NAME: ERNEST ELMER JORDAN, AGE 76, AN ATOKA AREA RESIDENT.

BORN: FEBRUARY 15, 1924 AT BENTLEY, OKLAHOMA TO OLIVER FRANCIS AND POLLIE ELLIS (GUNKEL) JORDAN. PASSED AWAY: SUNDAY, DECEMBER 31, 2000 AT THE ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL AGE: 76 YEARS 10 MONTHS AND 16 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT GRASSY LAKE AND MERRY'S CHAPEL, OK. MARRIED: DARLENE ST. CLAIR ON AUGUST 8, 1948 AT WESTFIR, OR. OCCUPATION: HE WORKED FOR SOME 29 YEARS AS A LUMBER INSPECTOR AND GRADER AT WESTERN WOOD PRODUCTS AND WEST COAST LUMBER COMPANY IN PLEASANT HILL, OREGON, NEAR EUGENE. CHURCH AFFILIATION: HE WAS A MEMBER OF BLACKJACK BAPTIST CHURCH. ERNEST SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE U. S. AIR FORCE DURING WORLD WAR II. WHILE LIVING IN OREGON, ERNEST WAS A MEMBER OF THE MOOSE LODGE, THE EAGLE LODGE, THE ODD FELLOW LODGE, AND THE V.F.W. SURVIVED BY WIFE: DARLENE JORDAN OF THEIR HOME IN ATOKA, OK. CHILDREN: DELANA STILL OF PLEASANT HILL, OR. DAVID L. JORDAN AND WIFE KATHY OF VANCOUVER, WA. DARRELL L. JORDAN AND WIFE IRENE OF OKANOGAN, WA. GRANDCHILDREN: DANIEL STILL AND NATHAN STILL OF PLEASANT HILL, OR. SISTER: RENE CALLICOAT AND HUSBAND FOY OF BENTLEY, OK. BROTHER: FRED JORDAN AND WIFE JUDY OF ATOKA, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: OLIVER AND POLLIE JORDAN. SON: DALE JORDAN. BROTHERS: J. D. AND HERSHEL JORDAN. SISTERS: MARY LUTTRELL, ARTIE MOBBS, AND CLARA JORDAN.

DATE OF SERVICES: FRIDAY, JANUARY 5, 2001 AT 2:00 PM. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN'S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: BENTLEY CEMETERY ~ BENTLEY, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. GENE SLUDER. CASKETBEARERS: MARK MOBBS, MIKE MOBBS, FOY CALLICOAT, FRED ARMSTRONG, TROY GAMMON, ALLEN WHITEHEAD.