NAME: RUTH L. (SELBY) JOHNSON, AGE 87, A LIFELONG ATOKA AREA RESIDENT.

BORN: OCTOBER 6, 1914 IN ATOKA COUNTY, OKLAHOMA TO SAMUEL JACKSON AND TOMMIE LOU (SIPES) SELBY. PASSED AWAY: SUNDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2001 AT VALLEY VIEW REGIONAL HOSPITAL IN ADA, OK. AGE: 87 YEARS 2 MONTHS AND 10 DAYS.

EDUCATION: ATTENDED AND GRADUATED FROM ATOKA HIGH SCHOOL AND RECEIVED HER MASTERS DEGREE FROM SOUTHEASTERN STATE UNIVERSITY AND HER DOCTORATES DEGREE FROM THE UNIVERISTY OF OKLAHOMA.

MARRIED: FRANK C. JOHNSON IN ATOKA, OK.

OCCUPATION: RUTH WAS A RETIRED TEACHER. SHE TAUGHT AT LANE, BUTLER, PINE SPRINGS, DOK, AND ROUND PRAIRIE, ALL IN ATOKA COUNTY. LATER SHE WORKED MANY YEARS AS A SOCIAL WORKER FOR DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES IN ATOKA AND PUSHMATAHA COUNTIES, RETIRING IN 1973.

CHURCH AFFILIATION: RUTH WAS A MEMBER OF FARRIS ASSEMBLY OF GOD. SHE WAS A MEMBER OF EASTERN STAR ATOKA CHAPTER, SHE WAS ACTIVE WITH RAINBOWS, AND WAS A VOLUNTEER FOR THE AMERICAN RED CROSS. SHE WORKED MANY DISASTERS INCLUDING HURRICANES IN GALVESTON, TEXAS AREA.

SURVIVED BY

SISTERS: ELLEN LONG AND HUSBAND JACK OF FARRIS, OK. BONNIE ROY OF LINDSEY, OK. SUE RODGERS OF GLOBE, AZ.

SPECIAL NEPHEWS & NIECES: JACKIE LONG AND WIFE LENA OF FARRIS, OK. WILMA ARNOLD OF FARRIS, OK. LINDA HEARRELL AND HUSBAND SAM OF LANE, OK. GLENN LONG OF FARRIS, OK.

PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

PARENTS: SAM AND TOMMIE SELBY. HUSBAND: FRANK C. JOHNSON IN MAY, 1977. BROTHER: BUDDY SELBY. SISTERS: ODESSA BELL AND FLOY BARKHORN.

DATE OF SERVICES: TUESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 2001 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: FARRIS ASSEMBLY OF GOD ~ FARRIS, OK.

INTERMENT: BUTLER CEMETERY ~ LANE, OK.

OFFICIATING: REV. CHARLES D. LUMAN.

CASKETBEARERS: TOP GRAHAM, MICKEY BELL, THOMAS BILL, KENNY MILLER, KEN MILLER, GLENN LONG.

HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: DONNIE BAKER, JAMES CUBBIE OWENS, SAM HEARRELL.