NAME: EARL DEAN SMITH, SR., AGE 75, A LONGTIME ATOKA AREA RESIDENT.

BORN: FEBRUARY 27, 1925 AT WICHITA, KANSAS TO VERN AND ELLA (JONES) SMITH. PASSED AWAY: WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2000 AT ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. AGE: 75 YEARS 8 MONTHS AND 11 DAYS. EDUCATION: HE ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT BLACKJACK AND WHELLOC INDIAN SCHOOL. MARRIED: ELIZABETH THOMPSON ON JANUARY 21, 1969 AT ATOKA, OK. OCCUPATION: MANY YEARS AS A FORKLIFT OPERATOR FOR WESTINGHOUSE IN CALIFORNIA. CHURCH AFFILIATION: HE WAS OF THE BAPTIST FAITH. EARL SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE U. S. MARINES DURING WORLD WAR II AND WAS A LIFE MEMBER OF THE D.A.V. AND V.F.W. IN DURANT. SURVIVED BY WIFE: ELIZABETH SMITH OF THE HOME IN ATOKA, OK. DAUGHTER: EARLENE DOTY AND HUSBAND RAY OF NORWALK, CA. GRANDSON: LUKE QUINN OF NORWALK, CA. UNCLE: HENRY NORRIS AND WIFE HELEN OF DAISY, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY MOTHER: ELLA JONES ANDERSON. SON: EARL DEAN SMITH, JR.

DATE OF SERVICES: SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2000 AT 10:00 A.M. PLACE OF SERVICE: BROWN'S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: GREEN MEADOWS CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. DWARD JUSTUS. CASKETBEARERS: DALLAS WILSON, FRANKIE HUNT, MONTANA WILSON, ROD GADBERRY, HARRY FARRIS, JOHN COOK. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: ARNOLD ABLES, LEVI JONES.