NAME: DONNIE RAY BO HORATH, AGE 58, A LONGTIME ATOKA COUNTY AREA RESIDENT.

BORN: DECEMBER 3, 1946 AT COLEMAN, OK TO WILLIAM BILL AND OPAL LEE (SPEAKS) HORATH.

PASSED AWAY: MONDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 20, 2005 AT HIS RESIDENCE IN ATOKA, OK.

AGE: 58 YEARS 6 MONTHS AND 17 DAYS

EDUCATION: BO ATTENDED AND GRADUATED FROM COLEMAN SCHOOLS. HE THEN ATTENDED KIAMICHI VO-TECH WHERE HE RECEIVED HIS EMT CERTIFICATION.

MARRIED: THELMA JEAN McNALLY ON DECEMBER 14, 1968 AT DURANT, OK.

OCCUPATION: HE WORKED FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS. HE ALSO WORKED MANY YEARS AS AN EMT AND LATER TAUGHT EMT COURSES AT THE KIAMICHI VO-TECH AND WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN MAPPING THE COUNTY'S 911 SYSTEM. BO ALSO OWNED AND OPERATED A LAWNCARE SERVICE.

CHURCH AFFILIATION: A MEMBER OF THE SOUTHSIDE BAPTIST CHURCH IN ATOKA.

BO WAS AN OKLAHOMA 45TH DIVISION NATIONAL GUARDS VETERAN.

SURVIVED BY

WIFE: JEAN HORATH OF THE HOME.

DAUGHTER: JENNIFER DENISE RECTOR AND HUSBAND JASON OF ATOKA, OK.

SON: KEVIN DON HORATH AND WIFE TAMMY OF ATOKA, OK.

GRANDCHILDREN: TYLER, LUKE AND ALLI RECTOR OF ATOKA, OK.

KYLE, TAIME AND BEAU DON HORATH OF ATOKA, OK.

STEP GRANDCHILDREN: GAVIN AND KELBY BAKER OF ATOKA, OK.

MOTHER-IN-LAW: DEAN McNALLY OF ATOKA, OK.

SPECIAL SISTERS-IN-LAW: PENNIE FRITCHER AND HUSBAND RICKEY OF ATOKA, OK.

JACKIE McNALLY OF ATOKA, OK.

BROTHERS: JACK HORATH OF SAPULPA, OK.

RONNIE HORATH OF BIXBY, OK.

SISTER-IN-LAW: VIRGINIA HORATH OF ATOKA, OK.

BROTHERS-IN-LAW: MELVIN PERKINS OF FARRIS, OK.

TERRY FAULKNER OF DENTON, TX.

PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

PARENTS: BILL AND OPAL HORATH.

SISTERS: MARGARET FAULKNER AND WANDA PERKINS.

BROTHER: JERRY HORATH.

FATHER-IN-LAW: MONROE McNALLY.

GRANDSON: HARLEY DON HORATH.

DATE OF SERVICES: THURSDAY, JUNE 23, 2005 AT 11:00 AM.

PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN'S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK.

INTERMENT: GREEN MEADOWS CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK.

OFFICIATING: DR. STEVE HAVENER.

ASSISTING: JERRY RICHARD.

CASKETBEARERS: LOUIS LAYTON, STEVE WALKER, DONNIE ALLEN, CARL HUTSON, LLOYD BARTON, TOMMY RICHARDSON, HUCK NELSON, JIM POOL.

HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: DR. DON RIPPEE, DR. NOEL EMERSON, BRIAN FREELAND, A. D. MOORE, RONALD McININCH, ROGER McININCH, EDDY COOKE, KEITH COCHRAN, BRETT ALBERDA, DON WALKER, JAMES CROWSON, CARL GOODSON, RICKEY FRITCHER, GENE RECTOR, ED EASTWOOD, TRACI WALKER, KAREN BECK, DONNA EAGLEBERGER, CLARISSA HAGEMIRE, RENEE WILSON, TONI ELDRIDGE.

FAMILY NIGHT - WEDNESDAY 6 TO 8 PM