NAME: PATRICK HAMILTON EDSON, AGE 64, AN ATOKA AREA RESIDENT.

BORN: JUNE 8, 1942 AT BEAUMONT, TX TO EDWARD GILROY AND MAMIE (WHITE) EDSON, JR.

PASSED AWAY: MONDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2006 AT HIS atoka RESIDENCE.

AGE: 64 YEARS 4 MONTHS AND 15 DAys.

EDUCATION: PAT ATTENDED AND GRADUATED FROM BEAUMONT, TX HIGH SCHOOL.

MARRIED: PAMELA KAY (CLAY) MORRIS ON JUNE 20, 1998 AT ATOKA, OK

OCCUPATION: PAT SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE U.S. ARMY FOR 23 YEARS. HE LATER WORKED AS A SECURITY GUARD WITH THE TEXAS DEParTment OF CORRECTIONS IN HUNTSVILLE.

CHURCH AFFILIATION: HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE FIRST ASSEMBLY OF GOD CHURCH OF ATOKA.

A LONGTIME MEMBER OF THE ATOKA D.A.V. AND THE AMERICAN LEGION, HE WAS A MASTER MECHANIC AND LOVED TO BUILD HOT RODS AND RACE CARS.

survived by

WIFE: PAM edson OF THE HOME at atoka, ok.

SONS: DANNY ERWIN AND WIFE MICHELLE OF HOUSTON, TX.

ROGER ERWIN AND WIFE MELISSA OF CLOUDY, OK.

MOTHER-IN-LAW: MARY CLAY OF ATOKA, OK.

GRANDCHILDREN: CODY, DUSTIN, JESSICA, BROC, ADRIANA, AND CHRISTINA ERWIN.

BROTHERS: JOHNNY EDSON AND WIFE MARY ANN OF AUSTIN, TX.

EDDIE EDSON OF BEAUMONT, TX.

RICKY EDSON AND WIFE WENDY OF LUNENBURG, NOVA SCOTIA, CANADA.

CHRIS EDSON OF HOUSTON, TX.

SISTERS: MISSY FISHER AND HUSBAND CHRIS OF DENVER, CO.

PATRICE HESS AND HUSBAND JEFF OF LAKE MARY, FL.

preceded in death by

PARENTS: EDWARD AND MAMIE EDSON, JR.

SON: PAL EDSON.

DATE OF SERVICES: THURSDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2006 AT 10:00 A.M.

PLACE OF SERVICES: WARDS CHAPEL BAPTIST CHURCH.

iNTERMENT: COUNTY LINE CEMETERY ~ PICKINS, MCCURTAIN COunty, OK AT 3:00 P.M.

OFFICIATING: REV. TOM HARGRAVE.

ASSISTING: REV. BOB GRAHAM AND REV. BOB WINGO.

CASKETBEARERS: ANDRE COETZEE, BILL UNDERWOOD, ROY BURGESS, DEWEY REMBER, CHAD WHISMAN, TREVOR JACKSON.

HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: OREN COCHRAN, HARLEY JENKINS, JIM LYON, GARY HUNT, LUKE REED, TINY TIEMANN, BILL MCCLENDON.

FAMILY NIGHT: WEDNESDAY 6:00 P.M.