NAME: BURNIS BUCK BICKNELL, AGE 69, A LIFELONG ATOKA AREA RESIDENT.

BORN: MAY 26, 1935 AT STRINGTOWN, OK TO ELMER L. AND KITTY (GOSS) BICKNELL.

PASSED AWAY: THURSDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 2, 2004 AT THE MEDICAL CENTER OF SE OKLAHOMA IN DURANT. AGE: 69 YEARS 3 MONTHS AND 6 DAYS.

EDUCATION: BUCK ATTENDED AND GRADUATED FROM ATOKA SCHOOLS. HE THEN ATTENDED SOUTHEASTERN OK STATE UNIVERSITY FOR 4 YEARS.

MARRIED: LOIS SMITH ON AUGUST 4, 1958 AT DURANT, OK. NORMA L. (HUTSON) MCCARTY ON OCTOBER 26, 1999 AT EUREKA SPRINGS, AR.

OCCUPATION: BUCK HAD A MILITARY CAREER IN THE U.S. ARMY, SERVING DURING KOREA AND TWO TOURS AT VIETNAM, RETIRING FROM THE ARMY AFTER 21 YEARS OF SERVICE ON FEBRUARY 1, 1975. HE THEN WORKED AT MCLEOD CORRECTIONAL CENTER FOR 22 YEARS, RETIRING FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS ON JUNE 1, 1997.

CHURCH AFFILIATION: BUCK WAS OF THE BAPTIST FAITH. HE LATER BECAME A MEMBER OF THE FIRST ASSEMBLY OF GOD CHURCH.

HE WAS A LONGTIME MEMBER OF THE ATOKA DAV CHAPTER 60 AND WAS A FORMER MEMBER OF THE AMERICAN LEGION AND V.F.W. BUCK WAS ALSO ACTIVE IN THE HONOR GUARD.

SURVIVED BY

WIFE: NORMA BICKNELL OF THE HOME AT ATOKA, OK.

SON: RANDY BICKNELL OF FT. WORTH, TX.

BROTHERS: GEORGE BICKNELL AND WIFE ILENE OF TUSHKA, OK. ROY BICKNELL AND WIFE ALMEDA OF ATOKA, OK.

HALF BROTHERS: LLOYD CROWDER OF ATOKA, OK. WALTER D. CROWDER OF JACKSBORO, TX.

HALF SISTER: SHIRLEY SEXTON AND HUSBAND TIM OF ADA, OK.

STEP CHILDREN: PHYLLIS JAMERSON AND HUSBAND LAWRENCE OF MUSKOGEE, OK. FLOYD D. MCCARTY, JR. OF STRINGTOWN, OK. WANDA WILLIAMS AND HUSBAND PAUL OF BOHCHITO, OK. DOTTIE WILSON AND HUSBAND MAX OF PITTSBURG, OK.

10 STEP GRANDCHILDREN AND 4 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.

PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

FIRST WIFE: LOIS (SMITH) BICKNELL ON MAY 20, 1997. BROTHER: DEAN BICKNELL SISTERS: ANN TOMLINSON AND TWIN BURNICE MILLER.

DATE OF SERVICES: SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2004 AT 2:00 PM. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN'S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK.

INTERMENT: GREEN MEADOWS CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK.

OFFICIATING: REV. LARRY HORN. ASSISTING: REV. HERB WHARTON.

CASKETBEARERS: J. B. PRITCHETT, MAX WILSON, FRANK REMBER, BOBBY SMITH, TRAVIS SMITH, LUKE GRAVES.

HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: MEMBERS OF THE ATOKA DAV, V.F.W. AND AMERICAN LEGION AND DON COLLINS.

FAMILY NIGHT SATURDAY 6 PM