NAME: CLETA PEARL (BAILEY) THOMAS GAINES, AGE 84, A LIFELONG ATOKA AREA RESIDENT. BORN: JULY 29, 1922 IN ATOKA COUNTY, OKLAHOMA TO CLEVE WALTER C. W. AND MATTIE LEA (FLOWERS) BAILEY. PASSED AWAY: FRIDAY, JUNE 22, 2007 AT ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. AGE: 84 YEARS 10 MONTHS AND 23 DAYS EDUCATION: CLETA ATTENDED AND GRADUATED FROM ATOKA HIGH SCHOOL AND THEN ATTENDED MURRY STATE COLLEGE. MARRIED: A. W. THOMAS ON AUGUST 29, 1942 AT COALGATE, OK. EDWARD GAINES ON MARCH 20, 2003 AT ATOKA, OK. OCCUPATION: CLETA WORKED AT THE BLUE BELL PLANT IN COALGATE AND LATER WORKED AT THE COUNTY TREASURER'S OFFICE FOR 10 YEARS. SHE ALSO OWNED AND OPERATED SOONER TRUCK AND TUSHKA TRUCK STOP. SHE WAS A HOUSEWIFE AND HOMEMAKER. CHURCH AFFILIATION: SHE WAS A MEMBER AT SOUTHSIDE BAPTIST CHURCH AND WAS BAPTIZED AT WARDS CHAPEL BAPTIST CHURCH. SURVIVED BY SON: BOB THOMAS AND WIFE JOY OF ATOKA, OK. STEPDAUGHTER: MARY COOK AND HUSBAND HASKELL OF ATOKA, OK. STEP GRANDCHILDREN: JOHN COOK AND WIFE CARLA OF ATOKA, OK. FRANCIE COURTNEY AND HUSBAND BILLY OF ATOKA, OK. GREAT GRANDCHILDREN: TREVOR COOK, KATELYN COOK, COLTEN COURTNEY, SHANCIE COURTNEY. BROTHERS & SISTERS-IN-LAW: ELMO AND BERNICE THOMAS OF ATOKA, OK. ELWANDA AND KENNETH WILLIAMS OF ATOKA, OK. SUE AND BILL FLOWERS OF ATOKA, OK. PETE THOMAS OF COALGATE, OK. BOB AND MELBA THOMAS OF COALGATE, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: CLEVE AND MATTIE BAILEY. HUSBANDS: A. W. THOMAS ON MARCH 18, 1989. EDWARD GAINES ON FEBRUARY 17, 2005.. SISTERS: LOTA HILL, LOIS SALMON AND JOY MALONE.

DATE OF SERVICES: MONDAY, JUNE 25, 2007 AT 2:00 PM PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN'S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: WARDS CHAPEL CEMETERY OFFICIATING: REV. STEVE HAVENER ASSISTING: REV. JERRY RICHARD CASKETBEARERS: DON WALKER, JIM POOL, KEITH COCHRAN, LLOYD BARTON BRICKIE GRIFFIN, GEORGE BICKNELL, BRUCE USHER, KENNETH BREEDEN. FAMILY NIGHT: SUNDAY AT 6:00 TO 8:00 P. M.