NAME: GILBERT ODELL SAWYER, AGE 67, A LIFELONG ATOKA AREA RESIDENT. BORN: AUGUST 9, 1939 AT CADE, OK TO WILLIAM ANDREW AND HESSIE MYRTLE MAE (BAKER) SAWYER. PASSED AWAY: MONDAY, MAY 21, 2007 AT PUSHMATAHA COUNTY HOSPITAL IN ANTLERS, OK. AGE: 67 YEARS 9 MONTHS AND 12 DAYS. EDUCATION: GILBERT ATTENDED BOLAR AND CRYSTAL SCHOOLS. MARRIED: LYNN WILLIAMS. JUDY IRENE PENICK IN 1968 AT DURANT, OK. OCCUPATION: GILBERT WAS A HEAVY EQUIPMENT AND DIESEL MECHANIC, WORKING FOR SOUTHWEST TRACTOR AND RONNIE COCHRAN SINCE 1977. CHURCH AFFILATION: HE WAS OF THE PENTECOSTAL FAITH. HE LOVED FISHING, SQUIRREL HUNTING AND CUTTIN FIREWOOD. GILBERT SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE U. S. ARMY. SURVIVED BY CHILDREN: RANDY SAWYER AND WIFE TAMMY OF MCALESTER, OK. TERRY SAWYER AND WIFE SHELLIE OF ATOKA, OK. JERRY SAWYER AND WIFE STACI OF ATOKA, OK. SANDRA BANKS AND HUSBAND ED OF COALGATE, OK. STEPDAUGHTER: ANITA HALL AND HUSBAND BOB OF TUSHKA, OK. FORMER WIFE OF 37 YEARS: JUDY PENICK OF ATOKA, OK. BROTHERS: DELBERT SAWYER AND WIFE KI OF ATOKA, OK. ANDREW BILL SAWYER OF ATOKA, OK. SISTERS: DORA JANE PENICK AND HUSBAND ORVILLE OF ANTLERS, OK. DOROTHY FORD AND HUSBAND RAYMOND OF RATTAN, OK. ELSIE JOHNSTON OF ARKANSAS. WILMA NAIL AND HUSBAND RONNIE OF SAVANNA, OK. LIZZIE GEORGE OF ATOKA, OK. FRANCIS LAMEY AND HUSBAND BILL OF SOBOL, OK. GRANDCHILDREN: GARY WALTON AND WIFE KIM OF LANE, OK. LARRY WALTON AND WIFE MARISSA OF ATOKA, OK. RYAN SAWYER AND WIFE SARAH OF STRINGTOWN, OK. JESSICA SAWYER OF ATOKA, OK. JEFFERY SAWYER OF ATOKA, OK. KEVIN SAWYER STATIONED WITH THE U.S. ARMY IN GERMANY. KASANDRA BANKS OF COALGATE, OK. BRIAN SAWYER OF MCALESTER, OK. TERRA SAWYER OF ARKANSAS. MALADIE CASEY AND HUSBAND MICHAEL OF MCALESTER, OK. CHASSITY WASHINGTON OF MCALESTER, OK. HEATHER BECKER AND HUSBAND BRIAN OF MCALESTER, OK. ALAN TROLINGER AND WIFE CHRISSY OF MCALESTER, OK. BENJI HANCOCK AND WIFE DEANN OF SHERMAN, TX. 16 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: WILLIAM AND MYRTLE SAWYER. SON: GARY DALE SAWYER.

DATE OF SERVICES: FRIDAY, MAY 25, 2007 AT 10:00 A.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN'S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: CRYSTAL CEMETERY ~ CRYSTAL, OK. OFFICIATING: BRO. WENDELL INGRAM. CASKETBEARERS: BILLY MOORE, PAUL WAYNE MOORE, RONNIE MOORE, KEVIN MOUSER, JOHN HENDERSON, TRAVIS WILLEBY, CHESTER WILLEBY, MICHAEL HARKEY. FAMILY NIGHT: THURSDAY 6:00 - 8:00 P.M.