NAME: AUDIE H. BURLESON, AGE 77, LONGTIME ATOKA COUNTY RESIDENT.

BORN: MAY 1, 1921 IN ATOKA COUNTY, OKLAHOMA TO JILES M. AND LILLIE COLUMBIE (MCGILL) BURLESON. PASSED AWAY: THURSDAY, JULY 30, 1998 AT TALIHINA VETERANS CENTER. AGE: 77 YEARS 2 MONTHS AND 29 DAYS EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT DAISY AND MEYERS CHAPEL. MARRIED: HAZEL GUNTER IN 1946 AT SHERMAN, TX. OCCUPATION: WORKED AS A RESTAURANT COOK IN ATOKA AND MANY YEARS IN CALIFORNIA. CHURCH AFFILIATION: BAPTIST FAITH. AUDIE SERVED IN THE U. S. ARMY FROM OCTOBER 1942 TO 1946 AND WAS A PARATROOPER IN 101ST AIRBOURNE DIVISION AND WAS A SURGICAL TECH IN THE MEDICS IN WORLD WAR II. HE RECEIVED MANY COMMENDATIONS INCLUDING 4 BRONZE STARS AND 1 BRONZE ARROWHEAD. SURVIVED BY CHILDREN: EVELYN JEAN BARBOUR AND GENE OF BAKERSFIELD, CA. MARILYN GAIL SURGENER AND HUSBAND WES OF HENDERSON, NV. DALE WAYNE BURLESON OF BAKERSFIELD, CA. BRUCE BURLESON AND WIFE TAMI OF BAKERSFIELD, CA. 6 GRANDCHILDREN, 2 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. SISTERS-IN-LAW: MYRTLE BURLESON OF ATOKA, OK. MARY LOU CHRONISTER OF ATOKA, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: JILES AND LILLIE BURLESON. WIFE: HAZEL BURLESON IN 1984. SISTERS: NOVELLA BONHAM AND LAURA CAMPBELL. BROTHERS: MARK, LUKE, AND ODIS BURLESON.

DATE OF SERVICE: MONDAY, AUGUST 3, 1998 AT 10:00 A.M. PLACE OF SERVICE: BROWN'S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: GREEN MEADOWS CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. BOB JOHNSON. CASKETBEARERS: GLEN BONHAM, JACKIE BURLESON, BEN BONHAM, BRAD BONHAM, JEFF BONHAM, DAVID BONHAM .