NAME: JAMES CHESTER ELMORE, AGE 84, LONGTIME ATOKA COUNTY RESIDENT. BORN: SEPTEMBER 22, 1912 IN HOWARD COUNTY, TEXAS TO JAMES FRANK AND ROSIE LEE (TERRELL) ELMORE. PASSED AWAY: SATURDAY, MARCH 29, 1997 AT VALLEY VIEW HOSPITAL IN ADA, OK. AGE: 84 YEARS 6 MONTHS AND 7 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED HOWARD ELEMENTARY AND PAINT CREEK SCHOOLS IN WEST TEXAS. MARRIED: RUBY DINSMORE ON NOVEMBER 27, 1934. OCCUPATION: HE WAS A RANCHER, RETIRED IN 1985. CHURCH AFFILIATION: HE WAS METHODIST BUT ATTENDED WARDS CHAPEL BAPTIST CHURCH AFTER MOVING TO OKLAHOMA. SURVIVED BY DAUGHTERS: JOE ANN LANE OF ARLINGTON, TX. LINDA TURBYFILL AND HUSBAND DEAN OF ATHENS, TX. GRANDCHILDREN: TONYA BATCHELOR AND HUSBAND SHAWN OF ARLINGTON, TX. ORION TURBYFILL AND WIFE DONNA OF PEARLAND, TX. LINCOLN LANE OF ARLINGTON, TX. STACIE WINDHAM AND HUSBAND DUSTY OF ATHENS, TX. GREAT GRANDCHILDREN: KRISTEN BATCHELOR, TRAVIS LITTRELL, KELSEY WINDHAM, BRANDON BATCHELOR, JOSHUA LANE, JACOB TURBYFILL, AND HANNAH WINDHAM. BROTHER: E. L. ELMORE OF RULE, TX. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY WIFE: RUBY ELMORE IN JULY, 1984. PARENTS: JAMES AND ROSIE ELMORE. BROTHERS: OTIS, DOYLE, AND J. W. ELMORE.

DATE OF SERVICES: MONDAY, MARCH 31, 1997 AT 10:00 A.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN'S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA. OFFICIATING: REV. JOHN HOWARD. ASSISTING: REV. TOM HARGRAVE. GRAVESIDE COMMITTAL SERVICES: TUESDAY, APRIL 1, 1997 AT 10:00 A. M. OFFICIATING: W. O. ELMORE. INTERMENT: WILLOW CEMETERY ~ HASKELL, TX. CASKETBEARERS: LOIE ABLES, DAVID BATTLES, BILLY HAWORTH, DAVID HALL, GERALD ROBERTSON, JAMES RAINS, LARRY RAINS.