NAME: OTIS DALE BROWN, AGE 69, A LIFELONG ATOKA COUNTY AREA RESIDENT. BORN: MARCH 17, 1937 AT ATOKA, OK TO CARY ALPHONSO AND ALBERT TRESSIE (HYATT) BROWN. PASSED AWAY: FRIDAY, JANUARY 5, 2007 AT HIS ATOKA RESIDENCE. AGE: 69 YEARS 9 MONTHS AND 18 DAYS. EDUCATION: DALE GRADUATED FROM DUNBAR HIGH SCHOOL IN ATOKA WITH THE CLASS OF 1958 WHERE HE EXCELLED IN ALL SPORTS. MARRIED: SHERRY CRAWFORD-SHIELDS ON APRIL 15, 1999 AT ATOKA, OK. OCCUPATION: DALE WORKED AS A TRUCK DRIVER FOR MONROE AND PHILLIP ALLEN FOR OVER 37 YEARS. CHURCH AFFILIATION: HE WAS A MEMBER OF MT. ZION BAPTIST CHURCH. SURVIVED BY WIFE: SHERRY BROWN OF THE HOME. CHILDREN: RENEE A. CRAWFORD OF ATOKA, OK. SHERRY Y. AND SHERECE V. CRAWFORD OF ATOKA, OK. GAIL BROWN OF DALLAS, TX. JAMIE BROWN HOLT OF NATCHITOCHES, LA. BROTHER: CLIFFORD BROWN OF ATOKA, OK. SISTERS: JOANN BROWN AND HUSBAND GENE OF OKLAHOMA CITY. DORIS MEACHEM OF ATOKA, OK. STEPDAUGHTER: ERNESTINE COLBERT AND HUSBAND C. W. OF ATOKA, OK. STEPBROTHER: BOBBY JOHNSON AND WIFE BETTY OF ATOKA, OK. 6 GRANDCHILDREN AND 11 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: CARY AND TRESSIE BROWN. BROTHERS: EDWARD BROWN AND HENRY VINSON. GRANDSON: TYRONE COLBERT.

DATE OF SERVICES: TUESDAY, JANUARY 9, 2007 AT 2:00 PM. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN'S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: GREEN HILL CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK.. OFFICIATING: REV. J. P KELLY. ASSISTING: BRO. WILLARD HARRISON. CASKETBEARERS: STEVIE CRAWFORD, STEFAN BROWN, JOHNNIE COLBERT, CLIFFORD BROWN, LAMONT CRAWFORD, ORLANDO BROWN, FLOYD SHIELDS, AARON BURDEX SR., JOE C. VINEY. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: BILLY JOE CLAYTON, EDGAR VINSON, ORLON HILL, CECIL O. HILL, JESSIE HARRISON, C.W. COLBERT, CRANDELL WASHINGTON, WALLACE MCGEE. FLOWER GIRLS: HELEN FAYE BURDEX, JANICE MCGEE, ERNESTINE COLBERT, KIM WASHINGTON, ALYSHI CRAWFORD, KERI JOHNSON. HONORARY FLOWER GIRLS: PATSY BROOKS, EVELYN VINSON, BERNADINE PERKINS, CORDELIA BROWN, TONYA COLBERT LISA COLBERT.