NAME: MILBERN THOMAS MEAD, AGE 78, A LONGTIME ATOKA AREA RESIDENT.

BORN: MAY 11, 1925 AT BRECKENRIDGE, TX TO MILLARD CLAUDE AND MARY LEE (SHEFFIELD) MEAD.

PASSED AWAY: EARLY TUESDAY MORNING, APRIL 6, 2004 AT THE WILSON N. JONES HOSPITAL IN SHERMAN, TX. AGE: 78 YEARS 10 MONTHS AND 25 DAYS

EDUCATION: ATTENDED THE OLD HARMONY SCHOOL AND ATOKA HIGH SCHOOL.

MARRIED: MARTHA MARIE FOSTER ON FEBRUARY 13, 1965 AT WINSLOW, AZ.

OCCUPATION: MILBERN WORKED FOR FURR MOTOR CO. FOR MANY YEARS AND LATER OWNED AND OPERATED A GARAGE AND WRECKING SERVICE IN WINSLOW, AZ. HE WAS AN AUTO MECHANIC FOR MORE THAN 55 YEARS AND WAS A FARMER AND RANCHER.

CHURCH AFFILIATION: HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE BAPTIST INDIAN MISSION CHURCH IN WINSLOW, AZ. HE ALSO SERVED AS A HARMONY SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER FOR SERVERAL YEARS AND WAS A MEMBER OF THE OKLAHOMA CATTLEMANS ASSOCIATION AND AARP.

SURVIVED BY

WIFE: MARTHA OF THE HOME EAST OF ATOKA.

SONS: STEVEN R. HARDIE AND WIFE BETTY OF TULSA, OK. THOMAS R. MEAD AND WIFE SHELLY OF MARSHALLTOWN, IA. WILLIAM C. MEAD OF FT. WORTH, TX.

DAUGHTER: CHRISTINA NAPIER AND HUSBAND EDDIE OF ANTLERS, OK.

7 GRANDCHILDREN AND 9 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.

SISTER: MAVIS YORK OF NEWALLA, OK.

NEPHEW: DENNIS YORK OF NEWALLA, OK.

PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

PARENTS: MILLARD AND MARY LEE MEAD. SON: RICHARD LOUIS MEAD.

DATE OF SERVICES: THURSDAY, APRIL 8, 2004 AT 2:00 PM. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN'S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK.

INTERMENT: BERA CEMETERY ~ HARMONY, ATOKA COUNTY, OK.

OFFICIATING: REV. JASON YARBROUGH.

CASKETBEARERS: LARRY CALLICOAT, STEVE GAYLOR, FORREST MANSELL, KENNY NORRIS, GARY ELDRIDGE, LYNN COPPS.

HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: RONNIE HARPER, ORVAL DUNN, JERRY STIRMAN, DON BOSTON, ROYCE MANION, FRANK WORKMAN.