September, 2003 Memorials
 
 
 
 
NAME:  OLYMPIA DAWN AND CHRISTOPHER ANTONIO HILL, INFANT TWINS OF OLYMPIA HILL AND CHRISTOPHER COLEMAN OF EDMOND, OK.

BORN AND PASSED AWAY:  THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 2003 AT THE RHD HOSPITAL IN FARMERS BRANCH, TX.


     SURVIVED BY

PARENTS:   OLYMPIA DAWN HILL AND CHRISTOPHER ANTONIO COLEMAN OF EDMOND, OK.

PATERNAL GRANDPARENTS:   CURTIS E. COLEMAN OF OKLAHOMA CITY AND CHRISTIVIA ROYAL OF DALLAS, TX.

MATERNAL GRANDPARENTS:   DWAYNE AND EMMA HILL OF ATOKA, OK.

MATERNAL GREAT GRANDPARENT:  VERA MAE FULSON OF ATOKA, OK.

PATERNAL GREAT GRANDPARENTS:   ANNIE BESSETTE OF CALIFORNIA AND GILDA JONES.

SISTERS:   VERONICA HARRISON AND SON D’MICKEL HARRISON.
                     TAMARA HILL AND DAUGHTERS LATRESE AND CHANITA WASHINGTON.


     PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

GREAT GRANDFATHERS:  ARTHUR FULSON AND PRINCE HILL.
STEP GREAT GRANDFATHER:  LUTHER JONES.
INFANT COUSIN:   ANTHONY DEVONE WASHINGTON.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:  SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2003 AT 2:00 PM.
PLACE OF SERVICES:   GRAVESIDE SERVICES.

INTERMENT:   WELLS STREET CEMETERY ~ STRINGTOWN, OK.

OFFICIATING:   WILLARD HARRISON.
 
 
 
 
NAME:  DUDLEY DUDSON HOOPER, AGE 68, OF ATOKA, OKLAHOMA.

BORN:  OCTOBER 6, 1934 AT BLACKJACK, ATOKA COUNTY TO E. A. AND MYRTLE (MCGINTY) HOOPER.

PASSED AWAY: FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2003 AT SAINT FRANCIS HOSPITAL IN TULSA, OK.
AGE:   68 YEARS  10 MONTHS  29 DAYS.

EDUCATION:   ATTENDED BENTLEY AND OKMULGEE TECH AND RECIEVED A DEGREE IN AIR CONDITIONING AND REFRIGERATION.

MARRIED:   NORMA JEAN HOGAN IN 1955 AT DURANT, OK.

OCCUPATION:  WORKED FOR FORD MOTOR COMPANY IN THE 50’S, WORKED AS AN AIR CONDITIONING AND REFRIGERATION TECHNICIAN IN ARIZONA, AND WORKED 12 YEARS IN THE TIMBER BUSINESS FOR WEYERHAEUSER CO.

DUDLEY SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE U.S. ARMY IN KOREA AND JAPAN FOR 4 YEARS.


     SURVIVED BY

CHILDREN:  CAROL FRAZIER OF OKLAHOMA CITY.
                         MICHAEL HOOPER AND WIFE MARY OF BENTLEY, OK.

GRANDCHILDREN:   KRISTIE NOORTHOEK AND HUSBAND TONY OF LAWTON, OK.
                                       JENNIE HECK AND HUSBAND DAVID OF OKLAHOMA CITY.
                                       LYDIA FRAZIER OF OKLAHOMA CITY.
                                       LINDSAY FRAZIER OF OKLAHOMA CITY.
                                       LEAHANNE FRAZIER OF OKLAHOMA CITY.
                                       MIKALA HOOPER OF BENTLEY, OK.

GREAT GRANDCHILDREN:   BLAKE TETER AND SIERRA HECK.

BROTHER:   WAYNE HOOPER OF BENTLEY, OK.

SISTERS:   MILDRED SISSON OF HENRYETTA, OK.
                     RETIA CUTBILL AND HUSBAND RICHARD OF GUILFORD, CT.
                     JEANNIE CAMPBELL AND HUSBAND BILL OF TAHLEQUAH, OK.

MOTHER OF HIS CHILDREN:  NORMA JEAN NELSON OF OKLAHOMA CITY.

5 NEPHEWS, 1 NIECE.


     PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

PARENTS:   E. A. AND MYRTLE HOOPER.
INFANT DAUGHTER:   PEGGY LOUISE.
BROTHER-IN-LAW:  JAMES “DEB” SISSON.
SISTER-IN-LAW:   MARY LENA HOOPER.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:  TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2003 AT 11:00 A.M.
PLACE OF SERVICES:   BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK.

INTERMENT:   BENTLEY CEMETERY ~ BENTLEY, OK.

OFFICIATING:   REV. JOHN HOWARD.

CASKETBEARERS:   LEON ANDERSON, RICHARD ANDERSON, KENNETH COLE, DONNIE COLE, STANLEY HOOPER, DONALD COYLE.

HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:  T. J. SISSON, CHARLES CARROLL, M. F. FANNIN, FOY CALLICOAT, MARVIN ANDERSON, BEN CARROLL.
 
 
 
 
NAME:    ANDREW JACKSON GILBERT, AGE 81, AN ATOKA AREA RESIDENT FOR THE PAST 7 YEARS, RESIDING IN THE COLONIAL LIVING CENTER UNTIL IT BURNED, THEN WAS MOVED TO THE FOUR SEASONS NURSING CENTER IN DURANT, OK.

BORN:  OCTOBER 3, 1921 AT MUNDAY, TEXAS TO ANDREW JACKSON, SR AND ODI (UNKNOWN) GILBERT.

PASSED AWAY:   WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 10, 2003 AT THE ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.
AGE:   81 YEARS  11 MONTHS  AND  7 DAYS.

EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOL IN MUNDAY, TEXAS AND THEN COLORADO UNIVERSITY IN BOULDER, CO.

OCCUPATION:  OWNED AND OPERATED A SINGER SEWING MACHINE RETAIL AND REPAIR STORE.ANDREW ALSO SERVED IN THE U.S. ARMY.


     SURVIVED BY

FRIENDS:   DON AND SHIRLEY ZAICEK OF CRYSTAL, OK.
                     EDDIE AND KIM ZAICEK OF CRYSTAL, OK.
                     JOHN WIEST OF CRYSTAL, OK.
                     BILLY WIEST OF DALLAS, TX.


     PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

PARENTS:   ANDREW AND ODI GILBERT.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:  NO SERVICES WILL BE HELD.
 
INTERMENT:   NONE - DIRECT CREMATION.
 
 
 
 
NAME:    ALBERT LEE “AL” ROGERS, AGE 77, A LONGTIME ATOKA COUNTY RESIDENT.

BORN:  JUNE 3, 1926 AT BRITTON, TEXAS TO LEMUL BROWN AND IVA BLANCHE (SLATTON) ROGERS.

PASSED AWAY:   FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2003 AT THE ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.
AGE:   77 YEARS  3 MONTHS  AND  9 DAYS.

OCCUPATION:  AL WORKED OVER 10 YEARS FOR SETLIFF HUNT FURNITURE AND HARDWARE, HE WORKED SEVERAL YEARS FOR THE OKLAHOMA DEPT. OF CORRECTIONS AND RETIRED FROM THE D.O.C. IN 1988. HE PASTORED WILSON BAPTIST CHURCH IN 1979.

EDUCATION:   ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT BRITTON, MIDLOTHIAN, AND MANSFIELD, TX.

MARRIED:   DAISY ESTHER WOLFE ON OCTOBER 6, 1953 AT THE NORTHSIDE BAPTIST CHURCH IN FT. WORTH, TX.

CHURCH AFFILIATION:  AL WAS SAVED AND BAPTIZED NOVEMBER 30, 1969. HE WAS A LONGTIME MEMBER OF THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH IN ANTLERS. AL SERVED AS SUNDAY SCHOOL DIRECTOR AND WAS ACTIVE IN THE BAPTIST MENS ASSN. HE WAS ORDAINED AS A DEACON ON OCTOBER 14, 1976 AND WAS AN ORDAINED MINISTER. HE WORKED FOR THE ATOKA- COAL BAPTIST ASSN. FOR 8 YEARS.


     SURVIVED BY

WIFE:  DAISY ESTHER ROGERS OF THE HOME.

SISTER:  DORIS THOMPSON AND HUSBAND JOHN OF NEWARK, TX.

BROTHERS-IN-LAW:   JOE WOLFE AND WIFE DOROTHY OF ALAMOGORDO, NM.
                                         CHARLES WOLFE OF MINNIAPOLIS, KS.

SISTER-IN-LAW:   OVEDA ZVOLANEK OF ELLSWORTH, KS.


     PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

PARENTS:   LEMUL AND IVA ROGERS.
BROTHER:   LEMUL MAURICE BROWN ROGERS.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:  TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2003 AT 10:00 A.M.
PLACE OF SERVICES:   BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK.

OFFICIATING:   REV. ROLAND BEHNEKE.
ASSISTING:   REV. BEN HOTUBE.

GRAVESIDE COMMITTAL SERVICE:   BRITTON CEMETERY ~ BRITTON, TEXAS AT 4:00 P.M.

CASKETBEARERS:   BILLY WAGNER, WINSTON ARNOLD, GRAYLAND SMITH, DALLAS WILSON, EMMITT COFFMAN, JAMES BROWN.

HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:  SAM PACE, HOLLIS RAINEY, TED NOWLIN, J. T. SAIN, KENNETH STEWARD, JIMMIE DAVIS.
 
 
 
 
NAME:  KENNETH RAY SEABOURN, AGE 56, OF CARLSBAD, NM AND A FORMER LONGTIME ATOKA COUNTY RESIDENT.

BORN:  FEBRUARY 12, 1947 AT ATOKA TO MACK AUGUSTUS AND BETTY PEARL (McDANIEL) SEABOURN.

PASSED AWAY:   SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2003 AT CARLSBAD, NM.
AGE:   56 YEARS  7 MONTHS   AND   1 DAY.

OCCUPATION:  KEN WORKED A FEW YEARS AT THE NAVAL AMMUNITION DEPOT AT SAVANNA. HE WORKED MANY YEARS AS A HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERATOR IN THE PIPELINE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY.  HE WORKED IN ALASKA, SAUDI ARABIA, NIGERIA AND OLD MEXICO. THE LAST FEW YEARS HE OWNED AND OPERATED A DUMP TRUCK SERVICE.

EDUCATION:   ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT ATOKA AND GRADUATED FROM HIGH SCHOOL AT TRANQUILITY, CA.  HE ATTENDED COLLEGE AT COALINGA, CA.  HE WAS A FOOTBALL PLAYER BOTH IN HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE.

CHURCH AFFILIATION:  HE WAS SAVED AND BAPTIZED AT THE HARMONY BAPTIST CHURCH.
 
HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE ELKS LODGE


     SURVIVED BY

LONGTIME COMPANION:  MARY JOYCE FRITH OF THE HOME IN CARLSBAD, NM.

MOTHER:  BETTY SHORES AND STEP FATHER BOB OF ATOKA, OK.

SISTERS:   LADONA HYATT AND HUSBAND EDDIE OF ATOKA, OK.
                     DEADRA MARLOW OF MARSHFIELD, MO.

NIECE:   TIERRA.

NEPHEWS:   TIM, TRAVIS, AND JASON.

UNCLES:    CLEO SEABOURN AND WIFE OPAL OF BAKERSFIELD, CA.
                     BILL SEABOURN OF SULPHUR, OK.

AUNTS:   VIOLA ROBBINS AND HUSBAND DILLARD OF WILSON, OK.
                 LORETTA KENT OF ATOKA, OK.


     PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

FATHER:  MACK AUGUSTUS SEABOURN.
GRANDPARENTS:  CARL AND MINNIE SEABOURN.
                                     HURLEY AND LENA McDANIEL.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:  WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2003 AT 2:00 P.M.
PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK.

OFFICIATING: REV. HAROLD BREWER.

INTERMENT: BERA CEMETERY ~ HARMONY, OKLAHOMA.

CASKETBEARERS: TERRELL SNOW, KELLY STANDRIDGE, FRANKIE HUNT, DAVID CERIOTTI, STEVE COPELAND, RICKY HUNT.
 
 
 
 
NAME:    MARY ROSE (CARR) WYRICK, AGE 83, A LIFELONG ATOKA COUNTY RESIDENT.

BORN:    SEPTEMBER 11, 1920 AT ATOKA TO MACK, SR. AND CELIA (ROACH) CARR.

PASSED AWAY:   SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2003 AT THE ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.
AGE:   83 YEARS  0 MONTHS   AND   3 DAYS.

OCCUPATION:    MARY TAUGHT SCHOOL IN THE 1940’S AT PLEASANT VALLEY SCHOOL NEAR McGEE VALLEY. SHE WAS A HOUSEWIFE AND HOMEMAKER AND WORKED ON THE FAMILY RANCH.

EDUCATION:   ATTENDED SCHOOL AND GRADUATED FROM ATOKA HIGH SCHOOL.

MARRIED:   BEN WYRICK, JR. ON MAY 20, 1938 AT ANTLERS, OK.

CHURCH AFFILIATION:    MARY WAS SAVED AND BAPTIZED AND WAS A LONGTIME MEMBER OF THE WARDS CHAPEL BAPTIST CHURCH. SHE LATER AFFILIATED WITH THE McGEE VALLEY BAPTIST CHURCH AND ATTENDED THERE UNTIL HER HEALTH FAILED.


     SURVIVED BY

HUSBAND:   BEN WYRICK JR. OF THE HOME.

SON:   BENNIE WYRICK III AND WIFE LAVONA OF STRINGTOWN, OK.

GRANDCHILDREN:   LYNN WYRICK OF ATOKA, OK.
                                       GLENN WYRICK AND WIFE WENDY OF DAISY, OK.
                                       JAN EMBRY AND HUSBAND MIKE OF STRINGTOWN, OK.
                                       CLAY WYRICK AND WIFE KIM OF STRINGTOWN, OK.

GREAT GRANDCHILDREN:   LATISHA WYRICK, SABRINA WYRICK, CAITLIN EMBRY, CARA EMBRY, HEATHER WYRICK, AND JARED WYRICK.

BROTHERS:  MACK “BUD” CARR JR. OF ATOKA, OK.
                         MORRIS CARR OF NORMAN, OK.

SISTERS:   CASSIE WILLIAMS OF IRVING, TX.
                     LOIS LOCKE OF CHESTER, VA.
                     BEATRICE WALLACE OF DALLAS, TX.


     PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

PARENTS:   MACK AND CELIA CARR.
BROTHER-IN-LAW:    LEO WILLIAMS.
GRANDSON:    MARK WYRICK.
STEP GRANDSON:   CHAYLEN MARSHALL.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:  TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2003 AT 2:00 P.M.
PLACE OF SERVICES:   McGEE VALLEY BAPTIST CHURCH ~ DAISY, OK.

INTERMENT:   REDDEN CEMETERY ~ DAISY, OK.

OFFICIATING:   REV. BOB MUNCY.

CASKETBEARERS:   LYNN WYRICK, GLENN WYRICK, CLAY WYRICK, MIKE EMBRY, JIM CARR , MARVIN DALE JR.

HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:  BUSTER HARRIS, ROWLAND GABBART, JEROLD PITTS, NATHAN SELF, OWEN KELLOGG, CHRIS KELLOGG.
 
 
 
 
NAME:  ANNA MAE (SWAIN) PATTON, AGE 76 A LONGTIME KIOWA-ATOKA AREA RESIDENT.

BORN:  OCTOBER 7, 1926 AT KIOWA, OK TO LAWRENCE EDWARD AND HAZEL ESTER (SETZER) SWAIN.

PASSED AWAY:   MONDAY NIGHT, SEPTEMBER 15, 2003 AT THE OU MEDICAL CENTER IN OKLAHOMA CITY.
AGE:   76 YEARS  11 MONTHS  AND  8 DAYS.

EDUCATION:   ANNA ATTENDED SCHOOL AT HARPERS VALLEY AND KIOWA, OK.

MARRIED:   VIRGIL THEODORE PATTON ON AUGUST 16, 1946 AT MCALESTER, OK.

OCCUPATION:  ANNA WORKED A NUMBER OF YEARS FOR BLUE BELL WRANGLER PLANT IN COALGATE AND ELSING MANUFACTURING IN MCALESTER.

CHURCH AFFILIATION:  LONGTIME MEMBER OF THE ASSEMBLY OF GOD CHURCH IN KIOWA AND WAS VERY INVOLVED IN HER CHURCH WORK.


     SURVIVED BY

HUSBAND:   VIRGIL PATTON OF THE HOME IN KIOWA, OK.

MOTHER:  HAZEL ESTER SWAIN OF WARDVILLE, OK.

CHILDREN:    ALICE WINDHAM AND HUSBAND ROB OF SHERMAN, TX.
                         LEON PATTON AND WIFE BRENDA OF CALERA, OK.

GRANDCHILDREN:   TABITHA GRAVES AND HUSBAND LONNIE OF MADILL, OK.
                                       JEFF PATTON AND WIFE MELANIE OF CALERA, OK.
                                       TED MILLER AND WIFE TAMARA OF TEMECULA, CA.
                                       JASON PATTON AND WIFE BETH OF CALERA, OK.

GREAT GRANDCHLDREN:    ASHLEY AND BROOKE JOHNSON.
                                                     ANDREW, NOAH, TITUS, SAMUEL, AND JOASH PATTON.
                                                     ZACHARY, GRANT, AND MACIE MILLER.

BROTHERS:  J. E. SWAIN AND WIFE MARILYN OF HEMET, CA.
                         LEROY SWAIN AND WIFE YUVONNE OF COALGATE, OK.

SISTERS:   RUBY PATTON AND HUSBAND GENE OF OKLAHOMA CITY.
                     FERN FRIDAY AND HUSBAND BRYAN OF HEMET, CA


     PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

FATHER:  LAWRENCE EDWARD SWAIN.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:  SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2003 AT 2:00 PM.
PLACE OF SERVICES:   BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK.

INTERMENT:   KIOWA CEMETERY ~ KIOWA, OK.

OFFICIATING:   REV. J. T. RICHARD.
ASSISTING:   REV. JACKIE CRAFTON AND REV. EUGENE WILLIS.

CASKETBEARERS:   JERRY RICHARD, WALTER MOORE, BRIAN MOORE, JOE PARENT, EDWARD PARENT, CLIFTON PARENT, CLYDE SWAIN.
 
 
 
 
NAME:    ROBERT EARL SHARP, AGE 81, AN ATOKA AREA RESIDENT UNTIL 1941, WHEN HE AND HIS FAMILY MOVED TO CALIFORNIA, RETURNING TO ATOKA IN 1993.

BORN:  FEBRUARY 9, 1922 TO WILLIAM HOMER AND NORA EL VERDA (BREWER) SHARP AT STANDING ROCK IN WEST ATOKA COUNTY, OK.

PASSED AWAY:   MONDAY NIGHT, SEPTEMBER 15, 2003 AT THE MEDICAL CENTER OF SE OKLAHOMA IN DURANT.
AGE:   81 YEARS  7 MONTHS   AND   6 DAYS.

EDUCATION:   ATTENDED SCHOOL AT STAR ELEMENTARY AND HIGH SCHOOL AT TUSHKA, OK.

MARRIED:   LOIS LOUISE GRIMSLEY ON JANUARY 4, 1944 AT ATOKA, OK.

OCCUPATION:  OIL FIELD WORKER AND THEN A TRUCK DRIVER FOR MORE THAN 30 YEARS. HE WAS OWNER-OPERATOR OF SHARP TRUCKING FOR 15 YEARS, RETIRING IN 1990.

CHURCH AFFILIATION:  ROBERT WAS OF THE BAPTIST FAITH.


     SURVIVED BY

DAUGHTER:  LINDA BURTON AND HUSBAND BILL OF CALIFORNIA

GRANDSONS:   KEVEN BURTON AND WIFE SARA OF CALIFORNIA.
                             ERIC BURTON AND WIFE PATTY OF CALIFORNIA.

GREAT GRANDCHILDREN:   BROOK, ARIEL, AND SABRINA BURTON OF ATOKA, OK.

SISTER:  MILDRED HERNANDEZ AND HUSBAND JESS OF ATOKA, OK.

NEPHEW:  LARRY GLEN SHARP OF KERNVILLE, CA

NIECES:  MICHELLE CERRA OF SHERMAN, TX.
                   LAURA DODD OF EUREKA, CA.


     PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

WIFE:  LOIS LOUISE (GRIMSLEY) SHARP ON NOVEMBER 26, 1998.
PARENTS:   WILLIAM AND NORA SHARP.
BROTHER:   MARK BENTON SHARP.
SISTER:  JEWELL MORGAN.
NIECE:   GRETTA CHARLENE DODD AND HUSBAND DOYLE.
3 NEPHEWS.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:  FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2003 AT 2:00 PM
PLACE OF SERVICES:   GRAVESIDE SERVICES.

INTERMENT:   WESTVIEW CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK.

OFFICIATING:   ARVEL HALL.
 
 
 
 
NAME:    EMMA LAURA (HAMM) LACKEY, AGE 86, LONGTIME CANEY-ATOKA AREA RESIDENT.

BORN:    MARCH 9, 1917 TO MILLARD AND DELLA VIRGINIA (BIGALOW) HAMM AT GOWEN, OK.

PASSED AWAY:   EARLY TUESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 16, 2003 AT THE CADDO NURSING HOME.
AGE:   86 YEARS    6 MONTHS  AND  7 DAYS.

EDUCATION:   EMMA ATTENDED SCHOOL AT SOLDIER CREEK, OKLAHOMA CITY, AND ATOKA.

MARRIED:   CLAUDIE LEE LACKEY ON OCTOBER 25, 1932 AT ATOKA, OK.

OCCUPATION:  EMMA WORKED FOR DOUGLAS AIRCRAFT IN OKLAHOMA CITY, THEN WORKED AS A MANAGER OF A NURSING HOME IN THE CITY, AND LATER SHE WORKED FOR CHAVERS NURSING HOME IN ATOKA, OK.

CHURCH AFFILIATION:  EMMA WAS A LONGTIME MEMBER OF THE FREEWILL BAPTIST CHURCH IN CANEY, SHE WAS VERY ACTIVE IN HER CHURCH ACTIVITIES UNTIL HER HEALTH FAILED.


     SURVIVED BY

CHILDREN:    MILDRED KENYON AND HUSBAND WINTFORD OF CENTRAHOMA, OK.
                         WILBURN LACKEY AND WIFE MARY ANN OF MIDWEST CITY, OK.
                         ROBBIE SCHIERENBECK AND HUSBAND EVERETT OF OKLAHOMA CITY.
                         VIRGINIA CALLICOAT AND HUSBAND ALVA OF CANEY, OK.
                         PATRICIA ELLIS OF MAUI, HAWAII.

19 GRANDCHILDREN, 34 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, AND 5 GREAT GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.

SISTERS:   BESSIE CHAVERS OF TUSHKA, OK.
                     LILLIAN MARTIN OF CADDO, OK.


     PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

HUSBAND:   CLAUDIE LEE LACKEY ON NOVEMBER 4, 1982.
PARENTS:   MILLARD AND DELLA HAMM.
GRANDDAUGHTER:   TAMMY KENYON.
GREAT GRANDSON:  CORY MCCULLOUCH.
BROTHERS:  BUCK AND RUFUS HAMM.
SISTERS:   GLADYS TAYLOR AND FAYE BRYANT.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:  FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2003 AT 2:00 PM.
PLACE OF SERVICES:   CANEY FREEWILL BAPTIST CHURCH.

INTERMENT:   PERKINS CEMETERY ~ CANEY, OK.

OFFICIATING:   REV. SAM VAUGHN.

CASKETBEARERS:   (GRANDSONS) COY KENYON, FRANK KENYON, BRENT LACKEY, RANDY KENYON, DON KENYON, ERNIE KENYON, HAL KENYON, CLAYTON KENYON, BRAD MCCULLOUCH, KENNY MCCULLOUCH, JEFF SCHIERENBECK, JUSTIN JENKINS.
 
 
 
 
NAME:  REBECCA JOSEPHINE (BRISCOE) SETLIFF, AGE 85, OF ARDMORE AND A FORMER ATOKA AREA RESIDENT FROM NOVEMBER, 1940 TO 1997.

BORN:  DECEMBER 31, 1917 TO BENJAMIN FRANKLIN AND OLIVE EVA (HITT) BRISCOE AT FREDERICK, OK.

PASSED AWAY:   WEDNESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 17, 2003 AT HER RESIDENCE IN ARDMORE, OK.
AGE:   85 YEARS  8 MONTHS   AND   17 DAYS.

EDUCATION: JOSEPHINE GRADUATED FROM FREDERICK HIGH SCHOOL IN 1935 AND ATTENDED CAMERON COLLEGE IN LAWTON FOR 2 YEARS BEFORE TRANSFERRING TO OKLAHOMA A & M IN STILLWATER WHERE SHE GRADUATED WITH A BACHELOR OF SCIENCE DEGREE IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION AND EDUCATION.

MARRIED:   DARWIN HALE SETLIFF ON DECEMBER 22, 1939 AT OKLAHOMA CITY, OK.

OCCUPATION:  SHE WAS A LONGTIME EDUCATOR, SHE BEGAN HER TEACHING CAREER AT OLNEY IN 1959 T0 1962 AND THEN TAUGHT BUSINESS AND ENGLISH CLASSES AT ATOKA HIGH SCHOOL UNTIL HER RETIREMENT IN 1979. JOSEPHINE WAS NOT ONLY A TEACHER AND HOMEMAKER SHE WAS SUPPORTIVE OF HER HUSBAND IN BUSINESS AND RANCHING PURSUITS.

CHURCH AFFILIATION:  SHE WAS AN ACTIVE AND LONGTIME MEMBER OF THE PENN AND A CHURCH OF CHRIST IN ATOKA. IN 1997 SHE AND DARWIN MOVED TO ARDMORE WHERE THEY WERE PART OF THE MCCLISH AVENUE CHURCH OF CHRIST.

JOSEPHINE WAS KNOWN AND LOVED FOR HER DRY WIT, HUMOR, AND PASSION FOR OTHERS. OVER THE YEARS SHE WAS ACTIVE IN HER COMMUNITY AND SERVED AS PRESIDENT OF THE P.T.A., THE PINK IRIS GARDEN CLUB AND THE PIONEER CLUB. SHE WAS ACTIVE IN THE CAMPFIRE GIRLS, CUB SCOUTS, HER BRIDGE CLUB, AND A MEMBER OF THE PUBLISHING STAFF OF “THE TALES OF ATOKA COUNTY HERITAGE”. SHE ALSO WORKED TO ESTABLISH THE ATOKA COUNTY MUSEUM.


     SURVIVED BY

DAUGHTERS:   REBECCA HEATHERLY AND HUSBAND GLEN OF ABILENE, TX.
                             MEREDITH SMARTT AND HUSBAND CLAUDE OF ARDMORE, OK.

GRANDCHILDREN:   RON HEATHERLY OF DALLAS, TX.
                                       PHIL HEATHERLY OF ARLINGTON, TX.
                                       REBECCA SMARTT POWELL AND HUSBAND JIM OF FLOWER MOUND, TX.
                                       JOHN SMARTT AND WIFE SHELLI OF DALLAS, TX.
                                       DAVID SMARTT AND WIFE KARA OF DALLAS, TX.
                                       ROBERT SMARTT OF EL RENO, OK.

GREAT GRANDCHILDREN:   LACEY REBECCA HEATHERLY OF DALLAS, TX.
                                                     CHASE HEATHERLY OF ARLINGTON, TX.
                                                     BETHANY, CALEB, ISAAC, MEREDITH, JACOB POWELL OF FLOWER MOUND, TX.
                                                     EVAN SMARTT OF NORMAN, OK.
                                                     RACHEL SMARTT OF ARDMORE, OK.


     PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

PARENTS:   BENJAMIN AND OLIVE BRISCOE.
HUSBAND:   DARWIN HALE SETLIFF ON MARCH 12, 2001.
UNCLE:   Z. V. HITT.
SON:   MICHAEL DARWIN IN 1980.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:  SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2003 AT 10:00 AM.
PLACE OF SERVICES:   PENN AND A CHURCH OF CHRIST ~ ATOKA, OK.

INTERMENT:   GREEN MEADOWS CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK.

OFFICIATING:   REX ERNHART.
ASSISITING:  DAVID HARENDT.

CASKETBEARERS:   (GRANDSONS) RON HEATHERLY, PHILLIP HEATHERLY, CHASE HEATHERLY, JOHN SMARTT, DAVID SMARTT, ROBERT SMARTT, JIM POWELL.

HONORED FRIENDS:   ELIZABETH BRIGGS, MARLENE CARROLL, ELAINE FINK, ANN FUGATE, WILLIE JO FURR, EDDIE HIGHT, EDNA LOWE, TRESSA MCBRAYER, FLOY STRUCK, MARY THORNLEY, ERMA WOODARD, DORIS WYRICK, VELMA SMITH. (CAREGIVERS) PATRICIA BUMGARNER, DONNA HORTON, CANDICE JONES, ANITA MAUL, CHRISTY SMITH.
 
 
 
 
NAME:    MARY JAUNELL “NELL” (DILLARD) WILLIAMS, AGE 63, A LONGTIME ATOKA-DAISY AREA RESIDENT.
 
BORN:    MARCH 19, 1940 TO GARLIN AND ODESSA VIRGINIA (FITE) DILLARD AT DAISY, OK.
 
PASSED AWAY:   WEDNESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 17, 2003 AT HER RESIDENCE NEAR LANE, OK
AGE:   63 YEARS    5 MONTHS AND  26 DAYS.
 
EDUCATION:   NELL ATTENDED SCHOOL AT THE ROBERSON SCHOOL IN DAISY AND HIGH SCHOOL IN CLAYTON, OK.
 
OCCUPATION:  NELL WORKED AS A COOK AND FOR THE HOME HEALTH INDUSTRY.
 
CHURCH AFFILIATION:  SHE  WAS A MEMBER OF THE HILLCREST BAPTIST CHURCH AND THE ADEL QUILTING CLUB.  SHE LOVED COLLECTING ANTIQUES, GARDENING AND COOKING.
 
 
     SURVIVED BY
 
CHILDREN:    DEBBIE SUE PHILLIPS OF RANGER, TX.
                         DILLARD WAYNE PHILLIPS OF OKLAHOMA CITY.
                         DONNA PHILLIPS OF ATOKA, OK.
                         DENISE ALLEN AND HUSBAND GERALD OF LANE, OK
 
GRANDCHILDREN:   MEGAN PHILLIPS, TRACI ALLEN, JEFFERY PHILLIPS, TANNER ALLEN, ABRAM “A.J.” HOHN, AND ELVIS HOHN.
 
SISTERS:   LINDA SANDERS OF DURANT, OK.
                     TAMMIE BURKETT OF DURANT, OK.
 
BROTHERS:  BOB DILLARD OF DURANT, OK.
                         WES “DUB” DILLARD OF DURANT, OK.
                         RANDY DILLARD OF DURANT, OK.
 
MOTHER:  ODESSA VIRGINIA DILLARD OF DURANT, OK.
 
HER VERY DEAR PET:   PEE WEE WILLIAMS.
 
 
     PRECEDED IN DEATH BY
 
FATHER:  GARLIN DILLARD.
SISTER:  BERNICE WINGATE.
BROTHER:   BILLY JOE DILLARD.
DAUGHTER:  DALENE RACHELL PHILLIPS.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:    MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2003 AT 10:00 AM.
PLACE OF SERVICES:   MCGEE VALLEY BAPTIST CHURCH ~ DAISY, OK.
 
INTERMENT:   MOUNTAIN HOME CEMETERY ~ DAISY, OK.
 
OFFICIATING:   REV. BOB MUNCY.
 
CASKETBEARERS:   WES “DUB” DILLARD, JAMES SANDERS, GERALD ALLEN, RANDY DILLARD, DEWAYNE ALLEN, MICHAEL HUNTER, T. J. BAEZA.
 
HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:  TANNER ALLEN, JEFFERY PHILLIPS, CARMEN MCGILL, GEEDIE MCGILL, MARK SHUPERT, GREG SHUPERT, RAY DILLARD.
 
 
 
 
NAME:    WHITNEY DAWN NOAH - MCGEE, INFANT DAUGHTER OF DENNIS MCGEE AND KIMBERLY DAWN NOAH.
 
BORN:  FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2003 AT OKLAHOMA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER.
 
PASSED AWAY: FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2003 AT OKLAHOMA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER.
 
 
       SURVIVED BY
 
PARENTS:   DENNIS MCGEE AND KIMBERLY NOAH OF STRINGTOWN, OK.
 
BROTHER:   MICHAEL MCGEE OF WILBURTON, OK.
 
GRANDPARENTS:  SALVADOR AND SHIRLEY MUNOZ OF STRINGTOWN, OK.
                                     MARY ANN MCGEE OF STRINGTOWN, OK.
 
 
       PRECEDED IN DEATH BY
 
GRANDFATHER:   EARL MCGEE ON AUGUST 5, 2003.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:  MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2003 AT 2:00 P.M. 
PLACE OF SERVICES:   GRAVESIDE SERVICES.
 
INTERMENT:   WELLS STREET CEMETERY ~ STRINGTOWN, OK.
 
OFFICIATING:   ARVEL HALL.
 
 
 
 
NAME:  JEANETTE LEE (JOHNSON) REASOR, AGE 47, A LONGTIME ATOKA AREA RESIDENT.

BORN:  JANUARY 16, 1956 AT ATOKA, OK TO ELBERT LUTHER AND WANDA LEE (CHRISTIAN) JOHNSON.

PASSED AWAY:   FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2003 AT TEXOMA MEDICAL CENTER IN DENISON,TX.
AGE:   47 YEARS  8 MONTHS   AND   10 DAYS

EDUCATION:   ATTENDED SCHOOL AT HARMONY AND ATOKA.

MARRIED:   GENE REASOR ON JANUARY 26, 1975 AT SHERMAN, TX.

OCCUPATION:  JEANETTE WAS A HOUSEWIFE AND HOMEMAKER.

CHURCH AFFILIATION:  LONGTIME MEMBER OF THE BENTLEY BAPTIST CHURCH.


     SURVIVED BY

HUSBAND:   GENE OF THE HOME NEAR ATOKA, OK.

CHILDREN:    JACKIE REASOR OF ATOKA, OK.
                         PATSY WAYCASTER AND HUSBAND PAUL OF ATOKA, OK.

FATHER:  ELBERT JOHNSON OF LOUISANA.

GRANDCHILDREN:   STETSON JACKSON OF ATOKA, OK.
                                       BRYLEE NICOLE REASOR OF ATOKA, OK.

BROTHER:   LARRY JOHNSON AND WIFE STELLA OF COALGATE, OK.

SISTERS: JUANITA SHAW AND HUSBAND VERNON OF ATOKA, OK.
                   TERRI MORMAN AND HUSBAND RANDY OF MADILL, O K.


     PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

MOTHER:  WANDA LEE JOHNSON.
BROTHER:   GARY JOHNSON.
SON:   HOUSTON REASOR ON OCTOBER 7, 2002.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:  SUNDAY, SEPT 28, 2003 AT 2:00 PM.
PLACE OF SERVICES:   BROWN’S FUNERAL SERVICE CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK.

INTERMENT:   WARDS CHAPEL CEMETERY ~ WEST ATOKA, OK.

OFFICIATING:   REV. REX WILLIAMS.

CASKETBEARERS:   LOWELL REASOR, GLEN RICHARDSON, LARRY JOHNSON, RYAN JOHNSON, JUSTIN JOHNSON, LYNN REASOR, WILLARD OLSEN.
 
 
 
 
NAME:    MARY SYBIL (WILLIAMS) JAMES, AGE 83, A LONGTIME WILSON COMMUNITY RESIDENT.

BORN:  JULY 29, 1920 IN THE WILSON COMMUNITY ATOKA COUNTY TO JAMES A. WILLIAMS AND MARGARET (HARGROVE) WILLIAMS.

PASSED AWAY:   SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2003 AT THE HURLEY MANOR IN COALGATE, OK.
AGE:   83 YEARS   1 MONTH   AND   28 DAYS.

EDUCATION:   ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT OLNEY AND GRADUATED IN 1940.

MARRIED:   CLIFTON PERRY “ROE” JAMES ON OCTOBER 12, 1940 AT COALGATE, OK.

OCCUPATION:  SHE WAS A HOUSEWIFE AND HOMEMAKER.

CHURCH AFFILIATION:    SYBIL WAS A MEMBER OF THE CHURCH OF CHRIST IN WAPANUCKA, OK.

ROE AND SYBIL LIVED IN CALIFORNIA IN THE 1940’S WHERE SHE WORKED IN AN ASSEMBLY PLANT IN SUPPORT OF WORLD WAR II. AFTER RETURNING TO ATOKA COUNTY IN 1946 SHE BECAME VERY ACTIVE IN THE WILSON COMMUNITY SUPPORTING FUND RAISING ACTIVITIES, CLERKING FOR THE ELCTIONS AND PARTICIPATING IN THE LADIES CLUB. SYBIL ENJOYED GARDENING, FLORAL ARRANGING, SEWING, AND COOKING


     SURVIVED BY

CHILDREN:  CLIFTON KENT JAMES OF ATOKA, OK.
                         PAULA M. JAMES OF TULSA, OK.
                       JANIS HARDISON AND HUSBAND RICK OF ATOKA, OK.

GRANDCHILDREN:   ERIC HARDISON AND WIFE SHAWNA OF MADILL, OK.
                                       CLINT HARDISON AND WIFE DEANNA OF ATOKA, O K.

GREAT GRANDCHILDREN:   CLINT MICHAEL HARDISON OF ATOKA, OK.
                                                       SIERRA PAIGE HARDISON OF ATOKA, OK.

SISTERS-IN-LAW:  JUANITA WILSON OF SEAGOVILLE, TX.
                                   LENNIE WILLIAMS OF ATOKA, OK.
                                   MARY WILLIAMS OF ATOKA, OK.


     PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

HUSBAND:   CLIFTON PERRY “ROE” JAMES ON MAY 2, 2001.
PARENTS:   JAMES ALBERT AND MARGARET ELIZABETH WILLIAMS.
BROTHERS:  STANLEY Q.,”BUCK”, WILLARD O., BEN F. SR., AND C. W. WADE WILLIAMS.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:  TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 30, 2003 AT 10:00 A.M.
PLACE OF SERVICES:   BROWN’S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK.

INTERMENT:   ROSE HILL CEMETERY ~ WAPANUCKA, OK.

OFFICIATING:   BROTHER RAY MAYHUE.

CASKETBEARERS:   ARCHIE HENSON, HASKELL COOK, DAN HARDMAN, J. W. REED, BOBBY TREAS, PAUL MORGAN JR.

HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:  KENNETH DENNIS, RICHARD PIERCE, JERRY McCURRY, ODELL McCURRY, RAYMOND TAYLOR, BEN HARDMAN.
 
 
 
 
NAME:  KENNETH RAY SNEAD, AGE 57, A LONGTIME ATOKA AREA RESIDENT.

BORN:  OCTOBER 18, 1945 AT BAKERSFIELD, CA TO BENNIE “BUD” AND DOROTHY FLORIA (KEELER) SNEAD.

PASSED AWAY:   SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 2003 AT THE SAINT FRANCIS HOSPITAL IN TULSA, OK.
AGE:   57 YEARS  11 MONTHS  AND  11 DAYS.

EDUCATION: KENNETH ATTENDED SCHOOL AT HARMONY, ATOKA HIGH, AND OKMULGEE TECH.

OCCUPATION:  AFTER HIS DISCHARGE FROM THE ARMY, KENNETH WORKED AS AN ELECTRONIC TECHNICIAN. HE AND HIS BROTHER, DALE, OWNED AND OPERATED A-1 ELECTRONICS HERE IN ATOKA.

CHURCH AFFILIATION:  HE ATTENDED NEW ZION METHODIST CHURCH.
 
KENNETH SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE U.S. ARMY. HE SERVED TWO TOURS IN VIETNAM AND RECEIVED THE NATIONAL DEFENSE SERVICE MEDAL, VIETNAM SERVICE MEDAL, VIETNAM CAMPAIGN MEDAL W/DVC 6, ARMY COMMENDATION MEDAL, 1ST OAK LEAF CLUSTER, SHARPSHOOTER (RIFLE M-16) AND 1 O/S BAR. HE WAS AN AVIATION COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT REPAIRMAN WHILE IN THE ARMY.

     SURVIVED BY

BROTHERS:    CARROLL WAYNE SNEAD AND WIFE LINDA OF MCALESTER, OK.
                           RONNIE GENE SNEAD AND WIFE PAM OF ROSEVILLE, CA.
                           RONALD DALE SNEAD AND WIFE TRESA OF ATOKA, OK.
                           GARY DOUGLAS SNEAD AND WIFE CHARLA OF WINSOR, CA.
                           LARRY DEAN SNEAD OF OKLAHOMA CITY.

SISTERS:   ANN SNEAD OF TULSA, OK.
                     LINDA G. POLK AND HUSBAND BLAINE OF HUGO, OK.
                     KAREN SUE HODO AND HUSBAND SAMMY OF LANE, OK.
                     BETTY JUNE POARCH OF TULSA, OK.
                     BRENDA LEE KEELER AND HUSBAND STEPHEN OF ATOKA, OK.

SPECIAL COUSIN:    DALE GENE KEELER.

SPECIAL AUNT:  JIMMIE ADAMS.


     PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

PARENTS:   BENNIE “BUD” AND DOROTHY FLORIA (KEELER) SNEAD.
NIECE:   FELICIA KEELER.
 
 
DATE OF SERVICES:  SATURDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2003 AT 2:00 PM.
PLACE OF SERVICES:   NEW ZION METHODIST CHURCH ~ ATOKA COUNTY, OK.

INTERMENT: NEW ZION CEMETERY, EAST OF TUSHKA, OK.

OFFICIATING:   REV. JAMES CROWSON.

CASKETBEARERS:   BRIAN SNEAD, STEPHEN KEELER, JAMES LITTLETON, LARRY KEELER, WAYNE GEORGE, CECIL MACKEY.

HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:  DALE GENE KEELER AND LENORD LOUDERMIILK.
 
 
 
 
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