NAME: LOUIS RAY GARRETT, AGE 61, A CALVIN AREA AND FORMER LONGTIME ATOKA AREA RESIDENT.

BORN: SEPTEMBER 7, 1942 AT GERTY, OKLAHOMA TO BLAN AND EULA (GREENE) GARRETT.

PASSED AWAY: TUESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 21, 2003 AT THE CARL ALBERT HOSPITAL IN ADA, OK. AGE: 61 YEARS 1 MONTH AND 14 DAYS.

EDUCATION: ATTENDED AND GRADUATED FROM GERTY SCHOOLS.

MARRIED: LOU ELLA STILES ON JUNE 8, 1992 AT ATOKA, OK.

OCCUPATION: LOUIS WORKED SEVERAL YEARS AS A FIREMAN AND EMT AT THE MCALESTER ARMY BASE, HE WAS ALSO A FIRE INSPECTOR AND HAD HIS HAZMAT LICENSE. HE LATER OWNED AND OPERATED HIS OWN DOZER BUSINESS HERE IN ATOKA.

CHURCH AFFILIATION: ATTENDED THE NON, OKLAHOMA FREEWILL BAPTIST CHURCH AS A CHILD.

LOUIS SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE U. S. NAVY DURING THE VIETNAM WAR. HE LOVED WORKING WITH AND TRAINING HORSES. LOUIS WAS A FORMER LONGTIME MEMBER OF THE CALVIN ROUND-UP CLUB AND WAS ACTIVE WITH THE ATOKA TRAIL RIDERS.

SURVIVED BY

WIFE: LOU ELLA GARRETT OF THE HOME NEAR CALVIN, OK.

CHILDREN: TERRY BAKER OF STRINGTOWN, OK. MARY (BAKER) HUNTER OF ATOKA, OK. CINDY (DAVIS) FOX OF ATOKA, OK.

6 GRANDCHIDREN AND 1 GREAT GRANDCHILD.

FATHER: BLAN GARRETT OF CALVIN, OK.

GRANDMOTHER: WILLIE LEE (BILL) GARRETT OF ALLEN, OK.

SISTERS: LINDA ORR AND HUSBAND TOMMY OF NON, OK. NORMA HOLT AND HUSBAND JOHNNY OF ADA, OK.

PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

MOTHER: EULA (GREENE) GARRETT. GRANDFATHER: W. O. GARRETT.

DATE OF SERVICES: FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2003 AT 2:00 PM. PLACE OF SERVICES: FREEWILL BAPTIST CHURCH ~ NON, OK.

INTERMENT: NON CEMETERY ~ NON, OK.

OFFICIATING: REV. DUDE DODSON. ASSISTING: REV. JIM LAWRENCE.

CASKETBEARERS: RANDY HYATT, SHANE RICHIE, LARRY KEELER, BUTCH VIETTA, DAVID CASSELL, JASON CARTER.

HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: DON RIPPEE, JERRY CANTRELL, TERRY CALLICOAT, BUDDY LAWSON, MILLARD WAINSCOTT.