NAME: RONALD DEAN GILLENTINE, AGE 62, A STRINGTOWN-ATOKA COUNTY AREA RESIDENT.

BORN: JULY 23, 1942 AT MADILL, OK TO J.R. AND VIRGINIA D. (MERRITT) GILLENTINE.

PASSED AWAY: SUNDAY EVENING, AUGUST 22, 2004 AT HIS RESIDENCE IN STRINGTOWN, OK. AGE: 62 YEARS 0 MONTHS AND 29 DAYS.

EDUCATION:

MARRIED: MARGARET JANENE MOSES ON DECEMBER 4, 1965 AT DURANT, OK.

OCCUPATION: RONALD WORKED MANY YEARS AS A CARPENTER CONTRACTOR IN THE DALLAS, TX AND ATOKA, OK AREAS. FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS PRIOR TO HIS ILLNESS HE DROVE A TRUCK FOR J.B. HUNT.

CHURCH AFFILIATION: RONALD WAS A MEMBER OF THE MCGEE VALLEY BAPTIST CHURCH NEAR STRINGTOWN.

HE WAS ALSO WAS A MEMBER OF THE MASONIC LODGE #4 IN ATOKA AND WAS TWICE PAST MASTER OF THE LODGE. HE WAS ALSO A MEMBER OF THE SCOTTISH RITES IN MCALESTER AND THE YORK RITES IN GUTHRIE, OK.

SURVIVED BY

WIFE: MARGARET JANENE GILLENTINE OF THE HOME AT STRINGTOWN, OK.

CHILDREN: STEVEN SHAWN GILLENTINE OF FLORIDA. NATASHA GILLENTINE OF AMARILLO, TX.

STEPCHILDREN: ROBERT MICHAEL GEBRON OF STRINGTOWN, OK. MARCELLE SANDERS OF STRINGTOWN, OK.

GRANDCHILDREN: REBA JEANENE LONGERIA , MELONY GILLENTINE, DANIEL SANDERS, DAVID SANDERS, LEAH SANDERS, JEANENE ANNE GILLENTINE, AND TABITHA RIDDLE.

GREAT GRANDCHLDREN: ADAM AND ASHTON LONGERIA.

BROTHERS: (HIS TWIN) DONALD G. GILLENTINE & WIFE BARBARA OF TYLER, TX. CHARLES GILLENTINE OF PONCA CITY, OK. ROBERT GILLENTINE DALTON AND WIFE GLENDA OF DALLAS, TX.

PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

PARENTS: J.R. GILLENTINE AND VIRGINIA GILLENTINE CAIN.

DATE OF SERVICES: THURSDAY, AUGUST 26, 2004 AT 2:00 PM. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN'S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK.

INTERMENT: REDDEN CEMETERY ~ STRINGTOWN, OK.

OFFICIATING: REV. BOB MUNCY.

CASKETBEARERS: MEMBERS OF ATOKA MASONIC LODGE #4.

HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: NATHAN SELF, KENT HUTSON, JOHNNY HARRIS, CURTIS LAMBERT, GENE MALMSKOG.