NAME: JEWELL EDWARD MORRIS, AGE 86, OF CADDO AND A FORMER LONGTIME BENTLEY AREA RESIDENT. BORN: SEPTEMBER 15, 1913 AT MULBERRY, ARKANSAS TO COLUMBUS & OPERA MAY (PORTER) MORRIS. PASSED AWAY: FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 2000 AT THE CADDO NURSING HOME.AGE: 86 YEARS 11 MONTHS AND 16 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOL IN JUMBO, PUSHMATAHA COUNTY, OK. MARRIED: LOIS ALPHA PAYNE ON JUNE 14, 1937 AT ANTLERS, OK. OCCUPATION: HE OWNED and OPERATED A SAWMILL AND LATER WENT INTO FARMING. CHURCH AFFILIATION: A LONGTIME MEMBER OF BENTLEY BAPTIST CHURCH. SURVIVED BY SONS: PRENTIS C. MORRIS and WIFE MARY OF QUINTON, OK. JOHNNY L. MORRIS and WIFE ALVANELL OF ATOKA, OK. DOYLE G. MORRIS and WIFE OVA OF McALESTER, OK. DAUGHTERS: RUTH MAYO and HUSBAND HARVEY OF ATOKA, OK. PEGGY LOOPER and HUSBAND ARLON OF PARKER, AZ. 15 GRANDCHILDREN, 10 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. SISTER: VERONA OF EUGENE, OR. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY WIFE: LOIS MORRIS ON DECEMBER 27, 1999.PARENTS: COLUMBUS and OPERA MORRIS.CHILDREN: COLUMBUS MELZER, JESSE DALE, and BETTY JUNE.BROTHERS: FRED, FRANK, HAROLD, VERNON, AND J. W. MORRIS.SISTERS: ECHO GRISTGRANDDAUGHTER: LA JOY BETH MORRIS.
DATE OF SERVICES: MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 2000 AT 10:00 AMPLACE OF SERVICES: BENTLEY BAPTIST CHURCH ~ BENTLEY, OK. INTERMENT: BENTLEY CEMETERY ~ BENTLEY, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. JOHN HOWARD.ASSISTING: REV. CLINTON THURMAN. CASKETBEARERS: (GRANDSONS) EDWARD MORRIS, BRANDON MORRIS, THOMAS MATTHEWS, STEVE MAYO, TIM LOOPER, BILL BALLARD, CARL MATTHEWS, SCOTT LOOPER, MICAH MORRIS HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: CHARLES CARROLL, KENNETH FRAZIER, JACK MOODY, DONALD COYLE, KENNETH MOSER.
NAME: WILLIAMSON STEVEN SCOTT, AGE 48 A LIFELONG ATOKA COUNTY RESIDENT. BORN: JULY 24, 1952 IN ATOKA COUNTY TO JESSIE WOODROW AND MAYBELLE (NOWABBI) SCOTT. PASSED AWAY: FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 8, 2000 NEAR THE COAL CREEK COMMUNITY.AGE: 48 YEARS 1 MONTH AND 14 DAYS. EDUCATION: HE ATTENDED SCHOOLS IN ATOKA, OK. OCCUPATION: HE WORKED MANY YEARS AS A STEEL ERECTOR AND, for the LAST SEVERAL YEARS, HE WAS A RANCH HAND FOR CLYDE PAXTON. CHURCH AFFILIATION: MEMBER OF THE COAL CREEK CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH SURVIVED BY SISTERS: NORMA COLE OF ATOKA, OK. BETTY JOHNSON OF MOYERS, OK. BROTHERS: CHARLIE SCOTT OF ATOKA, OK. LEROY SCOTT AND WIFE CHRISTINE OF ATOKA, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: JESSIE AND MAYBELLE SCOTT.BROTHER: SIMON GIBSON.SISTER: MILDRED RUTH LANG.
DATE OF SERVICES: TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2000 AT 10:00 A.M.PLACE OF SERVICES: COAL CREEK CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: COAL CREEK CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. ELWOOD LUDLOW CASKETBEARERS: EUGENE LANG, JAY JOHNSON, CHRIS SCOTT, WOODROW JOHNSON, CHARLIE LEE NOWABBI, LARRY NOWABBI. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: JONAS JOHNSON, WILLIAM CLYDE PAXTON, CLYDE PAXTON, DANIEL LANG, STANLEY JOHNSON, PATRICK JOHNSON, ANTHONY COLE, QUAID SCOTT, JAMES SCOTT, RICHARD SCOTT, MICHAEL SCOTT.
NAME: JAMES WALTER “JIM” LAMON, AGE 57, A LONGTIME TUSHKA AREA RESIDENT. BORN: OCTOBER 4, 1942 AT STRINGTOWN, OKLAHOMA TO WILLIAM RILEY “PECK” AND VERA MAE (IMMEL) LAMON. PASSED AWAY: FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2000 AT HIS HOME WEST OF TUSHKA, OK. AGE: 57 YEARS 11 MONTHS AND 4 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT STRINGTOWN AND GRADUATED FROM ATOKA HIGH SCHOOL IN 1960. MARRIED: KATHALINE JANE CANNON ON SEPTEMBER 15, 1984 AT ATOKA, OK. OCCUPATION: HE WORKED for ETHAN ALLEN DRIVING A TRUCK CROSS COUNTRY FOR 23 YEARS AND, FOR THE PAST 2 YEARS, WORKING SECURITY. CHURCH AFFILIATION: THE BAPTIST FAITH. JAMES SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE U.S. ARMY IN GERMANY AND VIETNAM. HE WAS ALSO A LONGTIME MEMBER OF THE ATOKA ELKS LODGE. survived by WIFE: KATHY LAMON OF TUSHKA, OK. CHILDREN: TRAVIS LAMON and WIFE DESIREE OF OKLAHOMA CITY. SAMANTHA LAMON OF ATOKA, OK. CODY MAXEY OF THE HOME IN TUSHKA. CHRISTOPHER MAXEY OF THE HOME IN TUSHKA. JULIE WEBB OF OKLAHOMA CITY. JAMES MOORE OF IOWA PARK, TX. GRANDCHILDREN: OLIVIA and A. J. LAMON OF OKLAHOMA CITY. CALLIE and THOMAS FLYNN OF TUSHKA, OK. CHELSEA SLUDER OF TUSHKA, OK. MOTHER: VERA LAMON OF ATOKA, OK. BROTHER: DAVID LAMON OF ATOKA, OK. SISTERS: WANDA ALLEN and HUSBAND JUNIOR OF ATOKA, OK. LOU ELLEN POWELL and HUSBAND LEO OF ATOKA, OK. JUANITA THOMPSON OF ATOKA, OK. LEONA BREWSTER and HUSBAND FRANK OF BORGER, TX. MOTHER-IN-LAW: RUBY CANNON OF TUSHKA, OK. preceded in death by FATHER: PECK LAMON.BROTHERS: CHARLEY, GEORGE, & JOHN LAMON.FATHER-IN-LAW: KENNETH CANNON.
DATE OF SERVICES: MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2000 AT 2:00 P.M.PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: STRINGTOWN CEMETERY ~ STRINGTOWN, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. ROBERT EARL UMSTED. CASKETBEARERS: CHESTER EDGE, DEON KIFFER, KURT BENSON, WENDEL SMITH, KENNETH CANNON, JERRY CANNON. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: TOMMY BARRIS, JAMES LEDBETTER, MELVIN ISHMAEL, WILL GOODWIN, CHRIS WAFFORD JAYNES.
NAME: VAY VOLNA (KAMPPLAIN) WINTERS, AGE 95, A LONGTIME ATOKA COUNTY RESIDENT. BORN: MAY 9, 1905 AT QUINTON, OKLA. TO ROBERT AND EMMA (BEARD) KAMPPLAIN. PASSED AWAY: SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2000 AT THE ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.AGE: 95 YEARS 4 MONTHS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOL AT REDDEN AND GREASEY BEND. MARRIED: IRVING ELBERT “BERT” WINTERS ON JULY 31, 1923 AT COALGATE, OK. OCCUPATION: VAY WAS ONE OF THE FIRST OPERATORS FOR THE STRINGTOWN TELEPHONE SYSTEM. SHE LATER WORKED SEVERAL YEARS AS A COOK FOR RAYS DINER IN ATOKA. CHURCH AFFILIATION: VAY WAS A CHARTER MEMBER OF THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH IN STRINGTOWN. SHE WAS ACTIVE IN ALL THE CHURCH SERVICES AT THE NURSING HOME WHERE SHE RESIDED THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS. SURVIVED BY CHILDREN: BETTY JO HEINSOHN AND HUSBAND MARV OF RIDGECREST, CA. LOU ANN LOWE AND HUSBAND TOOPIE OF ATOKA, OK. IRVING “BO” WINTERS AND WIFE VI OF ANTLERS, OK. BOBBYE LOWRY OF ATOKA, OK. KAY COX OF ATOKA, OK. GRANDCHILDREN: JIMMY AND STEVE COPELAND. ALAN, BRAD, AND CLINT COMPTON. GINNY WOOD. SUSAN FERGUSON. CAROL CAUTHEN. MICKEY LOWE. LISA HENSLEY. WALLACE AND TONY WINTERS. FRED LOWRY. DEBBIE SMITHART. BO AND CROCKETT COX. 27 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, AND 1 GREAT GREAT GRANDDAUGHTER. BROTHER IN-LAW: JOHN WINTERS OF STRINGTOWN, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HUSBAND: BERT WINTERS ON MAY 10, 1948.PARENTS: ROBERT AND EMMA KAMPPLAIN.SON: RONNIE DALE WINTERS.DAUGHTER: SUE COPELAND.GRANDCHILDREN: DAVID WINTERS, BETTY COPELAND, AND RONNIE LOWRY.BROTHERS: BUD, VINEY, AND BUSTER KAMPPLAIN.SISTERS: BEAULAH NEWSON, FLORENCE LANE, AND LAURA EVANS.SON IN-LAW: CROCKETT LOWRY.
DATE OF SERVICES: TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2000 AT 10:00 A.M.PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: WESTVIEW CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. JAMES CROWSON.ASSISTING: EVERETT McGEE. CASKETBEARERS: (GRANDSONS) JIMMYCOPELAND, STEVE COPELAND, ALAN COMPTON, BRAD COMPTON, CLINT COMPTON, MICKEY LOWE, WALLACE WINTERS, TONY WINTERS, FRED LOWRY, BO DON COX, CROCKETT COX. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: ABBOTT JONES, D. W. SIKES, BARNEY McCALL, DON BARNARD, CLIFFORD BROWN, ARNOLD ABLES, RAY POWELL, DR. BUDDY HAYES, BILL MILLER.
NAME: CINDY ANN (JAMES) WALKER, AGE 34, OF SEMINOLE AND FORMER RESIDENT OF IDABEL, LONGVIEW, TX, AND BRIDGEWATER, IA. BORN: OCTOBER 16, 1965 AT MOLINE, ILLINOIS TO EVERETT EARL AND JUDITH ANN (WILSON) JAMES. PASSED AWAY: SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2000 AT HER HOME IN SEMINOLE, OK. AGE: 34 YEARS 10 MONTHS AND 24 DAYS. EDUCATION: GRADUATED FROM HIGH SCHOOL AT IDABEL, OK. MARRIED: KENNETH WALKER ON NOVEMBER 20, 1983 AT IDABEL, OK. OCCUPATION: SHE OWNED AND OPERATED A RESTaURANT IN BRIDGEWATER, IA. CHURCH AFFILIATION: THE BAPTIST FAITH. SURVIVED BY HUSBAND: KENNETH JAMES OF THE HOME IN IDABEL, OK. CHILDREN: KENNETH AND JASON JAMES OF SEMINLE, OK. TESSA WALKER OF SEMINOLE, OK. PARENTS: EVERETT AND JUDITH JAMES OF SEMINOLE, OK. SISTERS: ZINA SHEARER OF LONGVIEW, TX. DARLA JACKSON OF ATOKA, OK. LETA JAMES OF SEMINOLE, OK. CRYSTAL JAMES OF LONGVIEW, TX. BROTHER: EVERETT JAMES OF BELMOND, IA. GRANDMOTHER: MILDRED BENNEFIELD OF SHERATON, IA. NIECES: TAYLOR JAMES, KATELYN, AND LYNDEE JACKSON. NEPHEWS: ANDY JACKSON AND J. D. WENRICH. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY COUSIN: DAVID LAMON.BROTHER IN-LAW: JEFF JACKSON OF ATOKA, OK.GRANDPARENTS: GEORGE AND VERA WILSON. CLELL JAMES AND EVERETT “BENNIE” BENNEFIELD.
DATE OF SERVICES: TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2000 AT 2:00 P.M.PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: NEW ZION CEMETERY ~ EAST OF TUSHKA, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. GENE SLUDER. CASKETBEARERS: JUNIOR BRUCE, EVERETT JAMES, DWAYNE DALE, AARON FITE, STEVE WALKER, MAURICE JACKSON.
NAME: PAUL LAHMAN, AGE 73, A LONGTIME CANEY AREA RESIDENT. BORN: SEPTEMBER 11, 1927 AT ALTUS, OKLAHOMA TO LOUIS ANDREW AND LIDDIE (FORE) LAHMAN. PASSED AWAY: SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2000 AT TEXOMA MEDICAL CENTER IN DENISON, TX.AGE: 73 YEARS 0 MONTHS AND 5 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT HUMPHREY, CADDO, AND COLLEGE AT FT. WORTH, TX. MARRIED: PAT O’HERN ON AUGUST 19, 1951 AT MT. CARMEL, OK. OCCUPATION: PAUL WAS RETIRED FROM THE NAVAL BASE AND HE WAS A RANCHER. CHURCH AFFILIATION: HE WAS A MEMBER OF MT. CARMEL BAPTIST CHURCH. HE SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE U. S. ARMY DURING THE KOREAN WAR. SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE: (OF FORTY-NINE YEARS) PAT LAHMAN OF THE HOME AT CANEY, OK. DAUGHTERS: TERESA FAYE LAHMAN OF THE HOME. TERRY BURKHALTER & HUSBAND KIM OF CADDO, OK. GRANDSONS: LEITH ANDREW BURKHALTER OF CADDO, OK. KIRBY DON BURKHALTER OF CADDO, OK. SISTERS: JEWEL LAHMAN OF CADDO, OK. LANEY NORMAN OF HURST, TX. JEAN LUEBKING OF BLANCHARD, OK. BILLIE MORTON OF INOLA, KS. BROTHERS: LOUIS LAHMAN OF CANEY, OK. JAMES LAHMAN OF CANEY, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: LOUIS AND LIDDIE LAHMAN.BROTHERS: WILLIAM AND WAYNE LAHMAN.
DATE OF SERVICES: MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2000 AT 3:00 P.M.PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: GETHSEMANE CEMETERY ~ CADDO, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. BOB JOHNSON. CASKETBEARERS: LEE HARBIN, ROGER HARBIN, EDDIE HARBIN, WYATT O’HERN, MARK O’HERN, GARY O’HERN, HERSHEL O’HERN, THOMAS O’HERN.
NAME: WILLIAM GENE WILSON, AGE 71, OF ATOKA, OK. BORN: APRIL 27, 1929 AT MAUD, OKLAHOMA TO TOMMY ALMER AND CHARLIE DELL (HOLDER) WILSON. PASSED AWAY: FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2000 AT HIS ATOKA RESIDENCE.AGE: 71 YEARS 4 MONTHS AND 25 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOL AT LONE PINE NEAR CENTER POINT. MARRIED: BILLIE JANE MYRICK ON NOVEMBER 9, 1950 AT FLORENCE, AZ. OCCUPATION: ROOFING CONTRACTOR AND OWNER OF THE HORSESHOE CLUB IN ATOKA FOR 10 YEARS. SURVIVED BY WIFE: BILLIE wilson OF THE HOME IN ATOKA, OK. CHILDREN: CONNIE ANN SMITH and HUSBAND CHRIS OF COVE, AR. BECKY SUE PAGE and HUSBAND GEORGE OF MENA, AR. SHEILA ALLEN and HUSBAND DARRELL OF ATOKA, OK. JESSIE BOONE WILSON OF ATOKA, OK. TAMMY JANE WILLIAMS and HUSBAND JIMMY OF ATOKA, OK. 9 GRANDCHILDREN, 10 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. BROTHER: BILLY NEAL WILSON and WIFE CAROL OF ATOKA, OK. SISTER: BETTY HILL and HUSBAND BILL OF ATOKA, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: TOMMY and CHARLIE WILSON.DAUGHTER: DEBORAH JEAN WILSON.SISTERS: DRUNELL FANN & BOBBIE HARRIS.BROTHER: TOMMY WILSON.
DATE OF SERVICES: THERE WILL BE NO SERVICES. INTERMENT: NONE - DIRECT CREMATION.
NAME: JOHN NATHANIEL STEPHENS, AGE 86, A LONGTIME TUSHKA AREA RESIDENT. BORN: FEBRUARY 9, 1914 AT BOGGY DEPOT TO CHARLIE EDWARD AND ELLA LOURENE (FAIRCHILD) STEPHENS. PASSED AWAY: SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2000 AT ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.AGE: 86 YEARS 7 MONTHS AND 15 DAYS. MARRIED: AUDREY LOURENE DEWITT IN 1935 AT WILSON COMMUNITY, ATOKA, OK. eSTELLa SUNDAY iN JULY, 1956 AT LAKE TAHOE, CA. OCCUPATION: HE WORKED SOME 33 PLUS YEARS FOR THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD, RETIRING IN 1976. CHURCH AFFILIATION: MEMBER OF THE PLEASANTVIEW FREEWILL BAPTIST CHURCH. HE WAS A LONGTIME MEMBER OF THE UNITED TRANSPORTATION UNION, LOCAL 1469 IN OAKLAND, CA. SURVIVED BY SONS: WILLIS STEPHENS OF OKLAHOMA CITY. NORMAN STEPHENS AND WIFE RHONDA OF TUSHKA, OK. GRANDCHILDREN: BILLY, BOBBY, MIKE, CHARLES, TROY, AND ANN STEPHENS. TINA DENNIS. 20 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY FIRST WIVE: AUDREY.SECOND WIFE: ESTELLa IN october, 1984.PARENTS: CHARLIE AND ELLA STEPHENS.DAUGHTERS: LOURENE AND LAVADA STEPHENS.GRANDSON: JOHN EDWARD STEPHENS.BROTHERS: EDWARD AND J. B. STEPHENS.
DATE OF SERVICES: WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2000 AT 2:00 P.M.PLACE OF SERVICES: PLEASANTVIEW FREEWILL BAPTIST CHURCH ~ TUSHKA, OK. INTERMENT: TUSHKA CEMETERY ~ TUSHKA, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. ROBERT EARL UMSTED.ASSISTING: REV. VICTOR COOK. CASKETBEARERS: ALLEN ROBERTS, MAURICE THOMPSON, FREEMAN THOMPSON, LONNIE HOKETT, DAVID HALL, JOHN COOK. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: LEO EVANS, JESSIE TOMLINSON, KEITH HILL, TOM HYDE, LOUIS GARRETT, CLAUDUS SMITH.
NAME: MONA JUANITA (MAGBY) CHAVERS, AGE 90, A LONGTIME ATOKA AREA RESIDENT. BORN: APRIL 10, 1910 AT MANSFIELD, ARKANSAS TO FRANCIS AND ETHEL (FUGUA) MAGBY. PASSED AWAY: SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2000 AT ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.AGE: 90 YEARS 5 MONTHS AND 14 DAYS. MARRIED: JEWELL CHAVERS ON JANUARY 19, 1935 AT ATOKA, OK. OCCUPATION: HOUSEWIFE AND FARMER. CHURCH AFFILIATION: ATTENDED NEW ZION METHODIST CHURCH IN ATOKA COUNTY, OK. SURVIVED BY GRANDSONS: ROBERT WAYNE CHAVERS AND WIFE JANICE OF ARDMORE, OK. RONALD GENE CHAVERS OF MOUNDS, OK. RUSS DUANE CHAVERS AND WIFE KRISTY OF SHERMAN, TX. GREAT GRANDCHILDREN: VICKI MICHELLE CHAVERS OF NORMAN, OK. ANDREW WAYNE CHAVERS OF ARDMORE, OK. JORDAN PAIGE CHAVERS OF SHERMAN, TX. DAUGHTER-IN-LAW: SHIRLEY ANN CHAVERS OF ATOKA, OK. SISTERS-IN-LAW: BESSIE CHAVERS OF ATOKA, OK. EDNA STORY OF OKLAHOMA CITY. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: FRANCIS AND ETHEL MAGBY.HUSBAND: JEWELL CHAVERS ON SEPTEMBER 6, 1979.SON: ELDON CHAVERS.BROTHERS: MERSHAL MAGBY AND MARVIN MAGBY.SISTER: VELDA MAE LANSDALE.
DATE OF SERVICES: TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2000 AT 10:00 A.M.PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: BETHANY CEMETERY ~ ATOKA COUNTY, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. RICHARD MAGBY. CASKETBEARERS: ROBERT CHAVERS, RONALD CHAVERS, RUSS CHAVERS, ANDREW CHAVERS, BOBBY GLOVER, TOMMY GLOVER.
NAME: DORIS JEAN (STOVER) MOTYKA, AGE 59, AN INKSTER, MICHIGAN RESIDENT, FORMERLY OF COAL COUNTY. BORN: MARCH 3, 1941 AT COAL COUNTY TO MARY (STOVER) HULSE. PASSED AWAY: MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2000 AT INKSTER, MI.AGE: 59 YEARS 6 MONTHS AND 22 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOL AT OLNEY, OK. OCCUPATION: SHE WAS A WAITRESS AND A HOMEMAKER. CHURCH: DORIS WAS OF THE BAPTIST FAITH SURVIVED BY DAUGHTERS: VALERIE WELLS AND HUSBAND OF HAWAII. ANGELA MOTYKA OF INKSTER, MI. LISA BAUSER OF REDFORD, MI. SON: CHRIS MOTYKA AND FIANCE’ JAMIE POWELL OF DEARBORN, MI. 10 GRANDCHILDREN, 1 GREAT GRANDCHILD. MOTHER: MARY HULSE OF COALGATE, OK. BROTHER: CHARLES STOVER AND WIFE PATTI OF COALGATE, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY GRANDMOTHER: STELLA HOGUE WISE.GRANDFATHER: GEORGE HOGUE.SISTER: DORA DEAN STOVER.STEPFATHER: JOHN HOGUE.
DATE OF MEMORIAL SERVICE: SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2000 AT 2:00 PMPLACE OF SERVICE: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ TUPELO, OK. INTERMENT: BYRDS PRAIRIE CEMETERY ~ TUPELO, OK. OFFICIATED BY: REV. BOB GRAHAM.
NAME: VERA ONEDA (EASTRIDGE) HUGHES, AGE 76, A LONGTIME RESIDENT OF THE CRYSTAL AREA. BORN: JANUARY 13, 1924 AT CRYSTAL TO SAMUEL G. AND LENA MAE (HUTSON) EASTRIDGE. PASSED AWAY: MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2000 AT ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.AGE: 76 YEARS 8 MONTHS AND 12 DAYS. MARRIED: WILLIAM CLIFFORD HUGHES IN 1945 AT BOSWELL, OK. OCCUPATION: HOUSEWIFE AND A SEAMSTRESS. CHURCH AFFILIATION: SHE WAS A CHARTER MEMBER OF THE CRYSTAL BAPTIST CHURCH. VERA WAS A MEMBER OF THE CRYSTAL QUILTING ASSOCIATION . SURVIVED BY DAUGHTER: BARBARA MORELAND AND HUSBAND CHARLES OF ATOKA, OK. GRANDCHILDREN: LORI AND DANNY DELAY OF ATOKA, OK. PATRICK AND KEISHA MORELAND OF ATOKA, OK. GREAT GRANDCHILDREN: DANIEL AND ALISON DELAY OF ATOKA, OK. NICKOLAS MORELAND OF ATOKA, OK. BROTHER: VERNON EASTRIDGE AND WIFE VIVA LEE OF FARRIS, OK. SISTERS: KATHLEEN WATSON AND HUSBAND HARLEY OF CANEY, OK. GENEVA SHOEMAKE OF DURANT, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: SAMUEL G. AND LENA MAE EASTRIDGE.HUSBAND: WILLIAM CLIFFORD HUGHES ON MAY 31, 1996.BROTHERS: HERSHEL, CARL, & VIRGIL EASTRIDGE.SISTERS: ANNIS EASTRIDGE, FRANKIE NELSON, EDNA ROUNSVILLE, EVA TURNER, and GLADYS HERRINGTON.
DATE OF SERVICES: WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2000 AT 10:00 A.M.PLACE OF SERVICES: CRYSTAL BAPTIST CHURCH ~ CRYSTAL, OK. INTERMENT: CRYSTAL CEMETERY ~ CRYSTAL, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. BILLY JOE HOWARD.ASSISTING: REV. DARRELL HEATH & REV. PAUL LITTLETON. CASKETBEARERS: (NEPHEWS) RONNIE WATSON, MICHAEL WATSON, LARRY WATSON, CHARLES WATSON, KEITH WATSON, SAM SHOEMAKE. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: LARRY HUGHES, JERRY HUGHES, RAY EASTRIDGE.
NAME: DORIS FAYE (BENCH) SHELTON, AGE 56, A LONGTIME BENTLEY AREA RESIDENT. BORN: SEPTEMBER 29, 1943 AT BENTLEY TO OTIS ALFRED AND MYRTLE URSLEY (PAYTON) BENCH. PASSED AWAY: TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2000 AT HER RESIDENCE NEAR BENTLEY, OK.AGE: 56 YEARS 11 MONTHS AND 27 DAYS. EDUCATION: SHE ATTENDED BENTLEY AND ATOKA SCHOOLS. SHE GRADUATED FROM MURRAY STATE COLLEGE NURSING PROGRAM. SHE LATER ATTENDED GORDON COOPER VO-TECH IN SHAWNEE AND COMPLETED HER NURING DEGREE. MARRIED: CLETIS RAY SHELTON MAY 25, 1959 AT DURANT, OK.. OCCUPATION: SHE WORKED A NUMBER OF YEARS WITH THE OKLAHOMA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT AS A SOCIAL WORKER. SHE LATER WORKED AT THE CHOCTAW LIVING CENTER IN CHOCTAW, OK AS A NURSE. SHE RETIRED IN 1992 DUE TO FAILING HEALTH. CHURCH AFFILIATION: SHE WAS A MEMBER OF THE BENTLEY MACEDONIA MISSONARY BAPTIST CHURCH. SURVIVED BY HUSBAND: CLETIS SHELTON OF THE HOME NEAR BENTLEY, OK. CHILDREN: MALCOM SHELTON AND WIFE BONNIE OF BENTLEY, OK. ROBIN MORGAN AND HUSBAND JOE OF HARRAH, OK. BUNNY TRIPLET OF HARRAH, OK. 8 GRANDCHILDREN, 2 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. AUNT: MAE REDDEN OF ATOKA, OK. NAOMI MILLER OF CRYSTAL, OK. BIB PAYTON OF HOUSTON, TX. BROTHERS-IN-LAW: EARL POE OF NORMAN, OK. C. E. WILLIAMS OF OKLAHOMA CITY. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: OTIS AND MYRTLE BENCH.SISTERS: MELBA WILLIAMS, NORA MAE POE, VIVIAN COYLE, REBA GARLAND, OPAL WEISENHUNT and BILLIE ANN.BROTHERS: BILL HAYNES, JAMES NOAH, and OTIE LEON.
DATE OF SERVICES: THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 2000 AT 2:00 P.M.PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: BENTLEY CEMETERY ~ BENTLEY, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. JIMMIE JONES. CASKETBEARERS: JOHN HENDERSON, SANDY DANDERSON, DONALD COYLE, FOYE CALLICOAT, BUD BANKS, EUGENE BANKS. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: HARVEY MAYO, JOHN WEBSTER.
NAME: RUBY LEE (SHERROD) DERRICK, AGE 75, ATOKA COUNTY RESIDENT. BORN: OCTOBER 2, 1924 AT COAHOMA, HOWARD COUNTY, TEXAS TO JESS R. AND EVIE (JONES) SHERROD. PASSED AWAY: TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2000 AT HURLEY MANOR IN COALGATE, OK.AGE: 75 YEARS 11 MONTHS AND 24 DAYS. EDUCATION: SHE ATTENDED SCHOOL IN TEXAS. MARRIED: Elbert J. “JEFF” DERRICK ON AUGUST 3, 1949 AT CANADIAN, TX. OCCUPATION: SHE WAS A HOUSEWIFE. RUBY WAS A GOLD STAR MOTHER WITH THE VFW WOMENS AUXILIARY. SURVIVED BY CHILDREN: JENNY RHODES OF LONGDALE, OK. ROSA LEE BURDEN OF LONGTOWN, OK. JACKIE DERRICK AND WIFE JOLENE OF CHICKASHA, OK. JEFF DERRICK AND WIFE SUSANNE OF HULBERT, OK. 10 GRANDCHILDREN, SEVERAL GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HUSBAND: E. J. “JEFF” DERRICK on february 21, 1989 at coalgate, ok.PARENTS: JESS AND EVIE SHERROD.BROTHER: JIM SHERROD.SONS: JIMMY AND RAND DERRICK.
DATE OF SERVICES: WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2000 AT 2:00 PMPLACE OF SERVICE: GRAVESIDE. INTERMENT: LEHIGH CEMETERY ~ LEHIGH, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. BOB TRAIL.
NAME: JEWEL DEAN (SHARP) MORGAN, AGE 87, A LONGTIME ATOKA AREA RESIDENT. BORN: DECEMBER 26, 1912 AT STANDING ROCK IN ATOKA COUNTY TO WILLIAM HOMER AND NORA ELVERDE (BREWER) SHARP. PASSED AWAY: WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2000 AT COLONIAL MANOR IN ATOKA, OK.AGE: 87 YEARS 9 MONTHS AND 1DAY. EDUCATION: SHE ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT STANDING ROCK AND WILSON. OCCUPATION: SHE WORKED A NUMBER OF YEARS AS AN ELECTRONIC ASSEMBLER. JEWEL WAS OF THE SOUTHERN BAPTIST FAITH. SURVIVED BY DAUGHTER: BETTY GONZALES AND HUSBAND ROBERT OF SHELDON, WA. GRANDCHILDREN: GREGORY GONZALES OF SHELDON, WA. RICHARD RONALD CARILLO OF OREGON. DEBRA HORN AND HUSBAND LARRY OF PORT ORCHARD, OR. 7 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. BROTHER: ROBERT SHARP OF ATOKA, OK. SISTER: MILDRED HERNANDEZ AND HUSBAND JESUS OF ATOKA, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: WILLIAM AND NORA SHARP.GRANDSON: ROBERT JAMES GONZALES.BROTHER: MARK BENTON SHARP.NIECE: GRETTA CHARLENE LEADER DODD.
DATE OF SERVICES: DIRECT CREMATION - NO SERVICES.
NAME: LOUISE ADELL (WITHROW) UBER, AGE 81, A LIFELONG ATOKA COUNTY RESIDENT. BORN: MARCH 2, 1919 IN ATOKA COUNTY TO CLAUD GILBERT AND ADELL (SWINDELL) WITHROW . PASSED AWAY: FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2000 AT SUNBRIDGE PARK CARE AND REHABILITATION CENTER IN McALESTER, OK.AGE: 81 YEARS 6 MONTHS AND 27 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOL AT HARMONY IN ATOKA COUNTY, OK. MARRIED: GAILOR DEWAIN UBER ON DEC. 31, 1935 AT LANE, OK. OCCUPATION: SHE OWNED AND OPERATED UBER GROCERY FROM 1964 TO 1973. SHE THEN WORKED AS A COOK IN THE ATOKA SCHOOL SYSTEM, retiring IN 1981. CHURCH: SHE WAS A MEMBER OF THE ATOKA FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH. SURVIVED BY CHILDREN: ROBERT DEWAIN “BOB” UBER AND WIFE LOUISE OF ATOKA, OK. WANDA JANICE MILLER OF MOORE, OK. JACKIE NEIL UBER AND WIFE LOUISE OF BATON ROUGE, LA. DEBRA ANN WATSON AND ANTHONY ASHMORE OF McALESTER, OK. GRANDCHILDREN: LARRY AND PAM DeVILLIER OF EAGUE, TX. DAVID DeVILLIER OF HILLARD, FL. TINA G. AND BILLY WOODS OF CARTHAGE, MO. MICHAEL NEIL UBER OF ATOKA, OK. SCOTT BRIAN MILLER OF MOORE, OK. MELISSA DAWN WATSON OF NORMAN, OK. GREAT GRANDCHILDREN: JOSH DeVILLIER, JOSHUA WOODS, AND JASON WOODS. SISTER: IDELL WALLACE OF ATOKA, OK. BROTHER: GILBERT WITHROW AND WIFE ILA BEA OF SWEET HOME, OR. SISTERS IN-LAW: ESTELLE WITHROW OF ATOKA, OK. EFFIE UBER OF ATOKA, OK. MARY WITHROW OF ATOKA, OK. FAY UBER OF ATOKA, OK. NORMA JEAN UBER OF ALBUQUERQUE, NM. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HUSBAND: GAILORD DEWAIN UBER ON APRIL 6, 1970.PARENTS: CLAUD AND ADELL WITHROW.BROTHERS: CRELL ODELL, ORVILLE WILLIAM, AND WENDELL OLIVER WITHROW.SISTER: THELMA OLETA CORBITT.
DATE OF SERVICES: MONDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2000 AT 2:00 PM.PLACE OF SERVICE: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: WEST VIEW CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. BOB JOHNSON. CASKETBEARER: DON WALLACE, MIKE PEIGARE, MARK BARNES, JAMES BARNES, MIKE ADAIR, MIKE UBER.
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