NAME: THELMA ESTELE (SETTLEMIRE) MCCOOL, AGE 69, LONGTIME ATOKA COUNTY RESIDENT.

BORN: APRIL 19, 1928 IN ATOKA COUNTY, OKLAHOMA TO HILEY ARTHUR AND LUCY EMMA (BLAKELEY) SETTLEMIRE. PASSED AWAY: WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1997 AT MEDICAL CENTER OF SOUTHEAST OKLAHOMA IN DURANT, OK. AGE: 69 YEARS 7 MONTHS AND 0 DAYS. EDUCATION: ATTENDED IRONSTOB SCHOOLS IN ATOKA COUNTY. MARRIED: ROVEL SHORTY MCCOOL ON NOVEMBER 18, 1950 AT SHERMAN, TX. OCCUPATION: HOUSEWIFE AND HOMEMAKER. CHURCH AFFILIATION: HILLCREST BAPTIST CHURCH. SURVIVED BY SON: GARY MCCOOL AND WIFE TERESA OF ATOKA, OK. GRANDCHILDREN: LORI ALLEN AND HUSBAND JEREMY OF ATOKA, OK. HEATH MCCOOL OF ATOKA, OK. KATY MCCOOL OF ATOKA, OK. GREAT GRANDDAUGHTER: JAISA ALLEN OF ATOKA, OK. SISTER: GOLDA GADDIS OF CALIFORNIA. BROTHER: TOMMY SETTLEMIRE OF CALIFORNIA. SISTER-IN-LAW: JEAN MCCOOL OF GILMER, TEXAS. BROTHER-IN-LAW: PALMER MCCOOL AND WIFE BERTHA OF GILMER, TEXAS. PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HUSBAND: ROVEL MCCOOL ON APRIL 20, 1983. DAUGHTER: KATHIE HOWARD IN 1973. GRANDSON: ROBERT HOWARD IN 1973.

DATE OF SERVICES: FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1997 AT 2:00 P.M. PLACE OF SERVICES: LANE BAPTIST CHURCH ~ LANE, OK. INTERMENT: GREEN MEADOWS CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK. OFFICIATING: REV. JOHN HOWARD. ASSISTING: REV. PATRICK SIX. CASKETBEARERS: BILL COBEN, ROGER EAVES, HARRY FARRIS, JAMES RAINS, TERRY JONES, GARY MARSHALL. HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: JERRY SETTLEMIRE, J. B. SETTLEMIRE, MIKE SETTLEMIRE, BOBBY GENE SETTLEMIRE, LOYD CALLICOAT.