NAME: BILLY DEAN SPEAKS, AGE 54, OF GARLAND, TEXAS AND FORMER BENTLEY AND ATOKA AREA RESIDENT.

BORN: SEPTEMBER 22, 1947 AT MCKINNEY, TEXAS TO SAMUEL DAVID AND ETHEL (HARRIS) SPEAKS. PASSED AWAY: SATURDAY, JUNE 22, 2002 AT HIS RESIDENCE IN GARLAND, TX. AGE: 54 YEARS 9 MONTHS AND 0 DAYS.

EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT BENTLEY AND ATOKA, OK.

MARRIED: SANDY HOWARD ON MAY 12, 1968 AT BENTLEY, OK.

OCCUPATION: HE WAS A CARPENTER.

CHURCH AFFILIATION: HOLINESS CHURCH.

BILLY DEAN SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE U.S. ARMY.

SURVIVED BY CHILDREN: CHANDLER DEAN SPEAKS OF ALAMOGORDO, NM. DEJA SEVEN SPEAKS OF GARLAND, TX.

SON-IN-LAW: JULIO CARATTINI OF GARLAND, TX.

GRANDCHILD: JONAH CARATTINI OF GARLAND, TX.

BROTHER: EARL SPEAKS OF TUSHKA, OK.

SISTERS: OPAL HORATH OF ATOKA, OK. TERRY WHITTINGTON AND HUSBAND JEROME OF ATOKA, OK. ESTER PEARL HENDERSON OF TUSHKA, OK. MARY SUE COOPER OF GAINSVILLE, TX.

FORMER WIFE: SANDY TANNER AND HUSBAND BEAU OF ALAMOGARDO, NM.

PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

PARENTS: SAM (1893-1981) AND ETHEL (1901-1981) SPEAKS. BROTHERS: MELVIN (1920-1951), RAYMOND (1921-1992), AND MARYAL D. SPEAKS. SISTERS: ZELDA (1926-1958) CALLICOAT AND EVA DEAN CHAMBERS.

DATE OF SERVICE: WEDNESDAY, JUNE 26, 2002 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: BENTLEY BAPTIST CHURCH ~ BENTLEY, OK.

INTERMENT: BENTLEY CEMETERY ~ BENTLEY, OK.

OFFICIATING: EDDIE HOOPS. ASSISTING: REV. REX WILLIAMS.

CASKETBEARERS: CHANCE SPEAKS, JULIO CARATTINI, JOSH MCKERNAN, TEDDY HENDERSON, JAMES COOPER, KEITH MOBBS.

HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: DEWAYNE MOBBS, LARUE HOWARD, ODIE SPEAKS, GENE RECTOR, BART RECTOR, FRANK GABRIEL.