NAME: ROYCE EDWARD WILKINS, AGE 80, A LONGTIME KIOWA - WARDVILLE AREA RESIDENT.

BORN: JULY 24, 1923 AT PITTSBURG, OK TO CLYDE DELBERT AND BESSIE ANN (GODFREY) WILKINS.

PASSED AWAY: FRIDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 27, 2004 AT THE MCALESTER REGIONAL HOSPITAL. AGE: 80 YEARS 7 MONTHS AND 3 DAYS.

EDUCATION: ROYCE ATTENDED AND GRADUATED FROM KIOWA SCHOOLS.

MARRIED: INEZ MARIE DERRYBERRY ON AUGUST 10, 1940 AT EUFAULA, OK.

OCCUPATION: AT A YOUNG AGE HE WORKED FOR MONTGOMERY WARD'S IN MCALESTER. THEN HE WORKED FOR HALIBURTON IN MONTANA AND NORTH DAKOTA AND ALSO WORKED FOR THE FISH AND WILDLIFE DEPT. IN ALASKA. HE WORKED FOR THE CIVIL SERVICE DEPARTMENT AS A FORKLIFT OPERATOR AT THE NAVAL BASE IN MCALESTER WHERE HE RETIRED AFTER 20 YEARS OF SERVICE.

CHURCH AFFILIATION: MEMBER OF THE WARDVILLE BAPTIST CHURCH.

SURVIVED BY

WIFE: INEZ OF THE HOME IN KIOWA, OK.

CHILDREN: PARTHENIA ANN DOYLE AND HUSBAND JOHN SIDNEY OF KIOWA, OK. JANYAS HESS SHREIDI OF BARTLESVILLE, OK. GARY ROYCE WILKINS OF KIOWA, OK.

GRANDCHILDREN: JONNA ZACHARY AND HUSBAND DUKE OF KIOWA, OK. LANCE HESS AND WIFE CINDY OF KIOWA, OK. TRENT DOYLE AND WIFE DEBBIE OF KIOWA, OK. ROYCE WILKINS AND WIFE KRISTIE OF MCALESTER, OK. SCOTT HESS AND WIFE ROBIN OF BARTLESVILLE, OK. CLYDE WILKINS OF LAWTON, OK. CHRISTA HESSON AND HUSBAND CURT OF OWASSO, OK. JEREMY DOYLE OF KIOWA, OK. NANCY WILKINS OF DENSION, TX. THOMAS WILKINS OF OZARK, MO. JEB WILKINS OF CALISBURG, TX. ROD WILKINS OF GAINSVILLE, TX.

15 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN AND ONE GREAT GREAT GRANDCHILD.

BROTHERS: JOE WILKINS AND WIFE MARY OF KIOWA, OK. GAYLOR WILKINS AND WIFE PAT OF KIOWA, OK.

PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

PARENTS: CLYDE AND BESSIE WILKINS. SISTER: JOANNE WILKINS.

DATE OF SERVICES: MONDAY, MARCH 1, 2004 AT 2:00 PM. PLACE OF SERVICES: FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH ~ WARDVILLE, OK.

INTERMENT: WARDVILLE CEMETERY ~ WARDVILLE, OK.

OFFICIATING: REV. JOHN GRUBBS.

CASKETBEARERS: JAMES THOMPSON, JAMES PRATHER, MIKE HAYNES, DAVID RUDROW, TERRY ELLIS, KENNY MAXWELL.

HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: GENE BENITO AND JAMES COLVIN.