NAME: ERNEST CALVIN SANDERS SR., AGE 76, A LONGTIME ATOKA COUNTY RESIDENT.

BORN: JULY 26, 1923 AT DUSTIN, OKLA. TO CHARLES IRVIN AND CLYDA BELLE (FITZPATRICK) SANDERS. PASSED AWAY: MONDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1999 AT VALLEY VIEW HOSPITAL IN ADA, OK. AGE: 76 YEARS 4 MONTHS AND 3 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT NINNEKAH, OK. MARRIED: ALEAN PRIVETT ON JUNE 23, 1951 AT ATOKA, OK. OCCUPATION: RETIRED FROM LOCKHEED AIRCRAFT AND WORKED MANY YEARS WITH OKLA. DEPT. OF CORRECTIONS AND WAS A BAPTIST MINISTER SERVING MANY CHURCHES THROUGHOUT THE AREA. CHURCH AFFILIATION: HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE COALGATE MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH. SURVIVED BY WIFE: ALEAN SANDERS OF THE HOME. SONS: CALVIN SANDERS AND WIFE SHEILA OF IDABEL, OK. MARC SANDERS AND WIFE DOSHA OF ARDMORE, OK. GRANDCHILDREN: BRIAN SANDERS AND WIFE GINA OF MIDWEST CITY, OK. APRIL LOYD OF IDABEL, OK. LORI SANDERS OF IDABEL, OK. AMBER GIPSON AND HUSBAND JOEL OF PARIS, TX. SHELBY SANDERS OF ARDMORE, OK. JAMIE SANDERS OF ARDMORE, OK. 8 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN: SISTERS: INEZ SANDERS OF TUSHKA, OK. LENORA SOUTHERLAND AND HUSBAND KENNETH OF ULYSSES, KS . BROTHERS: JAMES SANDERS AND WIFE LINDA OF TUSHKA, OK. HUBERT SANDERS AND WIFE NORMA OF HARKER HEIGHTS, TX. BUD SANDERS AND WIFE AUDREY OF ATOKA, OK. SPECIAL SISTER-IN-LAW: JEAN WALTON OF ATOKA, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: CHARLES IRVIN AND CLYDA BELLE SANDERS. BROTHERS: BILLY, DOYLE, AND JOE SANDERS.

DATE OF SERVICES: THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1999 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN'S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: BENTLEY CEMETERY ~ BENTLEY, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. LARRY ROSE. ASSISTING: BRO. ERNEST ELDRIDGE. CASKETBEARERS: WILLIE ELDRIDGE. BUDDY ELDRIDGE, ROY ALLEN SANDERS, TED MOUNGER, WILLIAM LOHRMAN, TOD DILLARD. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: PETE BURNEY, SONNY EVANS, RAY WALTON, WILLARD OLSEN.