NAME: LEONARD RAY PORTER, AGE 75, MOORE, OK RESIDENT, FORMER LONGTIME ATOKA RESIDENT.

BORN: OCTOBER 1, 1920 AT CELESTE, HUNT COUNTY, TX TO PENNY G. AND NORA ANN (PASSIONS) PORTER. PASSED AWAY: SUNDAY, JANUARY 14, 1996 AT SOUTHWEST MEDICAL CENTER, OKLAHOMA CITY. AGE: 75 YEARS 3 MONTHS AND 13 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT CELESTE, HUNT COUNTY, TX. MARRIED: WANDA JOY FITZGERALD ON JUNE 7, 1942 AT ATOKA, OK. OCCUPATION: LEONARD MADE A CAREER OUT OF THE ARMY, RETIRING WITH THE RANK OF CAPTAIN AFTER 20 YEARS, AFTER THE SERVICE HE WORKED FOR WESTERN ELECTRIC. AFTER MOVING TO ATOKA, HE WAS EMPLOYED AT ATOKA STATE BANK AND A BOOKKEEPER FOR KENCO MANUFACTURING CO, RETIRING IN 1982 WITH ILL HEALTH. CHURCH AFFILIATION: MEMBER OF EAGLE BAPTIST FELLOWSHIP IN OKLAHOMA CITY. HE SERVED HIS COUNTRY DURING WWII IN THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS AND THE KOREAN CONFLICT. HE WAS A MEMBER OF ORDER OF EASTERN STAR, A 32ND DEGREE MASON, KNIGHTS TEMPLAR #36 OF SHAWNEE, MYRTLE LODGE #145 OF OKLAHOMA CITY, YORK NIGHT LODGE (CAPITAL HILL CHAPTER 101). SURVIVED BYS DAUGHTER: BRENDA DOBEY AND HUSBAND DON OF MOORE, OK. SISTER: HAZEL CONLEY OF DALLAS, TX. MOTHER-IN-LAW: AMERICA MAE DANDRIDGE OF ATOKA, OK. GRANDSONS: DONALD JUNIOR DOBEY AND WIFE PAULA OF PALM BAY, FL. KEITH DOBEY AND WIFE JOAN OF PALM BAY, FL. KEVIN DOBEY OF PALM BAY, FL. GRANDDAUGHTER: KATHLEEN HILL AND HUSBAND NICK OF GRANT, FL. GREAT GRANDCHILDREN: STEVEN DOBEY OF ORLANDO, FL. NICKY AND ROLAND HILL OF GRANT, FL. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: PENNY AND NORA PORTER. WIFE: WANDA JOY ON AUGUST 23, 1993. BROTHERS: JERRY, PENNY, AND RICHARD PORTER AND CHARLIE JONES. SISTERS: FERN PRITCHETT, ETHEL HANSON, LEE STEADMAN, IODA BURNS, AND MARTHA CAROLINE PASSIONS.

DATE OF SERVICES: WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 17, 1996 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN'S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: NEW ZION CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, COUNTY, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. BOBBY BOYLES. CASKETBEARERS: BENNY MASON, JUNIOR BRUCE, JUNIOR RILEY, KENNETH SLAWSON, RUSSELL COURTNEY, LEO DEMENT. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: JUNIOR NUTTALL, TERRY DON CALLICOAT, REV. JOHN HOWARD, DON BARNARD, SAMMY SILVERS.