NAME: MELVIN RAY DICK BLEVINS, AGE 66, A LONGTIME RESIDENT OF THE TUSHKA AREA .

BORN: FEBRUARY 14, 1937 IN COAL COUNTY, OK TO WILLIAM LEVI AND EFFIE MAE (CRAIG) BLEVINS. PASSED AWAY: MONDAY, JULY 3, 2000 AT MARY HURLEY HOSPITAL, COALGATE, OK. AGE: 63 YEARS 4 MONTHS AND 19 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT LEADER AND CENTRAHOMA, OK. MARRIED: JOYCE NADINE ABLES ON JUNE 27, 1958 AT ADA, OK. CHURCH AFFILIATION: JESUS NAME MISSION CHURCH IN OLNEY, OK. OCCUPATION: CONSTRUCTION WORKER AND CONCRETE FINISHER. SURVIVED BY WIFE: JOYCE BLEVINS OF THEIR HOME NEAR OLNEY, OK. CHILDREN: LINDA NORRIS OF WYNNEWOOD, OK. MARGARET TROYER AND HUSBAND JONI OF JAMESPORT, MO. TROY GENE BLEVINS AND WIFE DIANE OF OLNEY, OK. GRANDCHILDREN: ANGEE MCCLAIN, SARAH NORRIS, SHANNA NORRIS, JOSHUA ELLIS, JONATHAN ELLIS, TROY BLEVINS JR, AND KELLY RAY BLEVINS. GREAT GRANDCHILDREN: KAYLA NORRIS, NICOLAS MCCLAIN, AND HAILEY ELLIS. SISTERS: MARY JO WHITE AND HUSBAND SONNY OF TUPELO, OK. DOROTHY JEAN TURNER OF SHAWNEE, OK. BROTHERS: FLOYD WILLIE BLEVINS AND WIFE LINDA OF CENTRAHOMA, OK. ARTHUR LEE BLEVINS AND WIFE BARBARA OF ENID, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: WILLIAM AND EFFIE MAE BLEVINS SISTERS: LAVADA MAE MILLER, ESTHER SIKES, CHRISTINE MCAUSLAND, EDDIE MCAUSLAND, LORETHA LAVON MUSGRAVE, AND KATHY IRENE WINNIGHAM. GRANDDAUGHTER: AMANDA SUE NORRIS.

DATE OF SERVICES: WEDNESDAY, JULY 5, 2000 AT 10:00 A.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: GRAVESIDE SERVICES. INTERMENT: CENTRAHOMA CEMETERY ~ CENTRAHOMA, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. VIRGIL MARTIN. ASSISTING: REV. BOB JOHNSON. CASKETBEARERS: LARRY MAYO, RICHARD ROEBUCK, RICHARD HAMPTON, HAROLD DEPASSE, HOWARD ABLES, EARNEST ABLES. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: JOSHUA BRIAN ELLIS, JONATHAN RAY ELLIS, KELLY RAY BLEVINS, TROY BLEVINS JR, DONNIE LEWIS WHITE, JUDSON GANNON BLEVINS.