NAME: GASTON CLAUD JONES, AGE 83, LIFELONG ATOKA RESIDENT.

BORN: AUGUST 28, 1915 AT CANEY, OKLAHOMA TO TULLIS BERNARD AND PEARL ELLEN (GILLEY) JONES PASSED AWAY: TUESDAY, MARCH 30, 1999 AT ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. AGE: 83 YEARS 7 MONTHS AND 2 DAYS EDUCATION: ATTENDED GRADE SCHOOL AND GRADUATED FROM TUSHKA HIGH SCHOOL IN 1932. HE ATTENDED SOUTHEASTERN STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE IN DURANT, OKLAHOMA, EARNING ENOUGH CREDITS FOR A TEACHING CERTIFICATE. MARRIED: MYRTLE ANN MCGAHEY ON FEBRUARY 12, 1938 AT ATOKA, OK. OCCUPATION: HE TAUGHT SCHOOL AT ROBERSON, BUTLER, STANDING ROCK, AND PLEASANT HILL. DURING THE 1950�S AND 1960�S GASTON MANAGED SHARPE�S DEPARTMENT STORE . IN 1964 HE PURCHASED THE FORD DEALERSHIP / GARAGE IN ATOKA, WHICH WAS CALLED GASTON JONES FORD AND LATER SOLD IT TO HERMAN BURKE, BUT REMAINED AS PARTS MANAGER UNTIL HIS RETIREMENT. CHURCH AFFILIATION: GASTON WAS A MEMBER OF THE ATOKA FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH. HE SERVED IN THE U. S. NAVY AND SERVED IN WORLD WAR II WITH THE 12TH CONSTRUCTION BATTALION. HE WAS A FORMER CITY COUNCILMAN FOR ATOKA AND ALSO SERVED AS A VOLUNTEER FIREMAN WITH THE ATOKA FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS. HE ALSO WAS A 32 DEGREE MASON WITH THE ATOKA LODGE #4. SURVIVED BY WIFE: MYRTLE ANN JONES OF THEIR HOME IN ATOKA, OK. CHILDREN: CLAUDIA MESTAN AND HUSBAND VIC OF ARLINGTON, TX. LUTHER B. JONES OF LEXINGTON, OK. FRED JONES OF MILFORD, TX. LEWIS GENE JONES AND WIFE ROSALINDA OF WHITE BEAD, OK. 6 GRANDCHILDREN, 7 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY DAUGHTER: NEVA IRENE BRUMLEY. PARENTS: TULLIS AND PEARL JONES. SISTER: VIVIAN TONEY. BROTHER: GLEN JONES.

DATE OF SERVICES: FRIDAY, APRIL 2, 1999 AT 10:00 A.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN�S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: NEW ZION CEMETERY ~ ATOKA COUNTY, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. JOHN HOWARD. ASSISTING: REV. BOB JOHNSON. CASKET BEARERS: ABBOTT JONES, HUGH SEWELL, PETE HOWARD, BILL TONEY, JIM TONEY, DON WALLACE, RONNIE BURKE. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: BOB BURKE, BILL FLOWERS, BILL MALONE, BO HORATH, BENNY WYRICK, FAUSTER LOVELACE, JACK BONNER, BILL MILLER, HAROLD ROLAND, BROWN WYRICK, WALTER COOPER, JIM POOL, LEROY BLACKBURN, HARVEY CAPPS, HERMAN COCHRAN, JOE GRIFFIN, O. P. RAY, JEFF SEWELL, HASKELL COOK, BOB WYRICK, ROGER JONES, JIM BRIGGS.