October, 1997 Memorials
 
 
 
 
NAME:      IRVIN  COLE, AGE 70, LONGTIME RESIDENT OF ATOKA COUNTY.
 
BORN:      JUNE 12, 1927 AT COALGATE, OK TO ANICE AND AURORA (NOAH) COLE.
 
PASSED AWAY:     WEDNEsDAY AFTERNOON , OCTOBER 1, 1997 AT TEXOMA MEDical CENTER in DENISON, TX.
AGE:     70  YEARS   3  MONTHS    AND   20 DAYS
 
EDUCATION:     ATTENDED SCHOOLS  AT MOWDY IN COAL COUNTY.
 
MARRIED:     NORMA  RUTH SCOTT ON JUNE 20, 1970 AT ATOKA, OK.
 
OCCUPATION:    HE WORKED A NUMBER OF YEARS FOR THE MUNGLE DAIRY
 
church affiliation:    MEMBER OF THE COAL CREEK CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH WHERE HE HAS BEEN THEIR SONG LEADER A NUMBER OF YEARS.
 
IRVIN WAS ALSO THE CHAIRPERSON FOR THE CHOCTAW MEN’S FELLOWSHIP.
 
 
     SURVIVED BY
 
WIFE:      NORMA cole OF THE HOME NEAR ATOKA, ok.
 
CHILDREN:      LORENE SCOTT OF TUPELO, OK.
                           ERNEST LEE COLE OF WARDVILLE, OK.
                           SHERMAN COLE OF WARDVILLE, OK.
                           IRVIN COLE JR. OF WARDVILLE, OK.
                           TERRY COLE AND WIFE PAMELA OF DALLAS, TX.
                           PAT MAYER AND HUSBAND EDWARD OF  COALGATE, OK.
                           REGINA ANDERSON OF ADA, OK.
                           DONNA MAYO AND HUSBAND EUGENE OF ATOKA, OK.
                           ANTHONY COLE OF THE HOME NEAR ATOKA.
 
10 GRANDCHILDREN, 9 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.
 
SISTER:    JANE JAMES AND HUSBAND HENRY OF WARDVILLE, OK.
 
BROTHER-IN-LAW:      HENRY MOORE OF WARDVILLE, OK.
 
SISTER-IN-LAW:     EVELYN COLE OF DURANT, OK.
 
 
     PRECEDED IN DEATH BY
 
PARENTS:     ANICE AND AURORA COLE.
SISTER:      ISABINDA MOORE.
BROTHERS:    WILSON, JAMES COLEMAN, AND MORGAN COLE.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:    SATURDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1997 AT 2:00 P.M.
PLACE OF SERVICES:     COAL CREEK CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. 
 
INTERMENT:     COAL CREEK CEMETERY
 
OFFICIATING:     REV. DAVE IMPSON. 
ASSISTED BY:     REV LARRY CRAWFORD.
 
CASKETBEARERS:     EUGENE LANG, QUAID SCOTT, LARRY COLE, RICHARD SCOTT, PRESTON COLE, MARK COLE, JOHNNY COOPER.
 
HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:    HENRY MOORE, STEVE SCOTT, CHARLIE SCOTT, JONAS JOHNSON, LEROY SCOTT, ABRAHAM LeFLORE AND J. V. NEWBERRY.
 
 
 
 
NAME:      JEWELL MAE (BARNHILL) THOMPSON, AGE 97, OF ATOKA COLONIAL MANOR, FORMERLY LONGTIME STRINGTOWN AREA RESIDENT.
BORN:    AUGUST 20, 1900 AT KIOWA, OKLA TO SAM AND ADA (LAYNE)  BARNHILL.
 
PASSED AWAY:     SATURDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1997 AT ATOKA MEMORIAL  HOSPITAL.
AGE:   97 YEARS     1 MONTH    AND    14  DAYS 
 
EDUCATION:     ATTENDED KIOWA SCHOOLS.
 
MARRIED:     JOE THOMPSON ON JULY  6, 1921 AT KIOWA, OK.
 
OCCUPATION:    HOMEMAKER AND HOUSEWIFE.
 
CHURCH AFFILIATION:      MEMBER OF THE STRINGTOWN BAPTIST CHURCH, PRIOR TO HER AFFILiATION THERE SHE WAS A LONGTIME MEMBER OF THE BETHEL BAPTIST CHURCH WHERE SHE WAS PIANIST MANY YEARS.
 
SHE WAS VERY ACTIVE WITH THE SENIOR CITiZENS CENTER AT STRINGTOWN WHEN HER HEALTH PERMITTED.
 
 
     SURVIVED BY
 
SON:     LESLIE THOMPSON AND WIFE IMOGENE of STRINGTOWN, OK.
 
DAUGHTER:    SYNTHIA WILLS OF ATOKA, OK.
 
10 GRANDCHILDREN, 21 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN AND 13 GREAT GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.
 
BROTHER:     HOWARD BARNHILL OF TEXAS.
 
SISTERS:     LILLIE WILLIAMS   (AGE 102) OF LUBBOCK, Tx.
                       OPAL FREEMAN OF TRENT, Tx.
 
DAUGHTERS-IN-LAW:      FLORENCE THOMPSON OF INDIANOLA, OK.
                                               MAXINE THOMPSON WILSON OF STRINGTOWN, OK.
 
 
     PRECEDED IN DEATH BY
 
HUSBAND:   JOE THOMPSON ON FEBRUARY 12, 1982.
PARENTS:     SAM AND ADA BARNHILL.
SONS:    EUGENE AND ROY THOMPSON
GRANDSON:    GARY THOMPSON.
GREAT GRANDSON:    MICHAEL SAUER.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:    TUESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1997 AT 2:00 P.M.
PLACE OF SERVICES:     STRINGTOWN BAPTIST CHURCH.
 
INTERMENT:     GREEN MEADOWS CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK.
 
OFFICIATING:     REV. LOYD THOMPSON
 
CASKETBEARERS:     EDDIE THOMPSON, JOE DANIEL, BILLY DUCKWORTH, JOHN BALL, TOM LACKEY, ROGER WILLS, KEITH QUAID.
 
HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:    JOE DALE WILLS, GREGG CONN, LANCE DUCKWORTH, BARRY DANIEL, KEITH SMITH, TONY POTTS, GLEN BEDWELL, KEVIN QUAID, KYLE QUAID, JEFF BALL JASON BALL, MICHAEL VERNER, FARHOD BAGHERPOUR, RON LEDFORD.
 
 
 
 
NAME:      BENJAMIN SHELTON POUNDS, AGE 75, LONGTIME RESIDENT OF TUSHKA, OK.
 
BORN:      FEBRUARY 13, 1922 AT MILLER, OKLAHOMA TO PAUL OSCAR AND JULIA (SMITH) POUNDs.
 
PASSED AWAY:     SUNDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1997 NORMAN REGIONAL HOSPITAL IN NORMAN, OK.
AGE:   75 YEARS     7 MONTHS     AND     22  DAYS.
 
EDUCATION:   ATTENDED SCHOOLS IN PUSHMATAHA COUNTY, OK.
 
MARRIED:     EDITH MARIE THURMAN ON NOVEMBER 1, 1952 AT DeQUEEN, AR.
 
OCCUPATION:    CARPENTER.
 
CHURCH AFFILIATION:    MEMBER OF THE BOGGY DEPOT BAPTIST CHURCH.  HE WAS AN ORDAINED DEACON OF THE BAPTIST CHURCH.
 
BEN SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE U. S. ARMY DURING WORLD WAR II.  HE LOVED MUSIC AND COULD PLAY ALMOST ANY INSTRUMENT, AS WELL.
 
 
     SURVIVED BY
 
CHILDREN:      ELAINE COLLUM AND HUSBAND LES OF ATOKA, OK.
                           LINDON POUNDS AND WIFE LISA OF WAYNE, OK.
 
GRANDCHILDREN:     TRYNA DAVISON OF COLEMAN, OK.
                                         TRISTAN POUNDS OF WAYNE, OK.
                                         KATIE POUNDS OF WAYNE, OK.
                                         QUINTON POUNDS OF WAYNE, OK.
 
GREAT GRANDCHILDREN:     RYAN DAVISON OF COLEMAN, OK.
                                                         KATHRYN DAVISON OF COLEMAN, OK.
 
BROTHERS:    WINFRED POUND OF ARCADIA, CA.
                           JUNIOR POUND OF OLETA, OK.
                           J. G. POUND OF TUSHKA, OK.
 
SISTERS:     CECIL LAMB OF OKLAHOMA CITY, OK.
                       STELLA THURMAN OF PURCELL, OK.
 
 
     PRECEDED IN DEATH BY
 
WIFE:    EDITH POUNDS ON JULY 8, 1994.  
PARENTS:   PAUL AND JULIA POUND.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:    TUESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1997 AT 10:00 A.M.
PLACE OF SERVICES:     GRAVESIDE SERVICES.
 
INTERMENT:     CANEY CEMETERY ~ caney, ok.
 
OFFICIATING:     REV. BOB JOHNSON.
 
CASKETBEARERS:   GRANT DAVISON, ROBERT LAMB, TOMMY LAMB, DALE POUND, BRENT THURMAN, LEROY THURMAN, JR.
 
 
 
 
NAME:      WESLEY ADAIR WILLEBY, AGE 66, LONGTIME RESIDENT OF CANEY, OK.
 
BORN:    JULY 24, 1931 AT ENTERPRISE, OK TO LEWIS AND VERNIA (OVERSTREET) WILLEBY.
 
PASSED AWAY:     SUNDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1997 AT MEDICAL CENTER OF SE OKLAHOMA AT DURANT.
AGE:     66 YEARS    2 MONTHS     AND   11 DAYS 
 
EDUCATION:     ATTENDED BOGGY DEPOT SCHOOLS.
 
MARRIED:     NEVER MARRIED.
 
OCCUPATION:    DISABLED.
 
CHURCH AFFILIATION:    MEMBER OF CANEY FREEWILL BAPTIST CHURCH.
 
 
     SURVIVED BY
 
MOTHER:      VERNIA WILLEBY OF CANEY, OK.
 
BROTHERS:      ROBERT WILLEBY AND WIFE GENE OF IDABELL, OK.
                             D. L. WILLEBY AND WIFE LAVETTA OF ELMORE CITY, OK.
                             CHESTER WILLEBY OF CANEY, OK.
                             TRAVIS WILLEBY OF BARTLESVILLE, OK.
 
SISTERS:     VINNIE COOK AND HUSBAND CLARENCE OF PURCELL, OK.
                       SHIRLEY YATES AND HUSBAND BOBBY OF CANEY, OK.
                       BILLIE DAVIS AND HUSBAND RAYMOND OF ATOKA, OK.
                       BETTY DANIEL AND HUSBAND CLEO OF COLEMAN, OK.
                       DARLENE CROWELL AND HUSBAND DWAYNE OF CANEY, OK.
                       NOEL GREGORY AND HUSBAND WARREN OF CANEY, OK.
                       BRENDA McININCH AND HUSBAND CLIFFORD OF CANEY, OK.
                       SANDRA GREGORY OF CANEY, OK.
 
 
     PRECEDED IN DEATH BY
 
FATHER:    LEWIS WILLEBY.
SISTER:      RUTH COOK.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:    WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1997 AT 2:00 P.M.
PLACE OF SERVICES:     CANEY FREEWILL BAPTIST CHURCH.
 
INTERMENT:     PERKINS CEMETERY ~ CANEY, OK.
 
OFFICIATING:     REV. BOB JOHNSON.
 
CASKETBEARERS:   CLEO DANIEL JR, RAY DAVIS, KENNY TAYLOR, JOE DALE PIRTLE, STEVE WILLEBY, RICHARD HARKEY, JOHNNY WILLEBY.
 
 
 
 
NAME:    JACOB  MIKE WALL, AGE 81, RESIDENT OF CENTERPOINT COMMUNITY, ATOKA COUNTY, OK.
 
BORN:    SEPTEMBER 23, 1916 AT SPICEWOOD, TEXAS TO WILLIAM HERMAN AND LENORA (DENISTON) WALL.
 
PASSED AWAY:     TUESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1997 AT HIS CENTERPOINT RESIDENCE.
AGE:     81 YEARS     0 MONTHS     AND   14 DAYS
 
EDUCATION:     ATTENDED SPICEWOOD AND BERTRAM SCHOOLS IN TEXAS
 
MARRIED:     WINONA HEINE ON OCTOBER 15, 1940 AT BERTRAM, TX.
 
OCCUPATION:      FARMER and RANCHER.
 
CHURCH AFFILIATION:      MEMBER OF BAPTIST CHURCH IN SPICEWOOD, Tx.
 
 
     SURVIVED BY
 
WIFE:      WINONA WALL OF CENTERPOINT, FORMERLY OF CADDO, OK.
 
DAUGHTERS:     REBECCA “BECKY” EARL and HUSBAND ROBERT OF DUBLIN, Tx.
                               PEGGY SHERRER OF TULSA, OK.
                               LAVERNE MARSON and HUSBAND PAT OF PORTLAND, OR.
 
SON:     MIKE JUNIOR WALL OF THE HOME.
 
11 GRANDCHILDREN,  5 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.
 
SISTERS:     IMA LEE LIND OF AUSTIN, Tx.
                       EVELYN HAYDON OF LIBERTY HILL, Tx.
 
 
     PRECEDED IN DEATH BY
 
PARENTS:     WILLIAM HERMAN and LENORA WALL.
1 GRANDDAUGHTER.
10 BROTHERS AND SISTERS.
        
 
DATE OF SERVICES:    SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1997 AT 1:00 P.M.
PLACE OF SERVICES:     GRAVESIDE.
 
INTERMENT:     ROCKVALE CEMETERY NEAR SPICEWOOD, burnet county, Tx.
 
OFFICIATING:     BRO.  MAX COPELAND.
 
CASKETBEARERS:   SONS-IN-LAW AND GRANDSONS.
 
 
 
 
NAME:      DOUGLAS BLAKE SELF, AGE 13, OF ATOKA, OK.
 
BORN:    APRIL 3, 1984 AT MUSKOGEE, OK TO JOHNNY DOUGLAS AND NANCY S. (JONES) WALLACE.
 
PASSED AWAY:   THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1997 AT LAKE CITY MEDICAL CENTER IN LAKE CITY, CO.
AGE:     13  YEARS     6 MONTHS     AND     6  DAYS
 
EDUCATION:     ATTENDING LANE SCHOOL IN ATOKA COUNTY.
 
CHURCH AFFILIATION:    MEMBER OF FARRIS CHURCH OF CHRIST.
 
VICE-PRESIDENT OF SOUTHEAST DISTRICT 4-H; PRESIDENT OF LANE 4-H CLUB;  1997 FIRST PLACE WINNER OF THE OKLAHOMA ACADEMY OF JUNIOR SCIENCE.
 
 
     SURVIVED BY
 
PARENTS:     DOUG SELF AND WIFE MARIANNE OF STRINGTOWN, OK.
                         NANCY WALLACE AND HUSBAND ERIC OF LANE, OK.
 
SISTERS:     KACI SELF OF ATOKA, OK.
                       DESTINY SELF OF STRINGTOWN, OK.
 
MATERNAL GRANDPARENTS:     MARY AND DAN ISOM OF KIOWA, OK.
                                                             UDELL JONES OF LANE, OK.
                                                             LEON AND VONDELL JONES OF LANE, OK.
 
PATERNAL GRANDPARENTS:     JOHNNY AND ZELMA SELF OF STRINGTOWN, OK.
                                                             ED and JOAN WALLACE OF ANTLERS, OK.
                                                             TY and DEAN BOWMAN OF CANADIAN, OK.
 
GREAT GRANDPARENTS:    LAVADA HAMMOND OF FARRIS, OK.
                                                     VERDIA MAE JONES OF ATOKA, OK.
                                                     FLORENCE LEMONS OF KIOWA, OK.
                                                     FLORA ISOM OF DAISY, OK.
 
 
     PRECEDED IN DEATH BY
 
GREAT GRANDPARENTS:    EARL t. JONES on june 16, 1994.
                                                     ROBERT HAMMOND.
                                                     ERNEST LEMONS on november 22, 1993.
                                                     ADOLPHUS ISOM.
                                                     JACK (january 20, 2000) and MARY SELF.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:    SUNDAY,  OCTOBER 12, 1997 AT 3:00 P.M.
PLACE OF SERVICES:     LANE SCHOOL GYMNASIUM ~ LANE, OK.
 
INTERMENT:     BUTLER CEMTERY ~ LANE, OK.
 
OFFICIATING:     ANDY ROGERS.
ASSISTING:     ED WALLACE  AND BARTT BRADFORD.
 
CASKETBEARERS:     TERRY REECE, TOBY ISOM, HOWELL MAGBY, BILLY REEVES, KEVIN HOLSTINE, MIKE WALLACE, JODY HOUSE, PHILLIP SELF.
 
HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:    RANDY WILLIS, CHAD REEVES, TODD MAGBY, RICKY BURKHALTER, ROWDY JONES, MARSHALL REEVES, J.T. HOLSTINE, ADAM SEAMORE, JAY REEVES, JOHN HOLSTINE, STEVE HEARD, RICKY HEARD, DOUG RANEY, EDDIE RANEY, BRIAN GIVENS, RICKY GIVENS.
 
 
 
 
NAME:      ANNIE (TOMLINSON) FRENCH, AGE 74, OF THE TUSHKA, OK AREA.
 
BORN:    NOVEMBER 2, 1922 AT MILLER, OK TO JASPER NEWTON AND PEARL (STIDMAN) TOMLINSON.
 
PASSED AWAY:   SATURDAY   OCTOBER 11, 1997  AT PLANO, TEXAS
AGE:     74  YEARS   11 MONTHS   9  DAYS 
 
EDUCATION:     ATTENDED GRADE SCHOOL AT BENTLEY AND GRADUATED FROM ATOKA HIGH SCHOOL WITH THE CLASS OF 1942. SHE LATER RECIEVED HER TEACHING CERTIFICATE AND TAUGHT SEVERAL YEARS.
 
MARRIED:     EVERETT EUGENE FRENCH ON AUGUST 7, 1948 AT DENISON, TX.
 
OCCUPATION:    SHE WAS A HOUSEWIFE AND HOMEMAKER. SHE ALSO TAUGHT SCHOOL EARLIER IN HER LIFE.
 
CHURCH AFFILIATION:    METHODIST FAITH.
 
 
     SURVIVED BY
 
HUSBAND:     EVERETT french OF THE HOME NEAR TUSHKA, ok.
 
DAUGHTER:    PATRICIA ANN FRENCH OF DALLAS, Tx.
 
SON:     STEVEN FRENCH OF ATOKA, ok.
 
 
     PRECEDED IN DEATH BY
 
PARENTS:     JASPER AND PEARL TOMLINSON.
BROTHERS:    HERSHAL, JESSIE, AND MONROE TOMLINSON.
SISTERS:     CALLIE ROZETTA JONES, HESSIE GAMMON, LUCILLE OWENS AND DINA MAE BAGBY.
          
 
DATE OF SERVICES:      TUESDAY OCTOBER 14, 1997 AT 2:00 P.M.
PLACE OF SERVICES:     GRAVESIDE SERVICES.
 
INTERMENT:     WARDS CHAPEL CEMETERY.
 
OFFICIATING:     REV. TOM HARGRAVE
 
CASKETBEARERS:     BOBBY TOMLINSON, TOMMY TOMLINSON, DANNY TOMLINSON, LEO AMES, J. R. COOKSEY, DAVID McININCH.
 
 
 
 
NAME:      CIERRA RENAY FARMER, INFANT DAUGHTER OF RAY AND DANA FARMER OF STRINGTOWN.
 
BORN:    SEPTEMBER 30, 1997 AT ADA, OK.
 
PASSED AWAY:     TUESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1997 AT CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL IN OKLAHOMA CITY.
AGE:       0 YEARS     0 MONTHS   AND    15 DAYS
 
 
     SURVIVED BY
 
PARENTS:     LONNIE RAY III AND DANA LOIS (RICHARDSON) FARMER OF THE HOME IN STRINGTOWN, ok.
 
BROTHER:     SHAKOTA RAY FARMER OF THE HOME IN STRINGTOWN, OK.
 
PATERNAL GRANDPARENTS:     LONNIE AND IDA FARMER OF CHINLE, AZ.
 
MATERNAL GRANDPARENTS:     RAY AND NADINE FOALE OF STRINGTOWN, OK.
 
PATERNAL GREAT GRANDPARENTS:     ODESSA MAE FARMER OF STRINGTOWN, OK.
                                                                             CHARLIE AND PAULINE CLAW OF CHINLE, AZ.
 
MATERNAL GREAT GRANDPARENTS:     VIRGIE PAULINE PARKER OF STRINGTOWN, OK.
                                                                             NOVELLA RICHARDSON OF McALESTER, OK.
 
PATERNAL GREAT GREAT GRANDMOTHER:    JEWEL WILSON.
 
UNCLE AND GOD FATHER:      BRIAN RICHARDSON OF STRINGTOWN, OK.
 
AUNTS:     JENNIFER GRIMSLEY OF ATOKA, OK.
                   DENISE SPANIEL OF KEMP, TX.
                   KAREN WEBB OF TOLAR, TX.
 
 
     PRECEDED IN DEATH BY
 
GREAT GRANDFATHERS:    LONNIE FARMER, T. C. ALLEN, AND LEWIS RICHARDSON.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:    FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1997 AT 2:00 P.M.
PLACE OF SERVICES:     FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH ~ STRINGTOWN, ok.
 
INTERMENT:     BERA CEMETERY ~ HARMONY COMMUNITY EAST OF ATOKA, OK.
 
OFFICIATING:     REV. JAMES CROWSON.
ASSISTING:     BARTT BRADFORD
 
CASKETBEARERS:     BRIAN GRIMSLEY, JUSTIN RICHARDSON.
 
HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:    RONNIE MARLEY, JOHN CURRY.
 
 
 
 
NAME:      PEARL LUCILLE (BILLINGSLEY) BAGWELL, AGE 85, LONGTIME ATOKA COUNTY RESIDENT.
 
BORN:    OCTOBER 2, 1900 MULLIN, TEXAS TO WALTER KIMBRO AND CUMA PERNICIA (HALFORD) BILLINGSLEY.
 
PASSED AWAY:     THURSDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1997 AT ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.
AGE:     97 YEARS    0 MONTHS   AND 14 DAYS.
 
EDUCATION:     ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT KENEFIC, OK.
 
MARRIED:     AMOS ROY BAGWELL ON AUGUST 12, 1918 AT CADDO, OK.
 
OCCUPATION:    SHE WAS A HOUSEWIFE.
 
CHURCH AFFILIATION:    MEMBER OF FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH IN ATOKA, OK.
 
SHE WAS A LIFELONG METHODIST AND MEMBER OF THE CADDO ORDER OF EASTERN STAR.
 
 
     SURVIVED BY
 
DAUGHTER:    PATRICIA TRAMELL AND HUSBAND BEN OF ATOKA, ok.
 
GRANDCHILDREN:     JERRY ANN ASPER AND HUSBAND DENNIS OF OKLAHOMA CITY.
                                         TERRY JAN PARTAIN AND HUSBAND DONALD OF ERICK, OK.
                                         JOHN TRAMELL OF ATOKA, OK.
                                         ROBERT TRAMELL OF ATOKA, OK.
                                         LINDA NICKLES AND HUSBAND MARTY OF TOPEKA, KS.
 
GREAT GRANDCHILDREN:     KRISTINA ASPER, MELISSA ASPER, JOHN ASPER, JUNIOR PARTAIN, ANDY PARTAIN, DILLON PARTAIN, AND
                                                       MELINDA LEE NICKLES.
 
 
     PRECEDED IN DEATH
 
PARENTS:     WALTER AND CUMA “COMA” BILLINGSLEY.
HUSBAND:     AMOS BAGWELL ON MARCH 21, 1980.
DAUGHTER:    JUANITA ROGERS.
BROTHER:     MONROE BILLINGSLEY.
STEP MOTHER:     GUSSIE BILLINGSLEY.
STEP BROTHERS:     VOYLE AND CARL BILLINGSLEY.
STEP SISTER:     OLETA BILLINGSLEY.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:    MONDAY,  OCTOBER 20, 1997 AT 10:00 A.M.
PLACE OF SERVICES:     BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA
 
OFFICIATING:     REV. DAN FLETCHER
 
INTERMENT:     RESTHAVEN MEMORIAL PARK ~  OKLAHOMA CITY.
 
GRAVESIDE COMMITTAL SERVICE:     MONDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1997 AT 3:00 P.M.
 
OFFICIATING:     DENNIS ASPER AND DONALD PARTAIN.
 
CASKETBEARERS:   JOHN TRAMELL, ROBERT TRAMELL, DENNIS ASPER, DONALD PARTAIN, JUNIOR PARTAIN, ANDY PARTAIN, JOHN ASPER, DILLON PARTAIN.
 
 
 
 
NAME:      ROYAL ADOLPHUS ADAIR, AGE 76, OF MIDLOTHIAN, TX, FORMERLY OF CANEY AND ATOKA.
 
BORN:    MARCH 8, 1921 NEAR CANEY, OK TO GEORGE MATTISON AND ERMA KATHERINE (GILBERT) ADAIR.
 
PASSED AWAY:     THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1997 AT DUNCANVILLE, TX.
AGE:     76 YEARS    7  MONTHS    AND    22 DAYS.
 
EDUCATION:     ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT CANEY AND ATOKA, OK.
 
MARRIED:     MINNIE MARIE SPARKS ON JUNE 14, 1941 AT COALGATE, OK.
 
OCCUPATION:    HE WORKED FOR TEXAS INDUSTRIES IN MIDLOTHIAN, TX FOR 26 YEARS, RETIRING IN 1986.
 
CHURCH AFFILIATION:    LONGTIME MEMBER OF THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH IN MIDLOTHIAN. ALOS A MEMBER OF MASONIC LODGE #584 IN MIDLOTHIAN.  HE WAS REARED IN ATOKA COUNTY, MOVED TO ADA FOR SEVERAL YEARS AND THEN TO MIDLOTHIAN IN 1969.
 
 
     SURVIVED BY
 
WIFE:      MINNIE adair OF THE HOME IN MIDLOTHIAN, tx.
 
CHILDREN:    LARRY DON ADAIR AND WIFE WANDA OF DERITTER, LA.
                           JUDY GALE LOWREY AND HUSBAND THOMAS OF SPRING HILL, KS.
                           SHEILA MARIE BRAY AND HUSBAND GARY OF MIDLOTHIAN, TX.
                           PHILLIP ROYAL ADAIR AND WIFE TERESA OF MIDLOTHIAN, TX.
 
9 GRANDCHILDREN, 4 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.
 
SISTERS:     BERNICE HUFFINES OF DALLAS, TX.
                       RUTHYLENE HALL AND HUSBAND RAY OF COLORADO SPRINGS, CO.
 
 
     PRECEDED IN DEATH
 
PARENTS:     GEORGE AND ERMA ADAIR.
SON:     GLENDALE ADAIR.
SISTERS:   GEORGIA LOU CHILDRESS, MYRTIE BYRUM, AND RUBY EMERT.
BROTHER:   JOE ADAIR.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:    SUNDAY,  NOVEMBER 2, 1997 AT 2:00 P.M.
PLACE OF SERVICES:     BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, ok.
 
INTERMENT:     STRINGTOWN CEMETERY ~ STRINGTOWN, OK.
 
OFFICIATING:     REV. BOB JOHNSON.
 
CASKETBEARERS:   (NEPHEWS)  BOBBY CHILDRESS, DALE BYRUM, GILBERT EMERT, MIKE ADAIR, DENNIS ADAIR, DALE STEPHENS.
 
 
 
 
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