NAME: NORMAN LEE SPEARS, AGE 66, A LONGTIME RESIDENT OF THE TUSHKA AREA.

BORN: MAY 21, 1933 IN BIGELOW, ARKANSAS TO NORMAN AND ETHEL (SHAMLIN) SPEARS. PASSED AWAY: SATURDAY, JULY 22, 2000 AT THE ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. AGE: 66 YEARS 2 MONTHS AND 1 DAY. EDUCATION: GRADUATED HIGH SCHOOL AT BIGELOW, AR. MARRIED: ANNA MAE SANGER ON JULY 31, 1955 IN IOWA. VIRGINIA BRYANT ON NOVEMBER 21, 1986 AT ATOKA, OK. CHURCH AFFILIATION: HE WAS A BAPTIST. OCCUPATION: AFTER COMING TO ATOKA HE WORKED AS A DISPATCHER FOR ATOKA POLICE DEPT. AND LATER WORKED IN THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT. HE SERVED IN THE U. S. ARMY DURING THE KOREAN WAR. SURVIVED BY WIFE: VIRGINIA SPEARS OF THEIR HOME NEAR TUSHKA, OK. CHILDREN: JANET KNIGHT AND HUSBAND GARY OF HUTCHINSON, KS. GARY SPEARS AND WIFE TAMMY OF OTTUMWA, IA. JAMES SPEARS OF OTTUMWA, IA. JACK SPEARS, ELLSWORTH, KS. STEPCHILDREN: JOLEE MARTIN AND HUSBAND VIRGIL OF CARNAGIE, OK. ANDREW BRYANT AND WIFE GAIL OF CANEY, OK. NORA COMBS AND HUSBAND JAMES OF NOBLE, OK. H. L. BRYANT AND WIFE MICHELE OF TUSHKA, OK. 22 GRANDCHILDREN, 14 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: NORMAN AND ETHEL SPEARS. FIRST WIFE: ANNA MAE SPEARS, MAR 1977 IN OTTUMWA, IA.. SON: LARRY JOE AND DAUGHTER BRENDA LEE. 6 SISTERS AND 2 BROTHERS.

DATE OF SERVICES: WEDNESDAY, JULY 26, 2000 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: GRAVESIDE SERVICES. INTERMENT: TUSHKA CEMETERY ~ TUSHKA, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. VIRGIL MARTIN. ASSISTING: REV. BOB JOHNSON. CASKETBEARERS: RAY BRYANT, RANDY BRYANT, ERNEST COMBS, FRANK MARTIN, RANDY BRITT, JEFF LEWIS, H. L. BRYANT. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: TOMMY WOOLFE, EARL SPEAKS, MIKE MULKEY, ALLEN TEAGUE, JOHN DOMINIC.