NAME: LEVVRIETT PAUL WILLIAMS , AGE 61, OF COALGATE, OK. BORN: NOVEMBER 27, 1941 AT ATOKA, OK TO LEVVRIETT L. AND SUSAN E. (HELT) WILLIAMS. PASSED AWAY: SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2003 AT THE HURLEY HOSPITAL IN COALGATE, OK. AGE: 61 YEARS 10 MONTHS. MARRIED: RUTH ANN SHERMAN ON JUNE 16, 1972 AT INDIALANTIC, FL. OCCUPATION: PAUL RETIRED FROM THE OKLAHOMA DEPT. OF CORRECTIONS AS A CORRECTIONAL COUNSELOR. HE RECEIVED THE MEDAL OF COURAGE AND VALOR FROM THE GOVERNOR OF OKLAHOMA IN 1990 FROM A HOSTAGE INCIDENT AT THE MACK ALFORD CORRECTIONAL CENTER. CHURCH AFFILIATION: HE WAS OF BAPTIST FAITH. PAUL SERVED 23 YEARS IN THE U. S. AIR FORCE. HE RECEIVED NUMEROUS MEDALS AND AWARDS INCLUDING THE AIR FORCE COMMENDATION MEDAL, GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL BOTH ARMY AND AIR FORCE, NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDAL AND THE VIETNAM SERVICE MEDAL HE ATTENDED NUMEROUS SCHOOLS WHILE IN THE MILITARY. SURVIVED BY WIFE: RUTH ANN WILLIAMS OF THE HOME IN COALGATE, OK. CHILDREN: TINA L. PRICE AND HUSBAND RAY OF NOODLE, TX. SANDRA HOVIS AND HUSBAND JOHN OF LAGOOTEE, IN. SUSAN E. WALTON AND HUSBAND KEITH OF HOLDENVILLE, OK. JOHN W. HAMBLETON OF IRVING, TX. SCOTT WILLIAMS OF CATAWBA, OH. MICHAEL J. WILLIAMS AND WIFE DONNA OF COALGATE SISTERS: BETTY MCKEEN, JIMMIE LOU JONES, LYNN NELSON, ANN JOHNSON, KATHY MANNON, LINDA ROBERTS, SHIRLEY LAYTON. BROTHERS: CHARLES WILLIAMS, JOHN WILLIAMS, AND WAYNE WILLIAMS GRANDCHILDREN: MICHELLE ALLEN, AMY ALLEN, TIMOTHY MCCLARY, RYAN GUINN, CARLEE MAYNARD, TREVOR DUNN, COURTNEY WALTON, KELSEY DUNN, WHITNEY WILLIAMS, CATHY HOVIS, BRITTANY WILLIAMS, CANDACE WALTON, AND BROCK WILLIAMS. GREAT GRANDCHILD: JAKOB DEERING. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: LEVVRIETT (SEPTEMBER 27, 2003) AND SUSIE (MARCH 26, 2001) WILLIAMS OF COALGATE. DAUGHTER: PAULA JEAN WILLIAMS OF OKLAHOMA CITY ON MARCH 25, 2003. BROTHERS: LONNIE AND JOE WILLIAMS.

DATE OF SERVICES: TUESDAY, SEPT 30, 2003 AT 2:00 PM. PLACE OF SERVICES: COTTONWOOD BAPTIST CHURCH ~ COTTONWOOD, OK. INTERMENT: MCCARTY CEMETERY ~ PARKER COMMUNITY, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. BILL WEATHERS. CASKETBEARERS: LEILANII HARRIS, JERRI BUMGARNER, LINN COPS, CHRIS BOULWARE, JIM POTOFF, LEON TOMLINSON. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: DONALD MCKEEN, MICHAEL MCKEEN, ROY MCKEEN, CHARLES JONES, THEDA DODSON. MILITARY HONORS BY COALGATE VFW, DAV AND AMERICAN LEGION.