NAME: ONTERIO AKERS, AGE 92, A LONGTIME ATOKA COUNTY RESIDENT.

BORN: FEBRUARY 15, 1908 AT COAL CREEK IN ATOKA COUNTY TO EMMITT AND MARTHA (LEWIS) AKERS. PASSED AWAY: SUNDAY, JUNE 4, 2000 AT ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. AGE: 92 YEARS 3 MONTHS AND 19 DAYS. EDUCATION: HE ATTENDED SCHOOLS IN MISSISSIPPI. MARRIED: VELMA LOUISE CLARK ON MAY 4, 1983. CHURCH AFFILIATION: MEMBER OF THE AME METHODIST CHURCH IN ATOKA, OK. OCCUPATION: FARMER. SURVIVED BY NIECES: VEOLA COLMEN OF OKLAHOMA CITY. HELEN CRAWFORD OF ATOKA, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH PARENTS: EMMITT AND MARTHA AKERS. WIFE: VELMA AKERS. BROTHERS: LUTHER, WILL, ROBERT, EUGENE, JIMMY, AND CLIFFORD AKERS. SISTERS: ALBERTA (AKERS) PERRY AND MABLE AKERS.

DATE OF SERVICES: SATURDAY, JUNE 10, 2000 AT 2:00 PM. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN'S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: MACEDONIA CEMETERY ~ ATOKA COUNTY, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. JAMES CROWSON. CASKETBEARERS: DARRELL CRAWFORD, STEVIE CRAWFORD, FLOYD SHIELDS, PHILLIP CRAWFORD, CAMERON CRAWFORD, KERRY HILL, LAMONT CRAWFORD. FLOWER BEARERS: SHIRLEY ARNOLD, JANICE COLLINS, SUSIE JACKSON, SANDRA HILL, EMMA HILL, DORIS SUTTER.