NAME: OVERTON LOVE PETE BURNEY, AGE 69, A LONGTIME COALGATE RESIDENT.

BORN: MAY 17, 1930 AT OKMULGEE, OKLAHOMA TO OVERTON L. AND ESTHER EDNA (FAULK) BURNEY. PASSED AWAY: SATURDAY, APRIL 29, 2000 AT HURLEY HOSPITAL IN COALGATE, OK. AGE: 69 YEARS 11 MONTHS AND 12 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED GRADE SCHOOL AT MARLOW, GRADUATED HIGH SCHOOL AT CHICKASHA, ATTENDED HARDISON-SIMMONS COLLEGE IN WICHITA FALLS. PETE GRADUATED FROM EAST CENTRAL IN ADA. HE LATER OBTAINED AND HELD 2 MASTERS DEGREES ONE FROM VANDER COOK COLLEGE OF MUSIC IN CHICAGO AND FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF OREGON. MARRIED: BETTY JO BONNER ON MARCH 17, 1956 AT COALGATE, OK. OCCUPATION: PETE WAS A LONGTIME EDUCATOR, HAVING TAUGHT IN ILLINOIS, GEORGIA, OREGON AND OKLAHOMA AT ATOKA, STRATFORD, LATTA, AND COAL COUNTY. CHURCH AFFILIATION: MEMBER OF THE COALGATE MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH WHERE HE TAUGHT SUNDAY SCHOOL AND WAS THE CHURCH ORGANIST. PETE WAS AN ACCOMPLISHED MUSICIAN. HE SERVED A NUMBER OF YEARS ON THE MURRAY STATE COLLEGE BOARD OF REGENTS AND THE MURRAY FOUNDATION. HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE CHICKASAW EDUCATION FOUNDATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND WAS A MEMBER OF THE CHICKASAW TRIBAL FOUNDATION. HE WAS ALSO THE CHAIRMAN OF THE COAL COUNTY RETIRED TEACHERS. SURVIVED BY WIFE: BETTY BURNEY OF THE HOME IN COALGATE, OK. SON: J. J. WILSON AND WIFE CAROL OF ADA, OK. GRANDCHILDREN: CHRISTOPHER WILSON OF AUSTIN, TX. ANTIONETTA WILSON OF MUSTANG, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: O. L. AND ESTHER EDNA BURNEY. BROTHER: WILLIAM FAULK BURNEY.

DATE OF SERVICES: TUESDAY, MAY 2, 2000 AT 10:00 A.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: COALGATE MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH ~ COALGATE, OK. INTERMENT: ROSEHILL CEMETERY ~ CHICKASHA, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. LARRY ROSE. CASKETBEARERS: JAMES STEPHENS, JERRY STEPHENS.