NAME: LEAH NORA INEZ (BOWLIN) BURLESON, AGE 76, LIFETIME RESIDENT OF ATOKA, OK.

BORN: FEBRUARY 21, 1926 AT ATOKA, OKLAHOMA TO JESS HENRY AND MARY INEZ (GARRETT) BOWLIN PASSED AWAY: THURSDAY, APRIL 25, 2002 AT ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. AGE: 76 YEARS 2 MONTHS AND 3 DAYS.

EDUCATION: LEAH ATTENDED SCHOOLS IN ATOKA, OK.

MARRIED: JESS GRIFFITH IN 1942 AT COALGATE, OK. MARK BURLESON IN 1956 AT ATOKA, OK.

OCCUPATION: SHE WAS A NURSING ASSISTANT AT HUBBARD NURSING HOME, COOKED MANY YEARS AT PRATON CAFE, AND WAS A HOUSEWIFE AND HOMEMAKER.

CHURCH AFFILIATION: LEAH WAS A MEMBER OF FAMILY WORSHIP CENTER.

SURVIVED BY

CHILDREN: EMMA PARKHILL OF OKLAHOMA CITY. ELMER GRIFFITH OF ATOKA, OK. JOHN HENRY GRIFFITH AND WIFE JEANNIE OF ATOKA, OK. SHIRLEY TAYLOR AND HUSBAND RAY OF WAPANUCKA, OK. ORVIL DUCKY GRIFFITH AND WIFE SUE ANN OF ASHDOWN, AR. MARTHA BAKER AND HUSBAND EVERETT OF HARRAH, OK. ALICE RILEY AND HUSBAND KERRY OF OLNEY, OK. JAMES BURLESON AND WIFE SHERRY OF ATOKA, OK. TEDDY BURLESON AND WIFE GAYLA OF ATOKA, OK.

24 GRANDCHILDREN, 23 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, 3 GREAT GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.

BROTHERS: EDWARD BOWLIN AND WIFE THELMA OF MAYSVILLE, OK. ROBERT LEE BOWLIN AND WIFE STORMY OF FT. WORTH, TX.

SISTERS: MABLE RUFFIN OF FT. WORTH, TX. ELIZABETH AUDREY OF PHOENIX, AZ. BARBARA BURTON OF WASHINGTON. MATTIE WARREN AND HUSBAND SAM OF WASHINGTON.

PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

PARENTS: JESS AND MARY BOWLIN. HUSBANDS: JESS GRIFFITH AND MARK BURLESON. SON: JESS GRIFFITH. BROTHERS: RICHARD AND JESSE DEAN BOWLIN. SISTER: THEA BLACKWOOD. GRANDSON: OTIS SHIPMAN.

DATE OF SERVICES: MONDAY, APRIL 29, 2002 AT 10:00 A.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: GRAVESIDE SERVICES.

INTERMENT: STRINGTOWN CEMETERY ~ STRINGTOWN, OK.

OFFICIATING: REV. HERSCHEL JUSTUS.

CASKETBEARERS: (GRANDSONS) JESS GRIFFITH, ORVIL GRIFFITH, ROY GRIFFITH, HENRY GRIFFITH, JOSEPH BAKER, JEFFERY BAKER, JEREMY BAKER, BRIAN PARKHILL, JUSTIN BURLESON, BO JAMES BURLESON, DAKOTA BURLESON, BRANDON BURLESON, DEWAYNE PARKHILL, MARK SHIPMAN, CURTIS SHIPMAN.