NAME: JOHN ROY WINTERS, AGE 97, A LIFELONG STRINGTOWN AREA RESIDENT.

BORN: JANUARY 25, 1905 AT WESLEY, INDIAN TERRITORY TO MARK RENFRO AND SUSIE BELL (DRAKE) WINTERS. PASSED AWAY: SUNDAY, JANUARY 27, 2002 AT HIS STRINGTOWN RESIDENCE. AGE: 97 YEARS 0 MONTHS AND 2 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED STRINGTOWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND GRADUATED FROM STRINGTOWN HIGH SCHOOL IN 1924 (STRINGTOWN HIGH�S FIRST GRADUATING CLASS). MARRIED: MAMIE DORIS MALONE ON DECEMBER 12, 1932 AT ATOKA, OK. OCCUPATION: JOHN WAS A TRUCK DRIVER. CHURCH AFFILIATION: JOHN WAS A MEMBER OF STRINGTOWN PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. HE WAS ALSO A MEMBER OF ATOKA MASONIC LODGE #4; HE RECEIVED HIS 75 YEAR PIN IN JANUARY 2001. JOHN SERVED AS MAYOR OF STRINGTOWN FOR 22 YEARS. SURVIVED BY DAUGHTER: NANCY GRIMES AND HUSBAND LONNIE OF AMARILLO, TX. SON: JOHN P. WINTERS AND WIFE VIRGINIA OF STRINGTOWN, OK. GRANDSONS: JOHN RENFRO WINTERS AND WIFE LYNN OF ANTLERS, OK. LARRY WINTERS AND WIFE LISA OF MCALESTER, OK. KELLY WINTERS OF STRINGTOWN, OK. TONY GRIMES AND WIFE CHRISTI OF DECATUR, TX. GRANDDAUGHTER: TRACY ANDERSON AND HUSBAND CHARLIE OF AMARILLO, TX. GREAT GRANDSONS: ROY WINTERS OF MCALESTER, OK. KRISTOPHER WINTERS OF STRINGTOWN, OK. KALEB WINTERS OF STRINGTOWN, OK. DREW ANDERSON OF AMARILLO, TX. CODY GRIMES OF DECATUR, TX. GREAT GRANDDAUGHTERS: AMBER WINTERS OF ANTLERS, OK. MICHELLE WINTERS OF ANTLERS, OK. GENTRY ANDERSON OF AMARILLO, TX. ABBY GRIMES OF DECATUR, TX. SISTER-IN-LAW: JOY MALONE OF ADA, OK. BROTHERS-IN-LAW: BILL MALONE AND WIFE EMILY OF ATOKA, OK. LEROY MALONE AND WIFE BEE OF WINTER PARK, FL. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY WIFE OF 68 YEARS: DORIS WINTERS ON FEBRUARY 29, 2000. PARENTS: MARK R. AND SUSIE B. WINTERS. SISTER: CARRIE CATES. BROTHERS: TOM, PALMER, IRVING, MARION, AND RALPH WINTERS. SISTER-IN-LAW: VAY WINTERS.

DATE OF SERVICES: THURSDAY, JANUARY 31, 2002 AT 10:00 A.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN'S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: STRINGTOWN CEMETERY ~ STRINGTOWN, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. LOYD THOMPSON. ASSISTING: JIM KELLOGG. CASKETBEARERS: JOHN RENFRO WINTERS, LARRY WINTERS, KELLY WINTERS, TONY GRIMES, CHARLIE ANDERSON, TOMMY WINTERS. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: CLARK MCENTIRE, FRED SMITH, BUD CARR, BEN WYRICK, O. P. RAY, BROWN WYRICK, FRANKIE HUNT, RON JACKSON, JUNIOR EDGE, ED FISHER, PAKE MCENTIRE, FREDDY DODD, CLAUDE POGUE, BUDDY HARAWAY, DOYLE LANSDALE, BEN WYRICK III.