NAME: GILBERT BILLY GIB MANSELL, AGE 75, LIFETIME ATOKA, OKLA RESIDENT.

BORN: APRIL 29, 1922 IN ATOKA, OK TO HORACE GILBERT AND TULA ELIZABETH (JOHNSON) MANSELL. PASSED AWAY: TUESDAY, APRIL 14, 1998 AT MEDICAL CITY HOSPITAL IN DALLAS, TX. AGE: 75 YEARS 11 MONTHS AND 15 DAYS EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT EAST TELLICO IN ATOKA COUNTY AND GRADUATED FROM ATOKA HIGH SCHOOL IN 1947 AFTER THE WAR. MARRIED: BILLYE JEAN PARTIN ON MARCH 15, 1947 IN COALGATE, OK. OCCUPATION: HE WAS A MERCHANT - HE OWNED AND OPERATED MANSELL APPLIANCE COMPANY FOR 35 YEARS, RETIRING IN 1985. DURING WORLD WAR II HE WORKED IN THE SHIPYARD IN CALIFORNIA. CHURCH AFFILIATION: LIFELONG MEMBER OF SOUTH ATOKA CHURCH CHRIST. GIB SERVED HIS COUNTRY DURING WORLD WAR II IN THE ARMY AIR CORPS 8TH AIR FORCE IN ENGLAND. HE SERVED ON THE ATOKA CITY COUNCIL AND WAS A MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION . GIB ENJOYED HUNTING, FISHING, AND FLYING. HE BECAME AN ACCOMPLISHED PILOT AND TAUGHT OTHERS TO FLY. SURVIVED BY SON: STEVE MANSELL AND WIFE GAYLA OF ATOKA, OK. DAUGHTER: PEGGY MANSELL OF OKLAHOMA CITY, OK. SISTERS: VIRGINIA COLLIER OF GRAND JUNCTION, CO. GENEVA DODD AND HUSBAND FREDDIE OF STRINGTOWN, OK. BETTYE JANE ROBERTS OF ATOKA, OK. BROTHERS: DARWIN MANSELL OF ATOKA, OK. FORREST MANSELL AND WIFE DOROTHY OF ATOKA, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY WIFE: BILLYE MANSELL ON MAY 26, 1997. PARENTS: HORACE AND TULA MANSELL. DAUGHTER: SUSAN MANSELL. BROTHERS-IN-LAW: CLAUDE COLLIER AND LEVI ROBERTS.

DATE OF SERVICES: FRIDAY, APRIL 17, 1998 AT 10:30 A.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN'S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: GREEN MEADOWS CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK. 0FFICIATING: HASKELL ENGLAND. ASSISTING: JACKY SMART. CASKETBEARERS: DONNIE ALLEN, BOB FREDRICK, JODY HOUSE, PHILLIP ALLEN, STEVE HYATT, ROGER HUTSON, DICKY PAGE. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: DAVID WAGGONER, JERRY HENDERSON, FLOYD KEELER, MONROE ALLEN, BUD CARR, MELVIN ISHMAEL, LACEY COOPER, HAL ISHMAEL, ROY BURKE, BILL CUNNINGHAM.