NAME: ALTA EVELYN (ADDISON) DARBISON, AGE 93, A FORMER LONGTIME ATOKA AREA RESIDENT.

BORN: JUNE 9, 1909 IN RURAL NEW MEXICO TO HENRY LAFAYETTE AND AMY ROSE (WELDON) ADDISON. PASSED AWAY: WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2002 AT VALLEY VIEW REGIONAL HOSPITAL IN ADA, OK. AGE: 93 YEARS 4 MONTHS AND 21 DAYS.

EDUCATION: SHE ATTENDED SCHOOLS IN PITTSBURGH COUNTY AND SHE GRADUATED IN 1928.

MARRIED: JAMES ALBERT DARBISON ON DECEMBER 22, 1930 AT MCALESTER, OK.

OCCUPATION: ALTA WAS A HOUSEWIFE AND MOTHER, AND WORKED PARTTIME AT DOLLIE'S DRY GOODS IN ATOKA.

CHURCH AFFILIATION: MEMBER OF SOUTH ATOKA CHURCH OF CHRIST AND IN LATER YEARS A MEMBER OF THE SOUTHWEST CHURCH OF CHRIST IN ADA, OK.

SURVIVED BY

DAUGHTERS: JOAN LOFTIS OF REEDLEY, CA. BARBARA COURTNEY OF OKLAHOMA CITY. NORMA BARNES OF MADISON, MS.

SON: LARRY A. DARBISON OF ADA, OK.

COUSIN: BILLY DON SMITH OF MCALESTER, OK.

12 GRANDCHILDREN, 22 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.

PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

HUSBAND: JAMES ALBERT BUD DARBISON ON FEBRUARY 25, 1998. PARENTS: HENRY AND AMY (WELDON) ADDISON. SON-IN-LAW: GROVER DUANE BARNES. GREAT GRANDDAUGHTER: KRISTIN KAY.

DATE OF SERVICES: SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2002 AT 10:00 A.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN'S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK.

INTERMENT: GREEN MEADOWS CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK.

OFFICIATING: MR. STEVEN KAY.

CASKETBEARERS: (GRANDSONS) RANDALL COURTNEY, REGGY DARBISON, KEVIN DARBISON, KEITH LOFTIS, DAVID ENSZ, DARRELL BARNES.

HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: STEVE HYATT, TROY GAMMON, JOHN MOBLEY, EDWIN LEE, JAY LEE.