NAME: MAX ALLEN BENEFIELD, AGE 44, OF CLAREMORE, OK, FORMER LONGTIME ATOKA COUNTY RESIDENT.

BORN: AUGUST 22, 1953 AT DURANT, OK TO BOONER AND ELWANDA (SMITH) BENEFIELD. PASSED AWAY: TUESDAY, MARCH 24, 1998 AT ATOKA, OKLAHOMA . AGE: 44 YEARS 6 MONTHS AND 2 DAYS EDUCATION: ATTENDED ATOKA SCHOOLS. MARRIED: MARY SARVER ON MARCH 29, 1995 AT TULSA, OK. OCCUPATION: FORMER CORRECTIONAL OFFICER AT MACK ALFORD CORRECTIONAL CENTER IN STRINGTOWN, OK. SURVIVED BY WIFE: MARY BENEFIELD OF THE HOME IN CLAREMORE, OK. STEPSONS: ANDY HIRSCHMAN OF CLAREMORE, OK. JAKE HIRSCHMAN OF CLAREMORE, OK. DAUGHTERS: LAURA BENEFIELD OF ATOKA, OK. LESLIE BENEFIELD OF ATOKA, OK. SISTERS: NORMA HUDELSON AND HUSBAND EDWARD OF TULSA, OK. NELDA JONES OF BROKEN ARROW, OK. BROTHER: DON BENEFIELD AND WIFE GLENDA OF ADA, OK. FATHER: BOONER BENEFIELD OF ATOKA, OK. STEPMOTHER: JUANITA BENEFIELD OF ATOKA, OK. NIECES & NEPHEWS: JERRI, JIMMY, BOBBY, KARA, STACY, KACY DAWN & RYAN. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY MOTHER: ELWANDA BENEFIELD.

DATE OF SERVICES: THURSDAY, MARCH 26, 1998 AT 2:30 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: GRAVESIDE. INTERMENT: GREEN MEADOWS CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. JAMES CROWSON.