NAME: FLOYD H. BLACKBURN, AGE 90, A RESIDENT OF DURANT AND FORMER LONGTIME ATOKA AREA RESIDENT BORN: JULY 18, 1916 SNIDER, MO TO DAVID WASHINGTON AND SARAH ISABELLE (YEATS) BLACKBURN. PASSED AWAY: MONDAY, JULY 23, 2007 AT THE SOUTHEASTERN MEDICAL CENTER IN DURANT, OK. AGE: 90 YEARS AND 5 DAYS EDUCATION: FLOYD ATTENDED HARMONY SCHOOLS. MARRIED: STELLA MAE KEYLON ON JANUARY 18, 1941 AT ATOKA, OK. OCCUPATION: FLOYD WAS A FARMER AND RANCHER, OWNING HIS OWN RANCH, AND HE WAS ALSO A CARPENTER. CHURCH AFFILIATION: HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE WARDS CHAPEL BAPTIST CHURCH. HOBBIES: FLOYD ENJOYED GARDENING AND DURING THE PAST FEW YEARS HE ENJOYED WATCHING THE TEXAS RANGER BASEBALL GAMES. SURVIVED BY DAUGHTER: JOYCE CALDWELL OF TEXAS. SONS: KEN BLACKBURN AND WIFE SHIRLEY OF DURANT, OK. CURT BLACKBURN OF TULSA, OK. GRANDCHILDREN: HEATHER DIXON, VALERIE BARRIENTOS, BRAD BLACKBURN, KENDI BLACKBURN , BRENT BLACKBURN, AND SHELLY PORTER. GREAT GRANDCHILDREN: ROBERT BARRIENTOS, EDDY DIXON, JOEY DIXON, AND SABRINA, KYLEAH & CRISTALYN. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: DAVID AND SARAH BLACKBURN. WIFE: STELLA BLACKBURN ON MAY 5, 1998. BROTHERS: COLEMAN, LEROY, AND HOUSTON BLACKBURN SISTER: MABLE WITHROW.

DATE OF SERVICES: THURSDAY, JULY 26, 2007 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN'S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK INTERMENT: GREEN MEADOWS CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK OFFICIATING: REV. TOM HARGRAVE CASKETBEARERS: TINKER RAY, DAVID RAY, RONNIE COCHRAN, PAT LOFTIS, ARVEL HALL, DAVID BRINKLEY. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: JOE KENNETH WILLIAMS, DON HAROLD LOFTIS. JERRIEL BETTS, TOT CALVERT. NO FAMILY NIGHT