NAME: MELVA JANE (POSTOAK) SMITH, AGE 63, LONGTIME ATOKA RESIDENT.

BORN: JANUARY 4, 1935 AT LAWTON, OK. TO MELTON AND MARY JANE (LEWIS) POSTOAK. PASSED AWAY: SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1998 AT CARL ALBERT INDIAN HOSPITAL IN ADA, OK. AGE: 63 YEARS 1 MONTHS AND 11 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT LANE, OK. MARRIED: ROY SMITH ON AUGUST 27, 1962 AT DURANT, OK. OCCUPATION: WORKED MANY YEARS IN THE FAMILY BUSINESS ALONG WITH HER HUSBAND ROY AND SHE WAS A HOMEMAKER AND HOUSEWIFE. CHURCH AFFILIATION: MEMBER OF DOUBLE SPRINGS PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN LANE OK. SURVIVED BY CHILDREN: SHARON POSTOAK HECK AND HUSBAND BRUCE OF TUPELO, OK. PATRICIA KENYON AND HUSBAND ERNIE OF ATOKA, OK. GRANDCHILDREN: AMY, KEVIN, JASON AND SUZANNA POSTOAK. TABATHA AND DANIEL WADE. ANDY AND CARRIE KENYON. GREAT GRANDDAUGHTER: KATELAN WADE. SISTERS: CATHY KINDIG AND HUSBAND RICHARD OF MUSTANG, OK. HELEN CANNON OF ANADARKO, OK. BROTHER: JERRY BILLY OF LOS ANGELES, CA. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: MILTON AND MARY JANE POSTOAK. HUSBAND: ROY SMITH IN JANUARY, 1980. SON: J. B. POSTOAK. BROTHER: JOSEPH POSTOAK. GRANDSON: DEVIN WADE. SISTERS: IMOGENE WILSON, MARY CHRISTINE BILLY, AND PATRICIA BILLY.

DATE OF SERVICES: TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1998 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN'S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: DOUBLE SPRINGS CEMETERY ~ LANE, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. DAVID WOODS. CASKETBEARERS: STEVE MAZEY, DONNIE KENYON, JAMISON HORN, JERRY RICHARD, WINTFORD KENYON, SR, PAUL SMITH, JR. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: (D.A.V. CHAPTER 60 MEMBERS, ATOKA) E. J. ALEXANDER, JULIA DEAN ALEXANDER, HENRY BROWN, WAYNE GRAY, VIRGIL HARDIN, TOM LEWIS, RALPH MEADOWS, WILLARD OLSEN, MACK STOBAUGH, BUCK BICKNELL, GLENN NORTON.