NAME: JAMES MELVIN "RED BUCK" HOWARD, AGE 72 OF BENTLEY AND A FORMER LONGTIME RESIDENT OF SAN ANTONIO BORN: DEC. 9, 1934 AT BENTLEY, OKLAHOMA TO JOHN E. AND MARTHA I. RODGERS HOWARD PASSED AWAY: SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2007 AT SOUTHEASTERN MEDICAL CENTER IN DURANT AGE 72 YEARS 9 MONTHS AND 20 DAYS EDUCATION: HE ATTENDED BENTLEY AND ATOKA SCHOOLS OCCUPATION: RED WAS IN THE COMMERCIAL BUILDING CONSRUCTION AND WAS A LONGTIME SUPERINTENDENT FOR DEL MAC CONSTRUCTION OF SAN ANTONIO CHURCH AFFILIATION: HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE BENTLEY BAPTIST CHURCH RED WAS A HORSEMAN AND WAS VERY ACTIVE AND FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE TRAIL RIDERS IN SAN ANTONIO. SURVIVED BY WIFE: GEORGIA HOWARD, SAN ANTONIO CHILDREN: ROBERT WAYNE HOWARD, SPENCER BRIDGE, CANADA JAMES RANDEL HOWARD, LAS VEGAS, NEVADA LAURA ELAINE HODGES, STRINGTOWN JAMES LEE HOWARD, VENITA, OK JAMES "BOO" HOWARD, SAN ANTONIO, TX STEP CHILDREN: TROY, KIM AND STACY ALL OF SAN ANTONIO AREA BROTHER: JOHN HOWARD AND WIFE BARBARA OF BENTLEY SISTER: KATIE THOMAS, BENTLEY 12 GRANDCHILDREN ALONG WITH NUMEROUS NIECES AND NEPHEWS AND MANY OTHER RELATIVES AND MANY DEAR AND LOVED FRIENDS. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: JOHN AND MARTHA HOWARD SONS: JOHN HOWARD THOMAS FRANKLIN HOWARD BROTHERS: ERNEST DALTON HOWARD ROBERT "MONK" HOWARD JOE "BUD" HOWARD ELDER LEE "PREACH" HOWARD AND TWIN BROTHERS WHO DIED AS BABIES, LLOYD AND FLOYD BROTHER-IN-LAW: RALPH THOMAS ************************************************************************************************************ DATE OF SERVICES: TUESDAY, OCT. 02, 2007 AT 2:00 PM PLACE OF SERVICES: BENTLEY BAPTIST CHURCH PLACE OF INTERMENT: BENTLEY CEMETERY, ATOKA OFFICIATING: REV. JOHN HOWARD ASSISTING REV. CLINT THURMAN CASKETBEARERS: LARRY RAINS, JAMES RAINS, DAN ABLES, DAVID WEBSTER, DON DEATON, PAYTON WEBSTER HON CASKETBEARERS: WAYNE HOOPER, JUNIOR RAINS, I.J. FRAZIER, DEWAYNE FRAZIER, KENNETH FRAZIER CONDOLENCES MAY BE SENT TO THE FAMILY BY EMAIL TO: BROWNS@ATOKA.NET. PLEASE REFERENCE THE NAME OF THE DECEASED IN YOUR CORRESPONDENCE. SERVICES UNDER THE DIRECTION OF BROWN'S FUNERAL SERVICE - ATOKA, OK FAMILY NIGHT MONDAY 6:00 P.M.
