NAME: JOHN FLOYD SHIELDS, SR, AGE 81, A LIFELONG ATOKA AREA RESIDENT.

BORN: SEPTEMBER 6, 1923 AT ATOKA, OK TO JONAS AND ELBERTA (BUTLER) SHIELDS.

PASSED AWAY: WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 15, 2004 AT THE TEXOMA MEDICAL CENTER IN DENISON, TX. AGE: 81 YEARS 0 MONTHS AND 9 DAYS.

EDUCATION: JOHN ATTENDED DUNBAR SCHOOL IN ATOKA, OK.

MARRIED: CALLIE RIGGS AT ATOKA, OK.

OCCUPATION: JOHN WORKED IN THE CARPENTRY FIELD AS A GENERAL LABORER..

SURVIVED BY

SONS: RICHARD SHIELDS AND WIFE CHAROLETTE OF LAKEWOOD, CO. TERRY SHIELDS OF ATOKA, OK. BRUCE SHIELDS OF GARLAND, TX. DERRY SHIELDS AND WIFE BETTY OF CLARKSVILLE, TN. CRANDALL SHIELDS & WIFE GLORIA OF N.RIDGELAND HILLS, TX. VENOY SHIELDS AND WIFE CYNTHIA OF ATOKA, OK. VERYL SHIELDS AND WIFE PATTY OF NORMAN, OK.

DAUGHTERS: JOYCE HUDDLESTON OF LOS ANGELES, CA. CHRIS DOUGLAS AND HUSBAND ROBERT OF DURANT, OK. CHERYL BROOKS AND HUSBAND KEITH OF DALLAS, TX. SONYA SHIELDS OF DALLAS, TX. TWYLA MCGEE AND HUSBAND WINSTON OF ATOKA, OK.

17 GRANDCHILDREN AND 6 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.

BROTHERS: HARLAN SHIELDS AND WIFE BETTY OF SYDNEY, NE. EDGAR VINSON AND WIFE EVELYN OF ATOKA, OK. JERRY VINSON OF ATOKA, OK.

SISTER: MARY LOUISE ADAMS OF CHICAGO, IL.

PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

WIFE: CALLIE (RIGGS) SHIELDS IN 1995. SON: RONALD SHIELDS. DAUGHTER: LYNNETTA HARRISON. SISTERS: ALICE WILLIAMS, ELMA LEE BURTON AND ELREE HARRISON. BROTHER: CALVIN SHIELDS. 2 GRANDCHILDREN AND 1 GREAT GRANDCHILD.

DATE OF SERVICES: SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2004 AT 2:00 PM. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN'S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK

INTERMENT: GREEN HILL CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK.

OFFICIATING: BRO. WILLARD HARRISON.

CASKETBEARERS: (SONS) RICHARD SHIELDS, TERRY SHIELDS, BRUCE SHIELDS, DERRY SHIELDS, CRANDALL SHIELDS, VENOY SHIELDS, VERYL SHIELDS.

HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: ORLAN HILL, ORLAN HILL, JR., EDGAR VINSON, JESSE HARRISON, ROOSEVELT BUTLER.

FLOWERBEARERS: JOYCE HUDDLESTON, CHRIS DOUGLAS, CHERYL BROOKS, SONYA SHIELDS, TWYLA MCGEE.

NO FAMILY NIGHT