NAME: GRANT L. DICK HEARD, AGE 80, LONGTIME STRINGTOWN AREA, ATOKA COUNTY RESIDENT.

BORN: APRIL 27, 1918 AT KIOWA, OKLA TO ASA AND GERTRUDE (HERFORD) HEARD. PASSED AWAY: THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 1998 AT HIS RESIDENCE IN STRINGTOWN, OK. AGE: 80 YEARS 1 MONTH AND 21 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED GRADE SCHOOL AT KIOWA AND GRADUATED FROM STRINGTOWN HIGH SCHOOL WITH THE CLASS OF 1936. HE ALSO ATTENDED MURRAY STATE COLLEGE IN TISHOMINGO, OK. MARRIED: KATHRYN E. GABBART ON OCTOBER 17, 1941 AT MIDWAY NEAR STRINGTOWN, OK. OCCUPATION: WORKED MANY YEARS AT THE STRINGTOWN ROCK CRUSHER, LATER WORKED FOR MOTOR SALES IN ATOKA AND RETIRED IN 1982 WITH 28 YEARS OF SERVICE WITH WYRICK LUMBER IN ATOKA. CHURCH AFFILIATION: MEMBER OF THE STRINGTOWN BAPTIST CHURCH SINCE 1943. HE WAS ORDAINED AS A DEACON IN 1945. HE WAS SUNDAY SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT, TRAINING UNION DIRECTOR, SONG LEADER, AND SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHER. HE ALSO TAUGHT BIBLE CLASSES FOR MANY YEARS AT MACK ALFORD CORRECTIONAL CENTER. SURVIVED BY WIFE: KAY HEARD OF THE HOME IN STRINGTOWN, OK. CHILDREN: JIMMIE HEARD AND WIFE ELAIN OF MILBURN, OK. PATRICIA KIRK AND HUSBAND JIM, BETHANY, OK. STEVE HEARD AND WIFE SHELLY OF STRINGTOWN, OK. GRANDCHILDREN: RICKY HEARD. CHERRI AND JASON ADAIR. MICHAEL AND TIMOTHY KIRK. KARA, MCKAYLA, AND LARISA HEARD. GREAT GRANDCHILDREN: KELSEY KIRK, KEEGAN HEARD, AND CADENCE HEARD. BROTHER: T. J. PETE HEARD AND WIFE EMMA LOU OF CHECOTAH, OK. SISTERS: DORIS WYRICK AND HUSBAND BROWN OF ATOKA, OK. NANCY MYERS AND HUSBAND LYNN OF OKLAHOMA CITY. AUNTS: PEARL O'DELL AND MAE TAYLOR BOTH OF WYOMING. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: ASA AND GERTRUDE HEARD. SONS: TEDDY JOE AND JOHNNY ASA HEARD. GREAT GRANDSON: KEVIN NEAL HEARD.

DATE OF SERVICES: SATURDAY, JUNE 20,1998 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: STRINGTOWN BAPTIST CHURCH ~ STRINGTOWN, OK. INTERMENT: STRINGTOWN CEMETERY ~ STRINGTOWN, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. VON WEAVER. ASSISTING: REV. LOYD THOMPSON AND REV. RICHARD MAGBY. CASKETBEARERS: DEACONS OF THE CHURCH; JACK LANSDALE, J. C. GADBERRY, ROY GADBERRY, CHARLES MASON, CODY MILLER, BILL GIVENS. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: (SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASS MEMBERS) FLOYD PRUITT, JACK GRIBBLE, RICHARD JOHNSTON, LAWRENCE BOWEN, EVERETT MANION, JOE TISDALE, HAROLD HENDERSON.