NAME: HOMER HOWARD BLAKER, AGE 86, A LONGTIME ATOKA COUNTY AREA RESIDENT.

BORN: MAY 19, 1920 AT ANTLERS, OK TO TOM E. AND NANNIE CATHERINE (SURRETT) BLAKER.

PASSED AWAY: SUNDAY, AUGUST 27, 2006 AT THE ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.

AGE: 86 YEARS 3 MONTHS AND 8 DAYS.

EDUCATION: HOMER ATTENDED DULBURG AND PRAIRIE VIEW, OK SCHOOLS.

MARRIED: TOMMIE J. WISDOM ON AUGUST 4, 1941 AT WICKENBuRG, AZ.

OCCUPATION: HOMER WORKED FOR BORDEN DAIRY IN PHOENIX, AZ FOR TEN YEARS BEFORE RETURNING TO ATOKA, OKLAHOMA IN 1951 WHERE HE PURCHASED ABLE GROCERY, retiring IN 1994.

CHURCH AFFILIATION: HOMER WAS A LONGTIME MEMBER OF THE SOUTH ATOKA CHURCH OF CHRIST. HE SERVED IN THE ATOKA CITY COUNCIL FOR 8 YEARS AND WAS A MEMBER OF THE ATOKA COunty JAYCEES.

survived by

WIFE: TOMMIE blaker OF THE HOME at atoka, ok.

CHILDREN: ROYCE BLAKER AND WIFE SUE OF ATOKA, OK.

RODGER BLAKER OF DALLAS, TX.

RICKEY BLAKER and WIFE SHERRI OF CARROLLTON, TX.

ROBBIE KILPATRICK and HUSBAND ALAN OF CARROLLTON, TX.

GRANDCHILDREN: RENNA WEAVER AND HUSBAND CHRIS OF FRISCO, tx.

REBEKAH MCCONNELL and HUSBAND MICHAEL OF HORN LAKE, MS.

JENNIFER GRIFFIN AND HUSBAND TRENTON OF TUSHKA, ok.

KATHERINE KILPATRICK OF CARROLLTON, TX.

kameron kilpatrick of carrollton, tx.

GREAT GRANDCHILDREN: BLAKE, KENDALL, HAYDEN, HAYLEE, AND GABE.

SISTER: RUTH MANN AND HUSBAND HARVEY OF MOORE, OK.

preceded in death by

PARENTS: TOM AND NANNIE BLAKER.

BROTHERS: ZANnie, T. E. ED AND JACK BLAKER.

SISTERS: ALICE MCCARY AND GEORGIA LEE.

DATE OF SERVICES: WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 30, 2006 AT 2:00 P.m.

PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN'S funeral CHAPEL ~ atoka, ok.

OFFICIATING: HAL ISHMAEL.

INTERMENT: GREEN MEADOWS CEMETERY ~ atoka, ok.

CASKETBEARERS: Dward justus, david durbin, bill miller, gene vietta, buddy durbin, Dr. Don Rippee.

HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: Don fugate, curtis knight, leon mcneil, ray littleton, wendell mixon, jimmy beach, noel powell.

family night: tuesday at 6:00 p.m.