NAME: ERVIN EMANUEL LILLARD, AGE 71, LONGTIME ATOKA RESIDENT.

BORN: MAY 1, 1926 IN LOVE COUNTY, OK TO WILLIAM BROWN AND MARGIE ETHEL (HIGGINS) LILLARD. PASSED AWAY: WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1997 AT ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. AGE: 71 YEARS 7 MONTHS AND 9 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS IN NORTH TEXAS IN THE DENTON AREA. MARRIED: XENIA LUCILLE WHITE ON JULY 3, 1944 AT LUBBOCK, TX. OCCUPATION: HE WAS A SALESMAN, RETIRING IN 1988. CHURCH AFFILIATION: MEMBER OF SOUTH ATOKA CHURCH OF CHRIST. ERVIN WAS FIRE CHIEF WITH THE ATOKA VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT. HE SERVED ON THE BOARD OF THE ATOKA HOUSING AUTHORITY AND HE STARTED LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL IN ATOKA. SURVIVED BY WIFE: XENIA LILLARD OF THE HOME IN ATOKA, OK. DAUGHTERS: LINDA AGNEW OF ARDMORE, OK. DEBBIE MILLER AND HUSBAND STEVE OF RED OAK, TX. SONS: RICHARD LILLARD AND WIFE CAROLYN OF ATOKA, OK. DOUG LILLARD AND WIFE MARTY OF WOODWARD, OK. GRANDCHILDREN: TODD AND WIFE PAULA, ANGIE AND HUSBAND CHRIS, ANISSA AND HUSBAND CRAIG, SARA, RICHARD, CLINT, RUSTY, DILLON, AND STEVIE JO. GREAT GRANDCHILDREN: RANDAHL, ADRIAN, ASHKEA, SETH, ANDREW, AND JACKSON. SISTERS: CLEVA LECOMPT OF AMARILLO, TX. MARY CARTER OF SANGER, TX. BONNIE ROW OF STOWN, TX. RUTH ROW OF AZLE, TX. THELMA NARANJO OF ATOKA, OK. VIRGINIA GOSSETT OF ATOKA, OK. BROTHERS: J. M. LILLARD OF PILOT POINT, TX. AVERY LILLARD OF ROSEBURG, OR. GEORGE LILLARD OF DENTON, TX. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: WILLIAM AND MARGIE LILLARD. BROTHER: JOHN LILLARD.

DATE OF SERVICES: SATURDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1997 AT 10:00 A.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN'S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: GREEN MEADOWS CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK. OFFICIATING: JACKIE SMART. ASSISTING: HASKELL ENGLAND. CASKETBEARERS: BILL KING, FLOYD KEELER, JIM BIRKES, JOHN SELF, DICKEY PAGE, MARION HYATT JR, MARVIN ESTES. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: J. D. VOTO, ABBOTT JONES, JOE HARRISON, HAL ISHMAEL, RANDY MASHBURN, BILL FLOWERS, ROYCE THOMAS, AND ALL ATOKA VOLUNTEER FORMER AND PRESENT FIREMEN.