NAME: EMMITT JIM, AGE 73, A LIFELONG BENTLEY, ATOKA COUNTY, RESIDENT.

BORN: MAY 26, 1927 AT BENTLEY, OKLAHOMA TO EGBERT AND ETHEL (JACK) JIM. PASSED AWAY: TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2001 AT ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. AGE: 73 YEARS 8 MONTHS AND 17 DAYS.

EDUCATION: EMMETT ATTENDED SCHOOL AT BENTLEY, OK.

MARRIED: SUSAN LEWIS ON DECEMBER 7, 1948 AT ATOKA, OK.

OCCUPATION: WORKED 29 YEARS AT THE U.S. NAVAL AMMUNITION DEPOT AND WAS A BAPTIST MINISTER. HE WAS IN THE U.S. ARMY, SERVING IN THE KOREAN WAR.

CHURCH AFFILIATION: MEMBER OF MACEDONIA BAPTIST CHURCH IN BENTLEY. HE WAS ACTIVE IN THE CHOCTAW - CHICKASAW BAPTIST ASSOCIATION.

SURVIVED BY

WIFE: SUSAN JIM OF THE HOME NEAR BENTLEY, OK.

SONS: LEE JIM AND WIFE YVONNE OF WEWOKA, OK. DANNY JIM AND WIFE NEVA OF STIGLER, OK. ELDENE JIM AND WIFE EVANGELINE OF ATOKA, OK.

DAUGHTERS: ANN SLEEPER AND HUSBAND HERMAN OF HOMINY, OK. CAROL LANG AND HUSBAND EUGENE OF ATOKA, OK. BETTY JIM OF WEWOKA, OK. RHONDA JIM AND JOHN MCCOSAR OF HOLDENVILLE, OK.

29 GRANDCHILDREN, 8 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.

BROTHER: WILLY JIM OF MCALESTER, OK.

MOTHER-IN-LAW: ADDIE LEWIS OF ARDMORE, OK.

PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

PARENTS: EGBERT AND ETHEL JIM. SONS: CULBERSON RAY, DAVID, AND DONALD JIM.

DATE OF SERVICES: THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2001 AT 2:00 PM. PLACE OF SERVICES: MACEDONIA MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH ~ BENTLEY, OK.

INTERMENT: BENTLEY INDIAN CEMETERY ~ BENTLEY, OK.

OFFICIATING: REV. RAY TAYLOR. ASSISTING: WILLIAM FRYE.

CASKETBEARERS: (GRANDSONS) HERMAN SLEEPER JR, TONY JIM, CHRIS SLEEPER, DANIEL LANG, JEREMY JIM, RANDY JIM, BRENT LANG, JEFFREY JIM.

HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: DAVIS JIM, JOE JIM, ALFORD VAUGHN, OSBORNE KENIEUTUBBE, RANDALL JEFFERSON, NORMAN FRYE, MATTHEW KEMP, AND THE BROTHERHOOD OF THE CHOCTAW AND CHICKASAW ASSOCIATION.