NAME: EDWARD ALBERT (EDDIE) KING, AGE 85, A L0NGTIME TUPELO, OKLAHOMA RESIDENT. BORN: FEBRUARY 24, 1914, at TUPELO, OKLAHOMA TO THOMAS EDWARD “ED” AND LURA (CROSSER) KING. PASSED AWAY: FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1999, AT VALLEY VIEW REGIONAL HOSPITAL IN ADA, OKLAHOMA.AGE: 85 YEARS 6 MONTHS AND 9 DAYS. EDUCATION: GRADUATED FROM TUPELO HIGH SCHOOL IN 1930 AND GRADUATED FROM OKLAHOMA A & M COLLEGE AT STILLWATER IN 1936 where he WAS A MEMBER OF SIGMA CHI FRATERNITY. MARRIED: JO ANDERSON ON DECEMBER 18, 1938, AT HOBBS, NM. OCCUPATION: RANCHER AND AUTO DEALERSHIP OWNER. CHURCH AFFILIATION: MEMBER OF SAINT PETER’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN COALGATE, OK. EDDIE WAS BORN AND RAISED IN TUPELO AND LATER OPERATED AN AUTO DEALERSHIP FOR SOME 31 YEARS IN PAWHUSKA, OKLAHOMA, FROM WHICH HE RETIRED IN DECEMBER OF 1979. HE THEN SPENT HIS REMAINING YEARS IN TUPELO. SURVIVED BY WIFE: JO KING OF THEIR HOME IN TUPELO, OK. CHILDREN: KAY SMITH AND HUSBAND JIM OF TUPELO, OK. ED A. KING AND WIFE EASTER OF STONEWALL, OK. LURA (LU) KING OF ARKANSAS CITY, KS . GRANDCHILDREN: STEPHEN HORN AND WIFE SANDRA OF DALLAS, TX. BRIAN HORN AND WIFE LISA OF DALLAS, TX. KRISTEN SHIELDS AND HUSBAND BRYAN OF VAN BUREN, AR. MARK EDWARD KING OF HILTON HEAD ISLAND, SC. GREAT GRANDCHILDREN: TRICIA KING, TAYLOR HORN, TIMOTHY EDWARD SHIELDS, AND MIRANDA ROSE HORN. NIECES AND NEPHEWS: JOHN EDWARD KING, MARY NELL WINHAM, KAY BUTLER, AND SHIRLEY SMITH. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: ED AND LURA KING.SISTER: RUTH BRITTON.BROTHERS: FRANK, PRICE, AND FLOYD KING.
DATE OF SERVICES: TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1999, AT 2:00 P.M.PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ TUPELO, OK. INTERMENT: BYRDS PRAIRIE CEMETERY ~ TUPELO, OK. OFFICIATING: TONY RANDALL. CASKETBEARERS: JIM COX, LARRY FERGUSON, BOB HYATT, DANNY BULLARD, CHARLEY DAVIS.
NAME: OLLIE RUTH (WILLIAMS) COLLUM, AGE 73, A LONGTIME ATOKA RESIDENT.  BORN: MARCH 13, 1926 AT FRANCIS, OK TO CHARLIE GROVER AND PEARL JEWEL (VANIVER) WILLIAMS. PASSED AWAY: SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1999 AT HER RESIDENCE IN ATOKA, OK.AGE: 73 YEARS 5 MONTHS AND 21 DAYS EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT FRANCIS, OK. MARRIED: EARNEST TROY COLLUM ON APRIL 10, 1947 IN DURANT, OK. OCCUPATION: HOUSEWIFE. SURVIVED BY HUSBAND: EARNEST TROY COLLUM OF THEIR HOME IN ATOKA, OK. DAUGHTER: EARNESTINE RUTH BENEFIELD AND HUSBAND TOM OF ATOKA, OK. GRANDSONS: ROBERT BYTHEWAY AND WIFE TINA OF VENTURA, CA. BRIAN LEMONS OF ADA, OK. SISTER: BETTY ALMOND AND HUSBAND DAVID OF HAGERMAN, NM. BROTHER: BILL WILLIAMS AND WIFE VIOLA OF DEXTER, NM. HALF SISTER: ADDIE LEE LOWRY OF OKLAHOMA CITY. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: CHARLIE AND PEARL WILLIAMS.BROTHER: HARLEY WILLIAMSHALF-BROTHER: ARGUS AND ORVILLE WILLIAMS.HALF-SISTER: LOLA FOX.
DATE OF SERVICES: MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1999 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: GREEN MEADOWS CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. BOB JOHNSON. CASKET BEARERS: LESLEY C. COLLUM, THOMAS A. BENEFIELD, JODY BENEFIELD, DOUG CONN, BOBBY J. SMITH, JESSE HUNT. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: FRANKIE HUNT, JERRY RICHARDS.
NAME: BLANCHE L. (ESKUE) McCLENDON, AGE 91, FARRIS RESIDENT SINCE 1917. BORN: MAY 29, 1908 AT MESSER, OK TO WILLIAM VALENTINE AND TEZ ANNA (HOOPER) ESKUE. PASSED AWAY: SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1999 IN HER DAUGHTER’S RESIDENCE IN DENISON, TX.AGE: 91 YEARS 3 MONTHS AND 6 DAYS EDUCATION: ATTENDED FARRIS AND BOLER SCHOOLS. MARRIED: FOSTER P. MCCLENDON ON DECEMBER 26, 1928 AT FARRIS, OK. OCCUPATION: HOMEMAKER. CHURCH AFFILIATION: LIFE MEMBER OF FARRIS CHURCH OF CHRIST. survived by DAUGHTER: CHARLENE REYNOLDS AND HUSBAND J. C. OF DENISON, TX. 2 GRANDCHILDREN, 4 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, 2 GREAT GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. SISTER: LA VERA LANE OF PHOENIX, AZ. UNCLE: ONIE ESKUE. SISTER-IN-LAW: JUANITA ESKUE. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: WILLIAM AND TEZ ANNA ESKUE.BROTHERS: LOYD AND BUDDY ESKUE.SISTER: PAULINE COX.
DATE OF SERVICES: WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1999 AT 10:00 A.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: FARRIS CHURCH OF CHRIST ~ FARRIS, OK. INTERMENT: FARRIS CEMETERY ~ FARRIS, OK. OFFICIATING: EVERETT HODGES. CASKETBEARERS: PERRY ESKUE, MIKE GOFF, YANCY PENNER, GLEN MCCLENDON, ELVIN FLOWERS, BILLY MCCLENDON. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: FRANCIS MCCLENDON, RANDALL MCCLENDON, VIRGIL HARDIN, JACK JOHNSON.
NAME: CARY ALPHONSO BROWN, AGE 89, LIFELONG ATOKA RESIDENT. BORN: SEPTEMBER 11, 1909 AT ATOKA TO MELTON TRONTO AND HATTIE (WARD) BROWN. PASSED AWAY: SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1999 AT THE ATOKA COLONIAL LIVING CENTER. AGE: 89 YEARS 11 MONTHS AND 24 DAYS EDUCATION: ATTENDED DUNBAR SCHOOL IN ATOKA, OK. MARRIED: ALBERT TRESSIE HYATT. OTHA RAY HILL. OCCUPATION: TRUCK DRIVER. CHURCH AFFILIATION: CHURCH OF CHRIST. SURVIVED BY DAUGHTER: JO ANN BROWN AND HUSBAND GENE OF OKLAHOMA CITY. SONS: OTIS DALE BROwN AND WIFE SHERRY OF ATOKA, OK. CLIFFORD BROWN OF ATOKA, OK. SEVERAL GRANDCHILDREN, GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, AND GREAT GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. STEPSISTER: HELEN D. BROWN OF WICHITA FALLS, TX. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: MELTON AND HATTIE BROWN.SON: EDWARD BROWN.FIRST WIFE: ALBERT BROWN.SECOND WIFE: OTHA BROWN oN september 19, 1993. BROTHER: MELTON BROWN, JR.SISTERS: MARIE BROWN AND WILLIE OSCAR.STEPMOTHER: HATTIE COX.
DATE OF SERVICES: SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1999 AT 2:00 P.M.PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: GREEN HILL CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. JAMES CROWSON. CASKETBEARERS: (NEPHEWS) HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: JESSIE HARRISON, EDGAR VINSON, BILLY JOE CLAYTON, WENDELL WOODARD, CHARLEY COULTER, LABRON MCJUNKINS, TOMMY HARRISON, JOE LEWIS HARRISON. FLOWERBEARERS: (NIECES) HONORARY FLOWERBEARERS: VERA FULSON, LULA MAE SUTTER, JULIA FULSON, HELEN CRAWFORD, PAULENE WALTERS, CECIL DAVIS, EVELYN RANDOLPH, IRENE NICHOLS, ERMA WOODARD, BESSIE GROOMS.
NAME: RETTA (DAVIS) DALTON, AGE 94, A FORMER ATOKA RESIDENT. BORN: MAY 26, 1905 IN OAK GROVE, TEXAS TO WILLIAM AND MAUDE DAVIS. PASSED AWAY: SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1999 AT TERREBONNE MEDICAL CENTER IN HOUMA, LA.AGE: 94 YEARS 3 MONTHS AND 9 DAYS EDUCATION: NOT KNOWN. MARRIED: HOKE DALTON ON OCTOBER 25, 1925. OCCUPATION: HOUSEWIFE AND HOMEMAKER. CHURCH AFFILIATION: MEMBER OF MELBA AVENUE CHURCH OF CHRIST IN ATOKA, OK. SURVIVED BY CHILDREN: JERRY DALTON and WIFE LYNETTE OF HOUMA, LA. JOHN DALTON and JANICE OF PAGE, AZ. DORTHY WILEY OF OKLAHOMA CITY. NUMEROUS GRANDCHILDREN, GREAT GRANDCHILDREN AND GREAT GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. BROTHER: JAMES DAVIS OF MT. PLEASANT, TX. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: WILLIAM AND MAUDE DAVIS.HUSBAND: HOKE DALTON IN may, 1977.BROTHER: CHARLES DAVIS.DAUGHTER: RACHEL DeGRAZIA.
DATE OF SERVICES: THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1999 AT 10:30 A.M.PLACE OF SERVICES: GRAVESIDE SERVICES. INTERMENT: GREEN MEADOWS CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK. OFFICIATING: HAL ISHMAEL.
NAME: JULIA M. (BURCHETT) AINSWORTH, AGE 79, A LONGTIME ATOKA, OKLAHOMA AREA RESIDENT. BORN: JANUARY 2, 1920 IN BRYAN COUNTY, OKLAHOMA TO ELI A. AND MARY HELLEN (BURCHETT) WALLACE. PASSED AWAY: MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1999 AT ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.AGE: 79 YEARS 8 MONTHS AND 4 DAYS EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT COBB, OKLAHOMA IN BRYAN COUNTY. MARRIED: WOODROW AINSWORTH ON JUNE 25, 1938 IN ATOKA, OK. OCCUPATION: HOUSEWIFE AND HOMEMAKER. CHURCH AFFILIATION: MEMBER OF THE CHURCH OF CHRIST. SURVIVED BY DAUGHTERS: JOYCE AINSWORTH OF DALLAS, TX. DORIS CARPENTER AND HUSBAND DAVID OF CANEY, OK. JUDY STENHOUSE AND HUSBAND DAVID OF STERLING, VA. LINDA OLDHAM AND HUSBAND LARRY OF ATOKA, OK. MARTY LILLARD AND HUSBAND DOUG OF NORMAN, OK. GRANDCHILDREN: GREG CARPENTER AND WIFE VICKIE. CARY CARPENTER AND WIFE ANDREA. BRIAN CARPENTER. CLINT LILLARD AND WIFE SHANNON. RUSTY LILLARD. CHAD STENHOUSE. LORI OLDHAM. LACEY OLDHAM. GREAT GRANDCHILDREN: AMBER CARPENTER, JUSTIN CARPENTER, REESE CARPENTER, MEGAN CARPENTER, AND ONE ON THE WAY. 6 SISTERS-IN-LAW. 2 BROTHERS-IN-LAW. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: ELI AND MARY WALLACE.HUSBAND: WOODROW AINSWORTH ON FEBRUARY 23, 1994.BROTHERS: CY, CHARLIE, AND BOSTON WALLACE.SISTER: ELLEN HAMILTON.
DATE OF SERVICES: WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1999 AT 2:00 P.M.PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: GREEN MEADOWS CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK. OFFICIATING: DAVID HARENDT.ASSISTING: JERRY CARTWRIGHT. CASKETBEARERS: JERRY CARTWRIGHT, JARED CARTWRIGHT, DAVID AINSWORTH, RAY CARROLL, BRETT BRADFORD, DON WALLACE. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: (GRANDCHILDREN) GREG CARPENTER, CARY CARPENTER, BRIAN CARPENTER, CLINT LILLARD, RUSTY LILLARD, CHAD STENHOUSE, LORI OLDHAM, LACEY OLDHAM.
NAME: RENA (SEXTON) JIM, AGE 77, OF McALESTER, A FORMER BENTLEY AREA RESIDENT. BORN: MAY 30, 1922 AT BENTLEY, OKLAHOMA TO SHEPPARD AND MARTHA (JIM) SEXTON. PASSED AWAY: MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 6,1999 AT McALESTER REGIONAL HOSPITAL.AGE: 77 YEARS 3 MONTHS AND 6 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED BOARDING SCHOOL IN ARDMORE, OK. MARRIED: WILLIE JIM ON MAY 14, 1945 AT ATOKA, OK. OCCUPATION: HOUSEWIFE and HOMEMAKER. CHURCH AFFILIATION: MEMBER OF MACEDONIA BAPTIST CHURCH IN BENTLEY, OK. SURVIVED BY HUSBAND: WILLIE JIM OF THE HOME IN McALESTER, OK. SONS: DAVIS JIM AND WIFE DOROTHY OF McALESTER, OK. JOSepH JIM AND WIFE CHRISTI OF McALESTER, OK. DAUGHTERS: ELIZA JIM OF McALESTER, OK. NANCY DODSON AND HUSBAND ERYN OF MUSKOGEE, OK. GRANDCHILDREN: LORI DANEY AND HUSBAND GARY. SANDRA BEARD AND HUSBAND JAMES. VIRGINIA JIM. MELISSA KINSER AND HUSBAND OLIVER. LEALER JIM. TASHA JIM. NANCY LEIGH DODSON. LAURA DODSON. ELISHA JIM. 20 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: SHEPPARD AND MARTHA SEXTON.DAUGHTER: RITA FAYE JIM.SISTER: RUBY BARCUS.BROTHER: HOUSTON SEXTON.
DATE OF SERVICES: THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1999 AT 2:00 P.M.PLACE OF SERVICES: MACEDONIA BAPTIST CHURCH IN BENTLEY, OK. INTERMENT: BENTLEY INDIAN CEMETERY ~ ATOKA COUNTY, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. DON RUSSELL.ASSISTING: REV. EMMITT JIM AND REV. JOSEPH JIM. CASKETBEARERS: WADE WHITMIRE, OLIVER KINSER, SIMPSON LEE JIM, DANNY JIM, ELMER BARCUS, JR. EUGENE LANG. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: JERRY CHITO, ISIAH WESLEY, JOHN LEWIS, SAM HOLDEN, OSBOURNE KENNIEUTUBBE, JR., PAUL WESLEY, CORNELIUS SAM, TOMMY LeFLORE.
NAME: FLOSSIE MARIE (BOWLES) HIMES, AGE 91, AN ATOKA RESIDENT FOR THE PAST 16 YEARS AND FORMER LONGTIME OKLAHOMA CITY RESIDENT. BORN: DECEMBER 31, 1907 AT ARNETT, OKLAHOMA TO JAMES ALONZO AND MILDRED MAYBELLE (EDWARDS) BOWLES. PASSED AWAY: FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1999 AT THE COLONIAL LIVING CENTER IN ATOKA, OK.AGE: 91 YEARS 8 MONTHS AND 9 DAYS. EDUCATION: GRADUATED FROM HIGH SCHOOL IN OKLAHOMA CITY AND ATTENDED COLLEGE THERE for 2 YEARS. MARRIED: CARL HIMES ON APRIL 16, 1932 AT EL RENO , OK. OCCUPATION: SHE WAS DIRECTOR OF THE ANDREWS SQUARE SENIOR CITIZENS CENTER IN OKLAHOMA CITY, RETIRING IN 1983 WHEN SHE MOVED TO ATOKA. CHURCH AFFILIATION: SHE WAS A BAPTIST. SURVIVED BY CHILDREN: CHARLENE McGEE OF ARVADA, CO. MIKE HIMES AND WIFE PAT OF ATOKA, OK. 10 GRANDCHILDREN, 11 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. SISTERS: MILDRED HAGUE OF OKLAHOMA CITY. JEAN GROVES AND HUSBAND SILAS OF OKLAHOMA CITY. BROTHERS: WAYNE BOWLES AND WIFE BETTY OF MOORE, OK. NEIL BOWLES OF PEORIA, IL. SON-IN-LAW: DARRELL WILLIAMS OF FT. SMITH, AR. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: JAMES AND MILDRED BOWLES.HUSBAND: CARL HIMES IN NOVEMBER, 1967.DAUGHTER: EILENE WILLIAMS.GRANDSON: SAMUEL HIMES.SISTER: EDNA SHULTZ.BROTHER: HAROLD BOWLES.SON-IN-LAW: JOE McGEE.
DATE OF SERVICES: MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1999 AT 2:00 P.M.PLACE OF SERVICES: GRAVESIDE SERVICES. INTERMENT: BETHANY CEMETERY ~ SOUTHEAST ATOKA, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. JOHN HOWARD CASKETBEARERS: EARL MOFIELD, SAM BANKS, BRYAN RICHARD, CARROLL COOKSEY, JAMES POWELL, KENNY GAYLOR.
NAME: CURTIS RAY WOODS, AGE 69, LIFELONG ATOKA COUNTY RESIDENT. BORN: MARCH 30, 1930 AT ALEX, OKLAHOMA TO JOHN WILLIAM AND LAURA ELLENA (HEFFINGTON) WOODS. PASSED AWAY: TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1999 AT HIS HOME IN ATOKA, OK.AGE: 69 YEARS 5 MONTHS AND 14 DAYS EDUCATION: ATTENDED STAR SCHOOL IN ATOKA COUNTY. OCCUPATION: RAY RETIRED FROM MACK ALFORD CORRECTIONAL CENTER AS A CORRECTIONAL OFFICER IN 1991. EARLIER YEARS HE WORKED AS A HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERATOR IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY. HE ALSO OPERATED A SERVICE STATION A NUMBER OF YEARS HERE IN ATOKA. CHURCH AFFILIATION: RAY WAS A MEMBER OF THE BLACKJACK BAPTIST CHURCH. SURVIVED BY CHILDREN: STEVEN RAY WOODS OF OREGON. TERESA LYNN MYERS AND HUSBAND GREG OF WINSTON, OR. DOYLE RAY WOODS OF MONTGOMERY CREEK, CA. JACKIE WOODS AND HUSBAND DANIEL OF MEAD, OK. GRANDCHILDREN: KIMBERLY, MARGARET, PATTY, JENNIFER, KACI, DYLAN, AND JAKE. 2 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. SISTER: DOVIE JACKSON AND HUSBAND VIRGIL OF ATOKA, OK. NEPHEWS: LEROY, WAYNE, AND JERRY JACKSON OF ATOKA AREA. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: JOHN WILLIAM AND LAURA WOODS.NEPHEWS: DON AND DALE JACKSON.
DATE OF SERVICES: FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1999 AT 10:00 A.M.PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: TUSHKA CEMETERY ~ TUSHKA, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. GENE SLUDER. CASKETBEARERS: LEROY JACKSON, WAYNE JACKSON, JERRY JACKSON, JERRY RICHARD, TERRY JACKSON, HUGH SEWELL. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: PAUL SMITH, JOHNNY LONG, JIMMY MULLENS, PAUL MULLENS, LESTER NICHOLS, LEWIS McGEE, BILL MILLER.
NAME: VERNON LYNN “SMOKEY” FORTENBERRY, JR., AGE 25, A LIFELONG ATOKA COUNTY RESIDENT. BORN: JANUARY 16, 1974 AT TULSA, OK TO VERNON, SR. AND PATRICIA ANN (GEORGE) FORTENBERRY. PASSED AWAY: TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1999 AT HIS HOME IN ATOKA, OK.AGE: 25 YEARS 7 MONTHS AND 28 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED GRADE SCHOOL AT TUSHKA AND GRADUATED FROM ATOKA HIGH SCHOOL IN 1993. OCCUPATION: WORKED AT THE SHELTERED WORKSHOP IN ATOKA AND AT OKMULGEE TERRACE HOME. CHURCH AFFILIATION: MEMBER OF THE SECOND BAPTIST CHURCH IN OKMULGEE, OK. SURVIVED BY PARENTS: PATRICIA BAYLES AND HUSBAND CLIFFORD OF ATOKA, OK. GRANDMOTHER: ELLAR GEORGE OF ATOKA, OK. BROTHERS: SHANNON WAYNE FORTENBERRY OF WEWOKA, OK. JERRY LaRUE BAYLES OF CALERA, OK. SISTER: LISA JO BAYLES OF CALERA, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY SISTER: ERIKA FORTENBERRY.GRANDFATHER: RUSSELL WAYNE GEORGE.GRANDPARENTS: MARION AND RUBY BAYLES.AUNT: CHRISTINE COLE.UNCLE: ALBERT COLE.
DATE OF SERVICES: SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1999 AT 2:00 P.M.PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: BERA CEMETERY ~ HARMONY, OK OFFICIATING: REV. BOB BURCH. CASKETBEARERS: BILL BAYLES, RONALD BAYLES, TOMMY BALYES, DAVID BAYLES, GLENDON MOSLEY, PAUL PETERS. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: CURTIS MOSLEY, JERRY BAYLES, DARRELL MAXEY, CLIFFORD BRADFORD, FLOYD McCARTY JR., ALBERT COLE.
NAME: NAGEALA SUSAN (POOL) HUTSON, AGE 38, LONGTIME ATOKA RESIDENT. BORN: JUNE 19, 1961 AT FORT DIX, NEW JERSEY TO JIMMY BLAINE AND GENEVA (MAGGARD) POOL. PASSED AWAY: THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1999 AT THE CANCER TREATMENT CENTER IN TULSA, OK. AGE: 38 YEARS 2 MONTHS AND 27 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS IN GUAM AND BLYTHVILLE, ARKANSAS. SHE CAME TO ATOKA SCHOOLS IN 1972, GRADUATing FROM ATOKA HIGH SCHOOL IN 1979 AND ATTENDED SOUTHEASTERN STATE UNIVERSITY. MARRIED: RANDALL JOE HUTSON ON NOVEMBER 30, 1984 AT ATOKA, OK. OCCUPATION: WORKED MANY YEARS AS SECRETARY FOR THE ATOKA COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY AND SHE WAS A HOMEMAKER AND HOUSEWIFE. CHURCH AFFILIATION: MEMBER OF SOUTHSIDE BAPTIST AND LATER, WARDS CHAPEL BAPTIST CHURCH. NAGEALA WAS A MEMBER OF ATOKA COUNTY JAYCEES AND WORKED SEVERAL YEARS AS A Disc Jockey FOR KHKC radio. SURVIVED BY HUSBAND: RANDY hutson OF THE HOME IN ATOKA, OK. CHILDREN: AMANDA CROWSON AND HUSBAND, COREY OF STRINGTOWN, OK. MIRANDA SUZANNE HUTSON OF ATOKA, OK. GRANDCHILD: TAYLOR GRACE SUZANNE CROWSON OF ATOKA, OK. PARENTS: JIM AND NEVA POOL OF ATOKA, OK. SISTERS: TERESA HOUCHEN AND HUSBAND, TEX OF MARSHALL, TX. DIANA POOL OF ATOKA, OK. LINDA POOL OF ATOKA, OK. PARENTS-IN-LAW: BUDDIE HUTSON AND WIFE POLLY OF STRINGTOWN, OK. NEPHEW: JAMES ROBERT HOUCHEN. NIECES: LYNSAY HOUCHEN, MAGGIE HOUCHEN, AMBER POOL, JESSICA POWERS. BROTHER-IN-LAW: KENT HUTSON AND WIFE SHERRY OF STRINGTOWN, OK. SISTER-IN-LAW: BRENDA MARLEY AND HUSBAND RONNIE OF STRINGTOWN, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY MOTHER-IN-LAW: VIRGINIA ETHEL HUTSON.
DATE OF SERVICES: MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1999 AT 10:00 A.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK INTERMENT: GREEN MEADOWS CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK. OFFICIATING: REV: TOM HARGRAVE.ASSISTING: REV: PAUL LITTLETON. CASKETBEARERS: CHUCK CARROLL, JERRY LANSDALE, DAVID BARTON, DOUG GABBARD, DAVID RAY, JAMES THORNLEY, GREG JENKINS, JEFF SEWELL. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: NEAL MERRIOTT, ERNIE GRIFFIN, DON WALKER, DAVID CATHEY, JENNA SAMS, LA DONNA RAINS.
NAME: JEWELL LORETTA (ARMSTRONG) GARTON, AGE 61, A BENTLEY AREA RESIDENT. BORN: DECEMBER 9, 1937 AT REDDEN, OK TO OTAH TRUMAN AND VERLIE JANE (LEEPER) ARMSTRONG. PASSED AWAY: MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1999 AT HER RESIDENCE NEAR BENTLEY.AGE: 61 YEARS 9 MONTHS AND 11 DAYS EDUCATION: ATTENDED GRADE SCHOOL AT GRASSY LAKE SCHOOL AND ATOKA HIGH SCHOOL. MARRIED: RICHARD LYNN GARTON ON JUNE 1, 1958 AT BENTLEY, OK. OCCUPATION: HOUSEWIFE AND HOMEMAKER. CHURCH AFFILIATION: BENTLEY ROAD CHURCH OF CHRIST. SURVIVED BY HUSBAND: RICHARD GARTON OF THEIR HOME NEAR BENTLEY, OK. DAUGHTERS: MARILYN PHILLIPS AND HUSBAND JIMMY OF ATOKA, OK. CAROLYN WHEELER AND HUSBAND KENNETH OF LANE, OK MOTHER: VERLIE JANE ARMSTRONG OF ATOKA, OK. GRANDCHILDREN: LARRY WEAVER JR. AND WIFE HEIDI OF LUTHER, OK. ASHLEY ALLEN WEAVER AND WIFE JULIE OF CHOCTAW, OK. AUDRA LYNN WEAVER OF LANE, OK. CHARLOTTE WEAVER OF ARLINGTON, TX. JONATHAN WHEELER OF LANE, OK. VALERIE SCHNEIDER AND HUSBAND WINT OF ANCHORAGE, AK. AARON SCHNEIDER OF ATOKA, OK. GREAT GRANDCHILDREN: ALEXANDER PAYNE McGOVERN. SIERRAH LYNN SCHNEIDER. ANGELICA MARIE WEAVER. BROTHERS: GLEN ARMSTRONG AND WIFE LORI OF OKLAHOMA CITY. DOYLE ARMSTRONG AND WIFE JANET OF OKLAHOMA CITY. DWIGHT ARMSTRONG AND WIFE VERNA OF PORTER, OK. LARRY ARMSTRONG AND WIFE VICKIE OF TULSA, OK. JIM ARMSTRONG OF YALE, OK. PAUL ARMSTRONG AND WIFE BRENDA OF BENTLEY, OK. CLEO ARMSTRONG OF POTTSBORO, TX. TED ARMSTRONG AND WIFE SUE OF OKLAHOMA CITY. SISTERS: ALICE SIMPSON AND HUSBAND WILLIAM OF OKLAHOMA CITY. NANCY BOMSBURGER OF POTTSBORO, TX. HAZEL ROBERTS OF HARMONY, OK. EDITH ARMSTRONG OF BENTLEY, OK. MARIE BURKE OF HARTFORD CT. LINDA BLALOCK AND HUSBAND RON OF OKLAHOMA CITY. SHERRY CAVENDER AND HUSBAND GARY OF LAS VEGAS, NV. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY FATHER: OTAH ARMSTRONG.BROTHER: EUGENE ARMSTRONG.SISTER: DORIS JAMES.
DATE OF SERVICES: THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1999 AT 10:00 A.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: BENTLEY CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, COUNTY, OK. OFFICIATING: HASKELL ENGLAND.ASSISTING: WALTER DURBIN. CASKETBEARERS: JIMMY PHILLIPS, AARON SCHNEIDER, NATHAN SILVERS, KENNETH WHEELER, KENNETH STANEART, LARRY WEAVER JR. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: SKINNER STILES, SHUG BLEDSOE, MELVIN ISHMAEL.
NAME: MARION OTIS DAVIS, AGE 95, A LONGTIME ATOKA AREA RESIDENT. BORN: OCTOBER 6, 1903 IN COLLIN COUNTY, TEXAS TO LONZO ELMER AND HATTIE IZONA (PRATT) DAVIS. PASSED AWAY: MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1999 AT ATOKA COLONIAL LIVING CENTER.AGE: 95 YEARS 11 MONTHS AND 14 DAYS EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS IN OLNEY, TEXAS. MARRIED: BEATRICE HUBBARD IN 1925 IN OLNEY, TX. OCCUPATION: WORKED MANY YEARS AS A CARPENTER. CHURCH AFFILIATION: METHODIST FAITH. OTIS LIVED IN OLNEY, TEXAS MOST OF HIS LIFE AND MOVED TO TUSHKA IN 1964. A FEW YEARS LATER HE MOVED TO ATOKA. HE WAS ACTIVE IN BOY SCOUTS IN HIS YOUTH AND LATER BECAME A TROOP LEADER. SURVIVED BY BROTHER: RUEL WELDON DAVIS AND WIFE WANDA OF FT. WORTH, TX. NIECE: JOYCE CLAYTON OF CADDO, OK. NEPHEW: RAY ROBINSON OF McALESTER, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY WIFE: BEATRICE DAVIS IN NOVEMBER 1979.PARENTS: LONZO ELMER AND HATTIE IZONA DAVIS.BROTHERS: MELVIN DAVIS, NOEL DAVIS, AND VERNON DAVIS.SISTER: GLADYS DAVIS ROBINSON.
DATE OF SERVICES: THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1999 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: CADDO CEMETERY ~ CADDO, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. BOB JOHNSON. CASKETBEARERS: LARRY DON ROBINSON, KEVIN DAVIS, ORVIL HUBBARD, LEO KUNKEL, DAVID ROBINSON, WILL ROBINSON. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: RAY ROBINSON, RONALD HUBBARD, MIKE STILES, BUD WATSON.
NAME: MAURICE HOWARD McCLUNG, AGE 80, A LONGTIME RESIDENT OF OAK HARBOR, WA. BORN: AUGUST, 26, 1919 IN KOMALTY, KIOWA COUNTY, OKLAHOMA TO OLLIE AND HATTIE ETHEL (STONE) McCLUNG. PASSED AWAY: MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1999 AT HIS HOME IN OAK HARBOR, WA.AGE: 80 YEARS 0 MONTHS AND 24 DAYS. EDUCATION: HE ATTENDED SCHOOL AT HOBART, OK. MARRIED: ELLEN FRANCES STANSBERRY ON MAY 2, 1938 IN HOBART, OK. OCCUPATION: HE WAS A LOGGER IN THE STATE OF WASHINGTON FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS. CHURCH AFFILIATION: HE WAS OF METHODIST FAITH MR. McCLUNG ENTERED THE U. S. NAVY IN 1943 AND SERVED IN WORLD WAR II. HE CAME WITH HIS WIFE AND CHILDREN TO WHIDBEY ISLAND IN 1944. HE WAS EMPLOYED AS A LOGGER FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS, UNTIL THE EARLY SIXTIES. BOTH HE AND HIS WIFE WERE INVOLVED IN DOMESTIC SERVICE IN THE SEATTLE AREA FROM THAT TIME UNTIL THEIR RETIREMENT IN 1988, SHE WITH HER CULINARY SKILLS AND HE WITH GARDENING, CHAUFFEuRING AND VARIOUS HANDY SKILLS. THEY RETURNED TO OAK HARBOR FOLLOWING RETIREMENT, WHERE HE ENJOYED GARDENING AND VARIOUS PROJECTS AROUND THE HOME. SURVIVED BY WIFE: ELLEN McCLUNG OF THE HOME IN OAK HARBOR, WA. CHILDREN: FRAN OPHEIM LARSON AND HUSBAND JIM OF RENTON, WA. JERRY McCLUNG AND WIFE SUSAN OF OAK HARBOR, WASHINGTON. GRANDCHILDREN: KIM STONE, SHERI ODEKIRK, TERRI CLEM, AND PAM POWELL. 6 GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN. BROTHERS: TOMMY McCLUNG OF HOBART, OK. JIMMY McCLUNG AND WIFE VICKIE OF OKLAHOMA CITY. SISTERS: PAT HIXON AND HUSBAND DEAN OF YUKON, OK. MARIE COX AND HUSBAND JOHN OF YUKON, OK. BETTY OWENS AND HUSBAND RICHARD OF MT. PARK, OK. LOUISE STEPHENS AND HUSBAND JACK OF ATOKA, OK. SISTER-IN-LAW: JOYCE McCLUNG OF HOBART, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: OLLIE AND HATTIE McCLUNG.BROTHERS: LLOYD, GLEN, AND ELLSWORTH McCLUNG.
DATE OF SERVICES: WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1999 AT 2:00 P.M.PLACE OF SERVICES: GRAVESIDE SERVICES. INTERMENT: ROSE CEMETERY ~ HOBART, OK. OFFICIATING: JAMES HENDRIX.
NAME: HELEN RUTH (PARTIN) HEATHERLY, AGE 79 LIFELONG ATOKA COUNTY RESIDENT. BORN: JANUARY 19, 1920 AT BENTLEY, OK TO GEORGE AND VEORAH (REICH) PARTIN. PASSED AWAY: WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1999 AT THE MEDICAL CENTER IN DURANT, OK. AGE: 79 YEARS 8 MONTHS AND 3 DAYS. EDUCATION: GRADUATED FROM ATOKA HIGH SCHOOL WITH THE CLASS OF 1938. MARRIED: JOHN EDWARD HEATHERLY ON MAY 1, 1939 AT ATOKA, OK. OCCUPATION: WORKED MANY YEARS AT THE HUDSPETH INSURANCE AGENCY AND RETIRED FROM THE ATOKA TAG AGENCY. CHURCH AFFILIATION: LONGTIME MEMBER OF THE PENN & A CHURCH OF CHRIST IN ATOKA. SURVIVED BY SONS: GLENN HEATHERLY AND WIFE BECKY OF ABILENE, TX. JIM HEATHERLY AND WIFE SHERRIE OF ATOKA, OK. GRANDCHILDREN: BRENDAN , LOGAN, AND JENNY HEATHERLY OF ATOKA, OK. RON HEATHERLY OF ARLINGTON, TX. PHILLIP HEATHERLY OF WACO, TX. GREAT GRANDCHILDREN: LACEY AND CHASE HEATHERLY BOTH OF ARLINGTON, TX. SISTER: LOUISE COOK AND HUSBAND JAY OF ATOKA, OK. AUNT: INEZ KELLEY OF ATOKA, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HUSBAND: JOHN HEATHERLY ON JULY 2, 1995.PARENTS: GEORGE AND VEORAH PARTIN.BROTHER: GLENDON PARTIN.SISTER: BILLYE MANSELL.NIECE: SUSAN MANSELL.
DATE OF SERVICES: SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1999 5:00 P.M.PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: GREEN MEADOWS CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK. OFFICIATING: BROTHER HASKELL ENGLAND.ASSISTING: BROTHER DAVID HARENDT. CASKETBEARERS: RICHARD LILLARD, RANDY HENDERSON, STEVE MANSELL, RICK SMOOT, GLENDON PARTIN, FLOYD KEELER. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: JERRY CARTWRIGHT, JERRY HENDERSON, HAL ISHMAEL, JAY COOK, BOB FREDERICK, DARWIN SETLIFF, BILL PASQUALI.
NAME: GENEVA (McCLARY) CAMPBELL, AGE 85, LONGTIME ATOKA RESIDENT. BORN: AUGUST 18, 1914 AT SPIRO, OKLAHOMA TO WILLIAM BRANTLEY AND MAUDE (ELLIS) McCLARY. PASSED AWAY: THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1999 AT THE ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. AGE: 85 YEARS 1 MONTHS AND 5 DAYS EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT QUINTON, OK. MARRIED: HASKELL CAMPBELL ON MAY 1, 1930 IN ATOKA COUNTY, OK. OCCUPATION: WORKED MANY YEARS AS MANAGER FOR THE ATOKA HOTEL, ALSO WORKED FOR THE HUDSPETH INSURANCE AGENCY AND AS A SALES CLERK FOR HENSONS HOME AND AUTO IN ATOKA. CHURCH AFFILIATION: LONGTIME MEMBER OF THE MOUNTAIN VIEW PENTECOSTAL CHURCH WHERE SHE TAUGHT SUNDAY SCHOOL FOR MANY YEARS AND SANG IN THE CHOIR AND WAS ALWAYS AVAILABLE TO SING SPECIALS. SHE SANG AT MANY FUNERALS THROUGH THE YEARS. SURVIVED BY CHILDREN: DAPHENE PATTERSON OF HOUSTON, TX. ETTA FAHRNY OF ATOKA, OK. GRANDDAUGHTERS: LINDA EVANS OF ATOKA, OK. ANGELA PATTERSON OF HOUSTON, TX. DEBBY THOMAS AND HUSBAND MARK OF ATOKA, OK. GRANDSONS: MIKE PATTERSON OF MESA, AZ. ROD PATTERSON OF HOUSTON, TX. BILLY FAHRNY OF ATOKA, OK. GREAT GRANDCHILDREN: AARON LASARGE OF SEATTLE, WA. LYNSEY AND BO EVANS OF ATOKA. HEATH AND TANNER THOMAS OF ATOKA, OK. SISTERS: ALMA MILLER OF ATOKA, OK. MARY McHARDIE OF ATOKA, OK. DOROTHY BLACKWOOD AND HUSBAND LLOYD OF ATOKA, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HUSBAND: HASKELL CAMPBELL ON MARCH 24, 1997.PARENTS: WILLIAM AND MAUDE McCLARY.SISTERS: JULIE McCLARY, RUBY JONES, ELSIE DARLING, AND MYRA CONAWAY.BROTHERS: JOHN, JESS, AND LUTHER McCLARY.SON: BILLY CAMPBELL.SON-IN-LAW: KENNETH FAHRNY.
DATE OF SERVICES: SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1999 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: WESTVIEW CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK. OFFICIATING: DR. DON HAZELLASSISTING: REV: TERRY CRIPE AND REV. GENE HURLEY. CASKETBEARERS: OWEN PRATER, BILL LANG, CLINT BOONE, LARRY HORN, OREN COCHRAN, MILFORD POWELL. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: KENNETH MOORE, MARK THOMAS, BILL EVANS, MIKE PATTERSON, ROD PATTERSON, BILLY FAHRNY.
NAME: RONALD McGEE, AGE 44, A LIFELONG STRINGTOWN RESIDENT. BORN: APRIL 2, 1955 AT STRINGTOWN, OKLAHOMA TO EARL AND MARY ANN (KEMP) McGEE. PASSED AWAY: MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1999 AT VALLEY VIEW REGIONAL HOSPITAL IN ADA.AGE: 44 YEARS 5 MONTHS AND 25 DAYS EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT STRINGTOWN, OK. OCCUPATION: WORKED MANY YEARS AS A BACKHOE OPERATOR FOR ATOKA COUNTY DISTRICT 1. RONALD SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE U.S. ARMY, STATIONED IN GERMANY. SURVIVED BY PARENTS: EARL AND MARY ANN McGEE OF STRINGTOWN, OK. WIFE: BRIDGET OF THEIR HOME IN STRINGTOWN, OK. CHILDREN: GARY BALLAIS AND WIFE MICHELLE OF DALLAS, TX. TINA LANE OF DALLAS, TX.S GRANDDAUGHTERS: MELONY AND NICOLE. BROTHERS: KENNETH McGEE AND WIFE ARNITA OF OKLAHOMA CITY. WALLACE McGEE AND JANICE OF STRINGTOWN, OK. WINSTON McGEE AND WIFE TWYLA OF STRINGTOWN, OK. TODD McGEE OF STRINGTOWN, OK. DENNIS McGEE OF STRINGTOWN, OK. PHILLIP McGEE OF STRINGTOWN, OK. EDWARD McGEE AND WIFE PAT OF STRINGTOWN, OK. MARVIN EUGENE McGEE AND WIFE BARBARA OF ANTLERS, OK. LEWIS McGEE AND WIFE DIANE OF ATOKA, OK. STEVE McGEE AND WIFE KIM OF ATOKA, OK. SISTERS: QUEEN ESTER THOMPSON OF LOUISVILLE, KY. WILMA McGEE OF STRINGTOWN, OK. SISTER-IN-LAW: ALESHA McGEE OF OKLAHOMA CITY. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY BROTHERS: TIMOTHY “WAYNE” McGEE AND AN INFANT BROTHER.
DATE OF SERVICES: SATURDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1999 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: WELLS STREET CEMETERY ~ STRINGTOWN, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. RALPH DAWSON. CASKETBEARERS: NEPHEWS. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: CRANDALL WASHINGTON, MIKE WASHINGTON, GLENN MITCHELL, JOHNNY SELF, CALVIN JEWELL, JIMMY SMITH. FLOWER BEARERS: NIECES. HONORARY FLOWERBEARERS: TRACY RECTOR, NANCY ROBINSON, LORETTA SMITH, NATALIE BROWN, ANN SMITH, JANET JEWELL.
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