NAME: JAMES EMMITT HOLCOMB LONGTIME ATOKA COUNTY RESIDENT.

BORN: FEBRUARY 21, 1927 AT TUSHKA, OK TO CLAUD EARL HOLCOMB AND MARY OLIVE (BROOKS) HOLCOMB. PASSED AWAY: MONDAY, JUNE 30, 1997 AT ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. AGE: 70 YEARS 4 MONTHS AND 9 DAYS. EDUCATION: GRADUATED FROM TUSHKA HIGH SCHOOL. MARRIED: WANDA BRAY ON DECEMBER 17, 1951 AT ATOKA, OK. OCCUPATION: RETIRED WITH 31 YEARS SERVICE WITH THE U. S. POSTAL SERVICE AND WAS A RANCHER, RAISING ANGUS CATTLE. CHURCH AFFILIATION: MEMBER OF THE LANE BAPTIST CHURCH AND LIFETIME MEMBER OF THE AMERICAN ANGUS ASSOCIATION. MILITARY SERVICE: SERVED IN THE U. S. ARMY IN BOTH WWII AND KOREAN WARS. SURVIVED BY WIFE: WANDA HOLCOMB OF THE HOME NEAR LANE, OK. SONS: JAMES HOLCOMB JR. OF ATOKA, OK. JOHN A. HOLCOMB AND WIFE SHARON OF ATOKA, OK. RUSSELL D. HOLCOMB OF COALGATE, OK. DAUGHTERS: TERRY COOK AND HUSBAND JAMES OF NASHVILLE, AR. TRISH MOBBS AND HUSBAND DEWAYNE OF ATOKA, OK. DELORIS HOLLAND AND HUSBAND JERRY OF ATOKA, OK. GRANDSONS: SHANE, ASHLEY, TADD ROBERT, AND KYLE. GRANDDAUGHTERS: BRANDY, LORI, JENNIFER, KATHY, AND HALI. SISTER: BETTY LOVELL OF ATOKA, OK. FATHER: CLAUD E. HOLCOMB OF TUSHKA, OK. 2 NEPHEWS, ONE NIECE. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY SON: PAUL FRANKLIN HOLCOMB. MOTHER: MARY OLIVE HOLCOMB.

DATE OF SERVICES: TUESDAY, JULY 1, 1997 AT 10 :00 A.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN'S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA. INTERMENT: GREEN MEADOWS CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. RAY INGRAM. CASKETBEARERS: PAT KENNEDY, DEWAYNE BRYAN, ERNIE GRIFFIN, BILL BRADFORD, HENRY BROWN, GILBERT BAKER, BILL MALONE, PETE HOWARD, JOE BOB WHITE.