NAME: ROY ELLIOTT CHAPMAN, AGE 78, LONGTIME ATOKA AREA RESIDENT.

BORN: AUGUST 20, 1924 AT CANTON, TEXAS TO VINCENT EARL AND COSY MAY (WILHITE) CHAPMAN. PASSED AWAY: SUNDAY, MAY 4, 2003 AT THE KINDRED HOSPITAL IN OKLAHOMA CITY. AGE: 78 YEARS 8 MONTHS AND 14 DAYS.

EDUCATION: ROY ATTENDED SCHOOL IN MONTALBA, TX.

MARRIED: JERENE LARAE JACKSON ON OCTOBER 29, 1949 AT ATOKA, OK.

OCCUPATION: ROY WAS RETIRED FROM THE QUALITY CONTROL FIELD WHERE HE INSPECTED MILITARY AIRCRAFT AND OIL FIELD MACHINERY.

CHURCH AFFILIATION: MEMBER OF NEW ZION METHODIST CHURCH.

SURVIVED BY

WIFE: JERENE CHAPMAN OF THE HOME IN ATOKA, OK. CHILDREN: LINDA BROWN OF COALGATE, OK. KELLY CHAPMAN AND GAY ANN OF CARROLLTON, TX.

GRANDCHILDREN: KYLE BROWN OF COALGATE, OK. JAKE CHAPMAN OF CARROLLTON, TX.

SISTERS: DOROTHY MAGEE OF FRANKLIN, TX. FLORENCE ROBERTSON AND HUSBAND ERNEST OF KNOXVILLE, TN.

BROTHER: EARL CHAPMAN AND WIFE HELEN OF ATHENS, TX.

BROTHERS-IN-LAW: MAURICE JACKSON AND WIFE LINDA OF ATOKA, OK. GERALD JACKSON AND WIFE SUZANNE OF PRUE, OK.

NIECES: SHERRILL STIDHAM AND HUSBAND H. D. OF FRANKSTON, TX. GAIL MESSER AND HUSBAND JOE OF KNOXVILLE, TN.

NEPHEWS: STEVE CHAPMAN AND WIFE SUE ELLEN OF JACKSONVILLE, FL. JIM CHAPMAN AND WIFE INGA OF HOUSTON, TX. BRYAN ROBERTSON AND WIFE TINA OF KNOXVILLE, TN.

THE JACKSON NIECES: KIM AND HUSBAND DWAYNE DALE OF ATOKA, OK. HEATHER JORDAN OF PRUE, OK. ALISON JACKSON.

FAVORITE AUNT: GOLDIE GARSIDE OF BAKERSFIELD, CA.

PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

SISTER: MILDRED CHAPMAN. BROTHER: JOHN CHAPMAN. PARENTS: VINCENT EARL AND COSY MAY (WILHITE) CHAPMAN. IN-LAWS: ROY AND GRACE JACKSON. NEPHEW: JEFF JACKSON. NIECES: ANNETTE MAGEE AND SHELLY ROBERTSON.

DATE OF SERVICES: THURSDAY, MAY 8, 2003 AT 2:00 PM. PLACE OF SERVICES: NEW ZION METHODIST CHURCH ~ ATOKA, OK.

INTERMENT: NEW ZION CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK.

OFFICIATING: REV. GENE SLUDER. ASSISTING: REV. RICK FORTHMAN.

CASKETBEARERS: ROBERT ABBOTT, BRIAN VANDER LAAN, DONNIE CAMPBELL, DWAYNE DALE, WENDELL HAMILTON, KYLE BROWN.

HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: JUNIOR BRUCE, JUNIOR RILEY, LEO DEMENT.