NAME: PATRICIA RUTH (WHITFIELD) SMITH, AGE 56, AN ATOKA COUNTY AREA RESIDENT.

BORN: SEPTEMBER 22, 1947 TO JAMES BUFORD AND MARY RUTH (ELLINGTON) WHITFIELD AT DENISON, TX.

PASSED AWAY: TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 16, 2003 AT THE CANCER TREATMENT CENTER IN TULSA, OK. AGE: 56 YEARS 2 MONTHS AND 24 DAYS.

EDUCATION: PATRICIA ATTENDED SCHOOL IN DENISON AND DALLAS, TX AND GRAYSON COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE. SHE ATTENDED CHRIST FOR THE NATIONS IN DALLAS AND LANGUAGE SCHOOL TO LEARN SPANISH.

MARRIED: WILLIAM E. SMITH ON JANUARY 18, 1974 AT SOUTHMAYD, TX.

OCCUPATION: PATRICIA WORKED FOR MCLEOD HONOR FARM AS AN ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT AND LATER WORKED A NUMBER OF YEARS FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES IN THE JUVENILE OFFICE IN ATOKA, OK.

CHURCH AFFILIATION: PATRICIA WAS A MEMBER OF THE LIVING WATERS CHURCH IN ANTLERS, OKLAHOMA AND WAS ALSO AN ORDAINED MINISTER. PATRICIA HELPED IN PRISON MINISTRY WITH HER HUSBAND SMITTY.

SURVIVED BY

HUSBAND: WILLIAM SMITTY SMITH OF THE HOME EAST OF ATOKA, OK.

CHILDREN: JEFFREY A. SMITH AND WIFE SHELLY OF POTTSBORO, TX. MARY PAT DAVIS OF DURANT, OK. AMY SMITH OF SHERMAN, TX. JENIFER MALONE AND HUSBAND ALEX OF FT. WORTH, TX. JERRI LYNN LAYTON OF DURANT, OK.

GRANDCHILDREN: MICAH SMITH OF POTTSBORO, TX. BRANDON DAVIS OF DURANT, OK. JACOB AND JESSICA LAYTON OF DURANT, OK. LOGAN AND NOAH MALONE OF FT. WORTH, TX. TREY DAVIS OF DURANT, OK. JULIE LAYTON OF DURANT, OK.

SISTER: BEVERLY GENTRY AND HUSBAND RICHARD OF SHERMAN, TX.

IN-LAWS: BOB SMITH OF ANNANDALE, NJ. ROGER AND LINDA INGLIS OF SAN ANTONIO, TX.

PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

PARENTS: JAMES BUFORD AND MARY RUTH WHITFIELD. MOTHER AND FATHER-IN-LAW: EDGAR AND IRENE SMITH.

DATE OF SERVICES: FRIDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2003 AT 2:00 PM. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN'S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK.

INTERMENT: HIGHLAND CEMETERY ~ DURANT, OK.

OFFICIATING: REV. TERRY VAUGHN.

CASKETBEARERS: ALEX MALONE, TODD HORN, MARK MCMURRY, JEFF SMITH, LIONEL WINTERS, BILL ETCHISON.

HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: ROGERS INGLIS, STEVE PFAFF, FRED LOWRY, BOB SMITH, MICHAEL INGLIS.