NAME: BENJAMIN SHELTON POUNDS, AGE 75, LONGTIME RESIDENT OF TUSHKA, OK.

BORN: FEBRUARY 13, 1922 AT MILLER, OKLAHOMA TO PAUL OSCAR AND JULIA (SMITH) POUNDS. PASSED AWAY: SUNDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1997 NORMAN REGIONAL HOSPITAL IN NORMAN, OK. AGE: 75 YEARS 7 MONTHS AND 22 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS IN PUSHMATAHA COUNTY, OK. MARRIED: EDITH MARIE THURMAN ON NOVEMBER 1, 1952 AT DEQUEEN, AR. OCCUPATION: CARPENTER. CHURCH AFFILIATION: MEMBER OF THE BOGGY DEPOT BAPTIST CHURCH. HE WAS AN ORDAINED DEACON OF THE BAPTIST CHURCH. BEN SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE U. S. ARMY DURING WORLD WAR II. HE LOVED MUSIC AND COULD PLAY ALMOST ANY INSTRUMENT, AS WELL. SURVIVED BY CHILDREN: ELAINE COLLUM AND HUSBAND LES OF ATOKA, OK. LINDON POUNDS AND WIFE LISA OF WAYNE, OK. GRANDCHILDREN: TRYNA DAVISON OF COLEMAN, OK. TRISTAN POUNDS OF WAYNE, OK. KATIE POUNDS OF WAYNE, OK. QUINTON POUNDS OF WAYNE, OK. GREAT GRANDCHILDREN: RYAN DAVISON OF COLEMAN, OK. KATHRYN DAVISON OF COLEMAN, OK. BROTHERS: WINFRED POUND OF ARCADIA, CA. JUNIOR POUND OF OLETA, OK. J. G. POUND OF TUSHKA, OK. SISTERS: CECIL LAMB OF OKLAHOMA CITY, OK. STELLA THURMAN OF PURCELL, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY WIFE: EDITH POUNDS ON JULY 8, 1994. PARENTS: PAUL AND JULIA POUND.

DATE OF SERVICES: TUESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1997 AT 10:00 A.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: GRAVESIDE SERVICES. INTERMENT: CANEY CEMETERY ~ CANEY, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. BOB JOHNSON. CASKETBEARERS: GRANT DAVISON, ROBERT LAMB, TOMMY LAMB, DALE POUND, BRENT THURMAN, LEROY THURMAN, JR.