NAME: MERION L.V. (GRIFFIN) INGRUM - MILLS, AGE 76, ATOKA, OK RESIDENT.

BORN: JUNE 1, 1919 AT IDABEL, OK TO ALVIE T. AND CARRIE (BLANKENSHIP) GRIFFIN. PASSED AWAY: TUESDAY, APRIL 2, 1996 AT ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. AGE: 76 YEARS 10 MONTHS AND 1 DAY. EDUCATION: SHE ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT ANTLERS AND SARDIS AREAS. MARRIED: JAMES FRANK INGRUM IN ANTLERS AREA. J. B. MILLS ON JUNE 3, 1957 AT HUGO, OK. OCCUPATION: L. V. OWNED AND MANAGED RESTAURANTS IN THE BORGER, TX AREA FOR OVER 20 YEARS AND WORKED A SHORT TIME AT THE STRINGTOWN CAFE. CHURCH AFFILIATION: MEMBER OF MOUNTAIN VIEW PENTECOSTAL CHURCH. SHE MOVED TO ATOKA IN 1962. SHE ENJOYED HAVING YARD SALES AND MAKING CRAFTS. SHE WAS A MEMBER OF AMERICAN LEGION AUXILIARY AND MIRACLE REVIVAL CENTER IN BORGER, TX. SURVIVED BY HUSBAND: J. B. MILLS OF THE HOME IN ATOKA, OK. SONS: TOMMY INGRUM AND WIFE JANICE OF ATOKA, OK. JASPER MILLS OF ATOKA, OK. DAUGHTERS: PATRICIA SHATTO OF ATOKA, OK. BONNIE RUSHIN OF ATOKA, OK SON-IN-LAW: R. C. FRONDREN OF OKLAHOMA CITY. STEPSON: JESSIE DALE MYERS OF OKLAHOMA CITY. SISTERS: OZELL CARTER AND HUSBAND IKE OF THE COLONY, TX. MARGARET CARTER AND HUSBAND E. C. OF TAHOKA, TX. 13 GRANDCHILDREN, 23 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: ALVIE AND CARRIE GRIFFIN. FIRST HUSBAND: JAMES FRANK INGRUM IN 1956 IN BORGER, TX AREA. SON: HENRY FRANKLIN INGRUM. DAUGHTER: NANCIE FONDREN. GREAT GRANDSON: TIMOTHY JAMES GRIFFIN. BROTHER: WILLIAM GRIFFIN. SISTER: IDELL SHERWOOD.

DATE OF SERVICES: FRIDAY, APRIL 5, 1996 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN'S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: GREEN MEADOWS CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK. OFFICIATING: SISTER FRANCES SCARBER. CASKETBEARERS: BOBBY DALE HUNT, SONNY WILLIAMS, TOMMY INGRUM, ROBERT PERRY, ANTHONY MILLS, DAVID MILLS. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: BOB FREDRICK, JESS COSLOW, ROGER COSLOW, MARVIN HENSLEY.