NAME: MARTIN PIERCE, AGE 81, A LIFETIME ATOKA COUNTY RESIDENT.

BORN: MARCH 9, 1921 AT ATOKA, OKLAHOMA TO GEORGE AND KATIE (MOSES) PIERCE, SR. PASSED AWAY: MONDAY, MARCH 12, 2002 IN A FIRE AT HIS RESIDENCE IN ATOKA, OK. AGE: 81 YEARS 0 MONTHS AND 2 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT PITTS CROSSING IN ATOKA COUNTY.

MARRIED: OPAL MENEFEE IN 1941 AT ATOKA. GEORGIA SMITH. GLADYS SUTTER IN 1970 AT ATOKA.

OCCUPATION: MARTIN WAS A FARM HAND, HE ALSO WORKED AT HUBBARD NURSING HOME IN THE 1960'S AND FOR ATOKA COUNTY IN THE 1970'S.

CHURCH AFFILIATION: HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE BETHEL A.M.E. CHURCH AT ATOKA.

MARTIN LOVED TO RIDE HORSES AND FISH.

SURVIVED BY

BROTHER: GEORGE PIERCE, JR. AND WIFE FRANCILLE OF ATOKA, OK.

NIECES: LINDA BURNETT AND HUSBAND ROY LEE OF TULSA, OK. MYRA MORRIS AND HUSBAND JESSE OF MARSHALL, TX.

NEPHEWS: TROY WILL PIERCE AND WIFE BRENDA OF SPERRY, OK. LEON PIERCE AND WIFE MARILYN OF SKIATOOK, OK.

DAUGHTER-IN-LAW: ETHEL FISHER OF ATOKA, OK.

GRANDCHILDREN: CHARLES FISHER JR. OF WAYNESVILLE, MO. ANTHONY FISHER OF MILWAUKEE, WI. FREDDY FISHER OF ATOKA, OK. JENNIFER FISHER OF ATOKA, OK.

PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

FIRST WIFE: OPAL (MENEFEE) PIERCE. PARENTS: GEORGE, SR AND KATIE PIERCE. STEPSON: CHARLES FISHER. grayline DATE OF SERVICES: SATURDAY, MARCH 16, 2002 AT 10:00 A.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN'S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK.

INTERMENT: WELLSTREET CEMETERY ~ STRINGTOWN, OK.

OFFICIATING: REV. M. E. GRIFFIN. ASSISTING: WILLARD HARRISON.

CASKETBEARERS: ROBERT WASHINGTON, LEON PIERCE JR, EARL SUTTER, STEVE SUTTER, CARL PIERCE, TROY PIERCE JR, LEON HARRISON, ROY BARNETT JR.

HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: CHARLES FISHER JR, ANTHONY FISHER JR, ORLON HILL, C. W. COLBERT, ROOSEVELT BUTLER, CECIL HILL.

FLOWER BEARERS: MARSHA MORRIS, MONICA ROBERTS, LOTTIE NEAL, CHRISTI WASHINGTON, SICILY PIERCE, LESLIE PIERCE.