NAME: MARTIN GARCIA MARTY FIGUEROA, AGE 76, RESIDENT OF ATOKA COUNTY.

BORN: APRIL 13, 1922 IN CHIHAUHUA, MEXICO. PASSED AWAY: WEDNESDAY, MAY 6, 1998 AT ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. AGE: 76 YEARS 0 MONTHS AND 23 DAYS EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOL AT NORWALK, CALIFORNIA. MARRIED: MILDRED WILLIAMS CHISM IN 1970 IN MEXICO. OCCUPATION: MARTY WAS A TRUCK DRIVER FOR MANY YEARS. MARTY SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE U. S. ARMY DURING WORLD WAR II. HE RECEIVED MANY MEDALS INCLUDING THE PURPLE HEART. HE ATTENDED SOUTHSIDE BAPTIST CHURCH AND WAS A MEMBER OF THE TEAMSTERS UNION FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS. SURVIVED BY WIFE: MILDRED FIGUEROA OF THE HOME IN ATOKA, OK. BROTHER: PEDRO GARCIA FIGUEROA OF NORWALK, CA. COUSIN: CLEMENCIA GAVALDON OF RIVERSIDE, CA. NEPHEWS: MICHAEL FIGUEROA OF NORWALK, CA. DANNY FIGUEROA OF NORWALK, CA. NIECE: VALERIE FIGUEROA OF NORWALK, CA. SISTER-IN-LAW: MARY FIGUEROA OF NORWALK, CA. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: UNKNOWN TO INFORMANT. BROTHER: MANUEL GARCIA FIGUEROA. STEP-SON: HAROLD CHISM.

DATE OF SERVICES: SATURDAY, MAY 9, 1998 AT 2:00 P.M PLACE OF SERVICES: SOUTHSIDE BAPTIST CHURCH ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: GREEN MEADOWS CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. LOYD THOMPSON. ASSISTING: REV. TOM HARGRAVE. CASKETBEARERS: JERRY RICHARD, LON FINK, RICHARD BETTS, JACK RICE, CARL TOBLER, MARVIN DALE. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: HOWARD SOUTHERN, RONNIE COCHRAN, ERNIE GRIFFIN, MORRIS COCHRAN.