NAME: CHARLES BUDDY KIRK , AGE 90, LIFELONG STRINGTOWN, OK RESIDENT.

BORN: SEPTEMBER 2, 1907 AT STRINGTOWN, OK TO ARCHIE AND LAURA (CAIN) KIRK. PASSED AWAY: FRIDAY, AUGUST 21, 1998 AT COLONIAL MANOR IN ATOKA, OK. AGE: 90 YEARS 11 MONTHS AND 19 DAYS EDUCATION: ATTENDED STRINGTOWN SCHOOLS. MARRIED: ESTHER EVANS ON JANUARY 20, 1935 AT STRINGTOWN, OK. OCCUPATION: RETIRED AFTER MANY YEARS WITH STRINGTOWN ROCK CRUSHER, CITY OF STRINGTOWN, KATY RAILROAD, AND U. S. NAVAL AMMUNITION BASE IN SAVANNA, OK. CHURCH AFFILIATION: METHODIST FAITH. SURVIVED BY WIFE: ESTHER KIRK OF THE HOME IN STRINGTOWN, OK. DAUGHTER: JEWELL COLBERT OF STRINGTOWN, OK. GRANDDAUGHTER: REGINA CHEADLE AND HUSBAND MCKINLEY OF STRINGTOWN, OK. GREAT GRANDCHILDREN: GINKINA CHEADLE OF ATOKA, OK. GREG COLBERT OF WICHITA FALLS, TX. JEREMY CHEADLE OF STRINGTOWN, OK. GREAT GREAT GRANDCHILDREN: MALCOLM, DENISHA, DONTE, BRYCE, KELCEY, AND OLIVIA CHEADLE OF STRINGTOWN, OK. A VERY SPECIAL NEPHEW: ALFONSO TAYLOR OF KILLEEN, TX. SISTERS IN-LAW: CHARLENE LEWIS, DEBORAH EVANS, AND GAIL JACKSON OF ATOKA, OK. BROTHERS-IN-LAW: CLARENCE LEWIS AND ARTHUR RAY EVANS OF ATOKA, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: ARCHIE AND LAURA KIRK. SON-IN-LAW: JUNIOR COLBERT. SISTERS: CALDONIA TAYLOR, ESSIE HADLEY NEAL, MARGARET KEMP, AND ELIZABETH KIRK. BROTHERS: GERLY JACKSON, ANDREW, WILLIE, GEORGE, JESSIE, AND ARCHIE TAYLOR.

DATE OF SERVICES: MONDAY AUGUST 24, 1998 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN'S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: WELLS STREET CEMETERY ~ STRINGTOWN, OK. OFFICIATING: REV ANTHONY WASHINGTON. CASKETBEARERS: NEPHEWS. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: WILLIE MARLEY, MCKINLEY CHEADLE, D.W. SYKES, JIM WILKERSON, CARL BROWN, RODNEY BROWN.