NAME: HERSCHEL DOUGLAS BOLIN, AGE 60, A LONGTIME ATOKA AREA RESIDENT.

BORN: DECEMBER 20, 1940 AT MILBURN, OKLAHOMA TO JOHN IRVIN AND EVIE BEATRICE (RHEA) BOLIN. PASSED AWAY: FRIDAY, JUNE 1, 2001 AT ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. AGE: 60 YEARS 5 MONTHS AND 11 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED AND GRADUATED FROM WAPANUCKA HIGH SCHOOL IN 1958 AND ATTENDED MURRAY STATE COLLEGE IN TISHOMINGO, OK. MARRIED: LINDA SUE BLADES ON MAY 28, 1966 AT WAPANUCKA, OK. OCCUPATION: HERSCHEL WAS A BUILDING CONTRACTOR, A FARMER AND A RANCHER. CHURCH AFFILIATION: A LONGTIME MEMBER OF BLACKJACK BAPTIST CHURCH. HE TAUGHT SUNDAY SCHOOL, WAS A MEMBER OF THE BLACKJACK CHOIR AND SERVED AS ASSISTANT MUSIC DIRECTOR. HE ALSO SERVED ON THE BUILDING AND GROUNDS COMMITTEE AND AS TREASURER OF THE BUILDING FUND. HERSCHEL WAS IN THE U. S. ARMY NATIONAL GUARD. SURVIVED BY WIFE: SUE BOLIN OF THE HOME NEAR BLACKJACK, EAST OF ATOKA, OK. CHILDREN: TRESA WALKER AND HUSBAND STEPHEN OF ATOKA, OK. CLAY BOLIN AND WIFE SHEILA OF NORMAN, OK. CHOSEN SON: RANDY WERNER OF CANEY, OK. GRANDCHILDREN: BRANDON AND LINDSEY WALKER OF ATOKA, OK. KERRY AND KYLE BOLIN OF NORMAN, OK. MOTHER-IN-LAW: LORENE BLADES OF WAPANUCKA, OK. BROTHERS: RAY BOLIN AND WIFE NELLIE OF CLARITA, OK. LEROY PETE BOLIN AND WIFE MAXINE OF TUTTLE, OK. SISTERS: NEOMA MCGLOCKLIN OF MILBURN, OK. LAVON DANIEL AND HUSBAND BOB OF ATOKA, OK. UNCLE: G. T. BOLIN AND WIFE OLETA OF OKLAHOMA CITY. AUNT: VADA ARMSTRONG OF GARLAND, TX. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: JOHN IRVIN AND EVIE BEATRICE BOLIN. BROTHERS: THURMAN BOLIN AND JOHN BOLIN. GRANDDAUGHTER: KAITLYNNE BOLIN. FATHER-IN-LAW: N. D. BLADES.

FUNERAL SERVICES: SUNDAY, JUNE 3, 2001 AT 3:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN'S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: GREEN MEADOWS CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. LARRY SCHOONOVER. ASSISTING: REV. GENE SLUDER. CASKETBEARERS: (HIS SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASS MEMBERS) TRENTON ANGEL, MIKE HOOK, MARVIN ISHMAEL, ROGER LEUTY, HURSHELL LEUTY, WAYNE OWENS, RICKY HUNT, BUDDY ELDRIDGE. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: KEITH HILL, MIKE EVANS, BOB WYRICK, DALE SILVERS, PAUL SILVERS, RAYMOND TAYLOR, CLYDE HARRISON, BILL KIRBY, CECIL REEVES.