NAME: LEO EUGENE ABLES, AGE 72, A LONGTIME COAL COUNTY RESIDENT. BORN: JUNE 10, 1932 AT OLNEY, OK TO SID E. AND LORETTA (CHASTAIN) ABLES. PASSED AWAY: THURSDAY, MARCH 10, 2005 IN ADA, OK. AGE: 72 YEARS 9 MONTHS EDUCATION: ATTENDED OLNEY SCHOOLS. MARRIED: ANN DONLEY ON APRIL 22, 1958 IN COAL COUNTY, OK. OCCUPATION: HE WORKED 35 YEARS FOR COAL COUNTY DISTRICT #3, RETIRING IN 1995 AND WAS A RANCHER. CHURCH AFFILIATION: HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE COTTONWOOD BAPTIST CHURCH AND LONGTIME MEMBER OF THE LEHIGH BAPTIST CHURCH. HE WORKED ON THE COAL COUNTY ELECTION BOARD AND WAS THE CARETAKER OF THE LEHIGH CEMETERY FOR MANY YEARS. HE WAS VERY INVOLVED IN HIS GRANDCHILDREN'S LIVESTOCK AND SPORTS EVENTS. HE PLAYED THE GUITAR AND DOBRA. SURVIVED BY DAUGHTERS: SHERRY ROEBUCK AND HUSBAND BILL OF LEHIGH, OK. SHELLY FOMBY AND HUSBAND HAROLD OF LEHIGH, OK. GRANDCHILDREN: LAMANDA ROEBUCK OF LEHIGH, OK. JEFFERY ROEBUCK OF LEHIGH, OK. EATHEN FOMBY OF LEHIGH, OK. JESSICA FOMBY OF LEHIGH, OK. WYATT FOMBY OF LEHIGH, OK. SISTERS: JOYCE DORITY AND HUSBAND ANDREW OF OLNEY, OK. STELLA WINNINGHAM AND HUSBAND MICKEY OF MCALESTER, OK. JOANN WINNINGHAM AND HUSBAND TONY OF COLBERT, OK. BROTHERS: WAYNE ABLES OF COALGATE, OK. ERNEST TUBBY ABLES AND WIFE MARY OF MILBURN, OK. HOWARD ABLES AND WIFE WENDY OF OLNEY, OK. SISTER-IN-LAW: LETA CLEWELL AND HUSBAND JOHN OF WELLINGTON, KS. AUNTS: BESSIE HORTON OF COALGATE, OK. THELMA DAVIS OF AUSTIN, TX. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY WIFE: ANN ABLES ON OCTOBER 10, 1993. PARENTS: SID AND LORETTA ABLES. MOTHER-IN-LAW: RUTH PETERS. BROTHER-IN-LAW: DICK BLEVINS.

DATE OF SERVICE: MONDAY, MARCH 14, 2005 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICE: BROWN'S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ COALGATE, OK. INTERMENT: LEHIGH CEMETERY ~ LEHIGH, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. BILL WEATHERS, REV BOB GRAHAM, JOHNNY D. WARD, GARY HUMMINGBIRD, BOB TRAIL. CASKETBEARERS: E.A. GOSSETT , DAVID TOWNSEND, GARY HUMMINGBIRD, PAUL CALVERT, JOHNNY D. WARD, RICK LEWIS. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: J. N. FLINT, L. M. RUSH, LYNN CALVERT, WALTER LEE HOGUE, JACK FOMBY, ROBERT ROEBUCK. FAMILY NIGHT WILL BE SUNDAY MARCH 13, 2005, 6 TO 8 P.M.