NAME: JOE PAUL EVANS, AGE 40, OF CHARLESTOWN, INDIANA AND A FORMER RESIDENT OF ATOKA, OK.

BORN: SEPTEMBER 9, 1961 AT ATOKA TO EDWARD JAMES AND ALPHA OLETA (MCKINNEY) EVANS. PASSED AWAY: FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2001 IN CHARLESTOWN, IN. AGE: 40 YEARS AND 5 DAYS EDUCATION: ATTENDED ATOKA ELEMENTARY AND GRADUATED FROM STRINGTOWN HIGH WITH THE CLASS OF 1979. HE ATTENDED TRUCK DRIVING SCHOOL AT LAWTON, OK. OCCUPATION: HE WORKED MANY YEARS AS A RANCH HAND AND WAS A TRUCK DRIVER FOR FEED THE CHILDREN OUT OF OKLAHOMA CITY. CHURCH AFFILIATION: BAPTIST . JOE LOVED TO HUNT AND FISH, AND THE OUTDOORS. SURVIVED BY WIFE: SHERRY ANN OF THE HOME IN CHARLESTOWN, IN. SON: JOSHUA EVANS. STEPSONS: JASON AND JOEY ELMORE OF CHARLESTOWN, IN. GRANDSON: JADEN ELMORE. PARENTS: ED AND OLETA EVANS OF ATOKA, OK. BROTHERS: DUANE EVANS AND WIFE LINDA OF ATOKA, OK. BUTCH EVANS OF REDDEN, OK. SISTERS: LOUISE MOORE AND HUSBAND JOHN OF CHICKASHA, OK. KAREN DAVIS AND HUSBAND KEVIN OF ATOKA, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY GRANDPARENTS: WILLARD AND ALBERTA (CHITWOOD) EVANS. ALVA AND GLADYS (GOODWIN) MCKINNEY.

DATE OF SERVICES: MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2001 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN'S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: FARRIS CEMETERY ~ FARRIS, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. BART BRADFORD. CASKETBEARERS: RICHARD EVANS, MICHAEL ROBERTS, DUSTIN EVANS, J. D. MOORE, NATHAN MAY, CHARLIE EVANS, CLENDON SELF, EVAN LAYTON. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: FLOYD MCCARTY JR., JOHN MOORE, KEVIN DAVIS, DEON KEIFER.