NAME: BILLY JOE CARUTHERS, AGE 79, A LONGTIME TUPELO RESIDENT. Caruthers,BillyJoe BORN: APRIL 3, 1927 IN STONEWALL, OK TO JOE AND VELMA (ARNOLD) CARUTHERS. PASSED AWAY: AUGUST 15, 2006 IN ARDMORE, OK. AGE: 79 YEARS 4 MONTHS 12 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED TUPELO SCHOOL GRADUATING IN 1945 MARRIED: LORENE ANGEL ON JUNE 21, 1947 IN STONEWALL, OK. OCCUPATION: HE WAS A REGISTERED LAND SURVEYOR #47 AND WAS THE COAL COUNTY SURVEYOR FROM 1968 TILL THE OFFICE WAS ELIMINATED . HE HAD A PRIVATE PRACTICE AS CARUTHERS SURVEYING UNTIL RETIREMENT IN 1990. CHURCH AFFILIATION: MEMBER OF THE TUPELO METHODIST CHURCH FROM EARLY CHILDHOOD. HE WAS A CHARTER MEMBER OF THE OKLAHOMA SOCIETY OF LAND SURVEYORS, SERVING AS DISTRICT 5 DIRECTOR FOR SEVERAL YEARS AND THEN VICE PRESIDENT. SURVIVED BY WIFE: LORENE CARUTHERS OF THE HOME AT TUPELO, OK. DAUGHTERS: TAWANA CARUTHERS OF EUFAULA, OK. JACQUELINE RUST OF ADA, OK. BEVERLY ANN REYNOLDS AND HUSBAND BOB OF TUPELO, OK. DEBRA KAY HOWARD AND HUSBAND JOHN OF ADA, OK. SON: BILLY JOE CARUTHERS JR. AND WIFE JUNE OF GEARY, OK. GRANDCHILDREN: JAMIE LATHAM AND HUSBAND JIM. DESTRY EDWARDS AND WIFE BETH. KATE MCDONALD AND HUSBAND MIKE. GINGER YOUNG. COLBY EDWARDS AND WIFE RACHEL. JOHNNA HEILAMAN AND HUSBAND AARON. JOSEPH CARUTHERS. GREAT GRANDCHILDREN: ASHLEY LATHAM. LEVI LATHAM. PATIENCE YOUNG. CORD MCDONALD. KAILYSSA EDWARDS. ALEXIS MCDONALD. SISTERS: LUCILLE CLEPPER OF HOUSTON, TX. LORETTA DAVIS OF HOUSTON, TX. VELMA PITZER OF HOUSTON, TX. SHIRLEY RICHARDSON OF ADA, OK. BROTHER: JIM CARUTHERS AND WIFE GENEVA OF OWASSO, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: JOE AND VELMA (ARNOLD) CARUTHERS. SISTERS: GENEVA KILLIAN AND ANITA SUE MCDONALD.

DATE OF SERVICE: SATURDAY, AUGUST 19, 2006 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICE: BROWN'S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ COALGATE, OK. INTERMENT: PLEASANT GROVE CEMETERY ~ TUPELO, OK. OFFICIATING: MR. SAM STEELE. PALLBEARERS: