NAME: LETHA MARCELLA (ATTEBERRY) KENNEDY, AGE 82, OF THE LANE AREA. BORN: SEPTEMBER 5, 1924 IN THE BOGGY DEPOT COMMUNITY TO OTTO FRANKLIN AND BESSIE MAUD (CARNES) ATTEBERRY. PASSED AWAY: WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2007 AT HER HOME NEAR LANE. AGE: 82 YEARS 5 MONTHS AND 2 DAYS. EDUCATION: LETHA ATTENDED WILSON AND STANDING ROCK SCHOOLS WHERE SHE GRADUATED THE 8TH GRADE. SHE ATTENDED AND GRADUATED FROM ATOKA HIGH SCHOOL IN 1942. SHE RECEIVED HER TEACHERS CERTIFICATE FROM SOUTHEASTERN TEACHERS COLLEGE. MARRIED: DILLARD KENNEDY ON DECEMBER 26, 1945 IN OKLAHOMA CITY. OCCUPATION: LETHA CARRIED THE MAIL BY HORSEBACK AND LATER TAUGHT SCHOOL DURING THE WAR. SHE WORKED IN AREA SEWING FACTORIES AND NURSING HOMES. SHE WAS A HOUSEWIFE AND HOMEMAKER. CHURCH AFFILIATION: SHE WAS OF THE BAPTIST FAITH AND ATTENDED LANE BAPTIST CHURCH. LETHA ENJOYED SEWING AND QUILTING. SHE FINISHED JUST BEFORE CHRISTMAS MAKING THE LAST QUILT FOR HER 23 GRANDCHILDREN. SHE LOVED GOING TO THE LANE SENIOR CITIZENS CENTER. SURVIVED BY CHILDREN: LURA DEAN LOVELESS OF OKLAHOMA CITY. BARNEY WARREN KENNEDY OF COOLIDGE, AZ. ROE DALE KENNEDY AND WIFE BETTY OF EDMOND, OK. GYMMIE SMITH AND HUSBAND JACK OF CANTON, KS. PAT KENNEDY AND WIFE KATHRYN OF LANE, OK. BOBBY KENNEDY AND WIFE CINDY OF GARVIN, OK. GLEN KENNEDY AND WIFE BRENDA OF SEARCY, AR SISTERS: NORA GARRETT OF TULSA, OK. JEWEL DARST AND HUSBAND CLIFF OF ATOKA, OK. NELL ADAMS AND HUSBAND GARY OF RAYTOWN, MO. 23 GRANDCHILDREN, 31 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN AND NUMEROUS GREAT GREAT GRANDCHILDREN AND STILL COUNTING. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HUSBAND: DILLARD KENNEDY ON JANUARY 10, 1998. PARENTS: OTTO AND BESSIE ATTEBERRY. BROTHER: DENTON ATTEBERRY. SISTERS: ELMA BREGER AND OZELLA ATTEBERRY. SON: JOE KENNEDY. GRANDDAUGHTER: DIANA JANE KENNEDY. SON IN-LAW: WALTER LOVELESS. DAUGHTERS IN-LAW: JOANN AND WILMA SAMI JANE KENNEDY.

DATE OF SERVICES: SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2007 AT 2:00 PM. PLACE OF SERVICES: LANE BAPTIST CHURCH ~ LANE, OK. INTERMENT: BUTLER CEMETERY ~ LANE, OK. OFFICIATING: BRO. DARRELL ATTEBERRY. ASSISTING: REV. BOB GRAHAM. CASKETBEARERS: MATT PHILLIPS, TRENT TRAP, JOHN MOORE, JACKIE WALKER, ARTHUR CREWS, CHAT WHITE. FAMILY NIGHT: FRIDAY 6:00 TO 8:00 P.M.