NAME: JERRY CLAUDE J. C. DALTON, AGE 65, LONGTIME COALGATE AREA RESIDENT.

BORN: MARCH 3, 1937 AT MT. PLEASANT, TX TO HOKE SMITH AND RETTA (DAVIS) DALTON. PASSED AWAY: MONDAY, AUGUST 5, 2002 AT BAYLOR UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL, DALLAS, TX. AGE: 65 YEARS 5 MONTHS AND 2 DAYS.

EDUCATION: ATTENDED ATOKA SCHOOLS UNTIL HE ENLISTED IN THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE IN 1954.

MARRIED: MICHAELE LYNETTE BELLETTINI, DAUGHTER OF THE LATE BOVIO AND WANDA BELLETTINI OF COALGATE IN 1966.

OCCUPATION: J. C. SPENT MANY YEARS IN THE COALGATE - ATOKA AREAS AS AN ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR . HE LATER WORKED AT AN INTERNATIONAL LEVEL AS A TROUBLE SHOOTING ELECTRICIAN AND SCR TECHNICIAN IN THE OIL AND PETROLEUM INDUSTRY. HIS SERVICE IN THE USAF AND HIS LATER CAREER IN THE OIL INDUSTRY ALLOWED HIM THE PRIVILEGE OF TRAVELING THE WORLD FOR MORE THAN 25 YEARS.

CHURCH AFFILIATION: HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE CHURCH OF CHRIST IN ATOKA.

SURVIVED BY

WIFE: LYNETTE BELLETTINI DALTON OF THE HOME IN COALGATE, OK.

SON: MICHAEL SCOTT DALTON & WIFE ALMA OF HOUMA, LA.

DAUGHTER: STEPHANIE DALTON KING & HUSBAND ROGER OF HOUMA, LA.

GRANDCHILDREN: JACQUELINE, TITO, KIMBERLY, MICHAEL & NEWBORN CALEB DALTON OF HOUMA, LA. SETH DALTON, KARA ELIZABETH, & JESSICA SHEA KING OF HOUMA, LA.

SISTER: DOROTHY DALTON WILEY OF OKLAHOMA CITY.

BROTHER: JOHN DALTON & WIFE JANIS OF PAGE, AZ.

PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

FATHER: HOKE SMITH DALTON (1907-1977). MOTHER: RETTA DAVIS DALTON (1905-1999). SISTER: RACHEL DALTON.

DATE OF MEMORIAL SERVICES: MONDAY, AUGUST 12, 2002 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: UNITED METHODIST CHURCH ~ COALGATE, OK. INTERMENT: NONE - CREMATION.

OFFICIATING: DON LEHMAN.