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IN LOVING MEMORY OF
Doris Geneva
(Riley) Brown
May 21, 1928 – October 9, 1999
NAME: DORIS GENEVA (RILEY) BROWN, AGE 71, LIFELONG WAPANUCKA AREA RESIDENT.
BORN: MAY 21,1928 AT IN ATOKA COUNTY TO WILLIAM MARSHALL AND MINNIE MAY (SMOTHERMAN) RILEY. PASSED AWAY: SATURDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1999 AT THE JOHNSTON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL IN TISHOMINGO, OK. AGE: 71 YEARS 4 MONTHS AND 18 DAYS EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT PLEASANT HILL AND WAPANUCKA. MARRIED: CHARLES LEWIS BROWN ON AUGUST 4, 1945 AT SAN DIEGO, CA. OCCUPATION: WORKED DURING THE WAR IN AN AIRCRAFT FACTORY IN CALIFORNIA. LATER WORKED IN A GLASS FACTORY IN RHODE ISLAND AND WAS A NURSES AID MANY YEARS AND A HOMEMAKER. CHURCH AFFILIATION: WAS A LONGTIME MEMBER OF THE WAPANUCKA CHURCH OF CHRIST. GENEVA WAS VERY ACTIVE IN THE CANCER DRIVES FOR MANY YEARS. SURVIVED BY CHILDREN: DORIS GOOCH OF WAPANUCKA, OK. DIANA PENANTAIL AND HUSBAND RUBEN OF ROANOAK, VA. PEGGY HOKETT AND HUSBAND RAYMOND OF OKLAHOMA CITY. DANNY BROWN OF CRANSTON, R. I. CYNTHIA MILLER AND HUSBAND BOB OF MILL CREEK, OK. MICHAEL BROWN OF STRINGTOWN, OK. 16 GRANDCHILDREN, 15 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. GREAT GREAT GRANDSON: JASON COLE HARPER. BROTHERS: L. L. SHORTY RILEY AND WIFE CORA MAE OF TISHOMINGO, OK. MARSHALL JUNIOR RILEY AND WIFE JACKIE OF ATOKA, OK. SISTERS: LADINE NORVELL OF POWELL, OK. IMOGENE RAY OF WAPANUCKA, OK. SHIRLEY HAIGLER AND HUSBAND BOB OF CANTON, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HUSBAND: CHARLES LEWIS BROWN ON JANUARY 15, 1987. PARENTS: WILLIAM MARSHALL AND MINNIE MAY RILEY. BROTHERS: BILLY AND J. D. RILEY. SISTER: WILMA RILEY. GRANDSON: JOSEPH LEWIS WILLIAMS. GREAT GRANDDAUGHTER: MIRANDA SUE GORTON.
DATE OF SERVICES: MONDAY OCTOBER 11,1999 AT 3:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: WAPANUCKA CHURCH OF CHRIST ~ WAPANUCKA, OK. INTERMENT: ROSEHILL CEMETERY ~ WAPANUCKA, OK. OFFICIATING: WENDELL INGRAM. CASKETBEARERS: HAROLD WILLIAMS, JOHNNY WILLIAMS, SCOTT RILEY, BOB MILLER, CHARLES RILEY, DONNIE ABLES.
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