OBITUARY NAME: CHARLES BATSON MCKEE, AGE 88, AN ATOKA AREA RESIDENT SINCE 1964 AFTER RETIRING FROM THE MILITARY BORN: AUGUST 6, 1920 AT MARIETTA, OK TO HARTWELL FIELDING MCKEE AND CARRIE ELIZABETH COOPER MCKEE PASSED AWAY: SUNDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2008 AT ATOKA AGE 88 YEARS 4 MONTHS 1 DAYS EDUCATION: CHARLES ATTENDED SCHOOL AT STRINGTOWN AND GRADUATED FROM BORGER, TX. HE ATTENDED COLLEGE AT SOUTHEASTERN STATE UNIVERSITY AT DURANT OCCUPATION: HE WAS IN THE US AIR FORCE FOR 24 YEARS. HE WAS A SCHOOL BUS DRIVER AND OPERATED AN UPHOLSTERY SHOP. MARRIED: CHARLES MARRIED RUTH LAHOMA SANDERS ON JUNE 3, 1942 AT SAN ANTONIO, TX CHURCH AFFILIATION: HE WAS A LONGTIME MEMBER OF FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH; A MEMBER OF ATOKA LIONS CLUBS; AND LIFE MEMBER OF USAF SERGEANTS ASSN. SURVIVED BY WIFE: RUTH MCKEE OF THE HOME SON: GARY JOHN MCKEE AND WIFE JEANETTE OF W. PALM BEACH, FL DAUGHTER: BOBBIE HOLLAND OF ATOKA, OK GRANDCHILDREN: DANIELLE JONES AND HUSBAND TONY OF OMAHA, NE JAMAR MCKEE OF W. PALM BEACH, FL KAREN MCKEE OF W. PALM BEACH, FL GREAT GRANDDAUGHTER: GRACE JONES OF W. PALM BEACH, FL ALONG WITH NUMEROUS OTHER RELATIVES AND MANY DEAR AND LOVED FRIENDS. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: HARTWELL FIELDING AND CARRIE ELIZABETH MCKEE 2 GRANDCHILDREN: JUDYTH ANN BRIGANCE AND ERNIE DALE BRIGANCE ********************************************************************************************************************* DATE OF SERVICES: WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2008 AT 2:00 PM PLACE OF SERVICES: FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH PLACE OF INTERMENT: GREEN MEADOWS CEMETERY OFFICIATING: REV DANIEL RAMEY ASSISTING: REV JOE D. RAY CASKETBEARERS: DON BARNARD, STEVE CROW, MIKE ELLIOTT, BUDDIE DURBIN, BRENT DANIEL, JIM TURNER CONDOLENCES MAY BE SENT TO THE FAMILY BY EMAIL TO: BROWNS@ATOKA.NET. PLEASE REFERENCE THE NAME OF THE DECEASED IN YOUR CORRESPONDENCE. FAMILY NIGHT, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 6 ~ 8 SERVICES UNDER THE DIRECTION OF BROWN'S FUNERAL SERVICE - ATOKA, OK