NAME: MINER " MARLAND" BUTLER AGE 73 , A FARRIS AREA RESIDENT FORMERLY LIVING IN CALIFORNIA FOR MANY YEARS BORN: HE WAS BORN ON JULY 11, 1934 TO MONZEL ROOSEVELT BUTLER AND RUTH (MCMURTRY) BUTLER AT FARRIS, OK PASSED AWAY: MARLAND PASSED AWAY ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2007 AT ADA, OK AGE 73 YEARS 3 MONTHS 25 DAYS EDUCATION: HE ATTENDED SCHOOL AT ATOKA AND HOBBS, NEW MEXICO MARRIED: MARLAND MARRIED ALICE MAE CERNEY IN FEBRUARY OF 1959 IN CALIFORNIA OCCUPATION: HE WORKED AS A FORREST RANGER IN CALIFORNIA AND ALSO IN THE QUARRY THERE FOR 11 YEARS. HE WAS ALSO A FARMER. CHURCH AFFILIATION: MARLAND WAS A JEHOVAH'S WITNESS. SURVIVED BY SISTER: BETTY WILSON OF PASADENA, TX NEICE: VALERIE MCKINLEY NEPHEWS: DANIEL RICHARD FLIPPEN OF HOUSTON, TX RUSSELL FLIPPEN OF MCALESTER, OK AUNTS: BEATRICE ANDERSON OF AUSTIN, TX MILDRED FAULKENBERRY OF PHOENIX, AZ DEAR FRIENDS: ROSIE MCCLINTON OF FARRIS, OK LITTIE SPEED OF FARRIS, OK DORA LEE MOORE OF ATOKA, OK M.L. BROOKS OF FARRIS, OK ALONG WITH NUMEROUS NIECES, NEPHEWS, COUSINS, AUNTS AND UNCLES AND MANY DEAR AND LOVED FRIENDS. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: MONZEL ROOSEVELT BUTLER AND RUTH (MCCURTRY) BUTLER WIFE: ALICE MAE BUTLER DAUGHTER: BARBARA RUTH BUTLER ************************************************************************************************************************* DATE OF SERVICES: THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2007 AT 10:00 AM PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN'S CHAPEL PLACE OF INTERMENT: FARRIS CEMETERY OFFICIATING: ARVEL HALL CASKETBEARERS: JIMMY HALL, M.L. BROOKS, LARRY SMITH, HOWARD SMITH, CECIL BUTLER, JOE PENNER 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