NAME: ERMA JEAN (BELL) WOODARD, AGE 88, A LIFELONG ATOKA AREA RESIDENT. BORN: APRIL 15, 1919 AT BOGGY BEND, ATOKA COUNTY, OKLAHOMA TO COLUMBUS AND GEORGIA (ALLEN) BELL. PASSED AWAY: TUESDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 19, 2007 AT THE MEDICAL CENTER OF SE OKLAHOMA IN DURANT, OK AGE: 88 YEARS 2 MONTHS AND 4 DAYS EDUCATION: ERMA ATTENDED DUNBAR SCHOOL, OSU, AND SOUTHEASTERN STATE UNIVERSITY AS WELL AS NUMEROUS CONTINUING EDUCATION COURSES. MARRIED: CLAUD WOODARD ON HIS BIRTHDAY. AUGUST 4, 1937 AT ATOKA, OK. OCCUPATION: ERMA WAS A LOVING WIFE AND MOTHER. HER LIFE-FORCE WAS ALWAYS UNQUESTIONABLY HER FAMILY. SHE RAISED FIRST GRANDCHILD KARLA UNTIL SCHOOL AGE AND RAISED SECOND AND THIRD GRANDCHILDREN KEVIN AND JEANA FROM TODDLERS ON. SHE WORKED AS A DAY CARE ADMINISTRATOR, PROVIDER, AND CAREGIVER FOR MANY YEARS. CHURCH AFFILIATION: SHE WAS AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE MT. ZION BAPTIST CHURCH, MISSION SOCIETY, USHER BOARD, CHAIR OF THE BENEVOLENCE COMMITTEE, MEMBER OF THE EASTERN STAR, BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL WOMENS CLUB AND THE MARION ANDERSON CLUB. SHE WAS TREASURER OF THE GREEN HILL AND WELLS STREET CEMETERY ASSOCIATIONS. SHE WAS ONE OF THE FOUNDING MEMBERS OF THE DUNBAR REUNION ASSOCIATION AND ON THE VO-TECH CHILDCARE BOARD. SURVIVED BY DAUGHTERS: CONNIE LANELL EDWARDS OF ATOKA, OK. BETTYE JO BERRY OF ARLINGTON, TX. GRANDCHILDREN: KARLA ANDREWS OF CROWLEY, TX. KEVIN WOODARD OF STILLWATER, OK. JEANNA WOODARD OF STILLWATER, OK. ERIK BERRY OF ARLINGTON, TX. JEFF WOODARD OF DURANT, OK. KYLE EDWARDS OF AUBREY, TX. GREAT GRANDCHILDREN: RACHAELE ANDREWS, MYKAH-SETH ANDREWS, SHAYLA FRANKS, JOEL WOODARD, JESSE VESTER, ISABELL VESTER, AND BREYA BERRY. GREAT GREAT GRANDSON: SHAWN MICHAEL FRANKS. SISTER-COUSIN: THELMA LONG OF DENVER, CO. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HUSBAND: CLAUD WOODARD IN MAY 1988. PARENTS: COLUMBUS AND GEORGIA BELL. SON: CLAUDE WENDELL WOODARD ON AUGUST 18, 2000. GRANDDAUGHTER: LYNDELL WOODARD ON NOVEMBER 1, 1998. SIBLINGS: OLIVER, JIMMY, LAWRENCE, OTIS, VIOLA, VIRGIN, VERDIE, ANNIE MAE, LORRAINE, AND VANILLA.

DATE OF SERVICES: SATURDAY, JUNE 23, 2007 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN'S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: GREEN HILL CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. J. P. KELLEY ASSISTING: PASTOR MOSE NETTLES. CASKETBEARERS: QUINTELL CRAWFORD, JAMES LEE CRAWFORD, ERIK BERRY, DWAYNE WASHINGTON, PHILLIP WADE, WESLEY CRAWFORD. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: ORLON HILL, SNAKE NORMAN, ERNIE GRIFFIN, THOMAS ALLEN, JIM ALLEN. FLOWERBEARERS: JULIA FULSON, VIVIAN JACKSON, JOANN FRAZIER, EDNA HILL. HONORARY FLOWERBEARERS: MAE JOHNSON, ROSE MCCLINTON, LULA SUTTER, SUSAN DALLAS. FAMILY NIGHT: FRIDAY 6:00 TO 8:00 P.M.