NAME: NATHAN MURAL SMITH, AGE 76, LONGTIME RESIDENT OF ATOKA, OK.

BORN: APRIL 13, 1921 AT BENTLEY, OK TO JABE S. AND LULA JANE (HARRIS) SMITH. PASSED AWAY: WEDNESDAY, JULY 30, 1997 AT MEDICAL CENTER OF SE OKLAHOMA, DURANT. AGE: 76 YEARS 3 MONTHS AND 17 DAYS EDUCATION: ATTENDED LANE SCHOOL IN ATOKA COUNTY. MARRIED: VIOLET M. (PENICK) MOORE ON SEPTEMBER 6, 1981 AT SHERMAN, TX. OCCUPATION: WAREHOUSEMAN, 25 YEARS OF SERVICE WITH THE CIVIL SERVICE AT ARMY BASES IN CALIFORNIA AND UTAH. CHURCH AFFILIATION: MEMBER OF SOUTHSIDE BAPTIST CHURCH. HE SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE U. S. ARMY DURING WORLD WAR II AND WAS A MEMBER OF V. F. W. BRYAN COUNTY POST 3916 IN DURANT, OK. SURVIVED BY WIFE: VIOLET SMITH OF ATOKA, OK. SON: DENNIS SMITH OF DURANT, OK. DAUGHTER: CAROLINE SUE SHARPE AND HUSBAND TIM OF PALM DESERT, CA. GRANDCHILDREN: MIKE SMITH, MARK SMITH, ASHLEY SHARPE, AND JESSICA SMITH. GREAT GRANDCHILD: MICHAEL SMITH. STEPSONS: RONNIE MOORE AND WIFE TAMMY OF ATOKA, OK. BILLY MOORE AND WIFE SHERYL OF HARTSHORNE, OK. RICHARD MOORE OF OKLAHOMA CITY. STEP GRANDCHILDREN: TIFFANY MOORE, DEREK RITTER, DAVID ARTERBERRY, DANIEL ARTERBERRY, AND JOSH ATTERBERRY. BROTHER: HARVEY SMITH AND WIFE DORIS OF ATOKA, OK. SISTER: MARTHA B. WASSON OF VACAVILLE, CA. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: JABE AND LULA SMITH. SON: MICKLE DEWAYNE SMITH. BROTHER: CLARENCE SMITH. SISTER: CLARA ROBINSON.

DATE OF SERVICES: SATURDAY, AUGUST 2, 1997 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN'S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: BUTLER CEMTERY ~ LANE, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. BOB JOHNSON. ASSISTING: REV. LOYD THOMPSON. CASKETBEARERS: DENNIS SMITH, MARK SMITH, MIKE SMITH, BILLY MOORE, RONNIE MOORE, RICHARD MOORE. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: JACK BLAKER, MARVIN DALE