OBITUARY NAME: RICHARD LYNN GARTON, AGE 75, LONGTIME BENTLEY AREA RESIDENT BORN: SEPTEMBER 11, 1934 TO THEODORE CLAYTON GARTON AND MARGARET LAVINA (JOSEY) GARTON AT OKLAHOMA CITY, OK. PASSED AWAY: THURSDAY, JULY 9, 2009 AT NEWCASTLE, OK AGE 74 YEARS 9 MONTHS AND 27 DAYS EDUCATION: RICHARD ATTENDED AND GRADUATD FROM JOHN MARSHALL SCHOOLS IN OKLAHOMA CITY. HE SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE U.S. AIR FORCE. MARRIED TO: RICHARD MARRIED JEWELL ARMSTRONG ON JUNE 1, 1958 AT BENTLEY, OK. OCCUPATION: HE DELIVERED PRESCRITIONS IN OKLAHOMA CITY ON A THREE WHEEL MOTORCYLCE, DID ACCOUNTING FOR THE OKLAHOMA CITY SCHOOL SYSTEM FOR A SHORT WHILE. AND LATER WORK AT THE NAVAL AMMUNITION PLANT IN SAVANNAH FOR 9 YEARS. HE RETIRED FROM THE ATOKA SCHOOLS WHERE HE WORKED AS THE CUSTODIAN FOR 18 YEARS. CHURCH AFFILIATION AND HOBBIES: RICHARD WAS A MEMBER OF THE LANE CHURCH OF CHRIST. HE LIKE TO COLLECT ANTIQUE CARS. HE HELPED POUR THE RUNWAYS FOR THE WILL ROGERS WORLD AIRPORT IN OKLAHOMA CITY. SURVIVED BY CHILDREN: MARILYN JUNE PHILLIPS AND HUSBAND JIMMY OF ATOKA, OK. CAROLYN JOY WHEELER OF ATOKA, OK. SIBLINGS: REX GARTON AND WIFE EVELYN OF EDMOND, OK. ROBERT (BOB) GARTON AND WIFE LINDA OF NEWCASTLE, OK. RUTH RAENELL AND FAMILY OF SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, CA. RAYMOND GARTON AND WIFE WANDA OF NEW ORLEANS, LA. SISTER-IN-LAW: JAYLENE GARTON OF CASHIN, OK GRANDCHILDREN: VALERIE MCGOVERN AND HUSBAND WINT OF ALASKA AARON SCHNEIDER AND WIFE KELLIE OF ALASKA LARRY WEAVER JR. AND WIFE HEIDI OF LUTHER, OK ASHLEY WEAVER AND WIFE JULIE OF CHOCTAW, OK AUDRA SILVERS AND HUSBAND NATHAN OF CENTERPOINT, OK CHARLOTTE WEAVER OF GRANDBERRY, TX. JONATHAN WHEELER OF ATOKA, OK. GREAT GRANDCHILDREN: 16 GREAT CHILDREN ALONG WITH NUMEROUS NIECES, NEPHEWS, COUSINS, AUNTS AND UNCLES AND OTHER RELATIVES AND MANY DEAR AND LOVED FRIENDS. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY WIFE: JEWELL GARTON PARENTS: THEODORE AND MARGARET GARTON BROTHER: ROLAND GARTON (BUD) AND RANDAL GARTON SR. (BUTCH) ************************************************************************************************************ DATE OF SERVICES: TUESDAY, JULY 14, AT 10:00 AM PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN'S CHAPEL PLACE OF INTERMENT: BENTLEY CEMETERY OFFICIATING: RONALD MARBLE CASKETBEARERS: DENNIS POWELL, JIM PHILLIPS, GLEN NORTON, TED ARMSTRONG, GLEN ARMSTRONG, CLEO ARMSTRONG,