NAME: LERA S. (DARBISON) LEE, AGE 75, LONGTIME ATOKA COUNTY RESIDENT.

BORN: FEBRUARY 18, 1922 AT BENTLEY, OKLAHOMA TO JAMES ALBERT AND HANNA BESSIE (KIZER) DARBISON. PASSED AWAY: MONDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1997 AT ATOKA COLONIAL MANOR NURSING HOME. AGE: 75 YEARS 9 MONTHS 27 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED GRASSY LAKE AND BENTLEY SCHOOLS. MARRIED: MARION PAUL LEE ON JULY 8, 1940 IN BENTLEY, OKLAHOMA. OCCUPATION: WIFE, MOTHER, HOMEMAKER, COOK AND A SEAMSTRESS AT DIAPER JEANS. SHE WAS A CAFETERIA MANAGER AT ETHAN ALLEN AND WORKED A NUMBER OF YEARS AT SOONER TRUCK STOP. LERA WORKED SEVERAL YEARS AT CATALINA SWIMWEAR IN CALIFORNIA AND SHE ALSO WORKED FOR STATE OF CALIFORNIA YOUTH AUTHORITY. CHURCH AFFILIATION: LONGTIME MEMBER OF PENN & A STREET CHURCH OF CHRIST IN ATOKA. SHE LIVED IN HEREFORD, TEXAS AND SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA AND MOVED BACK TO THE BENTLEY AREA IN 1970. SURVIVED BY DAUGHTERS: JUDY HUTTON OF ATOKA, OK. PAULA DIMSE OF LONG BEACH, CA. SONS: EDWIN LEE AND WIFE LANA OF ATOKA, OK. JAY LEE AND WIFE SUE OF ATOKA, OK. GRANDSONS: MARK, FRANK, AND JACK LEE. MIKE AND JEFF HUTTON. DAVID DIMSE. GRANDDAUGHTER: CHRISTINA BELL. GREAT GRANDCHILDREN: NIKKI, STACY, CHARLIE, AND TIFFANY. SISTER: LULA WELDON OF HAYWARD, CA. BROTHER: ALBERT BUD DARBISON AND WIFE ALTA OF BOOKER, TX. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: JAMES ALBERT AND HANNA BESSIE DARBISON. HUSBAND: MARION PAUL LEE ON JUNE 6, 1985. BROTHERS: LARRY, TOM, FLOYD, AND JOHN DARBISON. SISTERS: EVA ZIMMER, ALBERTA DYE, AND BESSIE BRAISHER.

DATE OF SERVICES: THURSDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1997 AT 10:00 A.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN'S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK INTERMENT: BENTLEY CEMETERY ~ BENTLEY, ATOKA COUNTY, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. DAN FLETCHER. CASKETBEARERS: MARK LEE, FRANK LEE, JACK LEE, MIKE HUTTON, JEFF HUTTON, JAY LEE. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: PERRY LEE AND PERRY LEE, JR.