NAME: OTTIS KILE BOB CATHEY, A LONGTIME ADA AREA RESIDENT AND FORMER LONGTIME CADDO RESIDENT. BORN: MAY 31, 1921 NEAR RYAN, OKLAHOMA TO MARSHALL DOC AND SARAH (CARNEY) CATHEY. PASSED AWAY: THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1997 AT THE OKLAHOMA VETERANS CENTER IN SULPHUR, OK. AGE: 76 YEARS 3 MONTHS AND 17 DAYS EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT CADDO AND ADA, GRADUATED FROM ADA HIGH IN 1940. HE GRADUATED FROM EAST CENTRAL STATE UNIVERSITY, ADA IN 1951 WITH A DEGREE IN ELEMENTARY EDUCATION. MARRIED: VIRGIE POLSON IN 1948 AT POTTSBORO, TX. OCCUPATION: HE AND HIS SONS WERE IN AUTO REBUILDING AND AUTO SALES FOR MANY YEARS. BOB WAS A NAVY VETERAN OF WORLD WAR II AND WAS VERY HIGHLY DECORATED. HE RECEIVED THE PRESTIGIOUS NAVY-MARINE CORPS. MEDAL FOR HIS BRAVERY AND ACTIONS IN SERVICE TO HIS COUNTRY AND FELLOW SOLDIERS. BOB HAD RECEIVED NUMEROUS OTHER MEDALS AND COMMENDATIONS. SURVIVED BY CHILDREN: CARLES BAGBY AND HUSBAND RICHARD OF DURANT, OK. WAYNE CATHEY AND WIFE ANN OF ADA, OK. KENNETH CATHEY OF CADDO, OK. GRANDCHILDREN: CRYSTAL BILLINGS AND HUSBAND LANCE OF DURANT, OK. ROBIN BAGBY OF DURANT, OK. LEVI BAGBY OF DURANT, OK. SUNNY HARRIS AND HUSBAND JUSTIN OF ADA, OK. GREAT GRANDCHILDREN: LAYNE BILLINGS OF DURANT, OK. SEAN ALEXANDER OF ADA, OK. AUNT: LOUISE WADLINGTON OF TISHOMINGO, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: DOC AND SARAH CATHEY. WIFE: VIRGIE CATHEY ON DECEMBER 18, 1973. STEPSON: STAFFNEY CATHEY.

DATE OF SERVICES: SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1997 AT 1:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN'S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA., OK. OFFICIATING: REV. BOB JOHNSON. GRAVESIDE COMMITTAL SERVICE AND MILITARY RITES: 3:30 P.M. AT GRAVESITE. OFFICIATING: REV. CHARLES CREEK. INTERMENT: HIGH HILL CEMETERY NEAR ADA, OK. CHICKASAW HONOR GUARD CONDUCTING THE MILITARY RITES. CASKETBEARERS: TOP GRAHAM, EVERETT STANLEY, JERRY STANLEY, JIMMY CARROL, MICHEAL CATHEY, JUSTIN HARRIS.