NAME: LEO KING WILLIAMS, AGE 79, LONGTIME ATOKA COUNTY RESIDENT.

BORN: OCTOBER 17, 1918 AT TUSHKA, OK TO JIM AMBROSE AND HATTIE LOU (KING) WILLIAMS. PASSED AWAY: TUESDAY, JANUARY 6, 1998 AT TALIHINA VETERANS CENTER, TALIHINA, OK. AGE: 79 YEARS 2 MONTHS AND 19 DAYS EDUCATION: GRADUATED FROM TUSHKA HIGH SCHOOL AND OBTAINED HIS B. A. AND MASTERS DEGREES FROM SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY. MARRIED: CASSIE E. CARR ON NOVEMBER 23, 1943 AT MCALESTER, OK. OCCUPATION: LEO WAS AN EDUCATOR. HE WAS PRINCIPAL AT TUSHKA SCHOOL FOR MANY YEARS AND LATER WAS PRINCIPAL AT DENISON, TEXAS. CHURCH AFFILIATION: MEMBER OF FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH IN DENISON, TEXAS, WHERE HE TAUGHT MEN'S BIBLE CLASS FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS, AND ALSO TAUGHT THE YOUNG AMBASSADORS GROUP. LEO SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE U. S. ARMY DURING BOTH WORLD WAR II AND KOREA. HE WAS INFANTRY UNIT COMMANDER SERVING IN NORTHERN FRANCE, NORMANDY, ARDENNES, AND RHINELAND EARNING NUMEROUS DECORATIONS. LEO ALSO SERVED IN THE NATIONAL GUARD'S 45TH DIVISION AND HAD ATTAINED THE RANK OF LIEUTENANT COLONEL AT THE TIME OF HIS RETIREMENT. LEO WAS ALSO VERY ACTIVE IN THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA AND SERVED AS SCOUT MASTER. SURVIVED BY WIFE: CASSIE WILLIAMS THE HOME. CHILDREN: ANGELIQUE SANDERS OF LONGVIEW, TX. CARLTON WILLIAMS OF OKLAHOMA CITY. SISTERS: NADINE GORDON OF ARLINGTON, TX. CLEO COOKSEY OF ATOKA, OK. MABEL MILLICAN OF CHECOTAH, OK. LOUISE MILLS OF DALLAS, TX. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: JIM AND HATTIE LOU WILLIAMS. BROTHERS: PAUL AND WALLACE WILLIAMS. SISTER: GENEVA FINK.

DATE OF MEMORIAL SERVICES: FRIDAY, JANUARY 9, 1998 AT 1:00 P.M. PLACE OF MEMORIAL SERVICES: GRAVESIDE SERVICE. INTERMENT: WESTVIEW CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. EDDY COOK.