NAME: BESSIE JEWEL (CHASTAIN) HORTON, AGE 91, A LIFETIME COAL COUNTY RESIDENT. BORN: AUGUST 23, 1914 AT MIDWAY, COAL COUNTY, OK TO COLUMBUS OMSTEAD AND SUSSIE (BUCHANAN) CHASTAIN. PASSED AWAY: TUESDAY, MAY 16, 2006 IN COALGATE, OK. AGE: 91 YEARS 8 MONTHS 23 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED HICKORY HILL, COAL COUNTY, OK. MARRIED: ROACH HORTON ON SEPTEMBER 17, 1931 IN LEHIGH, OK. OCCUPATION: SHE WAS A HOMEMAKER AND LOVED GARDENING, CANNING, SEWING, PIECING QUILTS, AND HELPING OTHERS. CHURCH AFFILIATION: LONGTIME MEMBER OF MELBA AVE CHURCH OF CHRIST IN ATOKA, OK AND FOR THE LAST 26 YEARS, A MEMBER OF THE COALGATE CHURCH OF CHRIST. SURVIVED BY SONS: BILL HORTON AND WIFE LOTTIE OF ROFF, OK. CHARLES HORTON AND WIFE LIZ OF COALGATE, OK. DAUGHTERS: BESSIE RAY AND HUSBAND CHARLES OF OLNEY, OK. BETTY RAY OF ROFF, OK. VIOLA NEW AND HUSBAND IRVIN OF TULSA, OK. EMMA REED AND HUSBAND CALVIN OF MUSTANG, OK. 19 GRANDCHILDREN, 33 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, 14 GREAT GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HUSBAND: ROACH HORTON ON DECEMBER 17, 1971. PARENTS: COLUMBUS OMSTEAD AND SUSSIE CHASTAIN. SON-IN-LAW: GENE RAY. GREAT GRANDSON: CALLEUB. GREAT GREAT GRANDDAUGHTER: JESSICA SKALICKY. BROTHERS: JACKIE, BUD, J. C., AND W. R. CHASTAIN. SISTERS: MABEL, LORETTA, LILLIE, AND KATHERINE.

DATE OF SERVICE: SATURDAY, MAY 20, 2006 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICE: BROWN'S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ COALGATE, OK. INTERMENT: COALGATE CEMETERY. OFFICIATING: MR. LLOYD MCELHANEY CASKETBEARERS: KELLY SANDMAN, JEFF REED, ROBERT RAY, JIMMY RAY, DAVID HORTON, JAMES HORTON HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: MARK SANDMAN, DAVID REED, GLENN RAY, LONNIE RAY, BILLY JOE HORTON, CHUCK HORTON FAMILY NIGHT: FRIDAY, MAY 19, 2006, 7 TO 8 P.M.