NAME: MARLIN ISBELL, AGE 84, OF ATOKA, OK.

BORN: SEPTEMBER 22, 1917 AT CANEY, OKLAHOMA TO J. J. & EULA (BREWER) ISBELL. PASSED AWAY: TUESDAY, MAY 7, 2002 AT WILSON N. JONES HOSPITAL IN SHERMAN, TX. AGE: 84 YEARS 7 MONTHS AND 15 DAYS.

EDUCATION: ATTENDED GRADE SCHOOL AT CANEY AND GRADUATED FROM STRINGTOWN HIGH SCHOOL AND FROM SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY IN DURANT WITH A DEGREE IN EDUCATION.

MARRIED: LOTTIE L. AINSWORTH ON APRIL 26, 1941 IN ATOKA, OK.

OCCUPATION: MARLIN TAUGHT SCHOOL AT CANADIAN, OKLAHOMA. HE LATER WORKED 21 YEARS AS A FEDERAL EMPLOYEE IN EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION. HE WORKED IN NEW MEXICO AND ARIZONA, RETIRING IN 1975.

CHURCH AFFILIATION: LONGTIME MEMBER AND DEACON OF ATOKA FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH.

MARLIN SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE U.S. ARMY IN EUROPE AND NORTH AFRICA DURING WORLD WAR II. HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE ATOKA LIONS CLUB FOR MANY YEARS AND A MEMBER OF THE ATOKA MASONIC LODGE FOR OVER 50 YEARS.

SURVIVED BY

WIFE: LOTTIE ISBELL OF THEIR HOME IN ATOKA, OK.

SONS: DAVID ISBELL AND WIFE GILLIAN OF LAKE TAHOE, CA. DARYL ISBELL OF ALBUQUERQUE, NM.

GRANDCHILDREN: MICHAEL ISBELL OF TITUSVILLE, PA. SARA MURRAY AND HUSBAND LOUIS OF SAN FRANCISCO, CA.

GREAT GRANDCHILDREN: JANELLE ISBELL OF SAN FRANCISCO, CA. KIMBERLY ISBELL OF TITUSVILLE, PA.

NEPHEW: DOUG ISBELL OF PLANO, TX.

NIECE: BOBBI MARSHALL OF SHERMAN, TX.

PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

PARENTS: J. J. AND EULA ISBELL. BROTHES: HUGH, OLAN, AND ALVA ISBELL. SISTERS: DORIS, MAE, OLA, AND PEARL.

DATE OF SERVICES: FRIDAY, MAY 10, 2002 AT 10:00 A.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN'S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK.

INTERMENT: GREEN MEADOWS CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK.

OFFICIATING: REV. BILL ELKINS. ASSISTING: DARYL ISBELL.

CASKETBEARERS: (SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASS MEMBERS) BILL MALONE, MONROE ALLEN, CALVIN CLEVELAND, ROY COLLUM, OLEN CURRY, SAM STEELE, WILLIE JOE STRICKLEN, CLARENCE VIEUX, BOB WHITTLE, BROWN WYRICK.

HONORARY PALLBEARERS: (DEACONS OF ATOKA FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH) HOMER BARRETT, LEE BARRETT, MIKE BOURNE, JIM CATHEY, MORRIS COCHRAN, STEVE CROW, BILL FLOWERS, JAMES KAAZ, TOM KLINGENSMITH, MAX LANE, EVERETT MCGHEE, JIM MIXON, BOB PRAYTOR, DON RITTER, GLO ROUNSAVILLE, TOMMY THOMAS, KEN TURRENTINE, & SON DAVID ISBELL.