NAME: JOHN ALBERT WILLIAMS, AGE 66, AN ATOKA COUNTY AREA RESIDENT.

BORN: JANUARY 29, 1937 AT ATOKA, OK TO LEVERIETT AND SUSIE (HELT) WILLIAMS.

PASSED AWAY: MONDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2003 AT THE PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL IN OKLAHOMA CITY. AGE: 66 YEARS 10 MONTHS AND 9 DAYS.

EDUCATION: JOHN ATTENDED SCHOOL IN ATOKA, OK.

MARRIED: HAZEL ONETA SHIPMAN ON MAY 5, 1960 AT DURANT, OK.

OCCUPATION: JOHN WORKED AS A WELDER, CARPENTER, PLUMBER, AND ELECTRICIAN.

CHURCH AFFILIATION: HE WAS OF THE BAPTIST FAITH.

SURVIVED BY

DAUGHTERS: VICKIE HOPKINS AND HUSBAND KEITH OF BENNINGTON, OK. KAREN NICKELSON AND HUSBAND ROD OF FT. WORTH, TX. KARLA KANDARAS AND HUSBAND ELI OF DENTON, TX. JOHNNA BREGER OF BENNINGTON, OK.

4 GRANDDAUGHTERS AND 4 GRANDSONS.

2 GREAT GRANDSONS AND 1 GREAT GRANDDAUGHTER.

SISTERS: BETTY MCKEEN AND HUSBAND ROY OF COALGATE, OK. JIMMIE JONES OF COTTONWOOD, OK. LYNN NELSON OF STRINGTOWN, OK. ANN JOHNSON AND HUSBAND LEONARD OF ALDERSON, OK. CATHY MANNON OF COALGATE, OK. LINDA STEAGALL AND HUSBAND JOHN OF SEMINOLE, AL. SHIRLEY LAYTON AND HUSBAND LEWIS OF STRINGTOWN, OK.

BROTHERS: CHARLES WILLIAMS AND WIFE NEDRA OF WHITE SETTLEMENT, TX. WAYNE WILLIAMS OF MCALESTER, OK.

HE LEAVES BEHIND A HOST OF NIECES, NEPHEWS, GREAT NIECES, AND GREAT NEPHEWS, AND A LARGE HOST OF FRIENDS. HE WAS A VERY KIND, GENTLE AND GENEROUS MAN. HE WILL BE SORELY MISSED AND HIS PASSING WILL LEAVE A LARGE HOLE IN MANY HEARTS.

PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

PARENTS: LEVERIETT AND SUSIE WILLIAMS. WIFE: HAZEL ONETA WILLIAMS IN 1998. SON: STEPHEN WADE WILLIAMS. BROTHERS: OLIVER JOE, LONNIE WARREN, AND LEVERIETT PAUL WILLIAMS.

DATE OF SERVICES: FRIDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2003 AT 3:00 PM. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN'S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK.

INTERMENT: COLEMAN CEMETERY ~ COLEMAN, OK.

OFFICIATING: REV. BOB GRAHAM.

HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: RUSSELL JOHNSON, DOUGLAS JOHNSON, DUSTIN JOHNSON, CALUP JOHNSON, RANDY SAWYER, KEITH HOPKINS JR.