NAME: EVERETT M. MANION, AGE 71, OF STRINGTOWN, OK.

BORN: APRIL 7, 1929 AT CAIRO, OKLAHOMA TO HARVEY NEWTON AND GOLDIE (BENCH) MANION. PASSED AWAY: SATURDAY, DECEMBER 30, 2000 AT ATOKA, OK. AGE: 71 YEARS 8 MONTHS AND 23 DAYS.

EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOL AT LIMESTONE GAP.

MARRIED: BETTIE MOORE ON OCTOBER 11, 1948 IN MCALESTER, OK.

OCCUPATION: HE WORKED AS A DIESEL MECHANIC, AT AMIS-OTAC, STRINGTOWN ROCK CRUSHER FOR SOME 45 YEARS, RETIRING IN 1993.

CHURCH AFFILIATION: STRINGTOWN FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH.

SURVIVED BY

WIFE: BETTIE MANION OF THEIR HOME IN STRINGTOWN, OK.

DAUGHTER: BARBARA FARRIS AND HUSBAND JIM OF COALGATE, OK.

SONS: RUSTY MANION AND WIFE RUTH OF SHAWNEE, OK. RICKY MANION AND WIFE DONALDA OF MADILL, OK. MARK MANION AND WIFE KATHY OF ATOKA, OK.

11 GRANDCHILDREN, 13 GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN.

SISTER: JUANITA WELCH OF STRINGTOWN, OK.

PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

PARENTS: HARVEY AND GOLDIE MANION. SISTER: DOROTHULA NELSON.

DATE OF SERVICES: TUESDAY, JANUARY 2, 2001 AT 10:00 AM. PLACE OF SERVICES: FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH ~ STRINGTOWN, OK.

INTERMENT: STRINGTOWN CEMETERY ~ STRINGTOWN, OK.

OFFICIATING: REV. LOYD THOMPSON.

CASKETBEARERS: (GRANDSONS) JASON FARRIS, JOSHUA MANION, CASEY MANION, KEVIN MANION, ERIC MANION, BOBBY GILES.

HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: (SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASS) LAWRENCE BOWEN, RICHARD JOHNSTON, CODY MILLER, BIL POTTS, JACK LANSDALE.