NAME: THELMA (YATES) BURKHALTER, AGE 86, RESIDENT AT COLONIAL MANOR IN ATOKA AND FORMERLY OF LANE, OK.

BORN: MAY 19, 1910 AT CANADIAN, OK TO EVERETT AND OLLIE (RECTOR) YATES. PASSED AWAY: SATURDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1996 AT ATOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. AGE: 86 YEARS 5 MONTHS AND 7 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED SCHOOLS AT IRON STOB, OK. MARRIED: WILBURN E. BURKHALTER ON APRIL 7, 1924 AT LANE, OK. OCCUPATION: SHE WAS A HOUSEWIFE AND DECIATED MOTHER. CHURCH AFFILIATION: IRON STOB PENTECOSTAL CHURCH. SHE LOVED TO READ AND KEPT UP WITH ALL THE FAMILY EVENTS. SURVIVED BY SONS: LEON BURKHALTER AND WIFE BEA OF ATOKA, OK. DEE PRESTON PINKY BURKHALTER AND WIFE PAT OF LANE, OK. DAUGHTERS: LUCILLE COATS AND HUSBAND CLIFFORD OF LANE, OK. GERALDINE EAVES AND HUSBAND KENNETH OF LANE, OK. GINGER SILVERS AND HUSBAND PAUL OF LANE, OK. 15 GRANDCHILDREN AND THEIR SPOUSES. 30 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. 8 GREAT GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. BROTHER: O'NEAL YATES AND WIFE MAYBELLE OF ATOKA. SISTERS: LILLIE THOMPSON OF LANE, OK. EDITH MCGINTY AND HUSBAND JACK OF LANE, OK. LOIS RECTOR AND HUSBAND JACK OF ATOKA, OK. BLANCHE SIMPSON AND HUSBAND LEONARD OF SACRAMENTO, CA. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HUSBAND: W. E. WILLIAM BURKHALTER ON DECEMBER 15, 1954. PARENTS: EVERETT AND OLLIE YATES. SONS: DOUGLAS, E. H., AND JACKIE BURKHALTER. DAUGHTER: VERA BURKHALTER. GRANDDAUGHTER: KLETA JEAN BURKHALTER. BROTHER: JACK YATES.

DATE OF SERVICES: MONDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1996 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: IRON STOB PENTECOSTAL CHURCH ~ LANE, OK. INTERMENT: BUTLER CEMETERY ~ LANE, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. RAY INGRAM. ASSISTING: REV. GLEN EAVES. CASKETBEARERS: CARL EAVES, DEWAYNE BRYANT, WORDEN DETTY, ED PEELER, DALE SILVERS, AND GENE SLUDER. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: ADAM BRADFORD, EARL BRADFORD, AND GARVIN FAULKENBERRY.