OBITUARY NAME: MIKE GENE KIRBY AGE 57 A RESIDENT OF 4-SEASONS NURSING HOME IN DURANT, FORMER COTTONWOOD AND CLARITA AREA RESIDENT. BORN: AUGUST 26, 1950 TO BILLY CLAY KIRBY AND MARGARET HEMMINGWAY KIRBY AT RAPID CITY, SD PASSED AWAY: TUESDAY, JANUARY 15, 2008 AT DURANT AGE: 57 YEARS 4 MONTHS 19 DAYS EDUCATION: MIKE GRADUATED SCHOOL AT TUPELO IN 1968. HE THEN WENT ON TO MURRAY STATE AND GRADUATED FROM OKLA STATE UNIVERSITY IN 1974 WITH A MASTER OF SCIENCE DEGREE MARRIED: HE MARRIED VERA LORRAINE GIBBS IN JANUARY 1969 AT ADA, OK. OCCUPATION: HE WAS AN AGRONOMIST FOR RHONE POULENCE CHEMICAL CO. IN NEW JERSEY. CHURCH AFFILIATION: MIKE WAS A LONGTIME MEMBER OF OLNEY BAPTIST CHURCH. WAS A MEMBER OF INTERNATIONAL RODEO ASSN. LOVED FISHING, HUNTING AND BULL RIDING. SURVIVED BY WIFE: VERA KIRBY OF THE HOME IN CUMBY, TX 3 CHILDREN: BILLY CLAY KIRBY AND WIFE BECKY OF LAWTON, OK MICHAEL WAYNE KIRBY AND WIFE SHERRY OF KODIAK, AK CYNTHIA CAROL BROWN AND HUSBAND JUSTIN OF SULPHUR SPRINGS, TX 8 GRANDCHILDREN: CHRISTIAN, HAYLEY, KADITH, BOWEN, VINCENT, MIKAYLA, JAYDON, AND TRYSTON SISTERS: SHIRLEY GRAHAM AND HUSBAND REV BOB OF OLNEY, OK WANDA FAYE NICHOLSON OF SOUIX FALLS, SD AUNTS: OPAL KIRBY OF WAPANUCKA, OK DESSIE ROMINES OF ADA, OK ALONG WITH NUMEROUS OTHER RELATIVES AND MANY VERY DEAR AND LOVED FRIENDS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: BILLY CLAY KIRBY AND MARGARET HEMMINGWAY KIRBY ********************************************************************************************************************* DATE OF SERVICES: SATURDAY, JANUARY 19, 2008 AT 2:00 PM PLACE OF SERVICES: WILSON CEMETERY, CLARITA, OK INTERMENT: WILSON CEMETERY, CLARITA, OK OFFICIATING: REV BOB GRAHAM PALLBEARERS: GREG DAVIDSON, JUSTIN BROWN, STEVE SANDERS, BRYAN BUSS, WAYNE GIBBS, MITCHELL BUSS CONDOLENCES MAY BE SENT TO THE FAMILY BY EMAIL TO: BROWNS@ATOKA.NET. PLEASE REFERENCE THE NAME OF THE DECEASED IN YOUR CORRESPONDENCE. SERVICES UNDER THE DIRECTION OF BROWN'S FUNERAL SERVICE - ATOKA, OK