NAME: JESSE MERRIOTT CAREY, AGE 73, LIFELONG ATOKA AREA RESIDENT.

BORN: JUNE 24, 1929 IN ATOKA COUNTY, OKLAHOMA TO JAMES ANDREW AND LILLIE BELLE (FREEMAN) CAREY.

PASSED AWAY: THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE 6, 2003 AT HIS RESIDENCE NEAR ATOKA, OK AGE: 73 YEARS 11 MONTHS AND 12 DAYS

EDUCATION: JESSE ATTENDED WEST ALISON, BETHANY, AND EAST HIGH HILL.

MARRIED: FRANKIE INEZ WILLIAMS OF AUGUST 25, 1948 AT SHERMAN, TX. BETTY JEAN (NATION) MCCRACKEN ON AUGUST 30, 1977 AT ATOKA, OK.

OCCUPATION: JESSE WORKED AT STAR HARDWARE FOR 30 YEARS AND RETIRED IN 1996.

CHURCH AFFILIATION: A LONGTIME MEMBER AND ORDAINED ELDER OF THE CHURCH OF THE FIRST BORN AND MINISTERED MANY YEARS.

SURVIVED BY

WIFE: BETTY CAREY OF THE HOME IN ATOKA, OK.

SONS: LESLIE TERRY CAREY OF ATOKA, OK. RANDY DALE CAREY AND WIFE WENDY OF BAKER, LA.

GRANDCHILDREN: DUSTIN JESSE CAREY, FREDDIE RUSS CAREY, AND AMANDA INEZ CAREY.

GREAT GRANDSON: KYLER RUSS CAREY.

STEP-CHILDREN: DARLENE MOSS AND HUSBAND DANNY OF VICI, OK. EDDIE MCCRACKEN AND WIFE DENISE OF OLATHE, CO. GLEN MCCRACKEN AND WIFE DIANE OF OLATHE, CO. CARL MCCRACKEN AND WIFE SUE OF GOODLAND, KS. CINDY MULLINS AND HUSBAND JIMMY OF ATOKA, OK.

13 STEP GRANDSONS AND 2 STEP GRANDDAUGHTERS.

BROTHERS & SISTERS: JAMES CAREY AND WIFE THELMA OF ATOKA, OK. JOHNNIE CAREY AND WIFE JOANN OF OKLAHOMA CITY. THOMAS A. BREWER AND WIFE FAY OF FORT SMITH, AR. LELA BELL PEMBERTON OF OKLAHOMA CITY. DOLLIE JANE JACKSON OF OKLAHOMA CITY. MARY EC SLATON OF MCALESTER, OK. JOY ELIZABETH RICHARDSON AND HUSBAND CHARLES OF PASADENA, TX. MARBELLE CAREY OF PASADENA, TX.

PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

WIFE: FRANKIE INEZ CAREY ON MARCH 20, 1959. CHILDREN: LARRY DON, JANET ELAINE, EDGAR DENNIS, AND TIMOTHY STEVEN CAREY. SISTER: LORENA BREWER MORRIS. STEP GRANDSON: CHAD DON MOSS. PARENTS: JAMES ANDREW AND LILLIE BELL CAREY.

DATE OF SERVICES: SUNDAY, JUNE 8, 2003 AT 10:00 PM PLACE OF SERVICES: CHURCH OF THE FIRST BORN ~ ATOKA, OK

INTERMENT: BETHANY CEMETERY ~ ATOKA CO., OK.

OFFICIATING: BRO. QUILLA SANDERS. ASSISTING: BRO. DON PENRY.

ESCORTS: DUSTIN JESSE CAREY, FREDDIE RUSS CAREY, AMANDA INEZ CAREY.

CASKETBEARERS: JOHN PAUL MULLINS, TRAVIS LEE MULLINS, CODY JOHN MOSS, CARSON LEE MOSS, CHARLIE RAY MOSS, RAYMOND GLEN MCCRACKEN, VANCE LEE MCCRACKEN.

HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: JOHN HENDERSON, JAMES POWELL, JIM PRUITT, DOYLE FINCHER.