NAME: JAMES GLENN BETTS, AGE 68, LONGTIME COALGATE AREA RESIDENT.

BORN: SEPTEMBER 26, 1934 AT ATOKA, OK TO CLYDE WILLIAM AND THERESA (RAY) BETTS. PASSED AWAY: FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 4, 2003 AT HIS BROMIDE RESIDENCE. AGE: 68 YEARS 6 MONTHS AND 8 DAYS.

EDUCATION: HE ATTENDED SCHOOL AT ATOKA AND LATER ATTENDED PILOT SCHOOL.

MARRIED: JANET MARLENE PEDDY ON JANUARY 6, 1961 AT ROCKWALL, TX.

OCCUPATION: JAMES WAS A FARMER AND RANCHER AS WELL AS SUPERINTENDENT FOR AUSTIN BRIDGE COMPANY IN DALLAS, TX FOR 37 1/2 YEARS. CHURCH AFFILIATION: HE WAS OF THE BAPTIST FAITH.

JAMES WAS A U.S. ARMY VETERAN WHO SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN KOREA. HE ALSO HELD A PRIVATE PILOT'S LICENSE. HE RESTORED ANTIQUE CARS AND LOVED CAR SHOWS, AND WAS A MEMBER OF AN ANTIQUE CAR CLUB. JAMES WAS AN INVENTER, AS WELL, WINNING NUMEROUS AWARDS AND PATENTS. HE WAS A MASON AND MEMBER OF THE AMERICAN LEGION POST 309 AT WAPANUCKA, OK.

SURVIVED BY

WIFE: JANET BETTS OF THE HOME IN COALGATE, OK.

DAUGHTERS: TRACY VANN AND HUSBAND BILL OF COALGATE, OK. VICTORIA TREAS AND HUSBAND LARRY OF COALGATE, OK.

GRANDSONS: DYLAN TREAS OF COALGATE, OK. BRYSON VANN OF CLARITA, OK.

BROTHERS: WALTON W. BETTS OF CLARITA, OK. JERRIEL BETTS AND WIFE SUE OF ATOKA, OK.

SISTER: WILLIE ANN DRUXMAN OF AZLE, TX.

PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

PARENTS: CLYDE AND THERESA BETTS. BROTHER: RUSSELL BETTS. SISTERS: MELBA DENNEY, CLYDIA DAVENPORT, AND DOROTHY BETTS. GRANDSON: JERRY MOORE

DATE OF SERVICES: TUESDAY, APRIL 8, 2003 AT 2:00 PM PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN'S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK.

INTERMENT: ROSE HILL CEMETERY ~ WAPANUCKA, OK.

OFFICIATING: RICHARD BETTS.

CASKETBEARERS: DALE MYERS, MARK DEWBERRY, ROBIN SMITH, MIKE SEARS, BOB TREAS, JIM BUERGER.

HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: ARTHUR DEWBERRY, LESTER DEWBERRY, JESSE DEWBERRY, BILL PERRY, DAN VANSOEST, RAY BOLIN.