NAME: MARY RUTH BURKES SPEARS, AGE 67, A LONGTIME COALGATE RESIDENT. BORN: OCTOBER 15, 1937 IN OCONEE, OK TO ROBERT LEE AND FREDA JEWEL (LEE) WOODELL. PASSED AWAY: TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2005 IN OKLAHOMA CITY. AGE: 67 YEARS 4 MONTHS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOL AT CLARITA AND GRADUATED FROM CLARITA HIGH SCHOOL IN 1956. MARRIED: JAMES FRANKLIN BURKES ON APRIL 9, 1957 IN COALGATE, OK. BILL SPEARS ON JULY 7, 2000 IN VAN BUREN, AR. OCCUPATION: SHE WORKED 25 YEARS AT WRANGLER AS AN OPERATOR AND RETIRED IN 1999. CHURCH AFFILIATION: MARY WAS A MEMBER OF THE COTTONWOOD BAPTIST CHURCH AND LATER MEMBER OF THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH IN COALGATE. SURVIVED BY HUSBAND: BILL SPEARS OF THE HOME. DAUGHTERS: CAROL HENSON AND HUSBAND LAVAUGHN OF STRINGTOWN, OK. DONNA ROWLEY AND HUSBAND RICK OF COALGATE, OK. SON: CHUCK BURKES AND WIFE BARBARA OF COALGATE, OK. GRANDCHILDREN: SHANNA THOMAS AND DAVID OF COALGATE, OK. JUSTIN CHAVEZ OF STRINGTOWN, OK. GREAT GRANDCHILD: JAMES THOMAS OF COALGATE, OK. SISTERS: EMMALEE CUNNINGHAM OF ATOKA, OK. BROTHERS: BILL LEE AND WIFE WANDA OF ADA, OK. ROBERT WOODELL AND WIFE JAN OF HOLDENVILLE, OK. LEWIS WOODELL AND WIFE JOYCE OF ALLEN, OK. STEP CHILDREN: BETTY CROW AND HUSBAND RAY OF BURKBURDETT, TX. BILLY DON SPEARS OF COALGATE, OK. STEP GRANDCHILDREN: TAMARA SPEARS OF COALGATE, OK. CHRIS MILLER AND WIFE MISTY OF MINERAL WELLS, TX. ERIK MILLER AND WIFE SHELLY OF MINERAL WELLS, TX STEP GREAT GRANDCHILD: DAYTON MILLER OF MINERAL WELLS, TX. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HUSBAND: JAMES FRANKLIN BURKES ON MARCH 24, 1995. PARENTS: ROBERT LEE AND FREDA JEWEL (LEE) WOODELL.

DATE OF SERVICE: FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2005 AT 10:00 A.M. PLACE OF SERVICE: FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH ~ COALGATE, OK. INTERMENT: MOORE CEMETERY. OFFICIATING: REV. MATT SMITH. CASKETBEARERS: TOM WOODELL, BILLY WOODELL, KEITH WOODELL, TERRY WOODELL, BUD WOODELL, JAY WOODELL. HONORARY PALLBEARERS: DELBERT INMAN, DANNY BAKER, R. J. HELTON, RONNIE RAINEY.