NAME: LANCE WALTER HARTSFIELD, AGE 32, A LIFELONG CLARITA-COALGATE AREA RESIDENT.

BORN: APRIL 11, 1970 AT WIESBADEN, GERMANY TO TED AND BETTY (MILLER) HARTSFIELD.

PASSED AWAY: MONDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2002 IN A FARM ACCIDENT AT HIS FARM IN CLARITA, OK. AGE: 32 YEARS 8 MONTHS AND 5 DAYS.

EDUCATION: ATTENDED COALGATE SCHOOLS AND RECEIVED HIS ASSOCIATE DEGREE AT EASTERN OKLAHOMA STATE HE WAS ON THE CROPS JUDGING TEAM AND WAS OVERALL COLLEGIAN CHAMPION AT THE NATIONAL CONTEST WHILE ATTENDING EASTERN LANCE GRADUATED OSU WITH A B/S DEGREE IN AGRONOMY. MARRIED: MELANIE JANE WARD ON OCTOBER 8, 2002 AT COALGATE, OK.

OCCUPATION: LANCE WAS A FARMER AND WAS OWNER-OPERATOR OF HARTSFIELD MAKIN-BAKIN FARMS (CONTRACT FARM FOR PORK GROUP) LOCATED NEAR CLARITA.

CHURCH AFFILIATION: LANCE WAS A CHRISTIAN AND HAD BEEN SAVED HE HAD ATTENDED MANY CHURCHES IN THE AREA. HE WAS VERY ACTIVE IN 4-H AND FFA-COALGATE CHAPTER, SERVED AS S.E. OKLAHOMA DISTRICT VICE-PRESIDENT, WAS STATE FARMER, MEMBER OF NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY THROUGHOUT HIGH SCHOOL. LANCE WAS PRESIDENT OF COMPETITIVE PARLIMENTARY PROCEDURES TEAM, HE WAS RESERVE BREED CHAMPION-POLAND CHINA BREED AT OKLAHOMA CITY SHOW, SERVED AS PAGE FOR OKLAHOMA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. LANCE WON MANY GRAND CHAMPIONS SHOWING LIVESTOCK AND HE LOVED RAISING HOGS AND FISHING.

SURVIVED BY

WIFE: MELANIE HARTSFIELD OF THE HOME.

SON: WYATT WESLEY HARSTFIELD OF THE HOME. DAUGHTER: SYDNEE ABIGAIL HARSTFIELD OF THE HOME. STEPSON: GAGE MOSLEY OF THE HOME.

SISTER: HEATHER MCGEE, HUSBAND DONNIE, AND CHILDREN BRAEDEN AND JAZEN OF KENEFIC, OK.

PARENTS: TED AND BETTY HARTSFIELD OF CLARITA, OK.

GRANDMOTHER: DOODLE HARTSFIELD OF CLARITA, OK.

IN-LAWS: ELDON AND ESTER WARD OF KREBS, OK.

BROTHER-IN-LAW: BRANDON WARD AND WIFE GERI OF KREBS, OK.

PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

GRANDPARENTS: ED AND LOIS MILLER. GEORGE HARTSFIELD. COUSIN: KAREN SHEFFIELD.

DATE OF SERVICES: THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2002 AT 2:00 PM. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN'S CHAPEL IN ATOKA, OK.

INTERMENT: MOORE CEMETERY ~ CLARITA, OK.

OFFICIATING: DAVID UNSELL. ASSISTING: BOB KANARY.

CASKETBEARERS: CHRIS ELKINS, MIKE ELKINS, JERRY STEPHENS, SHANE SARTOR, GREG THOMAS, AARON ROBERTS.

HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: STEVE SHEFFIELD, TRACEY SHEFFIELD, TRACEY COYLE, ALAN COYLE, TRAVIS MILLER, JAMEY MILLER, KEVIN MILLER, JOSH MCDONALD, COLBY MCDONALD, GEORGE HARTSFIELD, DEREK HARTSFIELD, JASON MILLER, CLIFF MILLER, SHELLY DANIEL, AMY ARMSTRONG, JODI MILLER.