NAME: LENA MAYE (JOHNSON) HOOK - BILKE, AGE 68, LONGTIME ATOKA RESIDENT.

BORN: AUGUST 7, 1929 IN ATOKA COUNTY, OK TO OLIVER AND MAUDIE LEE (TAYLOR) JOHNSON. PASSED AWAY: WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1997 AT HER RESIDENCE EAST OF ATOKA, OK. AGE: 68 YEARS 4 MONTHS AND 10 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS. AT WILSON COMMUNITY IN ATOKA COUNTY AND HIGH SCHOOL AT WAPANUCKA. MARRIED: THURMAN HOOK IN 1948 AT ATOKA, OK. VERL BILKE IN 1972 AT ATOKA. OCCUPATION: SHE WAS A NURSE FOR DR. HAYES AND FOR ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOR MANY YEARS, RETIRING IN 1972.. CHURCH AFFILIATION: MEMBER OF FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH IN QUAPAW, OK. SHE WAS ALSO A MEMBER OF BAXTER SPRINGS, KASAS SADDLE CLUB, MISSOURI MOUNTED GUARD, RIDE FOR LIFE KIDNEY FOUNDATION IN JOPLIN, MO, AND THE ATOKA REBECCAHS CLUB. SURVIVED BY CHILDREN: MIKE HOOK AND WIFE SHARON OF ATOKA, OK. KENNETH HOOK AND WIFE KELLI OF QUAPAW, OK. STEPCHILDREN: JIM BILKE AND WIFE LINDA OF BAXTER SPRINGS, KS. RON BILKE OF QUAPAW, OK. RALPH BILKE AND WIFE JOSIE OF QUAPAW, OK. JERRY BILKE OF BAXTER SPRINGS, KS. VERLA WHITE AND HUSBAND STONEY OF WEATHERFORD, OK. GRANDCHILDREN: ANGELENA FROST AND HUSBAND CODY OF JONESBORO, AR. TAMI MURRAY AND HUSBAND STEVEN OF ATOKA, OK. MINDY HOOK OF ATOKA, OK. KANDY AND KASEY HOOK OF QUAPAW, OK. GREAT GRANDCHILDREN: BRYAN AND STETSON FROST OF JONESBORO, AR. MCKENZIE AND JACOB MURRAY OF ATOKA, OK. BROTHER: LEONARD RAY JOHNSON AND WIFE ANN OF MCALESTER, OK. SISTERS: CLEO BOOZE AND HUSBAND HOMER OF WAYNE, OK. MAMIE LEE MAXEY AND HUSBAND WENDELL OF SEAGOVILLE, TX. JANIE REED OF ATOKA, OK. SPECIAL NIECE: PATSY ANGEL AND HUSBAND TRENTON OF ATOKA, OK. AUNT: TRIXIE HOKETT OF ATOKA, OK. MANY STEP GRANDCHILDREN. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: OLIVER AND MAUDIE LEE JOHNSON. FIRST HUSBAND: THURMAN HOOK IN 1966. SECOND HUSBAND: VERL BILKE IN 1996. BROTHER: LUTHER JOHNSON. SISTERS: RUTH PAYNE AND LORETTA TRUETT.

DATE OF SERVICES: FRIDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1997 AT 10:00 A.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN'S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: ROSE HILL CEMETERY ~ WAPANUCKA, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. GENE SLUDER. CASKETBEARERS: RALPH BREWSTER, COTTON PAYNE, TRENTON ANGEL, GENE GLAHOLT, RUSTY JOHNSON, DOUG JOHNSON. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: JUSTIN RECTON, CHARLES EAGON, CHUCK EAGON.