NAME: THEAH MARY LEONA (BOWLIN) BLACKWOOD, AGE 75, LONGTIME ATOKA COUNTY RESIDENT.

BORN: SEPTEMBER 6, 1923 AT SPIRO, OKLAHOMA TO JESS HENRY AND MARY INEZ (GARRETT) BOWLIN. PASSED AWAY: WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 27, 1999 AT ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. AGE: 75 YEARS 3 MONTHS AND 21 DAYS EDUCATION: ATTENDED ATOKA SCHOOLS. MARRIED: ODIE WILLIAM BLACKWOOD ON SEPTEMBER 28, 1940 AT ATOKA, OK. OCCUPATION: SHE WAS A COOK MANY YEARS AT ATOKA TRUCK STOP AND PRATER CAFE. ALSO, WORKED SOME 4 YEARS AS A MILITARY EMPLOYEE AT THE U.S. NAVAL AMMUNITION BASE LOCATED IN SAVANNA DURING WORLD WAR II. CHURCH AFFILIATION: PENTECOSTAL AND BAPTIST FAITH. THEAH WAS VERY ACTIVE IN ACTIVITIES AND FUND RAISERS AT THE NURSING HOME WHERE SHE RESIDED SINCE 1992. SURVIVED BY CHILDREN: OZIE BLACKWOOD OF TULSA, OK. BOBBY BLACKWOOD AND WIFE ETHEL OF ARDMORE, OK. BETTY COLE OF ATOKA, OK. GRANDCHILDREN: KATHY, JEREMY, SHANNON, ROBERT, AND BRADLEY. GREAT GRANDCHILDREN: DAKOTA AND A. J. BROTHERS: EDWARD BOWLIN OF MAYSVILLE, OK. ROBERT BOWLIN OF FT. WORTH, TX. SISTERS: LEAH BURLESON OF ATOKA, OK. MABEL RUFFIN OF FT. WORTH, TX. ELIZABETH AUTREY OF PHOENIX, AZ. BARBARA BURT OF WILLARD, WA. MATADORE WARREN OF CONGRESS JET, AZ. AUNT: ROSIE LEANOR OF PHOENIX, AZ. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HUSBAND: ODIE WILLIAM BLACKWOOD IN JULY, 1969. PARENTS: JESS HENRY AND MARY INEZ BOWLIN. DAUGHTER: FOSSIE MAE COOKSEY. BROTHERS: RICHARD AND JESSY DEAN BOWLIN.

DATE OF SERVICES: FRIDAY, JANUARY 29, 1999 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN'S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK. INTERMENT: STRINGTOWN CEMETERY ~ STRINGTOWN, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. FRANKLIN PIERCEY. CASKETBEARERS: JEREMY BLACKWOOD, SHANNON BAYS, ALAN BLACKWOOD, JAMES ODIE BURLESON, TEDDY RAY BURLESON, BRADLEY BLACKWOOD, ROBERT BAYS, JOHN GRIFFIN.