NAME: GRADY IRENE (EVANS) JEMISON, AGE 86, LIFELONG WAPANUCKA AREA RESIDENT.

BORN: JANUARY 18, 1913 AT WAPANUCKA TO THOMAS NEWTON AND JESSIE ELIZABETH (MONTGOMERY) EVANS. PASSED AWAY: SATURDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1999 AT THE MEDICAL CENTER OF SE OKLAHOMA IN DURANT. AGE: 86 YEARS 8 MONTHS AND 14 DAYS EDUCATION: GRADUATED FROM WAPANUCKA HIGH SCHOOL IN 1928 AND SOUTHEASTERN STATE COLLEGE IN DURANT, OK. MARRIED: JAMES MARSHALL JEMISON ON AUGUST 8, 1936 AT WAPANUCKA, OK. OCCUPATION: TAUGHT SCHOOL SEVERAL YEARS, WAS ALSO A RANCHER AND HOMEMAKER. CHURCH AFFILIATION: WAPANUCKA BAPTIST CHURCH. SHE WAS A MEMBER OF THE WAPANUCKA CHAPTER OF THE ORDER OF EASTERN STAR AND WAS A CHARTER MEMBER OF THE JOHNSTON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY. SURVIVED BY CHILDREN: THOMAS M. JEMISON AND WIFE LINDA JOY OF WAPANUCKA, OK. LINDA ROBERTSON AND HUSBAND C. D. JR. OF WAPANUCKA, OK. GRANDCHILDREN: JAMES EVERT JEMISON OF OKLAHOMA CITY. THOMAS WALKUP OF WEATHERFORD, TX. LINDA KAY ROTHBLATT AND HUSBAND MICHAEL OF EL PASO, TX. KAREN HESTER AND HUSBAND MICHAEL OF DALLAS, TX. GREAT GRANDCHILDREN: SHANE, JESSA, SHANNON, JOSHUA, DARBY, PATRICK, BRITTANY, IAN, SHYLA, MAISE, AND MICHAEL. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HUSBAND: JAMES MARSHALL JEMISON ON NOVEMBER 9, 1966. PARENTS: THOMAS NEWTON AND JESSIE ELIZABETH EVANS. AN INFANT BROTHER. GRANDSON: JAMES RAY WALKUP. DATE OF SERVICES: TUESDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1999 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: WAPANUCKA BAPTIST CHURCH. INTERMENT: ROSEHILL CEMETERY ~ WAPANUCKA, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. LARRY SCHOONOVER. CASKETBEARERS: JAMES JEMISON, THOMAS PATRICK WALKUP, JOSHUA SUSSMAN, HERSCHEL BOLIN, J.W. REED, JIM MILLER. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: THOMAS G. TAYLOR, E. D. FAULK, DENMIN SCHONYERS.