NAME: GARY DEWAYNE BOWEN, AGE 41, LIFELONG ATOKA RESIDENT.

BORN: AUGUST 15, 1957, IN ATOKA TO HOUSTON JAY AND OREAN (PIERCE) BOWEN. PASSED AWAY: MONDAY, MARCH 29, 1999 AT THE ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. AGE: 41 YEARS 7 MONTHS AND 14 DAYS EDUCATION: ATTENDED DUNBAR AND ATOKA SCHOOLS WHERE HE WAS ACTIVE IN ALL SPORTS, GRADUATING IN 1975. GRADUATED FROM EAST CENTRAL STATE UNIVERSITY IN 1979 WITH A DEGREE IN MARKETING. OCCUPATION: WORKED FOR THE DUNBAR AND ATOKA SCHOOLS PRIOR TO A FOOTBALL ACCIDENT AT AGE 16 THAT LEFT HIM A QUADRIPLEGIC. CHURCH AFFILIATION: LIFELONG MEMBER OF THE FOURTH WARD CHURCH OF CHRIST. GARY ENJOYED PHOTOGRAPHY, COMPUTERS, AND A GOOD FOOTBALL GAME. SURVIVED BY MOTHER: OREAN BOWEN OF ATOKA, OK. BROTHERS: LARRY L. BOWEN AND WIFE DEBORAH OF MISSOURI CITY, TX. KEVEN BOWEN OF ATOKA, OK. SISTERS: THELMA GREEN OF OKLAHOMA CITY. GLENDA FAI MACK OF ATLANTA, GA. DENITA GAIL UWAIFA OF ATOKA, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY FATHER: HOUSTON J. BOWEN. BROTHER: LAWRENCE DENFORD BOWEN. GRANDPARENTS: HENRY AND NANCY PIERCE. FRED AND EULA BOWEN. UNCLE: HENRY PIERCE JR.

DATE OF SERVICES: FRIDAY, APRIL 2, 1999 AT 1:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN�S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: GREEN HILL CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK. OFFICIATING: BRO. WILLARD HARRISON. CASKETBEARERS: LOUIE LAYTON, CLIFFORD BROWN, JOE HARRISON, VENOY SHIELDS, TOMMY GAGE, CRANDELL SHIELDS, DELBERT GAGE.