NAME: JOAN DELORIS (GIVENS) KENNEDY, AGE 75, AN ATOKA AREA RESIDENT. BORN: DECEMBER 28, 1931 AT STRINGTOWN, OK TO FLETCHER BRIAN AND EDNA LYLE (KEEL) GIVENS, SR. PASSED AWAY: EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY 23, 2007 AT THE ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL AGE: 75 YEARS 4 MONTHS AND 25 DAYS. EDUCATION: JOAN ATTENDED SCHOOLS IN CALIFORNIA, ATOKA, MCALESTER AND GRADUATED FROM STRINGTOWN HIGH. OCCUPATION: SHE OWNED AND OPERATED A TAX PREPARATION AND CONSULTANT BUSINESS IN CALIFORNIA FOR MANY YEARS. CHURCH AFFILIATION: NON-DENOMINATIONAL FAITH. SURVIVED BY CHILDREN: KEVIN KENNEDY OF CALIFORNIA. BECKY KENNEDY OF CALIFORNIA. GRANDCHILDREN: AMBER KENNEDY OF CALIFORNIA. KATRINA, MICHAEL, KELLI, AND CASEY KENNEDY OF OREGON. SISTERS: JUNE AZELTON AND HUSBAND ARCH OF SALINAS, CA. LAVERNE ABLES AND HUSBAND BOBBY OF WALTERS, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY SON: MICHAEL KENNEDY. BROTHERS: BOBBY LEE, FLETCHER B., AND DICKIE GIVENS. PARENTS: FLETCHER AND EDNA GIVENS.

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