NAME: CAROLYN JOY (LYTLE) HARDMAN, AGE 40, LIFELONG ATOKA COUNTY RESIDENT.

BORN: JUNE 24, 1956 AT ATOKA, OK TO FRED JUNIOR AND VIOLA MAE (KIMES) LYTLE. PASSED AWAY: SATURDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1996 AT HER RESIDENCE WEST OF ATOKA, OK. AGE: 40 YEARS 5 MONTHS AND 13 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS IN ATOKA COUNTY, GRADUATING FROM ATOKA HIGH SCHOOL IN 1974. SHE ALSO ATTENDED MURRAY STATE COLLEGE IN TISHOMINGO, OK ON A BUSINESS MANAGEMENT SCHOLARSHIP. MARRIED: JIM D. HARDMAN ON MAY 5, 1975 AT FARRIS, OK. OCCUPATION: SHE WORKED MANY YEARS AT ETHAN ALLEN MANUFACTURING, ALSO DIEPER JEANS AND WAL-MART IN ATOKA. CHURCH AFFILIATION: LONGTIME MEMBER OF FIRST ASSEMBLY OF GOD CHURCH IN ATOKA. SHE WAS THE DAUGHTER OF A MINISTER AND WAS BAPTIZED AT A VERY EARLY AGE AND WAS A FAITHFUL CHRISTIAN ALL HER LIFE. SHE ENJOYED THE OUTDOORS, FISHING, CAMPING, AND COOKOUTS. SURVIVED BY HUSBAND: JIM HARDMAN OF THE HOME WEST OF ATOKA. DAUGHTERS: MELISA MAYLEE HARDMAN OF THE HOME. GENIFER DALE HARDMAN OF THE HOME. PARENTS: FRED AND VIOLA LYTLE OF ATOKA. BROTHERS: LYNN LYTLE OF ATOKA. TED LYLTE AND WIFE JANETTE OF LONE GROVE, OK. TIMOTHY LYTLE AND WIFE MISTI OF FARRIS. SISTERS: DORIS COLEMAN AND HUSBAND WAYNE OF DURANT, OK. RUTH ANN MARTIN AND HUSBAND RICKY OF MCALESTER, OK. MOTHER-IN-LAW: MINNIE HARDMAN OF ATOKA. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY FATHER-IN-LAW: FRANK HARDMAN OF ATOKA IN FEBRUARY, 1985.

DATE OF SERVICES: TUESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1996 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: GRAVESIDE. INTERMENT: WARDS CHAPEL CEMETERY ~ WEST ATOKA, OK. OFFICIATING: HERB WHARTON. CASKETBEARERS: KEVIN MARTIN, RICKY LYNN MARTIN, KELLY HARDMAN, BUDDY FAULKENBERRY, BRYAN COLEMAN, JEREMY LYTLE. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: RAYMOND COLEMAN, JAMES ROBERTSON, JUSTIN ROBERTSON, TRACY MARTIN, SHANNON LYTLE, KARL HARDMAN, BENJAMIN HARDMAN JR., JOHN LYTLE.