NAME: JOHN HOWARD FILE, A LONGTIME COALGATE RESIDENT. BORN: MAY 26, 1930 AT COALGATE, OK, TO JOHN HENRY AND ANN (FORNERIS) FILE. PASSED AWAY: NOVEMBER 20, 2006 IN COALGATE, OK. AGE: 76 YEARS 5 MONTHS 6 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED COALGATE SCHOOL. MARRIED: LOLA MAE ENNIS. CAIRLYON (COFFEE) GWINN ON FEBRUARY 5, 1983 IN COALGATE, OK. OCCUPATION: HE WAS A RETIRED STEEL WORKER FROM JUDSON STEEL IN EMERYVILLE, CA, RETIRING IN 1980. CHURCH AFFILIATION: HE WAS OF THE PENTECOSTAL FAITH HE SERVED IN THE U. S. MARINE CORPS. SURVIVED BY SON: FRED FILE OF COALGATE, OK. STEPSON: JOE GWINN AND WIFE LORA OF COALGATE, OK. DAUGHTERS: KATHY ANN SANTOS OF CALIFORNIA. JUDY MAGRIPLIS AND HUSBAND MICHAEL OF FT. WORTH, TX. CAIRLYON TUCKER AND HUSBAND WILLIE OF WARDVILLE, OK. MARKETTE MCKINNEY OF COALGATE, OK. SHEILA JACKSON AND HUSBAND MELVIN OF COALGATE, OK. JESSIE GIBBY OF COALGATE, OK. A HOST OF GRANDCHILDREN AND GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. SISTERS: DORIS JENNINGS OF COALGATE, OK. BETTY JO CHILDERS OF COALGATE, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: JOHN AND ANN FILE. WIFE: CAIRLYON (COFFEE) FILE ON OCTOBER 6, 2002. DAUGHTER: DARLENE SUZETTE FILE.

DATE OF SERVICE: FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2006 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICE: BROWN'S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ COALGATE, OK. INTERMENT: WOODMAN CEMETERY ~ COALGATE, OK. OFFICIATING: SHEILA JACKSON ASSISTING: WAYLON MCKINNEY. CASKETBEARERS: SAMMY NOVA, T.W. TUCKER, JUSTIN MCKINNEY, WAYLON MCKINNEY, PATRICK JACKSON, JEREMIAH MCKINNEY. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: JERRY JENNINGS, WOODROW CHILDERS, TONY GIBBY, MELVIN JACKSON, WILLIE TUCKER, JOHNNY CAGLE. FAMILY NIGHT WILL BE WEDNESDAY 6:00 TO 8:00 P.M.