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IN LOVING MEMORY OF
Peerless Don
Pete Blakely
August 8, 1953 – August 25, 1996
NAME: PEERLESS DON PETE BLAKELY, AGE 43, ATOKA AREA RESIDENT. BORN: AUGUST 8, 1953 AT TIPTON, OK TO TROY CHARLES AND HAGAR MARIE (ATTEBERRY) BLAKELY. PASSED AWAY: SUNDAY EVENING, AUGUST 25, 1996 AT BLUE RAPIDS TOWNSHIP NEAR MARYSVILLE, KS FROM INJURIES RECEIVED WHEN HIS SEMI ROLLED OVER. AGE: 43 YEARS 0 MONTHS AND 17 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT TIPTON AND VINSON, OK AND GRADUATED AT LA GRANGE, GEORGIA. MARRIED: KAY HORN ON MAY 18, 1971 AT SHERMAN, TX. OCCUPATION: PETE WAS A TRUCKDRIVER AND JACK-OF-ALL-TRADES. HE DROVE FOR COCHRAN BROTHERS EQUIPMENT, GERALD EAVES, AND MONROE & PHILLIP ALLEN. HE OWNED HIS OWN TRUCK AND WAS LEASED, AT TIME OF DEATH, TO JULIAN LUMBER OUT OF ANTLERS, OK. CHURCH AFFILIATION: CHURCH OF CHRIST. PETE SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE U. S. ARMY FROM 1976 UNTIL 1985. HE ENJOYED FISHING AND HUNTING AND COOKOUTS. HE COULD DO ANYTHING HE SET HIS MIND TO DO - AND DID IT WELL. SURVIVED BY WIFE: KAY BLAKELY OF THE HOME IN ATOKA, OK. SON: KEVIN BLAKELY OF ATOKA, OK. DAUGHTER: TRACIE SAMPIER AND HUSBAND JOE OF ATOKA, OK. GRANDCHILDREN: JOE EDWARD AND WESLEY DON SAMPIER OF ATOKA, OK. BROTHERS: BILL BLAKELY OF HOGANVILLE, GA. JIM BLAKELY OF SEMINOLE, OK. CHARLES BLAKELY OF LA GRANGE, GA. JOHNNY BLAKELY OF WEST POINT, GA. SISTERS: LINA DANIEL OF LA GRANGE, GA. LUANN TEMPLETON OF VALLEY, AL. AUNTS: LOUELLA WHITE OF TISHOMINGO, OK. SUE BOOZE OF DURANT, OK. GREAT UNCLE: HERSHEL HICKMAN OF SULPHUR, OK. GREAT AUNT: JUANITA THOMASON OF DURANT, OK. FATHER AND MOTHER-IN-LAW: EDWARD AND FLOY HORN. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: TROY AND HAGAR BLAKELY.
DATE OF SERVICES: WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 28, 1996 AT 4:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN'S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK INTERMENT: TUSHKA CEMETERY ~ TUSHKA, OK. OFFICIATING: ANDY ROGERS OF FARRIS CHURCH OF CHRIST. CASKETBEARERS: MONTY LAWLESS, LUCKY RECTOR, DARIAN DICKSON, HAROLD COATS, PAUL CROWLEY, MERLE REDMAN. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: BUTCH DICKSON, GARY PRICE, ALFRED PRICE, PAUL MULLINS, FRED HAM, WADE SHACKELFORD.
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