NAME: ALFRED ELSWORTH NEEDHAM, AGE 73, A LONGTIME LEHIGH AREA RESIDENT.

BORN: OCTOBER 18, 1932 AT GREENFIELD, MO TO IRA FRANKLIN AND EUNICE MARY (MATTHEWS) NEEDHAM.

PASSED AWAY: SUNDAY, MARCH 26, 2006 AT THE VETERANS HOSPITAL IN OKLAHOMA CITY.

AGE: 73 YEARS 5 MONTHS AND 8 DAYS.

EDUCATION: ALFRED ATTENDED school in DADEVILLE, MO as well as JAMES SCHOOL AND NorthEast HIGH SCHOOL BOTH IN KANSAS CITY, MO.

MARRIED: NOAMI JONES IN CALIFORNIA.

FLORA MARIE (HORN) NANNEY IN 1973 IN JOHNSTON COunty, OK.

OCCUPATION: ALFRED WORKED AS A CROSS COUNTRY TRUCK DRIVER FOR MANY YEARS. AFTER HIS RETIREMENT HE WORKED PART TIME AT THE ADA, OK LANDFILL.

ALFRED SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE U.S. MARINES DURING THE KOREAN WAR.

CHURCH AFFILIATION: HE WAS OF THE BAPTIST FAITH.

HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE AMERICAN LEGION AND VFW COALGATE POST. ALFRED LOVED FISHING AND COON HUNTING

survived by

WIFE: MARIE needham OF THE HOME at lehigh, ok.

CHILDREN: ROBERT NEEDHAM OF STILLWELL, KS.

SUSAN NEEDHAM OF STILLWELL, KS.

JACKIE JONES OF STILLWELL, KS.

NANCY HEISER OF STILLWELL, KS.

ANN HACKER OF HILL CENTER, TX.

MONNIE ROSE OF LEHIGH, OK.

DODIE NANNEY OF RAVIA, OK.

MICHAEL NANNEY OF OKLAHOMA CITY.

BUTCH NANNEY OF RAVIA, OK.

24 GRANDCHILDREN, NUMEROUS GREAT AND GREAT GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.

SISTERS: WANDA KURTZ OF KANSAS CITY, MO.

NADINE QUALLS OF LEHIGH, OK.

ALLENE DePERALTA OF KANSAS CITY, MO.

preceded in death by

PARENTS: IRA AND EUNICE NEEDHAM.

CHILDREN'S MOTHER: NOAMI NEEDHAM.

DAUGHTER: DARLENE FOSHEE.

TWIN SISTERS: EVA AND EVELYN NEEDHAM.

DATE OF SERVICES: FRIDAY, MARCH 31, 2006 AT 2: 00 P.M.

PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN'S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ atoka, ok.

INTERMENT: LEHIGH CEMETERY ~ lehigh, ok.

OFFICIATING: ARVEL HALL.

CASKETBEARERS: DODIE NANNEY, MICHAEL NANNEY, SHEA NANNEY, STEPHEN YOAKUM, LESLIE FLIPPO, RICKY MILLIGAN.

HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: JAMES AIRINGTON, DON McCULLUM, ROBERT NEEDHAM, NORM lIVINGSTON, LOUIE PELLIGRINI, KEITH HORN.

FAMILY NIGHT: THURSDAY 6 PM TO 8 PM, ATOKA LOCATION.