NAME: RONNIE JOE GARSIDE, AGE 54, LONGTIME ATOKA AREA RESIDENT.

BORN: NOVEMBER 24, 1948 AT STRINGTOWN, OK TO BILLY JOE AND BILLIE LOUISE (MENELEY) GARSIDE. PASSED AWAY: FRIDAY, APRIL 18, 2003 AT THE ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. AGE: 54 YEARS 4 MONTHS AND 24 DAYS.

EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOL AT STRINGTOWN AND GRADUATED FROM ATOKA HIGH IN 1967. HE THEN ATTENDED SOUTHEASTERN STATE UNIVERSITY

MARRIED: PAMELA LYNN ROCK ON JANUARY 14, 1989 AT ATOKA, OK.

OCCUPATION: HE WORK MANY YEARS IN LAW ENFORCEMENT - METRO WASHINGTON D.C. POLICE DEPT. AND RETIRED FROM THE U.S. CUSTOMS DEPT. ALSO WORKED FOR THE ATOKA COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE.

CHURCH AFFILIATION: RONNIE WAS A MEMBER OF THE ATOKA FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH.

RONNIE SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE U. S. ARMY. HE WAS ALSO A MEMBER OF FRATERNAL ORGANIZATION OF POLICE.

SURVIVED BY

WIFE: PAM GARSIDE OF THE HOME AT ATOKA, OK.

CHILDREN: SHELLI FORTENBERRY AND HUSBAND BRAD OF ATOKA, OK. DIANNA BOYD AND HUSBAND DARRELL OF HOLDENVILLE, OK. CHERYL BERRYHILL OF ATOKA, OK.

GRANDCHILDREN: FALON RAYANN FORTENBERRY, ZANE RAY BOYD, ANNA MARIE BOYD, SIERRAH SCHNEIDER.

MOTHER: BILLIE GARSIDE.

BROTHER: RICKY GARSIDE.

SISTERS: DONNA MOTE AND HUSBAND GEORGE OF MCALESTER, OK. CHUNKIE MANESS AMD HUSBAND DENNIS OF PAULS VALLEY, OK.

MOTHER-IN-LAW: LOIS TUCKER OF OKMULGEE, OK.

NEPHEWS: MATT MANESS, JOEY GARSIDE, MASON MANESS, BRANDON MANESS.

NIECES: RHONDA GARSIDE, NIKKI GARSIDE, AMBER MANESS.

FRIEND OF THE FAMILY: EVAN LAYTON OF STRINGTOWN, OK.

PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

FATHER: BILLY JOE GARSIDE. SISTER-IN-LAW: CHRISTY GARSIDE. GRANDPARENTS: ALEX AND MAUDE GARSIDE. BILL AND MYRTLE MENELEY.

DATE OF MEMORIAL SERVICES: TUESDAY, APRIL 22, 2003 AT 2:00 PM. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN'S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: NONE - CREMATION.

OFFICIATING: REV. JOE CHAPIN. ASSISTING: REV. LOYD THOMPSON.