NAME: GERALD LEE JERRY DARRAH, AGE 71, OF ATOKA AND A FORMER OHIO RESIDENT. darrah,jerry BORN: OCTOBER 23, 1934 AT AKRON, OHIO TO RICHARD AND MARION E. (KEECH) DARRAH. PASSED AWAY: SUNDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2005 AT THE MEDICAL CENTER IN DURANT, OK. AGE: 71 YEARS AND 7 DAYS EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOL IN AKRON, OHIO, CAL POLY UNIVERSITY AND HELD A MASTERS DEGREE IN BUSINESS EDUCATION. MARRIED: ANGIE ELIZEBETH BETTS ON FEBRUARY 1, 1964 AT LOMPOC, CA. OCCUPATION: JERRY WAS AN ELECTRONIC ENGINEER AND WORKED FOR GENERAL ELECTRIC OVER 30 YEARS BEFORE MOVING TO ATOKA WHERE WORKED FOR WYRICK'S LUMBER COMPANY A FEW YEARS. CHURCH AFFILIATION: HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE WARDS CHAPEL BAPTIST CHURCH. SURVIVED BY WIFE: ANGIE DARRAH OF THE HOME NEAR ATOKA, OK. CHILDREN: MICHELLE DARRAH OF CUMBERLAND, MD. CYNTHIA SPEIS AND HUSBAND JAMES OF CUMBERLAND, MD. STEPHEN DARRAH OF THE HOME NEAR ATOKA, OK. GRANDCHILDREN: ATTICUS, DARRAH, GRIFFITH, WILLIAM, AND EMMALINE SPEIS OF OHIO. NIECE THEY RAISED: LEANDRA DENNEY, HUSBAND BEN, AND 3 CHILDREN OF ALEXANDER, AL. NEPHEW THEY RAISED: KELLY WARD, WIFE ANGELA, AND 3 CHILDREN OF GREENSBURG, PA. BROTHERS: EDWIN DARRAH AND WIFE ARLENE OF ROOTSTOWN, OH. CHARLES DARRAH OF ATWATER, OH. BROTHER IN-LAW: RICHARD BETTS AND WIFE LOUISA OF ATOKA, OK. SISTER IN-LAW: ESTELLE HINSON OF ATOKA AND HER FAMILY, ANITA AND LARRY MCKINNEY OF LANE. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: RICHARD AND MARION DARRAH. BROTHER: DONALD GENE DARRAH. SISTER: MARJORIE ELLEN WARD.

DATE OF SERVICES: WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2005 AT 10:00 AM. PLACE OF SERVICES: WARDS CHAPEL BAPTIST CHURCH. INTERMENT: WARDS CHAPEL CEMETERY. OFFICIATING: REV. TOM HARGRAVE. ASSISTING: REV. RICHARD BETTS. CASKETBEARERS: BOB WYRICK, RONNIE COCHRAN, PAT LOFTIS, JOE KENNETH WILLIAMS, DAVID RAY, DAVID BRINKLEY, DON LOFTIS. FAMILY NIGHT: TUESDAY 6 PM.