NAME: CLIFFORD EARL PETE GOSSETT, AGE 79, A LIFELONG ATOKA CO. RESIDENT.

BORN: MAY 20, 1924 TO MARTIN EARL AND CLEO (ZION) GOSSETT AT CANEY, OK.

PASSED AWAY: THURSDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 16, 2003 AT ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. AGE: 79 YEARS 4 MONTHS AND 26 DAYS

EDUCATION: ATTENDED BUCKHOLT AND CANEY SCHOOLS.

MARRIED: ALMA LOUCILE RITCHIE ON JULY 26, 1947 AT SHERMAN, TX..

OCCUPATION: PETE WORKED FOR MANY YEARS AS A MASONERY WORKER AND LATER OWNED AND OPERATED GOSSETT�S FRUIT STAND UNTIL HIS RETIREMENT.

CHURCH AFFILIATION: LONGTIME MEMBER OF THE VOCA BAPTIST CHURCH. HE WAS ALSO MEMBER OF THE CADDO MASONIC LODGE AND WAS 32ND DEGREE MASON AND SHRINER. HE ENJOYED BEING OUTSIDE WORKING IN THE GARDEN AND PLANTING FLOWERS. HE WAS A LOVING HUSBAND, FATHER, GRANDFATHER, AND GREAT GRANDFATHER. VISITS FROM HIS GRANDCHILDREN AND GREAT GRANDCHILDREN ALWAYS BRIGHTENED HIS DAY.

SURVIVED BY

WIFE: ALMA LOUCILE GOSSETT OF THE HOME NEAR CANEY, OK.

DAUGHTERS: VIRGINIA ANN BURDITT OF CANEY, OK. CAROLYN JEAN JACKSON AND HUSBAND JACKIE OF CANEY, OK. ELIZABETH SUE ISHMAEL AND HUSBAND DOUGLAS OF CANEY, OK.

SISTER: JOYCE COLE OF OKLAHOMA CITY.

GRANDCHILDREN: CHARLES EARL KEENER AND WIFE STEPHANIE OF DURANT, OK. CHRISTIE LYNN RENEGAR AND HUSBAND NASON OF DURANT, OK. SANDRA KAY KENNEDY OF CANEY, OK. MARY LEE JACKSON OF CANEY, OK. COLT WAYNE ISHMAEL OF CANEY, OK. MASON GARRETT ISHMAEL OF CANEY, OK.

GREAT GRANDCHILDREN: FELICIA RAEANN RENEGAR OF DURANT, OK. DESTINY RAELYNN RENEGAR OF DURANT, OK. CAMBRIA SHAYLEE KENNEDY OF STRINGTOWN, OK. DRAVEN KAYZLEE KENNEDY OF STRINGTOWN, OK. NOAH KADE KENNEDY OF STRINGTOWN, OK. ZACHARY KADE KEENER OF DURANT, OK.

NEPHEWS: LARRY COLE, BOBBY COLE, AND MARTY GOSSETT.

A WONDERFUL CHURCH FAMILY.

PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

PARENTS: MARTIN EARL AND CLEO (ZION) GOSSETT. SON: ROBERT EARL GOSSETT. SON-IN-LAW: RONNIE BURDITT. BROTHER: JOE MACK GOSSETT. BROTHER-IN-LAW: EULIS COLE.

DATE OF SERVICES: SATURDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2003 AT 2:00 PM. PLACE OF SERVICES: VOCA BAPTIST CHURCH ~ CANEY, OK.

INTERMENT: CANEY CEMETERY ~ CANEY, OK.

OFFICIATING: BROTHER JOHN HOWARD.

CASKETBEARERS: HARLAN VAUGHN, DAVID HARDY, RON THOMAS, PAUL RHINES, C. J. WHITE, M. C. RIDGWAY, SCOTT NICHOLS.

HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: HARLEY WATSON, NATHAN WATSON, DOYLE WATSON, MARVIN ISHMAEL, JIM YEARY, PAUL GOSSETT, CLINTON GOSSETT.