NAME: DELLA FANNIE (COOKSEY) HENDERSON, AGE 87, LONGTIME ATOKA COUNTY, OK RESIDENT.

BORN: APRIL 19, 1910 NEAR ATOKA, OK TO JOHN THOMAS AND EMILY BELLE (GABRIEL) COOKSEY. PASSED AWAY: FRIDAY NIGHT, SEPTEMBER 19, 1997 AT HER TUSHKA RESIDENCE. AGE: 87 YEARS 5 MONTHS AND 0 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS IN RURAL ATOKA COUNTY, OK. MARRIED: DOCK DEAN HENDERSON ON SEPTEMBER 22, 1925 AT DURANT, OK. JUDE HENDERSON ON JULY 16, 1979 AT DURANT, OK. OCCUPATION: SHE WAS A HOUSEWIFE AND HOMEMAKER. SHE ALSO WAS MIDWIFE TO 100'S OF FAMILIES THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY AND THE STATE. CHURCH AFFILIATION: LONGTIME MEMBER OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY AND CHURCH OF THE FIRST BORN SINCE BEING BAPTIZED AT AGE 13.. SURVIVED BY CHILDREN: FLOYD HENDERSON AND WIFE NORENE OF PURCELL, OK. BILL HENDERSON AND WIFE MARIE OF LEXINGTON, OK. PAUL HENDERSON AND WIFE NAOMI OF LEXINGTON, OK. GLENN HENDERSON AND WIFE CONNIE OF LEXINGTON, OK. LLOYD SHORTY HENDERSON OF ATOKA, OK. NOAH HENDERSON AND WIFE FAYE OF NOBLE, OK. MICKEY MCGINTY OF TUSHKA, OK. THELMA REA MARLER AND HUSBAND DEWAYNE OF OKLAHOMA CITY. 38 GRANDCHILDREN, 62 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, 10 GREAT GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. MANY STEPCHILDREN, NIECES, NEPHEWS, OTHER RELATIVES. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY FIRST HUSBAND: DOCK HENDERSON ON AUGUST 23, 1967. SECOND HUSBAND: LELAND HAMM IN DECEMBER, 1974. THIRD HUSBAND: JODDIE WARDRIP IN JULY, 1977. FOURTH HUSBAND: JUDE HENDERSON ON DECEMBER 22, 1996. PARENTS: JOHN AND EMILY COOKSEY. 6 CHILDREN. 2 DAUGHTERS-IN-LAW. 1 SON-IN-LAW. 2 GRANDCHILDREN. 2 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. 1 GREAT GREAT GRANDCHILD.

DATE OF SERVICES: MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1997 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: GENERAL ASSEMBLY CHURCH OF THE FIRST BORN. INTERMENT: BETHANY CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK. OFFICIATING: ELDER BILL DOBBS. ASSISTING: LESLIE MARLER. CASKETBEARERS: LESLEY MARLER, TERRY HENDERSON, THOMAS MCGINTY, MICHAEL HENDERSON, JAMES MCGINTY, DELBERT HENDERSON, RAYMOND MCGINTY, ANTHONY HENDERSON. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: JERRY HENDERSON, MARVIN HENDERSON, JIM HENDERSON, JOHN HENDERSON, CLEM PREWITT, JIM PRUITT.