NAME: ORVAL D. SMITHART, AGE 80, LONGTIME TUSHKA RESIDENT.

BORN: J ULY 28, 1922 AT CADDO TO R. D. AND EMMA MAE (COMBEST) SMITHART. PASSED AWAY: THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2002 AT THA ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. AGE: 80 YEARS 1 MONTHS AND 21 DAYS.

EDUCATION: ATTENDED LIBERTY SCHOOL IN ATOKA COUNTY.

MARRIED: DEOLA LANE ON APRIL 20, 1946 AT PARIS, TX.

OCCUPATION: ORVAL WORKED A NUMBER OF YEARS FOR THE KATY RAILROAD. HE OWNED AND OPERATED A SAWMILL AND A MINK FARM.

CHURCH AFFILIATION: HE WAS A PROTESTANT.

ORVAL WAS AN OUTDOORSMAN, AN AVID HUNTER, AND FISHERMAN AND LOVED HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS.

SURVIVED BY

WIFE: DEOLA SMITHART OF THE HOME AT TUSHKA, OK.

DAUGHTERS: SHEILA BRINKLEY AND HUSBAND CURTIS OF ATOKA, OK. JANET MEADOWS AND HUSBAND GARY OF TUSHKA, OK.

GRANDCHILDREN: DAVID BRINKLEY AND WIFE JANA OF ATOKA, OK. KEVIN MEADOWS AND WIFE MENDY OF TUSHKA, OK. TERRI HAMILTON AND HUSBAND TOM OF TULSA, OK. DONNA ODOM AND HUSBAND J. J. OF ADA, OK. MIKE BENNETT OF IOWA, OK.

GREAT GRANCHILDREN: NIKKI HAMILTON, MARKIE MEADOWS, MATHEW HAMILTON, SCOTT BRINKLEY, CONNER BRINKLEY, CHRISTOPHER ODOM, MASON BRINKLEY, JOSHUA ODOM, LUKE HAMILTON.

BROTHERS: VIRGIL SMITHART AND WIFE SHIRLEY OF TUSHKA, OK. LEROY SMITHART OF TUSHKA, OK.

PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

PARENTS: R. D. AND EMMA (COMBEST) SMITHART DASHNER. SISTERS: LOUISE SMITH AND ARDEE COLLINSWORTH. BROTHER: BILLY SMITHART.

DATE OF SERVICE: SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2OO2 AT 2:00 PM. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN'S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK.

INTERMENT: MEADOWS FAMILY CEMETERY NEAR HIGH HILL IN AT0OKA COUNTY, OK.

OFFICIATING: REV. WAYNE EDGAR.

CASKETBEARERS: MARTY COATES, JIM COATES, BRIAN COATES, ALFRED ELLIOTT, ZAC COATES, DWIGHT COATES.

HONORARY PALLBEARERS: BOB JOHNSON, GENE SLUDER, MILFORD POWELL, VERNON COATS.