NAME: JAMES CURTIS J. C. LAMBERT, AGE 84, A LONGTIME STRINGTOWN AREA RESIDENT.

BORN: APRIL 14, 1916 AT HAILEYVILLE, OKLAHOMA TO CURTIS AND RUTH (REED) LAMBERT. PASSED AWAY: TUESDAY, APRIL 10, 2001 AT ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. AGE: 84 YEARS 11 MONTHS AND 26 DAYS.

EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT HAILEYVILLE, OK.

MARRIED: THELMA LORENE TAYLOR ON AUGUST 9, 1941 AT ATOKA, OK.

OCCUPATION: RANCHER.

CHURCH AFFILIATION: HE WAS OF THE BAPTIST FAITH AND FOLLOWED CHRIST IN BAPTISM ON JUNE 14, 1959 AT FAIRVIEW BAPTIST CHURCH IN GRAND PRAIRIE, TX..

J. C. WAS A MASTER MASON WITH THE OKLAHOMA LODGE #4 IN ATOKA AND A 32ND DEGREE SCOTTISH RITE MASON IN MCALESTER. AS A YOUNG BOY AND A TEENAGER HE WAS AN EAGLE SCOUT AND LATER WHEN HIS SONS WHERE IN SCOUTS HE BECAME AN ADVISOR FOR THE EXPLORERS IN GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS

SURVIVED BY

WIFE: THELMA LAMBERT OF THE HOME IN STRINGTOWN, OK.

SONS: CURTIS LAMBERT & WIFE JUDY OF STRINGTOWN, OK. JERRY LAMBERT OF IRVING, TX.

DAUGHTER: TONI SUSETTE COOK OF THE COLONY, TX.

GRANDCHILDREN: ROBERT LAMBERT OF STRINGTOWN, OK. JASON LAMBERT OF LEWISVILLE, TX. BRANDI LAMBERT OF GRAND PRAIRIE, TX. RONI LAMBERT OF IRVING, TX. JARRETT, PHILLIP, AND ELIZABETH COOK OF THE COLONY, TX. DAPHNE BAILEY OF ANTLERS, OK.

GREAT GRANDCHILDREN: MIRANDA AND MIKAYLA LAMBERT OF LEWISVILLE, TX. DANA BAYLES AND LANAA WALLACE OF ANTLERS, OK. JUSTIN KENNEDY AND BRETTNEY DOYLE OF STRINGTOWN, OK. JACKSON HALES OF FRANKLIN, TN.

NIECES WHO CALLED HIM POP: LINDA BLACKBURN OF ARLINGTON, TX. KATHY MCMAHON OF FAIR OAKS, CA. PEGGY MAURER OF MCALESTER, OK.

POP'S SPECIAL PEOPLE: SANDRA LITTLEBIRD OF WEATHERFORD, OK. DEBI EDWARDS OF HEALDTON, OK.

FORMER DAUGHTERS-IN-LAW: CHICQUETAH LAMBERT OF GRAND PRAIRIE, TX. SUZY TURNER OF ATOKA, OK.

PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

PARENTS: CURTIS LAMBERT AND RUTH BRIDGES.

DATE OF SERVICES: THURSDAY, APRIL 12, 2001 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN'S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK.

INTERMENT: WESLEY CEMETERY ~ STRINGTOWN, OK.

OFFICIATING: REV. JAMES CROWSON.

CASKETBEARERS: (MASONIC LODGE MEMBERS) JAMES KINCADE, DOYLE EAGAN, HARVEY CAPPS, GENE MALMSKOG, KENNETH BECK JR., HERBERT THOMAS, JARVIS WILLIAMS.

HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: BILL ED GLASSCOCK, FRED SMITH, CLARK MCENTIRE, DEON KIFFER, NATHAN SELF, RON GILLENTINE, JUNIOR SELF, ED EVANS, ROBBIE KILPATRICK.