OBITUARY NAME: ADAM BETSEY, AGE 86, A LIFELONG ATOKA AREA RESIDENT BORN: HE WAS BORN ON JUNE 25, 1922 TO PRESTON BETSEY AND FRANCIS WILLIS BETSEY AT BENTLEY, OK PASSED AWAY: WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2008 AT TULSA, OK AGE: 86 YEARS 4 MONTHS 24 DAYS EDUCATION: HE ATTENDED SCHOOL AT BENTLEY .. MARRIED: ADAM MARRIED ANNIE BETSEY. OCCUPATION: HE WORKED 48 YEARS FOR BROWN WYRICK AT WYRICK'S LUMBER CO. IN SALES AND AS A FORKLIFT OPERATOR. CHURCH AFFILIATION AND HOBBIES: ADAM WAS A MEMBER OF MACEDONIA BAPTIST. HE ENJOYED WORKING ON VEHICLES, WORKING IN THE YARD AND TAKING LONG TRIPS JUST TO EAT SOMEWHERE DIFFERENT. SURVIVED BY SPECIAL LONGTIME COMPANION: GLADYS BARCUS OF THE HOME CHILDREN: DANNY BETSEY AND WIFE LINDA OF GRANBY, MO GLORIA LOFTIN AND HUSBAND JEFF OF ATOKA, OK ENOS BETSEY OF CALERA, OK DARLENE CONNELL AND HUSBAND DON OF SENECA, MO DIANE TAYLOR AND HUSBAND GARY OF SENECA, MO DONNA EDWARDS OF TULSA, OK TINA BETSEY AND BILLY WEIR OF LEHIGH, OK PAMELA JENNINGS OF ATOKA, OK KENNARD BETSEY OF ATOKA, OK 31 GRANDCHILDREN 52 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN 3 SISTERS: CHRISTINA BENGE OF TALLEQUAH, OK MARIE BAXTER OF MCALESTER, OK LORRETTA JOHNSON OF OKLAHOMA CITY, OK ALONG WITH NUMEROUS NIECES, NEPHEWS, AND OTHER RELATIVES AND MANY VERY DEAR AND LOVED FRIENDS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: PRESTON AND FRANCIS BETSEY DAUGHTERS: LINDA HENDERSON, JANIE HAMILTON, FUNNANDA BAKER GRANDSON: JOSEPH BAKER GREAT GREAT GRANDDAUGHTER: LESLIE HAMILTON SISTER: ALICE WARD ********************************************************************************************************************* DATE OF SERVICE: SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2008 AT 10:00 AM PLACE OF SERVICE: BROWN'S FUNERAL CHAPEL PLACE OF BURIAL: BENTLEY INDIAN CEMETERY OFFICATING: ALBERT SIMON CASKETBEARERS: MICHAEL JENNINGS, CHRIS CONNELL, DILLON BETSEY, JASON HOBBS, RANDY WEAR, DUSTIN CONNELL, BRANDON BETSEY, DANNY BETSEY II, J.D. HENDERSON, JOEY HENDERSON HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: ENOS BETSEY, DANNY BETSEY, KENNARD BETSEY FAMILY NIGHT, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2008 6~8 CONDOLENCES MAY BE SENT TO THE FAMILY BY EMAIL TO: BROWNS@ATOKA.NET. PLEASE REFERENCE THE NAME OF THE DECEASED IN YOUR CORRESPONDENCE. SERVICES UNDER THE DIRECTION OF BROWN'S FUNERAL SERVICE - ATOKA, OK