NAME: FRED CROCKETT LOWRY, AGE 64, LONGTIME ATOKA COUNTY, OK RESIDENT.

BORN: JUNE 9, 1932 AT ATOKA, OK TO JESSE FRED AND DAISY NOREEN (WARREN) LOWRY. PASSED AWAY: TUESDAY, JANUARY 28, 1997 AT HIS ATOKA RESIDENCE. AGE: 64 YEARS 7 MONTHS AND 19 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED STRINGTOWN HIGH SCHOOL, CLASS OF 1950. MARRIED: BOBBYE WINTERS ON DECEMBER 6, 1956 AT ATOKA, OK. OCCUPATION: OKLAHOMA WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT. CHURCH AFFILIATION: MEMBER OF SOUTHSIDE BAPTIST CHURCH. CROCKETT, AS HE WAS KNOWN BY ALL, WAS A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF ATOKA COUNTY. HE SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE U. S. ARMY AND THE OKLAHOMA NATIONAL GUARD. HE WENT TO WORK FOR THE WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT WHEN HIS FATHER, FRED, PASSED AWAY, HE TOOK OVER AS MANAGER OF THE MCGEE CREEK MANAGEMENT AREA, HE WAS THE BIG GAME BIOLOGIST FOR MANY YEARS, AND THE SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA GAME DIVISION SUPERVISOR WHEN HE RETIRED AFTER 33 YEARS OF SERVICE. HE WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN TRANSPLANTING THE WHITETAIL DEER AND TURKEY TO OKLAHOMA'S 77 COUNTIES. CROCKETT WAS AN AVID OUTDOORSMAN - HE LOVED TO FISH AND HUNT AND HAS MANY PICTURES AND TROPHIES TO PROVE HIS LOVE FOR THE OUTDOORS. SURVIVED BY WIFE: BOBBYE LOWRY OF THE HOME IN ATOKA, OK. DAUGHTER: DEBBIE SMITHART AND HUSBAND JOHN OF ATOKA, OK. SON: FRED LOWRY, JR AND WIFE KELLIE SUE OF ATOKA, OK. SISTER: BARBARA POTTS AND HUSBAND BILL OF STRINGTOWN, OK. GRANDCHILDREN: JENNIFER LOWRY OF ATOKA, OK. TERA LONG OF ATOKA, OK. LESLIE LONG OF ATOKA, OK. DAVID LOWRY OF ATOKA, OK. ANGIE MUSE OF DURANT, OK. BRANDI WILLIAMS AND HUSBAND STACY OF ATOKA, OK. UNCLES: DALE WARREN OF SMITHVILLE, AR. PAT DENNIS OF KILLEEN, TX. DELMAR WARREN OF HARTSHORNE, OK. LEE MYERS AND WIFE THELMA OF TULSA, OK. AUNT: HAZEL MOORE OF SULPHUR, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: FRED AND DAISY LOWRY. SON: RONNIE LOWRY IN 1977.

DATE OF SERVICES: THURSDAY, JANUARY 30, 1997 AT 10:00 A.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN'S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: GREEN MEADOWS CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. DON HAZELL. ASSISTING: REV. LOYD THOMPSON AND LYNDOL FRY. CASKETBEARERS: DON RITTER, ERNIE GRIFFIN, JUDGE DOUG GABBARD, BILL EVANS, J. D. VOTO, JAY GREEN. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: BILL MOORE, DR. ROBERT HAYES, NEAL MERRIOTT, BILL WOOLWRIGHT, HOSS FITZGERALD, DENNIS MCNEIL.