NAME: PAULINE (CROW) WHITTINGTON, AGE 91, A LIFELONG ATOKA COUNTY AREA RESIDENT.

BORN: APRIL 28, 1913 AT BRUNO, OKLAHOMA TO FRANK AND GRACE (STRICKLAND) CROW.

PASSED AWAY: THURSDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 6, 2004 AT THE ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. AGE: 91 YEARS 0 MONTHS AND 8 DAYS.

EDUCATION: GRADUATED FROM TUSHKA HIGH IN 1931. SHE RECEIVED HER BATCHELORS DEGREE FROM SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY AND HER MASTERS DEGREE FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA.

MARRIED: JOE L. WHITTINGTON ON SEPTEMBER 12, 1936 AT DURANT, OK.

OCCUPATION: PAULINE TAUGHT SCHOOL FOR MORE THAN 42 YEARS. SHE WAS RECOGNIZED AS AN ACCOMPLISHED PROFESSIONAL WITH A SPECIALTY IN THE AREA OF TEACHING PHONETIC READING. SHE TAUGHT GRADUATE LEVEL SEMINARS AT VARIOUS UNIVERSITIES AND PARTICIPATED IN WRITING TEXTBOOKS FOR PUBLISHING COMPANIES IN HER AREA OF EXPERTISE, AS WELL AS TEACHING FOR MANY YEARS IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF ATOKA COUNTY AND THE NORMAN PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM..

CHURCH AFFILIATION: DEVOUT CHRISTIAN AND MEMBER OF THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH IN ATOKA.

SHE WAS A LOVING WIFE, MOTHER, MOTHER-IN-LAW, GRANDMOTHER, AND GREAT GRANDMOTHER.

SURVIVED BY

HUSBAND: JOE WHITTINGTON OF THE HOME.

SON: NEIL WHITTINGTON AND WIFE NATALIE OF ATOKA, OK.

GRANDDAUGHTERS: JULIE WHITTINGTON OF ATOKA, OK. ELIZABETH WHITTINGTON OF OKLAHOMA CITY. KAREN LANGREHR AND HUSBAND LLOYD OF OKLAHOMA CITY.

GREAT GRANDCHILDREN: RYAN RUSSELL STATIONED AT FORT GORDON, GA. LAUREN RUSSELL OF OKLAHOMA CITY.

NIECES AND NEPHEWS: PAULINE GRAVES OF DUNCAN, OK. MARY ETHEL ROWE OF DUNCAN, OK. BARBARA BARNETT OF DUNCAN, OK. TOM WILMETH OF DUNCAN, OK. JIM WILMETH OF DUNCAN, OK. LINDA GRACE AKERS OF DUNCAN, OK. EMMET WILMETH OF CRESENT, OK. BECKY VAN HOUTEN OF GUTHERIE, OK. BILLY FRANK CROW OF ATOKA, OK.

PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

PARENTS: FRANK AND GRACE CROW. SISTER: PEARL WILMETH. BROTHER: J. R. CROW.

DATE OF SERVICES: SATURDAY, MAY 8, 2004 AT 2:00 PM. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN'S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK.

INTERMENT: GREEN MEADOWS CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK.

OFFICIATING: REV. CHARLES HOWARD. ASSISTING: REV. BOB GRAHAM.

CASKETBEARERS: CLIFF DARST, DOIS EARL MOFIELD, TOM HOWARD, JOHN SELBY, DON LOFTIS, SNAKE NORMAN.

HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: D. C. TAYLOR, CHARLES TIGERT, JIM WHEELER, EVERETT MCGHEE, BOB SMITH.