NAME: BILLY BOB GRIMSLEY, AGE 70, OF ATOKA, OK. BORN: SEPTEMBER 21, 1934 AT ATOKA TO C. L. AND LYDIA MARGARET (RANDALL) GRIMSLEY. PASSED AWAY: FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2004 AT THE ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. AGE: 70 YEARS 1 MONTH AND 28 DAYS EDUCATION: BOB ATTENDED SCHOOL AT PLAINVIEW IN ATOKA COUNTY AND FINISHED HIS EDUCATION WHILE IN PUERTO RICO. MARRIED: PATRICIA GLOVER ON DECEMBER 10, 1961 AT ATOKA, OK. OCCUPATION: BOB WORKED HIS ENTIRE ADULT LIFE IN AIRCRAFT DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT. HE WORKED FOR GULFSTREAM AIRCRAFT CO., LOCKHEED, AND THE LAST 14 YEARS FOR ASSOCIATED AIRCRAFT CO. IN DALLAS UNTIL HIS RETIREMENT IN 1999. HE WAS INVOLVED IN THE DESIGN OF MANY OF THE MILITARY AIRCRAFT INCLUDING THE STEALTH AND THE SKUNK WORKS IN DEVELOPING THE SR 22 KNOWN AS THE BLACKBIRD ALONG WITH OTHER TOP SECRET PROJECTS. HE WAS INVOLVED IN THE OPERATION REFLEX IN NORTH AFRICA. BOB SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE U. S. AIR FORCE. HE WAS A MASON AND MEMBER OF ATOKA LODGE 4. BOB WAS A MEMBER OF THE SIXTH STREET PENTECOSTAL CHURCH. SURVIVED BY CHILDREN: GAYLA SMITH AND HUSBAND PHILLIP OF COWETA, OK. ROBBY GRIMSLEY AND WIFE NETA OF ATOKA, OK. GRANDCHILDREN: COBY AND DEVAN GRIMSLEY OF ATOKA, OK. ZACHARY SMITH OF COWETA, OK. WESTON POWELL OF KINGSTON, OK. SISTERS: RUTH COCHRAN AND HUSBAND ED OF ROYAL CITY, WA. JANICE PITTS AND HUSBAND JEROLD OF DAISY, OK. SISTER-IN-LAW: EVELYN GRIMSLEY OF ATOKA, OK. BOB WAS A SPECIAL UNCLE TO MANY NIECES, NEPHEWS AND IS SURVIVED BY NUMEROUS OTHER RELATIVES AND MANY VERY DEAR AND LOVED FRIENDS. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: C. L AND LYDIA GRIMSLEY. WIFE: PATRICIA ON DECEMBER 11, 1992. BROTHER: JAMES R. GRIMSLEY OF ATOKA ON APRIL 1, 1993. SISTERS: LOUISE SHARPE, LUCILLE SHARPE, AND SUSIE FAULKENBERRY.

DATE OF SERVICES: TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2004 AT 2:00 PM. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN'S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. NTERMENT: WEST VIEW CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. RICHARD MAGBY. CASKETBEARERS: RANDY GRIMSLEY, BRIAN GRIMSLEY, PHILLIP SMITH, JOHNNY FAULKENBERRY, O. L. FAULKENBERRY, STEVE BELCHER, HOMER LEE BELCHER, DON WILLS. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: LARRY SHARPE, LINDA BURTON, MIKE PITTS. FAMILY NIGHT~ MONDAY 6-8 PM