NAME: DENNIS JOE DUCKWORTH, AGE 57, A LIFELONG CANEY AREA RESIDENT.

BORN: NOVEMBER 18, 1946 AT ATOKA, OK TO WILEY JOE AND MARY DORIS (HOLCOMB) DUCKWORTH.

PASSED AWAY: THURSDAY MORNING, AUGUST 26, 2004 AT THE WILSON N. JONES HOSPITAL IN SHERMAN, TX. AGE: 57 YEARS 9 MONTHS AND 8 DAYS.

EDUCATION: DENNIS ATTENDED AND GRADUATED FROM CANEY HIGH SCHOOL IN 1965. HE ATTENDED HASKELL INDIAN COLLEGE IN LAWRENCE, KANSAS AND WAS A GRADUATE FROM GRAYSON CO. JR. COLLEGE AND SOUTHEASTERN STATE UNIVERSITY.

MARRIED: JOANN CARROLL ON JUNE 15, 1968 AT BENTLEY, OK. VERBA KING ON OCTOBER 15, 1976 AT MINDEN, NV.

OCCUPATION: DENNIS WORKED IN THE COMMERICIAL CONSTRUCTION FIELD, HARVEY CHEVROLET IN ATOKA, CAMPBELL SOUP CO. IN SACRAMENTO, CA . HE ALSO WORKED FOR MORE THAN 27 YEARS AND RETIRED FROM TEXAS INSTRUMENTS IN SHERMAN, TX . FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS HE HAD WORKED FOR BROWN'S FUNERAL SERVICE.

CHURCH AFFILIATION: LIFETIME MEMBER OF THE CANEY FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH.

HE WAS MAYOR OF CANEY FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS. HE WAS FOUNDING MEMBER OF THE LAKE COUNTRY CRUISERS CAR CLUB AND THE KEEPERS CAR CLUB IN SHERMAN, TX.

SURVIVED BY

WIFE: VERBA OF THE HOME AT CANEY, OK.

FATHER: JOE DUCKWORTH OF CANEY, OK.

SONS: DARRIN DUCKWORTH AND WIFE RITA OF CANEY, OK. WILLIAM BREWSTER STATIONED IN AFGANISTAN. MICHAEL BREWSTER AND WIFE ERIKA OF RENO, NV.

DAUGHTER: AMY DUCKWORTH OF WACO, TX

GRANDCHILDREN: DAKOTA CHEYENNE AND MARY KAITLYN MARIE DUCKWORTH, JASMIN AND ARIANA BREWSTER.

SISTERS: DORIS MILLER AND HUSBAND JERRY OF NORMAN, OK. DIANNE MILLS AND HUSBAND TERRY OF ASHDOWN, AR.

NEPHEWS AND NIECES: JUSTIN AND CODY MILLER, TAMMIE FOSKEY, RENAYE MITCHELL, AND CHRIS MCCOLLOM.

PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

MOTHER: MARY DUCKWORTH.

DATE OF SERVICES: MONDAY, AUGUST 30, 2004 AT 10:00 AM PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN'S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK.

INTERMENT: CANEY CEMETERY ~ CANEY, OK.

OFFICIATING: REV. JEREMY PARHAM. ASSISTING: REV. ROBERT EARL UMSTED.

CASKETBEARERS: JUSTIN MILLS, CODY MILLS, CHRIS MCCOLLOM, MATT MCCOLLOM, ROBERT MILLS, DAVID MERRITT, JORDAN BLACKBURN, AARON COCHRAN.

HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: PAT COFFMAN, JIMMY MERRITT, ROY BLACKBURN, ALTUS MILLS, JERRY MILLER, TERRY MILLS, L. B. TROTTER.