NAME: JOHN JOSEPH PERSHING SUMMEY, AGE 79, OF ATOKA, OK. BORN: MARCH 23, 1918 AT MEMPHIS, TEXAS TO JOHN A. AND MARY (ALLEN) SUMMEY. PASSED AWAY: TUESDAY MARCH 3, 1998 AT THE VETERANS HOSPITAL IN BONHAM, TX. AGE: 79 YEARS 11 MONTHS AND 10 DAYS EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT MEMPHIS, TEXAS. MARRIED: PAULINE FITZGERALD IN JANUARY, 1946 AT SHERMAN, TX. OCCUPATION: INDUSTRIAL MANAGER AT THE INTERCONTINENTAL MFG. CO. IN GARLAND, TX. CHURCH AFFILIATION: NEW ZION METHODIST CHURCH, ATOKA COUNTY, OK. JOHN SERVED HIS COUNTRY THE U. S. ARMY DURING WORLD WAR II FROM 1942 TO 1945 IN THE 1ST ARMORED DIVISION, MILITARY POLICE PLATOON, SERVING IN EUROPE AND RECEIVING THE EUROPEAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, 5 BRONZE STARS, 1 BRONZE ARROWHEAD, GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, VICTORY RIBBON, 1 SERVICE STRIPE, AND 5 OVERSEAS BARS. HE WAS A LIFE MEMBER OF THE D. A. V., BONHAM, TEXAS CHAPTER. SURVIVED BY SONS: PAUL SUMMEY AND WIFE GERALDINE OF IDAHO FALLS, CO. WAYNE SUMMEY AND WIFE MARTHA OF ATOKA, OK. GRANDSON: BENJAMIN WAYNE SUMMEY OF ATOKA, OK. GRANDDAUGHTERS: STEPHANIE STEPHENS OF COALGATE, OK. KIM BRANNON OF LEAH, NE. GREAT GRANDSON: JERAD STEPHENS OF COALGATE, OK. SISTER: MARGARET GREATHOUSE OF NORMAN, OK. FORMER DAUGHTER IN-LAW: BONNIE LOWE OF ATOKA, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY WIFE: PAULINE SUMMEY ON OCTOBER 28, 1992. PARENTS: JOHN AND MARY ALLEN SUMMEY.

DATE OF SERVICES: FRIDAY, MARCH 6, 1998 AT 11:00 A.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: GRAVESIDE SERVICES. INTERMENT: NEW ZION CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. FRANKLIN SIMMONS. ASSISTING: VANGIE GIBSON AND SANDRA RICE. CASKETBEARERS: GARY ARMSTRONG, JUNIOR RILEY, LEO DEMET, ROGER JONES, LOYD CALLICOAT, JERRY STEPHENS. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: DAN JACOBS AND SCOTT RILEY.