NAME: ODIS JUNIOR YATES, AGE 45, A LONGTIME LEHIGH AREA RESIDENT.

BORN: SEPTEMBER 13, 1954 AT COALGATE, OKLAHOMA TO ODIS G. SR. AND OCTAVIA (DENTON) YATES. PASSED AWAY: SUNDAY, JANUARY 23, 2000 AT ST. FRANCIS HOSPITAL IN TULSA, OK. AGE: 45 YEARS 4 MONTHS AND 10 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT IRON STOB, LANE, AND GRADUATED FROM ATOKA HIGH SCHOOL IN 1975. HE ATTENDED THE ATOKA KIAMICHI VO-TECH FOR 2 YEARS STUDYING WELDING AND CARPENTRY. JUNIOR WAS ENGAGED TO BE MARRIED TO BECKY COLE ON JANUARY 10TH. OCCUPATION: HE WORKED AS A CARPENTER, MECHANIC, HANDYMAN, AND RANCH HAND. CHURCH AFFILIATION: HE WAS OF THE PENTECOSTAL FAITH. JUNIOR LOVED DEER HUNTING AND FISHING FOR CATFISH. SURVIVED BY PARENTS: ODIS & OCTAVIA YATES OF LEHIGH, OK. FIANCEE: BECKY COLE OF ATOKA, OK. SISTERS: BRENDA YATES OF DURANGO, CO. CHERYL WEST & HUSBAND DANNY OF LEHIGH, OK. NEPHEWS: BILL PLAISANCE, JR. OF DURANGO, CO. DANIEL WEST & PATRICK WEST OF LEHIGH, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY GRANDPARENTS: ODIE & BERTHA YATES. JOHN & ROSA DENTON. INFANT BROTHER: TERRY YATES. UNCLE: GAR YATES. COUSIN: RONNIE PIKE.

DATE OF SERVICES: WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 26, 2000 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICE: BROWN'S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: BUTLER CEMETERY ~ LANE, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. GLEN EAVES. ASSISTING: REV. DOUGLAS WEST. CASKETBEARERS: TERRY DENTON, DAVID PELTS, REX ALLEN, DAVID BROWN JR., MIKE EAVES, MARTY RECTOR. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: TONY PIKE, RAY GENE EAVES, GARY MATTHEWS, DAVID BROWN SR., DARRELL COLE, PAUL HOOE.