NAME: CLAUD WENDELL WOODARD, AGE 54, LIFELONG ATOKA RESIDENT.

BORN: SEPTEMBER 6, 1945 AT ATOKA TO CLAUD AND ERMA JEAN (BELL) WOODARD. PASSED AWAY: FRIDAY, AUGUST 18, 2000 AT THE ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. AGE: 54 YEARS 11 MONTHS 12 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED DUNBAR IN ATOKA AND GRADUATED FROM ATOKA HIGH SCHOOL IN 1963 AND ATTENDED OKMULGEE TECH TRAINING IN AIR CONDITION AND REFRIGERATION. MARRIED: ALLIE RAE SMITH ON MAY 16, 1966 AT ATOKA, OK. CATHY JANE HALCOMB ON JUNE 25, 1978 AT ATOKA, OK. OCCUPATION: HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERATOR. HE FORMERLY WORKED FOR ATOKA COUNTY AND NUMEROUS CONSTRUCTION JOBS THROUGHOUT THE AREA. HE WAS WORKING FOR WITTWER CONSTRUCTION ON THE NEW HIGHWAY JOB IN ATOKA AT THE TIME OF HIS DEATH. CHURCH AFFILIATION: MEMBER OF MT. ZION BAPTIST CHURCH IN ATOKA. WENDELL WAS ACTIVE IN RODEOING WHEN HE WAS YOUNG. HE WAS A FORMER MEMBER OF THE ATOKA TRAIL RIDERS AND WAS A LONGTIME MEMBER OF THE OPERATORS UNION LOCAL 21 IN TULSA. HE WAS KNOWN FOR HIS WIT AND OUTGOING PERSONALITY AND HE NEVER MET A STRANGER. SURVIVED BY WIFE: OF 22 YEARS CATHY WOODARD OF ATOKA, OK. MOTHER: ERMA WOODARD OF ATOKA, OK. MOTHER IN-LAW: EVELYN HALCOMB OF ANTLERS, OK. CHILDREN: STEVE HALCOMB OF SHERMAN, TX. KEVIN WOODARD AND JEANA B. WOODARD OF STILLWATER, OK. JEFFREY D. WOODARD OF DURANT, OK. GRANDCHILDREN: SHAYLA FRANKS, JOSIAH WOODARD, JESSE VESTER, ISABELL VESTER OF STILLWATER, OK. NASHOBA HALCOMB OF RATTAN, OK. SISTERS: BETTYE BERRY OF ARLINGTON, TX. CONNIE AND JOE EDWARDS OF SHERMAN, TX. BROTHERS-IN-LAW: LARRY, MIKE, AND JOE HALCOMB. SISTER-IN-LAW: GENEVA WOOD. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY DAUGHTER: LYNDELL WOODARD ON NOVEMBER 1, 1998. FATHER: CLAUDE WOODARD IN MAY OF 1988. FATHER-IN-LAW: ESTES HALCOMB.

DATE OF SERVICES: WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 23, 2000 AT 2:00 PM PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN'S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: GREEN HILL CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. M. E. GRIFFIN. ASSISTING: REV. MOSE NETTLES. CASKETBEARERS: TOP GRAHAM, JOHN WILLIAMS, JEFF MANSELL, BOBBY JOHNSON, DALE BROWN, A. D. MOORE. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: ORLON HILL, CLIFFORD BROWN, JERRY VINSON, CECIL HILL, DEWAYNE HILL, NEB ELI HILL, WILLARD HARRISON, JOHNNY PRIDE, JOHNNY SMITH. FLOWER GIRLS: DELORIS YORK, MARY DAVENPORT, VERNOLA MOSLEY, BETTY IVERS, SHIRLEY PARSON.