NAME: BESSIE (BOWMAN) RICHARDSON, AGE 99, A LONGTIME ATOKA COUNTY RESIDENT. BORN: MARCH 30, 1898 AT CHANDLER, INDIAN TERRITORY (NOW OK) TO H. T. AND NANCY (MOORISON) BOWMAN. PASSED AWAY: SUNDAY, MARCH 1, 1998 AT COLONIAL MANOR NURSING HOME IN ATOKA, OK. AGE: 99 YEARS 11 MONTHS AND 1 DAY EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS IN BRYAN COUNTY, OK. MARRIED: J. H. RICHARDSON ON DECEMBER 9, 1916 AT CADDO, BRYAN COUNTY, OK. OCCUPATION: SHE WAS A HOUSEWIFE. BESSIE WAS A LONGTIME MEMBER OF THE SOUTHSIDE BAPTIST CHURCH IN ATOKA, OK. SURVIVED BY STEPDAUGHTERS: VIVIAN ALLEN OF ATOKA, OK. MYRTLE CONDRA OF WACO, TX. NUMEROUS STEP GRANDCHILDREN, NIECES, NEPHEWS, GREAT NIECES AND NEPHEWS. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: H. T AND NANCY BOWMAN. HUSBAND: J. H. RICHARDSON. DAUGHTER: AGNES RICHARDSON.

DATE OF SERVICES: TUESDAY MARCH 3, 1998 AT 11:00 A.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: GRAVESIDE SERVICES INTERMENT: WEST VIEW CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. LOYD THOMPSON.