OBITUARY NAME: RALPH EDWARD MINOR AGE 81 LONGTIME DALLAS AREA RESIDENT AND LIVED IN ENID 10 YEARS AND ATOKA PART TIME PAST 7 YEARS. BORN: OCTOBER 20, 1926 TO VIRGIL MINOR AND ESSIE RAGSDALE MINOR AT BRENHAM, TX PASSED AWAY: WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 9, 2008 AT HIS RESIDENCE IN ATOKA AGE: 81 YEARS 2 MONTHS 19 DAYS EDUCATION: RALPH ATTENDED SCHOOL IN THE DALLAS AREA MARRIED: HE MARRIED DELLA MAE BOYD IN 1945 AT DALLAS, TX. SHE PRECEDED HIM IN DEATH. LATER HE MARRIED MARY GRAHAM DENHAM IN 2004 AT LAS VEGAS, NV. OCCUPATION: RALPH WAS RETIRED FROM FORD MOTOR CO. WHERE HE WORKED FOR 30 YEARS. CHURCH AFFILIATION: RALPH WAS OF THE PENTECOSTAL FAITH. HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE UNITED AUTO WORKERS UNION LOCAL #862 IN LOUISVILLE, KY. SURVIVED BY WIFE: MARY MINOR OF THE HOME IN ATOKA SONS: CHARLES EDWARD MINOR OF BEAUMONT, TX JERRY DAVID MINOR AND WIFE MILDRED OF AUBREY, TX MICHAEL MINOR AND WIFE SHIRLEY OF CHAPEL HILL, TN GRANDCHILDREN: SHAWN MICHAEL MINOR OF TAYLOR, MICHIGAN SCOTT CHRISTOPHER MINOR OF TAYLOR, MICHIGAN MICHAEL DAVID MINOR OF CHAPEL HILL, TN MELISSA MICHELLE MINOR OF CHAPEL HILL, TN CHRISTOPHER PHILLIP MOSLEY OF OLD HICKORY, TN TIMOTHY JOHN KARACZEWSKI OF COLUMBIA, TN KATIE LYNN KARACZEWSKI OF COLUMBIA, TN CHARLES KENNEDY OF ALLEN, TX TONYA L. MINOR OF AUBREY, TX GREAT GRANDCHILDREN: BRYSON CHASE LEE KARACZEWSKI OF LEWISBURG, TN DEVIN XAVIER GARGA OF COLUMBIA, TN TORI ALEXANDRIA MOSLEY OF OLD HICKORY, TN JACOB KENNEDY AND JUSTIN KENNEDY OF ALLEN, TX CRYSTAL MINOR, JERRY D. MINOR, MICHAEL JOHNSTON, MOLLY JOHNSTON, BILLY JOHNSTON, JEFFERY JOHNSTON OF AUBREY, TX STEP SON: DON DENMAN AND WIFE DANA OF FT. WORTH, TX STEP DAUGHTER: LOTTIE ANITA MCELYEA OF WHITNEY, TX STEP GRANDCHILDREN: JIMMY DON MCELYEA OF WHITNEY, TX JASON LEE MCELYEA OF MIDLOTHIAN, TX MONICA MARIE CARR STEP GREAT GRANDCHILDREN: JACOB JOE MCELYEA, STEVEN LEE MCELYEA, SETH ALAN MCELYEA, RYAN AND ZACHARY CARR, SPENCER LEE MCELYEA ALONG WITH NUMEROUS OTHER RELATIVES AND MANY VERY DEAR AND LOVED FRIENDS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: VIRGIL MINOR AND ESSIE RAGSDALE MINOR FIRST WIFE: DELLA MAE BOYD MINOR 3 SISTERS: DORIS, FRANCIS, MARGARET STEP GRAND DAUGHTER: DAWN LORRAINE DENMAN ************************************************************************************************************ DATE OF SERVICES: SATURDAY, JANUARY 12, 2008 AT 2:00 PM. PLACE OF SERVICES: WILSON CHAPEL, KAUFMAN, TX INTERMENT: WILSON CEMETERY, KAUFMAN, TX OFFICIATING: ARVEL HALL PALLBEARERS: BILLY JOHNSTON, JEFF JOHNSTON, JASON MCELYEA, JIMMY MCELYEA, DON DENMAN, DAVID MINOR, SCOTTIE JOHNSTON, CHARLES DAVID KENNEDY FAMILY NIGHT~FRIDAY, JANUARY 11, 2008 6-8 CONDOLENCES MAY BE SENT TO THE FAMILY BY EMAIL TO: BROWNS@ATOKA.NET. PLEASE REFERENCE THE NAME OF THE DECEASED IN YOUR CORRESPONDENCE. SERVICES UNDER THE DIRECTION OF BROWN'S FUNERAL SERVICE - ATOKA, OK