NAME: NATHAN FRANKLIN ENNIS, AGE 64, AN ATOKA AREA RESIDENT.

BORN: JULY 5, 1941 AT STANLEY, OK TO ROLLIE AND ETHEL D. (RHYNE) ENNIS.

PASSED AWAY: THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2006 AT THE DALLAS VETERANS HOSPITAL.

AGE: 64 YEARS 7 MONTHS AND 18 DAYS

EDUCATION: NATHAN ATTENDED AND GRADUATED FROM COALGATE SCHOOLS. HE ATTENDED NATIONAL UNIVERSITY IN SAN DIEGO, CA FOR TWO YEARS, NUMEROUS MILITARY SCHOOLS AND BTC TRAINING SCHOOL IN PHILADELPHIA, PA.

MARRIED: ANNA CATHERINA FUGGER ON JANUARY 15, 1972 AT COALGATE, OK.

OCCUPATION: AFTER HIS RETIREMENT FROM THE NAVY HE WORKED AT WAL-MART FOR 18 YEARS, TWO YEARS IN AVON, COLORADO AND 16 YEARS IN THE INVENTORY CONTROL SYSTEM DEPARTMENT AT THE ATOKA WAL-MART.

CHURCH AFFILIATION: HE WAS AFFILIATED WITH THE MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH.

HE WAS A WORKAHOLIC AND LOVED HIS CATS WAMPUS, SQUEAKY, CHARLIE, AND OLD MAN BEAR. HE LOVED TO FISH AND TRAVEL. NATHAN WAS A MEMBER OF THE D.A.V. AND VFW ORGANIZATIONS.

NATHAN SERVED HIS COUNTRY DURING THE VIETNAM WAR IN THE US NAVY AS BOILER TECHNICIAN CHIEF FOR 21 YEARS. HE SERVED ON THE USS RUPERTUS, USS DULUTH AND SEVERAL OTHER SHIPS DURING HIS SERVICE.

SURVIVED BY

WIFE: ANNA ENNIS OF THE HOME IN ATOKA, OK.

SONS: RAY ENNIS AND WIFE RENEE OF ALLEN, TX.

DAVID ENNIS OF ATOKA, OK.

BROTHERS: ARTHUR ENNIS AND WIFE PATSY OF WINSTON, OK.

ROLLIE ENNIS, JR. AND WIFE EVA OF ARDMORE, OK.

BILLY DALE ENNIS AND WIFE EMMA JEAN OF COALGATE, OK.

SISTERS: LOLA MAE FILE OF HAYWOOD, CA.

JOY FAY DWIGGINS AND HUSBAND JOE OF WELEETKA, OK.

VERY SPECIAL COUSINS: EVELYN LOUISE ENNIS OF CALIFORNIA.

IRIS ABBOTT OF ADA, OK.

VERY SPECIAL SISTER-IN-LAW: DORIS WOLPER AND HUSBAND JACK OF PENNSYLVANIA.

SPECIAL FRIEND: WILBUR ALLEN OF ATOKA, OK.

PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

PARENTS: ROLLIE AND ETHEL ENNIS.

STEPSON: PHILLIP J. SOCZKO.

SISTERS: MILDRED AND PEGGY.

DATE OF SERVICES: TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2006 AT 2:00 PM.

PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN'S FUNERAL CHAPEL - ATOKA, OK.

INTERMENT: CAIRO CEMETERY ~ COTTONWOOD, OK.

OFFICIATING: JOHN REUBEN CLEMMETSEN.

ASSISTING: ROLLIE ENNIS, JR (PRAYERS).

CASKETBEARERS: WILBUR ALLEN, DONALD DWIGGINS, ROYCE BLAKER, KEITH HALLOWS, DAVID ENNIS, CHARLES COOKSEY.

HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: ARTHUR ENNIS, PATRICK EDSON, JOE DWIGGINS, BILLY DALE ENNIS, ROLLIE ENNIS, JR., JIM MIXON, PAUL IVEY, TODD GRIFFITH, JIM LYON.

FAMILY NIGHT: MONDAY 6 TO 8 PM.