NAME: MARY JO (PIERCE) BEAL, AGE 92, LIFELONG ATOKA COUNTY RESIDENT OF THE STRINGTOWN AREA.

BORN: NOVEMBER 27, 1907 AT DURANT, OK TO DAVID MARION AND LAURA MAE (HOOVER) PIERCE. PASSED AWAY: SUNDAY, JULY 16, 2000 AT THE VALLEY VIEW HOSPITAL IN ADA, OK. AGE: 92 YEARS 7 MONTHS AND 19 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED LIMESTONE GAP GRADUATING IN 1926. SHE ATTENDED EAST CENTRAL UNIVERSITY IN ADA AND RECEIVED HER B. S. DEGREE FROM SOUTHEASTERN STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE IN DURANT. MARRIED: JULIUS BEAL ON DECEMBER 16, 1928 AT CLARKSVILLE, TX. OCCUPATION: SHE TAUGHT SCHOOL SOME 42 YEARS AT A NUMBER OF SCHOOLS IN THE AREA INCLUDING IDABEL, WESLEY, MIDWAY, ARMSTRONG, AND STRINGTOWN, RETIRING IN 1972. CHURCH AFFILIATION: LIFELONG MEMBER OF THE STRINGTOWN BAPTIST CHURCH AND TAUGHT THE SARAH SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASS FOR OVER 20 YEARS. SHE WAS A 50 YEAR MEMBER OF THE STRINGTOWN ORDER OF THE EASTERN STAR, A MEMBER OF THE OKLAHOMA RETIRED EDUCATORS ASSN., AND WAS VERY ACTIVE IN HER CHURCH AND COMMUNITY. SURVIVED BY DAUGHTER: REBA JO SELF AND HUSBAND C. H. JUNIOR SELF OF STRINGTOWN, OK. GRANDDAUGHTER: KARLA NICKELS AND HUSBAND MIKE OF NEWCASTLE, OK. GREAT GRANDSON: ERIK J. NICKELS OF NEWCASTLE, OK. 18 NIECES, 11 NEPHEWS. SPECIAL RELATIVE: LILLIE BEAL OF STRINGTOWN, OK. SPECIAL FRIEND: EASTER GAMMON OF BENTLEY, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HUSBAND: JULIUS BEAL ON JANUARY 13, 1972. PARENTS: DAVID MARION AND LAURA PIERCE. BROTHERS: DAVID AND CODY FRANKLIN PIERCE. SISTERS: STELLA SELF, LUCILE BUNCH, BETTY TIGNER, MYRTLE COCKRILL AND 2 INFANTS.

DATE OF SERVICES: WEDNESDAY, JULY 19, 2000 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: STRINGTOWN BAPTIST CHURCH ~ STRINGTOWN, OK. INTERMENT: GREEN MEADOWS CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. LOYD THOMPSON. ASSISTING: REV. BARTT BRADFORD. CASKETBEARERS: JACK LANSDALE, JACK AINSWORTH, BUSTER HARRIS, BILL POTTS, JIM KELLOGG, KENNETH BECK JR. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: CHARLES MASON, JARVIS WILLIAMS, JAMES KINCAIDE, JOHNNY SELF, LESLIE THOMPSON, FREDDIE DODD, JAMES SHORTY POWELL, ROLAND GABBART, KENNETH CHAFFIN, RAY TONEY, DALE HOWARD, KENNETH ANDERSON, BILL KELLOGG AND C.A. BARNEY MCCALL.