NAME: RALPH RICHARD MARLEY, AGE 69, OF STRINGTOWN, OK.

BORN: APRIL 6, 1932 AT STRINGTOWN, OKLAHOMA TO WILLIE LEE AND GRACE LILLIAN (SUTTON) MARLEY. PASSED AWAY: SATURDAY, JULY 28, 2001 AT HIS RESIDENCE IN STRINGTOWN, OK. AGE: 69 YEARS 3 MONTHS AND 22 DAYS.

EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOL AT STRINGTOWN AND ATTENDED NUMEROUS MILITARY SCHOOLS.

MARRIED: WILMA BYRDEAN ROWLAND ON JUNE 4, 1953 AT DURANT, OK.

OCCUPATION: RETIRED WITH 23 PLUS YEARS WITH THE U.S. NAVY AND SERVED IN THE KOREAN AND VIETNAM WARS. RALPH ALSO WAS A RANCHER.

CHURCH AFFILIATION: HE WAS OF THE BAPTIST FAITH. RALPH WAS A MEMBER OF THE BLIND VETERANS ASSOCIATION, D.A.V., AMERICAN LEGION AND THE SOUTHWEST CATTLEMANS ASSOCIATION. RALPH LOVED RAISING CATTLE AND HORSES AND FISHING.

SURVIVED BY

WIFE: BYRDEAN MARLEY OF THEIR HOME IN STRINGTOWN, OK.

CHILDREN: RICHARD MARLEY OF STRINGTOWN, OK. CONNIE MARLEY OF STRINGTOWN, OK. GRANDCHILDREN: ADAM AND SAMANTHA MARLEY OF LAKE JACKSON, TX. SARAH J. L SMITH OF STRINGTOWN, OK.

SISTER: SHARON MORRIS AND HUSBAND JOE OF WALLER, TX.

BROTHERS: PAUL MARLEY AND WIFE ROSARY OF ARLINGTON, TX. JACK MARLEY AND WIFE PRISCILLA OF STRINGTOWN, OK. GARY MARLEY AND WIFE DONNA OF GRAND PRAIRIE, TX. RONNIE MARLEY AND WIFE BRENDA OF STRINGTOWN, OK.

AUNTS: LILLIAN BOWLING OF STRINGTOWN, OK. RUBY MARLEY OF YANUSH, OK. MILDRED SUTTON OF ATOKA, OK.

PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

PARENTS: WILLIE LEE AND GRACE LILLIAN MARLEY. BROTHERS: BILLY JOE, BABY BOY, BOBBY, DON, AND JUDE MARLEY.

DATE OF SERVICES: WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 1, 2001 AT 10:00 A.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN'S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK.

INTERMENT: STRINGTOWN CEMETERY ~ STRINGTOWN, OK.

OFFICIATING: REV. BARTT BRADFORD. ASSISTING: REV. GENE SLUDER.

CASKETBEARERS: STEVE HEARD, CHARLIE MASON, DION KIEFFER, A. D. MOORE, HARRY FARRIS, LEWIS GARRETT.

HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: MARVIN ISHMAEL, LLOYD PATTON, SHEA PATTON, BILL GIVENS, LACEY MOORE, PALO ALLEN.