NAME: RICHARD HAROLD HENDERSON, AGE 83, A STRINGTOWN AREA RESIDENT.

BORN: OCTOBER 29, 1916 AT DUKE, OKLAHOMA TO JAMES WILLIAM AND ELLA FAYE (LETT) HENDERSON. PASSED AWAY: TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1999 AT WILSON N. JONES HOSPITAL IN SHERMAN, TX. AGE: 83 YEARS AND 24 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS IN KIOWA COUNTY. MARRIED: EVA MAE REEVES ON APRIL 1, 1939 AT GOTEBO, OK. OCCUPATION: HE WAS A RANCHER AND A CUSTOM HAY BALER. IN HIS EARLIER YEARS HE WORKED AS A MECHANIC FOR FRED JONES FORD IN OKLAHOMA CITY. CHURCH AFFILIATION: MEMBER OF GRACE HILL BAPTIST CHURCH IN STRINGTOWN. SERVED MANY YEARS AS A DEACON AT WEST 10TH STREET BAPTIST CHURCH IN OKLAHOMA CITY. HAROLD WAS A FORMER LONGTIME SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER OF STRINGTOWN SCHOOL. SURVIVED BY WIFE: MAE HENDERSON OF THEIR HOME NEAR STRINGTOWN, OK. DAUGHTERS: BEVERLY ROBINSON AND HUSBAND RAY OF MCALESTER, OK. JUDY MYERS OF CALVIN, OK. GAIL MASON AND HUSBAND CHARLES OF STRINGTOWN, OK. BROTHER-IN-LAW: KERMIT GURLEY OF SAYRE, OK. SISTER-IN-LAW: VELMA HENDERSON OF OKLAHOMA CITY. GRANDCHILDREN: GWEN GRIGGLE. WILL, DAVID AND CLAYTON ROBINSON. CARLETTA DANIELS. DONNA UNDERWOOD. CHAD AND RUSS MASON. LANETTE FORBES. GARY MYERS. 16 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, 3 GREAT GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: JAMES WILLIAM AND ELLA FAYE HENDERSON. BROTHERS: FRANK AND GENE HENDERSON. SISTERS: DOROTHY MOORE AND MARGIE GURLEY. SON-IN-LAW: DONNIE MYERS. GREAT GRANDDAUGHTER: SANDRA ELOIS GRIGGLE.

DATE OF SERVICES: FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1999 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN'S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: STRINGTOWN CEMETERY ~ STRINGTOWN, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. JOHN HOWARD. CASKETBEARERS: WILL ROBINSON, DAVID ROBINSON, CLAYTON ROBINSON, CHAD MASON, HOWELL MAGBY, HANK MAGBY. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: ERNIE GRIFFIN, DON BARNARD, JACKIE MARLEY, JIM KELLOGG, HARRY FARRIS, TERRY HOLSTINE, DANNY PEEL, EUGENE MAGBY, LESLIE THOMPSON.