NAME: CLINTON WALTER GOSSETT, AGE 78, A LIFELONG CANEY AREA RESIDENT OF THE VOCA COMMUNITY. BORN: APRIL 14, 1926 AT CANEY, OK TO KNOX AND CORDIE (GRAHAM) GOSSETT.

PASSED AWAY: FRIDAY, AUGUST 27, 2004 AT HIS VOCA COMMUNITY RESIDENCE. AGE: 78 YEARS 4 MONTHS AND 13 DAYS

EDUCATION: CLINTON WAS EDUCATED AT VOCA, BUCKHOLT, POST OAK, KIOWA, AND ATOKA SCHOOLS.

MARRIED: OPAL D. EATON ON SEPTEMBER 9, 1949 AT SHERMAN, TX.

OCCUPATION: CLINTON WAS A FARMER AND RANCHER, ALSO A BUS DRIVER FOR 20 YEARS AT CANEY SCHOOLS.

CHURCH AFFILIATION: MEMBER OF VOCA BAPTIST CHURCH.

CLINTON SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE U.S. ARMY DURING WW II.

HE WAS A LIFE MEMBER OF THE ATOKA D.A.V. HE SERVED MANY YEARS ON ATOKA COUNTY FARM SERVICE COMMITTEE (CURRENTLY AS CHAIRMAN) AND THE STATE COMMITTEE AS WELL. CLINTON ALSO SERVED ON THE DISTRICT SOIL CONSERVATION BOARD.

SURVIVED BY

WIFE: OPAL GOSSETT OF THE HOME.

DAUGHTERS: JANICE CRITES AND HUSBAND R.J. OF CANEY, OK. ANN HICKS AND HUSBAND KEITH OF FT. GIBSON, OK. SHARON WALKER AND HUSBAND THOMAS OF CANEY, OK.

SON: CLINT GOSSETT AND WIFE SHERRY OF CANEY, OK.

9 GRANDCHILDREN, 4 GREAT GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.

BROTHER: PAUL GOSSETT OF DURANT, OK.

SISTER: WANDA VALDEZ OF OKLAHOMA CITY.

ALONG WITH NUMEROUS NIECES, NEPHEWS, OTHER RELATIVES AND MANY VERY DEAR AND LOVED FRIENDS.

PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

PARENTS: KNOX AND CORDIE GOSSETT. GRANDSON: JEREMY TODD WALKER. STEPFATHER: DONALD GOSSETT. BROTHERS: C. K. AND EUAL GOSSETT.

DATE OF SERVICES: MONDAY, AUGUST 30, 2004 AT 2:00 PM PLACE OF SERVICES: VOCA BAPTIST CHURCH ~ CANEY, OK.

OFFICIATING: REV. JEREMY PARHAM. ASSISTING: REV. JOHN HOWARD.

CASKETBEARERS: HARLEY JENKINS, PAUL RHYNES, TOM HOWARD, GERALD EAVES, JOE DON EAVES, MIKE ELLIOTT, BOB FREDERICK , CLEMMIE TRENT, DANE BRECHEEN.

HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: R. J. CRITES, KEITH HICKS, THOMAS WALKER, JUSTIN WALKER, BLADE GOSSETT, STORM GOSSETT, CHARLEY LEE, BRADLEY ROWLAND, BENITO RODRIQUEZ.