NAME: ARCHIE BEN SMITH, AGE 80, A LONGTIME ATOKA COUNTY RESIDENT

BORN: MAY 1, 1926 TO BEN LEVI AND VIVIAN (ALLEN) SMITH AT ATOKA, OK.

PASSED AWAY: TUESDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2006 AT HIS LANE RESIDENCE.

AGE: 80 YEARS 5 MONTHS AND 2 DAYS

EDUCATION: ARCHIE ATTENDED SCHOOL AT ATOKA, OK.

MARRIED: MARY ANN CORDOVA IN 1950 AT FLAGSTAFF, AZ.

OCCUPATION: HE WAS A TRUCK DRIVER AS WELL AS OPERATED WHITNEY BROTHERS SERVICE STATIONS IN NEW MEXICO AND ARIZONA. HE WAS AN ATOKA COUNTY DEPUTY SHERIFF AND LATER, A POLICE OFFICER FOR THE CITY OF ATOKA.

CHURCH AFFILIATION: LANE BAPTIST CHURCH.

ARCHIE SERVED IN THE U. S. NAVY DURING WWII AND WAS WOUNDED IN THE BATTLE OF MIDWAY, RECEIVING THE PURPLE HEART.

HE LOVED HIS DOGS, HIS BIRDS, AND HIS GEESE.

SURVIVED BY

CHILDREN L. D. SMITH AND WIFE GERTRUDE OF FLAGSTAFF, AZ.

DELLA LUNTE AND HUSBAND LARRY OF MELBOURNE, FL.

LETA EDWARDS AND HUSBAND JERRY OF LANE, OK.

KATHY MARTIN OF LANE, OK.

JOANNA CAMPBELL AND HUSBAND LARRY OF ATOKA, OK.

GRANDCHILDREN: JACOB, TANYA, ALICE, CONSUELO, KIMBERLY, PENNY, JOHN, K.C., ROBERT, NIKKI,

AND WILLIAM.

SEVERAL GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.

PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

PARENTS: BEN AND VIVIAN SMITH.

WIFE: MARY SMITH ON MARCH 30, 2005.

AN INFANT SON.

3 GRANDCHILDREN: WAYNE LUNA, BEN SMITH, AND ALAHONDRO SMITH.

SISTERS: FRANCIS SMITH AND LORENE HART.

DATE OF MEMORIAL SERVICES: SATURDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2006 AT 2:00 P.M.

PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN'S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK.

INTERMENT: Monday, October 9, 2006 at BUTLER CEMETERY ~ LANE, OK

OFFICIATING: REV. JACKIE LEWIS.

FAMILY NIGHT: FRIDAY 6:00 P.M.