NAME: RUTH (EAVES) STRANG, AGE 86, A LIFELONG ATOKA COUNTY RESIDENT.

BORN: JUNE 3, 1914 IN MCCURTAIN COUNTY, OKLA TO FATE AND BELLE (WILSON) EAVES. PASSED AWAY: SATURDAY, DECEMBER 30, 2000 AT THE ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. AGE: 86 YEARS 6 MONTHS AND 27 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT STANDING ROCK IN ATOKA COUNTY. MARRIED: JOHN HAROLD STRANG IN JUNE, 1934 AT ATOKA, OK. OCCUPATION: SHE WAS A HOUSEWIFE AND HOMEMAKER AND A LOVING AND CARING MOTHER AND GRANDMOTHER. CHURCH AFFILIATION: DAYSPRING CHURCH IN ATOKA. SURVIVED BY CHILDREN: DON STRANG OF ATOKA, OK. WAYNE STRANG AND WIFE ELLEN OF TISHOMINGO, OK. PEGGY RAY AND HUSBAND J. T. OF OWASSO, OK. BETTY BLACKBURN AND HUSBAND DAVID OF ATOKA, OK. GRANDCHILDREN: VINDLE RAY OF MUSTANG, OK. ANGELA YEATS OF TISHOMINGO, OK. JON RAY OF OWASSO, OK. KEVIN BLACKBURN OF BROKEN ARROW, OK. STANLEY STRANG OF TISHOMINGO, OK. LISA DEL GARZA OF OWASSO, OK. KAYLA GOLDEN OF ADA, OK. 16 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. BROTHERS: CARL EAVES OF BENTLEY, OK. GLEN EAVES OF OIL CENTER, OK. RAY EAVES OF COALGATE, OK. KENNETH EAVES OF LANE, OK. SISTER: VIVIAN HOGAN OF BENTLEY, OK. UNCLE: ERNEST WILSON OF MCCURTAIN COUNTY, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HUSBAND: JOHN HAROLD STRANG ON NOVEMBER 30, 1970. PARENTS: FATE AND BELLE EAVES. BROTHERS: MERLE, OTIS, AND JOE EAVES. SISTERS: EVA SHED AND ESTHER RAMSEY.

DATE OF SERVICES: TUESDAY, JANUARY 2, 2000 AT 12:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN'S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: GREEN MEADOWS CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK. OFFICIATING: DR. JAMES CROWSON. CASKETBEARERS: VINDLE RAY, KEVIN BLACKBURN, JON RAY, STANLEY STRANG, J. T. RAY, DAVID BLACKBURN. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: (BROTHERS) CARL, GLEN, RAY, AND KENNETH EAVES.