NAME: STELLA MAE (PIERCE) SELF, AGE 96, OF HAYWARD, CA, FORMER STRINGTOWN RESIDENT.

BORN: AUGUST 10, 1901 AT SULPHUR SPRINGS, TEXAS TO DAVID MARION AND LAURA (HOOVER) PIERCE. PASSED AWAY: TUESDAY, JUNE 24, 1997 AT HAYWARD, CALIFORNIA. AGE: 96 YEARS 10 MONTHS AND 14 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT REDDEN AND STRINGTOWN. RECEIVED HER BS DEGREE IN SCIENCE AND EDUCATION FROM SOUTHEASTERN OK UNIVERSITY AND HER TEACHING CERTIFICATE IN 1923. MARRIED: JOHN ROBERT SELF ON JULY 1, 1917 NEAR REDDEN, OK. OCCUPATION: SHE WAS A SCHOOL TEACHER AT REDDEN, DAISY, AND ASHLAND, SOME 40 YEARS IN OREGON AND NORWALK, CALIFORNIA. SHE WAS ASSISTANT PRINCIPLE IN SANGERS, CA UNTIL HER RETIREMENT IN 1962. CHURCH AFFILIATION: FORMER MEMBER OF STRINGTOWN BAPTIST CHURCH. STELLA WAS THE OLDEST OF 10 CHILDREN. SHE RETURNED TO ATOKA IN 1962 AND LIVED HERE UNTIL HER HEALTH FAILED AND SHE MOVED IN WITH HER DAUGHTER IN HAYWARD, CA.

DATE OF SERVICES: WEDNESDAY JULY 2, 1997 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH ~ STRINGTOWN, OK. INTERMENT: REDDEN CEMETERY ~ NEAR STRINGTOWN, ATOKA COUNTY, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. PAUL CUNNINGHAM. CASKETBEARERS: GUY KELLOGG, JR., JIM KELLOGG, PAUL DILLARD, BILL KELLOGG, RAY DILLARD, DONALD HARRIS. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: J. C. DILLARD, BUD WILLIAMSON, BILL SELF, JR., BUSTER HARRIS, RAY WILLIAMSON, BOB GABBART.