NAME: PAUL SAMPSON FINCH, SR., AGE 87, LONGTIME ATOKA COUNTY RESIDENT.

BORN: SEPTEMBER 5, 1909 IN BLUE MOUNTAIN, ARKANSAS TO JAMES RICHARD AND ILA (JACKSON) FINCH. PASSED AWAY: MONDAY, JULY 28, 1997 AT ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. AGE: 87 YEARS 10 MONTHS 23 DAYS EDUCATION: ATTENDED HIGH HILL AND TUSHKA SCHOOLS. MARRIED: ETHEL MAY COURTNEY ON DECEMBER 22, 1934 AT ATOKA, OK. OCCUPATION: RETIRED FARMER AND RANCHER. CHURCH AFFILIATION: HE WAS OF METHODIST BELIEF. PAUL SERVED OVER 25 YEARS AS A COUNTY COMMITTEEMAN FOR THE ASCS, HE HAD SERVED A NUMBER OF YEARS ON BOTH THE FARMERS HOME ADMINISTRATION BOARD AND THE SOIL CONSERVATION COMMITTEE. HE WAS A LONGTIME MEMBER OF ATOKA MASONIC LODGE #4 AND WAS A 33 DEGREE MASON. PAUL SERVED 4 YEARS IN THE U. S.NAVY AND SERVED IN MANY AREAS OF THE PACIFIC OCEAN IN THE SUB MARINE SERVICE. PAUL WAS A FARMER AND RANCHER ALL OF HIS ADULT LIFE. SURVIVED BY WIFE: ETHEL FINCH OF THE HOME EAST OF ATOKA, OK. CHILDREN: PAUL FINCH JR. AND WIFE VIRGINIA OF ATOKA, OK. CYNTHIA ANDERSON OF ATOKA, OK. 10 GRANDCHILDREN AND 17 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. SISTERS: FLORA HARDY OF COSTA MESA, CA. VELMA JOHNSON OF NORTHROP, CO. BROTHER IN-LAW: GENE COURTNEY OF ATOKA, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY PARENTS: JAMES AND ILA FINCH. SON: PRENTISE FINCH. GRAND DAUGHTER: KRISTI DAWN FINCH. GREAT GRAND DAUGHTER: ALISHA KAY MOODY. BROTHERS: JAMES T., CHARLES HENRY AND EARL FINCH.

DATE OF SERVICES: WEDNESDAY , JULY 30, 1997 AT 10:00 A.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN'S FUNERAL CHAPEL. INTERMENT: TUSHKA CEMETERY. OFFICIATING: REV. BOB JOHNSON. PALLBEARERS: (GRANDSONS) MARTY FINCH, CHUCK FINCH, RON SLAWSON, JAMEY FINCH, KENNY SLAWSON, PAUL FINCH III, MARK FINCH. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: BARNEY MCCALL, HOMER BARRETT, CLIFF DARST, JOE WHITTINGTON.