NAME: TESSA OCEANA MARIE MIDDLETON, AGE 5, RESIDENT OF UKIAH, CALIFORNIA.

BORN: JUNE 11, 1996 AT BAKERSFIELD, CALIFORNIA TO SCOT JASON MIDDLETON AND ANGELA KAY CHILDRESS. PASSED AWAY: EARLY THURSDAY, APRIL 25, 2002 IN A FIRE AT HER MOTHER'S RESIDENCE IN UKIAH, CA. AGE: 5 YEARS 10 MONTHS AND 14 DAYS.

EDUCATION: ATTENDED KINDERGARTEN IN UKIAH, CA.

TESSA WAS TAKEN FROM US TOO SOON BUT WE KNOW SHE IS SAFE AND HAPPY IN GOD'S HANDS. SHE WAS AN ANGEL ON EARTH AND HAS HER WINGS IN HEAVEN.

SURVIVED BY

FATHER: SCOT JASON MIDDLETON OF ATOKA, OK.

MOTHER: ANGELA (CHILDRESS) IBARRA OF UKIAH, CA.

PATERNAL GRANDPARENTS: WALLACE AND SHERRI MIDDLETON OF ATOKA, OK.

MATERNAL GRANDPARENTS: BEN CHILDRESS AND WIFE PATRICIA OF CALIFORNIA. DEBRA KAY WALL.

UNCLES: TIM MIDDLETON OF BAKERSFIELD, CA. ROB MIDDLETON AND WIFE CHRISTIE OF BAKERSFIELD, CA. WILLIAM CHILDRESS OF CALIFORNIA.

AUNTS: JENNIFER IBARRA OF BAKERSFIELD, CA. JESSICA CHILDRESS OF UKIAH, CA.

COUSINS: KENDRA WALL, ALLEN & LEVI IBARRA, SHYANN & HALEY MIDDLETON, TY IBARRA, AND ALEXANDER & HUNTER MIDDLETON, ALL OF BAKERSFIELD, CA. AMANDA AND CHELSY MIDDLETON OF ATOKA, OK

STEPFATHER: SHAWN IBARRA OF UKIAH, CA.

PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

HALF SISTER: HANNAH ELIZABETH IBARRA, WHO WENT WITH TESSA TO BE WITH OUR LORD. GREAT GRANDPARENTS: ROBERT HERSCHEL AND RUBY SILEAN MIDDLETON. GREAT GRANDFATHER: EVERETT ANUEL MARTIN ON AUGUST 12, 1994. GREAT GRANDMOTHER: DORIS MAE (LOVELL) MARTIN STURGIS ON MARCH 26, 2001.

DATE OF MEMORIAL SERVICES: THURSDAY, MAY 2, 2002 AT 3:30 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: SONSHINE GOSPEL CHURCH IN BAKERSFIELD, CA.

INTERMENT: HILLCREST MEMORIAL PARK IN BAKERSFIELD, CA.

SERVICES UNDER THE DIRECTION OF HILLCREST MEMORIAL PARK AND MORTUARY IN BAKERSFIELD, CA.