NAME: CLAUD HARDING YATES, AGE 84, A LONGTIME ATOKA AREA RESIDENT.

BORN: NOVEMBER 14, 1921 AT LEHIGH, OKLAHOMA TO JOHN MADISON AND MAE (BOWERMAN) YATES.

PASSED AWAY: WEDNESDAY EVENING, JUNE 28, 2006 AT HIS RESIDENCE IN TUSHKA, OK.

AGE 84 YEARS 7 MONTHS AND 14 DAYS

EDUCATION: CLAUD ATTENDED LEHIGH SCHOOLS.

MARRIED: CLARA TOLER IN 1958 AT MADERA, CA. SHE PRECEDED HIM IN DEATH.

OCCUPATION: CLAUD WORKED FOR MANY YEARS IN THE HIGHLINE ELECTRICAL CONSTRUCTION FIELD.

CHURCH AFFILIATION: HE WAS OF THE PROTESTANT FAITH.

survived by

DAUGHTERS: WANDA LYTLE OF TUSHKA, OK.

JOLEAN NAVAIRA OF GRAND PRAIRIE, TX.

GENEVA PRIDE OF ATOKA, OK.

SON: KEITH HOPKINS OF WADE, OK.

GRANDCHILDREN: BILL DRESSER JR OF GRANBURY, TX.

MARK DRESSER OF DALLAS, TX.

TONI DRESSER OF GRAPEVINE, TX.

ROBIN DRESSER OF DUNCAN, OK.

SHANE DRESSER OF DUNCAN, OK.

KELLY HERROD OF DAVIS, OK.

KYRA EPPERLY OF ADA, OK.

KACEY DRESSER OF DAUGHERTY, OK.

BEAU DOD DRESSER OF SULPHUR, OK.

VICKY NODVOTIT OF TYLER, TX.

CHARISSI LADD OF DURANT, OK.

DARYL ABBEY OF DUNCAN, OK.

JASON ABBEY OF NORMAN, OK.

JOHN LYTLE OF ATOKA, OK.

JEREMY LYTLE OF MCALESTER, OK.

DENNIS LAYNE OF GRAND PRAIRIE, TX.

BROOKE BURTON OF GRAND PRAIRIE, TX.

JUNE CIACCIO OF ATOKA , OK.

AMANDA HOPKINS OF DURANT, OK.

KEITH HOPKINS, JR. OF DURANT, OK.

28 GREAT GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.

SISTERS: JUANITA GREENWOOD OF NORMAN, OK.

ERMINE YATES OF CALIFORNIA.

preceded in death by

PARENTS: JOHN AND MAE YATES.

WIFE: CLARA YATES on october 8, 1999.

DAUGHTER: RITA ABBEY.

SON: BILL DRESSER.

BROTHER: JIM YATES.

SISTERS: MARY COSSEY, TILDA COSSEY, BESSIE CHAMBERS.

MEMORIAL SERVICES: SUNDAY, JULY 2, 2006 AT 3:00 P.M.

PLACE OF SERVICES: FULL GOSPEL CHURCH ~ atoka, OK.

OFFICIATING: REV. TERRY HOLIDAY