NAME: JOSEPH LEE JIM, AGE 61 A FORMER LONGTIME ATOKA AREA RESIDENT AND A McALESTER AREA RESIDENT FOR THE PAST 19 YEARS. BORN: HE WAS BORN ON DECEMBER 19, 1947 TO WILLIE JIM AND RENA SEXTON AT TALIHINA, OK. PASSED AWAY: PASSED AWAY ON SATURDAY, AUGUST 1, 2009 IN McALESTER REGIONAL HOSPITAL IN McALESTER, OK. AGE: 61 YEARS 7 MONTHS AND 13 DAYS EDUCATION: HE ATTENDED SCHOOL AT BENTLEY SCHOOL. OCCUPATION: JOSEPH OWNED AN AUTO SHOP IN ATOKA FOR SEVERAL YEARS. LATER HE WORKED AS AN AUTO MECHANIC AT THE RED HORSE TIRE BARN. CHURCH AFFILIATION, HOBBIES, AND OTHER AFFILIATIONS: JOSEPH WAS A MEMBER OF THE FIRST INDAIN BAPTIST CHURCH IN McALESTER. SURVIVED BY BROTHER: DAVIS JIM AND WIFE DOROTHY OF McALESTER, OK FATHER: WILLIE JIM OF McALESTER, OK NIECES: LORI DANEY AND HUSBAND GARY OF KINLA, OK SANDRA BEARD OF STIGLER, OK VIRGINIA JIM OF McALESTER, OK MELLISA KISNER OF HARTSHORNE, OK LEALER ARROYO OF McALESTER, OK TASHA JIM OF McALESTER, OK ELISHA JIM OF McALESTER, OK NANCY LEIGH DODSON OF McALESTER, OK lAURA DODSON OF McALESTER, OK ALONG WITH NUMEROUS GREAT NIECES, NEPHEWS AND OTHER RELATIVES AND MANY DEAR AND LOVED FRIENDS. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY MOTHER: RENA JIM SISTERS: NANCY DODSON AND ELIZA JIM