NAME: NEDRA ANN (HARVEY) HANKINS, AGE 89, A LONGTIME RESIDENT OF ATOKA, OK.

BORN: OCTOBER 29, 1909 AT COLBERT, OKLAHOMA TO WILLIAM ARTHUR AND WILLIE ANN (FLEET) HARVEY. PASSED AWAY: MONDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1998 AT MEDICAL CENTER OF SE OKLAHOMA IN DURANT. AGE: 89 YEARS 1 MONTH AND 22 DAYS EDUCATION: ATTENDED GRADE SCHOOL AT WARDS CHAPEL AND GRADUATED FROM ATOKA HIGH SCHOOL IN 1928. ALSO, ATTENDED SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA TEACHER'S COLLEGE, WHICH IS NOW SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY IN DURANT. MARRIED: PIERCE HANKINS ON FEBRUARY 16, 1929 AT ATOKA, OK. OCCUPATION: NEDRA WAS A TEACHER FOR 13 YEARS. SHE TAUGHT AT PLAINVIEW, CLEVELAND, MCGEE VALLEY, PLEASANT HILL, AND DAISY. SHE WENT TO WORK FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES. SHE WORKED IN ANTLERS, ATOKA, MCALESTER, HOLDENVILLE, AND WEWOKA. DURING THIS 31+ YEAR TENURE WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES SHE SERVED AS THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR FOR ATOKA AND SEMINOLE COUNTIES. AFTER HER RETIREMENT IN 1975. SHE WORKED IN ADMINISTRATION AT THE OAK RIDGE AND NEW HORIZON NURSING HOMES IN WEWOKA FOR SEVERAL YEARS RETIRING AGAIN IN 1983. NEDRA AND PIERCE MOVED BACK TO ATOKA 11 YEARS AGO. CHURCH AFFILIATION: MEMBER OF ATOKA FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH. SHE WAS A MEMBER OF THE RED ROSE GARDEN CLUB IN ATOKA AND FAMILY COMMUNITY EDUCATION FRIENDSHIP CLUB. SURVIVED BY HER HUSBAND OF OVER 69 YEARS: PIERCE HANKINS OF THE HOME IN ATOKA, OK. SISTERS-IN-LAW: RUBY BETTS OF WILTON, CA. NADENE GORDON OF ARLINGTON, TX. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: WILLIAM ARTHUR & WILLIE ANN HARVEY. BROTHER: ROBERT Y. HARVEY

DATE OF SERVICES: WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1998 AT 10:00 A.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: ATOKA FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH. INTERMENT: GREEN MEADOWS CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. JOE D. RAY. ASSISTING: REV. BILL ELKINS. CASKETBEARERS: BILL SAMPLE, ROGER SAMPLE, KELLY SAMPLE, THOMAS RAY, TOMMY HANKINS, DAVID RAY. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: TED TUCKER, DURWOOD TUCKER, ROBERT CALVERT, MORRIS CARR, JOHNNY WINTERS, ROY COLLUM, CLARK MCENTIRE, JOHN ROWLAND, ELMO THOMAS.