NAME: VERNON LYNN SMOKEY FORTENBERRY, JR., AGE 25, A LIFELONG ATOKA COUNTY RESIDENT.

BORN: JANUARY 16, 1974 AT TULSA, OK TO VERNON, SR. AND PATRICIA ANN (GEORGE) FORTENBERRY. PASSED AWAY: TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1999 AT HIS HOME IN ATOKA, OK. AGE: 25 YEARS 7 MONTHS AND 28 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED GRADE SCHOOL AT TUSHKA AND GRADUATED FROM ATOKA HIGH SCHOOL IN 1993. OCCUPATION: WORKED AT THE SHELTERED WORKSHOP IN ATOKA AND AT OKMULGEE TERRACE HOME. CHURCH AFFILIATION: MEMBER OF THE SECOND BAPTIST CHURCH IN OKMULGEE, OK. SURVIVED BY PARENTS: PATRICIA BAYLES AND HUSBAND CLIFFORD OF ATOKA, OK. GRANDMOTHER: ELLAR GEORGE OF ATOKA, OK. BROTHERS: SHANNON WAYNE FORTENBERRY OF WEWOKA, OK. JERRY LARUE BAYLES OF CALERA, OK. SISTER: LISA JO BAYLES OF CALERA, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY SISTER: ERIKA FORTENBERRY. GRANDFATHER: RUSSELL WAYNE GEORGE. GRANDPARENTS: MARION AND RUBY BAYLES. AUNT: CHRISTINE COLE. UNCLE: ALBERT COLE.

DATE OF SERVICES: SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1999 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN'S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: BERA CEMETERY ~ HARMONY, OK OFFICIATING: REV. BOB BURCH. CASKETBEARERS: BILL BAYLES, RONALD BAYLES, TOMMY BALYES, DAVID BAYLES, GLENDON MOSLEY, PAUL PETERS. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: CURTIS MOSLEY, JERRY BAYLES, DARRELL MAXEY, CLIFFORD BRADFORD, FLOYD MCCARTY JR., ALBERT COLE.