NAME: GEORGE BROWN COTTEN, AGE 66, FARRIS, OK RESIDENT. BORN: APRIL 19, 1929 AT EXCEL, ALABAMA TO JOHN SULLIVAN AND RUBY (GRIFFIN) COTTEN. PASSED AWAY: MONDAY, APRIL 1, 1996 AT HIS FARRIS, OKLAHOMA RESIDENCE. AGE: 66 YEARS 11 MONTHS AND 12 DAYS. EDUCATION: GEORGE ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT EXCEL, ALABAMA. MARRIED: JOAN A. BERES ON SEPTEMBER 8, 1980 AT HUGO, OK. OCCUPATION: GEORGE WORKED CONSTRUCTION IN GARY, INDIANA. IN 1956, HE STARTED WORKING FOR U. S. STEEL, RETIRING IN 1974 DUE TO HEALTH PROBLEMS. HE MOVED TO FARRIS IN 1975. LOVED TO COON HUNT, FISH, AND RIDE HORSEBACK. HE READ LOUIS LAMOUR WESTERNS. SURVIVED BY WIFE: JOAN COTTEN OF THE HOME IN FARRIS, OK. SON: TIMOTHY WAYNE COTTEN AND WIFE JODI OF NORTH FIELD, MN. DAUGHTERS: LINDA MORTON AND HUSBAND DONALD OF FARRIS, OK. JENNIFER PRATER AND HUSBAND TOMMIE OF LEONARD, TX. GRANDCHILDREN: DANIEL GENE MORTON, CHRISTOPHER LEE PRATER, ALEXANDREIA CHRISTINE PRATER, SAMANTHA KERWIN PRATER, AND TOMMIE LLOYD PRATER III. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: JOHN AND RUBY COTTEN. BROTHERS: JOHN W., MARVIN, AND FRANK COTTEN. SISTERS: JUANITA GANDY AND IVA MAE BROWN.

DATE OF SERVICES: THURSDAY, APRIL 4, 1996 AT 3:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: GRAVESIDE SERVICES. INTERMENT: FARRIS CEMETERY ~ FARRIS, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. DON BURCHAM.