NAME: JOHN WILLIAM BILL HORATH, AGE 96, A LIFELONG ATOKA AREA RESIDENT.

BORN: MAY 5, 1903 IN ATOKA COUNTY, INDIAN TERRITORY TO JOHN WILLIAM AND ANNIE IRONA (BUTLER) HORATH. PASSED AWAY: WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 4, 1999 AT COLONIAL LIVING CENTER IN ATOKA. AGE: 96 YEARS 2 MONTHS AND 29 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOL AT VOCA IN ATOKA COUNTY, OK. MARRIED: OPAL SPEAKS ON DECEMBER 30, 1942 IN ATOKA, OK. OCCUPATION: FARMER & RANCHER AND WORKED IN NUMEROUS AREA RESTAURANTS AND DID LAWN CARE. CHURCH AFFILIATION: MEMBER OF MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH. SURVIVED BY WIFE: OPAL HORATH OF THEIR HOME IN ATOKA, OK. CHILDREN: WANDA PERKINS AND HUSBAND MELVIN OF FARRIS, OK. JACK HORATH AND WIFE GAIL OF SAPULPA, OK. DONNIE RAY BO HORATH AND WIFE JEAN OF ATOKA, OK. JERRY HORATH AND WIFE JENNY OF ATOKA, OK. MARGARET FAULKNER AND HUSBAND TERRY OF DENTON, TX. RONNIE HORATH AND WIFE TAYLOR OF BIXBY, OK. 16 GRANDCHILDREN, 20 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: JOHN WILLIAM AND IRONA HORATH. BROTHERS: ERNEST, JIM, AND TOBE HORATH. SISTERS: ANGE, GRACE, AND NETTIE.

DATE OF SERVICES: SATURDAY, AUGUST 7, 1999 AT 10:00 A.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN'S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: GREEN MEADOWS CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. BOB JOHNSON ASSISTING: REV. SAMMY VAUGHN CASKETBEARERS: (GRANDSONS) MELVIN WAYNE PERKINS, KEVIN HORATH, JASON HORATH, NICHOLAS HORATH, JARROD HORATH, MARION KEITH SMITH, WESLEY ALLEN FAULKNER, KELLY SMITH, JASON RECTOR, TODD THOMPSON. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: KENNETH FRAZIER, CLARENCE ROWTON, JERRY RICHARD, TEDDY HENDERSON, KEITH MOBBS, DEWAYNE MOBBS, JIM YORK, A. D. MOORE.