NAME: LEROY DAVID BLACKBURN, AGE 82, A LONGTIME ATOKA RESIDENT.

BORN: FEBRUARY 27, 1918 AT SPALDING, OKLAHOMA TO DAVID WASHINGTON AND ISABELLE (YEATS) BLACKBURN. PASSED AWAY: WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2000 AT HIS RESIDENCE IN ATOKA, OK. AGE: 82 YEARS 9 MONTHS AND 16 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED AND GRADUATED FROM ATOKA HIGH SCHOOL IN 1938. MARRIED: LUCILLE UMSTED ON JULY 19, 1947 AT SHAWNEE, OK. OCCUPATION: LEROY WAS A FARMER AND RANCHER. HE WORKED FOR THE ATOKA COUNTY ASSESSOR'S OFFICE AS DEPUTY FOR EIGHT YEARS AND SERVED AS ASSESSOR FOUR YEARS IN THE 50'S. HE ALSO WAS MAYOR FOR THE CITY OF ATOKA. HE WAS ON THE EXCISE BOARD FROM NOVEMBER 1979 TO JULY 1986. LEROY WORKED SEVERAL YEARS FOR THE OKLAHOMA TAX COMMISSION. CHURCH AFFILIATION: CHURCH OF CHRIST FAITH. LEROY SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE U. S. NAVY DURING WORLD WAR II. HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE D. A. V., AMERICAN LEGION AND V. F. W. HE SERVED AS ATOKA COUNTY DEMOCRATIC CHAIRMAN AND WAS A FOUNDING MEMBER AS WELL AS SERVED MANY YEARS AS CHAIRMAN OF ATOKA COUNTY RURAL WATER DISTRICT 4. SURVIVED BY SON: ROY BLACKBURN AND WIFE VICKIE OF CANEY, OK. GRANDCHILDREN: AMBER BLACKBURN OF CANEY, OK. JORDAN BLACKBURN OF CANEY, OK. BROTHER: FLOYD BLACKBURN OF DURANT, OK. SISTER: MABLE WITHROW OF ATOKA, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY WIFE: LUCILLE BLACKBURN IN 1998. PARENTS: DAVE AND BELLE BLACKBURN. BROTHERS: COLEMAN AND HOUSTON BLACKBURN. SISTER: OLA BELLE BLACKBURN.

DATE OF SERVICES: SATURDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2000 AT 10:00 A.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN'S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: TUSHKA CEMETERY ~ TUSHKA, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. GARY WEEDEN. ASSISTING: REV. ROBERT EARL UMSTED. CASKETBEARERS: O. P. RAY, TINKER RAY, DAVID BLACKBURN, DENNIS DUCKWORTH, JERRIEL BETTS, EARL UMSTED, JR. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: DUKE ELLIS, MONROE COCHRAN, GILBERT BAKER, BUD CARR, JACK BONNER, HARRY FARRIS.