NAME: ERNESTINE (MCGRIFF SHIELDS) COLBERT, AGE 64, A LIFELONG ATOKA RESIDENT. BORN: FEBRUARY 9, 1943 AT ATOKA, OK TO ISRAEL HICKIO SHIELDS AND BLANCHE MCGRIFF. PASSED AWAY: TUESDAY, JUNE 26, 2007 AT HER RESIDENCE IN ATOKA, OK. AGE: 64 YEARS 4 MONTHS AND 17 DAYS MARRIED: ERNESTINE MARRIED C. W. COLBERT IN 1966 AT SHERMAN, TX. OCCUPATION: SHE WORKED AS A COOK FOR MANY AREA RESTAURANTS AND FOR THE ATOKA COLONIAL MANOR. EDUCATION: ERNESTINE ATTENDED SCHOOL AT STRINGTOWN AND ATOKA. CHURCH AFFILIATION: SHE WAS OF THE PROTESTANT FAITH. ERNESTINE LOVED GARDENING AND BEING WITH HER FAMILY. SURVIVED BY HUSBAND: C. W. COLBERT OF THE HOME. CHILDREN: LISA COLBERT OF FORT WORTH, TX. LATOYA COLBERT OF OKLAHOMA CITY. LATISA COLBERT OF HOUSTON, TX. JOHNNIE COLBERT OF ATOKA, OK. TANYA COLBERT OF ATOKA, OK. DEVON, DEMARCUS AND DEJANEIGH OF ATOKA, OK. CHERRY GREENWOOD AND HUSBAND HEATH OF JAPAN. KENIESHA, DEMETRES AND CADESHIA OF JAPAN. STEPCHILDREN: ORLAN HILL JR. OF DALLAS, TX. CAROLYN COLBERT OF DALLAS, TX. DIANNA COLBERT SAVALLA OF HOUSTON, TX. PAM COLBERT OF CALIFORNIA. CASSANDRA COLBERT OF CALIFORNIA. CLOW WESLEY JR. OF CALIFORNIA. SISTER: JEWELL SHIELDS OF OKLAHOMA CITY. BROTHER: JULIUS SHIELDS OF OKLAHOMA CITY. FOSTER BROTHER: ALFONZO TAYLOR OF KILLEEN, TX. SISTERS-IN-LAW: EDNA HILL OF ATOKA, OK. MARY ANN PIERCE OF BRENTWOOD, CA. UNCLE: HENRY MCGRIFF OF OKMULGEE, OK. AUNT: PEARL WATKINS OF OKLAHOMA CITY. SPECIAL NEPHEW: MCKINLEY CHEADLE OF ATOKA, OK. SPECIAL FRIEND: CLEAVESTER STORMY HARRIS OF ATOKA, OK. 18 GRANDCHILDREN AND 5 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: ISRAEL SHIELDS AND BLANCHE MCGRIFF. CHILDREN: TYRONE SHIELDS AND ERICA ELAINE COLBERT. BROTHER: JOHNNIE SHIELDS. FOSTER BROTHER: JOHN HODGE.

DATE OF SERVICES: SATURDAY, JUNE 30, 2007 AT 10:00 A.M. PLACE OF SERVICE: BROWN'S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: GREEN HILL CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK OFFICIATING: BRO. WILLARD HARRISON. ASSISTING: PASTOR SEABORN CARTER. CASKETBEARERS: JOHNNIE COLBERT, FRANKLIN SHATTO, ORLAN HILL JR, JEREMY JIM, DONALD WATKINS AND THE MCGRIFF BOYS. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: CLEAVESTER HARRIS, DON FREEMAN, CHARLIE COULTER, CLAYTON BLACK. FLOWERBEARERS: TERESA PERNELL, VIVIAN JACKSON, TOSHA CRAWFORD, ANDREA PERNELL. HONORARY FLOWERBEARERS: ERNESTINE ALEXANDER, JOANN FRAZIER, GRANELLA SCOTT, EVELYN VINSON, SANDRA HILL. FAMILY NIGHT: FRIDAY 6:00 TO 8:00 P.M.