NAME: RUBY MAY (SHIRES) CHAFFIN, AGE 96, A LONGTIME ATOKA COUNTY RESIDENT. BORN: DECEMBER 7, 1900 AT GORDONVILLE, TEXAS TO JACOB WALTER AND MATTIE ANN (LINDSY) SHIRES. PASSED AWAY: WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 13, 1997 AT ATOKA COLONIAL MANOR NURSING HOME. AGE: 96 YEARS 8 MONTHS AND 8 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT GORDONVILLE, TEXAS. MARRIED: GARVIN CHAFFIN ON OCTOBER 10, 1920. OCCUPATION: FARMER, RANCHER, AND HOUSEWIFE. CHURCH AFFILIATION: MEMBER OF SOUTHSIDE BAPTIST CHURCH IN ATOKA. RUBY HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN A RESIDENT OF MARSHALL COUNTY BEFORE MOVING TO CADDO IN THE 1940'S. SHE WAS A MEMBER OF THE HOMEMAKERS EXTENSION CLUB FOR OVER 50 YEARS. SURVIVED BY CHILDREN: BILLY H. CHAFFIN OF ATOKA, OK. MAXINE HOOVER OF TEXAS. LORENE HARRISON OF ATOKA, OK. PAULINE RICHARDS AND HUSBAND GORDON OF ARDEN HILLS, MN. 11 GRANDCHILDREN, SEVERAL GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. BROTHER: BUSTER SHIRES AND WIFE SCOTTY OF ENID, OK. AUNT: LOUISE WADLINGTON OF TISHOMINGO, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: JACOB AND MATTIE ANN SHIRES. HUSBAND: GARVIN CHAFFIN IN 1973. 3 SISTERS. 2 BROTHERS.

DATE OF SERVICES: SATURDAY, AUGUST 16, 1997 AT 10:00 A.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN'S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA. INTERMENT: WOODBERRY FOREST CEMETERY ~ MADILL, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. LOYD THOMPSON. ASSISTING: REV. TOM HARGRAVE. CASKETBEARERS: PERRY RAY, TINKER RAY, RAY CARROLL, GLEN CARROLL, JERRIL BETTS, KENNETH WILLIAMS. HONORARY CASKETBEARER: RICHARD BETTS.