OBITUARY NAME: DON MILAM AGE 71 LIFELONG RESIDENT OF ATOKA BORN: MARCH 26, 1936 AT ATOKA TO DAVID MILAM AND LOICE SMITH MILAM PASSED AWAY: THURSDAY, DECEMBER 27, 2007 AT OKLAHOMA HEART HOSPITAL IN OKLAHOMA CITY AGE: 71 YEARS 9 MONTHS 1 DAYS EDUCATION: DON ATTENDED SCHOOL AT WEST ALLISON AND ATOKA. MARRIED: HE MARRIED LOUISE ESTEP ON NOVEMBER 6, 1955 AT DURANT, OK. OCCUPATION: OWNED AND OPERATED GROCERY STORES MANY YEARS. WORKED 13 YEARS AS SUPERVISOR FOR DOLLAR GENERAL. HE WORKED 18 YEARS AT SONNY'S COUNTRY MART AND WAS WORKING THERE AT TIME OF ILLNESS. CHURCH AFFILIATION: LONGTIME MEMBER OF HILL CREST BAPTIST CHURCH. HE SERVED AS CITY COUNCILMAN IN THE 70'S. HE LOVED MOWING AND WORKING IN THE OUTDOORS. SURVIVED BY WIFE: LOUISE MILAM OF THE HOME DAUGHTERS: DONNA LOWE AND HUSBAND BILL OF ATOKA RHONDA SAIN AND HUSBAND DONALD OF BENTLEY SON: DAVID MILAM AND WIFE HEATHER OF BENTLEY GRANDCHILDREN: MELISSA WILSON AND HUSBAND BUCK OF ATOKA BILL LOWE OF DURANT DILLON SAIN OF BENTLEY SHELBY MILAM OF BENTLEY JALYNN MILAM OF BENTLEY GREAT GRANDCHILDREN: ROXY DON MCDANIEL OF ATOKA NATHALIE MCDANIEL OF ATOKA BIJOU LOWE OF FAYETTEVILLE, AR STORMIE WILSON OF ATOKA SISTER: ANNA CARLISLE OF OKLAHOMA CITY BROTHER: BOB BREEDEN AND WIFE JEAN OF ATOKA BROTHER IN LAW: JERRY ESTEP AND WIFE MARY OF ATOKA NEPHEW: STEVE ESTEP OF ATOKA GREAT NEPHEW: BRANDON ESTEP OF ATOKA ALONG WITH NUMEROUS OTHER RELATIVES AND MANY DEAR AND LOVED FRIENDS. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: DAVID & LOICE MILAM STEP MOTHER: IRENE MILAM SISTER: LAVONNA MILAM ************************************************************************************************************ DATE OF SERVICES: SUNDAY, DECEMBER 30, 2007 AT 2:00 PM PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN'S CHAPEL INTERMENT: BENTLEY CEMETERY OFFICIATING: REV CLINTON THURMAN ASSISTING: REV SILAS HENRY JR. PALLBEARERS: ALAN COYLE, TRACY COYLE, TROY GAMMON JR., CECIL MACKEY, PAUL HOWARD, RANDY ORR HONORARY PALLBEARERS: BUDDY HARAWAY, GILBERT CHRISTIAN, JOHN HOWARD, BILL MILLER, LYNN LOOKABOUGH, SONNY CHILDERS FAMILY NIGHT~SATURDAY, DECEMBER 29, 2007 6~8 CONDOLENCES MAY BE SENT TO THE FAMILY BY EMAIL TO: BROWNS@ATOKA.NET. PLEASE REFERENCE THE NAME OF THE DECEASED IN YOUR CORRESPONDENCE. SERVICES UNDER THE DIRECTION OF BROWN'S FUNERAL SERVICE - ATOKA, OK