NAME: LEO DANIEL THORNE, AGE 65, AN ATOKA AREA RESIDENT AND FORMER LINDALE, TEXAS AREA RESIDENT.

BORN: JULY 30, 1938 TO WILLIAM E. AND MAE (BEARDEN) THORNE AT LINDALE, TEXAS.

PASSED AWAY: WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 3, 2003 AT THE ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. AGE: 65 YEARS 4 MONTHS AND 3 DAYS.

EDUCATION: LEO ATTENDED SCHOOL AT LINDALE, TX.

MARRIED: JANET GILLIN ON FEBRUARY 10, 1984 AT TYLER, TX.

OCCUPATION: LEO WAS A TRUCK DRIVER.

CHURCH AFFILIATION: BAPTIST FAITH.

SURVIVED BY

WIFE: JANET OF THE HOME IN ATOKA, OK.

DAUGHTERS: ASHLEY, STEPHANIE, AND TIFFANIE THORNE OF ATOKA, OK. JAYE BEARDEN OF ATOKA, OK. JENNIFER BUFFINGTON OF ATOKA, OK. CARLA HADDOCK AND HUSBAND FRANK OF OVERTON, TX.

SONS: REGGIE AND CRAIG THORNE OF TYLER, TX.

GRANDCHILDREN: MATHEW & KELSEY COX, COREY & COLTON BEARDON, MIKKINZIE, JAMES, & RIVER SILLS, RAVEN & BROOKLYN BUFFINGTON, AND SKYLER STILES.

BROTHERS: ELBERT THORNE AND WIFE MARY OF CHANDLER, TX. CHESTER THORNE OF OREGON.

SISTER: WANZA BARKER OF LINDALE, TX.

SPECIAL FRIEND: MARY LOU RAY OF TUSHKA, OK.

PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

PARENTS: WILLIAM AND MAE THORNE. SISTER: MARIE. BROTHER: WILLIAM THORNE.

DATE OF MEMORIAL SERVICES: SUNDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2003 2:00 PM. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN'S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK.

INTERMENT: NONE - CREMATIONL.

OFFICIATING: REV. BOB GRAHAM.