NAME: BEN COX WYRICK, JR, AGE 84, A LONGTIME ATOKA COUNTY RESIDENT.

BORN: SEPTEMBER 2, 1919 AT WAPANUCKA, OKLAHOMA TO BEN COX AND ALTA (LEWIS) WYRICK.

PASSED AWAY: WEDNESDAY MORNING, MARCH 3, 2004 AT THE CHOCTAW MEMORIAL HOSPITAL IN HUGO, OK. AGE: 84 YEARS 6 MONTHS AND 1 DAY.

EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOL AT DAISY, STRINGTOWN, AND GRADUATED FROM ATOKA HIGH SCHOOL.

MARRIED: MARY ROSE CARR ON MAY 20, 1938 AT ANTLERS, OK.

OCCUPATION: BEN WAS A LIFELONG CATTLEMAN AND RANCHER.

CHURCH AFFILIATION: HE WAS A LONGTIME MEMBER OF THE MCGEE VALLEY BAPTIST CHURCH.

HE WAS ALSO A MEMBER OF THE RODEO COWBOY'S ASSOCIATION AND THE OKLAHOMA CATTLEMAN'S ASSOCIATION. HE ENJOYED CALF ROPING AND RODEOS.

SURVIVED BY

SON: BENNY WYRICK AND WIFE LAVONA OF STRINGTOWN, OK.

GRANDCHILDREN: LYNN WYRICK OF ATOKA, OK. GLENN WYRICK AND WIFE WENDY OF DAISY, OK. JAN EMBRY AND HUSBAND MIKE OF STRINGTOWN, OK. CLAY WYRICK AND WIFE KIM OF STRINGTOWN, OK.

GREAT GRANDCHILDREN: LATISHA WYRICK, SABRINA WYRICK, CAITLIN EMBRY, CARA EMBRY, HEATHER WYRICK, AND JARED WYRICK.

PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

WIFE: MARY ROSE (CARR) WYRICK ON SEPTEMBER 14, 2003. PARENTS: BEN AND ALTA (LEWIS) WYRICK. SISTER: FLORENCE COOK. GRANDSON: MARK WYRICK. STEP GREAT GRANDSON: CHAYLEN MARSHALL ON APRIL 18, 2003.

DATE OF SERVICES: SATURDAY, MARCH 6, 2004 AT 2:00 PM. PLACE OF SERVICES: MCGEE VALLEY BAPTIST CHURCH ~ DAISY, OK.

INTERMENT: REDDEN CEMETERY ~ REDDEN, OK.

OFFICIATING: REV. BOB MUNCY. ASSISTING: REV. FRANK COUCH.

CASKETBEARERS: LYNN WYRICK, GLENN WYRICK, CLAY WYRICK, MIKE EMBRY, JIM CARR, MARVIN DALE JR.

HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: LARRY RAINS, BUSTER HARRIS, ROWLAND GABBART, JEROLD PITTS, NATHAN SELF, OWEN KELLOGG, CHRIS KELLOGG.