NAME: BESSIE (VINEY) CROOMS, AGE 84, A LIFELONG ATOKA COUNTY RESIDENT.

BORN: FEBRUARY 22, 1916 AT STRINGTOWN, OK TO BENNIE AND ESSIE (TAYLOR) VINEY. PASSED AWAY: TUESDAY, MAY 23, 2000 AT THE BAPTIST HOSPITAL IN OKLAHOMA CITY. AGE: 84 YEARS 3 MONTHS AND 1 DAY EDUCATION: ATTENDED DOUGLAS SCHOOL AT STRINGTOWN, OK. MARRIED: HENRY CROOMS. OCCUPATION: SHE WAS A HOUSEWIFE AND A PROFESSIONAL COOK. CHURCH AFFILIATION: MEMBER OF MT. ZION BAPTIST CHURCH IN ATOKA, OK. SURVIVED BY CHILDREN: CAL CROOMS OF LONG BEACH, CA. DON CROOMS AND WIFE LAVERNE OF COMPTON, CA. BUFORD GREENWOD AND WIFE CAROLYN OF DENISON, TX. MYRTLE ANN MADDEN AND HUSBAND CLIFFORD OF SAN ANGELO, TX. RAMONA FAIR AND HUSBAND WILLIE OF OKLAHOMA CITY, OK. 19 GRANDCHILDREN, 19 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. BROTHER: LAWRENCE NEAL OF STRINGTOWN, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HUSBAND: HENRY CROOMS IN 1971. PARENTS: BENNIE AND ESSIE VINEY. DAUGHTER: JUNE TYSON. SON: MELVIN CROOMS. SISTERS: LAURA COLBERT, OCTAVIA MILES, AND BIRDIE NEAL. BROTHERS: JOSEPH, CLEVELAND, WILLIE NEAL JR., AND J. B. .NEAL.

DATE OF SERVICES: SATURDAY, MAY 27, 2000 AT 1:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN'S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: GREEN HILL CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. JAMES KELLEY ASSISTING: REV. MOSE NETTLES. CASKETBEARERS: TOMMY GAGE, MIKE BROWN, TIMOTHY RILEY, MARSHALL HARRISON, MIKE WALKER, JOE HARRISON, GERALD BOWENS. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: ORLAN HILL, CHARLIE COULTER, DALE BROWN, LOUIS NICHOLS, BO HOPKINS, ADELL BROOKS, LARRY BROOKS, PHIL BROOKS, DAVID BROOKS, JOE BILL GREENWOOD. FLOWER BEARERS: ROSE BROOKS, DINA BROOKS, PATSY BROOKS, IRENE NICHOLS, SHIRLEY GAGE, ROSE MARY HARRISON.