NAME: JOHN NATHANIEL STEPHENS, AGE 86, A LONGTIME TUSHKA AREA RESIDENT.

BORN: FEBRUARY 9, 1914 AT BOGGY DEPOT TO CHARLIE EDWARD AND ELLA LOURENE (FAIRCHILD) STEPHENS. PASSED AWAY: SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2000 AT ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. AGE: 86 YEARS 7 MONTHS AND 15 DAYS. MARRIED: AUDREY LOURENE DEWITT IN 1935 AT WILSON COMMUNITY, ATOKA, OK. ESTELLA SUNDAY IN JULY, 1956 AT LAKE TAHOE, CA. OCCUPATION: HE WORKED SOME 33 PLUS YEARS FOR THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD, RETIRING IN 1976. CHURCH AFFILIATION: MEMBER OF THE PLEASANTVIEW FREEWILL BAPTIST CHURCH. HE WAS A LONGTIME MEMBER OF THE UNITED TRANSPORTATION UNION, LOCAL 1469 IN OAKLAND, CA. SURVIVED BY SONS: WILLIS STEPHENS OF OKLAHOMA CITY. NORMAN STEPHENS AND WIFE RHONDA OF TUSHKA, OK. GRANDCHILDREN: BILLY, BOBBY, MIKE, CHARLES, TROY, AND ANN STEPHENS. TINA DENNIS. 20 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY FIRST WIVE: AUDREY. SECOND WIFE: ESTELLA IN OCTOBER, 1984. PARENTS: CHARLIE AND ELLA STEPHENS. DAUGHTERS: LOURENE AND LAVADA STEPHENS. GRANDSON: JOHN EDWARD STEPHENS. BROTHERS: EDWARD AND J. B. STEPHENS.

DATE OF SERVICES: WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2000 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: PLEASANTVIEW FREEWILL BAPTIST CHURCH ~ TUSHKA, OK. INTERMENT: TUSHKA CEMETERY ~ TUSHKA, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. ROBERT EARL UMSTED. ASSISTING: REV. VICTOR COOK. CASKETBEARERS: ALLEN ROBERTS, MAURICE THOMPSON, FREEMAN THOMPSON, LONNIE HOKETT, DAVID HALL, JOHN COOK. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: LEO EVANS, JESSIE TOMLINSON, KEITH HILL, TOM HYDE, LOUIS GARRETT, CLAUDUS SMITH.