NAME: EUGENE S. GENE COURTNEY, AGE 89, A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF ATOKA, OK.

BORN: JULY 12, 19126 AT WAURIKA, OKLAHOMA TO WILLIAM AND ESTELLE (OAKLEY) COURTNEY. PASSED AWAY: THURSDAY OCTOBER 18, 2001 AT THE MEDICAL CENTER IN DURANT, OK. AGE: 89 YEARS 2 MONTHS AND 24 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT FOREST HILL IN ATOKA COUNTY. MARRIED: MARGARET CATHRINE SILVERS IN 1932 AT ATOKA, OK. OCCUPATION: HE WORKED SEVERAL YEARS FOR MKT KATY RAILROAD, WOODS BROTHERS IN ATOKA, AND MANY YEARS FOR TOWN AND COUNTRY MARKET IN ATOKA CHURCH AFFILIATION: HE WAS A LONGTIME MEMBER OF THE SOUTHSIDE BAPTIST CHURCH IN ATOKA, OK. SURVIVED BY CHILDREN: KENNETH EUGENE COURTNEY AND WIFE JOY OF WICHITA, KS. MARGADELL TAYLOR OF ATOKA, OK. WINDELL RAY COURTNEY OF SULPHUR, OK. RUSSEL EARL COURTNEY OF ATOKA, OK. BOBBY JOE COURTNEY OF ATOKA, OK. SISTER: ETHEL FINCH OF ATOKA, OK. DAUGHTERS IN-LAW: NINA COURTNEY OF ATOKA, OK. ALICE COURTNEY OF CLAYTON, OK. SPECIAL FRIEND: IRENE GOFF OF CRYSTAL, OK. 16 GRANDCHILDREN, 28 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, 8 GREAT GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, AND ANOTHER COMING SOON. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: WILLIAM AND ESTELLE COURTNEY. WIFE: MARGARET COURTNEY IN 1968. DAUGHTER IN-LAW: BARBARA COURTNEY. SON IN-LAW: J. B. TAYLOR.

DATE OF SERVICES: SATURDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2001 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN'S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: NEW ZION CEMETERY, EAST OF TUSHKA, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. JOHN HOWARD CASKETBEARERS: (GRAND AND GREAT GRANDSONS) GUY GENE COURTNEY, BILLY COURTNEY, DENNIS COURTNEY, KENNY COURTNEY, JASON COURTNEY, ERIC SCHMITD, CLIFTON HILL, CASEY MANION. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: DENNIS POWELL, ROBERT POWELL, NOEL POWELL, DONNIE CAMPBELL.