NAME: BEN WILLIAM SCOOT TRAMELL, AGE 68, OF ATOKA, OK.

BORN: AUGUST 21, 1932 AT ATOKA OK TO ODUS CLIFFORD PETE TRAMELL AND RUBY LEE (PONDER) TRAMELL. PASSED AWAY: FRIDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2000 AT THE TEXOMA MEDICAL CENTER IN DENISON, TX. AGE: 68 YEARS 3 MONTHS AND 10 DAYS. EDUCATION: GRADUATED FROM ATOKA HIGH WITH THE CLASS OF 1950. HE GRADUATED FROM EASTERN OKLAHOMA A & M IN 1952 AND FROM OKLAHOMA A & M IN 1954 WITH A DEGREE IN ANIMAL HUSBANDRY. MARRIED: PATRICIA MAE BAGWELL ON MAY 15, 1952 AT ATOKA, OK. OCCUPATION: HE WORKED OVER 40 YEARS IN THE INSURANCE INDUSTRY. HE SPENT 18 YEARS IN DALLAS WITH TRINITY UNIVERSAL INS. CO. AND OVER 23 YEARS IN TOPEKA, KANSAS WITH THE REPUBLIC SECURITY CO. WHERE RETIRED IN 1996 AS VICE PRESIDENT OF THE COMPANY. CHURCH: HE WAS A LIFELONG METHODIST AND AFFILIATED WITH THE FIRST UNITED METHODIST IN ATOKA AFTER MOVING BACK HERE FROM TOPEKA, KANSAS IN 1996. HE SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE U. S. ARMY DURING THE KOREAN WAR IN THE 406TH ANTI AIRCRAFT BATTERY AS A RADAR OPERATOR. SURVIVED BY WIFE: PATRICIA TRAMELL OF THE HOME. CHILDREN: JOHN TRAMELL OF ATOKA, OK. ROBERT TRAMELL OF ATOKA, OK. LINDA CAROL NICKLES AND HUSBAND MARTY OF TOPEKA, KS. GRANDCHILDREN: MELINDA LEE AND KAYLA ANN NICKLES OF TOPEKA, KS. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: PETE AND RUBY TRAMELL. GRANDPARENTS: WILLIAM AND MOLLIE TRAMELL. BEN AND DORA PONDER. AUNT: ADELL BROOKS.

DATE OF SERVICES: MONDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2000 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICE: FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: WESTVIEW CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. RON KING. CASKETBEARERS: DAVID BLACKBURN, CHARLES MCKEE, DON BARNARD, CHRIS CHITWOOD, MIKE ELLIOTT, DWIGHT ROGERS. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: TINKER RAY, PERRY RAY, HARVEY ARNOLD, RUSSELL WILSON, SHERMAN BLEDSOE.