NAME: ELMER C. TEASLEY, AGE 77, LONGTIME ATOKA, OK RESIDENT. BORN: MAY 16, 1919 AT FT. TOWSON, OK TO JOHN ALLEN AND JULLIE ANN (DORITY) TEASLEY. PASSED AWAY: TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1997 AT THE V. A. HOSPITAL IN MUSKOGEE, OK. AGE: 77 YEARS 8 MONTHS AND 18 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED PLAINVIEW SCHOOLS. MARRIED: KATHERINE FIELDS ON OCTOBER 12, 1940 AT PITTSBURG, OK. OCCUPATION: ELECTRICIAN AND MACHINIST. CHURCH AFFILIATION: LONGTIME MEMBER OF WARDS CHAPEL BAPTIST CHURCH. ELMER SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE U. S. AIR FORCE DURING WORLD WAR II AND WAS A LIFE MEMBER OF THE D. A. V. ATOKA POST. SURVIVED BY WIFE: KATHERINE TEASLEY OF THE HOME IN ATOKA, OK. DAUGHTER: JUDITH BROOME OF ATOKA, OK. GRANDCHILDREN: MONICA ROBERTS AND HUSBAND SCOTT OF TULSA, OK. STAN BROOME OF BATON ROUGE, LA. BRIAN BROOME AND WIFE NIKKI OF WARNER-ROBBINS AFB, GA. RYAN TEASLEY OF DENTON, TX. KARA STEVENS AND HUSBAND BOBBY OF ATOKA, OK. GREAT GRANDCHILDREN: CHEYENNE ROBERTS OF TULSA, OK. CADE ROBERTS OF TULSA, OK. ELI STEVENS OF ATOKA, OK. NIECE: TOMMY NOLAND AND HUSBAND JIM OF SPRINGFIELD, OR. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY SON: DALE TEASLEY IN 1989. PARENTS: JOHN AND JULLIE TEASLEY. SISTER: LEONA STRICKLAND. NIECE: IMA RUTH MANRIQUEZ.

DATE OF SERVICES: SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1997 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN'S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: GREEN MEADOWS CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. GERALD ELMORE. ASSISTING: REV. MARK BOLLERJACK. CASKETBEARERS: TED HENDERSON, HAROLD THOMAS, HAL ISHMAEL, HOOD BALDWIN, JOHN SELBY, ARVEL HALL