NAME: BILL EAVES, AGE 88, OF WAPANUCKA AND A LONGTIME ATOKA AREA RESIDENT.

BORN: MAY 19, 1915 AT BETHEL MCCURTAIN COUNTY, OKLAHOMA TO WILLIAM HENRY AND DEALEY VIRGINIA (SNOW) EAVES.

PASSED AWAY: SATURDAY MAY 15, 2004 AT THE OAK RIDGE MANOR IN DURANT, OK. AGE: 88 YEARS 11 MONTHS AND 26 DAYS.

EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOL AT BETHEL AND THE PLAINVIEW SCHOOL IN JOHNSTON COUNTY.

MARRIED: FAY LAYMAN. SHE PRECEDED HIM IN DEATH IN 1987. JUANITA ASTON DAVIS IN 1992.

OCCUPATION: HE WORKED IN THE SHIP YARDS DURING WWLL IN CALIFORNIA. HE WORKED A NUMBER OF YEARS FOR FORD MOTOR COMPANY IN MANUFACTURING ALSO IN CALIFORNIA. HE WAS A FARMER, RANCHER, AND A CARPENTER.

CHURCH AFFILIATION: A MEMBER OF THE WAPANUCKA CURCH OF GOD.

BILL SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE U.S. ARMY AND WAS STATIONED IN JAPAN.

SURVIVED BY

WIFE: JUANITA EAVES OF THE HOME IN WAPANUCKA, OK.

STEPSONS: CLIFFORD DAVIS AND WIFE MICHELE OF TUSCON, AZ. JOHN W. DAVIS AND WIFE NANCY OF SAN MANUEL, AZ.

STEPDAUGHTERS: DARLENE BINGHAM AND HUSBAND DALE OF YUMA, AZ. JOYCE LOWE AND HUSBAND KENNETH OF BROMIDE, OK.

17 STEP GRANDCHILDREN, 30 STEP GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, AND 2 STEP GREAT GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.

PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

PARENTS: WILLIAM HENRY AND DEALEY EAVES. FIRST WIFE: FAY EAVES IN 1987. BROTHERS: JACK, JOHN, HARVEY, JIM, EARL, DEWEY, AND PRESTON EAVES. SISTERS: INFANT SISTER MARGARET EAVES, JANIE ADAMS, SUSIE NEWMAN, AND STELLA MCKAY. STEP DAUGHTER: CHERYL PARSONS.

DATE OF SERVICES: WEDNESDAY, MAY 19, 2004 AT 2:00 PM. PLACE OF SERVICES: WAPANUCKA CHURCH OF GOD.

INTERMENT: ROSE HILL CEMETERY ~ WAPANUCKA, OK.

OFFICIATING: REV. GLENN EAVES. ASSISTING: REV. GLEN THOMASON.

CASKETBEARERS: (NEPHEWS) ODUS NEWMAN, UTAH MCKAY, EDDIE ARNOLD, SAMMY NEWMAN, LEROY NEWMAN, DAVID EAVES, WAYNE NEWMAN.

HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: REV. DAN DURHAM, BUD TAYLOR, HENRY BROWN, JIM MILLER, CLARENCE ROBERTSON JR., BOB TASSEY.