NAME: MARVENE (ALSTON) SANDERS DILLARD, AGE 79, A DURANT AREA RESIDENT AND FORMER TUSHKA AREA RESIDENT.

BORN: SEPTEMBER 30, 1924 AT TO WILLIAM HENRY AND BEULAH (NIXON) ALSTON.

PASSED AWAY: THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE 10, 2004 AT TEXOMA MEDICAL CENTER IN DENISON, TX AGE: 79 YEARS 8 MONTHS AND 10 DAYS.

EDUCATION: MARVENE ATTENDED AND GRADUATED FROM STRINGTOWN, OK.

MARRIED: E. J. SANDERS ON JUNE 15, 1945 AT CANEY, OK. EULICE DILLARD ON DECEMBER 6, 1991 AT LAMONT, CA.

OCCUPATION: MARVENE WAS HOUSEWIFE AND HOMEMAKER.

CHURCH AFFILIATION: MARVENE WAS A MEMBER OF THE TUSHKA BAPTIST CHURCH. SHE ENJOYED FISHING AND WORKING IN HER YARD.

SURVIVED BY HUSBAND: EULICE DILLARD OF THE HOME IN DURANT, OK.

DAUGHTER: TERESA SANDERS OF MUSTANG, OK.

PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

FIRST HUSBAND: E. J. SANDERS ON AUGUST 5, 1986. PARENTS: WILLIAM AND BEULAH ALSTON. BROTHERS: THOMAS BUCK ALVA AND JOE HARPER ALSTON. SISTER: MERLE POLLY ROBERTSON.

DATE OF SERVICES: SATURDAY, JUNE 12, 2004 AT 1:00 PM. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN'S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK.

INTERMENT: GREEN MEADOWS CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK.

OFFICIATING: REV. KEN MCCARTHICK. ASSISTING: ARVEL HALL.

CASKETBEARERS: JACK POWELL, ARVEL HALL.

**VISITATION WILL BE FRIDAY 8 AM TO NOON AT BROWN'S ~ DURANT AND FROM 1 PM TO 8 PM AT BROWN'S ~ ATOKA.