NAME: BLUE DERRIEL GLEN MORELAND, AGE 40, A LIFELONG ATOKA AREA RESIDENT.

BORN: NOVEMBER 9, 1961 AT ATOKA, OKLAHOMA TO HENRY J. MORELAND AND BARBARA HOLLOWS. PASSED AWAY: SATURDAY, JUNE 22, 2002 AT BAPTIST HOSPITAL IN OKLAHOMA CITY. AGE: 40 YEARS 7 MONTHS AND 13 DAYS.

EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT ATOKA AND GRADUATED IN 1980. DERRIEL WAS ACTIVE IN F.F.A.

OCCUPATION: HE WAS A LINEMAN. WORKED MANY YEARS FOR RED SIMPSON, INC. AND J.E.T. POWERLINE AND WAS CREW FOREMAN FOR THE PAST 2 YEARS.

MARRIED: MELVA PERKINS ON MARCH 8, 1999 AT LAS VEGAS, NV.

CHURCH AFFILIATION: PENTECOSTAL FAITH AND WAS A MEMBER OF THE I.B.E.W. UNION.

SURVIVED BY

WIFE: MELVA MORELAND OF THEIR HOME IN ATOKA, OK.

CHILDREN: BRANDI DERNIEL MORELAND OF PEORIA, AZ. KODY BLUE MORELAND OF ATOKA, OK. JODY GLEN MORELAND OF ATOKA, OK. KC JOHN MORELAND OF ATOKA, OK.

MOTHER: BARBARA HUNT AND HUSBAND FRANKIE OF ATOKA, OK.

FATHER: HENRY MORELAND AND WIFE ELSIE OF ATOKA, OK.

GRANDFATHER: MADISON HALLOWS OF CENTERPOINT, OK.

SISTERS: CHERYL JOPLIN AND HUSBAND DAVID OF STRINGTOWN, OK. LISA HENAGAR AND HUSBAND GREG OF CENTERPOINT, OK. RHONDA WHITE AND HUSBAND JODY OF LANE, OK.

SPECIAL FRIEND & UNCLE: RONNIE GOFF OF CRYSTAL, OK.

NIECES & NEPHEWS: RICKY, LACI, MEGAN, AMELYA, MASON, BRITT, AND HAYDEN.

PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

MATERNAL GRANDMOTHER: JOYCE HALLOWS. PATERNAL GRANDPARENTS: RALPH (1904-1980) AND DESSIE MORELAND.

DATE OF SERVICE: THURSDAY, JUNE 27, 2002 AT 10:00 A.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN'S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK.

INTERMENT: GREEN MEADOWS CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK.

OFFICIATING: PASTOR DARRIN BEGLEY.

CASKETBEARERS: JOHN FARRELL, JODY WHITE, JOHNNY WILSON, RICKY HOOVER, DERRICK MILLER, TERRY DON BAKER.

HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: EDDIE HILL, RONNIE GOFF, JERRY STEPHENS, DICKY YATES, DITTERS COLE, SLICK COLE, TONY HALLOWS, TODD STEPHENS, ED WINDLE, JEFF RECTOR, GREG HENAGAR, DAVID JOPLIN.