NAME: RUBY V. (GRIFFIN) DURBIN, AGE 83, LONGTIME ATOKA RESIDENT.

BORN: DECEMBER 8, 1913 AT ATOKA, OK JOHN JOSEPH AND EULA MAE (PROCTOR) GRIFFIN. PASSED AWAY: TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1997 AT ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. AGE: 83 YEARS 8 MONTHS AND 25 DAYS EDUCATION: ATTENDED ATOKA AND MCALESTER SCHOOLS MARRIED: LLOYD E. DURBIN ON OCTOBER 24, 1936 AT ATOKA, OK. OCCUPATION: WORKED MANY YEARS FOR SOUTHWESTERN BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY AND (ALONG WITH HER HUSBAND, LLOYD) OWNED AND OPERATED NUMEROUS BUSINESSES. ALSO HAD LLOYD'S SUPERMARKET FOR MANY YEARS. CHURCH AFFILIATION: CHURCH OF CHRIST IN ATOKA. RUBY WAS A MEMBER OF THE RED ROSE GARDEN CLUB. SURVIVED BY SON: BUDDY DURBIN AND WIFE MALINDA OF ATOKA, OK. GRANDCHILDREN: MICHELLE ALLEN AND HUSBAND JEFF OF ATOKA, OK. TRE DURBIN OF ATOKA, OKLAHOMA. BROTHER: JOE GRIFFIN AND WIFE MABEL OF ATOKA, OK. SISTERS: DELPHILENE JOHNSON OF ATOKA, OK. DOROTHY SMITHART OF DURANT, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HUSBAND: LLOYD DURBIN ON APRIL 30, 1996. PARENTS: JOHN AND EULA MAE GRIFFIN. BROTHERS: THOMAS, O'DELL, CECIL, HUBERT, J. B., AND DOYLE GRIFFIN. SISTER: LORENE GRIFFIN

DATE OF SERVICES: FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1997 AT 10:00 A.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: GRAVESIDE SERVICES. INTERMENT: GREEN MEADOWS CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. DAN FLETCHER. CASKETBEARERS: ROYCE BLAKER, BRICKIE GRIFFIN, CLIFFORD BROWN, WESLEY SMITHART, MIKE HILL, DAVID DURBIN. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: DR. DON RIPPEE.