NAME: OSCAR MARION TOOMBS, AGE 88, A LONGTIME RESIDENT OF ATOKA.

BORN: APRIL 28, 1914 AT CLARITA TO OSCAR THOMAS AND MARGARITE ELIZABETH (BAXTER) TOOMBS. PASSED AWAY: FRIDAY, JUNE 21, 2002 AT HIS RESIDENCE IN ATOKA, OK. AGE: 88 YEARS 1 MONTH AND 23 DAYS.

EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS AND GRADUATED FROM ATOKA HIGH SCHOOL.

MARRIED: BERNICE NORRIS ON JUNE 2, 1951 AT BELL, CA. THEY JUST RECENTLY CELEBRATED THEIR 51ST WEDDING ANIVERSARY.

OCCUPATION: HE WORKED OVER 36 YEARS FOR GENERAL MOTORS. HE WAS WAREHOUSE STOCK MANAGER.

CHURCH AFFILIATION: HE WAS A BAPTIST.

MARION SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE U. S. ARMY DURING WW.II.

SURVIVED BY

WIFE: BERNICE OF THE HOME IN ATOKA, OK.

DAUGHTER: VICKIE WHITESEL AND HUSBAND STAN OF HIGHLAND, CA.

GRANDCHILDREN: MEGAN AND COURTNEY WHITESEL OF HIGHLAND, CA.

PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

PARENTS: OSCAR AND ELIZABETH TOOMBS. SISTERS: ROWENA SULLIVAN AND RUTH MILLS. BROTHERS: JOHN OF ATOKA IN JUNE, 1975. FLOYD OF ANAHEIM, CA IN FEBRUARY, 1974. FULTON OF ONTARIO, CA ON JUNE 20, 1998. SIUS TOOMBS OF BELLFLOWER, CA IN 1970. ELEVER. LEWIS, CLYDE , CECIL, AND FRED TOOMBS.

DATE OF SERVICE: WEDNESDAY, JUNE 26, 2002 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN'S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK.

INTERMENT: PIERCE BROTHERS CRESTLAWN MEMORIAL PARK CEMETERY ~ RIVERSIDE, CA.

OFFICIATING: REV. JOHN HOWARD. ASSISTING: RICHARD BETTS.

CASKETBEARERS: JOHN JOHNSON, DAN HARDMAN, PAT LOFTIS, GUY STEPHENS, LARRY MCKINNEY.

HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: ELMO THOMAS, DON LOFTIS, JERRY DARRAH, TOT CALVERT.

FAMILY REQUEST DONATIONS BE MADE TO WARDS CHAPEL CEMETERY IN LIEU OF FLOWERS.