NAME: RAY PETTETT, AGE 71, LONGTIME LANE AREA RESIDENT, FORMER PLANO, TX RESIDENT.

BORN: OCTOBER 14, 1931 AT MATOY, BRYAN COUNTY, OK TO JAMES WALTER AND MAE (MARSHALL) PETTETT.

PASSED AWAY: MONDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 30, 2003 AT ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. AGE: 71 YEARS 8 MONTHS AND 16 DAYS.

EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT MATOY, GRADUATING IN 1951, AND SOUTHEASTERN STATE UNIVERSITY, GRADUATING IN 1959.

MARRIED: BILLIE ANN CATHEY ON MAY 28, 1959 AT DURANT, OK.

OCCUPATION: RAY WORKED FOR THE VETERAN'S HOSPITAL IN DALLAS FOR 5 YEARS. HE WAS ALSO AN ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR FOR 21 YEARS WITH AMPOWER ELECTRIC IN PLANO, TX.

CHURCH AFFILIATION: A MEMBER OF THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH IN PLANO, TX.

RAY SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE U. S. AIR FORCE DURING THE KOREAN WAR. HE WAS ALSO A MEMBER OF THE ATOKA TRAILS GOLF CLUB.

SURVIVED BY

MOTHER-IN-LAW: FLORA LEONA CATHEY OF ALLEN, OK.

CHILDREN: PAUL DEAN PETTETT AND WIFE STEPHANIE OF LANE, OK. DEBRA LYNN DITTMAR AND HUSBAND JOHN OF FREDRICKSBURG, TX. DAVID NEAL PETTETT AND WIFE JUDY OF ROWLETT, TX. MICHAEL GREG PETTETT AND WIFE CARRIE OF WYLIE, TX.

GRANDCHILDREN: SKY, CHEYLA, AND WREN PETTETT. JOHN EVAN, KIRSTIN, AND JACOB DITTMAR. JOSHUA, ALLISON, EMILY, AND ABIGAIL PETTETT. WYLES, HEATHER, AND HAILEY ANN PETTETT.

BROTHER: DR. JACK PETTETT AND WIFE ZENOBIA OF STONEWALL, OK.

SISTERS: TONEY TATE AND HUSBAND GEORGE OF COLVILLE, WA. MONITA "NETA" O'QUINN AND HUSBAND BILL OF FARMERS BRANCH, TX. JANA WITTY OF WEST MONROE, LA.

SISTERS-IN-LAW: MADGE MCKAY AND HUSBAND RAY OF WICHITA FALLS, TX. DOVIE GREGORY OF ADA, OK.

BROTHERS-IN-LAW: TOM WILLEBY OF ALLEN, OK. MARSHALL CATHEY OF SHERMAN, TX. ROY DEAN CATHEY OF CALIFORNIA.

PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

WIFE: BILLIE PETTETT ON JULY 3, 1999. PARENTS: WALTER AND MAE PETTETT.

DATE OF SERVICES: THURSDAY, JULY 3, 2003 AT 2:00 PM. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN'S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK.

INTERMENT: BOGGY DEPOT CEMETERY ~ ATOKA COUNTY, OK

OFFICIATING: REV. JOE RUSHING.

CASKETBEARERS: SKY PETTETT, JOHN EVAN DITTMAR, PAUL PETTETT, DAVID PETTETT, MICHAEL PETTETT, JOHN H. DITTMAR.

HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: JACK PETTETT, BILL O'QUINN, TOM WILLEBY, MARSHALL CATHEY.