NAME: CLAUDE B. MABERY, AGE 75, ATOKA RESIDENT. BORN: AUGUST 10, 1921 AT FAYETTEVILLE, AR TO ALVIN C. AND MARY ALICE (TALLANT) MABERY. PASSED AWAY: THURSDAY, AUGUST 15, 1996 AT ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. AGE: 75 YEARS 0 MONTHS AND 5 DAYS. EDUCATION: HE ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT FRANKLIN, INDIANA, GRADUATING AT WHITELAND, IN. MARRIED: LA WANDA (MASON) COLLIER ON JUNE 18, 1965 AT GARLAND, TX. OCCUPATION: CLAUDE WAS A PAINT CONTRACTOR AND SPECIALTY PAINTER. HE WAS ALSO A POLICE OFFICER AT HIGHLAND PARK IN DALLAS, WORKED SECURITY AT LTV IN DALLAS AND WELLS FARGO ARMORED CAR COMPANY CHURCH AFFILIATION: MEMBER OF FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH IN ATOKA.. CLAUDE'S FAMILY MOVED FROM ARKANSAS WHEN HE WAS 2 YEARS OLD. THEY LIVED IN DALLAS AND THEN MOVED TO FRANKLIN, INDIANA. HE SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE U. S. NAVY, AFTER WHICH HE WORKED AT WILLIAMS FUNERAL HOME IN GARLAND, TX. HE AND WIFE, LA WANDA, WERE VOLUNTEER SOUTHERN BAPTIST MISSIONARIES FOR 6 YEARS, UNTIL CLAUDE'S HEALTH FAILED. SURVIVED BY WIFE: LA WANDA MABERY OF THE HOME IN ATOKA, OK. SON: BOB MABERY OF DALLAS, TX. DAUGHTER: SUSIE MABERY OF DALLAS, TX. STEPCHILDREN: ROBERT COLLIER OF ATOKA, OK. DENA GILES OF WEATHERFORD, TX. RHEA HUTSON OF WEATHERFORD, TX. 5 GRANDCHILDREN, 1 GREAT GRANDDAUGHTER. BROTHER: JOHN MABERY OF DALLAS, TX. NIECE: PATRICIA ROBERTS OF COLUMBUS, IN. NEPHEW: LAWRENCE RYBOLT OF INDIANA. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: ALVIN AND MARY MABERY. SON: DAVID MABERY. SISTERS: EDNA RYBOLT AND MARY ALICE LORENCE. BROTHER: ERNEST MABERY.

DATE OF SERVICES: SATURDAY, AUGUST 17, 1996 AT 4:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: GREEN MEADOWS CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. JEFF HOLLAND ASSISTING: REV. RICHARD MAGBY AND REV. JERRY WILLIAMS. CASKETBEARERS: DR. JAMES SUMNER, NEAL MERRIOTT, LLOYD PATTON, DAVID BLACKBURN, BILL MALONE, BILL FLOWERS.