OBITUARY NAME: JOSEPH GORDON HEAD, AGE 90, A RESIDENT OF STRINGTOWN FOR OVER 40 YEARS BORN : ON FEBRUARY 19, 1918 TO DAVID FRANKLIN HEAD AND MARY EMALINE JOHNSON HEAD AT CALVIN, OK PASSED AWAY: MONDAY, JULY 21, 2008 AT HIS RESIDENCE AGE: 90 YEARS 7 MONTHS AND 2 DAYS SCHOOL: HE ATTENDED SCHOOL AT FRANKLIN SCHOOL IN BRYAN COUNTY MARRIED: DELORIS MAXINE EVANS ON SEPTEMBER 10, 1948 AT PARIS, TX OCCUPATION: GORDON WORKED AS A FARMER-RANCHER, AND HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERATOR FOR OVER 20 YEARS. AFFILIATION AND HOBBIES: HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH OF COALGATE AND SERVED AS A DEACON AND SONG LEADER. GORDON WAS A LIFE MEMBER OF DAV AND VFW. HE WAS ALSO A MEMBER OF SOONER FIDDLERS ASSOC. GORDON WON MANY OLD TIME FIDDLER CONTESTS. HE WAS 5 TIME STATE CHAMPION. SURVIVED BY WIFE: MAXINE OF THE HOME 3 CHILDREN: WAYNE HEAD AND WIFE DONNA OF HUGO, OK DOROTHY WINTER AND HUSBAND WALTER OF REDDEN, OK VIRGINIA ROSE AND HUSBAND LARRY OF STRINGTOWN, OK GRANDCHILDREN: SHANE WINTER OF REDDEN, OK JEREMY ROSE AND WIFE JODIE OF HOWE, TX JASON ROSE AND WIFE CHRISTINA OF HUNTSVILLE, AR RACHEL WINHAM AND HUSBAND AARON OF SAN ANTONIO, TX WESLEY WINTER OF TULSA, OK JOSHUA ROSE AND WIFE CHERYL OF ANNA, TX LISA DUNLAP AND HUSBAND JESSE OF REDDEN, OK STEP GRANDCHILDREN: ALEXIS AND BLAINE WILLISON OF PARIS, TX GREAT GRANDCHILDREN: NICHOLAS WINHAM, NATE AND SADIE WINTER, ELIJAH ROSE, ANOTHER COMING SOON SISTERS: ELLEN JOHNSON OF SAN DIEGO, CA GRACE PRITCHARD OF TULA ROSA, N.M. BROTHER: SAMUEL HEAD OF EL PASO, TX ALONG WITH NUMEROUS NIECES, NEPHEWS, OTHER RELATIVES AND MANY DEAR AND LOVED FRIENDS. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: DAVID AND MARY HEAD BROTHERS: BLUFORD HEAD, TURNER HEAD, HOWARD HEAD, AARON HEAD AND DAVID "PEEWEE" HEAD SISTERS: LILLIAN REEVES AND PETREL DONAHOO ********************************************************************************************************************* DATE OF SERVICES: THURSDAY, JULY 24, 2008 AT 10:00 AM PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN'S FUNERAL CHAPEL PLACE OF BURIAL: FARRIS CEMETERY OFFICIATING: REV BARTT BRADFORD CASKETBEARERS: GRANDSONS-SHANE WINTER, WESLEY WINTER, JASON ROSE, JEREMY ROSE, JOSHUA ROSE, JESSE DUNLAP, RACHEL WINHAM, LISA DUNLAP HONORARY CASKETBEARES: WINFRED EVANS, SONNY EVANS, JAMES STEPHENS, BILL STURDY, JACK LAYTON, CHAD WILLISON, JOE TISDALE, SHORTY POWELL, AARON WINHAM, RAY INGRAM CONDOLENCES MAY BE SENT TO THE FAMILY BY EMAIL TO: BROWNS@ATOKA.NET. PLEASE REFERENCE THE NAME OF THE DECEASED IN YOUR CORRESPONDENCE. SERVICES UNDER THE DIRECTION OF BROWN'S FUNERAL SERVICE - ATOKA, OK