NAME: EUGENE JAMES BUD ELLISON, AGE 86, AN ATOKA RESIDENT SINCE 1991. BORN: JUNE 16, 1918 AT OKLAHOMA CITY TO P. E. AND MAYBELLE (DAVIS) ELLISON. PASSED AWAY: SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2004 AT THE ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL AGE: 86 YEARS 4 MONTHS AND 21 DAYS. EDUCATION: BUD ATTENDED SCHOOL IN ADA, OK. MARRIED: EDNA INEZ DEW ON NOVEMBER 17, 1938 AT ADA, OK. OCCUPATION: BUD WORKED IN THE CCC CAMP AFTER HIS TIME IN THE NAVY. HE ENJOYED PLAYING THE FIDDLE ON BOARD SHIP AND ALSO FOR MANY YEARS AROUND OKLAHOMA. HE WAS A WELDER AND WORKED MANY YEARS FOR BAKERSFIELD MACHINE CO. IN BAKERSFIELD , CA. CHURCH AFFILIATION: BUD WAS A DEACON AND MEMBER OF THE HILLCREST BAPTIST CHURCH. HE SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE U. S. NAVY AND WAS STATIONED IN THE PACIFIC ON AN AIRCRAFT CARRIER. SURVIVED BY VERY DEAR AND SPECIAL FRIEND: KAY WHITELEY OF ATOKA, OK ~ WHOSE CARE AND DEVOTION MADE OUR FATHER'S LIFE MUCH EASIER. SHE WILL FOREVER HOLD A SPECIAL PLACE IN OUR HEARTS. SON: CHUCK ELLISON OF CRYSTAL, OK. DAUGHTERS: CHARLOTTE MAUPIN AND HUSBAND BOB OF ROCKWALL, TX. MARY STARK AND HUSBAND WYMAN OF SHAFTER, CA. FRAN COOKSEY AND HUSBAND TODD OF ATOKA, OK. GRANDCHILDREN: COLLENE LYONS AND HUSBAND DANNY OF HUNTINGTON, UT. JEFFREY ELLISON AND WIFE CLAUDIA OF FT. CARSON, CO. JENNIFER ELLISON OF VIRGINIA BEACH, VA. STEVEN MAUPIN AND WIFE PING OF GRAND PRAIRIE, TX. MELANIE SOWARDS AND HUSBAND KEVIN OF THE COLONY, TX. ANDREA MAUPIN OF DALLAS, TX. RYAN CARTNAL AND WIFE JOELLE OF LOS OSOS, CA. CARIN CATHEY AND HUSBAND JASON OF BAKERSFIELD, CA. GREAT GRANDCHILDREN: CANDACE BELL, CHAD AND DALLEN LYONS, RYAN AND KYLE SOWARDS, CHLOE AND LANE CARTNAL, MATTHEW, MEGAN AND MADDISON CATHEY GREAT GREAT GRANDCHILD: KESSLER BELL. SISTERS: ANN CASS, ADA, OK. MARGARET BREEDEN AND HUSBAND LOGAN OF ADA, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY WIFE: INEZ ON MAY 23, 1999. PARENTS: P. E. AND MAYBELLE ELLISON. BROTHER: VERNON ELLISON. SISTERS: FRANCES ELLISON LAWSON, FAYE ELLISON MORRIS, AND HAZEL ELLISON HUNTER.

DATE OF SERVICES: TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2004 AT 2:00 PM. PLACE OF SERVICES: HILLCREST BAPTIST CHURCH ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: GREEN MEADOWS CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. SILAS HENRY JR. ASSISTING: REV. CLINTON THURMAN. CASKETBEARERS: BOB MAUPIN, WYMAN STARK, TODD COOKSEY, STEVE MAUPIN, KEVIN SOWARDS, JEFF ELLISON. FAMILY NIGHT ~ MONDAY 6:00 PM IN LIEU OF FLOWERS DONATIONS CAN BE MADE TO THE ATOKA COUNTY VETERANS, AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION, OR THE AMERICAN DIABETES ASSOCIATION.