NAME: RUBY LORAINE (PARKHILL) CANNON, AGE 73, LONGTIME ATOKA AREA RESIDENT.

BORN: JANUARY 21, 1930 TO HOMER LEE AND ELIZABETH ANGELINE (MANION) PARKHILL AT WARDVILLE, OK.

PASSED AWAY: TUESDAY MORNING, JULY 29, 2003 AT HER RESIDENCE SOUTH OF ATOKA, OK. AGE: 73 YEARS 6 MONTHS AND 8 DAYS.

EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOL AT WARDVILLE, SHADY GROVE, AND LODI.

MARRIED: KENNETH I.J. CANNON ON MAY 2, 1949 AT MCALESTER, OK.

OCCUPATION: RUBY WAS A HOUSEWIFE AND HOMEMAKER, AND ALSO WORKED A NUMBER OF YEARS AS A COOK FOR MANY DIFFERENT RESTAURANTS IN THE ATOKA AREA.

CHURCH AFFILIATION: RUBY WAS A MEMBER OF THE PLEASANTVIEW FREEWILL BAPTIST CHURCH.

SURVIVED BY

DAUGHTERS: ELAINE MCCARTY AND HUSBAND RAY OF STRINGTOWN, OK. KATHY LAMON OF TUSHKA, OK.

SONS: DAVID CANNON OF ATOKA, OK. JERRY CANNON OF ATOKA, OK. DUANE CANNON AND WIFE SHARON OF WILSON, OK.

SPECIAL GRANDDAUGHTER: JULIE MAXEY OF OKLAHOMA CITY.

12 GRANDCHILDREN AND 33 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.

PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

HUSBAND: KENNETH I.J. CANNON ON AUGUST 10, 1979. PARENTS: HOMER AND LIZZIE PARKHILL. BROTHERS: BENNIE (ON OCTOBER 23, 1998), FRED, AND JOHNNIE PARKHILL (ON NOVEMBER 6, 1997). SISTER: ELLA MAE. SONS-IN-LAW: JIM LAMON (ON SEPTEMBER 8, 2000) AND WOODY HURT. GRANDSON: JOHN HOWARD.

DATE OF SERVICES: FRIDAY, AUGUST 1, 2003 AT 2:00 PM. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN'S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK.

INTERMENT: STRINGTOWN CEMETERY ~ STRINGTOWN, OK.

OFFICIATING: REV. ROBERT UMSTED.

CASKETBEARERS: KEN GOSHEN, ROGER SIPES, ROGER G. SIPES, GARY MOORE, JAMES HOWARD, TRAVIS LAMON.