NAME: LEON BURKHALTER, AGE 72, A LONGTIME ATOKA AREA RESIDENT.

BORN: DECEMBER 30, 1928 AT LANE, OKLAHOMA TO WILBURN E. AND THELMA L. (YATES) BURKHALTER. PASSED AWAY: SATURDAY, DECEMBER 22, 2001 AT HIS HOME IN ATOKA, OK. AGE: 72 YEARS 11 MONTHS AND 22 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT IRONSTOB (LANE), OK. MARRIED: BEA HAMILTON ON JUNE 4, 1955 AT DURANT, OK. OCCUPATION: LEON WAS A LOGGER, HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERATOR, AND WORKED MANY YEARS ON HIGH LINE CONTRUCTION. CHURCH AFFILIATION: ASSEMBLY OF GOD. LEON LOVED TO HUNT AND FISH AND TELL TALES AT THE COFFEE SHOP. SURVIVED BY WIFE: BEA BURKHALTER OF THE HOME IN ATOKA, OK. CHILDREN: HOLLEY MUSE AND HUSBAND GENE OF HUGO, OK. ROY BURKHALTER AND DEBBIE OF ATOKA, OK. KIMY BURKHALTER AND WIFE TERRY OF CANEY, OK. GRANDCHILDREN: EDDIE LEON HENRY AND CHASI OF TUSHKA, OK. APRYL PRITCHETT AND HUSBAND J. B. OF TUSHKA, OK. LEITH BURKHALTER OF CANEY, OK. KIRBY BURKHALTER OF CANEY, OK. JASMINE MUSE OF HUGO, OK. AMITY APSEY AND HUSBAND CHRIS OF FITTSTOWN, OK. GREAT GRANDCHILDREN: SEKRET HENRY OF TUSHKA, OK. ERIC MATHEW OF TUSHKA, OK. BROTHER: D. P. PINKY BURKHALTER AND WIFE PAT OF LANE, OK. SISTERS: GERALDINE EAVES AND HUSBAND KENNETH OF LANE, OK. GINGER SILVERS AND HUSBAND PAUL OF LANE, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY DAUGHTER: KLETA JEAN BURKHALTER. PARENTS: WILBURN AND THELMA YATES BURKHALTER. BROTHER: DOUGLAS BURKHALTER. SISTER: LUCILLE COATS.

DATE OF SERVICES: WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 26, 2001 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN'S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: GREEN MEADOWS CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. JOHN HOWARD. CASKETBEARERS: GENE MUSE, ROY BURKHALTER, KIMY BURKHALTER, EDDIE L. HENRY, J. B. PRITCHETT, LEITH BURKHALTER, KIRBY BURKHALTER. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: DARRELL COATS, HAROLD COATS, GERALD EAVES, JERRY DON BURKHALTER, DENNIS BURKHALTER, TODD BURKHALTER, SHANE HAMILTON, BOB LEWIS.