NAME: ELMER RAY POWELL, AGE 83, A LIFELONG ATOKA-ANTLERS AREA RESIDENT.

BORN: OCTOBER 2, 1923 AT DARWIN, OK TO ELMER ANCLE AND PEARL (DOTSON) POWELL.

PASSED AWAY: EARLY FRIDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 20, 2006 AT THE ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.

AGE: 83 YEARS 0 MONTHS AND 18 DAYS.

EDUCATION: RAY ATTENDED SUGARLOAF SCHOOL IN PUSHMATAHA COUNTY.

MARRIED: WILMA MARIE UPTON IN 1946.

MARY LOU BREWER.

OCCUPATION: RAY WORKED 25 YEARS AT THE STRINGTOWN ROCK CRUSHER AND LATER WAS SUPERVISOR FOR THE CITY OF ATOKA WATER DEPARTMENT RETIRING IN 1988.

CHURCH AFFILIATION: he was BAPTIzED AT BLACKJACK BAPTIST CHURCH.

RAY SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE U.S. ARMY DURING WWII AND RECEIVED 3 BRONZE STARS.

HE ENJOYED HUNTING AND FISHING, AND LOVED PLAYING DOMINOS.

survived by

CHILDREN: PRESTON BENGE AND WIFE CHARLENE OF BUFFALO VALLEY, OK.

JIMMY POWELL AND WIFE CATHY OF RATTAN, OK.

JOHNNY POWELL AND WIFE JERRI OF SAND SPRINGS, OK.

WILMA JOAN KELLY OF MANNFORD, OK.

JOYCE MASTERS OF IDABEL, OK.

JANICE THOMASON OF BROKEN BOW, OK.

STEPSONS: ROBERT BROWN OF ATOKA, OK.

JAMES BROWN AND WIFE TERESA OF ATOKA, OK

16 GRANDCHILDREN, 20 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.

BROTHERS: GLENN POWELL AND WIFE BARBARA OF INDIANOLA, OK.

NOEL POWELL AND WIFE BONNIE OF ATOKA, OK.

DON POWELL OF LANE, OK.

BILL POWELL AND WIFE GLORIA OF SEATTLE, WA.

preceded in death by

WIVES: WILMA MARIE powell on october 5, 1990.

MARY LOU powell on february 7, 2005.

PARENTS: ELMER AND PEARL POWELL.

SONS: BILL BENGE, JESSIE POWELl, AND JAMES POWELL.

BROTHERS: JACK, JOE AND R. J. POWELL.

DATE OF SERVICES: SUNDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2006 AT 2:00 PM

PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN'S funeral CHAPEL ~ atoka, ok.

INTERMENT: GREEN MEADOWS CEMETERY ~ atoka, ok.

OFFICIATING: REV. GENE SLUDER.

CASKETBEARERS: GARY BAUGHER, LARRY MULLINS, JIM MULLINS, KENT STUDDERT, ROBERT POWELL, DENNIS POWELL.

HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: HOWARD POWELL, NOEL POWELL, DON POWELL, BILL POWELL, HOPPY MCDOUGAl.

FAMILY NIGHT: SATURDAY at 6:00 P.M.