NAME: BYRON EUGENE BURTLESS, JR., AGE 83, STRINGTOWN RESIDENT AND FORMER RUSHVILLE, NY RESIDENT.

BORN: MAY 24, 1920 IN GENEVA, NY TO BYRON EUGENE AND LUCILLE (O'CONNER) BURTLESS.

PASSED AWAY: MONDAY, APRIL 28, 2003 AT HURLEY MANOR IN COALGATE, OK. AGE: 83 YEARS 11 MONTHS AND 4 DAYS.

EDUCATION: BYRON ATTENDED SCHOOLS IN GENEVA, NY.

MARRIED: INA BETH YOUNG ON NOVEMBER 2, 1943 AT LINCOLN, NE.

OCCUPATION: BYRON WAS RETIRED FROM THE VETERANS ADMINISTRATION MEDICAL CENTER IN CANADAIGUA, NY.

CHURCH AFFILIATION: HE WAS A MEMBER OF MT. OLIVE MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH. HE WAS ALSO A PAST MASTER OF MASONIC LODGE 377, RUSHVILLE, NY AND A MEMBER OF THE ATOKA MASONIC LODGE AND PAST PATRON OF RUSHVILLE, NY, OES AND A MEMBER OF THE STRINGTOWN #307 OES.

SURVIVED BY

WIFE: INA BETH BURTLESS OF THE HOME AT STRINGTOWN, OK.

SON: EVERETT EUGENE BURTLESS AND WIFE ROBIN OF RUSHVILLE, NY.

GRANDCHILDREN: BEVERLY LIMMER OF ATOKA, OK. TINA OF NEW JERSEY. KENNY OF TEXAS.

4 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.

SISTER: MARGARET ASKEE AND HUSBAND FRED OF WARREN OH.

SISTER-IN-LAW: MARY BECK AND HUSBAND KENNETH OF STRINGTOWN, OK.

SPECIAL NIECES: LORI TERRIWILLIGER AND HUSBAND JIM OF BELGIUM. KIM DVORAK AND HUSBAND TOM OF STRINGTOWN, OK.

SPECIAL NEPHEW: KENNETH BECK, JR. OF STRINGTOWN, OK.

PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

DAUGHTER: MARY LOU BARBER. PARENTS: BYRON EUGENE AND LUCILLE BURTLESS.

DATE OF MEMORIAL SERVICES: WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30, 2003 AT 3:00 PM. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN'S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: NONE - CREMATION.

OFFICIATING: BILLY DEE SULLIVAN, PAST GRAND MASTER OF THE OKLAHOMA MASONS. ASSISTING: ATOKA MASONIC LODGE #4.