NAME: GERTRUDE E. (PIPPIN) HOWARD, AGE 99, A LONGTIME ATOKA RESIDENT.

BORN: DECEMBER 12, 1900 AT GAINSVILLE, TEXAS TO CHARLES L. AND GERDA (UNKNOWN) PIPPIN. PASSED AWAY: TUESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2000 AT ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. AGE: 99 YEARS 11 MONTHS AND 23 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOL AT THACKERVILLE HIGH SCHOOL AND SOUTHEASTERN TEACHERS COLLEGE IN DURANT. MARRIED: POSIE HOWARD IN 1946 AT ATOKA, OK. OCCUPATION: A TEACHER AND WORKED AT FARMERS HOME ADMINISTRATION. CHURCH AFFILIATION: MEMBER OF PENN & A STREET CHURCH OF CHRIST. SURVIVED BY STEPSONS: VINCENT HOWARD AND WIFE LISA OF LAGRANGE, TX. WINSTON HOWARD OF OKLAHOMA CITY. ROY HOWARD AND WIFE BETTIE OF MEDERIANVILLE, AL. STEPDAUGHTER: MARTHA WHITEHURST AND HUSBAND HUEY OF SUNNYVALE, TX. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: CHARLES AND GERDA PIPPIN. HUSBAND: POSIE HOWARD IN 1985. BROTHER: CHARLES PIPPIN, JR. SISTERS: LELA BELLE PIPPIN, RUTH PIPPIN, VIRGINIA PIPPIN, AND MADGE PIPPIN.

DATE OF SERVICES: THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2000 AT 2:00 PM PLACE OF SERVICE: BROWN'S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: GREEN MEADOWS CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK. OFFICIATING: DAVID HARENDT. CASKETBEARERS: JERRY CARTWRIGHT, RAY CARROLL, LACY COOPER, JIM HEATHERLY, STEVE MANSELL.