OBITUARY NAME: JOHN "ALVIN" HENRY AGE 66 LIFELONG CANEY RESIDENT. BORN: DECEMBER 22, 1941 TO SILAS HENRY SR. AND MARTHA ELIZABETH (MCCALL) HENRY AT CANEY PASSED AWAY: JANUARY 1, 2008 AT DURANT, OK AGE: 66 YEARS 0 MONTHS 9 DAYS EDUCATION: ALVIN ATTENDED CANEY SCHOOL AND THEN WENT ON TO ATTEND SOUTHEASTERN STATE UNIVERSITY. MARRIED: HE MARRIED NONA BROWN ON FEBRUARY 14, 1963 AT BONHAM, TX. OCCUPATION: ALVIN WAS A POLICY OFFICER AND DISPATCHER FOR ATOKA FOR SEVERAL YEARS. HE WAS ALSO A BRICK MASON AND RANCHER. CHURCH AFFILIATION: HE WAS OF THE HOLINESS FAITH. WAS A MEMBER OF BRICK MASON UNION. HE LOVED RAISING FIGHTING ROOSTERS AND HUNTING AND FISHING. ALVIN WITH HIS BEST FRIEND AND ADOPTED BROTHER, RONNIE JACKSON, ENJOYED MANY HOURS OF COMPANIONSHIP WHILE RAISING ROOSTERS AND HUNTING TOGETHER. ALVIN AND KATHY LANSDALE WERE ESPECIALLY CLOSE THE LAST 23 YEARS OF HIS LIFE. ALVIN AND HIS NEPHEW ROY HENRY ENJOYED SITTING ON THE PORCH DRINKING COFFEE AND WATCHING THE SKY LIGHT UP AT DAWN BEFORE THEY WENT TO FEED THE CATTLE. RONNIE, KATHY AND ROY WERE BY HIS SIDE AND HELPED EASE HIS PASSING. SURVIVED BY CHILDREN: JOHN JUNIOR HENRY OF CANEY BRENDA ANDERSON OF BENTLEY GRANDCHILDREN: PATTI HENRY, JOHN W. ANDERSON, KEVIN ANDERSON, BETHANY ANDERSON GREAT GRANDCHILDREN: SETH ANDERSON, JAYDEN MARIE FLORES VERY DEAR FRIEND & LOVED ONE: KATHY LANSDALE OF CANEY WIFE OF 19 YEARS AND MOTHER OF HIS CHILDREN: NONA HENRY OF TUSHKA BROTHER: SILAS HENRY JR. AND WIFE PAULENE OF CANEY ADOPTED BROTHER: RONNIE JACKSON AND WIFE CAROLYN OF CANEY SISTER: PEARLEE ASHFORD OF SOPER, OK SPECIAL NEPHEW: ROY HENRY OF CANEY SISTER IN LAW: DESSIE HENRY OF CANEY ALVIN WILL BE GREATLY MISSED BY BOTH HIS CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN ALONG WITH NUMEROUS NIECES, NEPHEWS, COUSINS, AND MANY DEAR AND LOVED FRIENDS. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: SILAS AND MARTHA HENRY BROTHER: WILLIAM HENRY 2 SISTERS: PEARL RIDER AND SAVANNAH SPEARS ********************************************************************************************************************* DATE OF SERVICES: FRIDAY, JANUARY 4, 2008 AT 2:00 PM PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN'S CHAPEL INTERMENT: FULSOM CEMETERY OFFICIATING: REV WOODY KING ASSISTING: REV STEVIE HENRY PALLBEARERS: JOHN ANDERSON, KEVIN ANDERSON, ROY HENRY, RICHARD HENRY, EUGENE WOOLF, BEN ASHFORD, BILLY DAILY HONORARY PALLBEARERS: RONNIE JACKSON, BRETT LANSDALE, CLINT CRITES, JOHN SMITHART, CHUCK CARROLL, CHARLES PRUITT FAMILY NIGHT~THURSDAY, JANUARY 3, 2008 7~8 CONDOLENCES MAY BE SENT TO THE FAMILY BY EMAIL TO: BROWNS@ATOKA.NET. PLEASE REFERENCE THE NAME OF THE DECEASED IN YOUR CORRESPONDENCE. SERVICES UNDER THE DIRECTION OF BROWN'S FUNERAL SERVICE - ATOKA, OK