NAME: FRANK OLSHOVSKY, AGE 78, KIOWA, OK RESIDENT SINCE 1960. BORN: FEBRUARY 19, 1918 AT YOKUM, TX TO RUDOLF AND ALBINA (LOWRY) OLSHOVSKY. PASSED AWAY: TUESDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1996 AT ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.AGE: 78 YEARS 7 MONTHS AND 12 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT YOKUM, TX. MARRIED: LONNIE MARIE REYNOLDS ON OCTOBER 21, 1947 IN MATAGORDA COUNTY, TX. OCCUPATION: HE WORKED AT THE U. S. NAVAL AMMUNITION DEPOT AT McALESTER, WORKING as ORDINANCE AND EXPLOSIVES HANDLER FOR 17 YEARS. CHURCH AFFILIATION: FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH IN KIOWA, OK. HE WORKED THE FAMILY FARM UNTIL JOINING THE U. S. ARMY AT AGE 24 ON OCTOBER 12, 1942. AFTER THE SERVICE HE WORKED AS A MECHANIC IN ANGLETON, TX, ALSO WORKED FOR THE TEXAS DEParTment OF TRANSPORTATION. HE LOVED TO TINKER WITH ANYTHING, RAISE HIS GARDEN, TAKE CARE OF CATTLE, AND FISH. SURVIVED BY WIFE: MARIE olshovsky OF THE HOME IN KIOWA, OK. SONS: CLYDE BEATY OF ANGLETON, TX. P. J. BEATY AND WIFE SHIRLEY OF ANGLETON, TX. JAKE BEATY OF ANGLETON, TX. JIMMY BEATY AND WIFE RHONDA OF HOUSTON, TX. DAUGHTERS: MIDGE BREZENA AND HUSBAND TONY OF BLESSING, TX. PATSY KILPATRICK OF HEMSTEAD, TX. MARTHA GALLARDO AND HUSBAND JESSIE OF KINGWOOD, TX. BETTY McFARLAND AND HUSBAND TOM OF KIOWA, OK. FRANKIE CROWSON AND HUSBAND JAMES OF ATOKA, OK. 17 GRANDSONS, 13 GRANDDAUGHTERS, 38 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, 1 GREAT GREAT GRANDCHILD. SISTERS: EMMA THOMPSON OF DANBERRY, TX. LILLIE PRASAK OF YOKUM, TX. DAUGHTERS-IN-LAW: DOROTHY BEATY OF ANGLETON, TX. NANCY BEATY OF HOUSTON, TX. JEAN BEATY OF CINTRONELLE, AL. OLLIE BETH DOUGLAS OF ANGELTON, TX. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: RUDOLF AND ALBINA OLSHOVSKY.SON: BILLY BEATY.SON-IN-LAW: PAT KILPATRICK.GRANDDAUGHTER: TRACY KOCH.BROTHERS: RUDY AND EDDIE OLSHOVSKY. BILL THOMPSON.
DATE OF SERVICES: FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1996 AT 1:00 P.M.PLACE OF SERVICES: DAYSPRING CHURCH ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: OAK HILL CEMETERY ~ McALESTER, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. JAMES CROWSON. CASKETBEARERS: (GRANDSONS) BRENT McFARLAND, COREY CROWSON, JIMMY BEATY, JESSE GALLARDO JR., RAY DVORAK, WES KILPATRICK, CLYDE BEATY JR., JAMES EARL PETERSON. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: (GRANDSONS) RONNIE AND GARY DVORAK, TODD AND BLAKE KILPATRICK, JEFF AND CHRIS GALLARDO, JOHNNY AND GLEN BEATY, BEAU BEATY.
NAME: ORAN F. FOWLER, AGE 84, COALGATE, OK RESIDENT, FORMERLY OF LEHIGH, OK. BORN: JUNE 14, 1912 AT KERNS, TX TO ROBERT “BOB” AND CLARA ESTELLE (DANIELS) FOWLER. PASSED AWAY: THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1996 AT MARY HURLEY HOSPITAL IN COALGATE, OK. AGE: 84 YEARS 3 MONTHS AND 19 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS IN COAL COUNTY, OK. MARRIED: EDNA MAE WEBB IN 1938 IN COAL COUNTY, OK. ELLA MAE WILLIAMS ON SEPTEMBER ON OCTOBER 21, 1947 IN WICHITA, KS. OCCUPATION: HE WAS A FARMER & RANCHER, TRUCKER, AND SCHOOL BUS DRIVER. CHURCH AFFILIATION: MEMBER OF SHILOH BAPTIST CHURCH AT LEHIGH, OK. ORAN WAS THE 10TH OF 13 CHILDREN, SHORTLY AFTER HIS BIRTH THE FAMILY MOVED TO OKLAHOMA. AS THE ELDEST SON, HE ASSUMED THE ROLE OF PROVIDER FOR HIS FAMILY AFTER HIS FATHER’S DEATH. HE SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE U. S. ARMY DURING WWII, ACHIEVING THE RANK OF COLONEL. HE WON RECOGNITION FOR HIS OUTSTANDING CROPS. HE WAS ACTIVE WORSHIPFUL MASTER IN THE EVERGREEN LODGE, AND WAS A 33RD DEGREE MASON WITH THE UNITED SUPREME COUNCIL. HE WAS ALSO THE FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN MEMBER OF THE LEHIGH CITY COUNCIL WHERE HE SERVED FOR MORE THAN 25 YEARS. HE WAS KNOWN FOR HIS SENSE OF HUMOR AND TALL TALES, KEEPING AUDIENCES RAPT WITH ATTENTION. SURVIVED BY WIFE: ELLA MAE fowler OF THE HOME IN LEHIGH, OK. SONS: MARVIN AUTRY AND WIFE ELVERA OF LOS ANGELES, CA. FORREST AUTRY AND WIFE RUBY OF LOS ANGELES, CA. DAUGHTER: LESSIE (FOWLER) LeSURE OF OKLAHOMA CITY. GRANDSONS: KARLOS AND DARRYL LeSURE OF OKLAHOMA CITY. GRANDDAUGHTER: INDIA AUTRY OF LOS ANGELES, CA. GREAT GRANDCHILDREN: SHAUNTE LACY, TRISTIAN LeSURE, AND KARLOS LeSURE II OF OKLAHOMA CITY. SISTER: PARALEE (FOWLER) PLEASANT OF ATOKA, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: ROBERT AND CLARA FOWLER.AN INFANT SON.FORMER WIFE: EDNA IN 1957.11 BROTHERS AND SISTERS.
DATE OF SERVICES: WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1996 AT 11:00 A.M.PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S FUNERAL SERVICE ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: MIDWAY CEMETERY ~ LEHIGH, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. WILBURN BRUNER OF GREATER CANON BAPTIST CHURCH ~ OKLAHOMA CITY.ASSISTING: REV. R. M. LEFFALL. CASKETBEARERS: DELBERT POWELL, CECIL HILL, CARL SPEARS, ARVARD McLELLAN, W. C. PULLIAM, BUCK DELOACH. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: FREDDY BRICE, DAVID LEE HOLT, ORLON HILL, WESLEY ESTEP, JACK BATES. FLOWER BEARERS: IDA L. McJUNKINS, VELVET LEE PERKINS, JACQUELYN FACION, JEWELL GAGE, CATHY WOODARD, BERNADINE PERKINS.
NAME: BRYAN HERSHEL TOMLINSON, AGE 71, BENTLEY RESIDENT, FORMERLY OF OKLAHOMA CITY. BORN: DECEMBER 1, 1924 AT MILLER, OK TO JASPER NEWTON AND PEARL (STIDMAN) TOMLINSON. PASSED AWAY: MONDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1996 AT HIS RESIDENCE IN BENTLEY.AGE: 71 YEARS 10 MONTHS AND 6 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT EAST ALLISON AND BENTLEY. MARRIED: CLARA MAE RAINS ON SEPTEMBER 8, 1950 AT ATOKA, OK. OCCUPATION: HE WAS A FARMER & RANCHER AND WAS RETIRED AFTER 26 YEARS FOR THE CITY OF OKLAHOMA CITY. ALSO WORKED IN LUMBER MILL IN CALIFORNIA FOR 4 YEARS AND WAS A MECHANIC. HE LOVED TO FISH AND GO TO BALLGAMES. SURVIVED BY WIFE: CLARA MAE tomlinson OF THE HOME IN BENTLEY, OK. CHILDREN: BOB TOMLINSON AND WIFE AUDREY OF NORMAN, OK. TOM TOMLINSON AND WIFE DEBBIE OF OKLAHOMA CITY. HERSHEL TOMLINSON OF OKLAHOMA CITY. SHARON PETERS AND HUSBAND FRANK OF JONES, OK. DANNY TOMLINSON OF ATOKA, OK. GRANDCHILDREN: TINA SUE CASSIL AND HUSBAND TIM. COURTNEY, SMANTHA, MARCUS, ANDREA, WHITNEY, CASY, TAYLOR, & BROOKE. GREAT GRANDDAUGHTER: BRANDY CASSIL SISTER: ANNIE FRENCH AND HUSBAND EVERETT OF TUSHKA, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: JASPER AND PEARL TOMLINSON.SISTERS: CALLIE ROZETTA JONES, HESSIE GAMMON, LUCILLE OWENS, AND DINA MAE BAGBY.BROTHER: JESSIE AND MONROE TOMLINSON.
DATE OF SERVICES: WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1996 AT 3:00 P.M.PLACE OF SERVICES: GRAVESIDE SERVICES. INTERMENT: BENTLEY CEMETERY ~ ATOKA COUNTY, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. JOHN HOWARD. CASKETBEARERS: (SONS AND SONS-IN-LAW) BOB TOMLINSON, TOM TOMLINSON, HERSHEL TOMLINSON, DAN TOMLINSON, STEVE FRENCH, ROY OWENS.
NAME: ROBERT HENRY ANDERSON, AGE 67, LIFELONG COALGATE AREA RESIDENT. BORN: JULY 6, 1929 AT TUPELO, OK TO CHARLIE BURNETT AND CORA BELL (CAMPBELL) ANDERSON. PASSED AWAY: SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1996 AT HIS RESIDENCE IN COALGATE, OK.AGE: 67 YEARS 3 MONTHS AND 6 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOL AT LONE OAK, NORTH OF TUPELO, OK, AND ALSO TUPELO SCHOOLS. MARRIED: LAVERN DELORIS PERRY ON JUNE 19, 1951 AT SHERMAN, TX. OCCUPATION: HE WAS A HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERATOR IN CONSTRUCTION FOR 10 YEARS AND WORKED FOR OKLAHOMA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION IN ADA FOR 19 YEARS. ALSO HAD WORKED IN COAL COUNTY COAL MINES. HE LIKED TO “PIDDLE” WITH THINGS AND COULD FIX ANYTHING AND ENJOYED HUNTING AND FISHING. SURVIVED BY WIFE: LAVERN anderson OF THE HOME IN COALGATE, OK. DAUGHTER: VICKIE SPEARS AND HUSBAND BILLY JOE OF COALGATE, OK. SONS: BOBBY ANDERSON AND WIFE PAULA OF ATOKA, OK. MIKE ANDERSON AND WIFE SCARLETT OF CENTRAHOMA, OK. GRANDSONS: BRAD AND JAMES SPEARS. ROSS ANDERSON. TYLER AND SAMUEL ANDERSON. BROTHERS: PAUL ANDERSON AND WIFE JACKIE OF CENTRAHOMA, OK. C. B. ANDERSON AND WIFE CLARA OF TUPELO, OK. SISTERS: LILLIE INGRAM AND HUSBAND LEE ALLAN OF MORRIS, OK. NELLIE DRISKILL AND HUSBAND FINIS OF STONEWALL, OK. SISTER-IN-LAW: STELLA DILLANUNTY AND HUSBAND GENE. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: CHARLIE AND CORA ANDERSON.SISTER: LORRAINE CANIDA.NEPHEW: JOHN PAUL ANDERSON.
DATE OF SERVICES: TUESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1996 AT 2:00 P.M.PLACE OF SERVICES: GRAVESIDE SERVICES. INTERMENT: CENTRAHOMA CEMETERY ~ CENTRAHOMA, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. DAVID BOGGS. CASKETBEARERS: RUSTY PRICE, TONY GIBBY, MIKE TRENT, JOSH BURRIS, CHRIS MILLER, C. L. SEARS. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: RANDY McCULLUM, HOOT GOODWIN, JOHN RIDDLE, BILL AVANZINI, RICHARD BARNETT, LEROY DESKIN, ELDON HOGUE, TOMMY McGEE, ELMER McKINNEY.
NAME: MARY LUCILLE (McKINNEY) ALLEN, AGE 74, LIFELONG LANE AREA RESIDENT. BORN: AUGUST 13, 1922 AT LANE, OK TO TOM AND MINNIE (RECTOR) McKINNEY. PASSED AWAY: THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1996 AT ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.AGE: 74 YEARS 2 MONTHS AND 4 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOL AT LANE, OK. MARRIED: LESTER ALLEN ON OCTOBER 7, 1939 AT LANE, OK. OCCUPATION: HOUSEWIFE, HOMEMAKER. CHURCH AFFILIATION: MEMBER OF IRON STOB PENTECOSTAL CHURCH, AND LAST FEW YEARS ATTENDED LANE BAPTIST CHURCH. SHE LOVED TO COOK AND SEW FOR HER FAMILY, ENJOYED CAMPING AND FISHING AND WAS AN AVID GARDENER. SURVIVED BY HUSBAND: LESTER allen OF THE HOME IN LANE, OK. SONS: DEWAYNE ALLEN AND WIFE JANIS OF LANE, OK. REX ALLEN AND WIFE EARLINE OF LANE, OK. DAUGHTERS: LINDA HOWARD AND HUSBAND DOUG OF ATOKA, OK. RENA COYLE AND HUSBAND RON OF LANE, OK. CATHIE TROTTER AND HUSBAND DAN OF EDMOND, OK. 14 GRANDCHILDREN, 10 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. BROTHER: JOHN McKINNEY OF KINGMAN, AZ. SISTER: SYBIL KEIM OF LOS ANGELES, CA. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: TOM AND MINNIE McKINNEY.BROTHERS: ROY AND MELVIN McKINNEY.SISTER: RILLA NICHOLS.
DATE OF SERVICES: SATURDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1996 AT 2:00 P.M.PLACE OF SERVICES: LANE BAPTIST CHURCH ~ LANE, OK. INTERMENT: BUTLER CEMETERY ~ LANE, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. GLEN EAVES.ASSISTING: REV. BRAD JONES. CASKETBEARERS: SAM HEARRELL, LARRY HEARRELL, DOYLE SHEFFIELD, CURTIS SHEFFIELD, RONNIE GOFF, DONALD COYLE. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: BILL ALLEN, JESS PHILIPS, JAMES PHILLIPS, ROBERT POWELL, DENNIS POWELL.
NAME: RAY A. GLOVER, AGE 78, TUSHKA AREA RESIDENT. BORN: DECEMBER 15, 1917 AT CADDO, OK TO FRED D. AND JEWEL (JONES) GLOVER. PASSED AWAY: SUNDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1996 AT CADDO NURSING HOME.AGE: 78 YEARS 10 MONTHS AND 5 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT BANTY, BENNINGTON, BOKCHITO, AND GRADUATED HIGH SCHOOL AT MATOY, OK. OBTAINED HIS B. S. DEGREE AT SOUTHEASTERN STATE COLLEGE IN DURANT IN 1950 AND OBTAINED HIS M. S. DEGREE AT OKLAHOMA A & M IN 1954. MARRIED: KATHRYN PARKER ON JANUARY 22, 1938 AT DURANT, OK. OCCUPATION: HE WAS A SCHOOL TEACHER AT POTEAU, MONROE, AND FANSHAW, OK, REHABILITATION SUPERVISOR AT MACK ALFORD VOCATIONAL SCHOOL, AND RANCHER. CHURCH AFFILIATION: TUSHKA BAPTIST CHURCH. HE SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE U. S. ARMY DURING WWII, WAS WOUNDED IN THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE IN DECEMBER, 1944. HE WAS A 32ND DEGREE MASON AT HOWE, OK, A MEMBER OF D.A.V., AND AMERICAN LEGION. SURVIVED BY WIFE: KATHRYN GLOVER OF THE HOME IN TUSHKA, OK. SON: WADE GLOVER AND WIFE ROSA LEE OF ATOKA, OK. DAUGHTER-IN-LAW: SUE GLOVER OF MONROE, OK. GRANDCHILDREN: ARLIN RAY GLOVER, JR. AND WIFE BOBBI OF CANEY, OK. JIM GLOVER AND WIFE DEBRA OF EUFALA, OK. LORA (GLOVER) ROGERS AND HUSBAND DAVID OF ATOKA, OK. LISA (GLOVER) CRAWFORD AND HUSBAND KEVIN OF ATOKA, OK. AMY (GLOVER) STANLEY OF ATOKA, OK. MISTY (GLOVER) INGER AND HUSBAND JOSH OF MONROE, OK. 13 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. BROTHERS: BOYD GLOVER AND WIFE BONNIE OF OKLAHOMA CITY. JOHN GLOVER AND WIFE BETTY OF FLORIDA. DELL GLOVER AND WIFE NORMA OF CALIFORNIA. SISTERS: WANDA SELBY OF CALERA, OK. JUNE MOORE OF ATOKA, OK. TAMRA JUSTUS OF OKLAHOMA CITY. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: FRED AND JEWEL GLOVER.SON: ARLIN GLOVER.
DATE OF SERVICES: TUESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1996 AT 4:00 P.M.PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK.. INTERMENT: GREEN MEADOWS CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK. OFFICIATING: BRO. KEN McCARTHICK.ASSISTING: REV. STEVE HAVNER. CASKETBEARERS: JACK COOPER, BOB COOPER, I. T. HANKINS, EARL DUNCAN, JIM WANN, KELLY HUGHES. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: RAYMOND TRAMMELL, LAWTON COOPER, B. J. BALENTINE, GEORGE SEATON, CHARLIE EZELL, CHARLES TIGERT, ARVEL HALL.
NAME: RONALD KEITH HORN, AGE 47, WESLEY - PITTSBURGH, OK AREA RESIDENT. BORN: MARCH 17, 1949 AT CREAL SPRINGS, ILLINOIS TO FRED, JR AND RUBY LOUISE (PONDER) HORN. PASSED AWAY: WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1996 AT ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.AGE: 47 YEARS 7 MONTHS AND 6 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS CREAL SPRINGS, ILLINOIS UNTIL AGE 10. FROM 1960, ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT WESLEY AND GRADUATED FROM KIOWA HIGH SCHOOL IN 1968. MARRIED: KAY GLASSCOCK ON MARCH 22, 1968 AT KIOWA, OK WHILE IN HIS LAST YEAR OF HIGH SCHOOL. OCCUPATION: HE WORKED AS A WELDER - FABRICATOR IN BURKBURNETT, TEXAS FOR 3 YEARS. THEN MOVED BACK TO OKLAHOMA WHERE HE DROVE SCHOOL BUS FOR KIOWA SCHOOLS, WAS A SUBSTITUTE TEACHER, AND RANCHER. CHURCH AFFILIATION: MEMBER OF KIOWA BAPTIST CHURCH. HE LOVED THE OUTDOORS, FISHING, HUNTING, COULD FIX ANYTHING, AND SPOILED HIS GRANDCHILDREN. SURVIVED BY WIFE: KAY horn OF THE HOME IN WESLEY, OK. SONS: BRAD HORN AND WIFE AMY OF WESLEY, OK. BRENT HORN AND WIFE MANDY OF ASHLAND, OK. BRYANT HORN OF THE HOME IN WESLEY, OK. MOTHER: RUBY MAXWELL AND HUSBAND BUSTER OF KIOWA. GRANDCHILDREN: BRADLEY, KAYLYN, ASHTON, AND JOHNATHAN. BROTHERS: LARRY HORN AND SON MATT OF McALESTER, OK. DANNY HORN AND WIFE BOBBIE OF NOBLE, OK. SISTER: EARLENE WILSON AND HUSBAND JERRY OF KIOWA, OK. FATHER-IN-LAW: W. A. “BILL” GLASSCOCK OF WESLEY. GRANDMOTHER: OPAL PONDER OF KIOWA, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY FATHER: FRED HORN, JR.MOTHER-IN-LAW: ESTELLINE GLASSCOCK.GRANDFATHER: EARL PONDER.SPECIAL UNCLE: LAWRENCE PONDER.
DATE OF SERVICES: FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1996 AT 3:00 P.M.PLACE OF SERVICES: KIOWA BAPTIST CHURCH ~ KIOWA, OK. INTERMENT: WESLEY CEMETERY ~ WESLEY, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. JAMES CROWSON. CASKETBEARERS: DONNIE CAUDILL, LLOYD BURNETT, FRANCIS SHIELDS, J. C. MYERS, TEDDY MYERS, CHESTER JOHNSON, BILL HAYES, RICHARD QUAID. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: DENNIS TRAMMELL, MICHAEL KELLOGG, ROYCE CASEY, HERMAN GILL, CLARK RHYNE, CURTIS LAMBERT, ROBERT CLEMENT, CURTIS CLEMENT.
NAME: THELMA (YATES) BURKHALTER, AGE 86, RESIDENT AT COLONIAL MANOR IN ATOKA AND FORMERLY OF LANE, OK. BORN: MAY 19, 1910 AT CANADIAN, OK TO EVERETT AND OLLIE (RECTOR) YATES. PASSED AWAY: SATURDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1996 AT ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.AGE: 86 YEARS 5 MONTHS AND 7 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT IRON STOB, OK. MARRIED: WILBURN E. BURKHALTER ON APRIL 7, 1924 AT LANE, OK. OCCUPATION: SHE WAS A HOUSEWIFE AND DECIATED MOTHER. CHURCH AFFILIATION: IRON STOB PENTECOSTAL CHURCH. SHE LOVED TO READ AND KEPT UP WITH ALL THE FAMILY EVENTS. SURVIVED BY SONS: LEON BURKHALTER AND WIFE BEA OF ATOKA, OK. DEE PRESTON “PINKY” BURKHALTER AND WIFE PAT OF LANE, OK. DAUGHTERS: LUCILLE COATS AND HUSBAND CLIFFORD OF LANE, OK. GERALDINE EAVES AND HUSBAND KENNETH OF LANE, OK. GINGER SILVERS AND HUSBAND PAUL OF LANE, OK. 15 GRANDCHILDREN AND THEIR SPOUSES.30 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.8 GREAT GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. BROTHER: O’NEAL YATES AND WIFE MAYBELLE OF ATOKA. SISTERS: LILLIE THOMPSON OF LANE, OK. EDITH McGINTY AND HUSBAND JACK OF LANE, OK. LOIS RECTOR AND HUSBAND JACK OF ATOKA, OK. BLANCHE SIMPSON AND HUSBAND LEONARD OF SACRAMENTO, CA. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HUSBAND: W. E. “WILLIAM” BURKHALTER ON DECEMBER 15, 1954.PARENTS: EVERETT AND OLLIE YATES.SONS: DOUGLAS, E. H., AND JACKIE BURKHALTER.DAUGHTER: VERA BURKHALTER.GRANDDAUGHTER: KLETA JEAN BURKHALTER.BROTHER: JACK YATES.
DATE OF SERVICES: MONDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1996 AT 2:00 P.M.PLACE OF SERVICES: IRON STOB PENTECOSTAL CHURCH ~ LANE, OK. INTERMENT: BUTLER CEMETERY ~ LANE, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. RAY INGRAM.ASSISTING: REV. GLEN EAVES. CASKETBEARERS: CARL EAVES, DEWAYNE BRYANT, WORDEN DETTY, ED PEELER, DALE SILVERS, AND GENE SLUDER. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: ADAM BRADFORD, EARL BRADFORD, AND GARVIN FAULKENBERRY.
NAME: BESSIE LEE (CURRY) MOFFATT, AGE 102, RESIDENT AT COLONIAL MANOR AND LONGTIME RESIDENT OF ATOKA, OK. BORN: JUNE 22, 1894 AT LADONIA, TX TO JAMES HENRY AND CYNTHIA MELVINA (PUCKETT) CURRY. PASSED AWAY: SATURDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1996 AT ATOKA COLONIAL MANOR.AGE: 102 YEARS 4 MONTHS AND 4 DAYS. MARRIED: GEORGE R. MOFFATT ON JULY 14, 1912 AT CADDO, OK. OCCUPATION: SHE AND HUSBAND GEORGE OWNED AND OPERATED MOFFATT’S TOUGH STEAK MARKET AT 211 EAST B STREET IN ATOKA, WHERE THEY FEATURED BARBEQUED BEEF, PORK, GOAT, AND CHICKEN, SHE RETIRED IN 1964. CHURCH AFFILIATION: MEMBER OF FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH IN ATOKA SINCE 1929. HER FAMILY MOVED FROM TEXAS TO ROCK SPRINGS COMMUNITY, NEAR CADDO, INDIAN TERRITORY IN 1906, WHEN SHE WAS 12 YEARS OLD, SHE AND HER SIBLINGS MADE THE TRIP WITH THE MOTHER VIA TRAIN WHILE THEIR FATHER DROVE THE LIVESTOCK AND BROUGHT THE FAMILY FURNISHINGS BY MULE AND WAGON. SURVIVED BY SONS: RAY MOFFATT AND WIFE MAXINE OF TULSA, OK. GEORGE MOFFATT AND WIFE MELBA OF HOT SPRINGS VILLAGE, AR. HAROLD MOFFATT AND WIFE LAVADA OF EDMOND, OK. WALLACE G. “BUD” MOFFATT AND WIFE RETHA OF MABANK, TX. DAUGHTERS: ALICE GARDNER AND HUSBAND HERB OF WACO, TX. MARY JANE McNEIL AND HUSBAND CHARLES OF ARDMORE, OK. 17 GRANDCHILDREN, 26 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, 5 GREAT GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HUSBAND: GEORGE MOFFATT ON MARCH 29, 1959.PARENTS: JAMES AND CYNTHIA CURRY.SONS: HARRY AND ALLEN MOFFATT.DAUGHTER: PEGGY GARSIDE.GRANDDAUGHTER: MARTHA KAY REMBERT.BROTHERS: CLARENCE, GRADY, HERSHEL, AND BONNY CURRY.SISTERS: SADIE SPEARS, WILLIE FRYER, ORA PADDOCK, AND IRENE DOVER.
DATE OF SERVICES: TUESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1996 AT 2:00 P.M.PLACE OF SERVICES: FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: WESTVIEW CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. DeWAYNE FINLEY. CASKETBEARERS: (GRANDSONS) GEORGE E. MOFFATT, WALTER PENNINGTON, STEVE McNEIL, LARRY McNEIL, RICK McNEIL, DYKE MOFFATT, STAN MOFFATT, AND BOB GARSIDE. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: (GRANDSONS-IN-LAW) KENNY GORRELL, LARRY HAYS, TOM COLBERT, DANNY CHAPMAN, AND BUZ SHELTON.
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