NAME: RUSSELL LOWELL BRYAN, AGE 82, OF NOBLE, OKLAHOMA AND A FORMER ATOKA AREA RESIDENT.

BORN: DECEMBER 24, 1919 AT DUSTIN, OKLAHOMA TO CHARLES AND EVA (SCOTT) BRYAN. PASSED AWAY: TUESDAY, APRIL 23, 2002 AT HIS RESIDENCE AFTER AN EXTENDED ILLNESS. AGE: 82 YEARS 3 MONTHS AND 29 DAYS.

EDUCATION: RUSSELL ATTENDED SCHOOLS IN ATOKA COUNTY.

OCCUPATION: HAVING WORKED ON MANY OF OUR WESTERN STATES DAMS FOR MANY YEARS, RUSSELL BECAME VERY ACCOMPLISHED AT CARPENTRY, CONSTRUCTION, ELECTRICAL WORK, PLUMBING, AND CONCRETE WORK. HE VERY MUCH ENJOYED HIS WORK BUT ALSO LIKED TO TRAVEL. NEARING RETIREMENT HE WENT TO WORK AS A TRUCK DRIVER TO FINISH SEEING THE REST OF THE UNITED STATES.

MARRIED: BOBBIE L. SWAFFORD ON AUGUST 31, 1947 AT STOCKTON, CA.

CHURCH AFFILIATION: RUSSELL WAS A MEMBER OF LIBERTY GOSPEL TABERNACLE IN SLAUGHTERVILLE, OK. RUSSELL SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE U. S. ARMY WHERE HE SERVED IN THE AFRICAN AND EUROPEAN THEATERS OF WORLD WAR II AS A PARATROOPER. UPON COMPLETION OF HIS MILITARY DUTY, RUSSELL WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED AND RETURNED TO ATOKA. HE WAS A VOLUNTEER FIREMAN FOR MANY YEARS WHILE LIVING IN WASHINGTON STATE AND OREGON.

SURVIVED BY

HIS WIFE OF OVER 55 YEARS: BOBBIE BRYAN OF THEIR HOME IN NOBLE, OK.

CHILDREN: ROBERT LOWELL DAVIS AND WIFE SHARON OF FREDRICKSBURG, VA. MARILYN JARVIS AND HUSBAND M. C. OF NOBLE, OK. ROGER DALE BRYAN AND WIFE LORITA OF MACOMB, OK. JANIS HUTCHINSON AND HUSBAND RICKY OF CLAYTON, OK. MICHAEL BRYAN OF MIDWEST CITY, OK. ANDY SWAFFORD AND WIFE TONI OF SACRAMENTO, CA.

17 GRANDCHILDREN, 6 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.

PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

PARENTS: CHARLES AND EVA BRYAN. BROTHERS: VERNON BRYAN AND CHARLES BRYAN. SISTERS: BERNICE RAY AND BONNIE BROWN. GRANDCHILD: ROBERT EDWARD JARVIS.

DATE OF SERVICES: FRIDAY, APRIL 26, 2002 AT 11:00 A.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN'S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK.

INTERMENT: WARDS CHAPEL CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK.

OFFICIATING: PASTOR LYNDON HOWZE. ASSISTING: JIM COLLIER.

CASKETBEARERS: ROGER BRYAN, MICHAEL BRYAN, RICKY HUTCHINSON, ANTHONY HUTCHINSON, KENNETH JARVIS, MARCUS JARVIS.

HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: BILL FLOWERS, LON FINK.