NAME: AMERICA MAYE (DARST) FITZGERALD DANDRIDGE, AGE 94, FORMER LONGTIME ATOKA RESIDENT. BORN: JULY 4, 1904 AT LEONARD, TEXAS TO HENRY LEWIS AND DELLA ANN (PARKER) DARST. PASSED AWAY: SUNDAY, JANUARY 24, 1999 AT SOUTHWEST MEDICAL CENTER IN OKLAHOMA CITY. AGE: 94 YEARS 6 MONTHS AND 20 DAYS EDUCATION: ATTENDED CANEY SCHOOL. MARRIED: FRANK FITZGERALD ON NOVEMBER 1, 1920 AT WELLINGTON, TX. EARLY DANDRIDGE IN 1975. OCCUPATION: SHE WORKED FOR DOUGLAS AIRCRAFT AND WORKED MANY YEARS FOR THE OKLAHOMA DEPT. OF PUBLIC SAFTY, RETIRING IN 1966. CHURCH AFFILIATION: MAYE WAS A LONGTIME MEMBER OF THE NEW ZION METHODIST CHURCH. MAYE WAS ALSO A MEMBER OF THE ATOKA HOME DEMONSTRATION CLUB AND WAS ALWAYS A VERY ACTIVE PERSON. HER FAMILY CAME TO OKLAHOMA WHEN SHE WAS 6 YEARS OLD. THEY LIVED ON A FARM NEAR CANEY. AFTER HER MARRIAGE SHE LIVED MANY YEARS IN OKLAHOMA CITY, COMING BACK TO ATOKA IN 1966. SURVIVED BY DAUGHTERS: FRANKIE MILLER OF OKLAHOMA CITY. MADELINE LOWE OF MUSTANG, OK. GRANDCHILDREN: DON LOWE OF MUSTANG, OK. TRICIA HUNT OF BLANCHARD, OK. CHARMEN ROSE OF OKLAHOMA CITY. LARRY MILLER OF MOORE, OK. BRENDA DOBEY OF MOORE, OK. GREAT GRANDCHILDREN: JAMES FRANKLIN SELF, TIFFANY FOX, JOHN MILLER, LINDSAY MILLER, AND RANDEL ROSE. GREAT GREAT GRANDCHILDREN: KA-DEE SELF AND ALEXIS FOX. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: HENRY AND DELLA DARST. HUSBAND: (OF OVER 50 YEARS) FRANK FITZGERALD ON JANUARY 21, 1973. SECOND HUSBAND: JAMES EARLY DANDRIDGE IN NOVEMBER, 1979. DAUGHTER: WANDA JOY PORTER. SONS IN-LAW: FRANK LOWE JR., RAY PORTER, AND JOHN LAVERN MILLER. BROTHERS: R. B. AND HOMER DARST. SISTERS: MATTIE ALLEN, BEULAH MARLOW, AND OPAL SAYLORS.

DATE OF SERVICES: WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 27, 1999 AT 12:00 NOON. PLACE OF SERVICES: NEW ZION METHODIST CHURCH ~ ATOKA COUNTY, OK. INTERMENT: NEW ZION CEMETERY ~ ATOKA COUNTY, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. OSCAR WILKIE. CASKETBEARERS: JUNIOR RILEY, SCOTT RILEY, JUNIOR BRUCE, LEO DEMENT, DENNIS COURTNEY, DONNIE ALLEN. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: JOE GRIFFIN, RUSSELL COURTNEY, BILL ROBERSON.