NAME: LELAND RAY COTTON SMITH, age 79, A LONGTIME RESIDENT OF CANEY, ok.

BORN: SEPTEMBER 11, 1927 AT RYAN, OK TO JOHN WILLIAM AND MACIE (HIGGS) SMITH.

PASSED AWAY: MONDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2006 AT THE ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.

AGE: 79 YEARS 0 MONTHS AND 28 DAYS.

EDUCATION: COTTON ATTENDED NIX school in atoka COUNTY.

OCCUPATION: COTTON WORKED FOR MANY YEARS AS A ROUGHNECK IN THE OKLAHOMA OIL FIELDS.

CHURCH AFFILIATION: COTTON WAS A LONGTIME MEMBER OF THE CANEY FREEWILL BAPTIST CHURCH.

HE SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE U.S. ARMY DURING THE KOREAN WAR.

cotton enjoyed FISHING, GARDENING, AND PLAYING DOMINOS.

survived by

CHILDREN: MARSHA ELKINS OF TULSA, OK.

BRENDA HIGGS and HUSBAND STEVE OF TISHOMINGO, OK.

6 GRANDCHILDREN AND 9 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.

SISTERS: GEORGIA STANLEY AND HUSBAND JAMES OF TUSHKA, OK.

LENORA MCBRIDE AND HUSBAND BUSTER OF CANEY, OK.

preceded in death by

PARENTS: JOHN AND MACIE SMITH.

7 BROTHERS AND 2 SISTERS.

DATE OF SERVICES: THURSDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2006 AT 2:00 P.M.

PLACE OF SERVICES: CANEY FREEWILL BAPTIST CHURCH.

INTERMENT: CANEY CEMETERY ~ caney, ok.

OFFICIATING: REV. LEONARD COOK

CASKETBEARERS: (GREAT NEPHEWS) KENT MCBRIDE, ETHAN MCBRIDE, JAKE MAGBY, TYE HOWARD, COLT HOWARD, MICHAEL GORDON, DWIGHT HOWARD.

HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: BUTCH WILLEBY, CHESTER WILLEBY, PHILLIP CULBREATH, TOM MCBRIDE, TONY HEAD, BRAD JACKSON, JIM SANDERS, WESLEY SANDERS.

FAMILY NIGHT: WEDNESDAY 7:00 P.M.