NAME:    JOSEPH THOMAS RAGAN, AGE 78, A LONGTIME CANEY AREA RESIDENT.

BORN:    MARCH 8, 1922 AT BIXBY, OKLA. TO WILLIAM JOSEPH AND MARGARETT ELIZABETH (WHITE) RAGAN.

PASSED AWAY:   TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2000 AT THE COLONIAL MANOR NURSING HOME, ATOKA, OK.

AGE:   78 YEARS  8 MONTHS   AND 13 DAYS.

EDUCATION:   ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT BIXBY, OK.

MARRIED:     SARAH MONTINE BROOKS ON JULY 19, 1958 AT BATESVILLE, AR.

OCCUPATION:    HE WORKED AT MANY TRADES THROUGH HIS LIFE.  HE WORKED IN CONSTRUCTION, WORKED AT COTTON GINS, LUMBER MILLS, WAS A FARM WORKER, HE WORKED IN A FOUNDRY AND WAS AN ELECTRONICS REPAIRMAN.

CHURCH AFFILIATION:    FREEWILL PENTECOSTAL HOLINESS CHURCH AT CADDO, OK.

SURVIVED BY

WIFE:    SARAH ragan OF THE HOME NEAR CANEY, OK.

CHILDREN:  RONALD JOE RAGAN AND WIFE MELISSA OF McKINNEY, TX.

ARNOLD BOYD RAGAN OF CANEY, OK.

SHAROLETT EVON RAGAN OF CANEY, OK.

CENDY LOU MARTIN AND HUSBAND JOHNNY WAYNE OF CRYSTAL, OK.

GRANDCHILDREN:   LINDA LOU, JOHNNY WAYNE, AND SARAH ANN MARTIN.

STEP GRANDCHILDREN:  CHASITY ANN KENNEDY AND BYRON ART KENNEDY.

PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

PARENTS:   WILLIAM JOSEPH AND MARGARET ELIZABETH (WHITE) RAGAN.

SISTERS:   LaVADA BAKER, BERTHA GIBSON, ELZORA HENSON, RACHEL DUNLAP, OLLIE RAGAN, and MARY RAGAN.

BROTHER:   OSCAR RALPH RAGAN.

DATE OF SERVICES:  FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2000 AT 2:00 P.M.

PLACE OF SERVICE:  BROWN'S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK.

INTERMENT:   HIGH HILL CEMETERY ~ ATOKA COUNTY, OK.

OFFICIATING:   REV. BOB JOHNSON.

CASKETBEARERS: JERRY JOHNSON, DENNIS CRITES, BOBBY NOAK, LONNIE WALKER, JACK WALKER, BYRON KENNEDY.

HONORARY CASKETBEARERS:  SAM RHODES, AL JONES, THOMAS MERRITT.