NAME: LESTER ALTON DEWBERY, AGE 76, A RESIDENT OF BROMIDE FOR MANY YEARS. BORN: APRIL 20, 1930 AT BROMIDE, OK TO OSCAR ALTON AND CORA BELLE (TAYLOR) DEWBERY. PASSED AWAY: WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4, 2007 AT HIS RESIDENCE IN BROMIDE. AGE: 76 YEARS 11 MONTHS AND 14 DAYS. EDUCATION: LESTER ATTENDED BROMIDE AND PLAINVIEW SCHOOLS. MARRIED: BARBARA HAYDEN IN JUNE 15, 1956 AT SAN JOSE, CA. MARILYN HALBROOKS ON SEPTEMBER 1, 1983 AT DURANT. OCCUPATION: LESTER WAS A CAR SALESMAN FOR MANY YEARS. HE OWNED AND OPERATED DEWBERY GROCERY IN BROMIDE AND RETIRED FROM WALMART ARDMORE AND ATOKA AS NIGHT MAINTENANCE SUPERVISOR. CHURCH AFFILIATION: HE WAS OF THE BAPTIST FAITH. LESTER SERVED HIS COUNTRY DURING THE KOREAN WAR IN THE U. S. ARMY AND THEN THE AIR FORCE. HE WAS A LONGTIME MEMBER OF THE D.A.V . AND V.F.W. ADA POST. SURVIVED BY CHILDREN: LESLIE (DEWBERY) BOST OF OKLAHOMA CITY. LESTER SKIP DEWBERY AND WIFE PATTI OF TEXARKANA, TX. JANELLE (DEWBERY) MCCORMICK AND HUSBAND JIM OF PORTERVILLE, CA. JOHNNY DEWBERY AND WIFE LINDA OF BROMIDE, OK. MOTHER OF HIS CHILDREN: BARBARA KOSTKA OF SALLISAW, OK. STEPCHILDREN: JACQUELINE COLLINS OF CALERA, OK. DOUGLAS COLLINS OF CALERA, OK. JERILYN COLLINS OF PLATTER, OK. GRANDCHILDREN: CASSY DEWBERY OF TISHOMINGO, OK. SARAH ANDERSON OF PORTERVILLE, CA. DAKOTA DEWBERY OF BROMIDE, OK. DYLAN DEWBERY OF BROMIDE, OK. BROTHERS: ARTHUR DEWBERY AND WIFE LINDA OF BROMIDE, OK. JESSE DEWBERY AND WIFE JOANN OF BROMIDE, OK. SISTERS: NELDA HENRY OF BENTLEY, OK. JANETTE WILSON AND HUSBAND JERRY OF ANTLERS, OK. ZELDA PATE AND HUSBAND TERRY OF ANTLERS, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: OSCAR AND CORA DEWBERY. WIFE: MARILYN DEWBERY ON SEPTEMBER 12, 1997. BROTHERS: ROBERT, THURMAN AND VICTOR DEWBERY. SISTERS: ANNETTE NICHOLS AND JOY MARIE DEWBERY.

DATE OF SERVICES: SATURDAY, APRIL 7, 2007 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN'S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: WELLS VALLEY CEMETERY ~ BROMIDE, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. LARRY SCHOONOVER. CASKETBEARERS: MARK DEWBERY, VICTOR DEWBERY, MAURICE LABRADA, VINCE MCIVER, RICK MCIVER, TODD SHOWN. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: FLOYD HACKWORTH, JOHN JOPLIN, J. W. REED, TERRY PATE. FAMILY NIGHT: FRIDAY 6:00 TO 8:00 P.M .