NAME: ROY SMITH, AGE 61, RESIDENT OF ATOKA, OK.

BORN: JULY 13, 1935 AT DARWIN, OK TO CLIFFORD E. AND JESSIE (CLARK) SMITH. PASSED AWAY: TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1997 AT DALLAS V.A. MEDICAL CENTER. AGE: 61 YEARS 6 MONTHS AND 15 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED PINE SPRINGS SCHOOL AT FARRIS, OK AND BELSAW LOCKSMITH SCHOOL. MARRIED: MELVA JANE POSTOAK ON AUGUST 27, 1962 AT DURANT, OK. OCCUPATION: HE WAS A LOCKSMITH. CHURCH AFFILIATION: EMMANUEL MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH. HE SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE U. S. ARMY DURING KOREA AND WAS A MEMBER OF D. A. V. CHAPTER 60, CURRENTLY HELD THE OFFICE OF TREASURER AND WAS A FORMER COMMANDER. ALSO A MEMBER OF V. F. W., THE HONOR GUARD FIRING SQUAD, AND THE AMERICAN LEGION. HE MADE IT HIS LIFE'S WORK TO HELP OTHER VETERANS. SURVIVED BY WIFE: MELVA SMITH OF THE HOME IN ATOKA, OK. DAUGHTERS: PATRICIA KENYON AND HUSBAND ERNIE OF ATOKA, OK. SHARON POSTOAK OF TUPELO, OK. 8 GRANDCHILDREN. BROTHERS: TROY SMITH OF FARRIS, OK. HOWARD SMITH OF FARRIS, OK. BRYAN SMITH OF FARRIS, OK. H. B. SMITH OF IRVING, TX. WAMON SMITH OF POPLAR, CA. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: CLIFFORD AND JESSIE SMITH. SON: J. B. POSTOAK. SISTER: VERA SMITH.

DATE OF SERVICES: SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1997 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN'S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: DOUBLE SPRINGS CEMTERY ~ LANE, OKLAHOMA. OFFICIATING: REV. DAVID WOODS. ASSISTING: REV. JEFF HOLLAND. CASKETBEARERS: PAUL SMITH, RAY WOODS, RICHARD GARSIDE, DONNIE KENYON, JERRY RICHARDS, CHESTER EDGE.