NAME: ANDREW JACK PHELPS, AGE 92, LONGTIME ATOKA COUNTY RESIDENT.

BORN: FEBRUARY 17, 1904 AT LYNN, MARSHALL COUNTY, OK TO BENJAMIN AND ZELLA (BASE) PHELPS. PASSED AWAY: TUESDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1996 AT ATOKA COLONIAL MANOR. AGE: 92 YEARS 9 MONTHS AND 16 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT LANE IN ATOKA COUNTY. MARRIED: CLAUDINE SLUDER ON MAY 5, 1925 AT LANE, OK. OCCUPATION: HE WAS A RANCHER AND COUNTY FOREMAN FOR THE STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT IN ATOKA COUNTY FOR MANY YEARS. CHURCH AFFILIATION: LONGTIME MEMBER OF FARRIS CHURCH OF CHRIST AND PENN & A CHURCH OF CHRIST. HE ENJOYED FISHING AND DEER HUNTING. HE WAS A 32ND DEGREE MASON WITH MEMBERSHIP AT MASONIC LODGE #4 IN ATOKA. SURVIVED BY WIFE: CLAUDINE PHELPS OF ATOKA COLONIAL MANOR. SON: DOYLE PHELPS AND WIFE CHRISTINE OF SULPHUR, OK. DAUGHTER: HESTER HILTON OF BEAVER, OK. GRANDCHILDREN: RODGER HILTON, JIM HILTON, MARY COX, AND GENE PHELPS. 9 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, 1 GREAT GREAT GRANDSON. SISTERS: BETTY SHIPP OF CALIFORNIA. BERTHA HUTSON OF CALIFORNIA. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: BEN AND ZELLA PHELPS. BROTHERS: AUDIE PHELPS. REX PHELPS OF MODESTO, CA ON MAY 2, 1995. RAY PHELPS OF MODESTO IN APRIL, 1976. SISTER: HESTER G. SAIN OF BLYTHE, CA ON MARCH 28, 1989.

DATE OF SERVICES: FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1996 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN'S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA. INTERMENT: BUTLER CEMETERY ~ EAST OF LANE, OK. OFFICIATING: BRO. HASKEL ENGLAND ASSISTING: BRO. KENT GRAHAM. CASKETBEARERS: (GRANDSONS) RODGER HILTON, JIMMY HILTON, MICHAEL COX, MIKE COX, GENE PHELPS, KENRICK PHELPS.