NAME: BERNICE (STACEY) STILES, AGE 85, OF CLINTON, OKLA AND A FORMER KIOWA AND COALGATE RESIDENT.

BORN: OCTOBER 20, 1916 AT GRANBY, MO. TO WIATT AND CORA FRANCES (ENGLAND) STACEY. PASSED AWAY: SATURDAY, JANUARY 11, 2003 AT GRACE MANOR IN CLINTON, OK. AGE: 85 YEARS 2 MONTHS AND 21 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOL AT BLANCO, PITTSBURG, AND MCALESTER. MARRIED: HARLAN LEE STILES ON JULY 11, 1936 AT PITTSBURG, OK. OCCUPATION: BERNICE WORKED A NUMBER OF YEARS AS A JANITOR FOR THE KIOWA BAPTIST CHURCH, SHE WAS A COOK WITH THE KIOWA SCHOOL SYSTEM AND WAS A HOUSEWIFE AND HOMEMAKER. CHURCH AFFILIATION: SHE WAS A LONGTIME MEMBER OF THE KIOWA BAPTIST CHURCH WHERE SHE TAUGHT YOUTH AND TEEN BIBLE CLASSES AND WAS VERY ACTIVE WITH THE CHURCH CHOIR. SURVIVED BY CHILDREN: JOYCE HOOE OF WOLFE CITY, TX. DELORES CAMPBELL AND HUSBAND FLOYD OF COALGATE, OK. HARLAN STILES AND WIFE MAE OF KIOWA, OK. DONNA SHANNON AND HUSBAND BUDDY OF PITTSBURG, OK. SHERRY FIELD AND HUSBAND TERRY OF BURNS FLAT, OK. GRANDCHILDREN: CLEVA GIDDENS AND HUSBAND REX OF COMMERCE, TX. DENNIS HOOE AND WIFE SHARON OF WOLFE CITY, TX. NANCY EASTWOOD AND HUSBAND LARRY OF GREENVILLE, TX. WESLEY CAMPBELL AND WIFE SHERRY OF COALGATE, OK. WILLIE SUTER OF KIOWA, OK. MICKEY ANN STILES OF PITTSBURG, OK. JACKIE STILES AND WIFE PEGGY OF PITTSBURG, OK. BENNY STILES AND WIFE LORIA OF KIOWA, OK. STACEY SHANNON OF PITTSBURG, OK. BRANDON FIELD AND WIFE REBECCA OF MIDWEST CITY, OK. BRYCE FIELD OF MIDWEST CITY, OK. 18 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, 3 GREAT GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: WIATT AND CORA STACEY. BROTHERS: LESTER AND ELMER STACEY. SISTERS: JOSIE SMITH, BESSIE POSTELLE, AND MAGGIE GREENWOOD. SON-IN-LAW: CLEVE HOOE.

DATE OF SERVICES: TUESDAY, JANUARY 14, 2003 AT 2:00 PM. PLACE OF SERVICES: COTTONWOOD BAPTIST CHURCH ~ COALGATE, OK. INTERMENT: ASHLAND CEMETERY ~ STUART, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. BILL WEATHERS. CASKETBEARERS: (GRANDSONS) DENNIS HOOE, WESLEY CAMPBELL, JACKIE STILES, BENNY STILES, BRANDON FIELD, BRYCE FIELD, STACEY SHANNON.