NAME: ESTLE OAKLEY E. O. BURDEN, AGE 82, LONGTIME ATOKA AND COALGATE RESIDENT.

BORN: OCTOBER 10, 1920 IN ATOKA COUNTY TO OAKLEY AND HETTIE MAE (HILBURN) BURDEN.

PASSED AWAY: WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16, 2003 AT COLLINSVILLE, OK. AGE: 82 YEARS 6 MONTHS AND 6 DAYS.

EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOL AT LEHIGH, OK.

MARRIED: NEDRA V. GIBBINS AT ATOKA, OK.

OCCUPATION: E.O. WAS RETIRED FROM THE U.S. ARMY AND RETIRED FROM THE NAVAL AMMUNITION DEPOT AT SAVANNAH, WHERE HE WAS FOREMAN FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS.

E. O. SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE U.S. ARMY DURING WWII AND KOREA. HE WAS A MEMBER OF 45TH INFANTRY AND MASONIC LODGE AT MCALESTER, OK.

SURVIVED BY

GRANDCHILDREN: JOHN BURDEN AND WIFE CANDY OF COLLINSVILLE, OK. CHAD BURDEN AND WIFE KRISTIE OF TULSA, OK. WADE BURDEN OF LUBBOCK, TX. JIMMY SPETH OF SELMAR, TN. JASON SPETH OF SELMAR, TN.

GREAT GRANDCHILDREN: RACEY, RYLIE AND RIDGE BURDEN ALL OF COLLINSVILLE, OK.

DAUGHTER-IN-LAW: KAREN BURDEN OF ATOKA, OK.

SISTERS-IN-LAW: FREDIA BURDEN OF MCALESTER, OK. MONA SELLMON OF MODESTO, CA.

PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

PARENTS: OAKLEY AND HETTIE MAE BURDEN. BROTHERS: CLOVUS AND L. B. BURDEN. SON: JOHNNIE BURDEN. DAUGHTER: BETTY SPETH.

DATE OF SERVICES: SATURDAY, APRIL 19, 2003 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN'S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK.

INTERMENT: COALGATE CITY CEMETERY ~ COALGATE, OK.

OFFICIATING: REV. WALTER BUD JOLLY.

CASKETBEARERS: JOHN BURDEN, CHAD BURDEN, WADE BURDEN, BRIAN WALKER, WALT JOLLY, HAROLD CLOUR.

HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: A. D. MOORE, JIM MABE.