NAME: CLARENCE VIEUX, AGE 87, AN ATOKA AREA RESIDENT SINCE 1966. BORN: SEPTEMBER 18, 1919 AT SAVANNA, OK TO WILLIS AND CELINE (DUPIRE) VIEUX. PASSED AWAY: EARLY THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 12, 2007 AT HIS RESIDENCE IN ATOKA, OK. AGE: 87 YEARS 6 MONTHS 24 DAYS. EDUCATION: CLARENCE ATTENDED ASHLAND SCHOOLS. HE GRADUATED FROM OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY WITH A MASTERS DEGREE. MARRIED: VELMA EDGE ON JANUARY 7, 1943 AT MCALESTER, OK. OCCUPATION: CLARENCE TAUGHT VOCATIONAL AG FROM 1952 TO 1982, BEGINNING HIS LONG TEACHING CAREER AT WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY IN NEBRASKA, BOKOSHE, OK FOR 6 YEARS, LONE GROVE, OK FOR 5 YEARS, ATWOOD, OK FOR A SHORT TIME AND SETTLING HERE IN ATOKA WHERE HE TAUGHT 16 YEARS UNTIL HIS RETIREMENT. CHURCH AFFILIATION: DEACON AND LONGTIME MEMBER OF FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH. A MEMBER OF THE ATOKA MASONIC LODGE #4. HE WAS ALSO A MEMBER OF THE RETIRED EDUCATORS ASSOCIATION. CLARENCE ENJOYED RESTORING OLD CARS AND SPENDING TIME WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS. HE SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE US ARMY AIR CORP AS AN AIRCRAFT MECHANIC DURING WWII, STATIONED IN CHINA AND BURMA, INDIA. SURVIVED BY WIFE: VELMA VIEUX OF THE HOME AT ATOKA, OK. SON: ROY DON VIEUX AND WIFE KAREN OF WILBURTON, OK. DAUGHTER: JANIFAYE PEELER OF TEXAS. GRANDCHILDREN: JENNIFER LAVANCE OF SMITHVILLE, TX. KERRI BRIGGS AND HUSBAND DARREN OF DUNCAN, OK. JOYE ANGEL AND HUSBAND KEVIN OF ATOKA, OK. GREAT GRANDCHILDREN: SHAYE, LIAM, RILEY, HOPE, CAVAN, AND RIAN. SISTERS-IN-LAW: VELMA RUTH VIEUX OF MCALESTER, OK. IDA FAYE ROCK OF TULSA, OK. RUBY MAE EDGE OF NORMAN, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: WILLIS AND CELINE VIEUX. 7 BROTHERS AND 3 SISTERS.

DATE OF SERVICES: SATURDAY, APRIL 14, 2007 AT 10:00 A.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN'S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: MEMORY GARDENS ~ MCALESTER, OK AT 2:00 P.M. OFFICIATING: REV. JOE CHAPIN. ASSISTING: L. D. SMITH. CASKETBEARERS: BUD HARVEY, GERALD MAGAR, WILLIS VIEUX, KEN VIEUX, BILL VIEUX, BOB ROCK. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: (FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH MEN'S SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASS) MONROE ALLEN, CALVIN CLEVELAND, BILL MALONE, WILLIE COGBURN, EVERETT MCGHEE, JOE STRICKLEN, OLEN CURRY, LON FINK, BROWN WYRICK. FAMILY NIGHT: NONE