NAME: DEAN WHITE, AGE 72, A LONGTIME RESIDENT OF ATOKA, OK.

BORN: DECEMBER 2, 1926 AT WAPANUCKA TO LUTHER ELVIN AND ALMA BERNICE DUMPY (DOBSON) WHITE. PASSED AWAY: TUESDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1998 AT ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. AGE: 72 YEARS 0 MONTHS AND 27 DAYS EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT CLARITA AND BROMIDE, OK. MARRIED: BARBARA NELL KILMER ON JULY 6, 1949 AT SHERMAN, TX. OCCUPATION: RETIRED WITH THE EL PASO POLICE DEPARTMENT AS A DETECTIVE. CHURCH AFFILIATION: HE WAS AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE CHURCH OF CHRIST. DEAN WAS A MEMBER OF THE TEXAS MUNICIPAL POLICE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION AND THE EL PASO RETIRED POLICE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION. HE SERVED ON THE ATOKA POLICE PENSION REVIEW BOARD. DEAN WAS A CORPORAL IN THE U. S. ARMY AND SERVED IN WORLD WAR II AND THE KOREAN WAR. HE ALSO SERVED AS IN THE MILITARY POLICE. SURVIVED BY WIFE: BARBARA WHITE OF THE HOME IN ATOKA, OK. FATHER: LUTHER WHITE OF COALGATE, OK. SON: REX ELVIN WHITE AND WIFE TAMMY OF WESTMINSTER, CO. DAUGHTER: KAREN GAIL DAVIS AND HUSBAND CRAIG OF ARLINGTON, TX. GRANDCHILDREN: RHONDA DEAN HALL AND HUSBAND DEKE OF KELLER, TX. JIM BILL VAN DUZEE OF LEWISVILLE, TX. CAMDACE RYANN WHITE OF GRAND JUNCTION, CO. BROTHER: BILL E. WHITE AND WIFE SUE OF HEREFORD, TX. BROTHER-IN-LAW: JETTY KILMER AND WIFE FOY OF HOBBS, NM. SISTER-IN-LAW: BILLIE STUCKER AND HUSBAND JACK OF RIVERSIDE, CA. NIECE & NEPHEW: SHARON AND SHELDON. SPECIAL COUSINS: ANN COPELAND OF MCALESTER, OK. IMA JEAN BROWNING OF CLAREMORE, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY MOTHER: ALMA BERNICE DUMPY WHITE ON JULY 21, 1995. SON: TOMMY DEAN WHITE ON SEPTEMBER 11, 1981.

DATE OF SERVICES: THURSDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1998 AT 11:00 A.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN'S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: WESTVIEW CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK. OFFICIATING: ARNOLD JOHNSON. ASSISTING: DAN SHIPLEY AND BILL CROW. CASKETBEARERS: VERNON ROLAND, JEROME REED, JIM LYONS, CLIFF RIDGWAY, JERRY RICHARDS, DELROE SMITH, DAVID BLACKBURN. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: MELVIN ISHMAEL, DWIGHT BIRDSONG, DWIGHT ROGERS, HUGH SEWELL, LEONARD SHEFFIELD, BILL MCNUTT, JOE STRICKLIN.