NAME: JOHN WILLIE JAMES SR, AGE 87, LONGTIME RESIDENT OF ATOKA, OK.

BORN: JANUARY 28, 1914 AT BOSWELL, BRYAN COUNTY, OK TO WILLIE AND CARRIE (FOSTER) JAMES. PASSED AWAY: WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14, 2001 AT TEXOMA MEDICAL CENTER IN DENISON, TX. AGE: 87 YEARS 1 MONTH AND 16 DAYS.

EDUCATION: ATTENDED DUNDAR SCHOOL IN ATOKA, OK.

MARRIED: OLIVE YARBROUGHON MAY 19, 1934 AT ATOKA, OK.

OCCUPATION: WORKED A NUMBER OF YEARS AT WYRICK LUMBER IN ATOKA, OK.

SURVIVED BY

SON: JOHN W. JAMES, JR. AND WIFE CAROL OF MORENO VALLEY, CA.

GRANDDAUGHTERS: OPAL JAMES OF AURORA, CO. MARCIA JOHNSON AND HUSBAND WILLIAM OF ARLINGTON, TX. ANGILA JAMES OF RIVERSIDE, CA. TANYA WHITE AND HUSBAND ARTHUR OF OKINAWA, JAPAN.

GRANDSON: JOHN W. JAMES AND WIFE ELISA MORENO, VALLEY, CA.

7 GREAT GRANDDAUGHTERS, 6 GREAT GRANDSONS, AND 1 GREAT GREAT GRANDDAUGHTER.

COUSINS: JOAN BEASLEY OF OKLAHOMA CITY. MARY JONES OF CHICAGO, IL.

PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

PARENTS: WILLIE JAMES AND CARRIE HUNTER.

DATE OF SERVICES: WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21, 2001 2:00 PM. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN'S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK.

INTERMENT: GREEN HILL CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK.

OFFICIATING: REV. FLETCHER MURPHY. ASSISTING: REV. LONNIE SMITH.

CASKETBEARERS: BOB WYRICK, JACKIE HILL, KENNETH JACKSON, SAMMY JACKSON, LONELL NEAL, JOHN W. JAMES III.

HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: CHARLIE COULTER, JESSIE HARRISON, ORLON HILL, BROWN WYRICK, CECIL HILL, ROOSEVELT BUTLER, JR., NAPOLEON BROWN.

FLOWER BEARERS: TANISHA WALKER, TYANIA JACKSON, PATSY NEAL, VALERIE MENIFEE, TIFFANY NEAL, BARBARA JACKSON.

USHERS: BERNADINE PERKINS, JEAN FISHER.

SOLOISTS: VALERIE BROWN, CAROL JAMES.