NAME: NANCY L. (ARTERBERRY) PIERCE, AGE 89, LONGTIME ATOKA COUNTY RESIDENT.

BORN: JULY 24, 1909 IN ORANGE COUNTY, TEXAS TO ALLISON AND BEATRICE (MILLS) ARTERBERRY. PASSED AWAY: SUNDAY, JANUARY 10, 1999 AT THE ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. AGE: 89 YEARS 5 MONTHS AND 16 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED DUNDAR SCHOOLS IN ATOKA MARRIED: HENRY SYLVESTER PIERCE IN 1927 IN ATOKA COUNTY, OK. OCCUPATION: WORKED OVER 20 YEARS FOR THE I.N.C.A HEADSTART AS A COOK. CHURCH AFFILIATION: SHE WAS A LONGTIME AND FAITHFUL MEMBER OF THE FOURTH WARD CHURCH OF CHRIST. NANCY WAS VERY ACTIVE THROUGH THE YEARS IN THE SUMMER YOUTH PROGRAMS IN ATOKA. SURVIVED BY CHILDREN: NERE BUTLER AND HUSBAND ROOSEVELT OF ATOKA, OK. OREAN BOWEN OF ATOKA, OK. BETTYE JOHNSON OF ATOKA, OK. FREDDIE PIERCE AND WIFE EVELYN OF LEWISVILLE, TX. ROBERT PIERCE AND WIFE ANN OF LIVERMORE, CA. 17 GRANDCHILDREN, 20 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, 34 GREAT GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. DAUGHTER-IN-LAW: EDNA ANN PIERCE OF OKLAHOMA CITY. SISTER: FRANCILLE PIERCE AND HUSBAND GEORGE OF ATOKA, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HUSBAND: HENRY PIERCE ON NOVEMBER 6, 1969. PARENTS: ALLISON AND BEATRICE ARTERBERRY. SON: HENRY SYLVESTER PIERCE JR. DAUGHTER: RUTH EVELYN PIERCE. STEP MOTHER: BERTHA GILMER. BROTHERS: LEONARD, ALLISON, AARON, AND MARVIN ARTERBERRY. SISTERS: OREAN ARTERBERRY, BONNIE BROWN, MARGARET PRINCE, MARY ANN DAVIS, AND HELEN ARTERBERRY. 5 GRANDCHILDREN.

DATE OF SERVICES: FRIDAY, JANUARY 15, 1999 AT 1:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN'S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: GREEN HILL CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK. OFFICIATING: BRO. WILLARD HARRISON. ASSISTING: BRO. BILLIE JOE CLAYTON AND BRO. TOMMY HARRISON. CASKETBEARERS: (GRANDSONS) LARRY BOWEN, KEVEN BOWEN, WAYNE BOWEN, GERALD BOWEN, JOHNNY PIERCE, LYNN PIERCE, DARNELL BOWEN, LAMOUNT BOWEN. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: JESSIE HARRISON, BOBBY JOHNSON, BILLIE JOE CLAYTON, TOMMY HARISON, JOE HARRISON. FLOWER BEARERS: LULA MAE SUTTER, DORIS SUTTER, MS. CECIL DAVIS, DORIS MOTON, EVELYN VINSON, ELIZABETH CLAYTON, PAULINE WALTERS, PAULINE HARRISON.