NAME: LLOYD D. PATTON, AGE 69, A LONGTIME ATOKA COUNTY RESIDENT.

BORN: APRIL 11, 1932 AT CLARITA-BURR VALLEY IN COAL COUNTY, OK TO JAMES ARNOLD AND EFFIE LOU (FAIRCHILD) PATTON. PASSED AWAY: THURSDAY, JANUARY 17, 2002 AT HIS STRINGTOWN RESIDENCE. AGE: 69 YEARS 9 MONTHS AND 6 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOL AT CLARITA, GRADUATING FROM CENTRAHOMA HIGH SCHOOL. MARRIED: ALMA JO PENDLEY ON JUNE 9, 1954 AT OKLAHOMA CITY. OCCUPATION: LLOYD WAS A SKILLED ROOFER AND BUILDING CONTRACTOR, RETIRING IN 1994. CHURCH AFFILIATION: MEMBER OF STRINGTOWN FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH AND WAS BROTHERHOOD DIRECTOR AND SERVED ON BUILDING AND GROUNDS COMMITTEE FOR ATOKA-COAL BAPTIST ASSOCIATION. LLOYD SERVED HIS COUNTRY THE IN THE US ARMY, AIRBORNE DIVISION DURING THE KOREAN CONFLICT. SURVIVED BY WIFE: JO PATTON OF THEIR HOME IN STRINGTOWN, OK. SON: ARNOLD PATTON AND WIFE TERRI OF STRINGTOWN, OK. DAUGHTER: ROBBIE BENNETT AND HUSBAND TOMMY OF STRINGTOWN, OK. GRANDDAUGHTERS: TAMI BLACKWOOD AND HUSBAND ALLEN OF CANEY, OK. CASSANDRA BENNETT OF PLANO, TX. MARCI BENNETT AND BRANDON WEST OF PLANO, TX. SHAUNCI WILLIAMS AND HUSBAND JASON OF STRINGTOWN, OK. TONI PATTON OF STRINGTOWN, OK. GRANDSON: SHEA PATTON OF STRINGTOWN, OK. GREAT GRANDSONS: TALLEN BLACKWOOD OF CANEY, OK. TOMYE BLACKWOOD OF CANEY, OK. EXPECTING 2 MORE SOON. STEPMOTHER: WENNIE PATTON OF MT. PLEASANT, TX. HALF SISTER: PAT LOVE OF LONE GROVE, OK. MOTHER-IN-LAW: RUBY BULLINGTON AND HUSBAND PETE OF KONAWA, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: JAMES AND EFFIE PATTON. HALF BROTHER: JIMMY PATTON. BABY SISTER: ROSETTA PATTON. 2 INFANT BROTHERS. FATHER-IN-LAW: FLOYD PENDLEY.

DATE OF SERVICES: SATURDAY, JANUARY 19, 2002 AT 1:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH ~ STRINGTOWN, OK. INTERMENT: STRINGTOWN CEMETERY ~ STRINGTOWN, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. RICHARD MAGBY. ASSISTING: REV. LOYD THOMPSON. CASKETBEARERS: BILL GIVENS, KENNY LAYTON, LOUIE LAYTON, ROY GADBERRY, DALE NUB STEPHENS, LEWIS LAYTON. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: JACK LANSDALE, J. C. GADBERRY, MIKE MILLER, KEN CHAFFIN, SONNY LAYTON, CHRIS EDGER.