NAME: ELVIN LAWRENCE FORD, AGE 91, A LONGTIME ATOKA AREA RESIDENT.

BORN: MARCH 2, 1913 AT QUANNAH, TEXAS TO ENOCH MADISON AND CYNTHIA ANN (EDDLESTON) FORD.

PASSED AWAY: TUESDAY MORNING, MARCH 30, 2004 AT HIS RESIDENCE EAST OF ATOKA. AGE: 91 YEARS AND 28 DAYS

MARRIED: MADGE STRICKLAND ON AUGUST 3, 1974 AT THE HARMONY BAPTIST CHURCH.

OCCUPATION: ELVIN WORKED AS AN AUTO MECHANIC FOR MANY YEARS AND DROVE THE HARMONY SCHOOL BUS FOR 16 YEARS.

CHURCH AFFILIATION: MEMBER OF THE HARMONY BAPTIST CHURCH FOR MORE THAN 30 YEARS.

ELVIN SERVED HIS COUNTRY DURING WWII AS A SEABEE IN THE PHILLIPINES.

SURVIVED BY

WIFE: MADGE FORD OF THE HOME EAST OF ATOKA, OK.

CHILDREN: LARRY FORD AND WIFE MARGARET OF BURKBURNETT, TX. PATSY MINNICK AND HUSBAND BOB OF BENBROOK, TX.

9 GRANDCHILDREN, 16 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, 5 GREAT-GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.

3 NIECES AND 4 NEPHEWS.

PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

PARENTS: ENOCH AND CYNTHIA ANN FORD. BROTHERS: LUTHER, ALFRED, JOHN, JAY, MARVIN, JESSIE, AND L. V. FORD.

DATE OF SERVICES: THURSDAY, APRIL 1, 2004 AT 2:00 PM. PLACE OF SERVICES: HARMONY BAPTIST CHURCH ~ EAST ATOKA, OK.

INTERMENT: GREEN MEADOWS CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. JASON YARBROUGH. ASSISTING: PAUL MOORE.

CASKETBEARERS: MIKE DANIEL, DARRELL COCHRAN, CURTIS BELCHER, PAUL HOWARD, MARVIN COCHRAN, RICKEY FRITCHER.

HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: MUNROE COCHRAN, ARCHIE BOLES, NELSON DAY, FLOYD GENE HOWARD, COTTON ALLEN, LEON MCNEIL.