NAME: CHARLIE EARNEST WALTHALL, AGE 77, OF STRINGTOWN, OK. BORN: DECEMBER 6, 1919 IN ATOKA COUNTY, OK TO ROBERT HENRY AND MARY FRANCIS (COCHRAN) WALTHALL. PASSED AWAY: TUESDAY, APRIL 8, 1997 AT MCALESTER REGIONAL HOSPITAL. AGE: 77 YEARS 4 MONTHS AND 2 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOL AT MILLER, EAST OF STRINGTOWN, OK. MARRIED: VIOLET VERA ARMSTRONG ON MARCH 30, 1941 AT MIDWAY IN ATOKA COUNTY, OK. OCCUPATION: HE WAS A LOGGER MECHANIC FOR FUGATE'S LUMBER AND WAS ALSO A RANCHER. CHURCH AFFILIATION: SEVENTH DAY CHURCH OF GOD IN LANE, OK. EARNEST AND NEPHEW, GEORGE WALTHALL, BOUGHT A SAWMILL AND OPERATED IT TOGETHER FOR 2 YEARS, AFTER WHICH EARNEST OPERATED IT UNTIL 1953. VIOLET AND ALL THE CHILDREN CUT ALL THE TIMBER AND BROUGHT IT TO THE MILL FOR CUTTING, AFTER WHICH THEY TOOK IT TO ATOKA TO SELL. IN 1953 HE STARTED WORKING FOR FUGATE'S LUMBER AS A LOGGER AND TRUCKER, AND LATER AS MECHANIC, RETIRING IN 1986. HE WAS VERY ACTIVE ON THE FARM, TAKING CAR OF THE CATTLE AND RAISING HIS OWN HAY UNTIL FAILING HEALTH IN 1994. HE ENJOYED TO PLAYING POOL, DOMINOES, AND FISHING. EVEN SNOW COULDN'T KEEP HIM FROM PLAYING DOMINOES, HE'D JUST PUT ON THE SNOW CHAINS AND GO PLAY. SURVIVED BY WIFE: VIOLET WALTHALL OF THE HOME IN STRINGTOWN, OK. DAUGHTERS: ETHEL ROBERTS AND HUSBAND RICHARD OF ROSEBURG, OR. DELORIS MOORE AND HUSBAND VERNON OF COALGATE, OK. MARY ABLES AND HUSBAND ERNEST OF MILBURN, OK. RUTH HORNER AND HUSBAND JAMES OF EL RENO, OK. LAJOY REEVES AND HUSBAND JAY OF STRINGTOWN, OK. SONS: RAYMOND WALTHALL AND WIFE MELONY OF WHITE CITY, OR. GLENN WALTHALL OF STRINGTOWN, OK. MICHAEL WALTHALL OF STRINGTOWN, OK. GRANDCHILDREN: WESLEY, STAN, BECKY, JAMES, PHILLIP, SUSAN, CINDY, SCOTTY, LAURIE, CRAIG, BRIAN, DANIEL, SHARON, MARSHALL, AMY, JULIE, ROBERT, RAINER, AND JANET. 18 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: ROBERT AND MARY WALTHALL. BROTHERS: JEWEL, JOHN, AND TOM WALTHALL. SISTERS: CORA HARRIS AND VELMA THOMPSON.

DATE OF SERVICES: SUNDAY, APRIL 13, 1997 AT 3:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: MT. OLIVE BAPTIST CHURCH ~ STRINGTOWN, OK. INTERMENT: MT. OLIVE CEMETERY ~ STRINGTOWN, OK. OFFICIATING: CLYDE HINES. CASKETBEARERS: (GRANDSONS) JAMES MOORE, PHILLIP MOORE, SCOTTY ABLES, CRAIG ABLES, BRIAN HORNER, DANIEL HORNER, WES ROBERTS, STAN ROBERTS. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: LAVON HENSON, PAUL HOWARD, BURL HOWARD, JOHN ROBERTS, LETSER THOMPSON, TODY RAY CLAY.