NAME: GLADYS MAE (MCGINTY) SAM, AGE 89, A LONGTIME ATOKA COUNTY RESIDENT.

BORN: OCTOBER 29, 1909 AT LANE, OKLAHOMA TO THURLOW OSCAR AND ZUDIA BELL (POND) MCGINTY. PASSED AWAY: SUNDAY, AUGUST 22, 1999 AT ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. AGE: 89 YEARS 7 MONTHS AND 23 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT BLACKJACK, ATOKA COUNTY, OK. MARRIED: ABEL SAM IN 1928 IN ATOKA COUNTY, OK. OCCUPATION: WORKED AT SAVANNAH ARMY AMMUNITION BASE AND WORKED MANY YEARS AS A COOK AT BLACKJACK AND BETHANY SCHOOLS. CHURCH AFFILIATION: SHE WAS OF THE METHODIST FAITH. SURVIVORS CHILDREN: PAULINE SNELL WELSH AND HUSBAND JIM OF BENTLEY, OK. HAZEL CARROLL AND HUSBAND CHARLES OF BENTLEY, OK. GRANDSON: CHUCK CARROLL AND WIFE RHONDA OF BLACKJACK, OK. GRANDDAUGHTERS: JOANN DUCKWORTH OF ATOKA, OK. PAULA DEATON AND HUSBAND DON OF ATOKA, OK. LINDA BOEHME AND HUSBAND GARY OF CALERA, OK. KAREN EAVES AND HUSBAND PHILLIP OF ATOKA, OK. JANET WYATT AND HUSBAND BERNIE OF OKEMAH, OK. BILLIE EAVES AND HUSBAND RONNY OF ATOKA, OK. 24 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, 11 GREAT GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. SISTER: SELMA ANDERSON OF BENTLEY, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HUSBAND: ABEL SAM ON AUGUST 28, 1936. PARENTS: THURLOW AND ZUDIA BELL MCGINTY. BROTHERS: VIRGIL MCGINTY, THOMAS MCGINTY, AND SAM SPEEDY MCGINTY. SISTERS: MYRTLE HOOPER, LENA JACKSON, AND DELIA SHILOTT. SON-IN-LAW: DOYLE SNELL.

DATE OF SERVICES: WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 25, 1999 AT 10:00 A.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: BENTLEY BAPTIST CHURCH ~ ATOKA COUNTY, OK. INTERMENT: BENTLEY CEMETERY ~ ATOKA COUNTY, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. JOHN HOWARD. ASSISTING: REV. CLINT THURMAN. CASKETBEARERS: DAVID DEATON, DARRIN DUCKWORTH, NATHAN WYATT, CLINT EAVES, RYAN EAVES, CLAY LAWSON, SAMMY CARROLL, CALEB EAVES. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: CHUCK CARROLL, RUSSELL DEATON, BRIAN EAVES, KEITH DEATON, MARTY DEATON, GABE WYATT, HANK LAWSON, JOSH EAVES, JAY CARROLL.