NAME: MARY LOU (BREWER) BROWN POWELL, AGE 73, A LIFELONG ATOKA RESIDENT.

BORN: JANUARY 13, 1932 IN RURAL ATOKA COUNTY, OKLA. TO FLOYD GENE AND MARIE (MORGAN) BREWER.

PASSED AWAY: MONDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2005 AT TEXOMA MEDICAL CENTER IN DENISON, TX.

AGE: 73 YEARS AND 24 DAYS.

EDUCATION: MARY ATTENDED SCHOOL AT STANDING ROCK IN ATOKA COUNTY.

MARRIED: HENRY BROWN IN 1948 AT ATOKA, OK.

RAY POWELL ON JULY 4, 1975 AT RENO, NV.

OCCUPATION: MARY WORKED A NUMBER OF YEARS AT LLOYDS GROCERY AND FOR NOEL POWELL. HER AND HUSBAND RAY OWNED AND OPERATED RAYS BAIT AND TACKLE IN ATOKA AND MARY WORKED 7 YEARS AT THE ATOKA WAL-MART AND MANY YEARS AS A PRECINCT WORKER FOR THE ATOKA COUNTY ELECTION BOARD. SHE WAS ALSO A HOUSEWIFE AND HOMEMAKER.

CHURCH AFFILIATION: MARY WAS A BAPTIST.

SURVIVED BY

HUSBAND: RAY POWELL OF THE HOME IN ATOKA, OK.

SONS: ROBERT BROWN AND WIFE DOROTHY OF ATOKA, OK.

JAMES BROWN AND WIFE TERESA ALSO OF ATOKA, OK.

GRANDCHILDREN: BRANDIE BARTON AND HUSBAND KEITH OF McKINNEY, TX.

HEATHER BROWN AND GRANT BROWN OF DURANT, OK.

GREAT GRANDDAUGHTER: BRYANNA BARTON OF McKINNEY, TX.

STEPCHILDREN: JIMMY POWELL AND WIFE KATHY OF RATTAN, OK.

JOHNNY POWELL AND WIFE JERRI OF SAND SPRINGS, OK.

JOYCE POWELL OF BROKEN BOW, OK.

JANICE THOMASON OF BROKEN BOW, OK.

JOAN POWELL OF SAND SPRINGS, OK.

SISTERS: DORIS KILLION AND HUSBAND GLEN OF ATOKA, OK.

BONNIE DAVIS AND HUSBAND DANNY OF GAINSVILLE, TX.

LILLIE EAST OF CLAREMORE, OK.

RUBY COMPTON AND HUSBAND JEFF OF ROWLETT, TX.

BROTHERS: CLARENCE BREWER AND FIANCE BESSIE OF BELLS, TX.

GENE BREWER AND WIFE JOY OF McALESTER, OK.

EDDIE BREWER AND WIFE MICHELE OF DENISON, TX.

PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

PARENTS: FLOYD AND MARIE BREWER.

SISTERS: MARGARET ANN BREWER.

BROTHER: FLOYD BREWER JR.

STEPSONS: JESSIE AND JAMES POWELL.

DATE OF SERVICES: THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2005 AT 10:00 AM.

PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN'S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK.

INTERMENT: GREEN MEADOWS CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK.

OFFICIATING: REV. GENE SLUDER.

ASSISTING: REV. HAROLD BREWER.

CASKETBEARERS: RONNIE FAULKENBERRY, BRUCE USHER, DAVID DURBIN, BRIAN WALKER, NOEL POWELL, WES MOORE.

HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: TOMMY BARRIS, DON POWELL, CLIFFORD BROWN.

FAMILY NIGHT AT 6:00 P.M. WEDNESDAY