NAME: RAYMOND JOE GRIFFIN, AGE 77, A LIFELONG ATOKA COUNTY RESIDENT

BORN: MARCH 13, 1926 AT TUSHKA, OK TO JOHN JOSEPH AND EULA MAE (PROCTOR) GRIFFIN. PASSED AWAY: SUNDAY, APRIL 6, 2003 AT HIS RESIDENCE IN ATOKA, OK. AGE: 77 YEARS AND 23 DAYS.

EDUCATION: HE ATTENDED SCHOOL AT TUSHKA, OK.

OCCUPATION: JOE RETIRED AFTER MORE THAN 36 YEARS SERVICE WITH SOUTHWESTERN BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY.

MARRIED: JUNE DASHNER ON APRIL 16, 1949 AT SHERMAN, TX. MABEL LOUISE (BURGESS) LENNING ON OCTOBER 27,1949 AT TUSHKA, OK.

JOE SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE U.S. NAVY DURING WORLD WAR LL OVERSEAS. HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE ATOKA MASONIC LODGE #4, ATOKA ELKS LODGE, HE WAS A RETIRED ATOKA FIREFIGHTER, CITY COUNCILAMN AND FORMER VICE MAYOR. JOE WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN ORGANIZING THE ATOKA LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL.

SURVIVED BY

WIFE: MABEL GRIFFIN OF THE HOME AT ATOKA, OK.

CHILDREN: DEBBIE COATES AND HUSBAND MARTY OF TUSHKA, OK. BRICKIE GRIFFIN AND WIFE MARSHA OF TUSHKA, OK.

STEP CHILDREN: PAT LEMMING AND HUSBAND TOM OF LONGMONT, CO. JAMES LENNING AND WIFE LINDA OF MIDWEST CITY.

GRANDSONS: TRACEY GRIFFIN AND WIFE CHRISTI OF TUSHKA, OK. TRENTON GRIFFIN AND WIFE JENNEFER OF TUSHKA, OK. ZAC AND MATT COATES OF TUSHKA, OK.

STEP GRANDCHILDREN: RIC LEMMING OF MOORE, OK. CARON HARVEY AND HUSBAND MIKE OF OKLAHOMA CITY. STEPHANIE MCCOWN AND HUSBAND SCOTT OF FAYETTVILLE, AR. JEFF LENNING AND WIFE UNG OF SOUTH KOREA. KARLEE VAIL AND WIFE COREY OF ENID, OK.

GREAT GRANDDAUGHTER: JACI FAITH GRIFFIN.

STEP GREAT GRANDCHILDREN: EMILY LENNING, MCKINZIE HARVEY, EVIN, ALEX, CAROLINE MCCOWN.

SISTER: DOROTHY SMITHART OF DURANT, OK.

SISTERS-IN-LAW: NELL GRIFFIN AND ALETHIA GRIFFIN .

PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

PARENTS: JOHN JOSEPH AND EULA MAE PROCTOR GRIFFIN. WIFE: JUNE GRIFFIN IN 1978. CHILDREN: ROBERT DALE AND INFANT GRIFFIN. BROTHERS: ODELL, CECIL, J. B., DOYAL, AND HUBERT GRIFFIN. SISTERS: LOREN GRIFFIN, RUBY DURBIN, AND DELPHIALENE JOHNSON (MARCH 21, 2001).

DATE OF SERVICES: TUESDAY, APRIL 8, 2003 AT 11:00 AM. PLACE OF SERVICES: SOUTHSIDE BAPTIST CHURCH ~ ATOKA, OK.

INTERMENT: TUSHKA CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK.

OFFICIATING: REV. DENNIS GARNER. ASSISTING: REV. LEON DASHNER.

CASKETBEARERS: (GRANDSONS) TRACEY AND TRENTON GRIFFIN, ZAC AND MATT COATES, RICK LEMMING, MIKE HARVEY, AND SCOTT MCCOWN.

HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: HAROLD THOMAS, ARVEL HALL, WALTER COOPER AND ALL RETIRED SOUTHWESTERN BELL CO-WORKERS, OPERATORS, AND RETIRED AND ACTIVE ATOKA FIREFIGHTERS.