NAME: BERYL (RICH) HUDSPETH COTHRAN, AGE 90, LONGTIME ATOKA COUNTY RESIDENT.

BORN: FEBRUARY 3, 1909 AT CLIFTON CITY, MO. TO ELMER O. AND SHELLY (STREIT) RICH. PASSED AWAY: SATURDAY, MAY 29, 1999 AT MANOR CARE NURSING HOME IN MIDWEST CITY, OK. AGE: 90 YEARS 3 MONTHS AND 26 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED LIMESTONE GAP SCHOOLS AND ATTENDED COLLEGE AT O.P.C. AND SOUTHEASTERN IN DURANT, TULSA UNIVERSITY, AND CENTRAL STATE UNIVERSITY IN EDMOND. MARRIED: W. G. BILL HUDSPETH ON JUNE 27, 1929 AT DURANT, OK. JOHN COTHRAN IN 1979 AT MIDWEST CITY, OK. OCCUPATION: LONGTIME SCHOOL TEACHER HAVING TAUGHT AT ATOKA AND BRISTOW, OK. SHE WAS IN THE INSURANCE AND REAL ESTATE BUSINESS MANY YEARS, AS WELL. CHURCH AFFILIATION: SHE WAS A MEMBER OF THE ATOKA FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH AND WAS THE OLDEST MEMBER AT THE TIME OF HER DEATH. MS. COTHRAN WAS VERY ACTIVE IN THE COMMUNITY. SHE WAS PAST MEMBER OF THE PIONEER CLUB, GARDEN CLUB AND THE WSCS AT FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH. SHE WAS A LONGTIME MEMBER OF THE THURSDAY AND FRIDAY BRIDGE CLUB. SHE WAS VERY ACTIVE IN THE P.T.A. IN ATOKA AND WAS PAST PRESIDENT OF BOTH MAMIE JOHNSON AND ATOKA HIGH SCHOOL P.T.A. AND WAS A PAST PRESIDENT OF THE ATOKA BAND BOOSTERS CLUB. MS. COTHRAN ORGANIZED THE CAMP FIRE GIRLS IN ATOKA IN 1950 AND CONTINUED AS LEADER OF THE ODAKA GROUP MANY YEARS. SURVIVED BY DAUGHTER: LINDA CROAK AND HUSBAND ROBERT OF MIDWEST CITY, OK. GRANDCHILDREN: WILLIAM HENRY CROAK AND WIFE SHERRI OF MIDWEST CITY, OK. JOHN ROBERT CROAK OF MIDWEST CITY, OK. SHELLY ELIZABETH CROAK OF MIDWEST CITY, OK. GREAT GRANDCHILDREN: LINDSEY ELIZABETH, KYLE WILLIAM, AND JULIE LEA CROAK OF MIDWEST CITY SISTER IN-LAW: ISABELLE RICH OF ATOKA, OK. NEPHEWS: JOHN RICH OF TEXARKANA, AR. MARVIN MORGAN OF SAND SPRINGS, OK. NIECE: ELAINE GAGE OF MUSKOGEE, OK. COUSINS: MAURINE AND JACK BLUHM OF SMITHTON, MO. VERY SPECIAL FRIEND: FLORENCE NEAL OF ARDMORE, OK. DEAR FRIENDS AND CARETAKERS: BOBBIE DANDERSON AND GENE & DOROTHY VIETTA OF ATOKA, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: ELMER AND SHELLY RICH. FIRST HUSBAND: BILL HUDSPETH IN JULY, 1965. SECOND HUSBAND: JOHN COTHRAN IN NOVEMBER, 1989. BROTHER: JOHN VANCE RICH.

DATE OF SERVICES: WEDNESDAY, JUNE 2, 1999 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: WEST VIEW CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK. OFFICIATING: DR. DON HAZELL. CASKETBEARERS: CHARLES MCCALL, WILLIAM CROAK, JOHN CROAK, RYAN RICH, J. R. RICH, JOHN RICH, GENE VIETTA, ED GAGE. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: C. A. BARNEY MCCALL, BROWN WYRICK, DR. LEE ISON.