NAME: CLARENCE DALE WILSON, AGE 81, A LIFELONG ATOKA AREA RESIDENT.

BORN: OCTOBER 2, 1922 IN ATOKA COUNTY TO CLARENCE AND RHUE (HARRINGTON) WILSON.

PASSED AWAY: THURSDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 16, 2004 AT THE MCALESTER REGIONAL HOSPITAL IN MCALESTER, OK. AGE: 81 YEARS 11 MONTHS AND 4 DAYS.

EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT WARDVILLE, ATOKA, AND SOUTHEASTERN STATE, EARNING HIS MASTER'S DEGREE IN EDUCATION.

MARRIED: BOBBIE J. WHEELER ON OCTOBER 31, 1959 AT ATOKA, OK.

OCCUPATION: AFTER MILITARY SERVICE HE WAS AN OKLAHOMA HIGHWAY PATROLMAN AND BECAME AN EXAMINER. HE TAUGHT SCHOOL FOR MANY YEARS AT BENTLEY, COALGATE, AND ATOKA. HE WAS ELECTED ATOKA COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS IN 1976, RETIRING IN 1988.

CHURCH AFFILIATION: HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE PENN AND A CHURCH OF CHRIST SINCE HE WAS A YOUNG CHILD.

DALE SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE U.S. ARMY DURING WORLD WAR II WITH THE 45TH M.P. AND WAS AT THE NORMANDY INVASION. HE ALSO SERVED AT KOREA.

DALE WAS A MEMBER OF THE RETIRED TEACHER'S ASSOCIATION, THE RED RED ROSE AT SOUTHEASTERN, THE OKLAHOMA COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT'S ASSOCIATION, THE AMERICAN LEGION, AND THE V.F.W.

HE WAS AN AVID HORSEMAN AND TRAIL RIDER. DALE SHOWED HIS HORSES AND WON MANY TROPHIES AND RIBBONS IN MISSOURI, OKLAHOMA, AND TEXAS.

SURVIVED BY

WIFE: BOBBIE OF THE HOME AT ATOKA, OK.

DAUGHTER: KAREN WILSON OF THE HOME.

GRANDDAUGHTER: NIKKI LEE OF THE HOME.

BROTHER: RUSSELL PETE WILSON AND WIFE JUDY OF COALGATE, OK.

SISTER: LOIS TUCKER OF ATOKA, OK.

BROTHER AND SISTER-IN-LAW: JIM AND JERI WHEELER OF ATOKA, OK.

PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

PARENTS: CLARENCE AND RHUE WILSON. BROTHER: BOB WILSON. BROTHER-IN-LAW: RAY TUCKER. IN-LAWS: BOB AND MINNIE WHEELER.

DATE OF SERVICES: MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2004 AT 10:00 AM. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN'S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK.

INTERMENT: GREEN MEADOWS CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK.

OFFICIATING: REV. BARTT BRADFORD. ASSISTING:

CASKETBEARERS: ROY MOBBS, RAY MOBBS, DALE MOBBS, TOMMY RICHARDSON, KENNETH RICHARDSON, RONALD COYLE, LEON DANDERSON, EUGENE BANKS.

HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: 45TH M.P., FLOYD GENE HOWARD, TROY GAMMON, BRENT FATKIN, DON WALKER.

FAMILY NIGHT SUNDAY AT 7 PM.