NAME: JOANN (BREWER) MENELEY, AGE 65, A LONGTIME STRINGTOWN AREA RESIDENT.

BORN: AUGUST 20, 1935 AT WALTERS, OKLAHOMA TO JOHN RILEY AND ELLA LEE (MCDONALD) BREWER. PASSED AWAY: SUNDAY, MARCH 4, 2001 AT THE MCALESTER REGIONAL HOSPITAL. AGE: 65 YEARS 6 MONTHS AND 14 DAYS.

EDUCATION: SHE ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT WALTER, OK.

MARRIED: HOWARD LEE MENELEY ON NOVEMBER 10, 1951 AT DURANT, OK.

OCCUPATION: A HOUSEWIFE AND HOMEMAKER. SHE HAD WORKED A NUMBER OF YEARS AS MEDICAL AID IN A HEALDTON NURSING HOME. SHE RETIRED IN 1993.

CHURCH: MEMBER OF THE PENN AND A CHURCH OF CHRIST AND A FORMER MEMBER OF THE RATLIFF CITY CONGREGATION.

SURVIVED BY

HUSBAND: HOWARD MENELEY OF THE HOME AT STRINGTOWN, OK.

DAUGHTER: BRENDA DARLING AND HUSBAND KENNY OF RATLIFF CITY, OK.

GRANDDAUGHTER: KENNAH DARLING OF STRINGTOWN, OK.

GRANDSON: DUKE DARLING OF RATLIFF CITY, OK.

SISTER: GLENDA CURTIS AND HUSBAND MARVIN OF NILAND, CA.

BROTHERS: EUGENE BREWER AND WIFE FAUNA OF STOCKTON, CA. ARCHIE BREWER OF YUMA, AZ.

SISTERS-IN-LAW: CAROL BREWER OF KANSAS CITY, MO. BILLIE GARSIDE OF ATOKA, OK. CRICKIT BOWEN AND HUSBAND ERNEST OF RATLIFF CITY, OK.

PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

PARENTS: JOHN AND ELLA BREWER. SON: BRANDON MENELEY. BROTHERS: JOHN, DONALD, DOYLE, AND CALVIN BREWER.

DATE OF SERVICES: TUESDAY, MARCH 6, 2001 AT 2:00 PM. PLACE OF SERVICES: PENN AND A CHURCH OF CHRIST ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: STRINGTOWN CEMETERY ~ STRINGTOWN, OK.

OFFICIATING: MARION THURMAN AND DAVID HARENDT.

CASKETBEARERS: RICKY GARSIDE, KENNY DARLING, GARLAND MILLIGAN, JACKIE MANION, DONNIE ALLEN, DUKE DARLING.

HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: RONNY GARSIDE AND ERNEST BOWEN.