NAME: RAYMOND REUEL HOLCOMB, AGE 91, AN ATOKA AREA RESIDENT.

BORN: JULY 2, 1915 AT TUSHKA, OK TO EMMIT C. AND FLORENCE A. (LENNings) HOLCOMB.

PASSED AWAY: WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 2, 2006, AT THE MEDICAL CENTER IN DURANT, OK.

AGE: 91 YEARS 1 MONTH AND 0 DAYs

EDUCATION: RAYMOND GRADUATED FROM TUSHKA HIGH SCHOOL AND THEN HE ATTENDED COLLEGE IN DURANT AND STILLWATER FOR 6 YEARS.

MARRIED: HELEN SELF ON JANUARY 1, 1960 AT THE FIRST BABPTIST CHURCH IN ATOKA, OK.

OCCUPATION: ruel worked for the m k & t railroad for 10 years. HE WAS A vocational AUTO MECHANICS TEACHER AT THE atoka high school for 31 years, retiring in 1978. after his retirement he was a dispatcher for sheriff cecil frazier for years.

CHURCH AFFILIATION: RAYMOND WAS A MEMBER OF THE ATOKA UNITED METHODIST CHURCH since 1958.

HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE ATOKA MASONIC LODGE #4 for 63 years AS WELL AS WITH THE RETIRED TEACHERS ASSOCIATION AND THE NATIONAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION. HE WAS A FORMER CITY COUNCIL MEMBER AND A FORMER MEMBER OF THE KIWANIS CLUB.

reuel enjoyed fishing, hunting, working crossword puzzles, and doing woodworking projects.

SURVIVED BY

WIFE: HELEN HOLCOMB OF ATOKA, OK.

DAUGHTERS: GAYLENE MILLER AND HUSBAND PHILLIP OF ATOKA, OK.

SHARON COATS AND HUSBAND DARRELL OF LANE, OK

SONS: JERRY WILLIAMS AND WIFE DONNA OF ATOKA, OK.

RAYMOND LEROY HOLCOMB AND WIFE GEORGIA OF PLANO, TX.

GRANDCHILDREN: SHELLY DANIEL AND HUSBAND MIKE OF ATOKA, OK.

JODI MILLER AND HUSBAND WAYNE OF ATOKA, OK.

JASON MILLER AND WIFE DESIREE OF MUSKOGEE, OK.

ROBERT COATS AND WIFE COURTNEY OF PANAMA, OK.

VALERIE BLACKWOOD AND HUSBAND JOSH OF LANE, OK.

CHARLES HOLCOMB AND WIFE HEATHER OF ALLEN, TX.

JAY WILLOUGHBY AND WIFE COURTNEY OF DURANT, OK.

ERIC WILLOUGHBY AND FAITH ROLLA OF MISSOURI.

GREAT GRANDCHILDREN: LOGAN DANIEL, SUNNI DANIEL, WYATT DANIEL, ALEX DANIEL, GRADY

BLACKWOOD, JESSICA COATS, JACKIE COATS, JILLIAN COATS, JULIA COATS,

SEAN MILLER, JAYLON YARBOROUGH, AND KYLIE BROWN.

BROTHER-IN-LAW: DELROE SMITH OF ATOKA, OK.

BOONER BENEFIELD OF ATOKA, OK.

SISTER-IN-LAW: JOHNNIE SMITH OF ARCATA, CA.

DRU FLANIGAN OF NASHVILLE, AR.

NIECES & NEPHEWS: BETTY LOVELL, DANA BAUMERT, LAFRAY STACKHOUSE, DORIS & DIANA

DUCKWORTH, MARSHA GRIFFIN, AND JERRY HALL.

PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

PARENTS: EmMITT AND FLORENCE HOLCOMB.

SIBLINGS: FAY HALL, MARY DUCKWORTH, CLAUDE HOLCOMB, INEZ COOPER, ILENE STACKHOUSE, AND JAMES H. HOLCOMB.

NEPHEWS: JIMMY HOLCOMB AND DENNIS DUCKWORTH.

FIRST WIFE: NEVA SMITH HOLCOMB.

DATE OF SERVICES: SUNDAY, AUGUST 6, 2006 AT 2:00 PM.

PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN'S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK.

INTERMENT: GREEN MEADOWS CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK.

OFFICIATING: LOYD THOMPSON

EULOGY: MIKE DANIEL.

CASKETBEARERS: ROBERT COATS, LOGAN DANIEL, JASON MILLER, MIKE DANIEL, JOSH BLACKWOOD, WAYNE BOWEN.

HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: HARLEY JENKINS, CHARLES McCALL II, DON BARNARD, GARY COOPER, DAVID KELLOGG, GENE VIETTA, JERRY HALL, KRIS HALL, LAFRAY STACKHOUSE.