NAME: OTTO SAMUEL HEMBREE, AGE 66, FARRIS RESIDENT.

BORN: JULY 19, 1930 AT OKLAHOMA CITY TO ALEXANDER E. AND ESTY ELLEN (STILES) HEMBREE. PASSED AWAY: TUESDAY AFTERNOON, DECEMBER 31, 1996 AT PARIS, TEXAS. AGE: 66 YEARS 5 MONTHS AND 12 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT FARRIS AND CALIFORNIA. MARRIED: RUTH LEE MCCLENDON ON JULY 26, 1949 AT PARIS, TEXAS. OCCUPATION: OTTO WORKED A NUMBER OF YEARS IN AIRCRAFT PLANTS FOR BOEING AND BEECHCRAFT IN WICHITA, KANSAS. HE ALSO WORKED AS EQUIPMENT OPERATOR FOR ATOKA COUNTY, DROVE A SCHOOL BUS AND RANCHED. HE WORKED A FEW YEARS AS DEPUTY AND UNDERSHERIFF AND THEN WAS ELECTED SHERIFF IN 1972, HE LEFT THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT IN 1975 TO WORK AS CORRECTIONAL OFFICER AT THE MCLEOD HONOR FARM, RETIRING ON DECEMBER 31, 1989. CHURCH AFFILIATION: OTTO WAS A MEMBER OF THE FARRIS BAPTIST CHURCH. HE LOVED TO HUNT, FISH AND WORK HIS RANCH. HE FOUGHT A HARD FIGHT WITH CANCER AND PASSED THIS LIFE TO BE WITH HIS LORD. SURVIVED BY WIFE: RUTH HEMBREE OF THE HOME NEAR FARRIS, OK. SONS: SAMUEL DUANE HEMBREE AND WIFE ROSE. MICHAEL LEE HEMBREE AND WIFE DIANE. DAUGHTER: BARBARA GOFF AND HUSBAND MIKE. GRANDCHILDREN: CODY AND JENNIFER HEMBREE. TORY AND NANCY HEMBREE. CORY HEMBREE, KEVEN HEMBREE, TIM GOFF, KELLY HEMBREE, AND KRISTI GOFF. BROTHERS: EZEKIEL HEMBREE AND WIFE JANETTE. ALVIS HEMBREE. SISTERS: ODESSA HOWARD. JACKIE JAMES AND HUSBAND JESS. JUDY STANLEY AND HUSBAND JOHN. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: ALEX AND ESTY (JULY, 1972) HEMBREE OF BOSWELL BROTHERS: LLOYD AND ROBERT HEMBREE. SISTER: EDITH MONTGOMERY. SISTER-IN-LAW: EVELYN HEMBREE OF ANTLERS ON DECEMBER 30, 1991. BROTHER-IN-LAW: JAMES HOWARD OF BOSWELL IN SEPTEMBER, 1986.

DATE OF SERVICES: FRIDAY. JANUARY 3, 1997 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN'S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: FARRIS CEMETERY, FARRIS, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. MACK DOLCHOCK CASKETBEARERS: (GRANDSONS) CODY HEMBREE, TORY HEMBREE, CORY HEMBREE, KEVEN HEMBREE, TIM GOFF. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: (GRANDDAUGHTERS) KELLY HEMBREE, KRISTI GOFF, JENNIFER HEMBREE, NANCY HEMBREE.