NAME: MADGE (STRICKLAND) JOHNSON FORD, AGE 87, A LONGTIME ATOKA AREA RESIDENT. BORN: AUGUST 4, 1917 AT MAPLESVILLE, ALABAMA TO DELBERT AND MAY (BURGE) STRICKLAND. PASSED AWAY: SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2004 AT HER HOME NEAR ATOKA, OK. AGE: 87 YEARS 1 MONTH AND 22 DAYS

EDUCATION: MADGE ATTENDED AND GRADUATED FROM ATOKA SCHOOLS.

MARRIED: EARL JOHNSON, HE PRECEDED HER IN DEATH. ELVIN LAWRENCE FORD ON AUGUST 3, 1974 AT THE HARMONY BAPTIST CHURCH.

OCCUPATION: MADGE WORKED FOR MANY YEARS AS A NURSE FOR DR. FINA IN ATOKA, OK.

CHURCH AFFILIATION: LONGTIME MEMBER OF THE HARMONY BAPTIST CHURCH AND WAS ALSO A MEMBER OF THE ATOKA GARDEN CLUB. SURVIVED BY

STEPDAUGHTER: PATSY MINNICK AND HUSBAND ROBERT OF BENBROOK, TX.

STEPSON: LARRY FORD AND WIFE MARGARET OF BURKBURNETT, TX.

NEPHEW: JACK STRICKLAND AND WIFE MURIEL OF CASPER, WY.

SEVERAL GRANDCHILDREN, GREAT GRANDCHILDREN AND GREAT GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

FIRST HUSBAND: EARL JOHNSON. SECOND HUSBAND: ELVIN LAWRENCE FORD ON MARCH 30, 2004. PARENTS: DELBERT AND MAY (BURGE) STRICKLAND. BROTHERS: MARION AND VERNON STRICKLAND. SISTER: RUTH STRICKLAND.

DATE OF SERVICES: THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2004 AT 2:00 PM PLACE OF SERVICES: HARMONY BAPTIST CHURCH ~ ATOKA, OK.

INTERMENT: GREEN MEADOWS CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK.

OFFICIATING: REV. JASON YARBROUGH. ASSISTING: PAUL MOORE.

CASKETBEARERS: MIKE DANIEL, DARRELL COCHRAN, CURTIS BELCHER, PAUL HOWARD, MARVIN COCHRAN, RICKEY FRITCHER.

HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: VERNON SHAW AND MUNROE COCHRAN.