NAME: NOVA (CULBREATH) ALLEN, AGE 94, A LONGTIME ATOKA COUNTYRESIDENT.

BORN: NOVEMBER 5, 1908 AT CADDO, OKLAHOMA TO ROY H. AND NETTIE (BROOKS) CULBREATH.

PASSED AWAY: MONDAY, MAY 26, 2003 AT THE ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. AGE: 94 YEARS 6 MONTHS AND 21 DAYS.

EDUCATION: NOVA ATTENDED SCHOOL AT LIBERTY HILL IN RURAL ATOKA COUNTY

MARRIED: RUFUS JOHN ALLEN ON DECEMBER 23, 1928 AT CADDO, OK.

OCCUPATION: MRS. ALLEN WORKED AS A RESTUARANT COOK AND MANAGED THE ICE CREAM PARLOR ON MAIN STREET IN ATOKA MANY YEARS. SHE WAS A HOMEMAKER AS WELL.

CHURCH AFFILIATION: MEMBER OF THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH IN ATOKA FOR MANY YEARS. NOVA WAS BORN THE SECOND CHILD OF 13 AND GREW UP ON THE FAMILY FARM. SHE WAS AN AVID GARDENER AND QUILTER. SHE LOVED TO READ AND COLLECT RECIPES. SHE ALSO WAS AN EXCELLENT COOK.

SURVIVED BY

CHILDREN: BONNIE MIXON AND HUSBAND JIM OF ATOKA, OK. S. RAY ALLEN AND WIFE GERI OF EUREKA, CA. BOBBY ALLEN AND WIFE BARBARA OF EDMOND, OK. JOHN M. ALLEN AND WIFE WANDA OF FLORENCE, SC.

8 GRANDCHILDREN, 13 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, AND 1 GREAT GREAT GRANDDAUGHTER.

SISTER: SYLVIA GREEN OF MADILL, OK.

BROTHERS: ROY CULBREATH AND WIFE MARILYN OF EDMOND, OK. GENE CULBREATH OF DURANT, OK. JULIOUS DUDE CULBREATH AND WIFE HAZEL OF CANEY, OK. BILLY COTTON CULBREATH AND WIFE MARIE OF CANEY, OK. ALTON MUGGS CULBREATH AND WIFE JOY OF DURANT, OK.

PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

HUSBAND: RUFUS JOHN ALLEN ON OCTOBER 6, 1976. PARENTS: ROY AND NETTIE CULBREATH. BROTHERS: RUSSELL BUDDY AND WALTON TALMEDGE CULBREATH. SISTERS: FLOSSIE SNOW, TOMI GREEN TALLMAN, VERNIA MAE DORROUGH, AND KATHRYN SMITH.

DATE OF SERVICES: THURSDAY, MAY 29, 2003 AT 2:00 PM. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN'S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK.

INTERMENT: GREEN MEADOWS CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK.

OFFICIATING: REV. JOE CHAPIN. ASSISTING: JIM MIXON.

CASKETBEARERS: KEN MIXON, PHILLIP CULBREATH, J. L. CULBREATH, J. D. CULBREATH, ALTON CULBREATH, RANDY CULBREATH.

HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: BILL MILLER, BOB PRAYTOR, HARVEY CAPPS, ROYCE BLAKER.