NAME: MELVIN THOMAS LATIMER, AGE 81, OF ATOKA, OK. BORN: AUGUST 15, 1915 AT CLARKSVILLE, RED RIVER COUNTY, TEXAS TO THOMAS ALBERT AND CALLIE (SHEFFIELD) LATIMER. PASSED AWAY: TUESDAY, JULY 8, 1997 AT ATOKA COLONIAL MANOR NURISNG HOME. AGE: 81 YEARS 10 MONTHS 23 DAYS EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS IN HARMONY AND LANE. MARRIED: LUCILLE PELTS. OCCUPATION: RETIRED COPPER MINER IN ARIZONA CHURCH AFFILIATIONS: PENTECOSTAL FAITH, FORMERLY ATTENDED MOUNTAIN VIEW PENTECOSTAL CHURCH OF GOD. SURVIVED BY SONS: HOWARD LATIMER OF BLYTHE, CA. MELVIN LATIMER, JR. OF MESA, AZ. DAUGHTER: WANDA LACKEY OF MESA, AZ. 6 GRANDCHILDREN. BROTHER: DOLAN LATIMER OF LANE, OK. SISTERS: GERALDINE WHITMIRE OF ATOKA, OK. FALBA WEST OF SANDY, UT. NORENE ISOM AND HUSBAND MONROE OF DAISY, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY WIFE: LUCILLE LATIMER. PARENTS: THOMAS ALBERT AND CALLIE LATIMER.

DATE OF SERVICES: FRIDAY, JULY 11, 1997 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN'S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: BERA CEMETERY ~ HARMONY, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. TERRY CRIPE. CASKETBEARERS: CHARLEY MAYS, CLAY MAYS, DELBERT SHEFFIELD, LEONARD SHEFFIELD, JR., WAYNE HARRIS, GLEN ROBBINS. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: DOYLE BROWN, TOMMY ISOM, KEVIN ISOM, ANDY MAYS.