NAME: MORRIS R. CARR, AGE 78, A LONGTIME ATOKA AREA RESIDENT.

BORN: DECEMBER 22, 1925 AT ATOKA, OK TO MACK VERNON AND CELIA REBECCA (ROACH) CARR.

PASSED AWAY: THURSDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 15, 2004 AT THE NORMAN VETERAN'S CENTER. AGE: 78 YEARS 0 MONTHS AND 23 DAYS.

EDUCATION: MORRIS ATTENDED ATOKA SCHOOLS AND EAST CENTRAL UNIVERSITY.

OCCUPATION: MORRIS WAS A RANCHER AND CATTLEMAN.

CHURCH AFFILIATION: HE WAS OF THE METHODIST FAITH.

MORRIS SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE U.S. MARINE CORPS AS A SHARPSHOOTER IN THE PACIFIC THEATER DURING WORLD WAR II. HE PARTICIPATED IN ACTION AT IWO JIMA WHERE HE WAS WOUNDED, EARNING HIM THE PURPLE HEART. HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE ATOKA V.F.W. AND THE ATOKA MASONIC LODGE #4.

SURVIVED BY

SONS: RICHARD CARR AND WIFE ANNA OF HOLDENVILLE, OK. JAMES CARR AND WIFE SHIRLEY OF CADDO, OK.

GRANDSON: KEVIN CARR AND WIFE REGINA OF ATOKA, OK.

GRANDDAUGHTERS: CATHERINE CARR OF KNOXVILLE, TN. VICTORIA BOWDEN OF HOLDENVILLE, OK.

GREAT GRANDCHILDREN: BRET AND BRITTNEY CARR OF ATOKA, OK.

BROTHER: BUD CARR AND WIFE MARCIEL OF ATOKA, OK.

SISTERS: CASSIE WILLIAMS OF IRVING, TX. LOIS LOCKE AND HUSBAND DONALD OF ALEXANDRIA, VA. BEATRICE WALLACE OF DALLAS, TX.

PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

PARENTS: MACK AND CELIA CARR. SON: MORRIS RANDOLPH CARR. SISTER: MARY WYRICK ON SEPTEMBER 14, 2003. BROTHER-IN-LAW: LEO WILLIAMS ON JANUARY 6, 1998.

DATE OF SERVICES: SUNDAY, JANUARY 18, 2004 AT 2:00 PM. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN'S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK.

INTERMENT: WESTVIEW CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK.

OFFICIATING: REV. RON KING.

CASKETBEARERS: KEVIN CARR, EDDIE BROWN, LON FINK, TINKER RAY, JERRIEL BETTS, BENNIE WYRICK III.

HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: BILL ALLEN.