NAME: REVEREND FRANKILIN E. SIMMONS, AGE 84, LONGTIME ATOKA AND COALGATE RESIDENT. BORN: MARCH 31, 1914 AT TOMBSTONE, AZ TO EDWARD GARLAND AND LOUISA (HERSEY) SIMMONS. PASSED AWAY: TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1998 AT THE MCALESTER REGIONAL HOSPITAL. AGE: 84 YEARS 5 MONTHS AND 21 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS IN ARIZONA, CALIFORNIA, AND SILOAM SPRINGS, AR. HE GRADUATED FROM JOHN BROWN UNIVERSITY AT SILOAM SPRINGS. MARRIED: MARGARET JANE BAKER ON MAY 29, 1938 AT SILOAM SPRINGS, AR. LETA BARNETT HIGGINS ON MARCH 31, 1991. OCCUPATION: METHODIST MINISTER OVER 57 YEARS. HE HAD PASTORED CHURCHES IN MANY CITIES IN OKLAHOMA AND ARKANSAS, MANY YEARS IN THE MUSKOGEE AND TAHLEQUAH AREA AND MOST RECENTLY THE NEW ZION METHODIST CHURCH EAST OF TUSHKA, OK. CHURCH AFFILIATION: HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE CLARITA UNITED METHODIST CHURCH. FRANK WAS A MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION. ALSO, AT TIMES DURING HIS MINISTRY, HE PASTORED AS MANY AS FOUR CHURCHES AT ONE TIME AND HAD TO WALK FROM CHURCH TO CHURCH. SURVIVED BY WIFE: LETA SIMMONS OF THE HOME IN COALGATE, OK. SONS: ROBERT LEE BOB SIMMONS AND WIFE SANDRA OF JEMISON, AL. CHARLES EDWIN CHUCK SIMMONS AND FIANCE ELIZABETH OF FRIENDSWOOD, TX. GLENN EARL SIMMONS OF STRINGTOWN, OK. GRANDCHILDREN: GREGG, TERRY, TROY, KYLE, KELBEY, LANE, SAMMY, AND JOHN SIMMONS. MARY MCFARLAND. HENRY HULBERT. 6 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY FIRST WIFE: MARGARET SIMMONS ON AUGUST 8, 1990. PARENTS: EDWARD AND LOUISA SIMMONS. DAUGHTER: MARGARET RUTH SIMMONS. SONS: BILLY JOE AND JAMES EDWARD SIMMONS. BROTHERS: GEORGE, CHARLES, AND LAWRENCE SIMMONS. SISTER: DOROTHY PEVERLY.

DATE OF SERVICES: FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1998 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN'S FUNERAL SERVICE ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: NEW ZION CEMETERY ~ ATOKA COUNTY, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. OSCAR WILKE. ASSISTING: REV. BOB KANARY. CASKETBEARERS: JIM CARTER, BRUCE CARTER, RAY BOLIN, JUNIOR RILEY, SCOTT RILEY, JUNIOR BRUCE. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: MERLE WILSON, LEON GARBOW.