NAME:  MARY JEAN (RECTOR) COATS TOMLINSON, AGE 79, AN ATOKA AREA RESIDENT AND FORMER CYPRESS, CALIFORNIA AREA RESIDENT. BORN:  JULY 8, 1924 AT MORRIS, OK TO JAMES ARNETT AND LUCY BELL (ROARK) RECTOR. SHE WAS THE OLDEST OF FIVE CHILDREN. PASSED AWAY:   MONDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 13, 2003 AT THE ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. AGE:   79 YEARS  3 MONTHS   AND   5 DAYS. EDUCATION:   MARY ATTENDED SCHOOL AT IRON STOB IN ATOKA COUNTY AND GRADUATED FROM L. A. HIGH IN CALIFORNIA. MARRIED:   CLYDE ANDREW COATS ON JANUARY 30, 1946 AT FORT SMITH, AR.                        ARTHUR D. TOMLINSON. OCCUPATION:    MARY WAS A MOTHER AND HOMEMAKER.      SURVIVED BY HUSBAND:   ARTHUR D. TOMLINSON OF THE HOME IN ATOKA, OK. SONS:    ROBERT L. COATS AND WIFE KATHY OF HOUSTON, TX.                WAYNE C. COATS AND KIMBERLY OF COLDWATER, MI. DAUGHTER:    MARCIA J. GOLDBERG AND HUSBAND GAR OF APPLE VALLEY, CA. 17 GRANDCHILDREN AND 13 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. BROTHERS:    JAMES A. RECTOR AND WIFE ALMA OF DELHI, CA.                            DAVID L. RECTOR OF HUNTINGTON PARK, CA. SISTER:  BETTY J. BURKE OF ARROYO GRANDE, CA.      PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HUSBAND:   CLYDE ANDREW COATS ON NOVEMBER 18, 1977. SON:   CLAUDE J. COATS BROTHER:   BILLY JOE RECTOR PARENTS:   JAMES AND LUCY BELL RECTOR.     DATE OF SERVICES:  FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2003 AT 10:00 AM. PLACE OF SERVICES:   BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT:   FOREST LAWN CEMETERY ~ CYPRESS, CA. OFFICIATING:   REV. GENE SLUDER. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:  MIKE HOOK, GERALD EAVES, ARTHUR CREWS, JIMMY GOODSON, LUCKY RECTOR, DAVID CERIOTTI, BART RECTOR, GENE RECTOR.         NAME:  CLIFFORD EARL “PETE” GOSSETT, AGE 79, A LIFELONG ATOKA CO. RESIDENT. BORN:    MAY 20, 1924 TO MARTIN EARL AND CLEO (ZION) GOSSETT AT CANEY, OK. PASSED AWAY:   THURSDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 16, 2003 AT ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. AGE:   79 YEARS  4 MONTHS   AND   26 DAYS EDUCATION:   ATTENDED BUCKHOLT AND CANEY SCHOOLS. MARRIED:   ALMA LOUCILE RITCHIE ON JULY 26, 1947 AT SHERMAN, TX.. OCCUPATION:  PETE WORKED FOR MANY YEARS AS A MASONERY WORKER AND LATER OWNED AND OPERATED GOSSETT’S FRUIT STAND UNTIL HIS RETIREMENT. CHURCH AFFILIATION:  LONGTIME MEMBER OF THE VOCA BAPTIST CHURCH.   HE WAS ALSO MEMBER OF THE CADDO MASONIC LODGE AND WAS 32ND DEGREE MASON AND SHRINER.   HE ENJOYED BEING OUTSIDE WORKING IN THE GARDEN AND PLANTING FLOWERS. HE WAS A LOVING HUSBAND, FATHER, GRANDFATHER, AND GREAT GRANDFATHER. VISITS FROM HIS GRANDCHILDREN AND GREAT GRANDCHILDREN ALWAYS BRIGHTENED HIS DAY.        SURVIVED BY WIFE:  ALMA LOUCILE GOSSETT OF THE HOME NEAR CANEY, OK. DAUGHTERS:   VIRGINIA ANN BURDITT OF CANEY, OK.                              CAROLYN JEAN JACKSON AND HUSBAND JACKIE OF CANEY, OK.                              ELIZABETH SUE ISHMAEL AND HUSBAND DOUGLAS OF CANEY, OK. SISTER:  JOYCE COLE OF OKLAHOMA CITY. GRANDCHILDREN:   CHARLES EARL KEENER AND WIFE STEPHANIE OF DURANT, OK.                                        CHRISTIE LYNN RENEGAR AND HUSBAND NASON OF DURANT, OK.                                        SANDRA KAY KENNEDY OF CANEY, OK.                                        MARY LEE JACKSON OF CANEY, OK.                                        COLT WAYNE ISHMAEL OF CANEY, OK.                                        MASON GARRETT ISHMAEL OF CANEY, OK. GREAT GRANDCHILDREN:   FELICIA RAEANN RENEGAR OF DURANT, OK.                                                      DESTINY RAELYNN RENEGAR OF DURANT, OK.                                                      CAMBRIA SHAYLEE KENNEDY OF STRINGTOWN, OK.                                                      DRAVEN KAYZLEE KENNEDY OF STRINGTOWN, OK.                                                      NOAH KADE KENNEDY OF STRINGTOWN, OK.                                                      ZACHARY KADE KEENER OF DURANT, OK. NEPHEWS:   LARRY COLE, BOBBY COLE, AND MARTY GOSSETT. A WONDERFUL CHURCH FAMILY.      PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS:   MARTIN EARL AND CLEO (ZION) GOSSETT. SON:   ROBERT EARL GOSSETT. SON-IN-LAW:  RONNIE BURDITT. BROTHER:   JOE MACK GOSSETT. BROTHER-IN-LAW:  EULIS COLE.     DATE OF SERVICES:  SATURDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2003 AT 2:00 PM. PLACE OF SERVICES:   VOCA BAPTIST CHURCH ~ CANEY, OK. INTERMENT:   CANEY CEMETERY ~ CANEY, OK. OFFICIATING:   BROTHER JOHN HOWARD. CASKETBEARERS:   HARLAN VAUGHN, DAVID HARDY, RON THOMAS, PAUL RHINES, C. J. WHITE, M. C. RIDGWAY, SCOTT NICHOLS. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:  HARLEY WATSON, NATHAN WATSON, DOYLE WATSON, MARVIN ISHMAEL, JIM YEARY, PAUL GOSSETT, CLINTON GOSSETT.         NAME:    LOUIS RAY GARRETT, AGE 61, A CALVIN AREA AND FORMER LONGTIME ATOKA AREA RESIDENT. BORN:  SEPTEMBER 7, 1942 AT GERTY, OKLAHOMA TO BLAN AND EULA (GREENE) GARRETT. PASSED AWAY:   TUESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 21, 2003 AT THE CARL ALBERT HOSPITAL IN ADA, OK. AGE:   61 YEARS  1 MONTH  AND  14 DAYS. EDUCATION:   ATTENDED AND GRADUATED FROM GERTY SCHOOLS. MARRIED:   LOU ELLA STILES ON JUNE 8, 1992 AT ATOKA, OK. OCCUPATION:  LOUIS WORKED SEVERAL YEARS AS A FIREMAN AND EMT AT THE MCALESTER ARMY BASE, HE WAS ALSO A FIRE INSPECTOR AND HAD HIS HAZMAT LICENSE.  HE LATER OWNED AND OPERATED HIS OWN DOZER BUSINESS HERE IN ATOKA. CHURCH AFFILIATION:  ATTENDED THE NON, OKLAHOMA FREEWILL BAPTIST CHURCH AS A CHILD. LOUIS SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE U. S. NAVY DURING THE VIETNAM WAR. HE LOVED WORKING WITH AND TRAINING HORSES.  LOUIS WAS A FORMER LONGTIME MEMBER OF THE CALVIN ROUND-UP CLUB AND WAS ACTIVE WITH THE ATOKA TRAIL RIDERS.      SURVIVED BY WIFE:  LOU ELLA GARRETT OF THE HOME NEAR CALVIN, OK. CHILDREN:    TERRY BAKER OF STRINGTOWN, OK.                            MARY (BAKER) HUNTER OF ATOKA, OK.                            CINDY (DAVIS) FOX OF ATOKA, OK. 6 GRANDCHIDREN AND 1 GREAT GRANDCHILD. FATHER:    BLAN GARRETT OF CALVIN, OK. GRANDMOTHER:   WILLIE LEE (BILL) GARRETT OF ALLEN, OK. SISTERS:   LINDA ORR AND HUSBAND TOMMY OF NON, OK.                      NORMA HOLT AND HUSBAND JOHNNY OF ADA, OK.      PRECEDED IN DEATH BY MOTHER:    EULA (GREENE) GARRETT. GRANDFATHER:   W. O. GARRETT.     DATE OF SERVICES:  FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2003 AT 2:00 PM. PLACE OF SERVICES:   FREEWILL BAPTIST CHURCH ~ NON, OK. INTERMENT:   NON CEMETERY ~ NON, OK. OFFICIATING:   REV. DUDE DODSON. ASSISTING:   REV. JIM LAWRENCE. CASKETBEARERS:   RANDY HYATT, SHANE RICHIE, LARRY KEELER, BUTCH VIETTA, DAVID CASSELL, JASON CARTER. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:  DON RIPPEE, JERRY CANTRELL, TERRY CALLICOAT, BUDDY LAWSON, MILLARD WAINSCOTT.         NAME:  OPAL LA’VERNE (DANDERSON) AMOS, AGE 68, FORMER BENTLEY AREA RESIDENT. BORN:  JUNE 24, 1935 AT BENTLEY, OKLAHOMA TO THOMAS AND OPAL (RAINS) DANDERSON. PASSED AWAY:   MONDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2003 AT ST. JOHN’S REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER IN SPRINGFIELD, MO. AGE:   68 YEARS  4 MONTHS   AND   3 DAYS. EDUCATION:   OPAL WAS A GRADUATE OF THE OKLAHOMA SCHOOL OF BANKING. MARRIED:   LARRY AMOS ON MAY 5, 1998.. OCCUPATION:  OPAL WAS A HOUSEWIFE AND HOMEMAKER. CHURCH AFFILIATION:  A FORMER RESIDENT OF OF HUMANSVILLE, SHE WAS A MEMBER OF THE ST. CATHERINE OF SIENA CATHOLIC CHURCH.      SURVIVED BY HUSBAND:   LARRY AMOS OF THE HOME IN COLLINS, MO. SONS:    MICHAEL GADBERRY OF OKLAHOMA CITY.                JACK CANTRELL OF OKLAHOMA CITY.                PATRICK BREWER OF LAS VEGAS, NV.   ONE GRANDSON. BROTHERS:  SANDY DANDERSON OF BENTLEY, OK.                          LEON DANDERSON OF WACO, TX. SISTERS:   HELEN HARRIS OF OKLAHOMA CITY.                      MARGIE ARMSTRONG OF SAPULPA, OK.      PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS:   THOMAS AND OPAL DANDERSON. BROTHER:   OTIS “BUSTER” DANDERSON.     DATE OF SERVICES:  FRIDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2003 AT 10:00 AM. PLACE OF SERVICES:   GRAVESIDE SERVICES. INTERMENT:   BENTLEY CEMETERY ~ BENTLEY, OK. 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