NAME: GENE ALBERT BUTLER, AGE 74, LONGTIME ATOKA RESIDENT.

BORN: NOVEMBER 3, 1929 AT TUSHKA, OKLAHOMA TO GEORGE AND MAUDE (HILLIS) BUTLER.

PASSED AWAY: FRIDAY MORNING, JANUARY 9, 2004 AT ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. AGE: 74 YEARS 2 MONTHS AND 4 DAYS.

EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT TUSHKA, OK.

MARRIED: EARLINE FAYE ROBINSON ON MARCH 28, 1975 AT OKLAHOMA CITY.

OCCUPATION: 23 YEARS OF SERVICE IN THE U.S. AFTER RETIRING FROM THE NAVY. HE WORKED 10 YEARS FOR THE DAILY OKLAHOMAN.

CHURCH AFFILIATION: HE WAS SAVED AND BAPTIZED IN THE CHURCH OF CHRIST AT THE AGE OF 18.

GENE DELIVERED MEALS TO SENIOR CITIZENS FOR ATOKA NUTRITION CENTER, HE WAS ALSO THE "CAN MAN" FOR SEVERAL YEARS BEFORE HIS HEALTH FAILED HIM. GENE WAS A MEMBER OF THE ATOKA TRAILRIDERS. HE ENJOYED LISTENING TO GOSPEL MUSIC, HUNTING AND FISHING, RIDING HORSES AND WATCHING FOOTBALL AND BASKETBALL GAMES.

SURVIVED BY

WIFE OF 28 YEARS: EARLINE FAYE BUTLER OF THE HOME IN ATOKA, OK.

HIS WIFE'S 3 CHILDREN: LINDA PEOPLES OF ATOKA, OK. JANICE MCININCH OF ATOKA, OK. RONNIE ROBINSON OF MOUNTAIN VIEW, OK.

GRANDCHILDREN: DONNA PEOPLES. DEWAYNE MCININCH AND WIFE MICHELLE. PAM CULBERSON AND HUSBAND JAMES. RANDY ROBINSON. TESS ZIMMERMAN AND HUSBAND DUDLEY.

GREAT GRANDCHILDREN: STETSON, LAUREN, ETHAN, DESTANY, THADEUS, AND XAVIAN.

SISTERS: VIRGIE COTTRELL OF SAN DIEGO, CA. AUDREY COOPER AND HUSBAND JOHN OF JAL, NM.

PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

PARENTS: GEORGE AND MAUD (HILLIS) BUTLER BROTHERS: LOUIE AND EDGAR BUTLER. SISTERS: BESSIE ELLIS AND LILLIE WHITE. SON-IN-LAW: DAVID MCININCH. DAUGHTER-IN-LAW: SHARON ROBINSON. GRANDSON: DANNY KEITH MCININCH. GREAT GRANDSON: DANIEL DEWAYNE MCININCH.

DATE OF SERVICES: MONDAY, JANUARY 12, 2004 AT 2:00 PM PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN'S FUNERAL CHAPEL-ATOKA, OK

INTERMENT: TUSHKA CEMETERY ~ TUSHKA, OK.

OFFICIATING: REV. PAUL LITTLETON ASSISTING: REV. LARRY ARGO

CASKETBEARERS: DAVID HOOTER MCININCH, CLIFFORD MCININCH, DENNIS POWELL, JAMES LOWE, CARL HUTSON, JERRY ADAIR, TOM WOOLF.

HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: JERRY GRAY, HARVEY CAPPS, DELBERT BUTLER