NAME: JOE L. WHITTINGTON, AGE 90, A LIFELONG ATOKA COUNTY AREA RESIDENT.

BORN: DECEMBER 29, 1915 AT WAVELAND, AR TO HENDERSON EDWARD AND MARY ELIZABETH (FINCH) WHITTINGTON.

PASSED AWAY: WEDNESDAY, JULY 12, 2006 AT THE WILSON N. JONES HOSPITAL IN SHERMAN, tx.

AGE: 90 YEARS 6 MONTHS AND 13 DAYs.

EDUCATION: JOE ATTENDED HIGH HILL elementary AND TUSHKA HIGH school. HE ATTENDED SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY IN DURANT WHERE HE RECEIVED HIS BACHELORS DEGREE IN SOCIAL SCIENCE.

MARRIED: PAULINE CROW ON SEPTEMBER 12, 1936 AT DURANT, OK.

OCCUPATION: JOE TAUGHT SCHOOL AND COACHED AT TUSHKA, CANEY, AND CADDO. HE LATER WORKED FOR 40 YEARS AS A RURAL MAIL CARRIER.

CHURCH AFFILIATION: JOE WAS A LONGTIME MEMBER OF THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH IN ATOKA.

JOE SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE U. S. AIR FORCE DURING WWII.

HE WAS A MASON OF ATOKA LODGE #4 AND A MEMBER OF THE MCALESTER CONSISTORY. HE WAS A SHRINER AND FORMER MEMBER OF THE ATOKA LIONS CLUB AS WELL. HE LOVED POLITICS AND PUBLIC SERVICE.

SURVIVED BY

SON: NEIL WHITTINGTON AND WIFE NATALIE OF ATOKA, OK.

GRANDCHILDREN: KAREN LANGREHR AND HUSBAND LLOYD OF OKLAHOMA CITY.

ELIZABETH WHITTINGTON OF OKLAHOMA CITY.

JULIE WHITTINGTON OF ATOKA, OK.

GREAT GRANDCHILDREN: SPC RYAN L. RUSSELL AND WIFE RONNI OF FT. RUCKER, AL.

LAUREN RUSSELL OF OKLAHOMA CITY.

PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

PARENTS: HENDERSON AND MARY WHITTINGTON.

WIFE: PAULINE WHITTINGTON on may 6, 2004.

BROTHERS: FLOYD AND KINION WHITTINGTON.

GREAT GRANDSON: KYLE JOSEPH RUSSELL.

DATE OF SERVICES: MONDAY, JULY 17, 2006 AT 2:00 PM.

PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN'S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK.

INTERMENT: GREEN MEADOWS CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK.

OFFICIATING: REV. JOHN HOWARD

CASKETBEARERS: LARRY MASON, JOHN CONSTANTIKES, JERRY STEVENS, LOWELL WIELDT, SNAKE NORMAN, ARVEL HALL.

HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: CLIFF DARST, VERNON BEE, JOHN SELBY, DOIS EARL MOFIELD. larry mullins, jim mullins, huey sewell, keith hill, chris wingo.

FAMILY NIGHT: SUNDAY EVENING AT 7 P.M.