NAME: DEBORAH MARTINA YARBROUGH, AGE 49, A LIFELONG ATOKA COUNTY RESIDENT.

BORN: FEBRUARY 1, 1955 AT ATOKA TO ALVIN DUDE AND YVONNE ELIZABETH (MORROW) YARBROUGH.

PASSED AWAY: MAY 15, 2004 AT THE ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. AGE: 49 YEARS 3 MONTHS AND 14 DAYS.

EDUCATION: ATTENDED DUNBAR GRADE SCHOOL AND GRADUATED FROM ATOKA HIGH SCHOOL WITH THE CLASS OF 74. SHE ATTENDED SOUTHEASTERN STATE UNIVERSITY AND KIAMICHI VO-TECH.

MARRIED: JIMMY SMITH JULY 11, 1974 AT ATOKA, OK. CURTIS RECTOR.

OCCUPATION: SHE WORKED SEVERAL YEARS AS A PHYSICAL THERAPIST AAND AS AN EMT AT THE ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.

CHURCH AFFILIATION: A MEMBER OF THE ATOKA AME METHODIST CHURCH.

DEBORAH WAS ACTIVE IN SPORTS INCLUDING BASKETBALL AND TRACK AND WAS AN ATTENDANT FOR THE HOMECOMING QUEEN IN HER SENIOR YEAR OF HIGH SCHOOL.

SURVIVED BY

MOTHER: YVONNE YEARBROUGH OF ATOKA, OK.

CHILDREN: GREGORY EARL YARBROUGH OF OKLAHOMA CITY. J'SHAWNA ALVONA SMITH OF OKLAHOMA CITY. JUSTICE RASHELLE RECTOR OF LANE, OK.

GRANDCHILDREN: JAYLON YARBROUGH, DONAVAN MCCONNELL, AND REJOND HAYES III.

BROTHERS: WILL JAMES YARBROUGH OF TULSA, OK. CLYDE YARBROUGH OF ATOKA, OK. DR. LANCE YARBROUGH OF CHEYENNE, OK.

BROTHER-IN-LAW: JOE BILL GREENWOOD OF ATOKA, OK.

SISTER: YVONNE VINEY OF OKLAHOMA CITY.

SISTERS-IN-LAW: ELSIE YARBROUGH OF ATOKA, OK. JOHNNIE MAE AUSTIN OF ATOKA, OK. JEANETTE YARBROUGH.

PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

FATHER: DUDE YARBROUGH. BROTHER: MELVIN YARBROUGH. SISTER: WILLIE MAE GREENWOOD. NIECE: LEDRA AARON.

DATE OF SERVICES: TUESDAY, MAY 18, 2004 AT 2:00 PM. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN'S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK.

INTERMENT: GREEN HILL CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK.

OFFICIATING: BRO. ROBERT C. JONES.

CASKETBEARERS: DEREK MARLOW, JEREMY MCNALLEY, JIMMY SMITH, DR. DON RIPPEE, GARY MCCOOL, JOE COLLINS, C. T. HURD.