NAME: HELEN MAE (BURNES) DUNCAN, AGE 90, LONGTIME ATOKA, OKLAHOMA RESIDENT. BORN: JUNE 16, 1906 AT LEONARD, TEXAS TO JAMES BEN AND LARNARD MAE (TUCKER) BURNES. PASSED AWAY: FRIDAY, JANUARY 10, 1997 AT ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. AGE: 90 YEARS 6 MONTHS AND 24 DAYS EDUCATION: ATTENDED BENNINGTON AND CRYSTAL, OK SCHOOLS. MARRIED: SAM JACKSON. PRESTON DUNCAN IN COALGATE, OK. OCCUPATION: SHE WAS A SEAMSTRESS AND ALSO WORKED MANY YEARS FOR DOUGLAS AIRCRAFT IN TULSA, OK. CHURCH AFFILIATION: MEMBER OF WORLDWIDE CHURCH OF GOD IN ADA, OK. SURVIVED BY BROTHER: BUDDY BURNES AND WIFE SANDRA OF ATOKA, OK. SISTER: CLESSIE WINTERS AND HUSBAND HERSHEL OF FARRIS, OK. NEPHEW: JAMES BURNES OF ATOKA, OK. NIECES: SANDRA SWINDELL OF TULSA, OK. KAREN ULMAN AND HUSBAND RONALD OF CHOCTAW, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY FIRST HUSBAND: SAM JACKSON IN JULY, 1971. SECOND HUSBAND: PRESTON DUNCAN ON JUNE 30, 1988. PARENTS: JAMES (JULY 1974) AND LARNARD BURNES. BROTHERS: ROBERT AND JIM BURNES. SISTERS: MARGIE BLACKWELL, LORRAINE STEWART, GLADYS WALKER, AND CLEO HEARTMAN.

DATE OF SERVICES: MONDAY, JANUARY 13, 1997 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN'S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA. INTERMENT: BUTLER CEMETERY ~ LANE, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. DOUGLAS A. JOHANNSEN. CASKETBEARERS: BILL GAYLOR, GENE SCOTT, CHARLIE ROWLAND, ALFRED VAN SCHUYVER, NOEL POWELL, MICKEY SCOTT. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: KENNETH COCHRAN, JAMES COCHRAN.