NAME: DOROTHY FLORA (KEELER) SNEAD, AGE 76, A LONGTIME ATOKA AREA RESIDENT.

BORN: MAY 29, 1923 AT CLAYTON, OKLAHOMA TO JAMES WESLEY AND CLIDDIE OLA (NEWSOME) KEELER. PASSED AWAY: THURSDAY, AUGUST 19, 1999 AT HER RESIDENCE IN ATOKA, OK. AGE: 76 YEARS 2 MONTHS AND 20 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS IN BETHANY, ATOKA COUNTY AND DETROIT, TEXAS MARRIED: BENNIE BUD SNEAD ON MARCH 29, 1943 IN ATOKA, OK. OCCUPATION: HOUSEWIFE AND HOMEMAKER. CHURCH AFFILIATION: SHE WAS OF THE BAPTIST FAITH. SURVIVED BY CHILDREN: WAYNE SNEAD AND WIFE LINDA OF HARTSHORNE, OK. KEN SNEAD OF ATOKA, OK. RONNIE SNEAD AND WIFE PAM OF SANTA ROSA, CA. DALE SNEAD AND WIFE TRESA OF ATOKA SHIRLEY ANN SNEAD OF OKLAHOMA CITY. LINDA POLK AND HUSBAND BLAINE OF HUGO, OK. KAREN HODO AND HUSBAND SAMMY OF ATOKA, OK. GARY SNEAD OF SANTA ROSA, CA. LARRY SNEAD OF OKLAHOMA CITY. RICKEY SNEAD AND WIFE CHERI OF RICHLAND, TX. BETTY POARCH AND HUSBAND MICHAEL OF MT. HOLLY, NC. BRENDA KEELER AND HUSBAND STEPHEN OF ATOKA, OK. 19 GRANDCHILDREN, 2 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN AND ONE ON THE WAY. SISTERS: JIMMIE LEE ADAMS AND HUSBAND HOLLIS OF ATOKA, OK. MILDRED PEELER OF HOPLAND, CA. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HUSBAND: BUD SNEAD ON JUNE 24, 1978. GRANDDAUGHTER: FELICIA KEELER. PARENTS: JAMES AND CLIDDIE KEELER. BROTHERS: JOHNNY, ED, BILLIE GENE, AND AN INFANT KEELER. SISTERS: MYRTLE MOSLEY, NORA MAE MOSLEY, O. B. CORNWELL, AND MARIE ALLEN.

DATE OF SERVICES: SATURDAY, AUGUST 21,1999 AT 10:00 A.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: NEW ZION METHODIST CHURCH , EAST OF TUSHKA, OK. INTERMENT: NEW ZION CEMETERY, EAST OF TUSHKA, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. JAMES CROWSON. CASKETBEARERS: BRIAN SNEAD, LARRY SNEAD, DALE KEELER, LARRY KEELER, DONNIE ALLEN, FLOYD KEELER, TOM SNEAD, STEVEN SNEAD. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: JERRY ADAMS, CECIL MACKEY, SAMMY HODO, MICHAEL POARCH, STEPHEN KEELER, BLAINE POLK.