ELIZABETH SMITH BRIGGS AGE 92 AN ATOKA COUNTY RESIDENT SINCE 1942. BORN: OCTOBER 23, 1915 TO JAMES FRANKLIN SMITH AND DONA (BAXTER) SMITH AT HOLDENVILLE, OK PASSED AWAY: WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2007 AT VALLEY VIEW HOSPITAL IN ADA AGE 92 YEARS 1 MONTH 19 DAYS EDUCATION: ELIZABETH ATTENDED WEWOKA PUBLIC SCHOOLS. SHE THEN WENT ON TO ATTEND OKLA. COLLEGE FOR WOMEN AT CHICKASHA, OK AND THEN OKLAHOMA UNIVERSITY WHERE SHE GRADUATED IN 1936. SHE BELONGED TO THE PI BETA PHI. MARRIED: SHE MARRIED VERNE AVERY BRIGGS ON MARCH 27, 1937 AT WEWOKA, OK OCCUPATION: ELIZABETH WAS A HOMEMAKER, TEACHER AT BUTLER AND FARMINGTON, NEW MEXICO AND ATOKA SCHOOLS. CHURCH AFFILIATION: SHE WAS A LONGTIME MEMBER OF FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH. SHE BELONGED TO THE PINK IRIS GARDEN CLUB AND BRIDGE CLUB. SHE LOVED OU FOOTBALL. SURVIVED BY: SON: JIM BRIGGS OF ATOKA GRANDDAUGHTERS: JAMIE CROW AND HUSBAND HEATH OF ATOKA ERIN DURBIN AND HUSBAND DAVEY OF ATOKA DAUGHTER IN LAW: THETA BRIGGS OF ATOKA VERY SPECIAL FRIEND: MELVA DANIEL OF COTTONWOOD CAREGIVER AND SPECIAL FRIEND: ALENE PRATER OF ATOKA NEPHEWS: DAVID LIGON AND FAMILY OF ALBEQUERQUE, NM TOM LIGON AND FAMILY OF LOVELAND, CO MANLEY BRIGGS AND FAMILY OF BOISE, ID THOMAS BRIGGS AND FAMILY OF MISOULA, MT CHARLES BRIGGS AND FAMILY OF MISOULA, MT ALONG WITH NUMEROUS OTHER RELATIVES AND MANY DEAR AND LOVED FRIENDS. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HUSBAND: VERNE AVERY BRIGGS PARENTS: JAMES FRANKLIN SMITH AND DONA (BAXTER) SMITH SON: BILL BRIGGS DATE OF SERVICES: SATURDAY, DECEMBER 15, 2007 AT 10:00 AM PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN'S CHAPEL PLACE OF INTERMENT: GREEN MEADOWS CEMETERY OFFICIATING: REV. DON HAZELL CASKETBEARERS: CHARLES MCCALL, GROVER TURNER, DAVID DURBIN, STEVE CROW, JOHN FISHER, BOBBY VAIL HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: BROWN AND DORIS WYRICK, LON AND ELAINE FINK, BERNICE MORMAN, MUTT AND JANET HALL, ALENE PRATER CONDOLENCES MAY BE SENT TO THE FAMILY BY EMAIL TO: BROWNS@ATOKA.NET. PLEASE REFERENCE THE NAME OF THE DECEASED IN YOUR CORRESPONDENCE.