NAME: LEONA MAE (CAMPBELL) BICKERSTAFF, AGE 66, LONGTIME ATOKA AREA RESIDENT. BORN: AUGUST 13, 1930 AT MCLOUD, OK TO CHESTER RUBEN AND DELILA E. (MULLENS) CAMPBELL. PASSED AWAY: EARLY SUNDAY MORNING, AUGUST 18, 1996 AT HER RESIDENCE SOUTHEAST OF ATOKA. AGE: 66 YEARS 0 MONTHS AND 5 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED MANY DIFFERENT SCHOOLS IN MANY STATES THROUGHOUT HER YOUTH. MARRIED: CHESTER HADWOOD BICKERSTAFF IN MAY, 1949 AT OKLAHOMA CITY. OCCUPATION: LEONA WAS A HOUSEWIFE. SHE AND CHESTER WERE FARMERS AND RANCHERS, RAISING CROPS AND CATTLE. CHURCH AFFILIATION: LEONA WAS OF BAPTIST FAITH. AS A CHILD, LEONA TRAVELED AND WORKED WITH HER FAMILY THROUGHOUT SEVERAL STATES, GATHERING CORN. SHE LOVED TO READ AND TO FISH. SHE LIVED IN ATOKA SINCE 1988, MOVING HERE TO BE NEAR HER CHILDREN. SURVIVED BY SONS: HADWOOD LEE BICKERSTAFF OF ATOKA, OK. STERLING E. BICKERSTAFF OF RALEIGH, NC. DAUGHTER: PATRICIA FRENCH AND HUSBAND BILL OF BENTLEY, OK. BROTHERS: CHESTER R. CAMPBELL OF PHOENIX, AZ. JAMES CAMPBELL OF OREGON. SISTERS: LAVEDA CAMPBELL OF NEW YORK. DOTTIE GRAY OF MUSKOGEE, OK. 13 GRANDCHILDREN, 4 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HUSBAND: CHESTER BICKERSTAFF ON MAY 22, 1968. PARENTS: CHESTER AND DELILA CAMPBELL. SON: CASEY BICKERSTAFF. 2 SISTERS. 6 BROTHERS.

DATE OF SERVICES: FRIDAY, AUGUST 23, 1996 AT 1:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: GRAVESIDE SERVICES. INTERMENT: SUNNY LANE CEMETERY ~ OKLAHOMA CITY. OFFICIATING: REV. TERRY CRIPE. CASKETBEARERS: EDDIE FRENCH, DOYLE FRENCH, LARRY LOVENCHIMER, JAY BICKERSTAFF, BUDDIE SCHONES, DALE HARMON.