NAME: SHIRLEY ANNE SIPES, AGE 48, LIFELONG RESIDENT OF ATOKA COUNTY.

BORN: FEBRUARY 9, 1950 AT DURANT, OK TO BUENOS AIRES B. A. AND VIRGINIA CATHERINE (O'QUINN) SIPES. PASSED AWAY: TUESDAY, APRIL 28, 1998 AT HER RESIDENCE AFTER A COURAGEOUS BATTLE WITH CANCER. AGE: 48 YEARS 2 MONTHS AND 19 DAYS EDUCATION: GRADUATED FROM TUSHKA HIGH SCHOOL IN 1968 AND ATTENDED SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY IN DURANT. OCCUPATION: FORMER EMPLOYEE OF GRIFFIN ENTERPRISES, FOR ERNIE AND CINDY GRIFFIN OF ATOKA, SUPER H OF DURANT AND LOVE'S IN ATOKA. CHURCH AFFILLIATION: PENTECOSTAL HOLINESS FAITH. SHIRLEY WAS AN INSPIRATION TO EVERYONE THAT SHE MET. SHE WAS A VERY STRONG PERSON AND MADE A GENUINE IMPRESSION ON EVERYONE SHE MET BECAUSE OF HER BEAUTIFUL SMILE, SENSE OF HUMOR AND HER STRONG FAITH IN GOD. SHE NEVER MET A STRANGER -- AND WAS NEVER TOO BUSY TO TAKE THE TIME TO BRIGHTEN UP SOMEONE'S DAY. SURVIVED BY MOTHER: VIRGINIA SIPES OF ATOKA, OK. BROTHERS: ROGER SIPES AND WIFE TERESA OF ATOKA, OK. JOE SIPES AND WIFE CATHY OF ATOKA, OK. JERRY SIPES AND WIFE NONA OF NORMAN, OK. SISTER: REGINA MCDONALD AND HUSBAND DON OF NORMAN, OK. NEPHEW: ROGER GLENN SIPES OF ATOKA, OK. NIECES: REGINA ALLEN AND HUSBAND DOBBIN OF ATOKA, OK. KRISTI HAMILTON AND HUSBAND JOHN OF ATOKA, OK. JODI SIPES OF ATOKA, OK. JENNIFER SIPES OF ATOKA, OK. TONYA WHITE AND HUSBAND ELTON OF CELINA, TX. VERY SPECIAL UNCLE: VIRGIL O'QUINN OF SACRAMENTO, CA. VERY SPECIAL FRIEND: DR. WILLIAM E. BROWN OF ATOKA, OK. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY FATHER: B. A. SIPES ON MAY 14, 1992. BROTHER: BUENOS BUDDY SIPES, JR. ON NOVEMBER 30, 1966.

DATE OF SERVICES: THURSDAY, APRIL 30,1998 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN'S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: GREEN MEADOWS CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. BOB JOHNSON. CASKETBEARERS: GARY MCCOOL, TERRELL SNOW, BRICKIE GRIFFIN, GARY COOPER, JOHN COOK, DANNY COOPER. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: ERNIE GRIFFIN.