NAME: KATIE LUVOY THOMAS, AGE 89, A LIFE LONG ATOKA AREA RESIDENT BORN: APRIL 29, 1920 TO JOHN AND MARTHA (RODGERS) HOWARD AT BENTLEY, OK PASSED AWAY: WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10, 2009 AT ATOKA, OK AGE: 89 YEARS 1 MONTHS 12 DAYS EDUCATION: KATIE ATTENDED SCHOOL AT BENTLEY, OK MARRIED: SHE MARRIED RALPH LEE THOMAS ON MARCH 10, 1938 AT BENTLEY, OK. OCCUPATION: SHE WAS A HOME PROVIDER AND A COOK AT THE NUTRITION CENTER. CHURCH AFFILIATIONS AND HOBBIES: KATIE WAS THE LONGEST STANDING MEMBER OF THE BENTLEY BAPTIST CHURCH. SHE MADE QUILTS TO DONATE FOR THE BENTLEY COMMUNITY CENTER. KATIE ENJOYED COOKING, CANNING AND SEWING, BUT MOST OF ALL SHE ENJOYED HER FAMILLY (HER CHILDREN, GRANDCHILDREN, GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN, OTHER RELATIVES AND HER CHURCH FAMILY AND FRIENDS). SURVIVED BY: CHILDREN: NORMAN LEE THOMAS AND WIFE NORA OF CORVALLIS, OR CAROLYN SUE WEBSTER OF BENTLEY, OK JEAN MOBBS AND HUSBAND FRED OF SHERMAN, TX WANDA "SNOW" RICE AND HUSBAND HARLEY OF ONEONA, AL MARTHA PETERSON AND HUSBAND DAN OF ATOKA, OK SHIRLEY McGUIRE AND HUSBAND DARREL OF SPRINGDALE, AR BROTHER: JOHN HOWARD AND WIFE BARBARA OF BENTLEY, OK SISTER-IN-LAW: NELLIE LEUTY OF BENTLEY, OK BONNIE MILLER OF LEHIGH, OK BROTHER-IN-LAW: BILL MILLER OF CRYSTAL, OK 14 GRANDCHILDREN; 23 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN; AND 5 GREAT GREAT GRANDCHILDREN ALONG WITH NUMEROUS NIECES, NEPHEWS, AND OTHER RELATIVES AND MANY DEAR AND LOVED FRIENDS. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY: PARENTS: JOHN AND MARTHA HOWARD HUSBAND: RALPH LEE THOMAS BROTHERS: EARNEST DALTON HOWARD, JOE HENRY HOWARD, ROBERT MARION HOWARD, ELDER LEE HOWARD, JAMES MELVIN HOWARD, LOYD AND FLOYD HOWARD GRANDDAUGHTER: STEPHANIE DIANNA THOMAS