NAME: MELVIN CROOMS, AGE 63, A LIFELONG ATOKA RESIDENT.

BORN: JUNE 13, 1936 IN ATOKA, OK TO HENRY AND BESSIE (VINEY) CROOMS. PASSED AWAY: SATURDAY, JULY 10, 1999 AT THE COLONIAL LIVING CENTER IN ATOKA, OK. AGE: 63 YEARS 0 MONTHS AND 27 DAYS EDUCATION: ATTENDED DUNBAR SCHOOLS IN ATOKA. MARRIED: BLANCHE BROOKS. OCCUPATION: WORKED A NUMBER OF YEARS AT THE ATOKA BUS STATION AND WORKED SOME 20 YEARS AT ATOKA COLONIAL MANOR. CHURCH AFFILIATION: MEMBER OF MT. ZION BAPTIST CHURCH IN ATOKA, OK. SURVIVED BY MOTHER: BESSIE CROOMS OF ATOKA, OK. DAUGHTERS: ALFREDA CROOMS OF ATOKA, OK. CAROLYN CROOMS OF ATOKA, OK. NADINE CROOMS OF ATOKA, OK. 7 GRANDCHILDREN. BROTHERS: CAL CROOMS OF LONG BEACH, CA. DON CROOMS OF COMPTON, CA. BUFORD CROOMS OF DENISON, TX. SISTER: MYRTLE ANN MADDEN OF SAN ANGELO, TX. UNCLE: LAWRENCE NEAL OF STRINGTOWN PRECEDED IN DEATH BY FATHER: HENRY CROOMS. SISTER: JUNE TYSON.

DATE OF SERVICES: FRIDAY, JULY 16, 1999 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN'S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: GREEN HILL CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. JAMES KELLEY. ASSISTING: REV. MOSE NETTLES. CASKETBEARERS: TOMMY GAGE, DELBERT GAGE, MIKE BROWN, BRANDON CROOMS, MARSHALL HARRISON, JOE HARRISON, GERALD BOWENS, MIKE WALKER. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: ORLAN HILL, CHARLIE COULTER.