NAME: OPAL LEE (SPEAKS) HORATH, AGE 79, A LIFELONG ATOKA AREA RESIDENT. horath,opal02 BORN: NOVEMBER 4, 1923 AT COLEMAN, OK TO SAMUEL DAVID AND ETHEL MARGIE (HARRIS) SPEAKS. PASSED AWAY: MONDAY, DECEMBER 30, 2002 AT HER RESIDENCE IN ATOKA, OK. AGE: 79 YEARS 1 MONTH AND 26 DAYS EDUCATION: ATTENDED OAK GROVE SCHOOL. OCCUPATION: OPAL WAS A HOUSEWIFE AND ALSO HELPED WORK THE FAMILY FARM AS WELL AS WORKED AT LOCAL RESTAURANTS. MARRIED: JOHN WILLIAM BILL HORATH ON DECEMBER 30, 1942 IN ATOKA, OK. CHURCH AFFILIATION: OPAL WAS A MEMBER OF MOUNTAIN VIEW PENTECOSTAL CHURCH OF GOD AS A CHILD AND TEENAGER. AS AN ADULT SHE BECAME A MEMBER OF THE FULSOM BAPTIST CHURCH. SURVIVED BY SONS: JACKIE WAYNE HORATH AND WIFE GAIL OF SAPULPA, OK. DONNIE RAY �BO� HORATH AND WIFE JEAN OF ATOKA, OK. JERRY LEE �GOB� HORATH AND WIFE VIRGINIA OF ATOKA, OK. RONNIE DALE �PAT� HORATH OF BIXBY, OK. SONS-IN-LAW: MELVIN PERKINS OF FARRIS, OK. TERRY FAULKNER OF DENTON, TX. SISTERS: GERALDINE WHITTINGTON AND HUSBAND JEROME OF ATOKA, OK. ESTER PEARL HENDERSON OF TUSHKA, OK. MARY SUE BYRD OF GAINSVILLE, TX. BROTHER: EARL SPEAKS AND VIOLA GIBSON OF TUSHKA, OK. SPECIAL FRIEND: BESSIE BRAY. 16 GRANDCHILDREN, 28 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: SAM AND ETHEL SPEAKS. HUSBAND: JOHN WILLIAM BILL HORATH ON AUGUST 5, 1999. DAUGHTERS: MARGARET ANN (HORATH) FAULKNER. WANDA VERN (HORATH) PERKINS. SISTERS: EVA DEAN (SPEAKS) CHANDLER. ZELDA (SPEAKS) CALLICOAT. BROTHERS: MERL, MELVIN, RAYMOND, AND BILLY SPEAKS.

DATE OF SERVICES: THURSDAY, JANUARY 2, 2003 AT 2:00 P. M. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN'S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. OFFICIATING: ARVEL HALL. ASSISTING: JERRY RICHARDS. INTERMENT: GREEN MEADOWS CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK. CASKETBEARERS: TEDDY HENDERSON, DEWAYNE MOBBS, KEITH MOBBS, A.D. MOORE, LARRY MULLINS, JIM YORK. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: ROYCE BLAKER, GEORGE HALL, SR, TED HENDERSON, PAUL MULLINS, HUEY SEWELL, JIM MULLINS.