NAME: ERNEST JOHN COONEY WINKLE, AGE 88, LONGTIME BENTLEY AND ATOKA RESIDENT.

BORN: SEPTEMBER 7, 1910 AT ANDERSON, ARKANSAS TO TOM AND LUCY (TATE) WINKLE. PASSED AWAY: SUNDAY, MAY 9, 1999 AT THE ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. AGE: 88 YEARS 8 MONTHS AND 2 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT ANDERSON, ARKANSAS AND, AT AGE 8, MOVED TO ATOKA COUNTY AND ATTENDED EAST ALISON SCHOOL. MARRIED: GLADYS OWENS IN FEBRUARY, 1934 AT BENTLEY, OK. OCCUPATION: WORKED AS A LONGSHOREMAN, A SAW MILLER, AND A CARPENTER. HE WORKED A NUMBER OF YEARS IN CALIFORNIA AND RETIRED IN 1965 BACK TO ATOKA COUNTY. COONEY LOVED TO PLAY DOMINOES. HE WOULD GO TO BENTLEY EVERY CHANCE HE GOT TO PLAY WITH ALL HIS OLD DOMINO BUDDIES UNTIL HIS HEALTH FAILED. SURVIVED BY SON: DEAN WINKLE OF ATOKA, OK. GRANDCHILDREN: LEE WINKLE OF IRVING, TX. TOMMY WINKLE OF IRVING, TX. DAWN ETHERIDGE AND HUSBAND KEITH OF KELLER, TX. KURT WINKLE AND WIFE BEVERLY OF EUREKA, CA. KAREN WATTENBURGER AND HUSBAND JIM OF EUREKA, CA. 10 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN: SISTER: MABEL GRIFFIN OF MODESTO, CA. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY WIFE: GLADYS WINKLE ON SEPTEMBER 10, 1988. SON: TOM WINKLE. PARENTS: TOM AND LUCY WINKLE. BROTHERS: EWELL AND JERRY WINKLE.

DATE OF SERVICES: WEDNESDAY, MAY 12, 1999 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN'S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: BENTLEY CEMETERY ~ ATOKA COUNTY, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. JOHN HOWARD. CASKETBEARERS: PHIL MCDANIEL, CHUB MCDANIEL, MIKE HOOPER, HARRY FARRIS, SANDY DANDERSON, FOY CALLICOAT.