NAME: ESTHER TESSIE (SMITH) SARTIN, AGE 88, A LONGTIME ATOKA AREA RESIDENT.

BORN: SEPTEMBER 1, 1914 IN PUSHMATAHA COUNTY TO BARNEY AND EULA (CHAPMAN) SMITH. PASSED AWAY: MONDAY, APRIL 28, 2003 AT ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. AGE: 88 YEARS 7 MONTHS AND 27 DAYS.

EDUCATION: ESTHER GRADUATED TUSHKA HIGH SCHOOL IN 1935, THEN ATTENDED SOUTHEASTERN STATE COLLEGE IN DURANT, SHE RECEIVED HER DEGREE FROM SAN FRANCISCO STATE COLLEGE AND WORKED ON HER MASTERS AT EAST CENTRAL STATE UNIVERSITY IN ADA, OK.

MARRIED: HENRY WESLEY SARTIN ON NOVEMBER 6, 1936 AT COALGATE, OK.

OCCUPATION: ESTHER TAUGHT SCHOOL FOR APPROXIMATELY 40 YEARS AT RICHMOND, CA, ATOKA AND BENTLEY, OK, RETIRING IN 1976.

CHURCH AFFILIATION: SHE WAS A LONGTIME MEMBER OF ATOKA FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH AND LATER AFFILIATED WITH FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH IN ATOKA, OK.

ESTHER WAS AN ATOKA HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION HALL OF FAMER.

SURVIVED BY

GRANDCHILDREN: LEA ANN ROBERTSON AND HUSBAND CLAY OF ATOKA, OK. GUY SARTIN OF ATOKA, OK. ALICE SANDERS OF ATOKA, OK. AMY FARRIS OF ATOKA, OK. VICKIE SARTIN OF TISHOMINGO, OK.

GREAT GRANDCHILDREN: ASHLEY SARTIN, KACI SARTIN, WESLEY SARTIN, AMANDA SANDERS, MACY HENRY, ZANE FARRIS, LUKE FARRIS, AIDAN FARRIS, CODY SARTIN, DUSTIN SARTIN.

SISTERS: JOY SMITH OF ATOKA, OK. JESSIE SERVIS OF ATOKA, OK.

BROTHER: ROSS C. SMITH AND WIFE NORMA JEAN OF ALVA, OK.

NEPHEW: RON SERVIS OF WASHINGTON, D.C.

PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

HUSBAND: HENRY WESLEY SARTIN ON APRIL 21, 1985. SON: ALLEN SARTIN. PARENTS: BARNEY & EULA SMITH. BROTHER: CHARLES L. SMITH. GRANDSON-IN-LAW: OSCAR LEE HENRY.

DATE OF SERVICES: THURSDAY, MAY 1, 2003 AT 2:00 PM. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN'S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK.

INTERMENT: GREEN MEADOWS CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK.

OFFICIATING: REV. RON KING.

CASKETBEARERS: LARRY PRUITT, DANNY COOPER, BRUCE USHER, ROGER RICHARDSON, JERRY LEWIS, BOB WYRICK.

HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: DON BARNARD, CHARLES MCCALL, DON RIPPEE, RUSSELL WILSON, THOMAS RAY, RONNIE COCHRAN, JIM CARR, JERRY STEPHENS, BOB DANIEL, ABBOTT JONES, MARK THOMAS, STEVE MANSELL.