NAME: JOE RAY RECTOR, AGE 46, A LONGTIME ATOKA COUNTY AREA RESIDENT. BORN: NOVEMBER 28, 1960 AT OKLAHOMA CITY TO BOBBY LANE AND WILLIE KATHRYNE (WINTERS) RECTOR. PASSED AWAY: MONDAY, APRIL 23, 2007 AT LEXINGTON, OK. AGE: 46 YEARS 4 MONTHS AND 25 DAYS. EDUCATION: JOE ATTENDED LANE SCHOOL AND WAS AN ATOKA HIGH GRADUATE, CLASS OF 78. HE ATTENDED OKMULGEE TECH WHERE HE STUDIED AIR CONDITIONING AND REFRIGERATION REPAIR. OCCUPATION: JOE WAS A CORRECTIONAL OFFICER FOR OK DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS AT THE MACK ALFORD AND MCLEOD CENTERS. HE ALSO WORKED SEVERAL YEARS AS A LINEMAN FOR CABLEVISION. CHURCH AFFILIATION: JOE WAS OF THE PROTESTANT FAITH. SURVIVED BY MOTHER: KATHRYNE RECTOR OF THE HOME AT LANE, OK. NEPHEWS: ROBERT RECTOR AND WIFE JESSICA OF LANE, OK. DENNIS RECTOR AND WIFE HALLEY OF LANE, OK. GREAT NIECE: RILEY SAGE RECTOR OF LANE, OK. UNCLES: BILL RECTOR AND WIFE LORENA OF FARRIS, OK. CAREY RECTOR AND WIFE EVA OF FARRIS, OK. GABE WINTERS AND WIFE DOROTHY OF FARRIS, OK. CHUCK PHILLEY OF LANE, OK. AUNTS: ALBERTA WINTERS OF BOONEVILLE, AR. DORA NOWLIN AND HUSBAND FORREST OF FARRIS, OK. BESSIE BELL AND HUSBAND W.K. OF FARRIS, OK. LINDA COLLINS AND HUSBAND JIM OF BOGGY DEPOT, OK. GERALDENE MILLER AND HUSBAND KENNY OF LINDSEY, OK. JO ANN WINTERS OF FARRIS, OK. OPAL RECTOR OF LANE, OK. MARGIE RECTOR OF LANE, OK. VERA RECTOR OF LANE, OK. LOIS RECTOR OF ATOKA, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY FATHER: BOBBY LANE RECTOR ON FEBRUARY 10, 2007. BROTHERS: ALAN RECTOR ON SEPTEMBER 2, 2005. DENNIS DALE RECTOR. AUNTS: SHIRLEY PHILLEY, VONDELL WINTERS, AND KATY WINTERS. UNCLES: ERNEST, JACK, DANNY, AND MART H. RECTOR

DATE OF SERVICES: THURSDAY, APRIL 26, 2007 AT 10:00 A.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN'S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: BUTLER CEMETERY ~ LANE, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. RALPH CROW. CASKETBEARERS: LINDELL WINTERS, FRED MCCARTY, STEVE RECTOR, BOB RECTOR, RICK RECTOR, JEFF RECTOR. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: MARTY RECTOR, MIKE RECTOR, JOE LEE HOBSON, LUCKY RECTOR. FAMILY NIGHT: WEDNESDAY 6:00 TO 8:00 P.M.