NAME: LESTER "LECK" ALLEN, AGE 89, LIFELONG ATOKA COUNTY AREA RESIDENT. BORN: MARCH 2, 1918 AT GERTY, OK TO I. B. AND MARTHA (DAVIS) ALLEN. PASSED AWAY: SUNDAY, JUNE 24, 2007 AT ATOKA, OK AGE: 89 YEARS 3 MONTHS 22 DAYS EDUCATION: LESTER ATTENDED IRON STOB AND BUTLER SCHOOLS IN ATOKA COUNTY. MARRIED: MARY LUCILLE MCKINNEY ON OCTOBER 7, 1939 AT ATOKA, OK. OCCUPATION: LECK WAS A FARMER, RANCHER AND LOGGER. HE WORKED FOR THE STRINGTOWN BOY'S SCHOOL, THE STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT, AND LASTLY ATOKA DISTRICT #2. CHURCH AFFILIATION: HE WAS OF THE PENTECOSTAL FAITH. LECK WAS AN AVID FISHERMAN, GARDENER AND ENJOYED RAISING FLOWERS. HE SERVED HIS COUNTRY DURING WWII IN THE U.S. ARMY. SURVIVED BY CHILDREN: DEWAYNE ALLEN AND WIFE JANIE OF LANE, OK. REX ALLEN AND WIFE EARLINE OF LANE, OK. LINDA HOWARD AND HUSBAND DOUG OF ATOKA, OK. RENA COYLE AND HUSBAND RON OF LANE, OK. CATHIE TROTTER AND HUSBAND DAN OF EDMOND, OK. 16 GRANDCHILDREN, 18 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, 1 GREAT GREAT GRANDCHILD. SIBLINGS: MONROE ALLEN AND WIFE KATHY OF ATOKA, OK. BILL ALLEN OF ATOKA, OK. OPAL RECTOR OF ATOKA, OK. LUCILLE FAULKNER OF DALLAS, TX. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY WIFE: MARY ALLEN ON OCTOBER 17, 1996 PARENTS: I. B. AND MARTHA ALLEN. BROTHER: CARL ALLEN SISTERS: BERTHA YATES, DESSIE MORELAND, ETHEL PHILLIPS, AND IRENE GOFF.

DATE OF SERVICES: TUESDAY, JUNE 26, 2007 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN'S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: BUTLER CEMETERY ~ LANE, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. GLEN EAVES. CASKETBEARERS: RAY GOFF, JAMES PHILLIPS, SONNY GOFF, BILLY MORELAND, CHUCK PHILLIPS, RONNIE GOFF, PHILLIP ALLEN, JIMMY PHILLIPS. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: JACK LONG, DOYLE SHEFFIELD, CURTIS SHEFFIELD, MUNROE COCHRAN. FAMILY NIGHT: TONIGHT 7:00 TO 8:00 P.M.