NAME: BRYAN HERSHEL TOMLINSON, AGE 71, BENTLEY RESIDENT, FORMERLY OF OKLAHOMA CITY.

BORN: DECEMBER 1, 1924 AT MILLER, OK TO JASPER NEWTON AND PEARL (STIDMAN) TOMLINSON. PASSED AWAY: MONDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1996 AT HIS RESIDENCE IN BENTLEY. AGE: 71 YEARS 10 MONTHS AND 6 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT EAST ALLISON AND BENTLEY. MARRIED: CLARA MAE RAINS ON SEPTEMBER 8, 1950 AT ATOKA, OK. OCCUPATION: HE WAS A FARMER & RANCHER AND WAS RETIRED AFTER 26 YEARS FOR THE CITY OF OKLAHOMA CITY. ALSO WORKED IN LUMBER MILL IN CALIFORNIA FOR 4 YEARS AND WAS A MECHANIC. HE LOVED TO FISH AND GO TO BALLGAMES. SURVIVED BY WIFE: CLARA MAE TOMLINSON OF THE HOME IN BENTLEY, OK. CHILDREN: BOB TOMLINSON AND WIFE AUDREY OF NORMAN, OK. TOM TOMLINSON AND WIFE DEBBIE OF OKLAHOMA CITY. HERSHEL TOMLINSON OF OKLAHOMA CITY. SHARON PETERS AND HUSBAND FRANK OF JONES, OK. DANNY TOMLINSON OF ATOKA, OK. GRANDCHILDREN: TINA SUE CASSIL AND HUSBAND TIM. COURTNEY, SMANTHA, MARCUS, ANDREA, WHITNEY, CASY, TAYLOR, & BROOKE. GREAT GRANDDAUGHTER: BRANDY CASSIL SISTER: ANNIE FRENCH AND HUSBAND EVERETT OF TUSHKA, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: JASPER AND PEARL TOMLINSON. SISTERS: CALLIE ROZETTA JONES, HESSIE GAMMON, LUCILLE OWENS, AND DINA MAE BAGBY. BROTHER: JESSIE AND MONROE TOMLINSON.

DATE OF SERVICES: WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1996 AT 3:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: GRAVESIDE SERVICES. INTERMENT: BENTLEY CEMETERY ~ ATOKA COUNTY, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. JOHN HOWARD. CASKETBEARERS: (SONS AND SONS-IN-LAW) BOB TOMLINSON, TOM TOMLINSON, HERSHEL TOMLINSON, DAN TOMLINSON, STEVE FRENCH, ROY OWENS.