NAME: BETTY ZANE (ABLES) CLAUNCH, AGE 69 LONGTIME ATOKA AREA RESIDENT.

BORN: OCTOBER 9, 1929 AT BUCKHORN IN CHOCTAW COUNTY TO WILBURN JOE BEAVER AND BEULAH LORENE (BONDS) ABLES. PASSED AWAY: MONDAY, FEBRUARY 8,1999 AT HER HOME SOUTH OF ATOKA, OK. AGE: 69 YEARS 3 MONTHS AND 29 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT MOYERS, STRINGTOWN AND ATOKA, OK. MARRIED: FRANK SLUDER IN 1947 AT ATOKA, OK. ROBERT WAYNE CLAUNCH ON MARCH 25, 1952 IN RED RIVER COUNTY, TX. OCCUPATION: HOMEMAKER AND HOUSEWIFE. CHURCH AFFILIATION: MEMBER OF THE NEW ZION METHODIST CHURCH, ATOKA COUNTY, OK. BETTY CAME TO ATOKA COUNTY AT AGE 8. THEY SETTLED IN STRINGTOWN AND OPENED A GENERAL STORE. BETTY WORKED DURING HER YOUTH FOR HER PARENTS IN THE STORE. AFTER HER MARRIAGE SHE LIVED IN DALLAS WHERE SHE WORKED A NUMBER OF YEARS FOR EL FENIX RESTAURANTS. THEN MOVED TO ALASKA AND LIVED THERE UNTIL 1967 WHEN SHE CAME BACK TO ATOKA WHERE SHE LIVED THE REMAINDER OF HER LIFE. BETTY LOVED TO FISH WHEN HER HEALTH PERMITTED. SURVIVED BY HUSBAND: ROBERT CLAUNCH OF THE HOME IN ATOKA, OK. DAUGHTERS: NANCY YOUNG OF WOODWARD, OK. PAULA HARDMAN AND HUSBAND SAM OF ATOKA, OK. MARY RAINS AND HUSBAND LARRY OF BENTLEY, OK. 7 GRANDCHILDREN, 10 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. BROTHER: JERRY DAN ABLES AND WIFE LAURA OF ATOKA, OK. AUNT: VEDA BONDS OF BOSWELL, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: WILBURN AND BEULAH ABLES. BROTHER: JIMMY REX ABLES. GRANDSON: CODY EVERS.

DATE OF SERVICES: THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11,1999 AT 10:00 A.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: NEW ZION METHODIST CHURCH, EAST OF TUSHKA, OK. INTERMENT: NEW ZION CEMETERY - ATOKA COUNTY, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. JAMES CROWSON. CASKETBEARERS: FERMAN MAYO, BEN HARDMAN, DICKEY HARDMAN, RICKY HUNT, ROGER JONES, EARL MOFFIELD. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: TOMMY THOMAS, FLOYD BLUE ELDRIDGE, RED BUCK HOWARD, JAMES RAINS, TOBY RAINS, WALLACE ROBBINS.