NAME: NEWT WALLACE, AGE 97, A LIFETIME RESIDENT OF ATOKA COUNTY. BORN: MARCH 14, 1903 AT ATOKA COUNTY, INDIAN TERRITORY TO JIM WALLACE AND LIZZIE (TOM) WALLACE. PASSED AWAY: SATURDAY, MAY 27, 2000 AT THE COLONIAL MANOR IN ATOKA, OK. AGE: 97 YEARS 2 MONTHS AND 13 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOL IN ATOKA COUNTY. MARRIED: AGNES BARCUS AT A YOUNG AGE IN ATOKA, OK. OCCUPATION: HE WAS A RETIRED BAPTIST MINISTER, HAVING PREACHED A NUMBER OF YEARS AT THE MACEDONIA INDIAN BAPTIST CHURCH AT BENTLEY. NEWT WAS AN ORIGINAL ENROLLEE OF THE CHOCTAW NATION. SURVIVED BY GRANDCHILDREN: SANDRA BERTIS OF THE HOME IN ATOKA, OK. MOSES AND ANITA COOPER OF LANE, OK. ROBERTA BERTIS OF SULPHUR, OK. WANDA MERCADO AND HUSBAND GABRIEL OF CHOW CHILLA, CA. DENNIS BERTIS AND WIFE SHERRY OF TULSA, OK. GLEN BERTIS AND RANDY BERTIS OF OKLAHOMA CITY. DEWAYNE HAMILL OF DURANT, OK. GREAT GRANDCHILDREN: MATTHEW, CHRISTINA, MARISSA, AND JESSICA YARGEE. YOLONDA, MOSES JR., STEVEN, ANNA, AND AMBER COOPER. STEPHANIE, JENNIFER, MELISSA, ELROD, BRITTANY, AND AMANDA BOLIC. TIFFANY AND JESSE WILLIAMS, TACY FRYE AND LANCE WALKER. GREAT GREAT GRANDCHILDREN: JACOB AND MITCHELL BERTIS. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY WIFE: AGNES WALLACE ON APRIL 27, 1985. PARENTS: JIM AND LIZZIE WALLACE. DAUGHTER: NAOMI BOGGS. SON: STANLEY WALLACE. 2 BROTHERS. 1 SISTER.

DATE OF SERVICES: TUESDAY, MAY 30, 2000 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN'S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: BENTLEY INDIAN CEMETERY ~ BENTLEY, OK. OFFICIATING: JOSEPH JIM. CASKETBEARERS: RAYMOND COOPER, JOHNNY COOPER, CHRIS YARGEE, MOSES COOPER JR., MATTHEW YARGEE, MARK EVANS.