NAME: HARVEY LEE GARDNER, AGE 84, A RESIDENT OF MADILL, OK AND A FORMER STRINGTOWN RESIDENT. BORN: JULY 10,1923 AT ATOKA, OK TO ORVIE AND CLASSIE (SHIELD) GARDNER. PASSED AWAY: SATURDAY, JULY 21,2007 AT HIS HOME IN MADILL, OK. AGE: 84 YEARS AND 11 DAYS EDUCATION: HARVEY COMPLETED 11 YEARS OF SCHOOLING IN ATOKA COUNTY. MARRIED: EMMA J. RODGERS MENIFEE ON DECEMBER 6, 1963 AT STRINGTOWN, OK. OCCUPATION: HARVEY WAS A LONGTIME EMPLOYEE OF THE OKLAHOMA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION. HE RETIRED IN 1994 FROM THE CITY OF MADILL STREET DEPARTMENT WHERE HE WORKED AS A HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERATOR. CHURCH: HE WAS AN ORDAINED DEACON AT ST. MATTHEWS BAPTIST CHURCH IN STRINGTOWN, OK. HARVEY LOVED TO GO FISHING AND HUNTING. HE ALSO REPAIRED LAWN MOWERS. SURVIVED BY WIFE: EMMA GARDNER OF THE HOME IN MADILL, OK. SONS: HARVEY GARDNER JR AND WIFE SHARON OF KINGSTON, OK. WILLIE GARDNER OF TULSA, OK. STEVE GARDNER AND WIFE MICHELLE OF MADILL, OK. RONNIE GARDNER AND WIFE CASSIE OF OAKLAND, OK. DAUGHTERS: BETTY MENIFEE AND HUSBAND LONNIE OF MADILL, OK. DEBBIE FORTE OF OKLAHOMA CITY. PATRICIA MIRANDA AND HUSBAND ISRAEL OF ARDMORE, OK. 25 GRANDCHILDREN. 44 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. NUMEROUS GREAT-GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: ORVIE AND CLASSIE GARDNER. SON: CHARLES GARDNER IN 1985 DAUGHTER: PEGGY WALTON IN 1984

DATE OF SERVICES: SATURDAY, JULY 28, 2007, AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWNS FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ MADILL, OK DINNER: FOLLOWING SERVICES AT THE VFW BUILDING IN MADILL INTERMENT: STRINGTOWN CEMETERY. OFFICIATING: WILLARD HARRISON ASSISTING: REV. CHARLES KELLEY CASKETBEARERS: HARVEY GARDNER JR, STEVE GARDNER, RONNIE GARDNER, KELLY MENIFEE, DEWAYNE WALTON, AND DONALD BOWEN. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: WILLIE BOO MENIFEE. FLOWER GIRLS: LATISHA GARDNER, TIFFANY JORDAN, TAMARA HEREDIA, STEPHANIE HAMILTON AND CRYSTAL SCOTT. FAMILY NIGHT: FRIDAY, JULY 27, 2007 AT 7:00 PM