NAME: JAMES DONALD THOMPSON, AGE 74, A LONGTIME ATOKA AREA RESIDENT.

BORN: JANUARY 28, 1928 AT DAISY, OKLAHOMA TO JOSEPH ALEXANDER AND FENETTIE (HUBBLE) THOMPSON. PASSED AWAY: THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2002 AT ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. AGE: 74 YEARS 0 MONTHS AND 16 DAYS.

EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT GOSS AND DAISY.

MARRIED: BILLIE FRANCES PARMLEY ON FEBRUARY 6, 1959 AT BOSWELL, OK.

OCCUPATION: JAMES WORKED A NUMBER OF YEARS AS A HIGHLINER FOR R. S. GOODMAN POLE LINE CONSTRUCTION AND WORKED ON THE CARR RANCH FOR OVER 20 YEARS, RETIRING IN 1990.

CHURCH AFFILIATION: THE CHURCH OF GOD.

SURVIVED BY

SONS: ANTHONY THOMPSON AND WIFE SANDY OF ATOKA, OK. MAURICE THOMPSON AND WIFE SCARLETT OF ATOKA, OK. ALAN DURANT AND WIFE SUE OF ATOKA, OK. ZANE THOMPSON AND WIFE JOSETTE OF JACKSONVILLE, TX.

DAUGHTERS: DONNA ALLEN OF ATOKA, OK. DEBORAH KENYON AND HUSBAND DONNIE OF ATOKA, OK. RHONDA LOUDERMILK AND HUSBAND MIKE OF COALGATE, OK. TRACY FORD AND HUSBAND MARTY OF STIGLER, OK.

BROTHERS: FLOYD WAYNE THOMPSON AND WIFE LOUISE OF ANCHORAGE, AK. FREEMAN THOMPSON AND WIFE REGINA OF ATOKA, OK. RAYMOND HAROLD THOMPSON OF ATOKA, OK.

SISTERS: ZELPHA BRIGGS OF HAYWARD, CA. NORA PARSON AND HUSBAND ROYCE OF AURORA, CO. IRENE LOGUE OF ATOKA, OK. JOYCE DOANE AND HUSBAND BILL OF ATOKA, OK.

28 GRANDCHILDREN, 8 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.

PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

PARENTS: JOE AND FENETTIE THOMPSON. SONS: PETE DURANT AND STACY THOMPSON. BROTHERS: ROBERT THOMPSON AND INFANT OWEN THOMPSON. BROTHERS-IN-LAW: ROBERT BRIGGS AND JIM LOGUE.

DATE OF SERVICES: MONDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2002 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN'S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK.

INTERMENT: DARWIN CEMETERY ~ EAST FARRIS, OK.

OFFICIATING: REV. DEE JUSTUS. ASSISTING: REV. LOYD THOMPSON.

CASKETBEARERS: MILFORD POWELL, HARRY FARRIS, JACK BACON, ADRIAN JONES, JOHN COOK, FRANKIE HUNT.

HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: BUD CARR, LARRY PARKER, ERNEST MAYO, T. D. HUTSON, JIM CARR, RICHARD CARR.