NAME: CLARK STOWE CURTIS, AGE 86, LONGTIME RINGLING, OKLAHOMA RESIDENT.

BORN: FEBRUARY 4, 1914 AT YANUSH, OKLA. TO JOHN CALVIN AND DELLA WARING (BUDD) CURTIS. PASSED AWAY: MONDAY, AUGUST 7, 2000 AT HIS SON'S HOME EAST OF ATOKA, OK. AGE: 86 YEARS 6 MONTHS AND 3 DAYS EDUCATION: HE ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT RYAN, WEST PLAINVIEW, AND WAURIKA, OK. MARRIED: DORIS ELSIE HOOT ON JULY 10, 1937 AT SANTA FE, NM. OCCUPATION: HE WORKED A NUMBER OF YEARS FOR SINCLAIR OIL CO.. HE AND DORIS OWNED AND OPERATED THE 70 CAFE IN RINGLING. WHEN THEY LIVED IN ARKANSAS HE WAS IN THE BROILER BUSINESS AND WAS A FARMER AND RANCHER. CHURCH AFFILIATION: HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH AT RINGLING, OKLA. CLARK WAS AN OUTDOORS PERSON AND LOVED TO QUAIL HUNT. HE WAS ALSO A 32ND DEGREE MASON AT THE CORNISH LODGE 68. SURVIVED BY WIFE: DORIS CURTIS OF THE HOME IN RINGLING, OK. SON: JIMMIE E. CURTIS AND WIFE WANDA OF ATOKA, OK. GRANDCHILDREN: CLENDON CURTIS AND WIFE ILA OF PHOENIX, AZ. CECLAN CURTIS AND WIFE DOROTHY OF PHOENIX, AZ. JOE CURTIS AND WIFE AMBER OF EARLSBORO, OK. STANLEY CURTIS AND WIFE SANDRA OF SHAWNEE, OK. SHANNON BOLLINGER AND HUSBAND DAVID OF GORE, OK. 12 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, 6 STEP GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, 1 GREAT, GREAT GRANDCHILD. BROTHER: ROBERT CURTIS AND WIFE GLADYS OF DUNCAN, OK. DAUGHTER IN-LAW: SALLY CURTIS OF PHOENIX, AZ. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: JOHN AND DELLA CURTIS. DAUGHTER: DELLA GERTRUDE CURTIS. SON: STANLEY CLARK CURTIS. SISTERS: PETRINELL HAMBY, GERTRUDE PHARRIS, AND LALLAH DUMAS. BROTHERS: JESSIE, LEWIS, AND THIELE CURTIS. GRANDDAUGHTER: LAWANNA CHRISTINE CURTIS.

DATE OF SERVICES: WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 9, 2000 AT 11:00 A.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH ~ RINGLING, OK. INTERMENT: RYAN CEMETERY ~ RYAN, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. CHARLES HOWARD. ASSISTING: REV. MIKE WILLIAMS. CASKETBEARERS: KEITH MARTIN, WES ENLOE, DARREL RAUSIN, AL HAYNES, LYNDEL VANBUSKIRK, SHERLE LOCKWOOD. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: DAVID BOLLINGER, CLENDON CURTIS, STANLEY CURTIS.