NAME: RUBY JUANITA (CROSS) THOMPSON, AGE 88, A LIFELONG ATOKA COUNTY RESIDENT.

BORN: AUGUST 7, 1917 AT FARRIS, OK TO NOAH AND AUDIE (BOYD) CROSS.

PASSED AWAY: monday morning, FEBRUARY 6, 2006 AT ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.

AGE: 88 YEARS 5 MONTHS AND 29 DAYS

EDUCATION: RUBY ATTENDED ATOKA HIGH SCHOOL, GRADUATING IN 1938. SHE WENT ON TO ATTEND EAST CENTRAL STATE UNIVERSITY IN ADA, OK.

MARRIED: CLIFF THOMPSON ON AUGUST 8, 1940 IN ATOKA COUNTY, OK.

OCCUPATION: RUBY WORKED AS A RETAIL CLERK AT WACKER'S DEPARTMENT STORE AND SHARPE'S. SHE ALSO COOKED AT LANE SCHOOL AND WAS A FOSTER GRANDPARENT FOR SEVERAL YEARS.

CHURCH AFFILIATION: SHE WAS A LONGTIME MEMBER OF LANE BAPTIST CHURCH.

RUBY ENJOYED HER 10 YEARS AS FOSTER GRANDPARENT AT LANE. SHE ALSO ENJOYED GOING TO THE LANE SENIOR CITIZEN CENTER.

survived by

CHILDREN: CLIFTEEN CROW AND HUSBAND BILL OF ATOKA, OK.

CAROLYN BRICHACEK AND HUSBAND JOHN OF ST. PARIS, OH.

GRANDCHILDREN: TANYA LINDLEY AND HUSBAND JACKIE OF DURANT, OK.

VALERIE RODRIGUEZ AND HUSBAND SAME OF MT. PLEASANT, TX.

GREAT GRANDCHILDREN: DEVIN AND HUNTER LINDLEY OF DURANT, OK.

JONATHAN AND CAMDEN RODRIGUEZ OF MT. PLEASANT, TX.

ALONG WITH NUMEROUS NIECES, NEPHEWS, OTHER RELATIVES, AND A HOST OF FRIENDS

preceded in death by

PARENTS: NOAH AND AUDIE CROSS.

HUSBAND: CLIFF THOMPSON ON JANUARY 3, 1979.

BROTHER: JACK CROSS.

SISTER: CRYSTAL OWENS.

DATE OF SERVICES: WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2006 AT 10:00 A.M.

PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN'S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK.

INTERMENT: BUTLER CEMETERY ~ LANE, OK.

OFFICIATING: REV. LARRY MURRAY.

CASKETBEARERS: RONNIE DODSON, RONNIE HARPER, TOMMY JOHNSON, NELSON DAY, JOHNNY FAULKENBERRY, PAT KENNEDY.

HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: LAVADA HAMMOND, EVERETT MCGEE, MARIE MCGEE, DARRELL GENE REECE, weda reece, BRENDA ALLEN, MARLENE DAY.

FAMILY NIGHT TUESDAY 6:00 TO 8:00 P.M.