NAME: FRANCIS HUNTER JOHN McCLENDON, AGE 80, A LONGTIME FARRIS AND ATOKA COUNTY AREA RESIDENT.

BORN: DECEMBER 24, 1924 AT CRYSTAL, OK TO HARRY H. AND GOLDIE (HICKS) McCLENDON.

PASSED AWAY: SUNDAY, JUNE 26, 2005 AT THE PUSHMATAHA COUNTY HOSPITAL IN ANTLERS.

AGE: 80 YEARS 6 MONTHS AND 2 DAYS

EDUCATION: HE ATTENDED CRYSTAL, FARRIS, AND ATOKA SCHOOLS.

MARRIED: MARGARET RUTH BUCKLEY ON JANUARY 29, 1949 AT SHERMAN, TX AND THEY HAVE BEEN TOGETHER FOR MORE THAN 56 YEARS.

OCCUPATION: JOHN WORKED THE SHIPYARDS IN EUGENE, OR, THEN BOEING AIRCRAFT IN WICHITA, KS, AND THE U.S. NAVAL BASE IN SAVANNA. JOHN HAS BEEN A CATTLE RANCHER SINCE 1949.

CHURCH AFFILIATION: MEMBER OF THE FARRIS CHURCH OF CHRIST.

HE LOVED DUCK HUNTING AND FISHING, RANCHING AND PASTURE PRODUCTION.

SURVIVED BY

WIFE: MARGARET McCLENDON OF THE HOME.

CHILDREN: KIRK McCLENDON AND FIANCEE JILL OF FARRIS, OK.

VICKI McCLENDON AND FIANCEE RICHARD SHELDON OF DALLAS, TX.

GRANDSON: KIEL McCLENDON OF FARRIS, OK.

BROTHERS: RANDALL, GLENN, BILL, AND LARRY McCLENDON OF FARRIS, OK.

KENNETH McCLENDON OF MILWAUKEE, WI.

SISTERS: ANNABELLE NANNEY AND HUSBAND EARL OF FARRIS, OK.

RUTH HEMBREE OF FARRIS, OK.

MERLENE DOLCHOK AND HUSBAND MACK OF FARRIS, OK.

GOLDIE ALFORD AND HUSBAND TED OF ALLEN, OK.

LINDA FINLEY AND HUSBAND RON OF PARIS, TX.

PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

PARENTS: HARRY AND GOLDIE McCLENDON.

BROTHER-IN-LAW: OTTO HEMBREE.

SISTER-IN-LAW: JESSIE McCLENDON.

DATE OF SERVICES: WEDNESDAY, JUNE 29, 2005 AT 2:00 PM.

PLACE OF SERVICES: FARRIS CHURCH OF CHRIST ~ FARRIS, OK.

INTERMENT: FARRIS CEMETERY.

OFFICIATING: ANDY ROGERS.

CASKETBEARERS: LANE HATTER, JILL DENSMORE, RON BUTLER, DERK MEADOWS, HOWELL MAGBY, CHAD ROBERSON, SHAWN BIRCHFIELD.

HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: JIM BUCKLEY, RANDALL McCLENDON, KIEL McCLENDON, RICHARD SHELDON, DR. STANLEY POPE JR, DVM.