NAME: RICHARD COY TOMLINSON, AGE 53, A TUPELO RESIDENT. BORN: OCTOBER 21, 1951 IN OAK GROVE, COAL COUNTY, OK TO THEADORE AND LORETTA DEE (BOWERMAN) TOMLINSON. PASSED AWAY: MAY 26, 2005 AT HIS RESIDENCE IN TUPELO, OK. AGE: 53 YEARS 7 MONTHS 5 DAYS EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOL AT CENTRAHOMA AND GRADUATED FROM TUPELO HIGH SCHOOL IN 1970. MARRIED: JOYCE PARKS ON JULY 10, 1970 IN CENTRAHOMA, OK. OCCUPATION: HE WORKED AS A HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERATOR. CHURCH AFFILIATION: HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE CENTRAHOMA BAPTIST CHURCH. HE WAS A VIETNAM VETERAN AND LATER JOINED THE ADA NATIONAL GUARD. SURVIVED BY WIFE: JOYCE PARKS OF THE HOME. CHILDREN: LUSENDA BULLARD AND HUSBAND DANNY OF TUPELO, OK. COY TOMLINSON OF TUPELO, OK. ANDREW TOMLINSON AND WIFE TONYA OF UNION VALLEY, OK. GRANDCHILDREN: MATTHEW BULLARD, ANDRIA TOMLINSON, RICHARD BULLARD, DANNY BULLARD JR, D'ADRIAN TOMLINSON, TRISTON BULLARD, LANDON TOMLINSON, JANIE BULLARD. SISTER: KAY LACKEY AND HUSBAND PAUL OF TUPELO, OK. BROTHERS: ED TOMLINSON OF TUPELO, OK. LEON TOMLINSON AND WIFE THELMA OF COTTONWOOD, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: THEADORE AND LORETTA DEE TOMLINSON. BROTHERS: JAMES TOMLINSON, DONNIE TOMLINSON. SISTER-IN-LAW: MARY JO TOMLINSON.

DATE OF SERVICE: TUESDAY, MAY 31, 2005 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICE: FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH ~ TUPELO, OK. INTERMENT: PLEASANT GROVE CEMETERY ~ TUPELO, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. RANDALL CHRISTY. CASKETBEARERS: LENUS BATCHELOR, JAY WARD, TERRY YOUNG, ROY DECK, JOHN IVY, DENNIS HOLDER, CHARLIE KREBBS, JAMES STOCKTON. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: A. A. HOWELL, JOHN FOWLER, JOE SCHUTTE, WAYNE MARTIN , BOBBY D. HYATT, RICK ELLIS. FAMILY NIGHT: MONDAY EVENING 6 TO 8 P.M., AT BROWN'S FUNERAL CHAPEL IN TUPELO, OK.