NAME: MILDRED FAYE (WELCH) WOOD DEVINEY, AGE 75, LONGTIME FARRIS AREA RESIDENT.

BORN: MAY 18, 1923 AT PERRY, OKLAHOMA TO JOHN LEWIS AND MARY ELIZABETH (MOORE) WELCH. PASSED AWAY: MONDAY, AUGUST 24, 1998 AT PUSHMATAHA COUNTY HOSPITAL IN ANTLERS, OK. AGE: 75 YEARS 3 MONTHS AND 6 DAYS EDUCATION: ATTENDED BOSWELL, FARRIS AND GRADUATED FROM ATOKA HIGH SCHOOL. MARRIED: GEORGE EVERETTE WOOD ON FEBRUARY 13, 1942 IN OKLAHOMA CITY. ROY DEVINEY ON SEPTEMBER 4, 1993 IN ATOKA, OK. OCCUPATION: WORKED FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS FOR BLUE BELL IN COALGATE, LATER AT ATOKA COLONIAL MANOR AND MOST RECENTLY WITH NOEL POWELL COMPANY. SHE WAS A LONGTIME MEMBER OF FARRIS BAPTIST CHURCH AND CRYSTAL BAPTIST CHURCH. MILDRED WAS VERY ACTIVE IN CHURCH, SERVING AS YOUTH DIRECTOR AND WOMEN'S BIBLE CLASSES. SURVIVED BY HUSBAND: ROY DEVINEY OF THE HOME NEAR FARRIS, OK. DAUGHTER: CINDY HAM GRAVES OF SAN ANTONIO, TX. STEPCHILDREN: RON DEVINEY AND WIFE DARLA OF FT. WORTH, TX. SAM DEVINEY AND WIFE MARY OF FT. WORTH, TX. SUE PRIDDY AND HUSBAND JAMES OF ARDMORE, OK. GRANDCHILDREN: KIMBERLY ROMINES AND HUSBAND SHAWN OF ATOKA, OK. MELISSA HAM OF SAN ANTONIO, TX. LINDSEY HAM OF SAN ANTONIO, TX. RHONDA DEVINEY OF FT. WORTH, TX. LORI DEVINEY OF FT. WORTH, TX. LISA HOLMES AND HUSBAND JIM OF FT. WORTH, TX. JASON DEVINEY AND WIFE VICKI OF FT. WORTH, TX. MELISSA MANGHAM AND HUSBAND DON OF ARDMORE, OK. PATTI PRIDDY OF SAN DIEGO, CA. RANDY PRIDDY OF ARDMORE, OK. GREAT GRANDCHILDREN: MICHAELA ROMINES, JULIA ROMINES, KRISTEN MANGHAM, DEVIN PRIDDY, KYLE DEVINEY, SARAH DEVINEY, CHAD DEVINEY, CHRISTOPHER DEVINEY, AND CHANCELOR DEVINEY. BROTHER: BILL WELCH OF OREGON. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: JOHN AND MARY WELCH. HUSBAND: GEORGE E. WOOD IN JUNE 1967. BROTHER: JAY WELCH.

DATE OF SERVICES: WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26, 1998 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: FARRIS BAPTIST CHURCH ~ FARRIS, OK. INTERMENT: FARRIS CEMETERY ~ FARRIS, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. BILLY JOE HOWARD. ASSISTING: DR. JAMES R. PRIDDY.AND REV. EDDY COOKE. CASKETBEARERS: MUTT HALL, NOEL POWELL, RON DEVINEY, SAM DEVINEY, PERRY ESKUE, ALFRED ESKUE. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: J. D. WOOD, SMITH BUTLER, CECIL BUTLER, RAY POWELL, KENNETH STANEART.