NAME: JEWEL ELIZABETH (WILLIAMS) CHAPMAN, AGE 91, LIFELONG ATOKA COUNTY RESIDENT.

BORN: JANUARY 1, 1910 AT WARDS CHAPEL IN ATOKA COUNTY TO T. R. AND WARNITA FLORENCE (BETTS) WILLIAMS. PASSED AWAY: SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2001 AT THE ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. AGE: 91 YEARS 8 MONTHS AND 22 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED GRADE SCHOOL AT WARDS CHAPEL, HIGH SCHOOL AT ATOKA AND THE OKLAHOMA PRESBYTERIAN COLLEGE AND SOUTHEASTERN STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE, BOTH IN DURANT. MARRIED: CLARENCE CHAPMAN ON OCTOBER 3, 1934 AT ATOKA, OK. OCCUPATION: JEWEL WAS A HOUSEWIFE AND HOMEMAKER. SHE TAUGHT SCHOOL SEVEN YEARS AT NEW HOPE AND WARDS CHAPEL. SHE AND CLARENCE WERE FARMERS AND RANCHERS AND SHE WROTE THE WARDS CHAPEL NEWS SEVERAL YEARS FOR THE ATOKA COUNTY TIMES. CHURCH: LONGTIME MEMBER OF THE WARDS CHAPEL BAPTIST CHURCH AND TAUGHT SUNDAY SCHOOL THERE OVER 40 YEARS. SURVIVED BY SON: CORRIN GAYLORD CHAPMAN OF HAYWARD, CA. SISTER: WINNIE LAIN OF TUSHKA, OK. GRANDCHILDREN: ALECIA AND MIKE PRATT OF TACOMA, WA. SCOTT AND PENNY CHAPMAN BOLANDERS OF WASHINGTON STATE. HEATHER AND JOHN ALEXANDER OF FONTANA, CA. DONNIE AND CHRIS BEARD OF SPRINGDALE, AR. 11 GRANDCHILDREN. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: T. R. AND WARNITA WILLIAMS. HUSBAND: CLARENCE CHAPMAN ON MAY 6, 1975. SON: CLENDON CHAPMAN. BROTHERS: JESSE, CECIL, AND FOREST WILLIAMS. SISTERS: BEULAH PHILLIPS, EFFIE CALVERT, AND NITA LOVELACE.

DATE OF SERVICES: WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 26, 2001 10:00 AM. PLACE OF SERVICES: WARDS CHAPEL BAPTIST CHURCH ~ WEST ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: WARDS CHAPEL CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. TOM HARGRAVE CASKETBEARERS: RONNIE COCHRAN, PAT LOFTIS, GENE TOMLINSON, RICHARD BETTS, TINKER RAY, DAVID RAY. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: LON FINK, BERNARD ALBERDA, TOT CALVERT, KENNETH WILLIAMS, DON LOFTIS.