NAME: RUBAN LESTER STAGGS, AGE 73, LONGTIME WAPANUCKA RESIDENT. BORN: AUGUST 11, 1925 AT KENEFIC, OKLAHOMA TO DEWEY LESTER AND CORA FRANCES (SLACK) STAGGS. PASSED AWAY: THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1998, AT ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. AGE: 73 YEARS 1 MONTH AND 13 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED PLAINVIEW SCHOOL IN JOHNSTON COUNTY, OK. MARRIED: OPAL FAYE WALLIS ON SEPTEMBER 27, 1947 AT GAINSVILLE, TX. OCCUPATION: WORKED FOR MUNGLE DAIRY IN ATOKA FOR APPROXIMATELY 25 YEARS. RUBAN SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE U. S. NAVY DURING WORLD WAR II. HE SERVED ABOARD THE USS COLORADO AND THE USS HOPE, ATTAINING SEAMAN 2ND CLASS. SURVIVED BY WIFE: FAYE STAGGS OF THE HOME WEST OF WAPANUCKA, OK. CHILDREN: GREGG STAGGS AND WIFE KATHERINE OF NORMAN, OK. LATRELL BROWN AND HUSBAND KEITH OF GRAND PRARIE, TX. GRANDDAUGHTERS: ERIN STAGGS OF DURANT, OK. MELISSA BROWN OF GRAND PRAIRIE, TX. BROTHERS: WILLIE EARL STAGGS OF MANNSVILLE, OK. LONNIE STAGGS OF GRAND PRAIRIE, TX. GENE STAGGS OF MESQUITE, TX. BOBBY STAGGS OF BROMIDE, OK. JERRY STAGGS OF WAPANUCKA, OK. WAYNE STAGGS OF WAPANUCKA, OK. SISTERS: BONNIE WALLIS OF WAPANUCKA, OK. POLLY NALL OF WAPANUCKA, OK. ANN WOODS OF CONNERVILLE, OK. DARLEN MCCURRY OF MESQUITE, TX. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: DEWEY AND FRANCES STAGGS. SON: DELMER STAGGS. GRANDDAUGHTER: BRANDIE BROWN. BROTHER: JEFF STAGGS. SISTERS: DONNIE LOMAX AND CONNIE STAGGS.

DATE OF SERVICES: SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1998, AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: WAPANUCKA BAPTIST CHURCH ~ WAPANUCKA, OK. INTERMENT: ROSE HILL CEMETERY ~ WAPANUCKA, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. LARRY SCHOONOVER.