NAME: LANA GAY SHEFFIELD, AGE 40, OF BETHANY, OKLAHOMA AND A FORMER ATOKA RESIDENT.

BORN: AUGUST 18, 1962 AT DURANT, OK. TO CLYDE EDWARD AND LENORA ELLEN (ARNOLD) SHEFFIELD. PASSED AWAY: FRIDAY, JANUARY 17, 2003 AT HER HOME IN BETHANY, OK. AGE: 40 YEARS 4 MONTHS AND 29 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOL AND GRADUATED FROM ATOKA HIGH SCHOOL WITH THE CLASS OF 1980. SHE WAS A MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY, WAS HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL QUEEN HER SENIOR YEAR, AND SERVED AS A PAGE FOR STATE. SENATOR ROY BOATNER. SHE ATTENDED EAST CENTRAL STATE UNIVERSITY AND SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY AND GRADUATED IN 1985 WITH A DEGREE IN BUSINESS AND MARKETING. OCCUPATION: LANA WORKED AT NUMEROUS DIFFERENT JOBS IN HER CAREER. SHE WAS ONCE THE TOUR MANAGER FOR REBA MCINTIRE, SHE WAS A PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR, AND WORKED AS A WORKERS COMP. COUNSELOR. HER MOST RECENT JOB WAS MANAGER OF A TOWNHOUSE COMPLEX IN OKLAHOMA CITY. CHURCH AFFILIATION: SHE WAS A LONGTIME MEMBER OF THE ATOKA FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH. LANA WILL BE REMEMBERED AS BEING A VERY CARING, KIND, AND HELPING PERSON. SHE NEVER WORRIED ABOUT HER PROBLEMS, ONLY CARING FOR, AND HELPING OTHERS WITH THEIR PROBLEMS. SURVIVED BY PARENTS: LENORA SHEFFIELD OF ATOKA, OK. CLYDE SHEFFIELD AND WIFE MARGIE OF ATOKA, OK. SISTERS: SUSAN MOFIELD AND HUSBAND BENNIE OF ATOKA, OK. JANA HENDERSON AND HUSBAND CARL OF ATOKA, OK. SPECIAL NIECE AND NEPHEWS: STORMIE CARRIE ELLEN HENDERSON, STETSON CARL EDWARD HENDERSON, AURBRA ZED MOON, SEVANS JOHN ALAN HENDERSON. SPECIAL GREAT AUNT: DOROTHY HEAD OF OKLAHOMA CITY. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY GRANDPARENTS: LEONARD AND FLORENCE SHEFFIELD. ARVIL AND LILLIE MAE ARNOLD.

DATE OF SERVICES: TUESDAY, JANUARY 21, 2003 AT 2:00 PM. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN'S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: GREENMEADOWS CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK. OFFICIATING: DR. JAMES CROWSON. CASKETBEARERS: JEFF SEWELL, RUSTY MANION, RONNIE MORRIS, BOB FREDERICK, JIMMY MUSE, TODD CLOUSE, BILL THOMPSON, RICK LARIMORE. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: LEE ANN ROBERTSON, DEBBIE ISHMAEL, ESTHER SARTIN, ANN HENDERSON, JEANETTE MOODY, VALIRIE ARNOLD, TERESA MCCOOL, GAYLENE RILEY.