NAME: JAMES CHARLES FERRERO , AGE 78, A LIFELONG COALGATE AREA RESIDENT. BORN: JULY 30, 1925 AT COALGATE TO JAMES SECUNDO AND GLADYS MARIE (RASMUSSEN) FERRERO. PASSED AWAY: SUNDAY, JANUARY 11, 2004 AT THE HURLEY HOSPITAL IN COALGATE, OK. AGE: 78 YEARS 5 MONTHS 11 DAYS EDUCATION: ATTENDED COALGATE SCHOOL, GRADUATED WITH CLASS OF 1944 AND AFTER HIS TIME IN THE SERVICE HE ATTENDED EASTERN OKLAHOMA STATE COLLEGE AT WILBURTON. MARRIED: NELDA NADINE MUSGRAVE ON SEPTEMBER 16, 1950 AT BENTONVILLE, AR. OCCUPATION: RETIRED FROM TEXACO INC. IN 1981 WITH 33 YEARS SERVICE. HE WAS AN ELECTRICIAN AND LINEMAN. CHURCH AFFILIATION: HE WAS A LONGTIME MEMBER OF THE COALGATE CHURCH OF CHRIST. JAMES SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE U.S. NAVY SEABEES DURING WORLD WAR II IN THE PACIFIC. HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE COALGATE VFW AND WAS AN ORIGINAL VOLUNTEER OF THE 45TH INFANTRY PARK, WORKING MANY YEARS HELPING MAINTAIN THE PARK. SURVIVED BY WIFE: NELDA FERRERO OF THE HOME IN COALGATE, OK. DAUGHTER: LYNNE WHITE AND HUSBAND CALVIN OF ADA, OK. SON: MARK J. FERRERO AND WIFE MELINDA OF HOUSTON, TX. GRANDCHILDREN: TYLER AND SARA WHITE. PADEN AND DAKOTA FERRERO. SISTER: SISTER SERAPHINE FERRERO GOULD OF ARKANSAS. BROTHER: GENE FERRERO AND WIFE PAT OF COALGATE, OK. NEPHEW: MICHAEL FERRERO AND WIFE MICHELLE OF HAMLIN, TX. NIECE: GINA FERRERO MCNUTT AND HUSBAND SCOTTY OF COALGATE, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: JAMES S. (DECEMBER, 1967) AND GLADYS MARIE FERRERO. TWIN BROTHERS: LAWRENCE AND ROBERT FERRERO.

DATE OF SERVICE: TUESDAY, JANUARY 13, 2004 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICE: COALGATE CHURCH OF CHRIST. INTERMENT: COALGATE CITY CEMETERY. OFFICIATING: LLOYD MCELHANEY. ASSISTING: HARLAN FAIRLESS. CASKETBEARERS: PHILLIP HELMS, TONY CORSINI, LARRY MCCOLLUM, ROBERT WEST, KEATH MCMILLAN, WAYNE BLUE. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: DEWEY HUGHES, GILBERT BLUE, CONNER PULLIAM, DON FLECK, GARY GUINN, MARVIN HAMPTON, RICHARD KEELER, RONNIE RAINEY, BRYAN FRANKS, BILL SMITH, GENE CANNON, SAM GOLDEN, RED TARRON. FAMILY REQUEST MEMORIALS BE MADE TO IN SEARCH OF THE LORDS WAY TV PROGRAM, OKLAHOMA MEDICAL RESEARCH CANCER DIVISION, OR THE COALGATE CEMTERY FUND IN LIEU OF FLOWERS.