NAME: EDWARD JAMES EVANS, AGE 77, LIFELONG ATOKA RESIDENT.

BORN: FEBRUARY 15, 1924 AT DEVINE, TEXAS TO WILLARD WILLIAM AND ALBERTA (CHITWOOD) EVANS. PASSED AWAY: SATURDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2001 AT HIS HOME EAST OF ATOKA. AGE: 77 YEARS 9 MONTHS AND 16 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT EAST TELICO AND FARRIS, OK. MARRIED: OLETA MCKENNY ON NOVEMBER 1, 1949 AT ATOKA, OK. OCCUPATION: HE WORKED MANY YEARS AS A RANCH HAND AND WAS A TRUCK DRIVER. CHURCH AFFILIATION: ED WAS OF BAPTIST FAITH. SURVIVED BY WIFE: OLETA EVANS OF ATOKA, OK. SONS: DUANE EVANS AND WIFE LINDA OF ATOKA, OK. BUTCH EVANS OF REDDEN, OK. DAUGHTERS: LOUISE MOORE AND HUSBAND JOHN OF CHICKASHA, OK. KAREN DAVIS AND HUSBAND KEVIN OF ATOKA, OK. 17 GRANDCHILDREN, 11 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. BROTHERS: WALTER BUD EVANS OF ATOKA, OK. SONNY EVANS AND WIFE RETHA OF STRINGTOWN, OK. WINFRED EVANS AND WIFE DELINDA OF ATOKA, OK. SISTERS: SUSIE BLAIR OF ATOKA, OK. SARAH BREWER AND HUSBAND JAMES OF HARLINGEN, TX. MAXINE HEAD AND HUSBAND GORDON OF STRINGTOWN, OK. GERALDINE LAYTON AND HUSBAND JACK OF CANEY, OK. JOYCE LAYTON AND HUSBAND BURR OF STRINGTOWN, OK. LOIS EVANS OF ATOKA, OK. DAUGHTER IN-LAW: SHERRY EVANS OF CHARLESTOWN, IN. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: WILLARD AND ALBERTA (CHITWOOD) EVANS. SON: JOE EVANS.

DATE OF SERVICES: MONDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2001 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN'S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: FARRIS CEMETERY ~ FARRIS, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. LARRY ROSE CASKETBEARERS: DEON KIEFER, PHILLIP CANNON, PHILLIP ALLEN, LAWRENCE KELLY, D. W. DARNELL, SCOTT HAMILTON. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: CURTIS LAMBERT, PINKY BURKHALTER, MONROE ALLEN, JUNIOR LYTLE, JERRY LYTLE, TOMMY LYTLE.