NAME: DONALD RAY BLACKMON, AGE 75, A HAILEYVILLE RESIDENT AND A FORMER COALGATE RESIDENT. BORN: MARCH 17, 1932 IN PAMPA, TX TO ERNEST M. AND ALICE MAE (WILLIAMS) BLACKMON. PASSED AWAY: JULY 11, 2007 IN MCALESTER, OK AGE: 75 YEARS 4 MONTHS AND 24 DAYS MARRIED: LOIS J. HARDISON. EDUCATION: ATTENDED COALGATE SCHOOLS AND GRADUATED FROM COALGATE HIGH SCHOOL OCCUPATION: RETIRED U. S. NAVY WHERE HE WAS ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER AND LATER WORKED THE PRISON SYSTEM IN MCALESTER AND STRINGTOWN AS A CLASSIFICATIONS OFFICER. HE WAS A U. S. NAVY VETERAN. SURVIVED BY SONS: DONALD LEE BLACKMON AND WIFE DEBBIE OF STRINGTOWN, OK. DAVID LYNN BLACKMON OF ATOKA, OK. SISTERS: LINDA WILLIS AND HUSBAND CHRIS OF DURANT, OK. DEBORAH SPANGLER OF NEW MEXICO. GRANDCHILDREN: CHRISTOPHER JARMAN, APRIL BLACKMON, DUSTIN BLACKMON, BRYAN HUTCHISON, JUSTIN HUTCHISON, ROWDY BLACKMON, AND DAKOTA BLACKMON . GREAT GRANDCHILDREN: DOMINIC JARMAN, MISTY HUTCHISON, SERENA HUTCHISON. SISTERS: RUTH HOGAN OF GRANDBURY, TX. GENEVA LACKEY OF COALGATE, OK SPECIAL FRIEND: DANNY ISAAC PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: ERNEST M. AND ALICE MAE BLACKMON FORMER WIFE: LOIS J. BLACKMON ON JANUARY 25, 1995.

DATE OF SERVICE: MONDAY, JULY 16, 2007 AT 10:00 A.M. PLACE OF SERVICE: GRAVESIDE SERVICE. INTERMENT: COALGATE CEMETERY ~ COALGATE, OK. OFFICIATING: MR. ARVEL HALL. HONORARY PALLBEARERS: DELMAN FEATHERSTON, DANNY ISAAC.