NAME: ROY LEE HARKINS, AGE 85, A LONGTIME RESIDENT OF CENTRAHOMA AND TUPELO AREA.

BORN: FEBRUARY 14, 1914 AT DURANT, OKLAHOMA TO ALBERT PIKE AND CENA BESSIE (DAVIS) HARKINS. PASSED AWAY: TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1999 AT VALLEY VIEW REGIONAL HOSPITAL IN ADA, OK. AGE: 85 YEARS AND 9 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT TUPELO, OK. MARRIED: ELLA LEE HOGUE ON JULY 27, 1940 AT CENTRAHOMA, OK. OCCUPATION: HE WORKED MANY YEARS IN THE OILFIELD AND AS A FARMER. HE AND ELLA OWNED AND OPERATED A GROCERY STORE AND GAS STATION IN TUPELO. HE RETIRED FROM THE COAL COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE AS A JAILER AND DISPATCHER. CHURCH AFFILIATION: HE WAS OF HOLINESS FAITH. SURVIVED BY WIFE: ELLA LEE HARKINS OF THEIR HOME NEAR CENTRAHOMA, OK. CHILDREN: ALBERT A. HARKINS OF RUNNING SPRINGS, OR. ROY JAMES HARKINS AND WIFE JEAN OF DILLARD, OR. CLAUDIE LEE HUGHES AND HUSBAND TOM OF NAMPA, ID. CLARA LEE HASTINGS AND HUSBAND BILL OF RIDDLE, OR. SENDA KAY INGRAM AND HUSBAND ARLEN OF BLACKWELL, TX. 16 GRANDCHILDREN, 34 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. BROTHER: CHARLES RAY HARKINS AND WIFE ARNETTA OF EMPIRE, CA. SISTERS: GENEVA ANDERSON AND HUSBAND ROD OF AMARILLO, TX. MELBA POLK OF STONEWALL, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: ALBERT AND CENA HARKINS. GRANDSON: TOM HUGHES, JR. GRANDDAUGHTER: TANYA RENEE COLLINS. BROTHER: A. C. HARKINS. SISTERS: ODESSA HAMILTON AND ORA MAE VAUGHN.

DATE OF SERVICES: THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1999 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH ~ CENTRAHOMA, OK. INTERMENT: CENTRAHOMA CEMETERY ~ CENTRAHOMA, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. DAVID BOGGS. CASKETBEARERS: JOHNNY STINNETT, HAL SLIGER, EDDIE HOGUE, JESS HOGUE, STANLEY INGRAM, BOBBY HYATT. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: JOE SHUTTE AND ELDON HOGUE.