NAME: BILLY RAY BILL PINGLETON, AGE 73, A LONGTIME ATOKA RESIDENT.

BORN: AUGUST 31, 1928 AT HAILEYVILLE, OKLAHOMA TO FRANK AND EULA (LACKEY) PINGLETON. PASSED AWAY: WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2001 AT HIS ATOKA RESIDENCE. AGE: 73 YEARS 2 MONTHS AND 13 DAYS.

EDUCATION: BILL ATTENDED AND GRADUATED FROM HAILEYVILLE HIGH SCHOOL AND ATTENDED 2 YEARS AT EASTERN STATE IN WILBURTON AND RECEIVED HIS MASTERS DEGREE AT SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY IN DURANT AND HIS ADMINISTRATORS CERTIFICATION AT EAST TEXAS STATE IN COMMERCE, TEXAS.

MARRIED: NORENE MEEKS ON DECEMBER 17, 1953 AT ADA, OK.

OCCUPATION: BILL WAS A LIFELONG EDUCATOR. HE COACHED FOOTBALL AT ATOKA HIGH SCHOOL WHERE HE ALSO SERVED AS HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.

CHURCH AFFILIATION: A MEMBER OF ATOKA FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH.

BILL SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE U.S. ARMY AND NATIONAL GUARD 45TH DIVISION M. P. COMPANY DURING THE KOREAN WAR.

HE WAS ALSO VERY ACTIVE IN BOYS SCOUTS WITH HIS SONS.

SURVIVED BY

WIFE: NORENE PINGLETON OF THEIR HOME IN ATOKA, OK.

DAUGHTER: GAYLA ALFORD AND HUSBAND DON OF SULPHUR SPRINGS, TX.

SONS: BILLY RAY PINGLETON, JR. AND WIFE SHEILA OF TUSHKA, OK. LARRY ORVEL DINK PINGLETON AND WIFE KIM OF ATOKA, OK. KEITH PINGLETON AND WIFE DEBBIE OF ATOKA, OK.

GRANDCHILDREN: CLINT ALFORD OF ATOKA, OK. AMY SCOTT AND HUSBAND WADE OF HUGO, PK. AMANDA LAWRENCE AND HUSBAND RYAN OF CARTHAGE, TX. BILLY RAY III AND DENYM PINGLETON OF TUSHKA, OK. KACI STEPHENS AND HUSBAND ALLEN OF DURANT, OK. TAYLOR WILKINSON OF ATOKA, OK. BETHANY PINGLETON OF ATOKA, OK.

GREAT GRANDDAUGHTER: CALLIE LAWRENCE OF CARTHAGE, TX.

GREAT GRANDSONS: CADE AND LAIN SCOTT OF HUGO, OK.

BROTHERS: WARREN PINGLETON AND WIFE REVA OF MCALESTER, OK. LEROY PINGLETON AND WIFE ELSIE OF HAILEYVILLE, OK.

SISTER: FERN CLINE OF HAILEYVILLE, OK.

SISTERS-IN-LAW: BETTY PINGLETON OF HAILEYVILLE, OK. DOROTHY PINGLETON OF HAILEYVILLE, OK.

PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

PARENTS: FRANK AND EULA PINGLETON. BROTHERS: TIP, JIM, JAKE, AND BOB PINGLETON.

DATE OF SERVICES: FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2001 AT 10:00 A.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN'S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK.

INTERMENT: TUSHKA CEMETERY ~ TUSHKA, OK.

OFFICIATING: REV. TOM HARGRAVE.

CASKETBEARERS: JERRY BETTIS, NOEL POWELL, CLIFFORD BROWN, RONNIE COCHRAN, DAVID KELLOGG, JERRY KEYS, HAROLD STEELE, WESLEY SMITHART.

HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: GARY MCCOOL, PAT NORTON, FELTON BLANKENSHIP, BOB PLUMLEE AND MEMBERS OF 45TH INFANTRY.