUGLAS.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:    WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1998 AT 10:00 A.M.
PLACE OF SERVICES:     BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK.
 
INTERMENT:     GREEN MEADOWS CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK.
 
OFFICIATING:     REV. PATRICK SIX.
 
CASKETBEARERS:     CECIL MACKEY, TIM MACKEY, LOWELL REASOR, SHANNON REASOR, SONNY CHILDERS, SAM DARST.
 
HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:      MIKE REASOR, TONY REASOR.
 
 
 
 
NAME:      NORMA LEE (BOMSBERGER) BONHAM, AGE 58, OF TUSHKA, A LIFELONG ATOKA COUNTY RESIDENT.
 
BORN:    MARCH 1, 1940 AT BETHANY, OKLAHOMA TO ANDREW JACKSON AND ANNIE (THOMERSON) BOMSBERGER.
 
PASSED AWAY:     WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1998 AT HER RESIDENCE IN TUSHKA, OK.
AGE:     58 YEARS    7 MONTHS    AND    13 DAYS
 
EDUCATION:     ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT PLAINVIEW, TUSHKA, AND ATOKA, OK.
 
MARRIED:     BEN F. BONHAM ON SEPTEMBER 1, 1955 AT COALGATE, OK.
 
OCCUPATION:      SHE WAS A HOUSEWIFE AND HOMEMAKER.
 
church affiliation:    NORMA WAS A LONGTIME MEMBER OF THE TUSHKA BAPTIST CHURCH.
 
SHE WAS ONE WHO LOVED  HELPING OTHERS THROUGH FUNDRAISERS AND BENEFITS.  SHE WAS ALWAYS VERY MUCH INVOLVED IN  BLUEGRASS WITH HUSBAND BEN AND HIS BAND “THE BOGGY RIVER BOYS”.  SHE ALSO WORKED IN THE FAMILY BUSINESS, BONHAM’S AUTO REPAIR, FOR MANY YEARS.
 
 
     SURVIVED BY
 
HUSBAND:     BEN BONHAM OF THE HOME IN TUSHKA, OK.
 
HER MOTHER:    ANNIE BOMSBERGER OF CADDO, OK.
 
CHILDREN:      CAROL ROBINSON AND HUSBAND STEVE OF CALERA, OK.
                           RAMONA SMITH AND HUSBAND BOBBY OF TUSHKA, OK.
 
GRANDCHILDREN:     SHANNON, ROBERT, DANNY, SHERI, EDANA, AND KALEE.
 
BROTHER:     TOMEY BOMSBERGER AND WIFE MADELINE OF FARMINGTON, CA.
 
SISTER:    ANNIE MAE ROBINSON AND HUSBAND BO OF ALEDO, TX.
 
 
     PRECEDED IN DEATH BY
 
FATHER:    ANDREW JACKSON BOMSBERGER.
BROTHERS:    RICHARD AND A. J. BOMSBERGER.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:    SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1998 AT  2:00 P.M.
PLACE OF SERVICES:     BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK.
 
INTERMENT:     TUSHKA CEMETERY ~ TUSHKA, OK.
 
OFFICIATING:     REV. LARRY ARGO.
ASSISTING:     REV. TOM HARGRAVE.
 
CASKETBEARERS:     MARVIN PHILLIPS, JAMES SUMMERS, GLEN BONHAM, ROY HENRY, CHAT WHITE, DAVID BONHAM.
 
HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:      BRAD BONHAM, JIMMY SMITH, PAUL MORGAN.
 
 
 
 
NAME:      BETTY JEAN LANSDALE, AGE 60, OF KANSAS CITY, MO.
 
BORN:    OCTOBER 19, 1937 AT OKLAHOMA CITY TO DERIAS BOND AND OLLIE MAY (COWLING) BOND.
 
PASSED AWAY:     SUNDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1998 AT HER RESIDENCE IN KANSAS CITY, ONE DAY PRIOR TO HER 61ST BIRTHDAY.
AGE:     60 YEARS   11 MONTHS   AND 29 DAYS
 
EDUCATION:     ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT STRINGTOWN AND RAYTOWN FLORAL SCHOOL .
 
MARRIED:     DOYLE LANSDALE ON OCTOBER 26, 1952 AT STRINGTOWN, OK.
 
OCCUPATION:  SHE WAS A WAL-MART ASSOCIATE AND A HOUSEWIFE.
 
BETTY WAS A MEMBER OF MT. OLIVE BAPTIST CHURCH.  SHE WAS A FLORIST AND ENJOYED MAKING AND ARRANGING FLOWERS.
 
 
     SURVIVED BY
 
HUSBAND:     DOYLE LANSDALE OF THE HOME IN KANSAS CITY, MO.
 
CHILDREN:      DOYLE LANSDALE, JR. AND WIFE JUDY OF HAMILTON, MO.
                           EUGENE LANSDALE OF RAYTOWN, MO.
                           BRENDA AUSTIN AND HUSBAND CLIFFORD JR. OF INDEPENDENCE, MO.
 
GRANDCHILDREN:     DEANNA LANSDALE, JENNIFER LANSDALE, JACOB LANSDALE, MEGAN LANSDALE, AMANDA LANSDALE,
                                         JOSHUA LANSDALE, ANDREA SHIPLEY, CLIFFORD AUSTIN III, AND COURTNEY AUSTIN OF KANSAS CITY, MO.
 
GREAT GRANDSON:    STEPHEN LANSDALE OF KANSAS CITY, MO.
 
GREAT GRANDDAUGHTER:     BRITTANY SHIPLEY OF KANSAS CITY, MO.
 
SISTERS:     WELO JACKSON OF RAYTOWN, MO.
                       ZORA FAYE YOUNGBLOOD OF ANDREWS, TX.
 
 
     PRECEDED IN DEATH BY
 
PARENTS:     DERIAS AND OLLIE MAY BOND.
  
 
DATE OF SERVICES:    THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1998 AT 2:00 P.M.
PLACE OF SERVICES:     STRINGTOWN BAPTIST CHURCH ~ STRINGTOWN, OK.
 
INTERMENT:     MT. OLIVE CEMETERY ~ STRINGTOWN, OK.
 
OFFICIATING:     REV. JOEY LANSDALE.
ASSISTING:     JACK AND JOHNNY LANSDALE.
 
CASKETBEARERS:     CLIFFORD AUSTIN III, JOSHUA LANSDALE, JACOB LANSDALE, JACOB M. LANSDALE, THOMAS LANSDALE, JERRY LANSDALE.
 
HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:    BILL BENNIGHT, JOE BLANKENSHIP,  H. D. BLANKENSHIP.
 
 
 
 
NAME:      LAUREN MARIE MORRIS, INFANT DAUGHTER OF JERREL MORRIS AND KERRI HARRISON OF ATOKA, OK.
 
PASSED AWAY:     AT BIRTH ON TUESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1998 AT THE MEDICAL CENTER OF SE OKLAHOMA IN DURANT.
 
 
       SURVIVED BY
 
PARENTS:     JERREL LEN MORRIS AND KERRI HARRISON  OF ATOKA, OK.
 
GRANDPARENTS:      JERREL AND OLETA MORRIS OF TUSHKA, OK.
                                       BOB HARRISON OF CARAWAY, AR.
                                       THELMA HARRISON OF ATOKA, OK.
 
GREAT GRANDMOTHER:     MICKEY BELL McGINTY OF ATOKA, OK.
 
 
     PRECEDED IN DEATH BY
 
GREAT GRANDPARENTS:      THOMAS OSCAR McGINTY.
                                                     CLAUDE LEE NUTALL.
                                                     LENA MAE HAMPTON.
                                                     JIM AND BERNICE MORRIS.
  
 
DATE OF SERVICES:      FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1998 AT 2:00 P.M.
PLACE OF SERVICES:     GRAVESIDE SERVICES.
 
INTERMENT:     BENTLEY CEMTERY ~ BENTLEY, OK.
 
OFFICIATING:     REV. BOB JOHNSON.
 
 
 
 
NAME:        BRENDA JOYCE (NORMAN) DAVIS, AGE 47, OF WAPANUCKA, OK.
 
BORN:      MARCH 16, 1951 AT YELLVILLE, ARKANSAS TO MARION F. AND NANCY (CLARK) NORMAN.
 
PASSED AWAY:     THURSDAY OCTOBER 22, 1998 AT WAPANUCKA, OK.
 
AGE:     47 YEARS    7 MONTHS    AND   6 DAYS
 
EDUCATION:     GRADUATED IN 1969 FROM YELLVILLE high school AND ATTENDED NURSING SCHOOL THERE.
 
MARRIED:     GERALD DAVIS ON DECEMBER 24, 1971 IN ARKANSAS.
                       DON FOSTER ON JULY 12, 1983 AT LAS VEGAS, Nv.
 
OCCUPATION:    she was AN LPN AND WORKED AS A NURSE IN YELLVILLE, AR.
 
SHE HAD ATTENDED THE WAPANUCKA BAPTIST CHURCH.  SHE MOVED TO WAPANUCKA SOME 4 YEARS AGO FROM ARIZONA. SHE WAS A MEMBER IN THE WAPANUCKA FOUNDATION.
 
 
     SURVIVED BY
 
CHILDREN:      LORI ANNETTE ABLES AND HUSBAND BOBBY OF TRONA, CA.
                           ADAM AND MICHAEL FOSTER OF WAPANUCKA, OK.
                           DUSTIN LEE NORMAN OF WAPANUCKA, OK.
 
BROTHERS:      FLOYD NORMAN AND WIFE JO OF HOUSTON, TX.
                             MARVIN LEE NORMAN AND WIFE BARBARA OF GASSVILLE, AR.
                             CHARLES NORMAN OF TRONA, CA.
                             GARY WAYNE NORMAN OF GASSVILLE, AR.
 
SISTERS:     OPAL JUNE JONES AND HUSBAND ARTHUR OF GREENWOOD, MS.
                       HELEN RAE REYNOLDS OF DALLAS, TX.
 
 
       preceded in death by
 
PARENTS:     MARION AND NANCY NORMAN.
HUSBAND:     DON FOSTER.
SISTER:    RUTH DELEON.
BROTHER:     DARVIN NORMAN.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:    WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1998 AT 10:00 A.M.
PLACE OF SERVICES:     GRAVESIDE SERVICES.
 
INTERMENT:     AT ROSE HILL CEMETERY ~ WAPANUCKA, OK.
 
OFFICIATING:     REV. LARRY SCHOONOVER.
 
CASKETBEARERS:   RICKY ABLES, DONNY ABLES, ERIC HARDISON, BRUCE REEDER, JIM MILLER, TOMMY REEDER, RONALD DALE RAY.
 
HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:    GARY NORMAN, RAY DAVIS, CHARLES NORMAN, MARVIN NORMAN, FLOYD NORMAN.
 
 
 
 
NAME:      BENJAMIN FRANKLIN “BENNIE” PARKHILL, AGE 73, LONGTIME TUSHKA RESIDENT.
 
BORN:      OCTOBER 24, 1924 AT HANNAH, OKLAHOMA TO HOMER LEE PARKHILL AND ELIZABETH ANGELINE (MANION) PARKHILL.
 
PASSED AWAY:     FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1998 AT TEXOMA MEDICAL CENTER IN DENISON, TX.
AGE:     73 YEARS   11 MONTHS    AND   28 DAYS
 
EDUCATION:     ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT WARDVILLE, SHADY GROVE, AND BULL HILL.
 
MARRIED:     EMMA GRIFFITH.
 
OCCUPATION:      TRUCK DRIVER.
 
CHURCH AFFILIATION:      WAPANUCKA FULL GOSPEL CHURCH.
 
BENNY SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE U. S. NAVY DURING WORLD WAR II.
 
 
     SURVIVED BY
 
CHILDREN:      MARY SMOCK AND HUSBANDJERRY OF OKLAHOMA CITY.
                           PAULETTE FLOYD AND HUSBAND JASPER OF CHANNELVIEW, TX.
                           ANGELA PARKHILL AND HUSBAND GREG RALLS OF STRINGTOWN, OK.
                           BRIAN PARKHILL AND CHERRY SCKAGGS OF OKLAHOMA CITY.
 
GRANDCHILDREN:     JEREMY, EDDIE AND JIMMY SMOCK OF OKLAHOMA CITY.
                                         TIMOTHY PACE OF GRAND JUNCTION, CO.
                                         MATTHEW MINCHER AND NATHANAEL FLOYD OF CHANNELVIEW, TX.
 
SISTER:    RUBY CANNON OF TUSHKA, OK.
 
 
     PRECEDED IN DEATH BY
 
PARENTS:     HOMER AND ELIZABETH PARKHILL.
GRANDSON:    BRYANT PARKHILL.
BROTHERS:    JOHNNY PARKHILL AND FRED PARKHILL.
SISTER:    LILLIE MAE PARKHILL.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:    SUNDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1998 AT 3:00 P.M.
PLACE OF SERVICES:     GRAVESIDE SERVICES.
 
INTERMENT:     STRINGTOWN CEMETERY ~ STRINGTOWN, OK.
 
OFFICIATING:     REV. CLAUDE BUIE.
 
CASKETBEARERS:     RAY TAYLOR, TEDDY BURLESON, JAMES BURLESON, DUANE CANNON, JAMES HOWARD, JERRY CANNON.
 
HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:    JACK MANION, HARVEY MANION, THOMAS MANION, FARRIS SELF.
 
 
 
 
NAME:      LEWIS H. BRUMMETT, AGE 78, A LONGTIME CENTRAHOMA RESIDENT.
 
BORN:    JANUARY 28, 1920 NEAR LINDSEY, OKLAHOMA TO GEORGE AND LUCY (AVANT) BRUMMETT.
 
PASSED AWAY:     SUNDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1998 AT HIS HOME NEAR CENTRAHOMA, OK.
AGE:     78  YEARS   8 MONTHS    AND   27 DAYS
 
EDUCATION:     ATTENDED LITTLE RIVER SCHOOLS IN CLEVELAND COUNTY, OK.
 
MARRIED:     GENEVA BOLAND ON SEPTEMBER 14, 1942 AT COALGATE, OK.
 
OCCUPATION:    A FARMER AND RANCHER AND WAS A LONGTIME MEMBER OF THE LABORERS INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA. HE HAD WORKED MANY YEARS IN CALIFORNIA IN CONSTRUCTION AND IN THE TIMBER INDUSTRY, RETIRING IN 1978.
 
 
     SURVIVED BY
 
WIFE:    GENEVA  OF  THE HOME NEAR CENTRAHOMA, OK.
 
SON:   RONALD GENE BRUMETT OF OXNARD, CA.
 
GRANDCHILDREN:     JIMMIE BRUMMETT OF FT. COBB, OK.
                                         JEFF BRUMMETT OF FRESNO, CA.
                                         RHONDA BRUMMETT OF HANFORD, CA.
 
BROTHER:     FLOYD BRUMMETT AND WIFE IMOGENE OF CENTRAHOMA, OK.
 
SISTER:      MARY HART AND HUSBAND R. C. OF SHAWNEE, OK.
 
 
     PRECEDED IN DEATH BY
 
PARENTS:     GEORGE  AND LUCY BRUMMETT.
SON:     DELMER BRUMMETT.
SISTERS:     DELLA HAGGY, JESSIE ROSELUES, AND BEATRICE HAGGY.
BROTHERS:    LLOYD AND MELVIN RILEY BRUMMETT.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:    TUESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1998 AT 2:00 P.M.
PLACE OF SERVICES:     CENTRAHOMA BAPTIST CHURCH ~ CENTRAHOMA, OK.
 
INTERMENT:     CENTRAHOMA CEMETERY ~ COAL COUNTY, OK.
 
OFFICIATING:   REV. DOUGLAS WEST.
ASSISTING:   REV. DUB BOLAND.
 
CASKETBEARERS:   RONNIE JANDA, TERRY JANDA, GARY HART, MALCOM BRUMMETT, R. C. HART, EUGENE THOMAS.
 
HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:    MIKE JANDA, JACK JONES, CLARK COGBURN, JIMMY PARKER.
 
 
 
 
NAME:      WILLIE IRENE KENNEDY PERRY, AGE 86, OF LOVINGTON, NEW MEXICO.
 
BORN:    APRIL 12, 1912 AT LONE GROVE, OKLAHOMA TO ANDREW AND FELONA (GREER) KENNEDY.
 
PASSED AWAY:     SATURDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1998 AT GOOD SAMARITAN NURSING HOME IN LOVINGTON, NM.
AGE:     86 YEARS    6 MONTHS   AND   19 DAYS
 
MARRIED:     CLINTON A. PERRY ON JUNE 5, 1930  AT ADA, OK.
 
CHURCH AFFILIATION:    CHURCH OF CHRIST.
 
SHE HAD LIVED IN THE COLEMAN-ENTERPRISE AREA WHEN SHE WAS A YOUNG GIRL.  SHE LATER LIVED IN THE SULPHUR AREA AND MOVED TO EUNICE, NM IN 1978.
 
 
     SURVIVED BY
 
CHILDREN:      BILL AND WIFE TOMMIE PERRY OF KINGSLAND, TX.
                           DARLENE BAYES AND HUSBAND JOE OF EUNICE, NM.
 
6 GRANDCHILDREN, 6 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, 1 GREAT GREAT GRANDCHILD.
 
 
     PRECEDED IN DEATH BY
 
PARENTS:     ANDREW AND FELONA KENNEDY.
GRANDSON:    KEVIN PERRY IN 1981.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:    MONDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1998 AT 4:00 P.M.
PLACE OF SERVICES:     GRAVESIDE SERVICES.
 
INTERMENT:     ENTERPRISE CEMETERY ~ COLEMAN, OK.
 
OFFICIATING:     TANDY TROUTMAN.
 
 
 
 
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