NAME: JOHN RAY, AGE 73, AN ATOKA RESIDENT. BORN: NOVEMBER 16, 1930 AT CLARITA, OKLAHOMA TO O. B. JAKE AND IRENE (WILLIAMSON) RAY. PASSED AWAY: FRIDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2004 AT TULSA, OK. AGE: 73 YEARS 11 MONTHS AND 13 DAYS EDUCATION: HE ATTENDED SCHOOL AT CLARITA, OK. MARRIED: MAXINE (WHITE) BRANNON IN 1961 AT ATOKA, OK. OCCUPATION: JOHN WAS A CARPENTER AND A TRUCKDRIVER, DRIVING MANY YEARS FOR MONROE ALLEN. CHURCH AFFILIATION: HE WAS OF THE BAPTIST FAITH. JOHN SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE U. S. ARMY AT KOREA AND WAS A MEMBER OF THE D.A.V. SURVIVED BY CHILDREN: DENNIS BRANNON OF ATOKA, OK. BEVERLY THOMPSON OF OKLAHOMA CITY. SHERRIE PEBWORTH AD HUSBAND RAY OF COALGATE, OK. JOHNNY MACK RAY AND WIFE BRANDY OF WAPANUCKA, OK. GRANDCHILDREN: JUSTIN THOMPSON OF OKLAHOMA CITY. CHRISTOPHER BRANNON AND WIFE TONI OF ATOKA, OK. AMY THOMPSON AND SON STEPHEN OF LAKE CHARLES, LA. WESLEY PEBWORTH OF COALGATE, OK. JARETH RAY OF WAPANUCKA, OK. CODY PEBWORTH OF COALGATE, OK. RACHAEL PEBWORTH OF COALGATE, OK. GREAT GRANDCHILDREN: CHAUN BRANNON. KAYLA WEBSTER. TY ROPER BRANNON. TAYLOR JADE BRANNON. JADEN SHADOW WEBSTER. BROCK ADAM THOMPSON. BROTHERS: JACK RAY AND WIFE MIDGE OF SHARPSBURG, GA. EDWARD RAY OF WYLIE, TX. JAKE RAY JR OF WAPANUCKA, OK. BAKER RAY AND WIFE SHIRLEY OF DURANT, OK. SISTERS: FAYE NEESE OF WHITNEY, TX. MORENE STORER AND HUSBAND AL OF GARLAND, TX. SUE MORGAN OF GARLAND, TX. DORTHEY BROWN OF WAPANUCKA, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: O. B. JAKE AND IRENE RAY. WIFE: MAXINE RAY ON OCTOBER 5, 1979. GRANDCHILD: MARK STACY THOMPSON. BROTHERS: ORVIL AND EUGENE RAY.

DATE OF SERVICES: TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2004 AT 10.00 A.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: GRAVESIDE. INTERMENT: GREEN MEADOWS CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK. OFFICIATING: ARVEL HALL. CASKETBEARERS: KEVIN RAY, JACKUS WHITE, JODY WHITE, BRYAN HALLMARK, EDDIE MORGAN, LEROY MITCHELL.. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: JIM WHITE, DR. DON RIPPEE, ELVIS JONES, MARK WHITE. FAMILY NIGHT 6:00 P.M. MONDAY AT BROWN'S FUNERAL CHAPEL.