NAME: PEARL VIOLA (HOUSER) PARHAM, AGE 97, A LONGTIME CANEY AREA RESIDENT.

BORN: NOVEMBER 21, 1904 AT BOSWELL, OKLAHOMA, INDIAN TERRITORY TO JOHN AND MARY HESTELLA (BAGBY) HOUSER. PASSED AWAY: FRIDAY, JANUARY 25, 2002 AT ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. AGE: 97 YEARS 2 MONTHS AND 4 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOL AT POST OAK. MARRIED: CURTIS PARHAM ON DECEMBER 23, 1922 AT CANEY, OK. OCCUPATION: PEARL WORKED ABOUT 18 YEARS AS A COOK FOR THE SAVANNAH SCHOOLS AND WAS A HOUSEWIFE AND HOMEMAKER. CHURCH AFFILIATION: SHE WAS FIRST A MEMBER OF THE POST OAK BAPTIST CHURCH AND LATER A MEMBER OF THE MT. CARMEL BAPTIST CHURCH FOR MANY YEARS. PEARL LOVED TRAVELING AND QUILTING. SURVIVED BY CHILDREN: JUNIOR PARHAM OF CANEY, OK. DOYLE AND JOHNEY PARHAM OF ARMSTRONG, OK. GRANDCHILDREN: DIANA, WYNN, MICHAEL, DEBBIE, KAREN, JEREMY, AND AMANDA. 13 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, 3 GREAT GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. SISTER: LEOTA NUTTALL OF TUSHKA, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HUSBAND: CURTIS PARHAM IN JULY, 1985. PARENTS: JOHN AND MARY HOUSER. SON: MARLIN PARHAM ON AUGUST 26, 1994. GRANDSON: GREGORY PARHAM. BROTHERS: ROBERT, DAVE, ISAAC, AND BENNIE HOUSER. SISTER: JESSIE PRICE. DAUGHTER-IN-LAW: LUCY PARHAM ON JUNE 8, 1997.

DATE OF SERVICES: MONDAY, JANUARY 28, 2002 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN'S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: CANEY CEMETERY ~ CANEY, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. JEREMY PARHAM. ASSISTING: REV. BOB JOHNSON. CASKETBEARERS: COLEMAN HOUSER, PAUL PARHAM, DON HOUSER, DORMAN NUTTALL, CHARLES NUTTALL, KENNETH HOUSER. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: RANDEL AND ANTHONY DILLARD.