NAME: HELEN PAULINE (SAM) SNELL WELSH, AGE 71, OF TULSA AND A LONGTIME FORMER BENTLEY AND ATOKA AREA RESIDENT.

BORN: JULY 3, 1931 AT BENTLEY, OKLAHOMA TO ABEL AND GLADYS (MCGINTY) SAM. PASSED AWAY: FRIDAY, MARCH 21, 2003 AT WICHITA, KS. AGE: 71 YEARS 8 MONTHS AND 18 DAYS. MARRIED: DOYLE SNELL ON JULY 5, 1950 AT TOLEDO, OR. JIM WELSH ON NOVEMBER 9, 1995. OCCUPATION: HOMEMAKER AND MOTHER. CHURCH AFFILIATION: LONGTIME MEMBER OF THE BENTLEY BAPTIST CHURCH AND WAS AN EASTERN STAR MEMBER AND MEMBER OF THE CHOCTAW TRIBE. SURVIVED BY HUSBAND: JIM WELSH OF TULSA, OK. SISTER: HAZEL CARROLL AND HUSBAND CHARLES OF BENTLEY, OK. DAUGHTERS: BILLIE EAVES AND HUSBAND RONNY OF BENTLEY, OK. JANET WYATT AND HUSBAND BERNIE OF OKEMAH, OK. KAREN EAVES OF TUSHKA, OK. GRANDCHILDREN: (DOES NOT WANT NAME PUBLISHED). KRISTA MYERS AND HUSBAND ERIC OF SEMINOLE, OK. CLINT EAVES AND BETH EAVES OF TUSHKA, OK. LISA RIDGEWAY AND HUSBAND JIMMY OF HARMONY, OK. NATHAN WYATT, GABE WYATT, AND RINNAH WYATT OF OKEMAH, OK. RYAN EAVES AND WIFE ERIN OF BENTLEY, OK. EMILY, CALEB, AND JOSHUA EAVES OF BENTLEY, OK. GREAT GRANCHILDREN: STACEY MYERS OF SEMINOLE,OK. ZACK KENNEDY OF HARMONY, OK. JACOB MYERS OF SEMINOLE, OK. JORDAN WYATT OF OKEMAH, OK. HANNAH RIDGEWAY OF HARMONY, OK. JACKSON EAVES OF TUSHKA, OK. NIECES: JOANN DUCKWORTH AND FAMILY OF ATOKA, OK. PAULA DEATON AND FAMILY OF ATOKA, OK. LINDA BOEHME AND FAMILY OF CADDO, OK. NEPHEW: CHUCK CARROLL AND FAMILY OF ATOKA, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HUSBAND: DOYLE SNELL ON DECEMBER 9,1988. PARENTS: ABEL AND GLADYS (MCGINTY) SAM.

DATE OF SERVICES: TUESDAY, MARCH 25, 2003 AT 2:00 PM. PLACE OF SERVICES: BENTLEY BAPTIST CHURCH ~ BENTLEY, OK. INTERMENT: BENTLEY CEMETERY ~ BENTLEY, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. JOHN HOWARD. ASSISTING: REV. REX WILLIAMS. CASKETBEARERS: (GRANDCHILDREN) RYAN EAVES, CLINT EAVES, NATHAN WYATT, EMILY EAVES, GABE WYATT, BETH EAVES. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: TOMMY LYTLE, KENNY HOGAN, BENNY HOGAN, CHRIS KELLOGG, PHIL MCDANIEL, CHUCK CARROLL, RAY GENE EAVES, DONALD COYLE, BILL SPADLEY, BRIAN WELSH, RICHARD ANDERSON, LEON ANDERSON, TROY GAMMON, MARVIN ANDERSON, ROGER DALE LEUTY, DALE WILSON, KENNETH MOSIER.